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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1963
Page
11
A reminiscence from the Washington Evening Journal recalls a time when a club president Fred Neiswanger noticed a worker dozing on a country road near the fourth green. The author reflects on shared comfort, the value of humor, and gratitude toward Superintendent Harold Kerr for knowing local golf lore and being available for guidance.
Purely Wally Fagen reports a new and novel complaint this season saying every time he stoops to pluck a mushroom a trickle of oil wells up at him. He adds that it is pleasant to have both mushrooms and oil in the community.
May baskets arrived at our house reflecting lively neighborly kindness. Mary, Donna, and Patty Bordwell sent flowers and candy, while Mike Young, son of Sam and his wife, delivered another thoughtful bouquet. The gesture lifted morale as we recall past May basket traditions and regret not making baskets ourselves this year.
A local man received a telegram asking for immediate money and later a letter with a check. The sender claimed a wage had been earned with five friends eager to contribute without clear cause. Five did send, but when a subsequent airmail letter asked for fifty dollars he refused, fearing a test to see if he could be an easy mark.
A reminiscence recalls junior work at Washington Golf and Country Club with pay of 1.50 per day and junior membership at 10. The author describes strenuous lawn tasks, including cutting grass and weeding bent grass greens with a sharp knife, plus a lonely half mile from the clubhouse and a reference to an Anti-Litter Committee talk and a caller reporting a littered cat.
A former reporter recalls early career days in a small town newspaper. He details kittenball league nights, a record long game, and a memorable Washington Fairs football clash from 1931 with Dick Crayne. A paralyzing rain spoiled notes, yielding a 0 0 score and the briefest sports story he wrote. Bruce Cowden, the news editor, was unhappy with his cub reporter.
Venezuelan unrest grows as Communists and Castro supporters turn to violence. President Betancourt's government, facing debt reduction and foreign investment return, pursues reform while Accion en Venezuela, led by Winifred Marich, makes social gains in slum barrios.
The Journal reviews a Washington county high school mock trial held under district judge Harold J. Fleck. Lawyers Paul Shearer and Dunham Morrison open, with Jim Lloyd guiding, as 12 senior jurors decide in favor of Vernon A. Smith. The case concerns contributory negligence in a two car collision near town, with eight to four verdict and a lively audience reaction.
A 1983 bridge column details a three notrump defense where West discards the ace of clubs on a heart lead, enabling South to fail the contract. The article analyzes signaling and suit etiquette, noting teamwork and careful interpretation of East's heart cards as pivotal to the outcome.
Ethel L. Eckels reflects on the migratory float of snowbirds returning north from Florida. She recalls spring signals, roadside blossoms, and the shift from mobile winter life to settled home routines, noting fewer trailer homes and a renewed focus on family and local life as they rejoin their Yankee lands.
Oak School PTA leaders under past president Wallace Cuneen adopted a new approach to meetings to boost attendance and interest. Meetings will end by 9 15 p m feature mimeographed minutes compact time limits and comfortable seating with coffee and cookies. A babysitting pool will be provided to attract nonmembers and 900 people attended a Rafferty speech marking a county turnout record.
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