In Muscatine on Thursday, November 30, 1950, Dale wrote, “Worked 8 to 4:30. Mailed a letter to the folks, with some pictures. Loaded 4 tank trucks, 3 tank cars. Watched our TV at night. To bed by 10 P.M.”
Champ Joe Louis
Milton Berle Show
Filling Tank Trucks
Watching New TV
Our First TV
Roller Skating
Bird Day
Our Own TV?
Gone Skating
Treats!
Sunday Dinner
Shoe Shopping
Home Again
Odd Jobs
Town House
On Wednesday, November 15, 1950, Dale wrote, “Still at folks. Dad is better every day. Turned cattle in corn field & fixed gate. Washed Marie & my cars. Lloyd & I put glass cloth on the back porch of folks’ house in town. Warm, 70° & windy.” Lloyd and Marie were Dale’s brother and sister. Above: Williams and Jettie’s house at 322 South Park Street in Osceola, ready for their retirement from the farm.
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 of corn by noon. Approximately 50 acres. 30 neighbor ladies served dinner in East Chapel church. I took pictures. Big day.” Above: a wagon load of corn waiting to go to my Grandfather’s corn crib.
New Corn Crib
Moo
In Osceola on Sunday, November 12, 1950, Dale wrote, “Got breakfast & did dishes at folks. Brought cattle home from Forster’s pasture. Wrote letters to St. Paul, & Helen. Marie & Susan came at 10:15. I stayed up till midnight.” Mr. Forster owned the farm Williams and Jettie rented. Susan was the daughter of Ralph Kimmel and Marie, Dale’s sister.