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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, June 07, 1956
Lisa Wilson, Mount Ayr
Included in Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson's itinerary of inspection of drought areas in southern Iowa and
Nebraska was one Ringgold county farm, which is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest HEGGS and located two miles west of
Kellerton on Highway No. 2. He arrived at the HEGGS farm Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. In an informal and affable manner,
he met his gracious hosts and shook hands with approximately 30 persons, who had awaited his arrival for two hours.
In company with Mr. HEGGS, Dean Floyd Andre, head of the extension service, who planned the visit to Iowa, farmers
and news and cameramen, Mr. Benson immediately set out to inspect a 60-acre field of oats, where he found the oats
ranging from eight to 10 inches tall and little evidence of seeding.
One hundred young pheasants are being fed at the Otto SALTZMAN farm in Poe township under the supervision of the
Iowa State Conservation Commission. The project, the first of its kind attempted in Ringgold county, is sponsored
by the Ringgold County Sportsmen's Club.
Myron ROGERS, president of the Keokuk Chamber of Commerce, was awarded a trophy at the state Jaycee convention
held recently in Sioux City for being the outstanding state committee chairman during the 1955-56 year. Myron,
the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. ROGERS of this city, has been employed for the past three years with the Hubinger
Co. of Keokuk and is presently serving as personnel director for the company.
Suzanne TODD of this city will represent Ringgold Unit No. 172, American Legion Auxiliary at Hawkeye Girls State to
be held June 10-17 on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. TODD,
Suzanne will be a senior next year in the Mount Ayr high school. Sue Ann TAFF, daughter of Mrs. Viola TAFF of Mount Ayr,
was chosen as alternate.
BIRTHS REPORTED FROM RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL:
June 02, a daughter, Kathy Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald WALLACE, Gentry MO
June 03, a son, Jimmy Lee, to Mr. and Mrs. Howard TULL, Hatfield MO
June 04, a son, Gary Dean, to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene STEELE, Grant City MO
June 05, a son, Ricky Wray, to Mr. and Mrs. James BRABY, Lamoni
OBITUARIES in June 07, 1956 Mount Ayr Record-News:
Rev. John Dennis DILLEY George Bryant HOPKINS
Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2012
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