Mike lives in Dublin, OH.
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Somehow the old Kornerman missed this. A radio club at BHS in the early 50's. I don't remember a thing about it and, obviously, should/would have been interested. Nancy Jo Smith Bluhm sent me some pictures taken of the club which was meeting. Nancy Jo is in the picture which also includes Dorothy Goldsworth, Jo Betty Stemmerman and old "smooth as silk voice" Ev Hickman, who went on to a great career in radio........mostly at WHO in Des Moines.
Then too, she sent me a copy of the lyrics of a song/cheer ?? from that time. And again, I don't remember this at all. It is called the Boone High Rag and here goes:
Marshalltown has died away, Newton and Ames will fade today. Osky's gone, no more play. And Grinnell is in the cold, cold ground. Boone High now has conquered all, with a team that's on the ball. Now listen close both big and small while I tell you of this team of great renown.
Chorus: It's the Boone High Rag, let everybody shout it. It's the Boone High Rag, no question about it. It's the Boone High Rag, let no one doubt it. Boone's got a team that can't be beat. It's the Boone High Rag, let everybody sing it. It's the Boone High Rag, let everybody swing it. It's the Boone High Rag from the housetops ring it. Boone's got a team that can't be beat. Fight.
That, apparently, was popular at the time of the old Central Iowa Conference which featured the Toreadors and those schools mentioned.
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The Kornerman is wondering.........first, there's the radio club which I don't remember and the Boone High Rag which I don't remember and then Ann Onymous sends a short note which is a bit of a mystery too.
It says that it's a comment on a recent blog titled, "A Short Stack." It reads, "Fabulous, what a weblog it is. This blog presents useful data to us, keep it up. Take a look at my web site - lose weight."
What am I missing here. Is it commending our blog or promoting the mentioned web site or both or what? Or is it someone thinking I need to lose weight?
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Mike Loehrer, Tom Peterson, Barb Fosdick and Jerry Manriquez have all sent me a copy of a story about the history of the Boone Iowa Society of Southern California luncheon which has appeared in the Orange County Register in Southern Cal. The Kornerman assumes that's a pretty big publication in a very populous area.
Jerry wrote, "A reporter for the Register, Nick Brennan, made me the guest columnist. He did make a mistake or two on some statistics I provided but it was a pretty good story."
By the way, there's a copy of it on Jerry's web site.
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Mike Wallace emailed from Perry, "I was thinking about Babe Ruth Baseball. Of course, you were my coach of the Athletics and you also coached my brother, Steve. Both of us were catchers. You should have a reunion of all the players you coached.. That would be a big group. We had batting practice at Franklin School before games and then we would pile in and on your car for a ride down to Memorial Park."
Boy, how did I allow that. I spoiled those guys.......should have made them walk.
Well, 25 years of coaching Babe Ruth and I suppose that would put me in contact with 400 or so ballplayers........15 a year for 25 years plus some all-star teams. Great fun. Some wonderful memories. The only downside is I see some of those guys these days and they're OLD or heading old. Where does that put me??? Oh yes, I think I was only 10 or 12 when I was coaching those teams.
