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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1970
Page
4
A reader reflects on faith and duty from II Timothy 4 5 and recalls Christmas carolers visiting in the forties and again this year The account notes the joy their songs brought and the lasting memory. It also recalls a humorous 1937 Journal column about a late guest at a dinner and a playful exchange. The piece ends with a campus prank involving a keg rolled to the Gateway Arch and comments on student sophomoric spirit.
Craig Ackley writes from Vietnam as a Green Beret advisor in Delta Company of the 196th Americal Division. He urges Washington Iowa residents not to change their town’s character, reflects on race relations in the South, and promises to answer readers’ questions about the war after his return. The letter appears in the Evening Journal dated December 15, 1970.
A reader recalls roses in December across Iowa fence lines and roadsides. Wild Rosa species vary from low growing to 12 foot canes, with hips and seeds rich in vitamin C. Birds and mammals disperse seeds, and the multiflora rose is a noxious weed in some areas.
Irene Hawkins reports from Bridgetown that Caribbean hotel managers warn against further revenue loss as occupancy sinks to around 40 percent this summer amid price cuts and competition from Europe. The region, reliant on American visitors, seeks to diversify with mid-range, cost-cutting hotels to lure European and South American travelers and restore foreign exchange gains. Jamaica and Barbados posted notable earnings last year, while analysts call for cheaper packages and back-to-back charter operations to attract budget tourists.
United Women’s Fellowship meeting in Kalona hears speakers from local churches discuss changes within congregations and responses to them. Social hour follows as notices include a Dec 9 work day, a Dec 6 Women’s Day service, and a housewarming for Steve Reif family.
The South East Iowa Button Club will meet Friday December 18 with Mrs. Jake Hendrickson. A button exchange will be held. In other local notes Mrs. Ron Fritz joined her parents for dinner, and families shared pre Christmas gatherings as Dennis Mathias travels to Fort Dix and Germany. The Richland Womens Club met with ten members and heard a program on Jenny Wife of Lord Randolph Churchill. next meeting details were announced.
Washington Evening Journal details staff roles and associations with Inland Daily Press, Iowa Daily Press and Iowa Press. Subscription rates are listed for carrier and mail customers in several regions and timeframes.
A collage of quips and trivia on marriage, waste, and curiosities. Giraffes clean ears with their tongues, 80,000 hogs escape yearly in Ozarks, and Macassar oil once dressed gentlemen’s hair. A Texas filibuster record stands 28 hours 15 minutes on taxation.
Riverside December 8 Mr and Mrs Wilbur Kiene have bought the Dinnel Sundries and will run it as Kiene Sundries. Mrs Kiene remains correspondent for local papers and radio and can be reached at 648 2541. Visitors this week included Mr and Mrs Louis Vondrosek and James Vondrosek from Wyoming plus Barb Petry and others.
In Becker's analysis, defending East against 3NT after South leads the jack of hearts, the crucial decision is which spade to lead. Do not credit South with the spade ace or queen. assume he holds one but not both. A jack lead neutralizes South, enabling partner to secure four spade tricks and defeat the contract.
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