WE'RE GETTING BETTER

     Wife Jo is progressing well after last week's emergency surgery. She got home Monday.
     We both thank all of you who, in some way, offered your concern regarding this incident. The phone calls, text messages, emails, prayers, food deliveries etc. etc. were overwhelming and so much appreciated.
      Before we know it, hopefully, our lives will be back to "normal."
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     A little catch-up here.
     BHS-53 classmate Margaret Oxenford Kooser wrote about a recent Korner mention of Mrs. Gunn, the piano teacher. "If her husband was Dr. Gunn, they were our neighbors and she was also a teacher for school kids who were home-bound. I was not aware that she taught piano. I don't know if there were any other Gunns in town. He was our family doctor. My sister-in-law's mother, Mrs. McVicker, taught me piano. As for outside games, our front yard was a baseball diamond. Sidewalk to the house was home plate, a big cottonwood tree on the road (old Highway 30) was first base, apple tree on an empty lot was second, a bush by the end of the house was third base. If there was no game going, my mom would grab any of us kids to go out front to play catch. She was pretty good. All of that ground is now covered by Westhaven. When they took our old cottonwood down, it was so big it made the papers, as they had to close highway 30. That happened after we left the area. Weather here in Louisiana is better for me than Iowa's weather. I spent too much time in the SW part of the country to deal with humidity and snow. Have humidity here but a much lower dew point. That has been a key for me."
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     Sources indicate that Jude Rolfes, BHS-64, has had a pair of surgeries lately and they would like to inundate him with lots of "good wishes" for a speedy recovery.
     ATTENTION: I'm told that Jude's address is.....15 S. Emory Bend Place, Shenandoah, TX 77381.
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     Here's an idea for you travelers.
     A good contributor mentioned that they've seen "the Palace of Versailles, the White House, the Grand Canyon, been to the Vatican and seen the great works of art in Florence, Italy but after a visit to the Greenbrier in White Sulpher Springs, WV in the good old USA we found its a "gorgeous place" and ranks right at the top."
     He added, "I talked to a golf starter on hole #1 and he'd been doing that job for 42 years. After asking him for some stories he may relate he said, "I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly and then too, their are the politicians.""
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Peggy Gus, 89, Boone. Napier HS. Worked for Tim Buckner and Principal Financial from 1979-92. Was very active in Presbyterian church. Survivors include a son, Steve, and daughter, Susan Jacobson, both of Boone. One other daughter also survives.........Janet Ruth Olson, 78, Boone.........Verle Toyne, 91, Boone. Korean War vet. Married Lois in 1948. The couple farmed in the Boxholm/Pilot Mound area. Two daughters and a sister survive........Terry McAnally, 77, Des Moines. Married Larry McAnally, BHS-93, in 1964. Larry passed away in 1993..........Robert "Bud" Drake, 98, Sheldahl. Born in 1920 to William and Elsie Drake on a farm south of Madrid.........Ronald DePriest, 79, Norwalk. Survivors include a brother-in-law, David Wilson of Ogden.
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