Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, February 16, 1956

V. R. BARNHOUSE, Junior, a 1951 graduated of Cainsville, MO high school, has been chosen as one of 13 out of approximately 1,000 seniors at Oklahoma A & M College, Stillwater, OK, who have made outstanding accomplishments or have, through unselfish work, been of great service to the student body as a whole. A member of the "O" Club and Sigma Nu fraternity, BARNHOUSE is a son of Mr. and Mrs. V. R. BARNHOUSE of Kellerton, the former of whom is serving his fifth year as superintendent of the Kellerton schools.

Kenneth CREVELING of Mount Ayr has been appointed D-X agent for Ringgold county by the D-X Sunray Oil Company. Mr. CREVELING will serve the entire county as a distributor of D-X products.

Lee BAKER, Beaconsfield farmer, will be interviewed Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6:15 a.m. on the "Rural Electric Reporter" program over Station KMA, 960, Shenandoah. "Young Farmer Employs Electricity" will be the discussion topic during the interview, which is sponsored by the six rural electric cooperatives of southwestern Iowa. BAKER is a member of the Rideta Electric, with headquarters at Mount Ayr.

The appointement of Royce DAVIS of Mount Ayr as Iowa Good Roads Association chairman for Ringgold county has been announced.

Carroll MOTSINGER, ASC office manager, said the Ringgold county corn acreage has been cut by nearly 15 percent, which amounts to a reduction of 8,073 acres. Last year farmers were allotted 55,167 acres while the 1956 total is to be 47,094 acres.

W. C. (Bill) HAROVER, Junior, Mount Ayr druggist, was recently appointed Ringgold county fund-raising chairman for the American Red Cross. The campaign for funds will start March 1. The county quota is $3,284.

A cooperative dinner was served New Year's Day in the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. F. MORRIS, Senior, of Redmond, WA on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. MORRIS were united in marriage on January 1, 1896 in Tingley, where they resided for a number of years on a farm. In 1925 they moved to Wenatchee, WA and later to Methow Valley. For the past 21 years they have made their home in Redmond.

Fans of the Mount Ayr basketball team have a special treat in store for themselves on February 17 when the Centerville Cadettes, a girls drill team, will perform at the half of the Corydon game. The Centerville Cadettes were organized four years ago and have grown into a group that performs all over the state. They have marched at Drake, the girls and boys state basketball tournaments, the Iowa State Fair, Pella's Tulip Festival and at several Iowa State and Iowa University basketball games. They have also been featured on Don Bell's KRNT-TV program. The group consists of 16 high school girls, who march, and three drummers. Under the direction of Mrs. Merle HOUSER, the girls have been trained to do precision marching without a leader or signal, to both drums and recorded music.

February 15, a daughter, Janie Fern, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward BROWN, Allendale MO

OBITUARIES in February 16, 1956 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Elmer Francis MOLER   Darlene Louise TAYLOR
Van Jones NOYLE   Walter B. GATES

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2012

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