Ringgolder Reunion Sees 538 Registrants Amid War Ties
The Ringgold county reunion drew 538 registrants from nine states and various towns, fewer than past years due to war conditions. Old timers from Ringgold and out-of-state guests gathered under John A. Beard’s supervision with Mrs. Dorothy Mats and others assisting. notable locals and longtime residents were remembered, including deaths of Homer J. Johnston and Luther Dennis, H. C. Boyles, and community leaders.
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Ringgold
Ringgold County
John A. Beard
Beard
Dorothy Mats
Betty
Jerry Yutler
Doris
Awe Margaret Hogue
Louise Ferree
California
Prien Bear
Hear
Dorothy Lesan
Oakland
W. C. Maggard
Selma
Brookings
Virginia
Beverly Clewell
Orla Clewell
Newport New Washington
A. Arstrong
Everett
Ringgeld County
Adolph G. Anderson
Spencers
Jd. A. Stephenson
Benton Township
Riner
Mount Ayr
Homer J. Johnston
Robert Johnston
Lucy Johnston
Darrell Johnston
Kellerton
Hlere
Mount Chase
Wraughton
Washington Township
Knowlton
Cora Bighme Edwards
Thas. E. Edwards
Hame
Tingley
In Memoriam Notice for Grant Township Resident
The notice recalls the author's extended illness and low energy, mentioning the deaths of close friends Jake Jarvis, a longtime Grant township resident who died in Bedford at age over eighty, and Dan Canny, among others in the northwest part of the county.
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Jake Jarvis
Grant Township
Bedford
Dan Canny
Reunions Bring Families Together Across July and August
Community reunions are noted across towns as families like Matthews Laird Cambs Bunker Glendenning Reynolds Nobles Saltzman Mosier Miller Denhart Cornelison Ingram Davis Maudlin and others gather at parks and churches in Mount Ayr Creston Grant City and Grant County Mo for annual gatherings, dinners and shared history in late summer.
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Matthews
Depot Park
Mount Ayr
Laird
Campbell
Ider Laird
Grant Township
MeKrisles Park
Creston
Cambs
John Rankin
Allendale
Bunker
Frank Burley
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J. HE. Mahan
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Memorial Manufacturing
Ringgolder Reunion
Standard Oil Products
L. Whitmore Agency
Depot
Northeast Corner Square
Mount Ayr, Iowa
Iowa Southern Utilities CO
Historical Society
The
Iowa Association of Local Historical Societies
Homer L. Calkin
Arthur G. Balmer
Vera J. Dickens
Clinton D. Allyn
Arthur 8.Palmer
Vera F. Dickens
George Montgomery Kirby
Anna Burke Howdle
Boy Reed Bliss