Month: November 2012

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:
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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.
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Stan Goes To A Prom

In Minneapolis on Saturday, November 26, 1955, Shirley Staebler and her daughter Kay rented Dale and Helen’s upstairs apartment and moved in.  They became long-term renters and friends.  Below: Kay asked me to take her to her prom in 1957.
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Our First TV

In Muscatine on Saturday, November 25, 1950, Dale wrote that we got our first television set, installed in our living room.  Black and white, of course, from Montgomery Wards, for $225.  Dale and Helen watched it a lot for the next several years.
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Stan Gets A Toaster

In Minneapolis on Saturday, November 24, 1956, Dale wrote, “Fixed our old toaster for Stan to take back to Muscatine.  Don went to bed early, Stan and Bill brought two girls here at 10:30 to listen to records.”  The Mullen brothers and I drove back to Muscatine the next day.
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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.
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 22, 1951, was Thanksgiving.  In Muscatine, Dale wrote, “Had turkey for dinner, first one in ten years.”
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Jettie Marries Clarence

In Osceola on Monday, November 21, 1955, widow Jettie Gardner married widower Clarence Liggitt.  He was a farmer who lived across the highway from Williams and Jettie’s farm, so they had known each other for some time.  Here they are several years later:
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More Snow

In Minneapolis on Wednesday, November 20, 1957, Dale wrote, “Took the chains off my and Stan’s cars before breakfast.  Snow flurries today.  High 30°.”
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Ten Inches Of Snow

In Minneapolis on Tuesday, November 19, 1957, Dale wrote, “10 inches of snow on the ground this morning.  Stan and I shoveled the sidewalks before breakfast.  He got stuck in the driveway.”  Below: Dalene in front of the house after the snowfall.
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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.
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Dale Gets Promoted

On Wednesday, November 17, 1943, while on temporary duty from Clinton, Iowa, to Omaha, Nebraska, Dale got a letter transferring him back to Clinton as Gauger-In-Charge.  He wrote, “Called Helen to tell her the news.”
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Solid Gold Cadillac

In Minneapolis on Friday, November 16, 1956, Dale wrote, “Bright day.  I shoveled walks before breakfast.  Went to ‘Solid Gold Cadillac’ at night.  Good show.”
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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.
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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.
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Dale Buys A Sweater

In Minneapolis on Wednesday, November 13, 1957, Dale wrote, “Bought a new coat sweater at Frieden’s after work, got half off for a watermark.”  It probably looked a lot like this:
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Third Home In One Year

On Thursday, November 12, 1936, Dale and Helen rent their third residence of the year in Washington, DC, an apartment at 225 Rhode Island Avenue N.E.  They move in the following Monday.  The location is shown below.
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Salute To The Marines

On Thursday, November 11, 1943, while on temporary duty from Clinton, Iowa, to Omaha, Nebraska (where Dale’s brother Lloyd had a wartime job), Dale and Lloyd went to a movie together, “Salute to the Marines.”
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