Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, April 13, 1961

The board of education of the Mount Ayr Community school district has accepted the resignations of six instructors in the district. They are Edward SULLIVAN, instrumental music; John WERNER, English and dramatics; Mary Ellen ZELLMER, English; Mrs. Irolene ROBERTS, grade school music; Mrs. Margaret JONES, fourth grade in Mount Ayr, and Mrs. Irene PARKS, fifth and sixth grade teacher at Delphos.

Bonnie MILLER and Bob ALLEN, students of the Mount Ayr Community high school, were elected to the district officers of chaplain and treasurer, respectively, at the annual Spring Coed Conference in Red Oak.

BASTOW Feed and Grain (elevator) in Mount Ayr is now the site of a new and modern feed plant, which is owned and operated by Robert BASTOW. Mr. BASTOW has also purchased a bulk truck to deliver the feed to the coustomer's bin or feeder, if the coustomer so desires. He is also offering grain banking service so farm-grown grain can be convertted into feed and delivered to the farm in a short time.

The Ringgold county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee announces the appointment of Bernard SOBOTKA of Diagonal, Jefferson township farmer, as ASC office manager. Mr. SOBOTKA, son of Andrew SOBOTKA, graduated from the Diagonal high school and attended Iowa State college [ISU at Ames] for two years. He is married and has four children.

Thirteen small calves and approximately 80 pigs perished in a fire on the Carol SOBOTKA farm, located two miles south of Diagonal, about 3 p.m. on April 3. In addition to a large barn, the fire also destroyed hay, feed and tools. Mr. and Mrs. SOBOTKA were absent from home at the time and the fire had gained too much headway when discovered to save the livestock. Carl PETERSON, who adjusted the loss of the barn, believes the fire was caused by eight heat lamps, which had been installed the previous evening to brood the small pigs.

April 12, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Alan DUFTY, Tingley

OBITUARIES in April 13, 1961 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Dora PYLE SPENCER   William H. HAILEY   Maude Olive SHAFER GLENDENNING
Lola Elsie JOHNSON HEDGES   Alta C. MULLEN WARD   Milton Dority GLICK
Walter Melvin NEWTON

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2011

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