BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Jack Teagarden, 70, Grand Junction. BHS-67. His wife, Fran, of Grand Junction is a survivor..........Julia Edson-Batt, 60, Fraser. Earned degrees at DMACC and ISU. Was a special needs teacher. From 1986-2010, she helped her late husband, Kenny, with the Batt Lawn Service. She also worked at Walmart for a time. A son, Aaron, and a daughter, Rebecca, both of Fraser, are survivors..........Hazel Williams, 93, Boone. Born in Boone. Married James Williams in 1946. Hazel worked at the Boone County Hospital for over 50 years. A son, William (Willie) and daughter-in-law, Chloris, of Boone are survivors along with grandchildren, James Williams and Lance Hubby, both of Ogden.........Izola Crispin, 81, rural Madrid. Was a farm wife. Survivors include her husband, Charles, a son, Donald, of Madrid and a daughter.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Friday, November 23, 2018
COMPUTER PROBLEMS....PLEASE GO AWAY
The Kornerman is the midst of fighting computer problems so...….first off, I hope I've found a way to send this edition your way. My computer is not acting the way it should and we're still attempting to find a way to get back to "normal," but with limited success so far.
Both my PC and Jo's lap top have been affected.
Things were sailing along wonderfully until Alliant Energy came into our yard, very briefly, and a power outage for not more than 15 seconds was the result. Since then, our computers have gone bonkers with those nasty yellow X's and red X's which just won't go away.
Bare with us and...….if the Korner doesn't appear at our usual time...….its probably due to our computer problems. Dang things are wonderful when they work as they're supposed too but a real pain when they don't.
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Lots of business construction action late this season as attempts are made to advance projects prior to the real winter.
By the way, don't be surprised to hear of some news regarding our two Kum and Go locations. Word is that they have been purchased and will remain operational but under a different name.
Nerem Real Estate has relocated from downtown to a portion of the former Fareway Educational Center on the south side near highway 30. A second portion of that building will be occupied by Bacon Jewelry so two more downtown buildings will, apparently, be emptied.
The new bank, new dental office and an optometric building are underway at the south end of town and Alice's Place, a 50 unit, government backed retirement facility, will be welcoming renters in the coming days.
Things are looking good at the old Redeker's building on South Story. Cement has recently been poured on the north and west sides of the facility and that provides for lots of parking area. The revitalized building has the look of a very nice strip mall and there appears to be room for at least six or more businesses. Lots of rumors floating around about possible renters...…..Goodwill, Dollar Tree, a dance studio, a hair salon, a fast food eating establishment, a sports clothing operation etc. etc. etc.
Then too, FINALLY...….after many promises......it appears there will be a new McDonald's built at the current location starting as soon as February. The current location is 38 years old. Same location but a little different change of direction will be noted.
Boulder's Inn and Suites is well underway and there have been several events in the Fareway Convention area of that new facility.
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Jo and I have been so impressed with the Optimist Club Avenue of Flags that the Kornerman is going to give it a plug.
We were approached some time ago by that club. For $35 per year, they would install a flag in our yard at dawn until dusk on five holidays...….Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Veterans Day. We've noticed a few or our neighbors have joined us in securing that service and we've seen a few scattered here and there around town.
They're nice flags and sure enough, early the morning of the holiday, a flag is placed in our yard and at about darkness, it is removed and taken away.
For more info, here are a couple phone numbers......641-485-1040 and 641-870-0190. An address given is 714 5th Street.
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Thanks to all who sent Thanksgiving greetings. Included were Sharil Morain, Larry Kelley, Barry Wills, John Kueck and Kathleen Wheelock and others.
