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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1977
Page
4
A collection of home baking recipes including Sea Foam Cookies Peach Cobbler Marie Green's Coffee Cake and a coffee cake variation. Instructions cover creaming shortening and sugars mixing flour with leaveners adding milk and fruit, topping with meringue or sugar, and baking temperatures around 350 degrees.
Frank Bottger is ill at home with a slipped hip joint and sciatic rheumatism in Richland. Rochester and Jacksonville trips are noted for several families. Richland veterans celebrate anniversaries at Amana Colonies. Martha Parker departs to edit the Wapello Republican. David McElwain named editor. Local events include a 50s dance in Richland with Bill Allen as MC. A local property purchase and a foot injury from a field hole are reported.
South plays a standard underlead against a suit contract but the article shows why leading the king of spades at trick one can backfire or pay off. The narrator explains how declarer can force a four trick result by counting on opponents underleading the ace. The piece ends with a teaser on a later crucial play.
Keota residents Ed and Gale Conrad visit Milwaukee to see Sisters at St Ann Health Center, returning midweek. Washington guests Myron and Dennis Osborn stay with Russell Lillie. Opal Bowen and Marie Yoder visit Washington and United Presbyterian Home to see Mary Sorden. Several locals attend weddings, birthdays, and meetings, with notes on parades and a friend in intensive care.
Richland Homer Dressler a grocer has been named president of the Richland Senior Citizens group. Other officers include Mrs Leonard St vice president Mrs Bernard Robe secretary and Mrs Clarence Fergus treasurer. June meeting at Lions building drew 70 senior citizens. Miss Jane Wolcott spoke of a trip to France with slides and Miss Mary Nee performed three flute selections. Calendar of events was distributed to attendees.
In 1900 only 3.1 percent were 65 or older, rising to 10.5 percent by 1975. The government continues to provide benefits to 142 Civil War widows.
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