From those by-gone years
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From those by-gone years |
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The Pekin R/C Club, formed in the early 70’s found a home at Everett McKinley Dirksen Park in Pekin, Illinois. In its early days the field was very crude, as you can see in the photos, barely more then an old farm barn yard. But the founders saw the potential and the opportunity to have a permanent Club field. After many years of hard work the Field began to take shape and evolved into what you see today. The old barn has long been removed and the holes filled in. There was a fence installed to mark the boundaries between the field and the public area. Restrooms were built and a pavilion was erected for shelter from the sun. The field now boasts a 25ft by 175ft asphalt runway for those with the skill to use it. It is amazing how far we've come. |
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| Here is a reprint from an article in the Pekin Times, Thursday May 3, 1973 | |||
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Can you guess who this old codger is. He was a little less elderly when this was taken. |
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Yes you guessed it, the infamous Hermon D. Lowery. You might recognize the name on the sign as you enter the park from the road. |
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This is a picture of the field before anything was done to it. The photographer would be standing at about the west end of the runway and looking south east. |
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In this view it looks like he is about where the pavilion is now looking north east. |
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Some of the original Members
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Cal Speerly with the R/C 120 before it was called R/C 120 He took a 60 sized model and put an OS 120 4 stroke in it for "more power" |
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Here is Susie holding Alvin ,s J3 cub. |
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Elton Robertson and his sons around 1972 or 73. | ||
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Hermon Lowery and Dave Tebben around 1972 or 73 |
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Hermon Lowery around 1972 or 73 | ||
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Hermon Lowery around 1972 or 73 |
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Hermon Lowery around 1972 or 73 | ||
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Hermon again. Looks like he's trying to check out her tail?? |
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Norman Harvey 1972 or 1973 | ||
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Norman Harvey 1972 |
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Walt Courtny 1971 or 72 |
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