The feature race, trophy dash and fast time (19.2) winner of the July 27 jalopy races held south of Mount Ayr was Lloyd GLENDENNING of this [Mount Ayr] city.

Mary Ellen CORLL and Gerald NOBLE, Ringgold County 4-Hers, went Monday to Madrid, where they are attending the State 4-H conservation camp. Mary Ellen and Gerald were selected by the county 4-H committees to attend the camp in recognition of the outstanding 4-H records each had previously submitted. Mary Ellen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald CORLL of Mount Ayr and a member of the Sunflower Girls 4-H Club. Gerald, who is a member of the Caledonia Future Farmers 4-H Club, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman NOBLE of Mount Ayr.

Alvin CROSS, an eighth grade student in the Mount Ayr Community schools, has been named one of 33 winners in the Iowa Farm Bureau's Get-Out-The-Vote statement writing contest. Alvin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ames CROSS of this city [Mount Ayr], will receive an expense-paid trip to Des Moines next spring to visit the 1961 legislature.

Ringgold 4-H club members received 10 blue ribbons and six red ribbons on their baby beeves and beef heifers shown Monday at the Lenox Stock Show. Eighty steers from Ringgold, Adams, Union and Taylor counties were exhibited. Randall HANSON had the reserve champion Hereford in a strong show. Judy BRAMMER also had one steer in the ring when the chapion Hereford was selected. All those from Ringgold county who exhibited are members of the Maloy Shamrocks 4-H club.

The board of education of the Mount Ayr Community school district signed contracts last week with two teachers for the 1960-61 school term. Merlin J. WILKINS of Shannon City will teach high school English. The position was made vacant when Wilma JONES resigned to accept a contract to teach in the Des Moines school system. Mrs. Irolene ROBERTS of this city [Mount Ayr] signed a contract to teach vocal and instrumental music in the elementary schools in the north part of the district. She had been a member of the teaching staff of the Mount Ayr Community school district since the district was first organized> Early last spring Mrs. ROBERTS submitted her resignation but was persuaded by local school officials to again become a member of the teaching staff.

Mrs. Robert CREW of Diagonal assumed her duties Monday as auto resgistration clerk in the office of county treasurer Ada ROGERS. For the past year and a half, Mrs. CREW has been employed at HORNE'S Rexall Drug Store.

August 1, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth BURRIGHT, Kellerton

OBITUARIES in August 4, 1960 Mount Ayr Record-News:

no obituaries

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2010

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