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We were invited to the Collins' this evening for Tripoley and had told the Reeds we would stop by for them. After dinner Barbara Reed called and I answered. She was all excited and said the evening paper had the Scarborough divorce in the headlines and the "fire was flying" and could we come down early so they could talk to us about it.  We rushed down as soon as we could and they were waiting for us on the sidewalk - said they couldn t tell us the story in the house on account of the maid and Chickie.

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Wife Divorces Mate Who Liked Nudist Camps
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One Of Eighteen Cases Handed Down In County Court Today
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Eighteen more divorces, 11 on charges of cruelty and seven on allegations of desertion, were granted Saturday in county court, bringing to 36 the number of decrees handed down in three days by Judges Elmer L. Evans and Miles B. Kitts.

Maybelle C. Scarborough, 255 W. 7th St., was separated from Walter G. Scarborough, 3717 Beech Ave., claiming she had been subjected to cruel and barbarous treatment.

"His hobby was taking an active interest in nudist camps," the wife charged, "to the extent that he became a camera fan."

The husband, according to the testimony, held little regard for his wife, who said he referred to her as "just a bunch of meat."
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Erie Despatch-Herald.

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COURT GRANTS 16 DIVORCES Liked Nudist Camps
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Liked Nudist Camps

Maybelle C. Scarborough, 255 W. 7th st., won her freedom on a charge of indignities to the person, stating that her husband, Walter G. Scarborough, 3717 Beech st., had as him main hobby nudist camps.
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Erie Daily Times.


Thus ends the romance that reportedly started when Walter substituted for Tom Sawyer on a blind date with Maybelle.

The above clippings are from this evenings papers. The Despatch-Herald one was on the [[underlined]] front page [[/underlined]] of the local section. The upshot of the Reeds story was that when Walter Scarborough saw the papers he was beside himself with rage and phoned the Reeds to tell them to go see Maybelle