In Muscatine on Friday, March 13, 1953, Dale wrote “Sick leave. Had 4th hormone shot of Dr. Miller. Nice day. Stan to ‘Fun Night’ at night to dance, etc. No mail. To bed late.” Fun Night was held at the YWCA, and many (not all) boys stood around the edge of the dance floor watching girls dance while they worked up their courage to ask a girl to dance. Or was that just me?
