It's A Go

     The Korner's various sources report that, it's true, no longer a rumor, that the Cedar Pointe Country Club (the former Boone Golf and Country Club) has been purchased by longtime local auto dealer Pat Clemons. Back to the rumor part......it is said that work is needed on the course itself, that a complete new building may be considered, big enough for banquets etc. . A full size kitchen is a possibility.
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     In the last edition, the Kornerman talked about his reunion with old buddy, Mel Murken, BHS-59. However, we failed to mention that Mel is still involved in the entertainment business as, you might remember, he was while residing in the Boone/Ankeny area. Remember Woody's Garage? That was the name of his band.
     Mel told me that in Florida, he has a band with two great guitar players and a fantastic drummer and they play 40 dates during the year. Mel, himself, is still the "front man" who sings all the old favorites. He really misses his involvement with baseball but still enjoys his band and their work. He did admit, "it gets a bit tougher each year to drag all that equipment here and there and work those later hours that are required."
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     In reply to Larry Lindmark's, BHS-63, mention of neighborhood groceries in the last edition, Karen Anderson wrote, "That gave me something to look into. We lived in Jefferson, Coon Rapids and Churdan so grocery shopping was not a Boone "thing" for my mother or for my memory, other than occasional trips to the Boone Dairy. My dad was in the grocery business working in stores in those three towns. He worked at United, Super Value, Frohlich's and McCain's and maybe a National Tea. Back to Boone. I looked in the 1950 Boone High School yearbook. I love those ads in the back of the book. It appears 1950 was the last year the ads/sponsorships/congratulations were published. Here were the grocery stores mentioned.......Lawson's, Thriftway, Echternach's, Super Value and Superior. Frankly, the majority of those don't sound like they would be categorized as "neighborhood" stores, certainly not Super Value or Thriftway. Their addresses indicate they were fairly close to each other and in the downtown area. There were several "sweet" shops.....candy, donuts etc.....listed."
     Karen also mentioned seeing the book about Fareway's history......"Reflecting on 75 Years." The Kornerman has seen it and it is an interesting look at how Fareway got started, their philosophy etc. I think I've seen them at the local store for purchase in case any of you viewers are interested.
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     Speaking of grocery stories, the Kornerman's next paying job, after delivering newspapers, was to stock bread on the shelves at Boone stores on the weekends. I believe it was for the Wonder Bread man. He would make a final week's delivery on Friday but would put extra cartons of bread in  the back room of stores. I was hired to go to those stores at mid-day Saturday, pull the bread cartons from in back and restock the shelves out front. Of course, my folks had the Superette and I was required to do a few duties there such as dividing 100-pound bags of potatoes into five or 10-pound sacks or just generally doing restocking of shelves.
     P.S. Remember when our "big" city had two Thriftway's.......one north and one south? Remember when Vern Condon was the Produce Manager at Lawson's?
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     The Kornerman did some music listening for a time this week. From google, just go to YouTube Music and you can find any previous record that you were fond of and would like to listen too. In a short time, a listened to several great songs I would highly recommend. Started with Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are," then David Phelps, "One Night," Signature Sound's "Then Came the Morning," and the Hopper's "Jerusalem," and a pair of Sinatra classics of course. You will note several gospel songs mentioned. In case you are unaware, some of our greatest current singers are members of that genre. There can't be better singers in the world these days than Phelps and Kim Hopper.
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     Jerry Manriquez, BSH-57, is still at it. His website continues to grow with even more info you might be interested in. Andy Anderson, BHS-62, wrote, "this Jerry guy is amazing. I sent him a 20-page scrapbook of sports clippings from BHS and he scanned them onto his site. He has such talent and what a service! Did you ever think of the total talent represented by BHS graduates? We could change the world or we could, better yet, just remember the benefit of growing up in Boone, Iowa."
     Andy sent Jerry some Babe Ruth material, some basketball and football info, some homecoming and commencement info and even some National Guard pictures. Jerry replied to Andy with, "I saw Bob Forney was in one of those guard pictures. He was my parent's Boone next door neighbor and helped them over the years. I kept in contact with him until he passed away."  Andy, who lives in Cedar Rapids, then replied to Jerry, "LTC Forney's daughter, Sue, lives about five miles from us with her husband, my classmate, MSG Mike Halpin. We see them quite often."
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     Boone Connected Deaths: Douglas Bennett, 68, Boone..........Marvin (Jim) McVicker, 86, Boone. BHS-46. Construction worker for several firms. Hall of Fame bowler and very good fast pitch softball player. Boone area survivors include his wife, Lorraine, and daughter, Julie Herrstrom of Luther.........Sarah Jane Harmon, 62, Boone. Boone area survivor is a sister, Kathy Long of Boone..........James Marquardt, 71, Boone. Worked at Bourns in Ames and General Financial in Nevada before owning JM Press Service and working at Ball Plastics in Ames. Boone survivor is his wife, Muriel of Boone........Linda Lou Mataya, 67, Madrid. Ballard grad-66. Worked at Iowa State University. Boone area survivors include her husband, David, and son Matt, both of Madrid and sister Judy Fitch of Woodward.
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