Keith Sanders secures unusual golf hole in one
In Washington Iowa a longtime golfer Keith Sanders finally achieves his dream with a hole in one on number five after a topsy turvy tee shot. His wife notes the moment happened in the teachers lounge and adds humor to the event. The column also shares small town reflections and a gorilla bar joke illustrating local humor.
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Keith Sanders
Gene Gorham
Mike Young
Keith
Gene
Number Five
Last Day Of School In A Little Town
A lighthearted reflection on life in a small town. The narrator recalls teacher husband banter about summer dismissal and a portrait of a town where people know each other well, charity versus mischief, and a shared sense of neighborliness. Reprinted from The Sheldon Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Prospects for crops in 1975 show steady wheat gains
The Agriculture Department reports the 1975 winter wheat harvest at 1.619 billion bushels, up 16 percent from last year and near record expectations if weather holds. Kansas yields about 377.6 million bushels, with Oklahoma and Texas also progressing. spring wheat data to be released in July.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Kansas
Not Guilty and Fathers Reflect On Loss and Love
A reader shares a father's note about a fatal car crash that killed his teenage son and strained his marriage. The writer contrasts the tragedy with his Harvard graduate son's death from cancer and urges therapy and shared tears to heal the bond between spouses.
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Abby
Harvard
Guilty
Glasses Linked to Higher IQs Say British Researchers
L M Boyd notes a British study where eyeglass wearers scored higher on IQ tests than non wearers, with further testing showing even higher results. The column also touches on legal delays in Mexico, vitamin B-1 myths about mosquito bites, onion set growing along Lake Michigan, check theft tactics, and weight loss via apples.
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Sheldon Mail
Texas
Oklahoma
Annapolis
Pearl Rittle
Miss Rittle
Miss Bittle
Boca Raton
Fla
Mary Miller
Washington Evening Journal
North Marion Ave
Iowa
Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc
United Press International
Inland Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of Circulations
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Robert Luther
Leonard Llewellyn
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Wendell D. Eden
L. E
West Main Street
Blondie
Toy
LIFE
MR. Bumstead
Nancy
God
Abraham
Thomas Olivera
Montgomery
W.at.o.m.p
Axbby
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N.y. News Synd., Inc
L.M. Boyd
U.S
Mexico
University of California
School of Medicine
San Francisco
Lake Michigan
Rapscallion
L. M. Boyd
P.O
Fort Worth
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