Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, February 20, 2003

The Ringgold County Iowa Winter Texan Reunion was held at Mr. Gatti's in McAllen, TX on Friday, Feb. 7, 2003 with a record attendance of 117. The first reunion was held in 1988 with 58 attending.

Those attending this year's reunion were: Lee and Shirley BRAND, Gladys KNAPP, Leo and Jerri McDANIEL, Lloyd and Muriel JOHNSON, Eileen MASON, Church CALHOUN, J. W. and Betty ROBERTSON, Duane and Colleen KNIGHT, Lyndall (Pete) and Nancy HILL, Florence and Hilding SHUM, Marie and Everett CAMPBELL, Terry McGAHUEY, Nancy FRENICKS, Algie and Lorraine LINK, Gordon and Bessie PARKER, Jim and Betty SCHMITZ, George and Dorothy SAVILLE, Bud and Marilyn GRAHAM, Bud and Irene AYRES, Jim and Donella COOK, Myron and Shirely INGRAM, Melvin INGRAM, Joe and Helen GROSS, Howard and Dorothy WELSH, Lillian EBEL, Alice HALL, Edna JONES, Bob BRYANT, Gerold and Jean WILLEY, Bonnie BROWN, Leo and Darlene MORGAN, Nancy WRIGHT, Doc and Mary Lou PENNEBAKER, Lynda, Shane and Sheldon TRIGGS, Iona TRIGGS, Norman and Jean GUNN, Quentin and Rita ANDERSON, Paul, Georgia and Lou Ann BRAND, Lloyd and Kay DRAKE, Hyatt RICE, Darlene PETERSON, Lyle and Gerry CORLL, Robert and Joan BRENDLE, Howard BROWN, Earl and Bonnie BAKER, Glenn R. and Margie PERKINS, Darlene LININGER SCHOFIELD, Bessie and Eddie AUSTIN, Daughn and Lorraine REASONER, Bill and Dianna CAIN, Neil JOHNSTON, Athena STRANGE, Roger and Donna MORRISON, Chad HIGHTSHOE, Nikki and Zoey HIGHTSHOE, Ed and Gay HIGHTSHOE, Lloyd and Mary JONES, Art HAYES, Vernon and Bev McCORD, Norm OLNEY, John and Sharon SHEUMAKER, Clint and LaVon SHEUMAKER, Morris and Phyllis SMITH, Paul and Helen STEVENS, Jack and Jean YEAROUS, Carl and Jessie WOOLLUMS, Richard and Doris GOLDNER and Jessie Pat JORDAN.

Next year the reunion will be held at Mr. Gatti's in McAllen from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6 with Shirley BRAND hosting.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2012