In Muscatine on Tuesday, March 24, 1953, Dale wrote, “In Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Catlona says I have soft gristle between back bones that allows nerve to be pinched. Recommends a leather brace for $50. Wow! Helen came in the evening, also Borchard and Reverend Eveland.” Borchard was a co-worker and Eveland was the minister at the Evangelical United Brethren Church we attended. Dale went home the next day.
