Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, November 19, 1964

The Mahan Granite Company of this city was recently purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Melvis EIGHMY of Grant City, MO. Mr. EIGHMY has been identified with the Grant City Granite Works and comes to Mount Ayr with years of experience and a background of being a third generation EIGHMY in the monument business. The firm will continue to operate under the name of Mahan Granite Co. Mrs. EIGHMY is the former Mildred COMBS. The EIGHMY family includes three sons -- Michael, a student at the Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville, MO, Markham, high school freshman, and nine-year-old Malcom.

STUDENT AYR -- Charles BLACK, a mathematics teacher in the Mount Ayr Community high school, has been selected as the new Hi-Y leader. Mr. BLACK was one of the key figures in starting the Hi-Y organization during his senior year at Mount Ayr Community high school.

Thirteen returning lettermen have reported for wrestling under the direction of head coach Doyle THOMAS. The Raiders are counting heavily on such stars as Duane DILLENBURG, Larry RINEHART, Roger TRULLINGER and Jerry KNIGHT.

A son to Mr. and Mrs. Milton HENDERSON

OBITUARY in November 19, 1964 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Catherine Ellen CRONIN

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2015

 

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