Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, September 11, 1986

Mount Ayr looked a little more like Scotland Saturday than celebration planners had hoped, as rain and cold set in for the day. But the weather didn't stop folks from celebrating and almost as many people ate sandwiches during the barbecue this year as during the sweltering weather of Ayr Days last year. There were a few more traditional touches this year with a number of people of Scottish ancestry coming from across the state to add some authenticity to the celebration in their kilts and bagpipes.

Winners were named in four school board elections in Ringgold county Tuesday. Mike WARIN won the at-large seat in the Mount Ayr Community school district with a total vote of 107. In the Clearfield district in a hotly contested race, Karen ELLIOTT had 234 votes to 202 for Walter GREENE for the district No. 3 seat. In Grand Valley district, Donald HEWLETT had 23 votes to 11 for Gary JIMMERSON to win the district number 3 position and Peggy BEDIER received 16 votes to take the district number 5 position.

In write-in votes in Diagonal community school district, Jim GOINS was named to the director number 1 seat and Claire NEWTON was named to the director number 2 seat.

A third area, anesthesiology, was added to the staff privileges granted to Dr. Hema B. PATEL at the Sept. 8 regular meeting of the Ringgold County Hospital board of trustees. Dr. H. B. PATEL had earlier been approved for staff privileges in the areas of family practice and obstetrics.

Enrollments are down in some Ringgold county school district when comparing the 1985-86 school year with the current school year, preliminary enrollment figures show. Enrollment totals 658 in the Mount Ayr community school district, where losses were the greatest at the high school level. There are now two classes with less than 50 members in a class. This is down from last year's comparable figure of 694. Meanwhile there are 177 students in the Grand Valley district, down from 186 last year at this time. Clearfield is at 133, down from 134 last year. Enrollment figures for Diagonal were still not available early this week.

Thirty-one years of practice ends as Dr. Roy E. FELL retires. Dr. FELL came to Mount Ayr July 10, 1955 to begin practice as a doctor of osteopathy. For 31 years he has given tender, loving care to his patients in a practice that didn't stop until his retirement several months ago.

From 50-75 syringes and 150 pain pills were discovered missing from the office of Dr. Duane E. MITCHELL, located on the west side of the Mount Ayr square, when the staff came to work Thursday morning, Sept. 4.

A mother Chihuahua dog at the Max GREIMANN farm in rural Kellerton has a new litter of eight, eight cats that is. The 10-year-old dog adopted the eight orphaned kittens when the kittens' mother, a pet of Mrs. GRIEMANN'S grandchildren, Cory and Kelli GREIMANN, died August, the same day the dog lost three puppies. Mrs. GREIMANN tried one kitten first and then added the rest, which the dog took as her own. The mother dog keeps the kittens clean, nurses them and puts them back in their box if they get out.

Six Ringgold county high school softball players received mention on the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union all-state team and two were named to the all-district first team for southwest Iowa this week. Named to the all-district first team were pitcher Karla KINTON and catcher Karla McGINNIS. This duo was also named to elite special mention on the all-state team listing. Receiving honorable mention on the all-state teams were Mount Ayr Community first base player Lori KINTON, Diagonal-Clearfield Community shortshop Jacque HOWER, Diagonal-Clearfield outfielder Patty TAYLOR and Grand Valley Community outfielder Jamie GREENLAND.

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2011

 

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