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Leonard Reedholm, 82, Ames, formerly of Boone. Born in Boone. BHS. Joined the U.S. Air Force. Married Marla Jane Lounsberry in 1956. Was a postal worker for 29 years prior to retirement. Was a member of the Boone Hunt and Fish club. Boone area survivors include his wife, two sons and a daughter...…...Dennis Daniel Powers, 78, Ogden. Born in Ogden. Jefferson HS and Simpson College. Member of the U.S. Army Air Guard. Married Janice Heintz in 1963. They farmed near Beaver for over 50 years. Survivors include his wife, son, brother, two sisters and his step-mother, Shirley Powers, a Boone resident...…..Paul Fritcher, 99, Boone. Born in Boone. Navy vet. Married Effie Ahrens in 1946. Boone area survivor is a son, Joe, and a daughter, Jody, both of Boone.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING
BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Joyce Wisecup, South Carolina/Ogden........Rita Benshoof-Darner, 86, Madrid/Boone. Born in Boone. Attended Boone schools. Married Bill Benshoof in 1949. Was married later to Frank Darner. Moved to California but returned to Boone in the early 1970's. A homemaker, she is survived by a son and daughter. The son is Bill Benshoof of Boone. Four siblings also survive including her sister, Mae Dannatt, of Boone........Eric Schall, 41, Nevada. Attended Ogden schools. He was the son of Terry Stevens and Diane Coffman Stevens. After Terry's death, Diane married Joseph Schall in 1982. Eric married Amber Reynolds in 2007. Survivors include his wife, Amber, of Nevada, his parents, Joe and Diane Schall, of Ogden, a sister, Nicole Schall, of Boone, two brothers and his grandmother.........Dalton Fisher, 87, Boone. Stratford HS-48. In 1949, he married Ramona Anderson and the couple had three children. They later divorced and Dalton married Kristine "Tina" Belluci in 1986. Dalton was a co-owner and general manager of Fisher Pontiac in Stratford until 1970 when he opened Farm and City Realty in Boone. He also developed Candlewood Village in Boone. In 1983, he became a partner and Vice President of Duz Mor in Des Moines. He retired in 1993. Survivors include his wife, Kris, of Boone, three adult children, his mother-in-law, Lorraine Belluci, and sister-in-law, Lynn Belluci-Adams, both of Boone.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson, Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.....
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson, Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.....
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
Saturday, November 17, 2018
BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS
BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Shirley Richmond Peterson, 81, Urbandale. Formerly of Boone. After high school, BHS-55, she moved to Des Moines and married Merlin Peterson. She owned ACE Concrete for 30 years. Her husband and three daughters survive. A brother, Gary Richmond, of Boone also survives......Arlene Wirth, 96, Ames. She married Edward "Bud" Wirth at St. Peter and Paul's church in rural Gilbert. Arlene was a homemaker and farm wife. The couple raised nine children, five sons and four daughters, most of whom are residents of the Gilbert/Ames area. Husband Bud is deceased. The couple moved to Roland in 1978 and to Ames in 2001.........Paul Fritcher, 99, Boone..........Ila Bell, 93 (almost), Boone/Madrid. She married Max Bell and in 1961, the couple and their two daughters, Beverlee Bell and Karen Bell-Hanson, moved to Boone. The two daughters survive........Donald Steinhoff, 91, Topeka, KS. Formerly of Boone. Army vet. Worked for AMF for 32 years prior to retirement in 1990. He and his wife, Agnes, raised a family in California but moved to Boone in retirement. Wife Agnes, three sons and four daughters survive........Caroline Owen, 104, Westhaven/Boone. Five children survive including a daughter, Elizabeth Lange of Boone. ...........Kathleen Bice, 61, Woodward. Gilbert HS. Married Michael Bice in 1998. Worked at the Woodward Resource Center for 29 years prior to retirement in 2013. Her husband, Mike, and her father, August (Bud) Staebler, survive as do four children including Michelle Sharr of Woodward.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS
BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Richard Dyer, 87, Madrid. Formerly of Elkhart. Survivors include his wife, Veda, daughter, Kathy Steig, and son, Steve Dyer, all of Madrid..........Dana Denning, 47, Ames. Ames HS. Worked at the National Center for Animal Health in Ames. Survivors include her husband, Darrell Lingelbach, and a step-sibling, Jamie Lingelbach, She was preceeded in death by her step-brother, Joel Lingelbach, and her grandparents, Bud and Betty Pepper, and others.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson, Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments....
