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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 01, 2013
Landmark gone
A little bit of Mount Ayr history stands no more as the building on Highway 2 that most recently was home to Romano's
Pizza has been demolished. The PCSB Bank has purchased the property and will build a new branch office at the location,
although plans for construction have not been set. PCSB Bank currently has a branch office on the north side of the
Mount Ayr square. According to local historian, Mike Avitt, the building on Highway 2 had first opened in May 1965 as
a Dog 'n Suds franchise drive-in. Over the years it had also been home to the B&M Drive-in, the Red Carpet Inn, the
Raider Inn, the Mount Ayr Diner and likely some others. Beulah HUTCHINSON also recalls Hutch's Drive-in
was open in that location for a time.
Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2013
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