Member News: On
February 22, the Albuquerque Journal ran an article about Joann Bruns home
in NE Albuquerque. Shes a member who has contributed lots of energy to her
decor. As she passes the brown and white Historic Route 66 sign (which she
bought from the Highway Dept.) she says, "Every time I walk into that
entryway at night, when that fluorescent sign shows up in the dark, it just
makes me laugh."
Welcome To New Members! Berta
Hunt of Moriarty works for Route 66 Elementary Schools PTO. According to
Bob Audette, this is the only Route 66 School in the world. Turn south on
Barton Road, just east of Sedillo to visit the school. Joy V.
Galloway, born and raised in Albuquerque, has lived near Route 66 most of
her life. She considers Huning-Highland area near the old Albuquerque High
as her stompin grounds. She volunteers 3 hours a week at the Sunport and
hands out news about Route 66. "Its such a kick," writes Joy,
"to have travelers from around the world express their knowledge of
and interest in Route 66, and theyre tickled to get their hands on a piece
of literature about it." Joys also operates a web site business. Her
ad will run in the summer issue. Clarke Ingram of Rochester,
NY loves the entire route. "I drove 66 from Chicago to Seligman, AZ
last summer and look forward to a similar trip in 1997. Janet Anderson,
who rode the Route in the å30s, is especially interested in bypassed
towns of New Mexico and Arizona. So are |
we, Janet. Bob and Melissa Cassel, from Lanexa, Kansas, now belong
to seven Route 66 associations and are active in the Kansas Historic Route
66 Association. They sent a picture of the 1923 Rainbow Arch Bridge the
Kansas group helped to restore. They own a 1957 four-door Bel Air and hope
to drive it through New Mexico some day. They like our map. Mimi Montgomery,
one of our members, bought her brother, Mark Jensen, a business membership
for his birthday. Good present. His ad will run in our next issue. W.D.
Leigon, brother of Lillian Redman, who received the Blue Swallow Motel in
Tucumcari as an engagement present, has joined. He thanks us for our publicity
in helping to carry on the tradition of this legendary motel. Gerald
Schultz ordered our map and then elected to become a member. Welcome to
each of you! We have renewals from Marcia Brooks of La Grange, IL and
Octavia Fellin of Gallup. Thank you.
| New Mexico Department of Tourism a Good Supporter Mike Pitel sent out a press release about our new map designed
by Jan Underwood, and we sold 25 copies to Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and
Florida. We have good news to dispense and we appreciate all helpful publicity. |
| Here's my corner to say hello...this is a tight issue! This
is the 4th newsletter that Sue Mann and I have put toghether and I am thrilled
to take part as Editor in this effort. Thanks, members, for all of your
support and ideas...we couldn't do it without you! Email us at any time
Sue can be reached at info@rt66nm.org
and I can be reached at DaveBahm@aol.com. Your ideas are always welcome...now
drive NM Route 66! |
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Book Review:
Behind the Wheel...On Route 66
by Sue Bohannan Mann
Howard Suttle not only wrote Behind the Wheel...On Route 66; he illustrated
each anecdotal chapter with his humorous drawings. For 28 years, he drove
more than two-and-a-half million miles for Greyhound Bus Company. From his
home port of Amarillo, he drove Route 66 through Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico, and collected memories of what good stories are made of. A Scenicruiser
once drove off from the Club CafÈ in Santa Rosa without a driver,
who, when he came out and saw what was happening, threw down his Styrofoam
cup and started chasing. Four blocks later, he found a large woman sitting
at the wheel saying, "This bus steers easily." She had kept the
bus steering straight but was afraid she'd touch the wrong pedal if she
tried to stop it. Suttle displays a practical understanding of people
and how to handle unusual situations: the man nipping from a bottle, a cigar
smoking older man determined not to follow the rules, the easiest way to
pass through a herd of 1,000 cows on a rainy night, a crazy hop-head, and
a post-office robber. His first bus load, after his training stint in
Dallas, turned out to be a group of young Canadian women. They clapped when
he announced they would be in an old bus without air-conditioning. "We
can open the windows and take better pictures," they told him. Later,
when he explained that he had to drive 35 miles per hour to keep the engine
from overheating, they
Copies of this book can be ordered from DATA Plus! Printing
and Publishing, 620 South 4th Street, Raton, NM 87740. The cost: $13.95
U.S.A., $16.95 Canada, plus $3 shipping and handling charges. If you have
questions, call Ted V. Lusk at (505) 445-5860.
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clapped again because that too would help their pictures. After the
pleasant start, Suttle was prepared to face icy blizzards in the Texas panhandle,
a black ice Christmas, bridge washouts on Red River, to find missing toddlers,
and to keep a distraught passenger from jumping off the moving bus. The
depiction of human nature under diverse circumstances proves that a healthy
dose of common sense mixed with humor, love, and an understanding heart
serve a Greyhound Bus driver well. Jim Lehrer, host of The News Hour
on PBS and a personal friend of the author, has written the Foreword, and
enthusiastic reviews are featured on the back cover. |
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