Pg. 1 Membership Meeting: June 8 7:00 @ Brickhouse Grill June 2017 Newsletter Volume: 6 Issue: 43 Vice President Jennifer Abney Secretary Melissa Roberts (217)306-7938 Treasurer Ditmar Walker Sergeant At Arms Pam Meyer 50/50 Sales Pam Scattergood Jennifer Abney President: Don Highley 209 East Lake Shore Dr. Springfield, IL. 62712 (217) 585-8350 Newsletter Editor Carla Rapps (217) 652-7942 Registration Lis Moore, Pam Meyer, Pam Scattergood Set Up/Parking Andy Wilbur Ron Scattergood Derek Roberts Web Master Duane Moore (217) 553-8177 Membership Chair Pam Scattergood President s Message & From the Secretary - pg. 1 June Birthdays - pg 2 Club Meetings pg 2 Mystery Cruise pg 2 ==== Club Reminders pg 3 ==== Hardees Cruises pg 4 Trivia pg 4 ==== 2017 Car Show Updates Pg 5 The Rear Bumper: - pg. 6 +===== Forever updating information. Free to join. Scan to our site with mobile device. A family car club serving 24yrs. of cruising. HI CRUISERS: We have a very busy month ahead of us. We will be helping the Riverton KC's with their very first car show on June 4th. Bring your car out for this car show that is judges by the participants. Registration is $15 with proceeds going to Brother James Court. Registration is 10AM to 12 noon. There will be a variety of food and beverages, 50/50 and great music. JUNE CRUISE-INS Friday June 2 at Ray's Diner in Sherman, IL 5:30 to 8:30pm SUNDAY, June 4th at Riverton KC (Car Show) awards start around 3:30pm SATURDAY, June 10th at Hardees' on Stevenson Drive 5:30 to 8:30pm SUNDAY, June 11th Shriners' Car Show RT 66 Cruisers judge this one. More details will be sent later by Email. FRIDAY, June 23rd Fairlane Diner, Sherman, IL 5:30 to 8:30pm SATURDAY, June 24th O'Rielly Cruise-in -- in Taylorville, IL HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE, & THERE & THERE & THERE... OUR JUNE MEMBERSHIP MEETING is 6-08-17 at 7pm at the BRICK HOUSE GRILL & PUB. Come early for supper. Meeting starts at 7pm. Address is 3136 West Iles Ave. Brick House is located behind Walgreens at the corner of Koke Mill & Iles. PLEASE check & read your email. PLEASE put our Rt 66 Cruisers' Car Club activities dates on your calendar! PLEASE check your calendar & join in, on our club activities. Rt 66 cruisers' is your club. The more you join in the activities the more fun you will have & the more people you will get acquainted with. Gayle Highley sends out (via email) our monthly newsletters & reminders for Rt 66 activities...membership meeting, mystery dinner cruises, cruise-ins and other important stuff. If your email address changes, please contact Gayle gghjackson@yahoo.com OR contact her by phone 585-8350. If you have NOT renewed your 2017 membership, you are NOT getting this newsletter. MEMBERS if you have friend that have NOT renewed for 2917--remind them to. As renewals come in, names will be added back to the email list.
Pg. 2 1 John Milller 4 Cathy Annerino Harold Osborn III 6 Susan Bowden 7 Rick Finn 9 Wishing everyone a happy birthday from the Route 66 Cruisers Car Club of Springfield, IL. 17 Don Highley Shaun Stoutameyer 19 Cassie Langley Duane Moore Ron Scattergood Acacia Hatcher 20 Joe Bull Yeat Nachowicz 21 Tony Willis 10 John Lucchesi 22 Connie Crawford 12 Chuck Blagburn 28 John Blair 15 Tony Annerino 29 Diana Keafer 16 Angela Weiss See birthdays each month at the club s official website. June 8 Member Meeting. - Brickhouse Grill Iles Ave June 15 Mystery Cruise Dinner June 22 Club Board Meeting Chatham Café Be sure you sign in at the member meetings. Every meeting you attend is another entry in the drawing at the end of the year for featuring your car in the annual club calendar. The May Mystery Dinner Cruise led us to Capones in New Berlin. YUM YUM. Food and conversation flowed. No one left hungry. Service was outstanding. Always a club favorite. Lis Moore was our free dinner winner. Congrats Lis!!! Join us June 15 for the next mystery cruise dinner and find out who the next lucky winner is and where it leads us!!
