Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, February 02 &February 05, 1915

A deal was made Tuesday afternoon whereby H.H. WILSON, who retired from the grocery business in Mount Ayr a year ago after a long and successful career in the business, again became owner of the store. H.W. FARIS, who purchased the interests of his partners, Mr. WILSON and A.B. LIGGETT, a year ago, has been compelled to retire from the business on account of ill health. L.O. BEMENT, who has been associated with Mr. FARIS in the business since the first of January, also sold his interest to Mr. WILSON.

Proceedings of the Ringgold county board of supervisors coNtain the following statistics: The county treasurer is allowed the sum of $500 per annum for deputy or clerk hire; wages of the cement gang are - foreman, $4 per day; single hands, $3.50, and man and team, $42.5; Bert SNYDER has been hired to run the tractor grader at $3.50 per day; Harry FORD, scraper and grader team, $4.25 per day, and John MARKLEY, tractor engine, $4 per day.

Rex LAWHEAD came Wednesday morning from College Springs, where he has been employed as a teacher of the seventh and eighth grades for the past two years, to accept a position in the post office here.

A marriage license was issued by Clerk of the Courts H.S. TYRRELL yesterday to Charles M. MOON and Edna Mae MAXWELL.

KNOWLTON -- Harry LARSON, who has been pumping at Diagonal and Blockton for the C.G.W. Railway Company, resigned his position last week. Mr. MOORE, of Blockton, takes his place.

DIAGONAL -- One of the main features of the Farmer's Institute held last week was the men's debate on the disarmament question held Friday evening in the Opera House. The affirmative side of the question was supported by V.H. DICKENS, Grant STAHL, E. SOBOTKA and Robert BAILEY and on the negative team were John WILLIAMS, D.C. GARD, W.J. McLAUGHLIN and J.A. BAKER, the judges, the Rev. D.B. PRATHER and Thomas A. WARE of Blockton and William BUCK, of Mount Ayr, decided unanimouSly in favor of the affirmative.

ELLSTON SCHOOL NEWS -- The Ellston school has adopted a new system for the purpose of encoraging punctuality. Each half day the perfect attendance in each room is designated by a star. When 20 consecutive stars are earned a quarter holiday is given to the room earning them.

Commercial law, economics and botany have been added to the cirriculum this semester.

HICKORY GROVE -- Mr. and Mrs. Earl SALTZMAN are rejoicing over a boy boarder, who arrived at their residence about a week ago.

REDDING - Dean BAIRD and wife, northeast of town, are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl, which came to gladden their home Sunday.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2015

 

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