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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1968
Page
4
A column reflecting on Isaiah's sign of Immanuel, a wry note on weight concerns, and a crabgrass plague hitting homes this year. It muses on how spring and rain affect lawns, then shifts to car accidents where many drivers die from undetected heart issues, urging heart health checks alongside eye exams.
A letter to the Journal 1968 tribute to Lance Corporal Robert Harvey commends his moral courage and charity drive. An anonymous mother laments her own delay in contributing to the Help Project, urging immediate good deeds before passing.
A block of Dear Abby letters touches on marital overweight bias, hurt feelings from withheld gossip, a window peeping accusation, and a college setback tale. Readers seek guidance as Abbie advises on health stereotypes, handling rumors with humor, seeking professional help for troubling behavior, and pursuing personal education amid relationship strain.
August 10 wedding in Sioux Falls South Dakota joined John Roth son of Dan and Beth Roth and Rosie Berkhoff. Local attendees included Wayland family members and relatives traveling to Winterset for the Samp Golden Wedding observance. etc.
Washington Iowa edition page notes August 16 1968 with a brief item rundown of local news events and notices in a compact public notice style. Names and places are sparse but indicate typical circulation items of the era.
August visit notes Mr and Mrs David Letts and two sons Scott and Matthew from Washington DC visiting Grove Letts and Pete Kohlers and other relatives. They attended Bethel services. Gary Letts also visiting. Sunday dinner guests of Dean Sandburg and family included F J Sandburg and John Hinkie. Dorothy Bagby and her father of Brighton visited Gideon home. Mac Wallace stopped by. Weather relief from hot spell and talk of sweet corn canning. Dorothy collects salt and pepper shakers and sought new items. skeleton shakers not in collection.
A compact excerpt presents two practice problems for declarer in high level bridge. In the first, West is declarer at seven notrump after a North lead of ten of spades. In the second, West is declarer at six hearts after North leads jack of spades and dummy frames play with queen and Booth's king covered by ace. Trumps are 2-2 or 3-1.
A bridge hand guide outlines two main routes to secure twelve tricks and the final slam. It emphasizes ordering plays, avoiding early A K Q of clubs, and leveraging suit divisions, with plans that assume South holds key diamond honors and using ruffs, discards, and trumps to reach twelve tricks.
Ankeny and Iowa City relatives spent the past week with the Willard Swanson home. Willis Hildebrand and Everett Hildebrand returned from a Las Vegas trip. Umphrey and Kauffman visited Kentuck and Tennessee then Knoxville. They toured Lincoln’s home in Illinois. Ohio relatives arrived August 10 to visit the McMickle home. The Graber family attended a funeral in Manley. A Schantz reunion gathered about twenty at Central Park.
A humorous miscellaneous column by L. M. Boyd MISTER discussing presence in television, social quirks, and odd observations. It surveys topics from foxhounds versus trains in England to editors mottoes, presence in crowds, flawed generalizations about professions, dental cavities, and vintage slang, with short Q&A bits and jokes.
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