WHICH CAME FIRST?

     Which came first, the chicken or the egg? AND which came first, West Boone or Boone?
     A little history: In 1851, a county seat was established at Boonesboro, now West Boone. In 1856-57, the Boone County Courthouse was built. In 1865 Boonesboro was incorporated and Boone was established. A year later, Boone was incorporated as Montana.
    Initially, Boonesboro had a number of businesses and some 2,000 residents as well as being the county seat and the home of the county courthouse and other county offices.
    In 1871, Montana was changed to Boone and the economical and commercial center of the county had begun shifting there with some 300 buildings and a population equal to Booneboro.
    In 1877, Booneboro was officially annexed to Boone.
    HOWEVER, to true West Booners, "those paper, those document" changes were never really made and Boone is still simply a suburb of an area that will never die.
K-----K
     Don Nystrom, BHS-56, wrote, "I had a few spare hours during this COVID-19 virus quarantine and was thinking about the past, growing up and living in West Boone, and the many businesses there. Today, I don't know if there are even a dozen left."
     Anyway, Don has provided a West Boone business trivia, 1940-50's style. We'll gladly use bits and pieces of this in upcoming editions.......sometimes in question form.......and others just historically speaking. Most of Don't material pinpoints business locations.
     Let's launch this undertaking with some questions today.
     (1) What about Miner's Hall?
     (2)  Anybody remember Lamb's furniture store?
     (3)  Who owned the tourist court across from the Eastern Star Home?
     (4)  Yes, there was a funeral home.....owned and operated by whom?
     (5)  Here's an easy one......I, the Kornerman, can even answer this one. What was the business operated by Bob Culver?
     That's enough for now, but we'll have more, "West Boone remembrances" as times passes. Thanks Don. We'll be interested in any replies we might receive on this.
K-----K
     Boone resident James Rueber is a big baseball fan and historian so he and I have had some good conversations about that great sport.
     On occasion, he has sent me old newspaper clippings about some real "old-timers" who were Iowa-born major league players. The most recent was Bob Brush of Charles City who was born in 1875. He made his major league debut in 1907, playing in just two games with the Boston National League team.
     Recently, in a Sunday edition, the Des Moines Register profiled a group of Iowans who had earned there way on a major league roster. I contacted James to make sure he was aware of that edition and did see the article.
     James wrote, "I remember Bob Feller and Hal Trosky but never knew any of the others were from Iowa. In 1951, I started following the Cleveland Indians, mostly because of Bob Feller. I could remember the names of all the Cleveland players. Our Hazleton, IA high school team had a Larry Doby bat, the best we had in our small equipment bag. All the guys used it but, one day, someone broke it and we wanted to vote him off the team. Our coach finally got us another Doby bat. I saw my first major league game at Wrigley Field in 1956 on our senior class trip."
K-----K
     Under our present world wide circumstances, there's been a new interest in humor.......especially isolation-type.
     Kathleen Wheelock, Tom Peterson, BHS-67, Nelson Tompkins, BHS-57, Max Moore, BHS-46, and Tom Canfield, BHS-53. have all sensed that we need some "funny talk."
     Here's a bit from each:
     Kathleen had some Phyliss Diller funnies. (1) the only time I enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron. (2) I asked the waiter, "is this milk fresh?" "lady, three hours ago it was grass," the waiter replied.
     Peterson, lamenting the isolation, sent these. (1) "Strawberries: Some have 210 seeds, some have 235.Who Knew? (2) If you keep a glass of wine in each hand, you can't accidentally touch your face."
     Tompkins provided lexophiles. (1) I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me. (2) When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye."
     Moore wrote, (1) Classified Ad: Single man with toilet paper seeks woman with hand sanitizer for some good clean fun. (2) Day five of homeschooling: One of these little monsters called in a bomb threat."
     Canfield added, (1) Does anyone know if we can take showers yet or should we just keep washing our hands? (2) I've eaten 14 meals and taken six naps and its still today? Are you kidding me?
K-----K
     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Lila Lincoln Hall, 81, Marshalltown, formerly of Madrid. Her parents were Don and Ruby Lincoln of Boone. Lila attended school in Madrid. MHS. Married Vernard Hall. Worked at Gates Rubber Company in Boone. Spent a majority of her life in the Boone/Madrid area. Survivors include her adult children, three girls and a boy..........Janet Holbert Galloway, 81, Stratford. Grew up on a farm near Stratford. Stratford HS and ISU. Married Jerry Galloway in 1958. The couple lived in Rockford, Illinois until coming back to farm near Stratford in 1962. For over 20 years, Janet worked for Agri-education. Jerry retired in 2002 and the couple moved to Stratford. He died in 2014. Early this year, Janet moved to the Stratford Care Center. Survivors include four adult children, three girls and a boy. A sister and brother also survive.
K-----K
     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.