Chief Askew's Diary: April 8, 1930

The Ford roadster is claimed by a Moreland woman; remembering Lewis Grizzard

Chief Askew wrote in his diary today that a woman from nearby Moreland, Georgia — home town of the late humor writer Lewis Grizzard — claimed the abandoned Ford roadster. Otherwise, all was quiet on the law enforcement front.

Do you remember Lewis Grizzard, once one of the most popular syndicated newspaper columnists in the country, Pulitzer Prize finalist, best-selling author of books including When My Love Returns From the Ladies Room, Will I Be Too Old To Care?, stand-up comedian, and proud son of the South? Paid subscribers can read on about this unique character, including my own encounter with the man voted at a book seller’s convention as "the Author from Hell."

The photo of Lewis Grizzard and his beloved typewriter is from the website of the Moreland Hometown Heritage Museum.