Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, July 09, 1959

Milton HENDERSON was re-elected president of the board of education of the Mount Ayr Community school district at the reorganization meeting of the board held July 1. The board's offer of a contract for a three-year period was accepted by superintendent C. Arthur HANSEN. The contract provides for a salary of $8,400 for the school year of 1959-60, with an increase of $400 for the two succeeding years.

Jackie MAIN showed the champion 4-H Jersey heifer in the District Dairy Show held June 27 in Creston. Jackie is a member of the Junior Farmers 4-H Club and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin MAIN of Mount Ayr. Larry SCHAD exhibited the reserve champion Jersey. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl SCHAD of Shannon City and a member of the Jefferson 4-H Club. Lyle FARIS, also a member of the Junior Farmers 4-H Club, exhibited in the Holstein and Guerney division and placed fourth and seventh in strong competiton in both classes. The three 4-H members showed five heifers in the first District Dairy Show.

Pearl DAVIS and Willie CORLL turned in the low score to win the two-ball foursome golf tournament held Sunday afternoon at the Mount Ayr Golf and Country Club. Eleven couples participated in the nine-hole affair. Other flight winners were Fern REYNOLDS and Robert (Hap) RICHARDS, Mary NEWTON and Jack COATES, Marge YASHACK and Dick YASHACK, and Fra ROE and Russ DAVENPORT.

Robert LUPHER, 24, of Tingley, has been a patient in the Greater Community Hospital in Creston since early of the morning of July 4 when he suffered a wound in the neck, inflicted by a pellet from a shotgun. Von TULL also suffered wounds from the blast but did not require hospitalization. LUPHER and TULL and two companions, Robert PALMER and Tom OWENS, all of Tingley, were shooting off firecrackers about 1:30 a.m. in northwest Tingley when Floyd GUESS, apparently annoyed by the noise, contributed to the fireworks display by firing his shotgun. No charges have been filed, pending availability of all persons concerned.

Kenneth HERREN, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. HERREN, of Athens township, has been selected as a member of the bass section of the national F.F.A. chorus, which will sing at the National F.F.A. Convention to be held October 9 through October 16 in Kansas City, Mo.

The dwelling occupied by the Merwyn JOHNSON family, on the George GREENMAN farm, two miles west and four miles south of Kellerton, was partially destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. The fire, of unknown origin, started in the attic and was discovered by the JOHNSON family about 2 p.m. Twelve memebers of the Mount Ayr Volunteer Fire Department responded to the alarm and managed to save most of the house except the roof. All of the JOHNSON furniture was removed from the house and the dwelling was insured.

July 08, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McCALLA, Blockton

OBITUARIES in July 09, 1959 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Dellno Clement BANNER    Martin John FULLERTON    David Monroe PARFET

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, December of 2012

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