Theatre Memories

     There's been talk of Boone theatres in recent editions and the Kornerman remembers the bank night drawings at the Rialto. My recall of how they were conducted might be wrong but what I think I remember was someone, Ina Emerson, for example, getting on stage, then a drawing being held and, hopefully, a winner.........someone from the audience with the right number. If not, I suppose the money "in the pot" was held over with more added for the next drawing.
     At the Princess, it seemed to me like more of a western type atmosphere with lots of western movies and "serials" that would go from one showing to the next. A damsel might be in distress, being tied to railroad tracks with a train coming at her one Saturday. Then, in order to find out how that played out, whether she escaped or not,  you had to come back the next Saturday for additional footage.
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     In perusing the internet, the Kornerman came across headlines that indicated that Ivan Maisel, an award-winning journalist who has worked for the Dallas Morning News, Newsday, Sports Illustrated and ESPN, had been named the 2016 Bert McGrane award winner. That McGrane name rang a bell with the Kornerman.
     When the Kornerman was growing up and heavily into sports endeavors, Bert McGrane was a hero of mine, as were all the other prominent members of the Des Moines Register sports department.
     Mr. McGrane was a writer and editor of the nationally famous Register sports pages for many years. However, he was also extremely well known and highly thought of nationally. In fact, he served as Executive Director of the Football Writer's Association of America, not just a year or two but from the early 1940's to 1973.
     Maisel is the 43rd recipient of the McGrane award which is presented annually to a person who has performed great service to the Football Writers Association as Mr. McGrane did.
     This is of special interest because of our Boone connection with the late Mr. McGrane, who
was/is the father of Boone resident, Betsy Haberer. We know she's proud of her dad and his long and very successful work and, of course, she should be.
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     Boone Connected Deaths: Jeri Richmond, 87, Corning. Born in Boone. BHS-45. Her parents were Joseph and Ethel Moore. Worked at Northwestern Bell before her marriage and move to Corning. Boone area survivors include her mother-in-law, Eula Butrick, and brother, Joe Moore............Debbie Tynan, 49, Iowa Falls.........Dorine Naslund, 92, Winterset. Formerly of Stratford..........Dennie Willson, 66, Boone. Boone area survivors include his wife, Dee, and son, Mark, both of Boone.............Keith Hunt, 81, Ogden. Farmed until 1960, then moved to Boone. Worked at Boone County Implement, K and V Tractor Repair in Ogden and for Boone County..............Paul Hagen, 87, Ogden. Worked for Northern Natural Gas for 38 years. Lived in Boone before returning to Ogden in 1956. In 1958, moved to a farm south of Ogden. Boone area survivors include his wife, LaVonne, and son, Steve, both of Ogden...........Robert Mullins, 69, Ogden. Area survivor is his sister, Beverly Hover of Ogden..........Melvin Aspengren, 83, Logansport. BHS-50. Was a bookkeeper at Farmers Coop, then a custodian at United Community and the Boone schools. Boone area survivors include his wife, Kay, brother, Art, sister, Victoria Davis, and sister-in-law, Rita Aspengren all of Boone.............Don Thomas, 62, Ames. Formerly of Boone. Attended Ryan and Sacred Heart. BHS-72. Worked at Mid-States Steel, moved to Arizona, then back to Boone in 2002. Boone area survivors include his wife, Jeannette, of Ames, son, Adam Thomas, of Boone, daughter, Staci Harris, of Ames, father-in-law, Robert Carter of Boone, and uncle, Duane Bricker, of Boone.
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