Check often & Read your email messages - you don't want to miss club activities. If you email address changes, contact Gayle (585-8350) or gghjackson@yahoo with the change. Encourage your friends, who have classic cars, to join our club. MERCHANDISE: Hopefully we will have a picture of the art work for the this years "Show"' shirt available for viewing at the June 8th membership meeting. Steve & Laura Clevenger & Duane & Lis Moore will have their cars featured on this 2017 "Show" shirts. Order forms will be available in the near future so you will be able to preorder your correct size to insure you get the size you want. Route 66 Cruisers' merchandise is available for sale at membership meetings and at cruise-ins. The red club shirts are still available in most sizes. Sizes M, L, XL are $15.00; sizes XXL, XXXL are $18.00. Last years "car show" shirts are available in 2X only. Get your can Koozies before they're gone. Interested in a Route 66 Car Plaque? Who wouldn't??? The Route 66 Cruisers' plaques are aluminum and are ready to hang from your bumper or from where ever you want to hang it from. We need a minimum order of 20-25 to get a better price. Cost will be $25.00 each. Please contact Jeff Whitehead to put your name on his list to order a plaque. bowtie56jw@yahoo.com OR you can contact Don Highley captdonh@yahoo.com
Pg. 3 The next Hardee s cruise-in will be Saturday June 10 at Rock N Roll Hardees on Stevenson 5:30 p.m. 8:30 The cruise-in on May 13 was a big success. The weather was perfect. The sun was shining and the shine on those cars was almost as bright. Lots of beautiful cars were present. Let's cross our fingers that mother nature continues to cooperate for the rest of the cruising season! D s Trivia taught us: 1. While Vincent VanGogh painted more than 850 oil paintings and 1000 watercolors, he only sold 5 during is lifetime. 2. In Singapore, you can be fined $150.00 for not flushing the toilet. 3. The 1969 Dodge Daytona's huge wing at the rear end was designed to allow the trunk to open all the way. 4. Al Pacino turned down the role of Han Solo and Tom Selleck turned down the role of Indiana Jones both going to Harrison Ford whose career zoomed after. 5. Wal-Mart earns $1.8 million every hour. Remember to check our website at for any forms you might need.
Friday June 2 Ray s Diner - Sherman 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Sunday June 4 K of C Hall Riverton Show 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Saturday June 10 Hardee s - East Stevenson 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Friday June 23 Fairlane Diner Sherman 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Saturday July 15 Hardee s - East Stevenson 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Friday July 21 Fairlane Diner Sherman 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Friday August 4 Fairlane Diner Sherman 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Saturday August 12 Hardee s - East Stevenson 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Saturday August 19 Hardee s Virden, IL 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Friday Sept 1 Ray s Diner - Sherman 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Saturday Sept 16 2017 Car & Truck Show Lincoln Park 8:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Friday Sept 29 Fairlane Diner Sherman 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Saturday October 14 Hardee s - East Stevenson 5:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Sunday October 29 Hardee s - East Stevenson 1:00p.m. 4:00 p.m. D is still waiting on a final proof for the show's t-shirt and we will be set to offer it for sale. Look for the order sheet in upcoming newsletters or pick one up at one of our cruiseins or meetings. Don't forget that we are helping the Riverton Knights of Columbus with their car show on Sunday, June 4. Hope to see all of you there to help them with their charitable cause. LOOKING AHEAD TO JULY... Everyone lives a picnic! Our JULY MEMBERSHIP MEETING is a picnic at the New Salem Park Picnic area. It's on a SUNDAY 7-16-17. Immediate family members are invited to attend with members. Please bring a large dish to share for every 3 persons attending. Fruit, salads, pasta, potatoes, deserts, vegetable, chips etc. are all welcome. Decide now what you'll bring. Cold water is provided. Plates & plastic utensils & napkins will also be provided. More information & details in the JULY Newsletter. It's a regular meeting with fun & games included. Trivia with D, too. Plan to attend. MORE information is the JULY Newsletter
Don Highley - President 209 East Lake Shore Drive Springfield, Illinois 62712 Calendar of Events June Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 4 KC Riverton Car Cruise 5 6 7 8 Membership Meeting 1 2 Ray s Diner Cruise-in 3 9 10 Hardee s Cruise-in 11 Father s Day 12 13 14 15 Mystery Cruise 16 17 18 19 20 21 Newsletter Entries Due 22 Board Meeting 23 Fairlane Diner Cruise-in 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 $ Save some green, take advantage of this offer. $ A reminder when you register at cruises at Hardee s you will receive 10% discount on all orders, but please remind cashier, if they don t ask. Thank you.