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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1964
Page
4
A Westermark family picnic ends with Skipper the dog straying onto a log and sharing a splash with a large groundhog. Both lose footing and fall into a small stream, creating a brief comic moment in the day’s outing.
A mother and son shop for a two and a half year old’s suit from a catalog. The boy mistakes a model for the real child, asks for the suit worn by another boy, and later a sibling’s eye bulging leads to a sprained eyeball diagnosis, a humorous domestic mishap from a local home.
Bus Westermark recalls a dog named Skipper during a football practice with Bruce Cowden and others. Skipper apparently mistook Bruce for a tree and lifted his leg, causing startled horror on Bruce and loud laughter from the group as blocks were missed.
A father says he was thrilled to become a grandfather for the first time while noting his son in law signed the birth certificate. The baby was born on the eighth day of August and weighed four pounds.
A mother plans for care of three older children as her daughter prepares to welcome a baby on April 17. The daughter replies she might host a coffee visit, play bridge, or shop online that day.
In a close community two long time neighbors Mrs. Glenn Laffer and Mrs. George C Stewart died within days of each other leaving husbands bereft. The piece notes husbands outlive wives, mentions practical home life and ends on a hopeful quip that Glenn and George agreed to “work this out together” in sorrow.
John Dillinger and six gang members robbed the First National Bank in Mason City on March 13 1934 seizing about 520000. They used hostages as shields while delivering machine gun fire and escape with $52000 in cash. The event drew crowds and led to a nationwide manhunt ending with Dillinger’s death and the gang’s dissolution within nine months.
A poetic series, Prayers from a Garden, speaks of patience and growth voiced by flowers the Violet the Hyacinth and the Tulip. The piece laments a child’s gaze and a sunlit renewal, ending with a fragmentary Washington Evening Journal masthead and advertising staff credit listing.
A reminiscence recalls a boyhood fish catch at the corner of East Main Street and Tenth Avenue in a dry region. After two days of rain, the East Reservoir overflowed, sending sunfish and bullheads toward Tenth Avenue where a bucketful was caught amid a ripple on Main.
South in three notrump faces a spade lead and a clever king of hearts defense. East zigs when declarer zags, forcing out dummy entries and restricting the declarer's feeding of clubs. The defender aims to counter the declarer's chosen line, yielding a possible one-trick defeat through precise king of hearts and spade returns.
A sixth grade language lesson prompts one pupil to volunteer for a one minute speech. Overwhelmed classmates decline, but one brave student answers with a self deprecating preface. He remarks I ain t got nothing to say but UM say it anyhow.
Collectors should watch for two new Jamaican stamps with a changed watermark, the halfpenny and threepence from the Independence series. Burma issues three large animal designs in color, Ireland releases Wolfe Tone stamp on April 13 1964 with a plain design, Persia issue shows Apple blossoms on two stamps, France marks Stamp Day with a postal rider semi postal, Kuwait issues three bicolored stamps supporting Nubia monuments.
Readers of a prominent stamp publication named the Audubon commemorative the finest design of 1963. The Emancipation five cent issue was voted the worst. Also, the Science stamp earned the dubious title of least necessary. Mexico issued a De Gaulle portrait air mail stamp marking his visit.
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