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Slverwood LETS PLAY BRIDGE siiTsoT By BILL COATS Generally when the op bid a close game In no trump I play a passive defense Let declarer go hunting for nine tricks don t hand them to him I don t have a safe lead I will usually lead top of nothing Here is Just such a hand from the boards al the Acton Bridge Club East dealt with neither side vulnerable NORTH D9 Receive Engineering Degree Mr and Mrs John Glynn attended the convocation their son Peter when he rece ivcd bis degree In at on his high school education al high Ik is now employed with the Ontario Government Mrs George Burl WFST S A J 6 10 I- AST H9B3 DA SOUTH SK 7 J The bidding EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH Pass Pass INT Pass Pass PASS All What would you lead The bidding will be clear to anyone who uses North two club asks south to bid a four card major if he has one South shows his by bidding two spades North says sorry not my suit by bidding two no trump He also denies the values to bid three no trump directly South with a little extra goes to game West has a lead problem He does not want lo lead spades into south s suit Hi does nol want lo lead hearts which is north suit by inference he did bid Slayman lis unwise to lead a short suit headed by on honour All that is left is clubs so west led the club en lop of nothing He hopes that Ihis is his partner iuit Declarer looked over the combined hands He has three heart Incks and can lake three club tricks on club lead He trick for sure in each of the other suits spades and diamonds Where should his ninth trick come from One possibility is in hearts The jack might fall in three rounds but this is a remote chance It would be better lo look spades or diamonds and ho pi thai cast has the ace spades can only led up to once and diamonds can be led up to several times declarer should tackle diamonds At trick one declarer should play low for dummy East will even and now It up to the defense If east switches to a spade declarer can defeated On any other declircr makes three no trump Without a switch declarer will lake three clubs three hearts one spade and three diamonds since the ace is with cast and diamonds split three three club declarer will play low Plaque Stone Will Commemorate Park On Tuesday evening October three members of the I ions Club of Clare and Hon met with town foreman Frank Morette and contractor Gerry They discussed placing of a stone with a plaque at Ihe base or near the flag pole in Joseph Gibbons park The stent and will be on a concrete four cubic feet The cast end park is a Ihe town from the club for bingo fans all systems arc go for TV bingo This year It will be three nights a week Tuisday Wednesday and Thursday on Ihe local cable station night to look in will be November 14 Air is not yel known and can be checked in an upcoming Herald ad vertisement Claret ratios Nearly I billion soft drinks in steel cans were purchased from more than vending machines in the US in 1968 If stacked end to end the cans would reach almost halfway to the moon est win West mm i now return a spade east eight will force out Ihe king or with the diamond ace and lead another spade If declarer plays the king he goes down if he plays Ihe seven hi wins hut it is hat Last week winners at the Acton Bridge Club were first Harry Arbic and Bill Coats second Kite and Jack Coats third Art and Bob Dickson Gardening Tips November Rose Plantings Can Be Successful Planting roses in early November can be successful in manypartsofsouthtm Ontario McNeill horticultural specialist Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Planting procedures are the same us in the spring When the bushes are received unpack and in water Choose a protected location in the garden and dit a enough to roots to spread out naturally The swollen on thi stem should be set about one inch below soil surfice I nek soil firmly around the roots and thoroughly The plants should also 1m mounded with soil to allow for In the colder parts of Ontario it nuj I best plant in the spring But if you 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