In Minneapolis on Sunday, July 27, 1958, Dale wrote, “Over ½ inch of rain. Sunny in the afternoon. I took the carburetor off the Dodge and cleaned it. Put a tail pipe extension on the Chevy. Dinny and I went to Lake Calhoun. Margie called in the evening, Louie to be operated on in the morning for gallstones and ulcer. High 82°, 69° at bedtime.” Margie was the daughter of Helen’s brother Louie, who had gall stone surgery the next day, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Above: a ‘50s Dodge carburetor (before fuel injection became common for blending air and fuel in internal combustion engines).