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Boone Area Deaths: Patricia Saylor Bauman, 76, DeSoto, IA. BHS-56. Degrees from Boone Junior College and Drake and a long teaching career..........Wayne Rice, 69, Jefferson. Boone survivor is daughter Patti Quam..........Beverly Elsberry, 73, Boone. BHS-59. Worked 40 years at Heinrich Envelope. Boone area survivors are daughters Shannon King and Bobbi Disbrowe of Boone and son, Chad Elsberry of Ames...........Earl Carroll, 80, Salina, KS. Formerly of Boone. Worked in Boone at Percival Refrigeration and Grabau Construction..........Marie Carlson, 94, Ames............Alois Wagner, 82, Ogden...........Bessie Clayton, 88, Boone. Homemaker and worked at Woodward State Hospital. Boone Area survivors include daughters Cheryl Clayton and Rhonda Clayton and son Greg Clayton...........Patricia Buttermore, 65, Ogden. Worked at Sauer-Sundstrand in Ames and managed Buttermore Lumber Mill west of Boone. Boone area survivor is her husband, Gary of rural Ogden..............Lillian Smith, 95, Ankeny. Formerly of Boone. Sold Stanley Home Products and played piano for an Old Timer's Band.............Bowman Mills, 17, Boone. Senior at BHS. Boone area survivors include his dad, Justin Mills of Boone, his mother Susanne of Ames, half-brother Jeffrey and grandmothers Jan Mills of Boone and Linda White of Ames, grandfather Richard White of Ames and uncle David White of Ames..............Darwin Madden J:r., 52, Ogden.............Gary Capps, 69, Pilot Mound. BHS-63. Degrees from Boone Junior College and the University of Northern Iowa. Worked at shoe stores, first at Fishers in Boone for 22 years and then in Des Moines at Sas Shoes. Boone area survivors include wife Gloria of Pilot Mound, brother Glen Capps of Boone and sister Carla Hardesty of Boone.
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Jerry wrote, "A reporter for the Register, Nick Brennan, made me the guest columnist. He did make a mistake or two on some statistics I provided but it was a pretty good story."
By the way, there's a copy of it on Jerry's web site.
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Mike Wallace emailed from Perry, "I was thinking about Babe Ruth Baseball. Of course, you were my coach of the Athletics and you also coached my brother, Steve. Both of us were catchers. You should have a reunion of all the players you coached.. That would be a big group. We had batting practice at Franklin School before games and then we would pile in and on your car for a ride down to Memorial Park."
Boy, how did I allow that. I spoiled those guys.......should have made them walk.
Well, 25 years of coaching Babe Ruth and I suppose that would put me in contact with 400 or so ballplayers........15 a year for 25 years plus some all-star teams. Great fun. Some wonderful memories. The only downside is I see some of those guys these days and they're OLD or heading old. Where does that put me??? Oh yes, I think I was only 10 or 12 when I was coaching those teams.
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Boone Area Deaths: Patricia Saylor Bauman, 76, DeSoto, IA. BHS-56. Degrees from Boone Junior College and Drake and a long teaching career..........Wayne Rice, 69, Jefferson. Boone survivor is daughter Patti Quam..........Beverly Elsberry, 73, Boone. BHS-59. Worked 40 years at Heinrich Envelope. Boone area survivors are daughters Shannon King and Bobbi Disbrowe of Boone and son, Chad Elsberry of Ames...........Earl Carroll, 80, Salina, KS. Formerly of Boone. Worked in Boone at Percival Refrigeration and Grabau Construction..........Marie Carlson, 94, Ames............Alois Wagner, 82, Ogden...........Bessie Clayton, 88, Boone. Homemaker and worked at Woodward State Hospital. Boone Area survivors include daughters Cheryl Clayton and Rhonda Clayton and son Greg Clayton...........Patricia Buttermore, 65, Ogden. Worked at Sauer-Sundstrand in Ames and managed Buttermore Lumber Mill west of Boone. Boone area survivor is her husband, Gary of rural Ogden..............Lillian Smith, 95, Ankeny. Formerly of Boone. Sold Stanley Home Products and played piano for an Old Timer's Band.............Bowman Mills, 17, Boone. Senior at BHS. Boone area survivors include his dad, Justin Mills of Boone, his mother Susanne of Ames, half-brother Jeffrey and grandmothers Jan Mills of Boone and Linda White of Ames, grandfather Richard White of Ames and uncle David White of Ames..............Darwin Madden J:r., 52, Ogden.............Gary Capps, 69, Pilot Mound. BHS-63. Degrees from Boone Junior College and the University of Northern Iowa. Worked at shoe stores, first at Fishers in Boone for 22 years and then in Des Moines at Sas Shoes. Boone area survivors include wife Gloria of Pilot Mound, brother Glen Capps of Boone and sister Carla Hardesty of Boone.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.........
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