In Muscatine on Sunday, September 30, 1951, Dale wrote, “Paid Mr. Lease $50 rent + $10 on furniture, balance due on furniture $74. Warm day. Dalene & Sonnie went to a show in afternoon. Stanley went to Mike’s in afternoon for supper. TV at night.” Sonnie was a neighbor friend of Dalene’s, and Mike was a classmate of mine.
Yum!
No More Shoveling Coal
Dale Breaks Some Eggs
Many Barrels
Final Single-Digit Age
Party!
Put-Up Job
What A Pane
Dalene Breaks A Window
Rub-A-Dub-Dub
Visiting MD
Tired Blood
Gas Heat
In Muscatine on Monday, September 17, 1951, having moved from 507 East Seventh Street (a house with a coal-burning furnace) next door to 505 East Seventh Street (a house with a gas furnace), Dale wrote, “Cooler and rain at night. Gas furnace wonderful.” Coal furnaces like the one above (left) were dirty, sooty, smelly, compared to a gas furnace (right). No shoveling required.