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One Hundred
Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 31, 1923.)
H.W. Terrell, who upon his retirement from the office of sheriff January 1, accepted a position as federal prohibition agent, came home Friday for a few day’s visit with his family.
Mr. Terrell has been working at Dubuque, where one raid netted 900 gallons of wine and another six cases of bonded liquor. Mr. Terrell reports that conditions relative to prohibition enforcement have greatly improved since he worked as a state agent 5 years ago.
“If federal, state, and county officers would co-operate and do their duty 6 months,” said Mr. Terrell, “the problem would be solved. There is plenty of law to wipe out the booze menace.”
In the judgement of Mr. Terrell what is known as booze runners, fellows who haul in alcohol, are the greatest violators and the number of these is decreasing.
Marriages: January 17, Florence Page and Clarence Daily.
Births: Born Monday, a daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Morrow…January 25, a daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Patterson.
Obituary in this edition, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Patterson, Elsie Patterson (16 mon.)
Seventy-Five
Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 29, 1948.)
Lieut. Col. Laura Goodale of Diagonal has notified relatives here by cable that she has arrived safely in Frankfurt, Germany. Miss Goodale, who is in the Army Nurse corps, left Westover Field, MA January 10 and arrived in Germany January 11. She will be stationed in Germany for the next 2 years.
Constantly on the increase from year to year, births during the year 1947, as recorded in the columns of the Record News, totaled 309, 60 more than in the preceding year and 99 more than 1945.
The boys outnumbering the girls by a count of 162 to 147, regained first place honors last year to the “fairer sex.” Peak month of the year was January with 37 arrivals. There were four sets of twins, twin boys to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sickels and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Shaffer; a boy and a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Pete Brown; and a set of girls to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Beck.
Fifty
Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 2, 1973.)
Cindy Poore named the Mount Ayr Community high school’s 1973 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow.
A recent rash of acts of vandalism has prompted city of Mount Ayr officials to take a long hard look at a nightly curfew. Favorite targets for the vandals are plastic signs, such as those marking the business section on US 169 & Hwy 2, as well as individual business signs.
Student Ayr Opinion Poll-What do you think of the cease fire (refering to Vietnam war)? Jenifer Parker: “I think it is neat, too bad it’s taken this long to stop a war in which most people don’t know who we are fighting.” Brenda Reynolds (junior): “I think it’s about the only thing he ever did right. Like everyone else, I just wonder how long it will last.” Eddy Joe Rotert: “It’s a great thing to have happen, but it’s a shame it couldn’t have happened a few years earlier.” Brent Geringer: “It’s a good deal. We’re finally out of Vietnam as far as the fighting goes.” Don Cox: “It’s really neat to know we are at peace with Vietnam and to know that all POW’s will be coming home.”
Obituaries in this edition were: Mary Louisa Austin and Harry F. Archibold.
Twenty-Five
Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 22, 1998.)
Cale Hainline and James Miller, two of Mount Ayr Community high school students, have enlisted into the Iowa National Guard. Hainline will attend basic training in Fort Binning, GA and Miller will attend basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, MO.
A grant for $1,500 for the Family Resource Center Project was awarded by the South Central Iowa Community Foundation this past week.
Six Mount Ayr community students placed in the Elk Hoop Shoot at Southwester Community College in Creston Saturday. Mount Ayr participants swept the title of all the girls divisons. Students placing include: Katie Zollman, Jentry Johnson, Jana Johnson, Hillary Ward, Sarah Geist and Kylee Minnick.
Obituaries in this edition were: Ivan Lee Longfellow and Clyde Nesbitt Shelman.
Ten
Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 31, 2013.)
Iowa State Savings Bank board of directors named Kevin Stewart to replace David Driskell as president of the bank at their annual meeting January 23.
Obamacare. Obamacare, sick of hearing about it? Well don’t be, because most of it’s provisions are yet to be promulgated and the Affordable Healthcare Act will have a far-reaching impact on rural America.
The Mount Ayr Academic Decathlon team placed 5th at the regional competition held in Des Moines recently.
Coaches and team members include: Coaches, Mary K. Overholtzer and Sherri Adams. Members include: Christiana Overholtzer, Adrian Richards, Kody Weeda, Naomi Richards, Samantha Crawford, Alexandra Young and Zach Tipton.
Births: January 6, a son, Evan, to Tony and Abby Miller.
Obituaries in this edition were: Richard Junior Baker, Erwood “Cotty” Huffman, and Duane Orville Pine.