El
Dorado County
Biographies
DR. MILTON EDWARD HOWLAND
Although
he has been a resident of Placerville, California, for only six years, Dr.
Milton Edward Howland now occupies a position of leadership in his community
and El Dorado County. He has been
extraordinarily successful in the conduct of his professional practice, and has
been most active in civic affairs of Placerville. Twice he has been honored with positions of
public responsibility, serving first as city trustee, and secondly as mayor of
the city, which latter office he now holds.
Milton
Edward Howland was born on May 12, 1878, in Mills County, Iowa, a son of the
late Emory and Mary (Davis) Howland. The
father, who was a farmer, came to Iowa from the state of Massachusetts. In the rural schools of the Hawkeye state,
Doctor Howland obtained his youthful education, also studied privately as the
opportunity offered. He attended school
under difficulty in those days. Times
were hard, luxuries were unknown, and he was compelled to walk a number of
miles to and from his classes, often with improvised shoes which were little
protection from the frozen or muddy roads.
He persisted in his studies, however, and in fact always remained a
thorough student, reading broadly and thinking deeply. He was first employed as a bookkeeper and
clerk in banks, and subsequently was a bank examiner in North Dakota for five
years.
When
the chiropractic profession began to be recognized, the merits of the work
appealed to Dr. Howland, and he determined to enter this field. Accordingly he matriculated at the noted
Palmer School of Chiropractic, at Davenport, Iowa, and in September, 1923
received his diploma. For a while he
practiced at Salem, Illinois, then on March 13, 1924, located at Placerville,
California, where he found immediate success, his patronage growing steadily
since that date. His office is situated
in the Fairchild building.
Doctor
Howland, who is a Republican in his political views, has served four years as
city trustee, and April 4, 1930, became mayor of the city of Placerville. He is a past president of the Placerville
Chamber of Commerce; secretary of the Lions Club; financial secretary of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and a member of the Masonic order, the Modern
Woodmen of America, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Placerville Golf
Club. In the professional field, Doctor
Howland is likewise known as a competent dietician, having made a thorough and
comprehensive study of the science of eating and living, which knowledge has
been of vast assistance to him in the practice of the manipulative science of
Chiropractic.
Doctor
Howland was married to Miss Elma Baker, of Portland, Oregon, the ceremony
having been solemnized at Pierre, South Dakota.
Doctor and Mrs. Howland are the parents of three children, Ralph, Roy,
and Frances.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 2 Pages 424-427. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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