Snapshots of History – Allendale Baptist Church
BY MIKE AVITT I think Allendale’s official population is about 55 but something big is happening there and I’ll tell you about that in a minute. Dave Hardy sent me this picture of the Allendale Baptist Church in its early days. I believe the photo was posted on the Facebook group, Worth County Progress Organization,…
Read MoreBible Marathon set
To the editor: 2019 weather has been interesting, devastating and challenging. We could probably add a few more descriptive words. The winter was extra cold at times. An abundance of snow fell and drifted in many places. The spring has been wet and flooded and stormy. It makes me think of a time in Bible…
Read MoreLooking Back by Lora Stull June 13
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, June 25, 1919.) Judge Fuller grants change of venue to Ringgold County… Trial begins Tuesday, July 8…Roy Emerson indicted by Union County grand jury for first degree murder following the finding of his mother, Mrs. Kate Emerson, at the foot of the elevator shaft in…
Read MoreOpera singer to perform at Clearview
Clearview Home will be a stage for an opera singer in June. Samantha Hornback will hold a musical performance on Sunday, June 23 at 2:30 p.m. in the dining room at Clearview Home. Samantha is a 2016 graduate of Simpson College and attended graduate school at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland. She has been cast…
Read MoreFarmers playing catch up as land dries up
Iowa farmers finally got the dryer weather they were looking for with 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork statewide during the week ending June 9, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is the first time this season farmers had more than 5.0 days suitable for field work. This allowed farmers to plant corn…
Read MoreSearching for solutions to challenges facing rural Iowa
[This is the third in a series of articles examining the challenges facing rural Iowa communities. The series is a product of research conducted by the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan news service located in Iowa City.] By Randy Pauson and Zoe Seiler Aside from awarding money to businesses…
Read MoreSARA REESE
On June 29 at 10 a.m. there will be a Memorial Service at Elk Chapel Community Church 25658 Elk Chapel Rd. Lamoni, Iowa Sara Mae Clough Reese (born August 7, 1932) passed from this world on May 31, 2019. Appropriately near Memorial Day, we will remember her kind and gentle soul. Sara led a full…
Read MoreKARON LEE NAOMI
Karon Lee Kirk was born September 28,1947 with her twin sister Sharon in Columbus, Ohio to James William Kirk and Ruby Mae (Griffith) Kirk. She lived in Ohio part of her life and was adopted as a very young child by her stepmother, Daisy Kirk. She was united in marriage to Sam Naomi on October…
Read MoreJOSEPH RAYMOND EVERHART
Joseph Raymond Everhart was born April 21, 1942 to William Ezra and Mary Iva (Weatherman) Everhart at a farmhouse in Bedison, Missouri. He attended Udora Country School from first grade to eighth grade. He then attended high school at Quitman for ninth and tenth grade and later attended Clearmont for eleventh and twelfth grade and…
Read MoreDAVID CRAIG ENGLAND
David Craig England was born May 13, 1951, the eldest child to loving and devoted parents, Mary Lou Votava England and Paul ‘Buck’ Martin England. Dave grew up on farmsteads surrounding Clearfield and later graduated from Clearfield High School in 1969. On February 14, 1971 Dave married the neighbor girl who lived down the road,…
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