Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 25, 1988

When Mount Ayr Community school students start the 1988-89 school year Monday, there will be sevennew faces on the staff. Along with new high school principal Carroll TAYLOR, there will one teacher at the high school and two teachers at the elementary school who will be new to the district this year. In addition there will be a new coach with no teaching duties, a new secretary and a new aide on the school staff.

New at the high school will be John LARSEN. New at the elementary school will be Sally FREDERICHS, who will teach fifth grade and handle a number of coaching assignments. Also new at the elemetnary school will be Nancy POPPE, who will teach kindergarten. Other new staff members will be Jolene GOURLEY, who will be a secretary at the high school principal's office and Kathay FIALA, who will be a special education aide at the elementary school.

When school starts at Grand Valley Community schools on Monday, August 29, there will be two new teachers on staff -- Cathy CREES of Leonand Max BUCKNER of Mount Ayr. Another addition is a new cook, full-time at Kellerton -- Colleen MILLER of Mount Ayr.

There will be four new teachers, all first-year, when Diagonal Community schools begin classes Monday, August 29. Edward GEITZ, a graduate of Wartburg College at Waverly, will be teaching business subjects, physical education and will be coaching track and baseball and will assist with basketball. Susan MYERS, who is married and has three children, is a fifth grade teacher and will be coaching volleball. Denise PATTON will be the special education teacher. Kathryn KELLNER is married and has three children. She will have remedial reading responsibilities.

A Redding man was found dead near his home Wednesday, August 17, following a search by local law enforcement personnel. Henry SEIFFERT, 67, was found Wednesday morning after being reported missing Tuesday evening. SEIFFERT'S death was ruled as coming from a self-inflicted gunshot, according to a coroner's report.

Two Ringgold county 4-H members have earned trips to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago, IL in December with projects they have completed. Billi HUNT of Diagonal is the state 4-H conservation project award winner and Bobbi HUNT of Diagonal is the state 4-H safety project award winner. Both are daughters of Mrs. Lois HUNT. In addition to the state conservation award, Billi HUNT and her 4-H club have earned national conservation club awards.

August 21, a son to John and Debbie LARSEN, Mount Ayr

OBITUARIES in August 25, 1988 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Henry Michael SEIFFERT

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2013

 

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