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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1977
Page
3
A brief exhortation on Christian letter writing from the August 27 1977 Washington Iowa edition. It urges sharing grace and peace, sending a letter to remind loved ones of God’s goodness and to speak of love.
Ed Knepp, formerly of Washington, now in Harper, shows two giant cantaloupes weighing 18 and 16 pounds with a 29 by 16 inch frame. A watermelon rumored to reach 197 pounds is already 97 pounds. A six pound tomato variety interests him, and a humorous IRS joke about a counterfeit issue is shared.
A lively neighbor, two year old Jeff White, son of Mr and Mrs Mike White, astonishes by recognizing cars, calling one vehicle “Bill's car.” His family awaits the arrival of a baby sister from the hospital, which might alter his car watching pastime.
A Lake Ozark reader reports a striking eight column banner in The Bagwell Bugle. The top line bore the name, and the second line proclaims wins $100,000 in poker game, a startling sum for a man used to penny ante stakes.
Payallup reader compliments the Saturday Journal and Purely Personal column while sharing home garden success. They list tomato varieties Early Girl Bonnie Best and IPBs ripening well amid hot weather and describe drilling a shallow irrigation well, pumping 12 to 14 hours daily on two acres and neighbors’ land, noting others’ wells going dry.
A collage of quips and anecdotes from readers and editors. Jokes from Josh Billings and Kin Hubbard mix with parable style humor about life, taxation, luck, aging, and a Gloucestershire vicar, presented in a light essay column voice.
South was doubled after a private bidding dueling in contract six hearts. West overcalled spades, East doubled, and West shifted to diamond king after a spade continuation. Declarer ruffed, drew trumps, and cashed clubs for a 1760 point plus, avoiding minus 100. West should have led the ace of spades earlier.
Dear Abby advises parents to insist on proper behavior by 3 year old Tommy when visiting his paternal grandparents. She warns leniency at relatives' house can breed future discipline problems and urges cooperation. The column also includes letters about weight, deafblind courtesy, and a final note offering Abby’s booklet on letter writing.
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