In Minneapolis on Friday, November 30, 1956, Dale took Dalene and some of her friends to a high school basketball game at night.
White Christmas
Dale And Helen At Army-Navy Game
In Washington, DC, on Saturday, November 28, 1936, Dale and Helen went to Philadelphia for the Army-Navy football game with tickets they had received from Max Schaffer, Helen’s nephew. Dale wrote, “Wonderful. Had dinner with Max at Child’s and went to a show.” Here is the cover of the program for that game:
Muscatine Chorus In Des Moines
On Saturday, November 27, 1954, the Muscatine High School chorus, under the direction of Max Collins, was in Des Moines for the Eighth Annual Iowa All-State Band, Orchestra, and Chorus Festival Concert at the KRNT Theater. A month earlier, around the state, 254 Iowa high schools auditioned, and 1,000 students were selected for the chorus, 270 for the band, and 209 for the orchestra. Below: the program.
Stan Goes To A Prom
Our First TV
Stan Gets A Toaster
Dalene Goes To “Giant”
In Minneapolis on Friday, November 23, 1956, Dale wrote, “Stan, Don, and Bill came down to Phillips to watch the bottling machine work. Dalene went downtown with Sharon Lynn to ‘Giant.’ Boys had dates at night.” Don and Bill Mullen were brothers from Muscatine I had gone to high school with, Phillips was the alcohol bottler where Dad worked, and Sharon Lynn was Dalene’s friend.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jettie Marries Clarence
More Snow
Ten Inches Of Snow
Father-Son Banquet
In Muscatine on Tuesday, November 18, 1952, Dad and I went to a father and son banquet at the Evangelical United Brethren church at night. The church, below, was at the corner of Mulberry Avenue and East Sixth Street. The E.U.B. (as it was known) merged with the Methodist Church in 1968 to form the United Methodist Church. Bet you didn’t know that.
Dale Gets Promoted
Solid Gold Cadillac
Moving To Columbia Heights
In Minneapolis on Tuesday, November 15, 1955, Dale, Helen, and Dalene moved from a tourist cabin to their house in Columbia Heights. He wrote, “Vern Lowe brought furniture from Muscatine at 1 P.M. Snow storm and cold. Miserable day. Couldn’t get our kitchen stove hooked up. Discouraging. Ate supper out.” The next day, they enrolled Dalene in school in Columbia Heights. Below: their new home on Reservoir Boulevard.
Neighbors Pitch In
Visiting from Muscatine in Osceola on Tuesday, November 14, 1950, for his father’s heart condition, Dale wrote, “54 neighbors, 35 tractors, 26 wagons, 5 elevators, and 12 mechanical pickers picked Dad’s 3200 bushels corn by noon. Approximately 50 acres. 30 neighbor ladies served dinner in East Chapel church. I took pictures. Big day.” Below: a wagonload of corn waiting to go to my Grandpa’s corn crib.