Looking Back

(From the Mount Ayr Ringgold Record ,Thursday,  October 15, 1888.)

Wanted to trade a new $50 sewing machine for a cow. Come at once, as we will give some man a big bargain.

George Swain’s house near Tingley burned down last Saturday night. It caught from a falling can of benzine, which was ignite by a lighted lamp.

The government will get very little revenue from whiskey in Tennessee during this administration, most of the distillers having adopted moonshine tactics and the taxes having fallen off greatly already.

Several US Marshalls have been killed. If any questions was being paid to civil service law it might be suspected that a new way of removing partisans has been discovered.

The Democratic campaign orators are responsible for the above mentioned state of affairs in Tennessee. They have been telling those mountaineers for the past twenty years that in case their party came to power again, that they should “still” as much as they wished without being molested by the revenue officers.

This was repeated during the campaign of one year ago with unusual emphasis, and as soon as it was learned that Cleveland was elected, an illicit distillery was started up in almost every hollow of the mountainous section of the state.

The officers of the law in their efforts to put a stop to this, have met with open resistance, and a number of the officers have been killed outright. The only excuse given by these men for their conduct, is the Democrats have promised to protect them in what they are doing and consequently they propose to defend themselves. So much for Democratic reform.

Marriages: Thursday evening Etta Henderson became bride of George Harrington…October 1 Ida McClain and W.H. Talcott.

Births: a bright eyed girl accompanied by a little brother (twins) made their appearance at W.L. Embree’s on Sunday the 27th.

(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 22, 1924.)

Marriage: October 15 Forrest Gleason and Mae Roudybush…Saturday Elvin Bck and Lydia Ferren…Saturday Eugene Omstead and Etta Martin.

Births: October 14, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ogier…October 16, a son to Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Smith.

Obituaries in this edition were: Anna Webb Vorhies, Sarah Ada Fertig Keith, Rebecca L. Bickett Malone and Michael E. Dinkel.

(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 20, 1949.)

Dave Allen of Tingley, was elected president of the Ringgold County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting held October 12 at the Country Club in Mount Ayr.

Phyllis Tyson reigns as homecoming queen her escort was Charles Richards. Four other attendants were Donna Hightshoe, Edith Nichols, Sue Ann Taylor and Phyllis Johnston.

A gypsy party and box supper will be held by the rural married couples at the Legion Hall in Tingley Thursday, October 27.

Dick Richardson, member of the local FFA chapter, was one of six Iowa boys to be awarded the organizations’s highest degree, that of American Farmer.

Marriage: October 2, Gertie Wildman and Dr. R.D. Abarr.

Births: October 12, a son, Danny, to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Roe…October 17, a daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Bob Sheumaker…October 13, a son to Mr. and Mrs. John Fonkert…October 13, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harris Hill…October 17, a son, Gary, to Mr. and Mrs. Willie Smith.

Obituaries in this edition were: Jessie Sherrill Scott, Delphine Landes, Charles F. Dolecheck, George Moler, Robert Lee Hoffhine, and Louise May Price Hartman.

(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday,  October 24, 1974.)

The Ringgold County Pre-School will formerly open it’s doors  Monday, November 4.

The former Ruth’s Cafe building on Hwy 169 & 2 in Mount Ayr has been chosen as the site pending approval of the fire marshall.

A home-grown industry is now under way at the west edge of Mount Ayr. Swanson Manufacturing Co. manufactures and distributes several kinds of farm equipment.

Owned and operated by Tom Swanson, the new business is an outgrowth of a welding repair business which Swanson started in the fall of 1971.

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Stull and Mr. and Mrs. Rex Sickels returned Saturday from a 2 week trip to go elk hunting in Colorado. While there they visited in Denver Mr. and Mrs. Dick Mosier and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Mosier. The men spent six days on Sleepy Cap Mountain and shot a 800# cow elk.

Rosemary Crawford and Beulah Hartman of Mount Ayr participated on the “Lets Go Bowling” show on WHO-TV, Des Moines this past Sunday. They were 2 of the five area women bowlers who were selected to participate in competition held Saturday at Lucky Lanes in Mount Ayr.

Marriage: September 1, Ellen Trullinger and David Brand…August 24, Fay Fell and Terry Howie.

Births: October 15, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jerone Hentges…October 16, a son, to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Snethen…October 18, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Case.

Obituaries in this edition were: James Wilkins, Opal Faye Hazen Liles and Harry Gilbert Motsinger.

(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 14, 1999.)

Chosen as royalty for the Mount Ayr Community high school homecoming activities over the weekend were queen Molly Lynch, daughter of Mike Lynch of Redding and king, Brad Elliott, son of Dick and Donna Elliott of Mount Ayr.

When the Iowa Barnstormers football team takes to the arena next spring a Mount Ayr native will be on the sideline cheering them on. Amy Shafer, daughter of Robert and Shelia Shafer of Mount Ayr was recently selected as one of the 24 members of the dance~cheer team for the 2000 season.

Births: October 10, twin boys, William and John, to John and Sally Young.

Obituaries in this edition were: Donna Mae Krell Glendenning and Linnabell Virginia Oshel Tridle.

(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 16, 2014.)

Ringgold County Sheriff, Michael Sobotka, is reporting a series of burglaries and thefts in the area in recent weeks.

According to Sobotka, an unknown person or persons are entering unlocked cars and homes at night and stealing money and electronic devices.

“I encourage people to lock their vehicles if they have valuables inside them,” stated Sobotka. “It is best not to leave valuables inside your vehicles. I would also encourage people to lock their houses.”

Kaitlyn Klommhaus, a senior at Diagonal high school, volunteered to lead her classmates in hosting the first blood drive in her community.

Hoover Angus Farm of Ellston and Jim and Ann Werner of Diagonal, tied for second largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Iowa with the American Angus Assoc. during fiscal year 2014.