European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Close knit men s club 87 Patrick Dunn their local newspaper has Mcd them the knitting Kernes of Helmstedt and you la have to admit it takes a special kind of bravery for a Man calmly to reach Down into us Utchel pull out yarn and Needles and set to work making a new sweater on crowded Streetcar. Scenes like this Are being enacted ally in the German town of Helms cd 21 Miles East of Brunswick and right on the East German Border. The men Are members of the men s knitting club called the men of the Helmstedt knitting club say that Many women feel challenged when they see a male looping yarn. It usually not hostility on the contrary the men knitters report that in Public they Are besieged by Well meaning women who want to teach them a special stitch or two. Most members of the club have Learned that their Best knitting is done at Home in evening conversations wit their wives. One of the Best places to knit is in front of the television set. Herbert wont furl founder of the organization remembers la firm club meeting in the apr lip of 1959 a lion 211men gathered at in inn in in Atmo sphere of curiosity and Bush Funchs. Wohlforth tailed the men together be cause of a newspaper article he had read about an English psychology professor who recommended taking up the Needles to Calm lagged interested men were collected and the club was founded. Since that founding the club has Bee meeting biweekly in the inn for evenings of dinner and knit talk. The me Exchange ideas and try out new stitches. To Date members of the knitting club Haven t won any prizes in Competition by they Don t despair. Recently members of the knitting club gathered at a Bowling establishment to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the knitting goes Well with bowline aptly commented one of the members As he picked up his Needles to wait his Turr to bowl. Members of Helmstedt s the stitch dub knit it up offer Coffee of their biweekly meeting. 4 � Goren on Bridge neither vulnerable. South deals. Northq�7 we West East j3 ajwj985 a 10 a863 no South West North East in a 2v 24 v pass pass pass opening Lead Jack of o altho he was confronted Withan apparently hopeless cause South the Declarer in a four heart contract maintained a stiff upper up and when West gave him the Benefit of a slight opening he was Quick to Cape Page 14 Tallye on is opened the Jack of Spades which was taken by Declarer s Ace. South led the Queen of Trumps. West played the Ace and returned the ten of Spades which was ruffed inthe closed hand. South shifted to a Small club and West put up the King to Lead another Spade reducing Declarer to two Trumps. Prospects were pretty dim for Smith since he had already lost two tricks and he was confronted with two prospective losers in diamonds. Declarer gave no outward sign of concern however As hebrew the outstanding Trumps ending up in the Dummy handled a Small Diamond. He played the ten of diamonds from his hand and West was in with the made the apparently Safe exit of a club to the Dum my s Queen however when North s last heart was played East found himself caught Ina Vise. On the second and third round of Trumps he had be enable to let go of a Spade and a Diamond. On the fourth hear there was no sate discard left to him. Fearing to throw another Diamond from the Queen Lack a chose to part with club. South discarded the nine of diamonds returned to his hand with the Ace and look the last two tricks with the Acland eight of flubs. West could have brutal up the squeeze by returning a Dia mond when he was in with the King of that suit for this would have deprived South of his Sid entry before he squeeze card could be led. West s fear of put Ting his partner in the Middle by leading a Diamond was groundless for. If East s Dia mond holding is fines Sable there is nothing to prevent Declarer from making the Sam play for himself. � act Disney of Lassie come Home to callers. My 0 wednesday september 16, 1964
