Nonprofit formed to relight Yukon sign

A nonprofit group has formed to raise money to eventually restore the lighting on the huge “Yukon’s Best Flour” sign on top of the Yukon Grain & Mill Co. building near Route 66 in Yukon, Okla., reports KOTV.

Grady Cross, owner of Grady’s Route 66 Pub, helped form a nonprofit that seeks to raise funds to restore the sign. Pam Shelton is chairman of the Re-Light the Mill Committee.

“We’re going to have to redo the wiring and the letters are rusted,” said Shelton. “So, we will be taking the sign completely down.”

Shelton says the cost is not small. The group needs upwards of $250,000 to restore the signs. So, the group held a “Black-Out Block Party” on Sunday, featuring 11 time Grammy Award winning country group “Asleep at the Wheel. ” […]

The flour mill is no longer in operation. The current owners use it to store grain, but Shelton says they are supportive of the effort to re-light the mill.

Having Asleep At the Wheel as part of the benefit show seems appropriate, as the band has been supportive of Route 66 for many years. It also performs Bobby Troup’s “Route 66” during every show.

I think the lights on the “Yukon’s Best Flour” sign were restored more recently than 1989, but the point is the same — age and weather have taken their toll. The sign dates to the 1940s.

More about the restoration effort can be found at its Facebook page here.

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