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson, Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments....
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
MORE SNIPPETS
We continue with more snippets from a Community Magazine, circa 1927-28. This Boone based publication boasted over 6,000 subscribers per month and featured lots of stories about the Boone area.
The stories are too lengthy to include in their entirety but we are mentioning some of the things we found interesting and that might provoke some memories for Korner viewers.
For example, in the early days, our community of parks had just one park, Blair Park, which was located near the current location of Boone High School. Memorial Park was added on the north side and then 200 acres, which eventually became the Herman/McHose Park areas, were added.
The cover of the November, 1927 issue featured a picture of that year's BHS football captain, Arthur Arrasmith. Inside was a story about athletics and physical education offered in the Boone school system. Coaches Chick Evans and Larry Evans and Athletic Director J.E. Irwin featured.
Some history of theatre in the Boone community was highlighted in a story. It talks of a Phipps Theatre at Ninth and Keeler Streets managed by Ben Wiley in 1892. That must have been the dad of the Ben Wiley, I, the Kornerman, was familiar with many later years. The younger Ben Wiley was also a theatre/entertainment promoter.
The Boone County Farm Bureau was prominent. They set a state attendance record at a Farm Bureau Directors meeting in 1927.
How about the first vibratory phone in the area. It was an 1878 connection between A.J. Barkley's abstract office and the Boone County Courthouse. The first actual phone conversation took place in W.H. Crooks feed store. There were 74 subscribers in 1882. Later, 4,000 names were listed in a directory and there were 40 phone employees out of the office on Seventh Street.
I bet you didn't know that Abraham Lincoln once owned farm land in Iowa, 120 acres in Crawford County.
The coldest day ever in Iowa? On January 28, 1873, there was a blizzard and at least one thermometer showed 40 degrees below zero.
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In the last edition, John Humeston, BHS-78, mentioned the passing of Bill "Boom Boom" Brown of football fame.
John Kueck, BHS-61, filled us in on some details via an obituary that appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Brown was 80 and played 14 seasons in the National Football League, 13 of them with the Minnesota Vikings. He played in three Super Bowls and in four Pro Bowl games and still holds numerous Viking records as a running back.
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Drew Ellen Lorentzen Jones, 75, Chicago/Boone. BHS-60.
.............Evelyn Joyce Marshall Klute, 87, Ames. Formerly of Boone. Married Duane Klute. Seven children survive.........Darrell Leroy Johnson, 74, Webster City/Norwalk. Boone area survivor is a sister-in-law, Mary Jo Johnson of Stratford.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson, Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.....
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
The stories are too lengthy to include in their entirety but we are mentioning some of the things we found interesting and that might provoke some memories for Korner viewers.
For example, in the early days, our community of parks had just one park, Blair Park, which was located near the current location of Boone High School. Memorial Park was added on the north side and then 200 acres, which eventually became the Herman/McHose Park areas, were added.
The cover of the November, 1927 issue featured a picture of that year's BHS football captain, Arthur Arrasmith. Inside was a story about athletics and physical education offered in the Boone school system. Coaches Chick Evans and Larry Evans and Athletic Director J.E. Irwin featured.
Some history of theatre in the Boone community was highlighted in a story. It talks of a Phipps Theatre at Ninth and Keeler Streets managed by Ben Wiley in 1892. That must have been the dad of the Ben Wiley, I, the Kornerman, was familiar with many later years. The younger Ben Wiley was also a theatre/entertainment promoter.
The Boone County Farm Bureau was prominent. They set a state attendance record at a Farm Bureau Directors meeting in 1927.
