This Goes Waaaaaaay Back

     The Kornerman has enjoyed a good memory for the last few days. Traveling the city, I noticed a sale pending sign on the building that, many years ago, housed my folk's first grocery store.
     We moved to Boone in........I don't know 1946 or 47. The folks purchased our house at 1710 Crawford and also the small, neighborhood grocery store on the next lot south of the house for a grand total of $13,000.
     That grocery had been operated for many years by Toots Shadle. I really don't know how many years my folks operated that small store before closing it and building the larger Superette Grocery, right around the corner on the west side of the alley facing south at 515 17th Street. The Superette must have been built in the late 1950's.
     When the old Shadles Grocery was abandoned, it was sold and moved all the way across town to a Benton Street location, the northeast corner of Fifth and Benton, across, east, from the Salvation Army building.
     On Benton, that store became Rinehart's Grocery and later, a beauty shop.
     The other day I noticed it is now for sale again and has a "sale pending" sign attached.
     That has provided lots of memory for the Kornerman.........that very small grocery, the larger Superette and the time it was robbed and my dad shot by the intruder, the move of the old grocery building clear across town and my folks decision to close the Superette after 25 years of service and that buildings change from a grocery to four one/two person apartments which still operates in that fashion today. Wow! A lot of my personal "growing up" history there.
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     Some quickees! Thanks for the birthday greeting from old KWBG buddy Bernie Lewiston and wife, Evelyn. After many years in the West Bend area, they now live in Ogden...........John Kueck, BHS-61, has a grandson to be proud of. Austin Kueck, a junior high school swimmer, has been nominated for Minnesota Swimming Male Senior Athlete of the Year............Bob's Burgers appears to be about ready for a grand opening.
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     Boone Connected Deaths: Dr.. Donald Flynn, 84, Davenport. At age 30, he became Madrid High School's youngest Superintendent of Schools. While in Madrid, he designed and spearheaded the construction of a new elementary and high school building. He also spent 15 years as the Principal of the Perry Middle School.Services will be held in Madrid...........Richard Morrow, 87, Boone. Operated a Boone service station. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Lisa Ethington..........Lois Anderson, 83, Marshalltown.........Clara Whattoff, 94, Ames. A resident of Boone County for most of her life........... 
Lyle Moeller, 72, Boone. Stanhope H.S.-62. Grew up on a farm. Earned a degree from the State University of Iowa. Worked at West Central Coop, the DOT and then the U.S. Postal Service for 35 years prior to retirement. Boone area survivors include his wife, Nancy, of rural Boone and his children, Sara, Brian and Nathan all of Boone..........Evelyn Wirtz, 94, Boone. Stanhope H.S.-39. Worked at Randall's Grocery and Priebe Produce. Retired in 1986 and moved to Boone. Boone area survivors include sons, Robert of Stratford and Gary of Stanhope..........Elmer Bunton, 78, Boone. Worked in typography in Chicago before moving to Boone in 2009. Boone area survivors include daughter, Sandra Lebeck, and son, Steven Bunton both of Boone.........Marjorie Petty, 83, Pilot Mound. She and her husband, Bob, farmed in the Boxholm area.
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