STANLEY HAROLD SCOTT
Stanley Harold Scott was born on May 5, 1927, in Kellerton, Iowa and passed away in Boise, Idaho on May 16, 2019, as a result of a stroke. The family gathered the week before to celebrate his 92nd birthday. Stanley was born to Loren and Mae Scott and was a brother to Perry Scott, Helene…
Read MoreMARILYN ANN PLOEGER (LOVE)
Marilyn Ann Love was born February 12, 1936 in Waterloo, Iowa to parents Myrtle E (Grobb) and Lawrence Duncan (Pat). She graduated from East High School in Waterloo with the class of 1953. While in high school she worked for Black’s department store. She met a tall, red haired sailor named Harvey John after he…
Read MoreELEONORE WARDEN EURITT
Eleonore Warden Euritt was born July 5, 1926 in Heidelberg, Germany, population 140,000, the only child to Alois and Luise (Mack) Schonet. She grew up during World War II. Eleonor received her education in Heidelberg and attended the University in Heidelberg. On April 17, 1948, Eleonore married 1st Lieutenant Glenn A Warden U.S. Army in…
Read MoreC. COLLUS LAWHEAD
Dr. C. Collus Lawhead, 70 of Mount Ayr, Iowa passed on Monday, May 20, 2019. Collus was born in Leon, Iowa on November 9, 1948 to Dr. Charles W. Lawhead and Florence Abarr Lawhead. He grew up in Mount Ayr having fun as a kid playing baseball with friends in his parents’ front yard. In…
Read MoreSnapshots of History: Mount Ayr High School
BY MIKE AVITT I scanned this photo from the collection of LaViece Barker many years ago. It’s high school reunion time so I’ll tell some stories about that. I went to my first Mount Ayr High School Alumni Reunion in, I believe, 2005. It might be 2006 but I remember I was the only one…
Read MoreTo the Editor
To the Editor, Several months ago my daughter, Anne Harover Yell, paid for my subscription to the Record News. She has enjoyed reading it and knew I would, too. My husband, Bill Harover and our four daughters lived in Mount Ayr from 1954 to 1980. Bill, a pharmacist was the part owner of the Rexall…
Read MoreLooking Back by Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, June 11, 1919.) With the Soldiers in Camp Dodge: Eighteen “lost men have been found” at the Fort Des Moines Hospital and communications with their homes re-established, through the “Missing Man Canvas,” which is being conducted by the American Red Cross. Men of whom every…
Read MoreRain hinders many Memorial Day plans
Rain, rain and more rain not only has kept county farmers out of the fields but also put a damper on this year’s Memorial Day for many others as well. Late last week, Mount Ayr American Legion Post #172 announced it had decided not to erect the over 300 flags at Rose Hill Cemetery due…
Read MoreThis Memorial Day special one for Diagonal community
Memorial Day 2019 held a special significance for the Diagonal community as this year marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Private First Class Ronald Allen Yashack in combat in the Viet Nam War. Monday, the Diagonal American Legion color guard conducted their Memorial Day tribute over Yashack’s grave in the Diagonal Cemetery. A…
Read MoreChanges coming to RCH pharmacy
A federally mandatory pharmacy remodel project at Ringgold County Hospital will exceed budgeted funds, RCH adminstrator Gordon Winkler reported to hospital board trustees at their regular monthly meeting held Monday, May 20. The project is required to meet federal pharmaceutical regulations USP 797 and USP 800 which requires three separate rooms to be set up…
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