[Chrysler300] WP Chrysler Home & Heritage

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

Danny:

Thanks for your note.  I hope you have not missed any copies of Brute Force.
The Oct-Dec, 2009 was just mailed out.  Please let me know if you did not
receive it.  I will update our database when I return home later this month.

I?m sending a copy of this to the server connecting about 450 members of the
other Chrysler 300 Club, of which I am also a member so that they might
schedule a trip to Ellis, KS when in the vicinity.  We all appreciate the
heritage, creativity and automotive genius that W.P. Chrysler contributed to
the Chrysler Corporation that led directly to what we consider a high point
in that corporation's history--the Chrysler 300's of 1955 to date.

But, I'm wondering if old WPC is not spinning in his grave over the recent
history of that great organization.

We visited the small town of Oelwein, IA after attending a Chrysler 300
Club, Int. meet in Branson, MO last month.  I lived in Oelwein as a young
teen in 1949-1952 but don?t recall hearing anything about W.P Chrysler
having lived there while he ran the Chicago Great Western operation in that
vicinity (1906-1909)?or that his son, W.P. Chrysler, Jr., and daughter
Bernice were born there.  Now, Oelwein has documented Chrysler?s presence
there with a small park with a gazebo and plaques on his work and life
there.  (See:  http://www.chryslerheritage.com/sec500_pdf/Chapter1.pdf	for
details.)  It was rainy while we were there, but I did take a few pictures
and will forward them to you at a later date if you wish.  I also took some
pictures of a Maxwell while travelling and can send those also if you wish.
And, I have current shots of the Chrysler 300's and other MoPars at the
Branson show if those are of any use to you.

Thanks for your work in developing, archiving and preserving the heritage of
our hero.  Let us know next time you have a celebration/parade there and
we'll try to get a Chrysler 300 there.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Director and Membership Manager
Chrysler 300 Club, Inc.

________________________________________
From: Chrysler Boyhood Home [mailto:chrysler55@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 11:02 AM
To: c300@xxxxxxx
Subject: address change

Dear Mr. Barber,
     Here at the Walter P Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum in Ellis, Ks we
appreciate you sending a copy of your magazine.  However we have changed our
mailing address.  Our new one is 102 W 10th st, Ellis Ks 67637-1624.  We
always read it and display for interested visitors to our museum.  Hopefully
you get a new member from this.  I don't know if any of your members have
stopped by but a good share of our visitors either own or have owned
Chrysler Products or worked in some fashion for Chrysler.  If you haven't
checked out our website please do so.  It is www.chryslerboyhoodhome.com. 
We get around a 1000 visitors a year and would welcome your members to
visit.  Sincerely, Danny R Cline---Director.



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