Creston E. FINCH

FINCH

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/21/2011 at 14:21:41

MALOY, IOWA CENTENNIAL HISTORY: 1887 - 1987
Family & Biographical Pages

CRESTON E. FINCH

Mount Ayr Daily News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
year unknown

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[Creston E.] FINCH set up his first general store ownership in Clearfield, but after several years sold out to in-laws and leased the Maloy Merchantile Store. He operated it until it was destroyed in a fire in 1919.

FINCH'S big deal in Maloy was the promotion of "drag races" -- not like the hot-rod racing of today. Maloy's drag races brought 50 or more teams to town pulling split-log, planed and metal road drags.

FINCH still has a hand-bill promoting the 1916 race. There were 15 prizes for four-horse team, four-mule team, two-horse team, etc., besides the heaviest drag, the lightest drag. Prizes -- such as a horse collar or $5 raincoat -- were donated by merchants.

NOTE: Creston E[arl]. FINCH was born in 1880, and died May 1, 1970. His wife, Della M., was born in 1877, and died in 1961. They were interred at Oakland Cemetery near Shannon City in Ringgold County, Iowa.

SOURCE: Maloy, Iowa Centennial History: 1887 - 1987 p. 56.

Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library

Transcription and Note by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2011

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