Per research done by Jim Kershner (of the Spokesman-Review) and Donna Potter Phillips (a member of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society):
On 14 July 1920, Walter Maydahl was sentenced to 24 hours in jail for speeding and “spooning” on the Waikiki Highway.
“This young man had a girl on his lap, and he was driving the car 47 miles an hour,” the traffic officer said. “I do not know how any man can have a girl on his knees and drive a car without endangering others.”
“Neither do I,” said the judge. “This business has got to stop.”
Walter was 17 on that July day, the son of Sivert Maydahl (1867-1927) who had immigrated from Norway and was a “motorman on the street railway” according to the 1910 census for Spokane. On the 1920 census, Walter was single, living at home, and was a “night clerk in telegraph office.” Albin Walter Maydahl married Joy Acoam in 1922 in Vancouver, Washington; was she the lady on his lap? In the 1930 census, Walter and Joy were living in Wallace (with son Richard) where Walter was a “railroad car inspector.” By 1940, they were living in Salt Lake City (with two more children, James and Maria) where Walter was a “car foreman.” Joy died at age 89 in King County. Walter died in September 1964, according to the Railroad Retirement Pension Index.
[See image of grave marker at https://billiongraves.com/grave/A-Walter-Maydahl/10464990 ]
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Married to Joy Constable Acoam:
BIRTH 17 MAY 1903 • Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
DEATH 13 JUL 1992 • Kirkland, King, Washington, USA
Father of Richard Wesley Maydahl:
BIRTH 12 JUL 1925 • Wallace, Shoshone, Idaho, USA
DEATH 7 SEP 2008 • Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Father of Maria Joy Maydahl:
BIRTH 27 AUG 1940 • Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, USA
DEATH 27 JUN 1959 • Rural Battle Mountain, Lander, Nevada, USA
On 14 July 1920, Walter Maydahl was sentenced to 24 hours in jail for speeding and “spooning” on the Waikiki Highway.
“This young man had a girl on his lap, and he was driving the car 47 miles an hour,” the traffic officer said. “I do not know how any man can have a girl on his knees and drive a car without endangering others.”
“Neither do I,” said the judge. “This business has got to stop.”
Walter was 17 on that July day, the son of Sivert Maydahl (1867-1927) who had immigrated from Norway and was a “motorman on the street railway” according to the 1910 census for Spokane. On the 1920 census, Walter was single, living at home, and was a “night clerk in telegraph office.” Albin Walter Maydahl married Joy Acoam in 1922 in Vancouver, Washington; was she the lady on his lap? In the 1930 census, Walter and Joy were living in Wallace (with son Richard) where Walter was a “railroad car inspector.” By 1940, they were living in Salt Lake City (with two more children, James and Maria) where Walter was a “car foreman.” Joy died at age 89 in King County. Walter died in September 1964, according to the Railroad Retirement Pension Index.
[See image of grave marker at https://billiongraves.com/grave/A-Walter-Maydahl/10464990 ]
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Married to Joy Constable Acoam:
BIRTH 17 MAY 1903 • Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
DEATH 13 JUL 1992 • Kirkland, King, Washington, USA
Father of Richard Wesley Maydahl:
BIRTH 12 JUL 1925 • Wallace, Shoshone, Idaho, USA
DEATH 7 SEP 2008 • Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Father of Maria Joy Maydahl:
BIRTH 27 AUG 1940 • Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, USA
DEATH 27 JUN 1959 • Rural Battle Mountain, Lander, Nevada, USA
Per research done by Jim Kershner (of the Spokesman-Review) and Donna Potter Phillips (a member of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society):
On 14 July 1920, Walter Maydahl was sentenced to 24 hours in jail for speeding and “spooning” on the Waikiki Highway.
“This young man had a girl on his lap, and he was driving the car 47 miles an hour,” the traffic officer said. “I do not know how any man can have a girl on his knees and drive a car without endangering others.”
“Neither do I,” said the judge. “This business has got to stop.”
Walter was 17 on that July day, the son of Sivert Maydahl (1867-1927) who had immigrated from Norway and was a “motorman on the street railway” according to the 1910 census for Spokane. On the 1920 census, Walter was single, living at home, and was a “night clerk in telegraph office.” Albin Walter Maydahl married Joy Acoam in 1922 in Vancouver, Washington; was she the lady on his lap? In the 1930 census, Walter and Joy were living in Wallace (with son Richard) where Walter was a “railroad car inspector.” By 1940, they were living in Salt Lake City (with two more children, James and Maria) where Walter was a “car foreman.” Joy died at age 89 in King County. Walter died in September 1964, according to the Railroad Retirement Pension Index.
[See image of grave marker at https://billiongraves.com/grave/A-Walter-Maydahl/10464990 ]
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Married to Joy Constable Acoam:
BIRTH 17 MAY 1903 • Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
DEATH 13 JUL 1992 • Kirkland, King, Washington, USA
Father of Richard Wesley Maydahl:
BIRTH 12 JUL 1925 • Wallace, Shoshone, Idaho, USA
DEATH 7 SEP 2008 • Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Father of Maria Joy Maydahl:
BIRTH 27 AUG 1940 • Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, USA
DEATH 27 JUN 1959 • Rural Battle Mountain, Lander, Nevada, USA
On 14 July 1920, Walter Maydahl was sentenced to 24 hours in jail for speeding and “spooning” on the Waikiki Highway.
“This young man had a girl on his lap, and he was driving the car 47 miles an hour,” the traffic officer said. “I do not know how any man can have a girl on his knees and drive a car without endangering others.”
“Neither do I,” said the judge. “This business has got to stop.”
Walter was 17 on that July day, the son of Sivert Maydahl (1867-1927) who had immigrated from Norway and was a “motorman on the street railway” according to the 1910 census for Spokane. On the 1920 census, Walter was single, living at home, and was a “night clerk in telegraph office.” Albin Walter Maydahl married Joy Acoam in 1922 in Vancouver, Washington; was she the lady on his lap? In the 1930 census, Walter and Joy were living in Wallace (with son Richard) where Walter was a “railroad car inspector.” By 1940, they were living in Salt Lake City (with two more children, James and Maria) where Walter was a “car foreman.” Joy died at age 89 in King County. Walter died in September 1964, according to the Railroad Retirement Pension Index.
[See image of grave marker at https://billiongraves.com/grave/A-Walter-Maydahl/10464990 ]
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Married to Joy Constable Acoam:
BIRTH 17 MAY 1903 • Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
DEATH 13 JUL 1992 • Kirkland, King, Washington, USA
Father of Richard Wesley Maydahl:
BIRTH 12 JUL 1925 • Wallace, Shoshone, Idaho, USA
DEATH 7 SEP 2008 • Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Father of Maria Joy Maydahl:
BIRTH 27 AUG 1940 • Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, USA
DEATH 27 JUN 1959 • Rural Battle Mountain, Lander, Nevada, USA
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