Two Replies From the BHS Class of '61

     Tom Burke, BHS-61, wrote, "I saw this headline (No Mas!) when I clicked on your blog link this morning. Maybe, like me and my wife, your readers and followers are enjoying the arrival of spring, it's beauty and glory. I know from my end here in the east (New Jersey), that my wife has a long list of things I need to get done in the yard. We even mowed for the first time yesterday. Frankly, I'm getting too old to push that thing around the yard once a week and I say, "nada mas" to that. I am sure once the spring chores settle a bit, that comments will again flow your way. I will try and do my part."
     The Kornerman replies, "ya, O.K., I'll accept that as an excuse. Has some logic to it. Thanks Tom."
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     Classmate Dick Longworth, BHS-53, informed us of a very interesting piece of work done by a Cody Weber, a native of Keokuk. His project is "Photographing the Forgotten Magic of all 947 towns in Iowa."
     Arielle Pardes, an Assistant Editor of some publication?, interviews Weber and includes many pictures of some of the towns Weber has already visited.......about 60 so far. There's a particular emphasis on "small town Iowa" and some of the towns visited and photographed so far include such communities as Cantril, population 222; Rome 117; Lockridge 268 and others such as What Cheer, Packwood and Croton. The pictures are outstanding and a true measure of the way things used to be in VERY small town Iowa. The Kornerman thought he had a pretty good handle on Iowa towns but Rome? Never had heard of that one.
     This is worth a look........http://www.vice.com/read/this-guy-is-photographing-all-947-towns-in-Iowa-400.
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     You may recall that recently an Anthony Kelley, no known relation, wrote wondering if I had ever visited Kelley's Korner in Perry, which was owned by Anthony's grandparents, Jim and Glaydes Kelley of Ogden. The Kornerman replied I was not aware of that Korner.
     Anthony came back to me with some family history, which includes many descendents of Henry George Grabenhorst and their Boone County background. For example, Henry and his wife, Anna, passed in 1927 in Yell (assume that's township) and are buried in Bluff Creek cemetery in Yell. Mary Grabenhorst was born in Yell, Boone, Iowa and died in Ogden and was also buried in Bluff Creek.
     This background material is quite lengthy but does have many connections to the Boone County area with mentions of Mt. Olivet cemetery in Marcy township as well as Yell and the communities of Boone, Ogden and our Dallas County neighbor, Perry.
     Some of the more recent names mentioned were Terry Kelley, who was born in 1952; Patrick, who was born in 1950 and passed away in 2008 and James, who was born in 1946 and was the father of Anthony and Sarah.
     Perhaps these names or locations will be remembered by some Korner viewers.
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     Jerry Manriquez, BSH-57, continues to update his web site with all kinds of interesting info.
     Jerry wrote, "I have added a sports scrapbook that belonged to my brother-in-law, Michael F. Lacey II, BSH-61. Thanks to Mike's wife, Karon Lacey, for sharing with us. Mike was Joanna Lacey Manriquez's youngest brother. He saved the baseball clippings from the 1955, eight to 12 year old, Little League games. There was a comment in one clipping that said this was the first year for Boone Little League. He also saved the 1956 and 1957 Babe Ruth, 13 to 15-year old, games. Mike also collected some Sacred Heart basketball clippings and award programs from 1956, 1958 and 1960 which I added to the Sacred Heart sports tab. Mike Loehrer was on the 1955 team, which was managed by his father, Lawrence Loehrer. Mike said he had years of clippings and team pictures. I hope he can find them so they can be added to the web site."
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     After it was all said and done, the Kornerman was thinking about our recent headline, "No Mas!" which, of course, means in Spanish, "No More."  Was wondering if viewers were thinking that was it, the Korner was done. Obviously, our real intention was that the lack of response mean't that the viewers had nothing more to add to the "coney" talk.
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     Boone Area Deaths: Pat Selburg-Smith, 73, Des Moines. Boone area relative was her sister, the late Karol Hicks...........Arline Galetich, 86, Madrid. Worked for the State of Iowa. She was the wife of the late Willie Galetich of Madrid. Her brother, John Nardini of Perry, survives..........Bill Overturf, 72, Anita, IA. He married Linda Miers in Boone in 1977............Gary Henrichs, 63, Boxholm. Worked at Oscar Mayer in Perry and farmed. Boone area survivor is his mother, Dorothy Henrichs of Boxholm.
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     The Sundall family will be having a "celebration of life" service for Kenny Sundall, April 25, at 1:30 p.m. at Augustana Lutheran Church. Following the service, there will be a get-together of friends and relatives at Cedar Pointe.
     Mike Sundall, BHS-68, informed us and added, "I really enjoy the coney debates!"
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