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A GOOD SPRING FOR GEOGRAPHY CLUB Programmatic clubs fluctuate in membership and effectiveness as students (and sponsors) come and go. Geography Club, under the sponsorship of Professor John Kostelnick and leadership of Co‐ Presidents Kevin Gorell and Mark McCleary, had a nice thing going in the spring of 2010. On 30 March they cleaned up the club’s adopted park and later that day successfully defended the intramural bowling title. Then on 16‐17 April, the club was out on the Quad to participate in Relay for Life. Club members Ryan Weaver (left) and Mike Johnson had their rubber gloves and garbage bag ready to clean up Underwood Park in the southern part of Normal on a warm spring afternoon. Larry Haigh hoisted the symbolic trophy (an old bowling ball glued to a rock [not visible]) after Geography Club defeated Geology Club and retained the prize. Larry was the chief organizer of Geography Club’s Relay for Life participation and received a departmental letter of commendation for his outstanding effort. Relay for Life is a big campus event with groups like Geography Club soliciting donations and then spending the night huddled for warmth and taking turns walking the Quad circuit between six in the evening and six the next morning. Prior to walking they posed for this photo. From the left, were Larry Haigh, Justin Padaoan, Joe Wojtas, Kevin Gorell, Ryan Weaver, Mike Clementz, Christina Woloshyn, Mark McCleary, Allen Cooksey, and Stephen Holt. 14
ROUTE 66: DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS By Anthony D’Anza M y first recollection of United States Highway (Route) 66 goes back to my college days at Illinois State Normal; that is what they called it back ‘62. I traveled from Bellwood (a Chicago suburb) to school several times every year of college, about 120 miles. There were always important reference points as we drove along to let us know how far we had gone and how long it would take to the next point, points like the Des Plaines River and Coal City with its earth mounds shaped like Diamondhead in Hawaii. Route 66 would take us to Joliet and then through towns such as Dwight, Odell, Pontiac, Chenoa, Lexington, Towanda, and finally into Normal. Dwight had the Coffee House, which was about halfway to Normal or an hour away. Odell had a gas station and a place where tires were fixed as an old German shorthair dog watched. Pontiac had the prison and the Log Cabin Café, famous for pancakes. Chenoa was the crossroads of 66 and Route 24, and had signs for Meramec Caverns in Missouri. The endless rows of corn were prominent as you reached and saw the grain towers at Lexington. Then Towanda always had state police hovering for speeders. Sometimes we would drive down the even older version of Route 66, to see towns like Gardner, Braidwood, Wilmington, and Godley. Many of these towns had some old buildings with ads and signs along the way, like the Burma Shave signs. Gardner had the Riviera roadhouse. Wilmington had the Launching Pad, a restaurant with a big tall Gemini Giant. Braidwood had the Polka-a-Dot Drive In and statues of Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Betty Boop. Route 66 had some old parts and newer parts, as the highway system was being transformed to the Interstate System. In the 1950s, the Interstate system was promoted and authorized by President Eisenhower. Much of the country became a crisscross of new highways to allow better movement of goods from coast to coast and north to south. I have made the trip west a half dozen times on Route 66 past St. Louis. Each time there were side trips that we took. Sometimes the destination was for a purpose; sometimes it was for adventure. In most cases, it was for the interest of the highway and what was along the way as we traveled west. This reflective essay is about my long-running and affectionate affair with 66. I will begin at the original starting point, Lou Mitchell’s restaurant in Chicago. At a recent seminar at the Oak Park Library, I learned that many people started at this point, though Buckingham Fountain is for some the traditional starting point as it is the farthest point east. Dining at Lou Mitchell’s is still a quaint experience, with its 1950s styles dining area, not much room, and greasy food. Traveling south and west down Ogden Avenue you come to the Castle Car Wash. According to brochure, it was built by Al Capone. It was just one of the many attractions along the route. Down the road is Castle Buick where I bought my first Buick, a great vehicle for cruising the Route. In Countryside was the Wishing Well Motel, where many of the big bands would stay when they came in town to play, usually at the Willowbrook Ballroom, on Archer Avenue, in Willow Springs. Also in that area was the Chicken Basket, famous for its cuisine of chicken, fries, coleslaw, and a drink since the 1930s. 15
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