Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, March 05, 1981

Trial of the three defendants in the murder of former Mount Ayr school teacher, Alberta MICKAEL, has been transferred out of Ringgold county and set for June, according to a ruling made after a hearing in Mount Ayr last week. Judge Robert O. FREDERICK of Winterset transferred the three criminal cases against Ronnie d. TODD, Harold TODD and Charles Loyd TYLER to Madison County where the trial would be held in Winterset. The ruling came after attorneys for the defendants asked that the trial be moved from Mount Ayr because of pretrial publicity and the problems of finding an unbiased jury here.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new First Christian Church in Mount Ayr will be at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 8 at the church site, 201 West Monroe. The groundbreaking will be done by a hand-hewn plow that is over 100 years old and formerly belonged to Hugh TERWILLEGER'S grandfather, then a member of the church. Ropes will be attached to the plow allowing many to provide the "power" needed to move the plow.

Peggy WHITSON of Eta Chapter Beta Beta Beta Biological Society, Iowa Wesleyan College, has won the first place Frank G. Brooks Award for excellence in student research at the district convention of the society held this year at Iowa Wesleyan College.

A grandson of the Lloyd DENHARTS of Mount Ayr, Pat McCLURG of Bakersfield, CA, has accepted a position on the University of Hawaii football coaching staff as offensive line coach. He reports for his new job March 1 in preparation for the opening of spring practice March 16. McCLURG, 26, is the son of Frank and Margaret DENHART. McCLURG has been teaching science and physical education at Gracese high school and has been head football coach. McCLURG has played offensive tackle and linebacker in high school; then played two years at Bakersfield College before receiving a scholarship to Fresno State in California where he was a defensive tackle. He was a student assistant at Fresno City College for one year and for two and one-half years at Fresno State.

Cary BRABY of Maloy won a third place trophy at the National Monster Arm Wrestling tournament at Ames. Cary, who has been participating in the sport for about one year, competed in the super heavyweight division with about 15-20 others. He has won about 20 local tournaments in Iowa and Missouri.

The pen of Mrs. Donna GREIMANN, long time Kellerton correspondent for the Record-News, has been laid aside with the death of Mrs. GREIMANN at at Tustin, CA hospital. She was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Avery (Ruth) SHELDEN, when she was stricken with a heart attack on Feb. 24 and taken to the hospital. She died Sunday, March 1. Her plans were originally to be back in Iowa by March 5.

March 01, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James ARMS, Conway

OBITUARIES in March 05, 1981 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Patrick Joyce BUTLER   Lynn E. BUELL   Charles A. HETZEL

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2012

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