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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 15, 1963
Lisa Wilson, Mount Ayr Record-News
Two young Mount Ayr golfers, Kenny MARKLEY and Bruce HENDERSON, won trophies in the Lennox Open Golf Tournament
played Sunday. MARKLEY, a second in the first flight, shot a 33-34 for a 67, while HENDERSON placed second in the
second flight with a 39-36 for a 75 par on the Lenox nine-hold course is 33. Royce DAVIS shot a one under par 98 for
27 holes in the championship flight and placed fifth to the winner who scored a 91 for the 27-hole route. DAVIS was
the defending champion, having won last year with a 99. William CORLL and Collus LAWHEAD also participated.
A four-year-old golden Palomino mare, Marigold, was sold Thursday evening by its owner, Art MOORE to Buss CARSON,
internationally known cowboy, whose Hollywood Golden Horses Stuntcapade was the opening entertainment of the
Ringgold County Fair last week.
Thomas Edward JESSE, 29, of Centralia, MO, was electrocuted about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon of last week, while
directing a tree trimming job one and one-half miles north of Blockton. Mr. JESSE, an employee of the Townsend Tree
Service, Muncie, IN, served as foreman of the crew which had arrived the day previous in Ringgold County to trim trees
for the Iowa Southern Utilities Company.
Ringgold County Fair News
Randy LYNCH, a member of the Maloy Shamrocks 4-H Club, showed the grand champion baby beef, a 990-pound Angus, in the
junior livestock show of the Ringgold County Fair. Randy will show his champion at the Iowa State Fair.
Monte AKERS, a member of the Kellerton Hustlers 4-H Club, exhibited the grand champion market pig, a 205-pound Duroc,
which he will show at the Iowa State Fair. He also showed the top pen of three market pigs.
Ringgold County has entered 12 exhibits -- five swine and seven beeves -- in the 4-H livestock division of the Iowa
State Fair. Exhibitors of swine will be Monte AKERS, Kellerton; Dale WALTERS and Gene STANLEY, Beaconsfield; and
Keith BASTOW and Allan TRIGGS, Mount Ayr. Baby beeves will be exhibited by Randy, Craig, Teena and David LYNCH, Judy
BRAMMER, Vicki WACKERNAGEL and Craig ELLIOTT.
Demonstration teams from the Maloy Shamrocks and the Redding Rockets 4-H Clubs were selected to represent Ringgold county at the
Iowa State Fair during the county demonstration contest held Monday evening in Mount Ayr. David LYNCH and Larry WEAVER,
of the Maloy club, presented "Easy Does It," a demonstration on the proper handling of livestock. Andy ABARR and Bill
SHAFER, of the Redding Rockets, gave a physical fitness demonstration on "Keep Fit, Control the Bulge." The
Clover Belles 4-H Club won the girls' food and nutrition judging contest held Wednesday of last week during the Ringgold
County Fair, by scoring 620 points. In second and third places were the Rainbow Girls with 600 points and the
Jefferson Home Hustlers with 590 points. The three high scorers of the winning club were Marlys BARKER, 225; Diane SALTZMAN,
200; and Doris ANGUS, 195.
BIRTHS REPORTED FROM RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL:
August 07, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Truett BAKER, Grant City MO
August 12, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Forrest SHIELDS, Mount Ayr
August 13, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene STEELE, Granat City MO
August 13, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur GARRETT, Diagonal
OBITUARIES in August 15, 1963 Mount Ayr Record-News:
Rosa SHIELDS Beulah May ALLEN
Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2013
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