Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 24 & 27, 1915

The doors of the Mount Ayr school building wil again be opened to students on September 6, with a complete corps of teachers in charge. The superintendent, W. H. FASOLD, will receive a salary of $1,650 per year.

Other teachers are Floy Reed BLISS, principal; N. E. SCHUPBACK, Helen HARP, Marie JAMESON, Anna OWEN, Mary MARSHALL, Miss HART, Mabel SNEDAKER, Florence TENNANT, Mary MAXWELL, Madge LESAN, Ruth PORTER, Edna REYNARD, Marguerite HARDAWAY, Clara DAVEY, Blanche GOOD and Bess BESWICK, whose salaries will range from $75 to $110 for high school, and $50 to $60 for the grades. Chet LESAN will again serve as janitor.

Chas. TEALE, of this city, is the newly elected bookkeeper of the Iowa-Misouri Grain Company.

Frank WILSON and Lee TIMBY went last evening over the Great Western road to Des Moines, where they have employment on the fairgrounds.

Pearl CHANCE, who has been studying trimming in St. Joseph, will trim in one of the millinery stores in Allendale, Missouri, this fall and winter.

Rev. Burr EGGLESTON, who has been pastor of the Hickory Grove and Jackson Christian Adventist Churches the last year, and Mrs. EGGLESTON left last evening for Sunderlinville, PA., where they will make their home.

Norman BARNES resigned his position of depot helper Saturday to make preparations for attending school in this city this fall where he will be a member of the graduating class. The position made vacant by his resignation has been accepted by Todd EVANS, who began work yesterday morning.

On August 20, 1904, Ed SMITH shined the first pair of shoes in the capacity of proprietor of a shining parlor. He was located in the basement of F. E. RICHARDSON'S and continued in that location for two years, when he secured a building of his own and besides shining shoes, added the business of cleaning and pressing clothes and now has a nice little shop on Depot Street. Mr. SMITH has averaged shining ninety pairs of shoes each week in the eleven years he has been in business.

Austin AGEE moved his tools and equipment this week from Benton to Mount Ayr, where he will manage a blacksmith shop west of the FORQUER livery barn.

Louise ASKREN, county superintendent-elect, is in the office this week, familiarizing herself with the duties of the office, the management of which she will assume September 1.

BLOCKTON - Dr. S. C. NYE, who has been a successful practitioner of medicine at Lamoni for a number of years, is locating in Blockton and will have his office in the MACKEY brick building formerly occupied by Dr. A. E. KING.

KELLERTON - Lillie ALLEY, of Hatfield, MO, is employed at the central office as "hello girl" now and is very courteous and pleasing to the patrons.

KELLERTON - Mr. and Mrs. L. FOLTZ are the proud parents of a daughter born to them on April 28.

LIBERTY - Born, Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. POLLOCK, an eight-pound girl.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2015

 

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