How about the first vibratory phone in the area. It was an 1878 connection between A.J. Barkley's abstract office and the Boone County Courthouse. The first actual phone conversation took place in W.H. Crooks feed store. There were 74 subscribers in 1882. Later, 4,000 names were listed in a directory and there were 40 phone employees out of the office on Seventh Street.
I bet you didn't know that Abraham Lincoln once owned farm land in Iowa, 120 acres in Crawford County.
The coldest day ever in Iowa? On January 28, 1873, there was a blizzard and at least one thermometer showed 40 degrees below zero.
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In the last edition, John Humeston, BHS-78, mentioned the passing of Bill "Boom Boom" Brown of football fame.
John Kueck, BHS-61, filled us in on some details via an obituary that appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Brown was 80 and played 14 seasons in the National Football League, 13 of them with the Minnesota Vikings. He played in three Super Bowls and in four Pro Bowl games and still holds numerous Viking records as a running back.
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Drew Ellen Lorentzen Jones, 75, Chicago/Boone. BHS-60.
.............Evelyn Joyce Marshall Klute, 87, Ames. Formerly of Boone. Married Duane Klute. Seven children survive.........Darrell Leroy Johnson, 74, Webster City/Norwalk. Boone area survivor is a sister-in-law, Mary Jo Johnson of Stratford.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson, Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.....
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
PETE'S TREK IS COMPLETED
World class endurance runner, Pete Kostelnick, BHS-2005, has successfully completed his latest goal.
The son of Boone residents, Charles and Clare Kostelnick, Pete finished his 5,384.3 mile run from Kenai, AK to Key West, Fl. Monday. He averaged 55.3 miles per day on the 97 day, six hour, 57 minute journey.
Clare reported, "I felt compelled to contact you again because you have been there from the beginning. When this kid struggled to finish his first marathon in Washington, D.C., nearly 10 years ago, you covered the story. We are so grateful for the community of Boone for following Pete and encouraging him throughout the run. Many watched as Facebook live covered his arrival in Key West. The Boone Chamber of Commerce even posted the link. I'm hoping Pete will take some time to relax and recover now. Many ask, "what's next?" I don't think I want to know the answer to that!! Thanks for all you do Mo."
Pete, of course, has run numerous endurance running events through the years including a record breaking jaunt from San Francisco to New York City prior to this latest event.
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Our mention in the last edition of a tornado that struck Boone on May 21, 1918, brought a response from Mike Loehrer, BHS-64. Mike had a family member involved.
He wrote, "my great grandfather, Johann, and the father of my grandfather, Joseph, was the keeper of the grounds for John Deere in Moline, IL. In 1901, he moved his family, wife and nine children, to Boone; don't know why. His life dream was to own his own greenhouse. He had worked as a carpenter and on the railroad saving his money. He finally began construction of his greenhouse in 1917, near the railroad roundhouse at the east end of Boone. The night before his grand opening, the tornado came through Boone. His greenhouse was completely destroyed and he had no insurance. Shortly thereafter, and I never found out why, he took his family to Spokane, WA. where he is buried. Luckily for me, my grandfather, who was 29 at the time, stayed in Boone. And so it goes."
Mike says he still has a clipping from the Boone News Republican telling this story.
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Nice to hear from John Humeston, BHS-78, this week. He wrote, "with the passing of former
Minnesota Viking running back, Bill "Boom Boom" Brown, I recall attending the exhibition basketball game that some Viking team members played at the DMACC gym which was, probably, around the early 1970's. My lasting memory of that night was watching Brown warming up by shooting and sinking numerous shots from center court. They passed out a program and I got a lot of autographs of Viking players but, sadly, that program was lost."
The Kornerman doesn't know if that type of attraction still occurs. I do remember similar events through the years. If I remember correctly, there was an Iowa version of the famous Harlem Globetrotters featuring a very large ?Bomba Johnson, that appeared here on occasion and yes, there were some pro footballers who played here as well as some senior graduates of the University of Iowa and other state colleges who had just completed their final season and were seeking a few extra dollars.
