Homecoming activities are underway at Grand Valley Community high school in Kellerton. Queen candidates include Rhonda PARKHURST, Jill SCHWALBE, Gina HEWLETT and Jodi PERKINS. King candidates include Tracy LESAN, Galen JIMMERSON, Dennis STARK and Chad HEWLETT. Attendants for the classes are juniors Darin HOPKINS and Lori DEEMER, sophomores Kirk HEWLETT and Patty BULLOCK, and freshman Bill LEEPER and Teresa GAGE.

Angie SPURRIER of Clearfield and Bobby ALLEE of Diagonal were named queen and king of Diagonal-Clearfield homecoming festivities Friday night, Jan. 10, at the Diagonal gymnasium. SPURRIER is the daughter of Dean and Brenda SPURRIER, and ALLEE is the son of Neva and Ed ALLEE.

Two Mount Ayr Community high school band students have been named 1986 United States National Award winners, it was announced this week. Jerry NOBLE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin NOBLE of Mount Ayr, and Emily McALEXANDER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McALEXANDER of Beaconsfield, have been named to the award through the nomination of Rick MOORE, MACHS band director.

Three titles and an overall third place finish were brought home by the Mount Ayr Community Raiders from the Tall Corn Conference wrestling tournament in Greenfield. Roby SHAY at 112 pounds, Rowdy McDOWELL at 185 pounds and John FORD at heavyweight, won weight division titles for the Raiders.

Jan 07, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard CRAWFORD, Mount Ayr

OBITUARIES in January 16, 1986 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Pearl Bernard NEAS   Verne Earl DUNCAN

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2011

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