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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1970
Page
2
Gynecologist Dr Hugh J Davis told Congress that widespread birth control pill use poses health risks unseen before. He cited nine million American women on pills and warned of cancer, blood clots, diabetes, and arteriosclerosis, urging safer options and FDA action.
Members of the Washington County Fair Association voted Tuesday evening to purchase the skating rink building at the fairgrounds. Under the lease terms the building was offered for sale first to the Fair Association. The building will stay a skating rink and be available for use by the Fair Association during the week of the annual Washington County Fair.
Robert Mayer was discharged from the Navy on December 18 and now works part time at Brunswick Memorial Hospital in Georgia after serving at Glynco Naval Air Hospital and in Vietnam. He plans to attend college to study for a physician assistant. Mr and Mrs P L Fenn travel to Keokuk for the illness of Pearl Fenn who is 90. She recently broke her hip and underwent hip surgery.
Grain handling and drying will be the topic at the adult farmer class meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the voc ag room. John Beeler voc ag instructor says a panel will discuss grain handling and drying methods and assess advantages and disadvantages of current practices. All interested persons are invited to attend.
Four inmates awaiting parole spoke at a Washington Y's Men meeting Tuesday evening about life in prison and the Riverview Release Center at Newton. Guided by correctional counselor Rod Matthews, they praised changes in the Iowa penal system and stressed the center's value for men nearing release. One speaker, a former design engineer, warned of the thin line between inside and outside, and another urged employers to hire rehabilitated men. Dr. Vernon Elgin introduced the program.
Pfc Darrel Dean Langstaff 23 of Columbus Junction sustained serious shrapnel wounds December 29 when a land mine detonated after a companion stepped on it. An artery and vein in his left leg were severed and required surgery. He was treated in Saigon then Japan for ten days before a U S transfer home. Parents are Mr and Mrs Warren Langstaff. He joined the army March 1969 and deployed September 1, 1969.
H Lee Huston former president of Columbus Junction State Bank was chosen chairman and trust officer. His son Thomas H Huston was elected bank president. Other officers include E Leroy Hughes as vice president and cashier Sheldon Hawkins as assistant VP Richard Utter as assistant cashier and farm representative Larry Prior as assistant cashier and auditor G W Weber honorary chairman. Board members named include H Lee Honston H D Abbott Lewis Newell F D Smylie Jack Estle Thomas H Huston J W Robertson G L Weber Lewis Foss James L Lochner Rodney E Slight and Fred Wier. Nine dollars per share dividend was paid as of Dec 31 1969.
A sequence of farm and livestock sale notices in various Iowa towns lists dates from January 15 to February 14. Auctions cover household goods, autos, feeder cattle, Angus herd dispersals, and machinery with suppliers including Keosauqua Sales Co. Inc., Smylie Haupert Sale Barn, Foster and Patterson, Foss Angus Farm, Paul E. Martin, Boyd Dunbar, Ralph W. Stout Estate, Lenore Anderson Executor, Norma Rodgers Executor, and Ted Zieglowsky. Regular weekly sales are noted at Wapello Livestock Sales, Ollie Livestock Exchange, Smylie-Haupert in Columbus Junction, Washington Livestock Sales, Kalona Sales Barn, and Kalona Community Auction.
Kalona Odd Fellow Lodge No 508 and Kalona Rebekah Lodge No 84 installed 1970 officers in a joint ceremony in the Odd Fellow hall. Harold Fisher and Mrs L J Strickler led as district deputy figures with a full slate of officers named for both lodges. Forty guests attended as women presented a past noble grand pin and a silver offering was raised for the Home Fund. Social hour followed with refreshments. Installation plans continue for Welman lodges Tuesday and Washington lodges Saturday January 17.
Yesterday a series of admissions occurred in Washington and Wellman including Mrs. Milo Miller and Mrs. Ernest Lunow in medical, Mrs. Julia Boutson and Clarence Logan in medical, Patricia Jones in surgical, and Mrs. Larry Wikoff. Births noted Mr. Francis Heisner and Mrs. Francis Heisner, Wellman, a son. Dismissals included Frank Sanders and Mrs. Chester Goodin in Washington. Edith Shields admitted to long term care yesterday in Washington.
Word came of the death of Mrs. Marguarite Doyle Walters at 601 Farnum Street Davenport on January 10 after a lingering illness. She married Ferdinand Walters in May 1912 at St Josephs Church Hills and they lived in Riverside and Town City areas for years. Surviving are her husband a son Vincent a daughter Mrs Robert Olson five grandchildren four great grandchildren and three Davenport sisters also Mrs Tim Crowley Iowa City and Mrs Francis Mellecker Hills. Funeral services were at Sacred Heart Cathedral Davenport with burial Mt Calvary cemetery.
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