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Jean Tingwald Bjustrom, 83, Boone. Formerly of Stratford. BHS-53. Earned a degree from Iowa Lutheran Nursing School and worked as an RN at the Boone and Story County hospitals and for the Boone Community School District. Three children survive, including son Bret Bjustrom of Boone and daughter Jill Caruth of Ames. Survivors also include a brother, Darrell Tingwald, and sister, Lois Titman, of Boone.......Dr. William Updegraff, 97, passed away in May in Venice, FL.He was born in Boone, one of five sons of a physician. BHS-37. Dr. William was a longtime resident of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and was an Otolaryngologist, a head and neck surgeon and Neuro-Otologist, specializing in problems pertaining to the ear, nose and throat, similar to what his dad and brothers practiced. He retired at age78 and is survived by his wife, Teresa (Terry) and three children, as well as two brothers, Dr. Charles Updegraff, Jr., BHS-42, a former Boone physician/resident now living in the Des Moines metro area, and Dr. Edward Updegraff, BHS-39, of Arizona who also boasted one of the best amateur golf careers ever in the U.S.A.............Cheryl Harvey Holt, 71, Chesterfield, MO. BHS-65. The daughter of Betty and Alf Harvey, a former Boone Police Chief, Cheryl passed away, Sept. 15, 2018........Gary Weston, 84, Las Vegas, NV. BHS-53. Boone area survivor is a sister, Pat Miller, of Boone.........Donald Ball, 87, Boone. Born in Boone. U.S. Army vet. Was a farmer in Dodge Township until 1986. Moved to Des Moines and returned to Boone in 1998. Boone area survivors include three sisters, including Boone residents, Pearl Cole and Betty Mowrer.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson, Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.........
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
The son of Boone residents, Charles and Clare Kostelnick, Pete finished his 5,384.3 mile run from Kenai, AK to Key West, Fl. Monday. He averaged 55.3 miles per day on the 97 day, six hour, 57 minute journey.
Clare reported, "I felt compelled to contact you again because you have been there from the beginning. When this kid struggled to finish his first marathon in Washington, D.C., nearly 10 years ago, you covered the story. We are so grateful for the community of Boone for following Pete and encouraging him throughout the run. Many watched as Facebook live covered his arrival in Key West. The Boone Chamber of Commerce even posted the link. I'm hoping Pete will take some time to relax and recover now. Many ask, "what's next?" I don't think I want to know the answer to that!! Thanks for all you do Mo."
Pete, of course, has run numerous endurance running events through the years including a record breaking jaunt from San Francisco to New York City prior to this latest event.
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Our mention in the last edition of a tornado that struck Boone on May 21, 1918, brought a response from Mike Loehrer, BHS-64. Mike had a family member involved.
He wrote, "my great grandfather, Johann, and the father of my grandfather, Joseph, was the keeper of the grounds for John Deere in Moline, IL. In 1901, he moved his family, wife and nine children, to Boone; don't know why. His life dream was to own his own greenhouse. He had worked as a carpenter and on the railroad saving his money. He finally began construction of his greenhouse in 1917, near the railroad roundhouse at the east end of Boone. The night before his grand opening, the tornado came through Boone. His greenhouse was completely destroyed and he had no insurance. Shortly thereafter, and I never found out why, he took his family to Spokane, WA. where he is buried. Luckily for me, my grandfather, who was 29 at the time, stayed in Boone. And so it goes."
Mike says he still has a clipping from the Boone News Republican telling this story.
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Nice to hear from John Humeston, BHS-78, this week. He wrote, "with the passing of former
Minnesota Viking running back, Bill "Boom Boom" Brown, I recall attending the exhibition basketball game that some Viking team members played at the DMACC gym which was, probably, around the early 1970's. My lasting memory of that night was watching Brown warming up by shooting and sinking numerous shots from center court. They passed out a program and I got a lot of autographs of Viking players but, sadly, that program was lost."
