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RETOLD OLD NEWS

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, January 12, 1989

Lisa Wilson, Mount Ayr Record-News

Diagonal Community high school had its homecoming over the weekend with the basketball teams taking victories over Murray to help make the celebration fun. Homecoming king and queen were chosen from a group of eight candidates. Named homecoming queen was Stacy GARRETT while Mark ENGLAND was crowned king.

There will be a shower held Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Mount Ayr Neighborhood Center to benefit recent fire victims Howard and Luceal KNIGHT. The KNIGHTS lost their farm hom in a fire December 29 and with it went all their belongings.

A longtime Mount Ayr Record-News correspondent, Glenna WAUGH, died early Sunday morning, Jan. 8, at her home in Mount Ayr. She had celebrated her 81st birthday anniversay on Decmeber 28, 1988, and had enjoyed a Christmas celebration with her sisters and other family members. Miss WAUGH is known to have written the Middle Fork news at least since her moving to Mount Ayr in 1968 from the family farm in the Middle Fork vicinity.

Rob THORNTON, co-owener of Mount Ayr Foods, received second and third degree burns on his right hand in a grease fire at his home in Mount Ayr Tuesday night, Jan. 3.

Three officers of the Ringgold County Hospital board of trustees were re-elected for another year at the January 9 regular meeting held in the hospital conference room. They included Dick WEEHLER, president; Randy McDONNELL, vice president; and Dick JACKSON, secretary. Newly elected, Alan IBBOTSON, was attending his first meeting as an official member of the board.

Hy-Vee Food Store in Mount Ayr has a new manager beginning the first of the year. Jim FREEMAN, who has managed the store for a number of years, is retiring and the new manager is Don WALDEIER, who recently moved to Mount Ayr from Grant City, MO.

The Ringgold County Soil Conservation District met January 3 and re-elected Paul J. SMITH of Blockton as chairman. John SICKELS was re-elected as vice chairman and Rebecca TAYLOR as secretary-treasurer.

Mount Ayr wretling co-captains, Cody SHAY and Scott ENGLAND, earned state ratings in the individual Des Moines Register state wrestling ratings released December 25. SHAY, a 130-pound senior, is rated fourth in class 1-A. ENGLAND, a 135-pound junior, boasts a 13-0 record as the Raiders' only undefeated grappler. He is rated fourth in the 135-pound class.

OBITUARIES in January 12, 1989 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Mildred Louise SEATON LINK    Virgil Lee HARRIS
Florence STRUWE COVERDELL    Glenna WAUGH

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2014

 

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