The Harlem News

Utah Lady's Washer Did Dirty Deed

The following story is taken from a clipping from the "Desert News and Telegram", a Utah paper, and is being reprinted not only because it involves people who are well known locally, but because of the moral contained therein. Read On. We quote "Money has often been called filthy lucre." but at the Charles Mohar's residence (in Vernal, Utah) its plenty clean - all $1,500 of It. In fact, it's so clean that it hardly resembles money any more, after going through a washing and rinsing cycle with plenty of clorox and soap added. This is how the Charles Mohars were taken to the cleaners.

Mrs. Mohar (Sharee) 22, was trying to find a safe hiding place for the day's receipts from their thriving service station because the lock on their trailer was broken. She finally decided to put the money in the automatic washer under some soiled clothing.

The next morning she rushed to work at 6, forgetting the money. About 10:00 a.m. she returned and was having a chat with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Devon Hall (the former Dorothy Mohar) who lives next door.

"I suppose I'd better hang my wash". Mrs. Hall said. (The ladies both used the same washer which belonged to Mrs. Mohar.)

"You didn't wash today did you"? cried Mrs. Mohar, aghast. But she had, and the old saying "Everything comes out in the wash" proved to be only too true, to the sorrow of Mrs. Mohar. They found the money, bit by bit-in small pieces. They found shreds of bills and wads of paper that had once been daily charge slips, credit cards and personal checks. The bleach had done it's work for not even an ink mark was left on the checks or slips. Strangely enough, the dollar bills had held up much better than the fives, tens and twenties. They were in shreds.

Needless to say, Mr. Mohar has been down the drain searching for more of that green stuff, and the washer has been completely torn apart, only to find shreds of bills and wads of paper.

The Mohars are going to bundle up the whole fluffy bundle and send it to the U. S. Treasury in the hopes that they may rescue something from it. Mrs. Mohar vows that she will never put the money in the washer again even if it has made her famous for putting out the most expensive wash in the country"

Charles Mohar and Mrs. Devon Hall are the son and daughter of Mr. Frank Mohar of Hogeland. The account was written by Desert News Correspondent Theda S. Washburn.