In Muscatine on Thursday, March 15, 1951, Dale wrote, “Worked 8 to 4:30. My salary check $146.25 & holiday check $14.00 came. Paid coal bill $37, groceries $40. Took Stanley to the plant in the afternoon a little while. TV at night. Letter from Marie.” Marie was Dale’s sister. That $146.25 would be $1,361.65 in 2016 dollars.
