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One Hundred Years
(From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, February 15, 2022.)
Tingley News: Elmer Poor of New Virginia has bought the McDowell Barber Shop…Messrs Hawkins and Watkins of Lucas County bought the barber shop owned by G. L. Berger and will take possession at once.
As results of action by the State Board of Health, Mount Ayr may soon be without a hotel.
State Hotel Inspector, E.E. Cassidy, of Des Moines, was in the city this morning and after inspecting the local hotel decided the building was unsafe and unfit for use and the condemnation order was issued.
Mr. and Mrs. J.N. Dalton, who for several years have had charge of the hotel, began at once moving the furnishings to the old German house, which for some time has been used as a lodging house in connection with the hotel.
Marriage: February 8, Alice Goodale and Frederick Morris were united in marriage.
Births: A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Marshall.
Obituaries in this edition were: Matilda Skinner Scott and Robert Dale Nickles.
Seventy-Five
Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, February 13, 1947.)
A campaign to make Ringgold County towns and farms fly free in 1947 will be launched soon, according to Milton Henderson, county extension director, who has been appointed to direct the program.
This campaign which is to be conducted on a state-wide basis, is under the sponsorship of the State Department of Health, State Department of Agriculture and the Iowa Extension Service.
Ted Defenbaugh began his duties this week as janitor of the Mount Ayr schools. He succeeds Jim Richmond.
Births have been recorded through the columns of the Ringgold County during the month of January at the rate of more than one each day.
The list totaling 36, is one of the largest printed in the local paper. The race between the sexes has been close with the girls emerging as winner a 19-17 score.
Marriage: January 13, Marie Mosier and Lester Nelson.
Births: February 9, a son, Gary, to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Peterson…February 3, a daughter, Judy, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pratt…February 6, a son, to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Polley.
Obituaries in this edition were: Elmer Thurman, Lucia L. gardener Walker, Andrew Clayton Merritt, Donna Mae Lewis and Mrs. Will Bischop.
Fifty Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, February 17, 1972.)
Mr. and Mrs. John Sickels of rural Mount Ayr have been selected as the Farmers Home Administration family of the year for the Creston office, which also serves Ringgold and Union Counties.
John and his wife, Norma, have six children, Cynthia, 22, (Mrs. Richard Hill of Maryville, MO.); Diane, 20, (Mrs. Richard Elmer of Hartford, IA); Lana, 18, who is attending college at NWMS University in Maryville, MO; Lora, 16, and Lesa, 13, who are attending Mount Ayr Community school and Jeff aged 3 years.
Bev Peterson has been named Grand Valley Community schools Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow for 1972.
Marriages: January 2, Martha Dailey and Ron Landphair…November 13, 1971, Kathy Novak and Richard Bancs.
Births: February 7, a daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Beede…February 8, a daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Gregg…February 9, a daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Poore…February 12, a son, to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Todd.
Twenty Five Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, February 6, 1997.)
The Iowa Department of Transportation has a new maintenance garage complex in Mount Ayr and it was on display to the public Thursday.
The building has an office complex, and huge service bays where work can be done on equipment. Also included is a dome building to store salt to be used on the highway and a garage area for storage of equipment.
Mount Ayr Community school students did well at the Regional Hoop Shoot contest in Red Oak recently, sending two students on to the state contest in Ames, March 1.
Winning their divisions were Melissa Winkler (12-13 year olds) and Sara Geist (8-9 year olds) amd Adam Jackson placed fourth in the 9 year old boy division but did not get to advance,
Obituaries in this edition were: John Dale Moon, Lyman L. Larsen and Ted R. Mosier.
Ten Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, February 9, 2012.)
Jeanette Varner Sheffer (Jan), former Mount Ayr resident, who now resides in Coronado, CA recently went on a mission trip with her husband, Gregg, to Haiti.
Sheffer was surprised when she saw the bus that was to transport them to orphanages and the like where they were working. On the side of the bus it said “Mt.Ayr Community School District”. Sheffer didn’t think it could be anything but a bus from Mount Ayr, IA. and checked the registration sticker to make sure. Sure enough, it was an old Mount Ayr school bus.
The bus could probably tell quite a few story if it were able to do so. Somehow after it was traded in, it got shipped to Haiti. And somehow it has been kept running for 24 years.
Four Raider Mount Ayr wrestlers advance to district wrestling tournament with 1st and 2nd place finishes at the sectional tournament.
Those advancing after finishing 1st are Shane Swank and Joe Ricker, while Dawson Knapp and Eric Freed were runner-ups to advance as well.
Births: January 31, a daughter, MacKenna, Carly Foote and Brad Risser…February 2, a son, Hayden, to Charlie and Jacci Giles…February 4, a daughter, Sophia, to Mariah Fifer and a son, Talon, to Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Eighmy.
Obituary in this edition was, Lillian Landis.