MR CUNNINGHAM

     The Kornerman has a long history of getting the Tilley boys mixed up and yes, I did it again, and I'm truly sorry. It hurts. In the last edition, I had listed Randy Tilley as a Boone connected death. Actually, it was Randy's brother, Ron Tilley, who had passed. Lester Ross, BHS-67, pointed out this confused, terrible error. Thank you Lester and again, I apologize for this egregious error.
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     Repeating what Ron Hopkins, BSH-59, had written some time back. "the TV's of the early 50's were not, particularly, reliable. In such cases, a repairman from 10 or 20 miles away was called. It seemed the Philco could always be revitalized by replacing one of the many tubes. I think the repairman always came in the evenings (probably had another day job) and only charged a few dollars."
     In answer to those comments, John Kueck, BHS-61, wrote, "it reminded me of Hal Cunningham, the infamous BHS physics and electronics instructor, who also repaired TV's. He told my class, amusingly, about going to a home because the TV had no picture and all he had to do was plug the TV into the outlet to repair it. He had this unique chuckle that followed that story. Students of Hal will recall that laugh, which was exhibited often, as he stumped students or told stories. Once, Mr. Cunningham came to our home and while in the back of the TV with it plugged in, he got a big shock from the high voltage flyback circuit. He jerked his arm back and his watch flew off, carried across the room and landed behind our piano. To my knowledge, he did not repeat that story to his students."
     John also had a comment on recent Drake Relays talk. "my wife, Sue and I, and, sometimes, our kids, joined friends and attended the Drake Relays for about 10 years straight in the 90's. After too long of a lapse, we and our friends had tickets and room reservations for this year before the events were postponed."
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     Dreaming of better things to come......here are the area high school football schedules for this fall.
     BOONE: 8/28 vs Creston/Orient-Macksburg: 9/4 at Bondurant-Farrar: 9/11 Alleman, North Polk: 9/18 at Nevada: 9/25 Humboldt: 10/2 at Mason City: 10/9 at Gilbert: 10/16 Huxley, Ballard and 10/23 at Webster City.
     OGDEN: 8/28 at Northwest Webster: 9/4 Woodward-Granger: 9/11 at Fort Dodge St Edmond: 9/18 Jewell, South Hamilton: 9/25 at Earlham: 10/2 Greenfield/Nodaway Valley: 10/9 Woodward Academy: 10/16 at Corydon/Wayne and 10/23 Madrid.
     MADRID: 8/28 at Woodward-Granger: 9/4 Jewell/South Hamilton: 9/11 at Stuart/West Central Valley: 9/18 Fort Dodge St. Edmond: 9/25 At Greenfield, Nodaway Valley: 10/2 Corydon/Wayne: 10/9 Earlham: 10/16 At Woodward Academy: 10/23 At Ogden.
     The Kornerman says, "A couple things in the schedules attracted my attention. It looked a bit "out of kilter" for Boone matching up against Mason City. I guess I have always considered Mason City would have one of the bigger high schools, attendancewise, in the state. Actually, I guess Mason has taken a population "hit' like many other Iowa communities. The top 40 high schools, attendancewise, are assigned to Class 4-A and Mason City is one school short, the 41st largest, with 816 students in grades 9-11. Boone is 41st with 482. There are 54 schools assigned to Class 3-A and they are divided into 9 districts of 6 schools each for district purposes. Three non-district games fill out their nine-game schedules."
     "The other thing that caught my eye is that Ogden and Madrid will finally be district competitors. They have played each other, previously, but never as district opponents."
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     We're all looking for something to keep us busy in our spare time during this pandemic aren't we?
     Here's a suggestion. I've started looking at old BHS "Bumble Bees". Talk about memories. They are available on Jerry Manriquez fabulous website.
     I just finished one that I got a kick out of. KWBG radio started operations on March 2, 1950 and the Bumble B I'm looking at is labeled, "November 16, 1950."
     There is a short story in there about some students doing some announcing on KWBG and talk about star power. Listed are Dick Bridges, Kay Honohan, Mary Ellen Dowd and Dale Burge.
     Dick Bridges, BHS-49, and Dale Burge both became involved in radio work at KWBG and beyond.
     Kay Honohan, BHS-51, of course, is the mother-in-law of Hollywood's Harrison Ford and Mary Ellen Dowd, BHS-51, had a 50 year career as a Broadway (Cabaret etc.) and film star.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Kelly Kupke, 43, Boone. Her parents are Tom Kupke and Launie Sorem. BHS-95, Additional education at ISU and DePaul University. Married Phil Irwin but they divorced and remain friends. Worked at Wells Fargo. Survivors include her parents, a half-brother, Bryan Boyd, of Boone; a step-brother and step-sister; her grandmother, Patty Mallas, of Boone; an aunt and two brothers, John and Andy Mallas..........Les Meadows, 68, Ames. Born in Boone. BHS-70. Worked for the railroad in Clinton, Cedar Rapids and Boone. In retirement was a van driver for an auto dealer. Served in the Iowa National Guard. Married Dawn Morello in 1973. They lived in Boone, Cedar Rapids and then, Ames. Survivors include his wife, and son, Jim, of Ames, four brothers and two sisters.......Elsie May Griswold, 91, Nauvoo, IL.........Rebeckah Morriss, 61, Dayton. Worked for a time at Tri-Lite Windows in Boone........Helen Ritland, 99, Story City. Married Earl Ritland in 1944. Worked at ISU until retirement. Survivors include a daughter, Nancy Moeller, of Boone, two sons, three grandsons including two of Boone and a grand daughter  of Boone.......Harry Hagedorn, 88, Joplin, MO. Born in Boone but raised on a farm in the Jefferson area........Bekki Blackford Kirkland, 49, Ogden. Survivors include her husband, Eldon, a step-son, son, her parents and two sisters.
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