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One Hundred Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 12, 1924.)
At special election held Monday in Diagonal to vote on the proposition of issuing bonds in the sum of $34,000 to provide a water works system, 287 votes were cast. 186 for the proposition and 101 against.
Sunday after church William Eckerman started to crank his car while in gear and when the engine started the car ran over him, breaking his left leg.
Country School News~Star Center Notes~ Mrs. Mary Ricker teacher: Friday afternoon the “volley ball team” of Washington #5 and the two neighboring schools on the north and south played a series of games. Everyone had a good time and the players of all the schools worked earnestly.
Those from #2 were: Esther Beymer and team, Emil Dolecheck, Edith Cole, Merle McMath, Gilbert Salvik, Arthur Cole. They came in a Ford driven by Frank Dolecheck. Those from #8 were: Teacher Fern Miller, team: Will Corrl, Robin Corrl, Don Corrl, Lyle Corrl, Robert Dinkel. Will Ricker brought them in a Ford.
Marriage: Saturday, Hugh Hogue and Birdie Dowell. November 8, Earl Johnston and Evalyn White.
Birth: Sunday a son to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Seaton…Saturday a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Daubs…November 3, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dillenburg…Armistice Day a son, Alexander, to Mr. and Mrs. Asa Huggins.
Obituaries in this edition were A.H. Teale, Carrie Michael Ryan, Jessie Viola Barnhart and James Steele.
Seventy-Five Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 10, 1949.)
The Raiders, Mount Ayr high school’s undefeated football team and their coach, Joe McNeill, will be guests of honor at the annual football banquet to be held Wednesday evening, November 16th at 7 o’clock p.m. in the gymnasium. The occasion is sponsored by the Mount Ayr Businessmen’s Club.
Members of the squad include the following: Cliff Teale, Charles Richards, Richard Walter, Don Buck, Dean Frost, Joe Jackson, Richard Reynolds, Franklin Smith, Dean Stuck, Clair Eason, Jack Braby, Glen Sickels, Norman Thompson, Laverne Kidney, Charles Saville, Merritt Buck, Marvin Triggs, Leland Sickels, Bill Richards, Hugh Terwilliger, Leland Dolecheck, Russ Davenport, James Cook, Rex Stuck, Gene Miller, Bob Evans, Louis Wilson, Jerry Fetty, Paul Drake, Harry Rees, James Faris, Frankie Clemons, Myron Ingram, Lynn Sickels, and Bob Kaster. Managers were James Kimble and Earl Pickens.
One hundred twenty-nine new metal granaries have been erected in Ringgold County, making the total government storage capacity in this county 561,327 bushels.
Marriage: October 6, Mary Miller and John Ogle.
Births: November 1, a son, Jerry, to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Shaw…November 4, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Davenport…October 5, a son, Alan, to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sobotka.
Obituaries in this edition were: Laura E. Clewell, Leonard R. Sherman, Nellie Marshall Cameron, Byron Merritt Lewis and Archie Grover Merritt.
Fifty Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 14, 1974.)
Jerry Jones, a former resident of Grant, is now serving as deputy for Ringgold County. He began his work on November 1 and will be paid with funds from the Ringgold County board of supervisors and from the Iowa Crime Commission.
The annual exhibit of paintings and drawings by local artists is being held beginning November 11-November 21, at the Mount Ayr Public Library.
One of the older exhibitors will be Mrs. Pearl Kokesh with pencil drawings. Other exhibitors will be Mrs. Lester Sickels, Mrs. Wendell Wallace, Mrs. Max Buckner, Mrs. Clarence Saltzman, Mrs. Danny Rinehart, Mrs. Jan Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grune, Kathy Young, Kris Galloway, and Mrs. Julian Galloway.
Marriage: October 5, Nancy Seifert and Terry Brauch…September 29, Ruth Groves and Ivan Tull…Friday evening, Pam Jackson and Bobby Ricker.
Births: November 8, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Tim Doran…November 5, a son, Joshua, to Dr. and Mrs. Joe Denhart…November 8, a daughter, Amy Kay, to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Mosier.
Obituaries in this edition were: Pearl Belle Sconce and Wayne Jim Jarred.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 4, 1999.)
Jamie Haidsiak of Clearfield was awarded her American FFA degree at the National FFA Convention in Louisville, KY, this past week.
Merchants in Iowa are being warned to toughen up their polices concerning the sale of tobacco products to minors and this time, the state says it won’t be giving just lip service to enforcement efforts.
The Diagonal high school music students will be taking part in the band tour of Europe this summer. The band and chorus will be visiting seven countries in sixteen days performing in England, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechenstein and Germany.
Thousands of dollars were raised for Ducks Unlimited conservation efforts when the 100 Point Chapter held it’s 17th annual banquet in Mount Ayr Thursday night.
Marriage: May 22, 1999 Blake Vardaman and Lisa Noelting.
Obituaries in this edition were: Nellie Viola Arnold Fugate, Norma Jean Sobotka Lumbard, Lila M. Manning and Elmer Leo Rains.
Ten Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 6, 2014.)
Changes may be coming to the city’s recycling service based upon a letter presented at Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Mount Ayr city council.
The letter from Prairie Solid Waste stated the agency could no longer afford to accept single stream recyclable materials for the cities of Corning, Mount Ayr, Murray, and Osceola. (Single-stream recycling refers to a system in which all paper fibers, plastics, metals, and other containers are mixed in a collection truck, instead of being sorted by the depositor into separate commodities (newspaper, paperboard, corrugated fiberboard, plastic, glass, etc.) and handled separately throughout the collection process. In single-stream, both the collection and processing systems are designed to handle this fully commingled mixture of recyclables, with materials being separated for reuse at a materials recovery facility).
County votes chose Republican Paul Dykstra to fill one seat on the board of supervisors. Current supervisor David Inoles chose not to seek relection. Dykstra received 1,051 votes to 585 for Democrat Rodney Holmes and 427 for Independent Jim Goins.
Mount Ayr Raiders advance to the quarter finals of the state playoffs with a 45-14 win over Van Buren Monday night. A win over Earlham would send the Raiders to the UNI-Dome for the semi-finals.
Obituaries in this edition were: Blanche Fern Smith Schipper, James Walker Robertson, William John Clark, Mona Mary Gerdom Dwight and Dean Mark Merrill.