Down Mason City's Memory Lane

<p>Mason City Illinois a tiny rural community in the heart of the Midwest is the setting for Dale Fancher's book of reflections and memories of a day gone by. A lifelong resident of Mason City Fancher has a keen mind and a heart for the quaint easily lost memories of youth: From bathing in a galvanized washtub to trailing behind the ice-delivery truck to beg shards of ice on a hot day; from fishing at Salt Creek at night and listening to the bobcats to World War II blackouts.</p><p>Reading Fancher's book one becomes familiar with local characters like Kenny Hanover still barbering after fifty years and Edna Sylvie the barefoot taxi lady. Told as a series of Remember when .? and Did you ever .? snippets reading this book is like flipping through an old family photo album.</p>