They Didn’t Talk about MLK

Modified from Google Images searching 1959 Olds

Billy and Irving washed cars at Irv’s house, around the back where the oily little creek intersected the railroad. The culvert under the tracks carried the runoff to a small lake where the kids skated in the winter.

Billy and Irving offered a car wash to customers if the repair job would span the weekend. If they had the cars running by Friday night they would take them to Irving’s on Saturday and wash them. It was…