In Muscatine on Friday, July 28, 1950, Dale wrote, “Worked 8 to 4:30. Jack Owens came down to the plant to say goodbye – he is transferred to Yankton, South Dakota. Hot today. I mowed the yard after supper & cut weeds. Stayed home at night & to bed after midnight.” They had no air conditioning, so waited for the evening cool-down to go to bed.
