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     In the last edition, Tony Crandell, BHS-59, wrote about personally being offered "all the Pepsi's and bananas" he could consume while working for a West Boone grocer. Tony said he quickly took advantage of the offer but soon lost his desire for those items.
     Mark Campbell, BHS-67, has responded. He wrote, "when I was hired at Boyd's Dairy in June of 1965, Jim Boyd told me I could eat as much ice cream as I wanted. "You'll get sick of it soon enough. Just remember, no bananas or nuts, but everything else is fine." In two months, I gained 15 pounds. I worked with my buddy, the late Bill Wiebe, BHS-66, who had a great sense of humor. I loved working with Bill. He called me Brutus and I called him Caesar, why, I do not know. Boyd's had a horseshoe-shaped counter at the far end of the store. Bill and I, during slow times, would concoct an ice cream dish of some sort. It might be a hot fudge sundae, a turtle sundae (excluding pecans), a shake or simply a cone. One slow Sunday afternoon we were gorging ourselves with yet, another malt when a customer came in to purchase a gallon of milk. Bill and I were just finishing up our malts as the customer approached the cash register. We spoke simultaneously, "be right with you" as we stuffed the last bit of malted milk in our mouths. That still embarrasses me. I still recall the marvelous ice cream and sherbets. I've never found a place that makes cranberry or rhubarb sherbet. The closest I've found has to be at Whitey's in the Quad Cities. I loved working with LaVerne Anderson and an older lady named Ruth. Delightful people."
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     (1) Never in a million years could I have imagined I would go to a bank teller wearing a mask and asking for money. (2) When this quarantine is over, let's not tell some people. (3) Someone was in a long line at 7:45 a.m. at the grocery store that opened at 8 a.m. for seniors only. A young man came from the parking lot and tried to cut at the front of the line, but an older lady beat him back with her cane. He returned and again, tried to cut in, but an older man punched him in the gut, then kicked him in the groin. As he approached the line a third time he said, "if you don't let me unlock that door, you'll never get in."
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Shirley Mestdagh LeMaster, 84, Boone. Born in Boone. BHS-54. Had lived at the Eastern Star Home since 2015. Married Raymond LeMaster in 1958. They later divorced. Shirley worked for the Boone County Tax Service, a Boone law firm and was Assistant to the Director of Nursing at the Boone County Hospital until 2001. Survivors include a son, Jeff, of Minnesota, two daughters, Robin Gogerty of Madrid and Koreen Rayl of Ankeny. A brother, Darrell Mestdagh of Urbandale also survives..........Paul Olson, 27, Grimes. Born in Boone. His parents are Raymond and Rebecca Olson of the Madrid area. Ames HS-2010. Survivors are his parents, a brother, Joseph Olson of Nevada, and a sister, Emily Olson of Ames...........Randy Tilley, 64, Granger. Born in Boone. BHS-75. Worked for his dad in an insurance agency until Parkinson's Disease forced him to quit working. Survivors include his children, Patrick Tilley of Ames, Louis Leaf of Boone and Brandice Summers.Three siblings also survive, including Sharon Engnell of Boone. Randy's brother, Ron Tilley, had just passed away two weeks ago........Janet Veale Buck, 94, Boone. Born in Boone. BHS-43. Married William Buck in 1945. She was a typist for the FBI in 1943 but returned to Boone when her mother passed away. She then moved to San Diego in 1958, retired, and moved back to Boone in 2016. While in San Diego, she earned a teaching degree at San Diego University and taught elementary grades until her retirement in 1990. Survivors include her sister-in-law, Barb Brainard Veale of Boone, and a brother, Joe Veale..........Wilma Elsberry Brown, 90, Boone. Born in Boone. BHS-47. Married Cecil Brown in 1950 and he passed away in 1970. Worked for 45 years for Boone County Abstract, retiring in 1992. Survivors are a son, Ron Brown, and a sister-in-law, Margaret Yvonne Elsberry, both of Boone. A sister also survives..........John Lampe Cunningham, 47...........Chester Crook, 76, Mountain Home, Ark. Formerly of Boone. Worked at John Deere in Des Moines until retirement. Three sons survive........Betty Jane Perry, 96, Denver. Born in Boone. Boxholm HS-40. Boone Junior College. Worked at Fisher's Shoe Store before moving to Denver. Married Arnie Knutsen and he passed away in 1982. Married Robert Perry and he died in 2002. In Denver, Betty worked as a secretary/bookkeeper and in real estate. Boone survivors are brothers, Donald and Harold Kline both of Boone. A daughter also survives.
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