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One Hundred
Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 13, 1925.)
The Maloy baseball team organized and bought each a new suit and played their first game Sunday at Bedford.
The lineup is as follows: battery, Swede Bailey and Jason Worthington; first base, Limus Bailey; second base, Cecil Clarey’ short stop, “Peanut” Cowell; third base, Edward Hart; left field, John Nolan; right field, John Warin; center field, Leonard Sheil; manager J.L. Shay; captain, “Peanut” Cowell. Bedford won the game by a score of 5-8.
The sheriff of Ringgold county was busy about Shannon City the past week, picking up a few violators of the law. One for intoxication, two as suspicious characters and a youth who persisted in going wrong was sent to the reform school. It is rumored that a “hootch” den was discovered west of town but no booze or occupants, just a “has been”.
The Tingley council voted Monday evening to put new insulation on the high-line from Creston to Ellston. The cost will be about $1,200 but after the work is completed it is to be hoped that every little rain will not leave us in darkness as it does now.
Marriage: May 10, Mary Williams and Brown Abnew.
Birth: Born Thursday a daughter, Doris, to Mr. and Mrs. Claud Coffman.
Obituaries in this edition were: Richard Earl Faris (2 yr), Naomi S. Kirby and Amanda Jane Nunn White.
Seventy-Five
Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 11, 1950.)
The Dalbey Lumber Company in Mount Ayr will hold open house Saturday May 13 to dedicate its ultra modren yard, just completed and in celebration of 50 years of business in Ringgold county.
One person was critically injured and thousands of dollars of property damage was wrought in the wind of cyclonic proportions which struck this area Friday. The wind, which was followed by a rain and electric storm on Thursday evening, continued full force throughout Friday. H.C. Richardson of Hatfield, MO, was critically injured when struck by a double hog house.
Marriage: April 21, Ethel Livesay and Floyd Rooney.
Births: May 5, a son, Wayne, to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Dolecheck…May 5, a son, Ronald, to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Parman…April 30, a son, Bradley, to Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Huffman.
Obituaries in this edition were: Hattie Florence Zike Lahs, Frederick Francis Brown and Wilburt Clint Kimball.
Fifty Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 15, 1975.)
Results are in from the second annual kite contest sponsored by the Mount Ayr Jaycees. The contest was held May 11 at Judge Lewis Park. Winners are as follows: longest flight first place to Eric Gator, second place to Robyne Hainline; longest tail first place to Brian Gator and second place to Eric Gator; best design, first place to Steve England and second place to Peter Hayse.
Three held in seven break-ins here May 8. Leo Lane of Mount Ayr and two juvenilles are in Ringgold county jail on charges of breaking and entering filed by Ringgold county sheriff’s office. The charges came following the theft of over $200, a 22 Remington rifle, and 22 rifle shells and possibly other items from seven business and professional offices in the North Taylor and East Adams vicinity.
Ruthie Bryan set new loop and school record with a discus toss of 106’ 3.5” at the Tall Corn Conference track meet held at Greenfield Thursday night.
Nine Raiderettes and track coach Mark Larsen will be at the girls state track meet in Des Moines Friday. The Raiderettes have qualified for four different events. Jean Irving will be running in the 100 meter low hurdles, the shuttle relay team of Jenifer Parker, Jean Irving, Jeanine Johnson and Carla Kennedy; shuttle hurdle relay team of Jeanine Johnson, Cindy Howie, Susie James and Jean Irving; the 880 yard relay team of Kim Henry, Tami Solliday, Diane Wilson and Jenifer Parker.
Obituaries in this edition were: Ernest Eugene Black and H. Elton Anderson.
Twenty-Five
Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 18, 2000.)
A barn in Ringgold county is one of the latest to receive a grant from the Iowa Barn Foundation for restoration work.
On Hwy 2 east of Mount Ayr is a landmark barn built in 1928 which is being restored.
Solomon Lesan, one of the first settlers in the county, obtained his farm from the government in 1855.
Eventally there were several farmsteads owned by the Lesans, making up the village of Lesanville.
The Lesanville Cemetery, started in 1879, is 300 yards from the barn, near the site of the railroad depot, post office and general store.
Paul Ramsey, whose mother was Madge Lesan, watched the barn being built in 1928 by well-known barn builder Carl Hogue.
He has received an $8,000 matching grant from the Iowa Barn Foundation to rehabilitate the barn on the farm, which has remained in the family throughout most of its history.
Lesan’s great grandfather, George W. Lesan, was believed to be the first postmaster in the county in the 1850’s. He brought the mail by horseback from Chariton before railroad delivery to Lesanville.
The barn restoration is part of a project to restore some of the Lesanville area.
Some $117,000 in matching grants have been awarded to Iowans by the Iowa Barn Foundation for the restoration or rehabilitation of barns since the foundation was started in 1977.
The proposed relocation of the sewer on the east side of homes along West Street north of Kneedler Street may be dead.
With at least one resident in the area saying they would not participate in paying extra for the relocation and another bringing figures to show that it would be cheaper to hook to the sewer in the west side location than paying for the changes, the proposal to move the sewer line may not be feasible.
Mount Ayr Community Raiderettes will be represented by the 4×200 meter relay team at the state girls track meet in Des Moines Friday. Members include Jana Johnson, April Perrigo, Jamie Goins and Mindy Stuart.
Obituary in this edition was, Bessie Emmaline Stanley Johnson.
Ten Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 21, 2015.)
The Mount Ayr boys and girls varsity track teams competed in the Class 1A district track meet last week in Mount Ayr.
The boys team placed first and will send eight events to the State Co-ed Track Meet at the Drake Stadium in Des Moines Thursday through Saturday.
The Raiders are the defending Class 1A state team champions.
The girls team placed fourth at districts and will send six events.
The MACHS Fine Arts Achievement Award this year went to Christina Overholtzer and Neesie Brand. Mount Ayr speech and drama coach Shaun Kniep presented the award at Tuesday’s senior award day.
Birth: May 15, a daughter, Kristina, to Tanya Naumova and Justin Clark.
Obituaries in this edition were: Jody Ann Musich McMillin and Donald Gene Bear.