“Drinking drivers/Nothing worse/They put the quart/before the hearse/ Burma-Shave” Series of roadside signs by Burma Shave, 1950s In the driveway sat the 1950 Buick Roadmaster Estate Station Wagon, its toothy grille like an angry steel smile, proud of its dynaflow automatic transmission, and wooden body side panels. The back of the car was packed with suitcases for a trip to my grandmother’s funeral five-hundred miles away. Dad was intent on making the trip there in one day, go to the s...
