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One Hundred Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 23, 1924.)
A case of malicious mischief which for downright cussedness is in a class by itself caused considerable excitement in the Hatfield, MO community Sunday.
When Rev. F.E. Plum, pastor of the United Brethren church at Hatfield, went to the barn Sunday morning he discovered that during the night his Ford sedan had been mutilated, the plate glass being broken into smithereens, tires cut and parts removed.
The perpetrator of the dastardly deed had evidently met with misfortune while engaged in the operation of breaking the glass for blood stains were left on the car and finger prints were plainly visible. Blood hounds were brought from Creston and placed on the trail and as a result two young men were arrested and charged with the crime.
The Rev. Plum has been active in the interest of law enforcement and assisted the officers who recently made the raid which resulted in several arrests for booze selling in Hatfield.
Starting May 1, milk 8 cents per quart, cream 25 cents a pint. Morning and evening delivery. Teale Dariy~T.H. Brown manager.
A group of farmers in Appanoose county, being disgusted with what they regarded as outlandish conduct of young people who would park their automobiles at the side of rural roadways during pleasant summer and fall evenings, proceeded to do a little detective work and law enforcing upon their own account and arrested a party of four in an automobile.
The young people grew indignant, and filed information against the farmers for false arrest. The case was recently called in the district court and 12 farmers were fined $1 each and costs.
Birth: April 20, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Basil Willey.
Obituaries in this edition were: Henry Clay Sheldon and Matilda Agnes Nash Jones.
Seventy-Five Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 21, 1949.)
Stuart W. Hoover has been appointed as a member of the Ringgold County Review to succeed F.J. Daughton who resigned. Other members of the board are Carl Hogue of Kellerton and Leo Dolecheck of Diagonal.
Robert J. Gibson, who has served as engineer for Ringgold county during the last year, has tendered his resignation effective May 1 and will accept the position of engineer of Taylor county.
Contracts were let Monday by the directors of the Ringgold County Fair Association for the erection of a show barn, sixty feet by one hundred feet on the fair grounds. The building will cost between $5,000-$6,000.
All teachers in the Mount Ayr school except one, James Cunningham, vocal instructor, will return next year. Those who have signed contracts are Hugh Steele, George Williams, Floyd Bliss, Rowena Derickson, Oren Elmore, Lila Foltz, R.E. Hauptman, Wilma Jones, Bernice Lehmkuhl, Mildred Moore, Grace McCausin, Joseph McNeill, Lola Simpson, Bertha Smith, Gladys Steele, Lorene Triggs, O.C. Varner, Ilo Williams and Cynthia Wyatt.
Marriage: April 17, Margaret Troxell and Willam Bryan… April 9, Beverly Nixon and Harold Poore.
Births: April 16, a son, Alan, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Monaghan…April 9, twins, a boy and a girl to Mr.and Mrs. Derlin Bailey.
Obituaries in this edition were: Blanche Pidock Moore, Ira Newton Rinehart, George Griffith and Gene Charles Stewart.
Fifty Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 25, 1974.)
Newly elected officers of the Mount Ayr JayCees announced that one of their first projects will be a kite building and flying contest to be held April 28 at Judge Lewis Park near the JayCee ballfield.
The board of education of Mount Ayr community school district voted unanimously Monday night to terminate the contract of Russell Boyd as high school principal at the end of the school year.
Mrs. Lila Richards of Kellerton has been reappointed judicial magistrate for Ringgold county for a two year term beginning July 1 of this year and continuing until June 30, 1976.
Marriage: March 30, Nancy Morgan and Ralph Lents.
Births: April 19, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rauch…April 20, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Royce Nelson…April 15, a son, Charles Blaine III, to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Adams Jr…April 23, a son, to Mr. and Mrs. David Scott…April 7, a daughter, Michelle, to Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Berry…April 22, a daughter, Jennifer, to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Raisch.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 15, 1999.)
When tornadoes were skipping across the countryside Thursday afternoon, April 8, the heaviest damage in the area was done in Taylor, Adams, and Union counties.
Stories of close calls and heavy damage were told in many areas there, but Ringgold county wasn’t completely spared.
The storm did damage to two properties in section 9 of Lotts Creek township southeast of Mount Ayr about 3:30 p.m. The greatest damage was done at the home of Doug and Debbie Poore, where portable hog buildings were blown away, a cedar tree fell on the house, a host of other cedar trees were toppled and a huge door on a machine shed was lifted away and hasn’t been seen since.
Six of the 1,000 Iowa high school seniors named State of Iowa Scholars by the Iowa College Student Aid Commission are from Ringgold county. Five of the students are seniors at MACH school. They include Rachel Derscheid, Michael Faris, Anglea Hunt, Cara Smith and Debbie Stephens. The sixth student is a senior at Creston high school at Creston. He is Nathan Williams.
The Mount Ayr Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a new employee of the month contest. Bosses of Chamber businesses can nominate a deserving employee for the honor. Monthly winners will receive a free dinner at a Mount Ayr restaurant and coupons from various Mount Ayr businesses.
Obituaries in this edition were: Ella Lucille Roberts Beede, Lois Lorene Elliott Ives and Robert Dean Mathany.
Ten Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 17, 2014.)
New access to alternative fuels will be coming to Mount Ayr as the results of a state pilot program announced this week.
Farmers Cooperative in Mount Ayr and the Oak Street Station in Inwood have been selected as recipients of funds through “Fueling Our Future” pilot program.
According to Mount Ayr Farmers Cooperative location manager, Tim Christensen, the plan is to build a new fueling site in the lot north of the current coop building. Three consumer pumps will be located on the east side of the lot with a pump for ag fuel located on the west.
Govenor Terry Branstad has signed a proclamation marking April “Keep Iowa Beautiful Month.”
Birth: February 28, a daughter, Daisey, to Mr. and Mrs. Derrick Dredge.
Obituaries in this edition were: Timothy Edmund Becker, Alice Deane Waugh Gardner, Gerald Verne Scott, and Homer Eldon Rinehart.