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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1969
Page
3
A bridge hand duel unfolds with East as dealer North South vulnerable. North opens and overcalls, then ruffs a heart and crossruffes, leaving the narrator with five spades to the ace. A dramatic doubled contract yields a tense misjudgment and a wry quip about six notrump being ice cold.
Wapello family members share news of promotions and holiday visits. James R. McKee has been promoted to SP4 in the US Army and serves in Ulm Germany. Gary Wayne Lee, stationed at Painesville Ohio, will spend the holidays in Muscatine at 220 Roscoe Ave with the Worst family.
Robert Michael Gerdts, son of Mrs. Clifford Wellens, is stationed at the U S Naval Ammunition Depot in Indiana. Address listed as HM3 Robert M. Gerdts, 48256 8343, c o Dis pensary, US Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, Ind. 47522.
Rev and Mrs Gary S Maxey of Rock Island plan to depart Wednesday to begin missionary work in Parral Chihuahua Mexico about 450 miles south of the border. Maxey has spent two summers in Mexico as a volunteer and led the Buffalo Prairie area youth camps and migrant youth camp sponsored by the council of churches.
Ron Saul a senior offensive guard from Buller Pennsylvania was chosen by Michigan State teammates as the teams most valuable player for 1969 and to receive the Governor of Michigan Award for his contributions.
Holiday plans center on multiple Christmas dinners hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Torrence and others in Wilton Junction Cedar Falls Muscatine and Vinton plus a Nichols Christian Church Christmas and Caroling Party. Attendees include Willard Rice Neva Borgstadt Mackey Thompson Barnes Chumley Evans Engledow Bevan Bopp and many relatives from Iowa and Illinois. The events feature gift exchanges refreshments and a Santa visit.
Grandview residents held multiple pre-Christmas dinners with guests from Wapello Burlington Ames and Muscatine. Santa distributed gifts to all attendees and families joined communal gift exchanges in Cedar Valley and surrounding communities.
The Louisa division of Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge will open January 1 for fishing and public use through September 30, 1970, with adjacent Port Louisa road areas open through December 31, 1970. Firearms camping and open fires are prohibited. Public fishing must follow state regulations. Contact refuge manager R Wayne Weier for details.
A quirky holiday note describes ring shaped table candles and hale in the middle cookies of various sizes to add a festive touch to the Yule table.
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