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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1950
Page
6
In this 1950 Evening Journal clipping, Mrs. Lytle notes that only in the last two decades has significant work been done in speech correction. She warns against the belief that a child will outgrow speech difficulties and says many require private instruction to overcome serious defects.
Mrs. Jack Lytle, raised in Washington, is profiled as a speech correctionist running a private clinic in Osceola. The piece notes her family ties to Hull and Lytle, her private school for ten students, and her methods using mirrors, ear training, and breathing exercises to help stutterers and spastics. It highlights her education, including a Minnesota master's, ongoing Indiana doctorate work, and prior university teaching.
Rubio and nearby towns mourn as John Laithly and family attend infant funeral at Clear Creek Catholic church. Attendees include George Klett and Nan Strickland for Mrs Martha Mayer’s service at Valley. Jim Steinbeck is remembered in a midweek service with diverse singers and pallbearers listed. burial set at Richland cemetery.
Weekly livestock sales held at Whittaker and Kalona yards along with Middway and Ollie exchanges. October events include Keokuk County Curve Breeders sale at Sigourne and a Poland China sale near Winfield with Eagle Earl Kellogg & Sons. Household goods closing out sale listed for October 28 at 436 East Third.
The Herald describes a wife and mother who manages a home for her husband and two sons while teaching. In her spare time she bowls and belongs to Thayer's bowling team and national/college honor fraternities Delta Gamma, Zeta Phi Eta, and Delta Kappa Gamma.
Mr and Mrs Bill Ireland and Mrs Gladys Williams visited Nan Strickland and called on Allie Bond and Joe Augustine homes in Rubio. Ivan Augustine on furlough from Washington DC visited relatives in Batavia with his parents. Roy Wells and daughter Mary along with Mrs Myrtle Williams visited Edith Lambert. Williams planned to see Riley Collins but he was absent. Clarence Hyzer and Lloyd Mitchell hosted guests near West Chester. Sherry Watson went to Washington hospital for ankle x ray after an old injury.
A safety appeal warns against fingers near moving corn picker rolls after graphic injuries. The 1948 Iowa farm data show 454 reported accidents with corn pickers, 261 the prior year, urging operators to stop the rolls for cleaning and heed manufacturer warnings.
A brisk warning urges quicker, safer field work by stopping the corn picker to clear jams. It stresses cleaner, faster, more profitable operations and asks workers to take personal responsibility for safety.
In colonial New England some ministers received payment in iron bars rather than coins or notes. The practice reflected scarce currency and the barter economy of the era, with iron serving as a tangible measure of value accepted by clergy and congregations.
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