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Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, June 16, 1955
Lisa Wilson, Mount Ayr
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Roy LEPLEY, county centennial chairman, received a telegram from Dwight E. Eisenhower, president of the United States,
congratulating Ringgold county on the occasion of its centennial obserance. The telegram read as follows: "My
greetings go to the citizens of Ringgold county on its 100th anniversary. To all its citizens who gather together
in Mount Ayr for the centennial celebration, I send best wishes for a happy observance of this event, significant
in the history of your state. I hope the residents of Ringgold county will enjoy continued progress and prosperity
in the decades ahead. Dwight D. Eisenhower."
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Francis HACKER, Dan STEELE and Bob POTTORFF returned Sunday from Camp Dodge, where during the past week they had
attended Hawkeye Boys State.
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C. W. WOOLLARD, pastor of the local Methodist church, has been returned for his third year of service.
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Dr. Robert E. WILKINSON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy WILKENSON, of this city, was recently appointed to the position of plant virologist
to assist the Israel government in setting up a research program in plant diseases. He will work with the staff at the
Rehovot Experimental Station, which is near Tel Aviv. Dr. WILKINSON has been granted a year's leave of absence from
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, where since he received his Ph.D degree in plant pathology seven years ago, he has
served on the staff as a research professor in diseases of plants and vegetables.
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Friends of the Fay BRYANTS of Dillon, CO, former residents of Mount Ayr, will be interested to learn that their
younger son, Bob, was graduated June 10 from Colorado A & M College, Fort Collins, with a degree of doctor of
veterinary medicine.
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BIRTHS REPORTED FROM RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL:
June 09, a son, Michael Alan, to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert JACKSON, Grant City MO
June 12, a daughter, Mary Elaine, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry YOUNG, Athelstan
June 14, a daughter, Barbara Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert MARTIN, Kellerton
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OBITUARIES in June 16, 1955 Mount Ayr Record-News:
Laura Mildred SPEELMAN
Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2012
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Please include the word "Ringgold" in the subject line. Thank you.
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