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Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, May 15, 1952
Veronica Ray, Mount Ayr
Fifty-eight seniors of the Mount Ayr high school -- 27 girls and 31 boys -- will receive their diplomas at the commencement
exercises to be held May 20. Giving the address will be Professor James DUNCAN, Drake University.
Class members include:
Verla ADAMS, Jacque BEAMAN, Patrica BEARD, Dale BENSON, Betty BLACK, Lee BRAND, Dean BRYAN, Merritt BUCK, Charles
CANNON, Ann CARR, James COOK, Jo Ann DAILEY, Russell DAVENPORT, Evelyne DRAKE, Geraldine GALLOWAY, John GARITY, Lyle
GILLILAND, Richard GOLDNER, Welda GREENMAN, Ruby HALL, Teddy HIGHTSHOE, Glenn JOHNSON, Kenneth JOHNSON, Lloyd R.
JOHNSON, Wesley JONES Jr., Lyle KESTERSON, LaVerne KIDNEY, Loren LARSEN, Freida LAMB, Bettye MAHAN, Barbara MAIN, Keith MAIN,
Ted McGEHEE, Loraine MERRITT, Rose Mary MILLS, Shirley MOTSINGER, Patricia NORRIS, Leila PERLENFEIN, Twila PERLENFEIN,
James POLLOCK, Betty POWELL, Richard REEL, Harry REES Jr., Marvin REYNOLDS, Geraldine ROE, Kay ROGERS, Doris RUCKMAN,
Joan SHEIL, Ellis Ray SHELDEN, Roger SHIFFER, Geraldine SICKELS, Kenneth SMITH, Jean SUMMERS, Marvin TRIGGS, Robert
WARD, Millicent WELLS, Jerry WILLIS and Daryl WILSON.
The commencement exercises of the Maloy high school will be held May 15. Jack HARR from the Northwestern Missouri
State College, Maryville, MO will be the guest speaker. Diplomas will be presented to seniors: Jack Allen COMER and
Jack Lewis SMITH.
At Redding, commencement will be held May 16 with Dr. Roy A. CHEVILLE, acting president of Graceland College, Lamoni,
the speaker. Members of the 1952 graduating class are Marvin AUSTIN, Jack BAILEY, Marvin LUNGREN, Harold MURPHY,
Lucille PRITCHARD, Doyle PYLE, Darrell SHAW and Marilyn STAATS.
Mount Ayr high school juniors David CULVER, Douglas SWEARINGEN and Louis WILSON were selected to represent Ringgold
Post No. 172, American Legion at Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge.
Miss Mary HORNE, accounting clerk in the Mount Ayr office of the Iowa Southern Utilities Company, has been promoted
to the position of district accountant, effective as of May 1. Miss HORNE has been an employee with the company
since August 1843.
Sharon BROWN of Lamoni and Ann DRAKE of Mount Ayr won tops honors in the Get-Out-the-Vote contests, sponsored
by the Ringgold County Farm Bureau Women's committee.
On fox bounty claims filed in the office of county auditor Roy LEPLEY during the month of April, Ringgold county
paid out $492. The law provides for payment of $2 on cubs and adults alike. The largest single claim was filed by
Merle BUTLER of Benton for 133 foxes. During the same period, wolf bounty claims in the amount of $138 were filed. The
law provides for payment of $4 for each cub and $10 for each adult.
BIRTHS REPORTED FROM RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL:
May 10, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jack CALHOUN, Grant City MO
May 10, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles BOWMAN, Clearfield
May 13, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette HULL, Shannon City
Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2012
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