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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