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Watching Jonathan Winters

1/31/2014

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In Minneapolis on Friday, January 31, 1958, Dale wrote, “Watched Jonathan Winters on TV and went to bed late.”  Above: Jonathan improvising on TV.
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Ice Cream In January

1/30/2014

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In Muscatine on Wednesday, January 30, 1952, high school friend Mike Collier and I walked to Neitzel’s drug store on Mulberry Avenue near Fourth Street for ice cream sodas after supper.
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Evening Studies

1/29/2014

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In Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 29, 1958, Dale wrote, “Stan went to Tony’s to study in the evening.”  Tony Lord (above left, with me) was a co-worker lab technician at General Mills Research.
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Looking At Pictures

1/28/2014

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In Minneapolis on Tuesday, January 28, 1958, Dale wrote, “Just another day.  Looked at pictures at night.  Stan went to the U to evening class.”
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Dale To Transfer?

1/27/2014

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Tuesday, January 27, 1953, was to be Dale’s last day of work at Grain Processing Corporation in Muscatine, since he had a new Post of Duty in St. Paul.  He didn’t stay there this time.  Above: a recent photo of the Muscatine grain processing plant, with a barge on the Mississippi River in the foreground.
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Gas Heat

1/26/2014

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In Muscatine on Wednesday, January 26, 1955, Dale wrote, “5° below zero at 9:30 P.M.  Nice and warm in here, gas heat.”  With a gas furnace like the one above, he relished not having to shovel coal, as he had done for many years.
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Slippery Driving

1/25/2014

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In Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 25, 1967, Dale wrote, "High 13°.  Jim’s front wheel brakes froze in the driveway this morning, my car starter froze.  Shell station started them.  Took me 1½ hours to get home after work, slick street at highway 8 and Stinson Blvd.  Worst I ever saw it.  WINTER.”  Jim rented the basement room.  Conveniently, the Shell service station was across the street from the house.
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Heights Basketball Game

1/24/2014

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In Minneapolis on Friday, January 24, 1958, Dale wrote that Dalene (a sophomore now) went to a Columbia Heights High School basketball game after supper.  Those get more important each year you’re in high school.
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Les Girls

1/23/2014

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In Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 23, 1958, Dale went to the show “Les Girls” at the Heights movie theater after supper.
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Two-Car Garage

1/22/2014

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In Minneapolis on Sunday, January 22, 1956, Dale wrote, “11° below zero.  Stan and I shoveled the driveway out for his car to go in the garage.  Stan and Dalene went to a show in the afternoon.”   The garage was a two-car garage, but only Dad’s side had been in use until I got my ’49 Ford, like the one above.
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    Hello - I am Stanley Gardner, the only grandson of Jettie Short (above, feeding her farm chickens in 1946) and Williams Gardner.  They also had six grand-daughters.  This blog is a series of date-related excerpts from Dad's diaries, with selected photos or other visual aids.

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