Chief Askew's Diary: April 7, 1930

"Blowing like March"; a roadster like Nancy Drew's abandoned in Newnan

There was a light Mayor’s Court this Monday morning in Newnan, Georgia and nothing much doing for the police department, except for a 1926 Ford Roadster that had been found abandoned on Temple Avenue on Saturday night. “Clear and pleaseant this p.m., but the wind is up pretty high, blowing like March,” Chief Askew wrote.

If you were a devotee of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, which debuted in April 1930, you may remember reading about Nancy and the roadster she drove while she and her friends investigated mysteries. Paid subscribers can read on about Nancy’s wheels and how they — and she — evolved over time.

This is the original dust jacket of the first Nancy Drew mystery, published April 28, 1930.