The Kornerman doesn't know if that type of attraction still occurs. I do remember similar events through the years. If I remember correctly, there was an Iowa version of the famous Harlem Globetrotters featuring a very large ?Bomba Johnson, that appeared here on occasion and yes, there were some pro footballers who played here as well as some senior graduates of the University of Iowa and other state colleges who had just completed their final season and were seeking a few extra dollars.
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Jean Tingwald Bjustrom, 83, Boone. Formerly of Stratford. BHS-53. Earned a degree from Iowa Lutheran Nursing School and worked as an RN at the Boone and Story County hospitals and for the Boone Community School District. Three children survive, including son Bret Bjustrom of Boone and daughter Jill Caruth of Ames. Survivors also include a brother, Darrell Tingwald, and sister, Lois Titman, of Boone.......Dr. William Updegraff, 97, passed away in May in Venice, FL.He was born in Boone, one of five sons of a physician. BHS-37. Dr. William was a longtime resident of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and was an Otolaryngologist, a head and neck surgeon and Neuro-Otologist, specializing in problems pertaining to the ear, nose and throat, similar to what his dad and brothers practiced. He retired at age78 and is survived by his wife, Teresa (Terry) and three children, as well as two brothers, Dr. Charles Updegraff, Jr., BHS-42, a former Boone physician/resident now living in the Des Moines metro area, and Dr. Edward Updegraff, BHS-39, of Arizona who also boasted one of the best amateur golf careers ever in the U.S.A.............Cheryl Harvey Holt, 71, Chesterfield, MO. BHS-65. The daughter of Betty and Alf Harvey, a former Boone Police Chief, Cheryl passed away, Sept. 15, 2018........Gary Weston, 84, Las Vegas, NV. BHS-53. Boone area survivor is a sister, Pat Miller, of Boone.........Donald Ball, 87, Boone. Born in Boone. U.S. Army vet. Was a farmer in Dodge Township until 1986. Moved to Des Moines and returned to Boone in 1998. Boone area survivors include three sisters, including Boone residents, Pearl Cole and Betty Mowrer.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson, Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.........
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Saturday, November 3, 2018
COMMUNITY MAGAZINE
As the Kornerman indicated in the last edition, we have something to offer today that I found very interesting.
A friend had given me a book called, "Community Magazine." Within the magazine are several monthly publications dated 1927 and 1928. It is boasted that over 6,000 citizens subscribed to these monthly magazines.
Advertisements of Boone area businesses are prevalent and we found some of the stories included very lengthy but very interesting.
We, of course, cannot reprint the stories in their entirety but we will give our Korner readers an idea of some to the material covered.
We will mention some items this time and some more in future Korner editions.
Hopefully, some of the mentions may provide some memories.
Away we go.
There was a story about pioneer Boone jeweler E.E. Chandler, a 57 year businessman and a story about Rocho Brothers ice plant.
The Boone Community School Board, in May of 1927, authorized the installation of a Boone Junior College. Tuition was set at 50-cents per semester or $1.00 for the entire year. At that time, there were just 12 public junior colleges in Iowa and eight private ones. The first was located at Mason City in 1918.
Boone County's only woman undertaker at that time was Elsie Lawrence and she had her funeral home at 728 Linn Street.
Lulu Cummings was a well known West Boone hardware store dealer and the Mayor of Boone was Robert McBirnie.
A story highlighted the Ledges State Park and a story told of the May 21, 1918, tornado that ripped across the territory.
There was a story that proclaimed, "Blacksmithing was a lost art" and another story indicated that land back in1855 sold for $3.50 an acre.
A July 4th celebration was held in 1854 at Pilcher's Grove. There were rules.No firecrackers, no shooting gallery, merry go round, ice cream or iced drinks. However, there was a barbeque and free dinner at noon. Later, a young boy recited the Declaration of Independence.
A story told of Arthur D. Lantz American Legion Post members cutting trees for building their log cabin at the northwest corner of Boone and 20th streets. That was in 1926.
