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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1971
Page
9
A June 2 1971 Washington Iowa Evening Journal editorial page compiles light quips from Iowa weekly papers. It includes humor about lay away plans, smiling, childhood mischief, and a reflection on using proper names versus nicknames with a playful line about John and the Bean Stalk.
The editor argues life is simple and mistakes arise when people complicate it with shortcuts new theories and grand philosophies. He cautions against fat books and new standards while urging adherence to basic rules.
Early school days described as one room schools with families across four square miles gathering for a community picnic. Tables on saw-horses with potato salad chicken and noodles and homemade bread sandwiches pies and lemonade. Students marked the year’s work and some finished grade school.
The Jackson Center one room school in Jackson township eight miles north of Washington lingered in memory. The article recalls early desks, chalkboards, a coal stove, later fuel oil burner, water duties, and students marching to Sousa tunes for flag-raising. It highlights plays, concerts, box social fundraisers, and health education in the twenties as the building evolved before closing, leaving a strong reminiscence of school life.
A quirky column blends social musings on solitude gender differences and census curiosity with brief anecdotes. It recalls a Rhodes endowment myth a trolley romance and a joke about microwave ovens while name trends for cats shift from Kitty to Smokey and Alice.
A bridge hand featuring B. Jay Becker as top rider in the Masters Individual Championship is described with a strategic sequence starting with a spade lead. The article details careful play in clubs and diamonds to secure nine tricks, noting how overleading and misreading can cost the game.
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