Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, November 20, 1980

Each of the three suspects in the murder of Albert MICKAEL pleaded not guilty to the two counts they are charged with at an arraignment before Judge Thomas BROWN in Ringgold County District Court in Mount Ayr Monday morning. Ronnie Dean TODD, Harold E. TODD and Charles Lloyd TYLER each pleaded not guilty to the first count of first degree robbery and the second count of first degree murder with which each is charged.

The awards at the 1980 Iowa Community Bettermen Program Recognition Day ceremonies in Des Moines Monday night brought plenty of cheer about for the Ringgold county communities entered in the program. Beaconsfield took fourth place in the category for communities under 263 for its projects and also took first place in the youth contest for their size community. Mount Ayr took a first place in the youth involvement section of the contest in the category for communities of 1,276 to 2,300.

Judy CUNNING of Mount Ayr also received the Governor's Leadership award for her work in helping the resettlement of the Vietnamese family in Mount Ayr over the past year. Kellerton was recognized as one of six communities in the state that has been involved in the program each year since it began 10 years ago. The community's low-rent housing complex, unique horseshoe court and street markers honoring Frank E. JACKSON were among the projects mentioned in honoring the community's activity through the years.

It was one year ago that Mount Ayr vicinity welcomed Po QUACH and her two sons and three daughters from VietNam. At that time the family was fleeing their country and had come here from a refugee camp. They came Nov. 3, 1979 to southern Iowa where they were united with part of they family, another son of Po's, Hung TRAN, his wife and four children who earlier had come to Lenox.

Ringgold County ranked number one in the 99 counties for the largest increase in retail sales, for the 1976 to 1980 period covered by a report issued by the Iowa Department of Revenue last week.

When Loren HICKERSON of Iowa City, formerly of Mount Ayr, retired after 40 years of service to the University of Iowa an interview appeared in the publication "Spectator." HICKERSON had founded the publication 13 years ago and the staff asked HICKERSON to interview himself. HICKERSON came from an interesting and talented family, all reared in Mount Ayr. In order of age there were three boys, then came the only sister, Ethel, who with her husband, Amos LEE, returned to her home community to live in retirement. After Ethel, there were four more boys.

November 16, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Dale DERSCHEID, Kellerton

OBITUARIES in November 20, 1980 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Florence RYAN MUNYON   Clara H. GOODSON WILLIAMS   : Clinton (Whitey) RICE

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2012

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