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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1971
Page
4
A brief editorial reflecting on faith in Jesus Christ and the natural expression of brotherly love among believers citing Ephesians 1 15. The column emphasizes that genuine faith yields active love within the Christian community.
A family birthday outing for seven year old Laurie includes free birthday cake and a first wristwatch, while younger sisters receive small gifts. The gathering also recalls a timberland mushroom foray with Ray and Bertha Minick, yielding 450 mushrooms and a lighthearted tale of a mistaken sack.
A farm family using a citizen band radio hosts friends around the kitchen table. Their long gossip filled conversation was broadcast without their knowledge. A friend caller warned them the talk had been on the air. They now worry about what was heard and who was mentioned. Their familiar seasoning returns.
A college boy asks his mother to include ten dollars for pep pants to energize the campus pep rally. In a reply letter the mother sends two ten dollar bills and adds a note to buy an extra pair for the father and mail them quickly.
A boastful mother claims her son Arthur is smarter than Abraham Lincoln. Arthur could recite the Gettysburg Address at ten, while Lincoln himself reportedly did not utter the line until he was fifty.
President Anwar Sadat calls for a Big Four peacekeeping force under UN command to protect Israel and Egypt. He notes the United States and the Soviet Union have never joined such a venture and suggests testing it on a small scale.
Ron Edwards of near Ainsworth is discharged from the navy at Norfolk Virginia and plans to complete college work at Mississippi. Mrs. Max Marble of Madison Minnesota celebrates their sith wedding anniversary while visiting Ft Benning Georgia. Ronald Baker of Chicago visits his parents in Washington and works at O’Hare Field for United Air Lines. Barbara Glassburner named historian of the Gamma Rho chapter at Parsons College. Many local residents attend events and services in Cedar Falls, Iowa State Teachers College, and surrounding communities.
Death notices from Mon through Thursday list Ralph R. Davis 87 of Wapello died Sunday May 2 1971 at the Wapello Nursing Home. Katie Dickel 72 died Saturday at Pleasant View Home Kalona. Harold J. Meyer 58 died unexpectedly at home near Wayland. Emma Shalda 73 died Sunday at Shenks Nursing Home Wellman. Howard Fredrick Schultz 56 of Ainsworth died May 3 1971 at Washington County Hospital. Floyd Miller 50 formerly of Kalona died Tuesday in Florida. Chester A. Yoder 64 died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Noah S. Wyse 79 died May 5 1971 near Wayland. Burial and service details accompany each notice.
A compiled list of patients admitted yesterday and today across Washington Ainsworth Brighton Columbus Junction Riverside and Ottumwa, including names Mrs Grove Letts Rex Hesseltine Lonnie Pickering and Mrs Grace Churchill. Discharges include Mrs Duane Perry Mrs Leon a Gardner and Mrs Robert Sheridan with daughter. Births noted for Mr and Mrs Donald Brinning and Mr and Mrs Joe Zuniga.
A playful, disjointed column riffs on King Ludwig of Bavaria’s impractical dining contraption and a flood of tangential quips. It mentions beetles, drinking customs, a postcard cartoon, slang terms, and a joke about a workman dodging liquor laws while packing interstate shipments.
In a North dealer hand with two vulnerable sides, West leads a diamond and West later undercuts. By ruffing, discarding, and playing a trump from dummy, declarer forces an endplay and wins the remaining tricks. If West returns a heart or a club, careful play still yields the contract.
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