♦ Pub Club will meet on Wed at Spurlock’s 721 Main Street. NEXT WEEK they will meet at the Westminster Village Pub and plan to stay for dinner with the Open World Delegation. The signup sheet for the dinner is at the back table or just let Renee know..
♦ Euchre night at the Kelley’s has been cancelled.
PROGRAM:
Donald Davidson, historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway spoke to us about the Indianapolis 500 Race.
He is best known for his radio program, The Talk of Gasoline Alley, broadcast annually throughout the month of May on WFNI in Indianapolis. This year will be the 101st running of the Indy 500, which began in 1911. During WWI and also WWII, the race was not held, which explains the “missing” years. Mr. Davidson mentioned several people with Lafayette roots that had something to do with the race. Roscoe Sarles was on the Duesenberg team in 1921; George Souders was the winner in 1927; and Steve Hannigan was a newspaper reporter at that time and later became a well-known publicist. All three had attended Lafayette Jefferson High School. In 1935, Amelia Earhart was an honorary referee of the Indy 500 and a guest of Eddie Rickenbacker. At the time, she was an advisor to women at Purdue. Eddie Rickenbacker, an American fighter ace in WWI, owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the years 1927-1948. He was a racecar driver at Indy in 1916. There is an exhibit at the IMS museum showing cars built in Indiana: Duesenbergs, Marmons and Studebakers. In May, the museum will have a display of cars and other memorabilia related to A.J. Foyt. Some race fans are so loyal that they have attended the Indy 500 each year for many decades. If you plan to join them this year, you’ll enjoy the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”MARCH BIRTHDAYS:
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GENTRY |
DON K. |
03/01 |
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GRIFFITHS |
ROBERT L. |
03/24 |
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HADLEY |
CRAIG |
03/08 |
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KIEL |
WILLIAM |
03/16 |
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NELSON |
BETTY M. |
03/17 |
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SANDERSON |
JOHN D. |
03/03 |
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SATTLER |
DAVID R. |
03/13 |
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SOLBERG |
ELIZABETH A. |
03/31 |