In Muscatine on Wednesday, September 13, 1950, Dale wrote, “Worked 8 to 4:30. Pay day. Paid last $50 to Louie for car. Paid $12.70 state income tax. Paid $10 to Montgomery Ward, $7.11 telephone bill. Bowled 506 series, highest game 187. Kids went to a show.” That 1939 Mercury is finally theirs, bought from Helen’s brother Louie.
