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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1972
Page
4
A Washington Iowa edition notes editorials planned for Saturday March 4 1972. The page quotes Matthew 7 7 and reflects on education business and religious living. A short anecdote mentions a man named Sam and a Karen contact, suggesting brisk service.
Ray Minick, longtime Washington businessman, retires on March 1 after a career ending with selling his last piece of furniture on February 29. Friends staged a playful wake up breakfast at seven am with four couples and plenty of food, recalling their shared history at Washington Junior College and praising Mrs Minick and others as great cooks.
Bill Perdock faced a strange setback at the National Auto Dealers Meeting in Las Vegas when his parked car vanished from a locked stall. Helpers found it four blocks away at a garage, and he paid 28 dollars to reclaim his own car.
Karen Sobaski a member of the girls swim team from Washington R R 2 was friends with a rival swimmer at a Rock Island meet. They agreed to be pen pals, exchanging letters until one letter was misaddressed to Karen at R R 2 Washington Iowa creating a rural mail carrier Sam Weeks’ routing issue.
A winter lauded for caution ends with a snowy slip as the author spills a ham and beans gift on slick ice. The mishap leaves them with a sore knee, a wrenched back, and bruises, yet mirrors community resilience and hope for spring.
South reached five spades doubled after West led ace of clubs. Declarer used diamonds to gain control, ruffed and trumped to reduce West trump tricks. East ruffed, but South overruled with careful discards and ruffing sequence. South eventually made the contract, losing only a diamond and a spade.
A collage of short items and observations by L M Boyd from 1971. anecdotes cover eye drops, marriage odds for high school couples, orchid longevity, elephant heart weight, welfare in Los Angeles, common home appliances, Swedish high school graduation via on the job training, the reach of the dial telephone, suicide risk study, a brief court note on an eight second kiss, longevity questions for a New Zealand farm wife, and fatalistic views for an Egyptian bachelor.
A long list of visits and travel notes from Keota and nearby towns details numerous trips to Iowa City for medical checkups and conferences, weekend stays in Palmyra Missouri and Davenport Iowa, and social gatherings in Sigourney Amana and Washington. Also notes Red Cross first aid classes starting March 2 at Wilson Library for about 24 participants.
Dean Acbby presents readers with Abby columns on wedding church norms and a transvestite issue. Letters discuss choosing a wedding minister and church customs, a transvestite who attends women’s spaces, and etiquette on thank you notes.
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