Betty Wheatley and Allen Threatt, Sr. inducted into the Oklahoma Route 66 Hall ofFame.
The ceremony was held at the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton.
Betty Wheatley owned the Dairy Ranch Drive In in Afton for more than four decades.
Allen Threatt founded the Thtreatt Filling Station, one of the first black-owned gas stations that would serve black autoists who would be refused service at many other places. The station was constructed in 1915 and at one time sold Conoco products.
I am so glad that work is planned for the station which was falling into disrepair by the time we drove by it.
It is important not to overlook the trials and tribulations of Blacks on the Mother Road. I am glad the Green Book has gotten so much publicity.
--RoadDog
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