With his family in Osceola on vacation from Muscatine on Friday, July 6, 1951, Dale wrote, “Took Mother’s washer motor to Bill Herron & traded for another one. Hunted for front spring & found one west of Medora. To George’s for afternoon & supper. Still cool. To bed at 10:30.” Medora is on Highway US 69 16 miles northeast of Osceola. George Casey was married to Helen’s sister Wilma.
