Ah Yes! There will be a 70th BHS Reunion

     According to Gretchen, it's fact. Believe it! A BHS 70th.....that's 7-0 reunion will be held here in September. Has a class reunion of that many years ever been held before. Doubtful!
     It seems that several members of the classes of 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1948 recently met to hear of plans for the event which will be hosted by Bill and Jodie Beckwith. There will be the usual festivities and and thanks to Bill and Marshall King, a handicap accessible railroad car will be available as a ride on the Scenic will be part of the gathering.
     The Boone Scenic has had such a car for quite some time but it has been out of service recently, needing new wheels. A car with great wheels was located in Blair, NE and Bill and Marshall arranged to have the wheels transported here.
     As far as the Kornerman knows, the next reunion scheduled here is the all 70's class reunion set for July 25-27.
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     Quite some time ago, the Korner would hear, rather regularly, from Boone native Pat Donovan McDonald but then came quite some time of silence and we were concerned, although we knew she frequently took overseas trips.
     We finally did hear again from the Tulsa, OK resident this week but with news we don't like to hear. She informed us that her sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Donovan Reed, had passed away. A BHS-43 grad, Betty died in New Mexico. Brother Jim Donovan and wife Karen are Boone survivors.
     The Kornerman replied to Patty that it was good to hear from her again and she answered that she had retired from teaching after 40 years, much of that time in Iowa, including seven years in Stratford. When she started teaching at age 19, her salary was $3,400. She actually had done her student teaching under Mildred Holt at Franklin school here. She was a Boone Junior College grad who finished her education at Drake.
     Patty wrote, "I have been lucky to be a leader for several years with the People to People organization. I have taken high school and junior high age students to numerous overseas countries. I have repelled off a 160 foot cliff in the Blue Mountains of Australia and repelled down a 60 foot castle tower in Wales and walked on the beach at Normandy among other sites so I've been very fortunate. I've been to several of these countries more than once. Not bad for a girl from Boone's north side. I won't be going overseas this summer but will be next summer. I enjoy your column. Please keep it up. I will try to do something exciting so I can tell you about it next time."
     Speaking of the good old north side, the Kornerman was looking at some family pictures recently and saw some shots of the grand opening of my dad's grocery store on 17th street, the Superette. A very young Patty Donovan was in one of those pictures.
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     Roger Moravetz mentioned that there are plenty of Iowa State Cyclone grads and fans from the Boone area who are excited about some new ISU history. He enclosed a news report about the Cyclones already completely selling out their season ticket sales for the upcoming ISU men's basketball season. It is a historic event that this has happened.......not only happened but happened this early. There are great expectations for that team for next season after their great conference and NCAA run of the past campaign.
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     Rick Houser, Fairfax, VA, wrote in detail about what seemed like a fantastic trip he recently took through the New England states. His description of all the various sites and events visited made the old Kornerman extremely jealous. A generous supporter of the Korner, we thank him for his great interest in keeping our ship afloat.
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     Boone Area Deaths: Theodore (Ted) Reis, 71, Carrollton, TX. Boone area survivor is a brother, John of Ogden..............Ron Murken, 75, Boone. United-57. Retired from ISU printing services in 2000. Sister Deloris Weaver of Johnston is a survivor..............Joseph Askin, 80, Sunrise Beach, MO., 80. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Gina Lundberg of Boone.........................Darrell Heck, 81. Ogden...............Kenneth Peterson, 80, Ogden.................Joe Smith, 78, Ogden. BHS-54....................
Clara (Vonis) Parrish, 92, Boone. BHS and BJC grad. Worked in her husband's Nevada Vet Clinic. Boone survivor is a son, Paul Parrish........................Kimberly Kruse, 55, Ames, formerly of Boone. BHS-77. Was a supervisor at Woodward Hospital and a chef at an ISU cafeteria. Boone area survivors include her brother, Kurt, of Madrid.................Jean Gebert, 93, Marion, formerly of Boone.
     Everybody's friend Vern Condon reads the Korner and the Boone Area Deaths segment. He mentioned he was sorry to read in the Korner of Bev Doran Healy's recent death.
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