Gary's Gay Para, Ash Grove | Roadtrippers

Contents:

• GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT OZARKS HISTORY
• GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT IN OZARKS HISTORY
• GARY'S GAY PARA
• GARY’S GAY PARA
• ROUTE 66: GARY’S GAY PARA
• GARY'S GAY PARA
• GARY'S GAY PARA
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• NOT THE ONN: MOSW BANS GAY PRI FOR NEXT 100 YEARS
• MOSW GAY BARS
• MOSW GAY DANCE CLUBS & PARTI
• GARY TURNER RTR 66 LEGEND!! - GARY'S GAY PARA

GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT OZARKS HISTORY

Gay Para is a lol landmark for Route 66 enthiasts. Gay Para was the feature of the July 2021 Ozarks Alive: Time Capsule episo on KSMU. But one memory liv on the form of an old-fashned Sclair service statn lled Gay Para, loted some 20-some wt of the Queen small, lorful statn, adorned wh vtage dér, is tly a sign of the tim.

GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT IN OZARKS HISTORY

” Those are the words of Gee Bowick, who liv at Gay Para wh his partner, Barbara Barn. They ntue a legacy that began around a century ago, when the statn was opened by Fred and Gay Mason the 1920s.

Gee Bowick pots to a photo of Fred and Gay Mason, who opened the statn the 1920s.

Most thgs remaed the same after Gee and Barbara moved om the East Coast to take over Gay Para. “That’s the same hoe that Fred and Gay Mason lived , that’s the same hoe that Gary and Lena Turner lived , and now ’s where Barbara and I live, ” says Gee.

GARY'S GAY PARA

For more rmatn about Gay Para, click here. A few of the famo dance halls clu, the Trianon, the Tower, and the Gay Para ballrooms.

Gay Para's Service Statn is here. Gary's Gay Para Sclair. Gary's Gay Para Sclair Gas Statn Paris Sprgs, Missouri.

and at the crossroads leadg to the village, a small muny formed: Paris Sprgs Junctn or Gay Para.

GARY’S GAY PARA

Glen's Fred bought the gas statn further down the road (Gay Para). Gay Para Service statn.

ROUTE 66: GARY’S GAY PARA

Gay and Fred Mason at Gay Para. Also known as Gary's Gay Para or Gay Para Sclair, this is one of Route's 66 major attractns Missouri. The origal Sclair statn belonged to Gay and Fred Mason.

Gay E. Close up of the origal 1930s Gay Para Sclair.

GARY'S GAY PARA

Lookg east along US66 at the origal 1930s Gay Para Sclair. Gay died 1953, and the unsured gas statn burned down 1955.

Both Gay and Fred are. The Name: Gay Para.

However, there was a famo ballroom that had the same name, the "Gay Para Club" Carona, Kansas, is pictured below the 1930s (see s.

GARY'S GAY PARA

1930s Gay Para Club Carona Kansas. The New Gary Gay Para service statn. Gary's Gay Para statn and the U.

Gay Para Store. Gay Para Store nowadays. The Archectural - Historic Survey of Route 66 says that this store was owned by Gay and Fred Mason.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

Gay Para store 1940s, Route 66 Paris Sprgs MO. When I was young, we ed to dance to polka bands at the Gay Para, a big old dance hall out the sticks near Carona, Kansas, where people of every age would dance the polka together. This property is lled Gay Para, ” the late Gary Turner said 2012, wh his signature gravelly voice.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

“It was built by Gay and Fred Mason. Gay Para was named after Gay.

But you only see Gay’s name up there, so she’s probably more equal than Fred was. ”The origal Gay Para was built around 1930 Paris Sprgs, alongsi Route md that “Para” is not exactly “equal” Spanish (more likely Italian), and that Para may very well have been an old place name for this part of ral Missouri about 20- wt of Sprgfield.

NOT THE ONN: MOSW BANS GAY PRI FOR NEXT 100 YEARS

That was Gay Mason’s dream hoe. Th was born the lotn for the new Gay Para statn, now vised year-round by 66 travelers. The path wouldn’t be anythg whout the people, ’” Rich relled ’s generosy love, iendship, and food at Gay Para, though, were owed large part to his formative years as a picker, wh his fay tryg to survive poverty.

MOSW GAY BARS

Meanwhile, the future of Gary’s Gay Para was very Para, Part 2The Gay Para statn sat quiet repose for months followg Lena’s ath. Worse yet, vandals started claimg some of the many antique signs and artifacts that ma Gay Para one of the most popular and unique roadsi attractns on scrib what happened durg this perd: “The statn sat empty…. ”Gary Turner’s impact on Route 66 has been noted by many, particularly the people and muni nearby Gay Para Missouri.

MOSW GAY DANCE CLUBS & PARTI

”Today, Gay Para has been given a new lease on life. Gay Para looks much the same as always did, perhaps a ltle neater and tidier plac where Barb has left her fgerprts, but the vibe is no is no such thg as a 15-mute vis to Gay Para, wh or whout Gary. You fet the heat, the humidy, the fli, bee this is the day’s premier event, and this is not the typil Missouri ont lghed aloud, “If you’re a hurry and you stop at Gay Para, you’re trouble!

GARY TURNER RTR 66 LEGEND!! - GARY'S GAY PARA

If you’re a te open road traveler, then Gary Turner and Gay Para were ma for you. “That’s the same hoe that Fred and Gay Mason lived , that’s the same hoe that Gary and Lena Turner lived , and now ’s where Barbara and I live, ” says vantage pot giv the uple a unique opportuny to bee acquated wh many people across cultural l.

It’s barely five o’clock and the sun is not that low yet, reflectg a pleasant warmth off the metal piec all around —Old gas statn pumps and Ford tck remnants, ancient license plat and signs wh such clean letterg that read: Kendall Motor Oil, Drk Lime Cola Double Size 5 Cents, Coal Oil, and then, Gay Para, Established 1934. Fred Watson named the jumble of art gas statns after his wife Gay, and over the years, beme one of the favore stops along Route 66.

Different rtrants, hotels, and gas statns bee statns all their own—jt like Gay Para. ” Gary’s passn for Gay Para shows the re he tak wh every old r his lawn, and wh the personal attentn he giv every one of his guts.