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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1977
Page
6
Washington Iowa editorial reflects on aging with a personal column by DRE noting turning 57 and recalling youth. It praises Helen Wilson for service on the City Library board, and ends with a cheeky meditation on middle age and outlook, stressing resilience and humor.
This UPI Almanac notes January 26 as the date’s birthday for Aquarius individuals with Gen. Douglas MacArthur born in 1880. Historical events include Michigan becoming the 26th state in 1837, Louisiana seceding in 1861, and India becoming a republic in 1950. Moon first quarter near, morning star trio Mercury Mars Saturn, evening stars Venus Jupiter.
Abigail Van Buren offers three reader letters about living with parents and marriage divorce. A 24 year old who prefers staying at home asks if that is wrong. Abby says no. A working wife laments a live-in housekeeper led to divorce, warning readers about trust. A neighbor with chronic illness is advised to be honest yet kind, ending with a Wilcox poem.
A collection of quirky questions and answers by L. M. Boyd including Can you survive with only matches and a knife or without them, the purpose of the Great Wall, glass types, presidents without a vice president, the meaning of Israel, murder odds, hummingbird diet, Washington Irving as the Almighty Dollar, doctors misusing drugs, voda and vodka, Eisenhower nicknames, queen bee failure, and a Weatherford Texas mailing address for the author.
Richard Singleton mayor of Conesville Iowa says the town will observe its first 100 years in 1978 with a lively celebration including a barbequed buffalo. Helen Wilson Day honored in Washington with recognition of her 30 years as English teacher. She is a graduate of Iowa State University in home economics and taught at the junior high before shifting to high school English.
A reader recalls a severe 1936 Nebraska winter with weeks of impassable roads on Cedar Drive. Neighbors Norman Bean and Dr Alcorn opened a snowbound road for a doctor. a baby girl was born at the Bean house that night, nicknamed The Snow Baby.
West leads hearts and Sylvia Becker, famed for unorthodox bids, defies odds in three notrump. She wins the ace, then heart ten to the king and jack, discards ace of clubs, and seals the contract by entry to dummy. Spectators gasp as she secures nine tricks amid kibitzing. Tomorrow: bread-and-butter hands.
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