The Oakland Baptist Church, located approximately 7 1/2 miles southeast of Mount Ayr, joined the Mount Ayr congregation in 1915.

Twice-A-Week News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
December 01 & 04, 1914

Among those who appeared on the Thanksgiving Day program of the Oakland Bapist Church were Dora SWIGART, Bea FOSTER, Beulah MOSIER, Dona SWIGART, Electa CRAFT, Clyde INGRAM, Mildred MOSIER and Frank WALTERS.

SOURCE:
TERRY, Jack R. A Centennial History of Mount Ayr, Iowa: 1875 - 1975 p. 108. Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr. 1975.

Transcription and submission by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2015