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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1971
Page
4
A Washington IA event turns comic as guests arrive with gifts for a couple, the hosts improvise a meal, and a caller uses the host’s name to invite friends. The party winds down near midnight with leftover snacks scarce.
Jim Lloyd of the University of Iowa bowling team was interrupted during singles by a Western Union telegram, suspected illness, then told it was good luck from four golf friends Bud Max Chick and Pee Wee. He returned to post a 480 in three games and 570 in doubles, with the senders joking they wished the message had arrived earlier.
A staged kidnapping hoax at Coffee Club drew in county officials and townspeople before revealing a dramatics group from Iowa Wesleyan College staged the scene. A clergyman lookalike, three men, and an elegant lady caused a ruckus and fled in a car as bystanders filmed the event.
The Evening Journal reports on a pupil’s evolving progress notes with terse terms. A report labeled Trying pleased parents before a following entry described the child as Still very trying, reflecting fluctuating assessments in a short school report sequence.
The column recalls events from a decade ago in Washington and nearby areas. It lists relocations, travels to Boston and Washington for banking meetings, church activities, school board reappointments, and community milestones including obituaries, social visits, and local business moves.
Monday hospital admits include Lester Grim and Mrs James Lytle in Washington and others in Rubio Lockridge and Kalona. Deaths include Mrs Roy Goetsch e of Richland and a long list of discharges and births across Washington Kalona and Columbus Junction with several new babies and medical cases.
Mrs. Ted Tschantz, once a therapy patient at Henry County Hospital, left the hospital on April 10 to return home. Easter gatherings formed part of a flurry of family visits with relatives from Lincoln, Des Moines, Mt. Pleasant, Sigourney, and Wayland. The report notes multiple guest lists and a new roof on the Laverne Graber property now owned by Bruce Apalaras and Donna Apalaras.
Inland Daily Press based in Washington lists subscription rates by carrier and mail. Weekly carrier price is 50 cents, annual mail to within Washington headquarter route 18.00, outside Washington 14.00 per year, six months 7.50, with several regional terms and dates implied.
In this well-played hand declarer deduces card split from bidding. East wins diamond lead and shifts to clubs, revealing West's three diamonds and stronger majors for East. Declarer avoids spade and heart exit, then ruffs diamonds and discards clubs, forcing a successful contract despite clever defense.
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