That's enough for this time but we have more of this in coming editions.
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: The Kornerman lost an aunt. Maurine Morris, 92, Boone. Boone area survivors include a son, Randy, and a daughter, Sandy Morris, both of Boone..................
Daniel Friedrichs, 68, Keokuk. Formerly of Ogden. Married Kathleen Dittmer in 1973. The couple have two daughters, Kristen and Kassie. Also surviving are four brothers and one sister. For over a decade, Daniel taught special education at the Ogden Community School. He also taught at Collins-Maxwell and Panorama. The couple had settled in Ogden in 1986............Evelyn June Dyer, 83, Story City. Formerly of Boone. She married Gene Dyer and they lived in Ames, Boone, Adel, Roland and Story City at various times. Survivors include four children, three boys and one girl, three sisters and a sister-in-law..........David Weber, 82, Boone. Army vet. He married Karen Freitag in 1967 and in 1970, they moved to Boone. He had his own business in Boone, A and W Construction. He retired in 2002. His wife Karen and two daughters survive.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson in Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments......
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com
A friend had given me a book called, "Community Magazine." Within the magazine are several monthly publications dated 1927 and 1928. It is boasted that over 6,000 citizens subscribed to these monthly magazines.
Advertisements of Boone area businesses are prevalent and we found some of the stories included very lengthy but very interesting.
We, of course, cannot reprint the stories in their entirety but we will give our Korner readers an idea of some to the material covered.
We will mention some items this time and some more in future Korner editions.
Hopefully, some of the mentions may provide some memories.
Away we go.
There was a story about pioneer Boone jeweler E.E. Chandler, a 57 year businessman and a story about Rocho Brothers ice plant.
The Boone Community School Board, in May of 1927, authorized the installation of a Boone Junior College. Tuition was set at 50-cents per semester or $1.00 for the entire year. At that time, there were just 12 public junior colleges in Iowa and eight private ones. The first was located at Mason City in 1918.
Boone County's only woman undertaker at that time was Elsie Lawrence and she had her funeral home at 728 Linn Street.
Lulu Cummings was a well known West Boone hardware store dealer and the Mayor of Boone was Robert McBirnie.
A story highlighted the Ledges State Park and a story told of the May 21, 1918, tornado that ripped across the territory.
There was a story that proclaimed, "Blacksmithing was a lost art" and another story indicated that land back in1855 sold for $3.50 an acre.
A July 4th celebration was held in 1854 at Pilcher's Grove. There were rules.No firecrackers, no shooting gallery, merry go round, ice cream or iced drinks. However, there was a barbeque and free dinner at noon. Later, a young boy recited the Declaration of Independence.
A story told of Arthur D. Lantz American Legion Post members cutting trees for building their log cabin at the northwest corner of Boone and 20th streets. That was in 1926.
That's enough for this time but we have more of this in coming editions.
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: The Kornerman lost an aunt. Maurine Morris, 92, Boone. Boone area survivors include a son, Randy, and a daughter, Sandy Morris, both of Boone..................
Daniel Friedrichs, 68, Keokuk. Formerly of Ogden. Married Kathleen Dittmer in 1973. The couple have two daughters, Kristen and Kassie. Also surviving are four brothers and one sister. For over a decade, Daniel taught special education at the Ogden Community School. He also taught at Collins-Maxwell and Panorama. The couple had settled in Ogden in 1986............Evelyn June Dyer, 83, Story City. Formerly of Boone. She married Gene Dyer and they lived in Ames, Boone, Adel, Roland and Story City at various times. Survivors include four children, three boys and one girl, three sisters and a sister-in-law..........David Weber, 82, Boone. Army vet. He married Karen Freitag in 1967 and in 1970, they moved to Boone. He had his own business in Boone, A and W Construction. He retired in 2002. His wife Karen and two daughters survive.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 928 South Jackson in Boone, Iowa 50036-4932. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments......
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