| logout
LOOKING BACK in the Early Files by Lora Stull
PROTECTED CONTENT
If you’re a current subscriber, log in below. If you would like to subscribe, please click the subscribe tab above.
Username and Password Help
Please enter your email and we will send you a password reset link.
One Hundred Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, November 11, 1926.)
The corner stone of Ringgold County’s new court house will be laid this afternoon with exercises appropriate to the celebration of an achievement which marks community progress.
Our neighbor Will Murphy, has met with misfortune, having surffered the loss of a finger, and will be unable to husk his corn. A neighborhood corn husking bee will, therefore, be held at the Murphy home Wednesday, November 17, in which all the neighbors are invited to participate. All the men who can are asked to bring teams and wagons and the ladies will serve dinner.
One year ago last Saturday the thermometer registered four degrees below zero and the ground was covered with five and one-half inches of snow, according to the official record as reported by Alex Maxwell, local co-operative weather observer.
The well known furniture stock of F.E. Gleason, recently purchased by E.A. Saltzman, is to be sold out in order to make improvements and decorate the store. Mr. Saltzman will place the entire stock on sale and to move it quickly has employed the Baylor Furniture Sales Service .
Marriage: October 31, Pearl Matthews and John Wimer.
Births: November 5, a daughter, Dorothy, to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Saltzman..November 6, a son, Donald, to Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Guthrie.
Seventy-Five Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, November 15, 1951.)
A special armed forces physical examination call has been issued for eight men to be examined on Monday, November 19. The call will probably be filled by married men without children.
Six business houses in Diagonal were burglarized Sunday night, the loot amounting to $46 in cash, five men’s coats, one jacket and three flashlights.
Heaviest loss was to Harry Liggett’s variety store, where the thieves took the five coats and one jacket. The coats were quilt lined and had fur collars, the best quality merchandise in the store.
They took $25 in cash from the Bud Beymer and Don Dillenburg oil station; $10 each from two grocery stores; Bonebrake’s and Ostrander’s; three flashlights and batteries and one dollar in change from Crew’s Hardware, and Mexican coins valued at $1, from D.D. Dolecheck’s office.
Marriages: May 25, Marvel Byerly and James Christensen..October 29, Ruth Little and Robert Johnston.
Births: Nov. 11, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Bill McClelland..Nov. 9, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Rusco Caldwell..Nov. 10, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Larsen..Nov. 10, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Epps..Nov. 13, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Vearl Grim..Nov. 2, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Shields..Nov. 6, a son, Alan, to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gardner..Nov. 5, a son, Leonard, to Mr. and Mrs. Linford Mason.
Obituaries in this edition were: Julia Pearl Hickerson Terrell, Edward Arnold, Doris Elaine Swigart Thurman, Robert Keith Johnson, William Robert McCarty, Lani Rene Klinge, Floyd M. Lowder, Emma Myrtle Driskill Hopper, William Edward Price.
Fifty Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, November 4, 1976.)
Sherri Klejch, Ringgold County 4-H member and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Klejch of Diagonal, has been chosen as one of 12 sectional winners in the National 4-H public speaking program.
The National 4-H congress will be held in Chicago, IL.
Friday, Nov. 5, will be the last day on the job for Mrs. Harley (Vera) Combs, postmaster at Redding since 1959. With 25 years in the postal service, Mrs. Combs has decided to retire, with Friday as her final day.
Jerry Noble, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Noble placed second in the Presley Mountain Music search for talent show which was held October 30, in Branson, MO. Jerry played a drum selection, with accompiment on the piano by his mother.
Marriage: July 24, Linda Van Winkle and Dennis Kerns..October 23, Lynn Keenan and Paul Baker.
Births: October 27, a daughter, Jessica, to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Toland..October 30, a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Galloway..October 29, a son, Nathaniel, to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Eighmy.
Obituary in this edition was Laura Margaret Moffett.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, November 8, 2001.)
A new assisted living complex called “Maple Ridge Assisted Living” will be opening in Mount Ayr in January, according to owners Robert and Marlene Hinz.
The 12-unit assisted living complex being built to the west of the Mount Ayr Health Care on the east side of Mount Ayr.
Two Mount Ayr Community FFA chapter members were named recipients of the American FFA degree at the national FFA convention in Louisville, KY, recently.
Named to receive the highest degree in FFA were Matt Gilliland and Richard Faris.
Marriage: June 2, Erin Smith and Peter Cornish..Nov. 3, Travis Snethen and Julie Jackson.
Births: Nov. 4, a son, Ryker, to Doug and Susan Hickman..October 19, a son, Cole, to Wyatt and Josie Mobley.
Children’s winners at the Tingley Halloween Fun Night in Tingley Wednesday included these entries. In doubles, Courtney Cox and Tiffany Wimer (50-60s girls); Charmaine Johnson took first place int he children’s singles(Cleoptara); Christina England won the 4th-8th grade singles going as “Has Anybody Seen My Dog?”
Obituaries in this edition were: Rebecca Rae Skarda Dolecheck, Henry “Hank” Eisele, Everett Gerald Reynolds, Lee S. Terwilliger.
Ten Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, November 3, 2016.)
Longtime Ringgold County resident David Lynch was honored for his military service during the Vietnam War by garnering the last seat on an Eastern Iowa Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. for military veterans last month.
Ringgold County Sheriff’s officials investigated an incident of criminal mischief on October 24.
According to the incident report, as he was in the process of moving, Charlie McQueen came back to his residence in Redding to find that his car had been severly damaged. All windows had been broken out and several holes had been drilled into parts under the hood.
McQueen’s home had also been entered by someone kicking in the back door.
The Pride of Iowa West All-Conference volleyball squad has been chosen recently and the Raiderettes will be represented well.
Six girls were chosen unanimously with three on the first team and three on the second team.
Alyssa Johnson was chosen as the setter, Kelcie Shields as the hitter and Blair Glendenning was first team defensive specialist.
On the second team, Macy Larsen was chosen as setter, and Sadie Frost and Keirston Klommhaus were chosen as hitters.
Obituaries in this edition were, Gerald Duane Cannon and Isabelle Jane Wheelen Buck.
Posted in Looking Back By Lora Stull