WE GOT ANSWERS

   Thank you Tom, thank you Karen and thank you Sally. They all came to my rescue.....about the time I was ready to jump? off the curb.

   You know how you get something on your mind and that thought refuses to leave without an answer? That was the Kornerman's situation. For some reason, a remembrance of residential mail being delivered TWICE a day many years ago popped into my mind and I couldn't erase that image without verification......positive or negative. Thankfully, the mentioned trio has provided relief.

   Tom Peterson, BHS-67, really got serious and, unlike your lazy editor, went right to a source that should know. It was a Cato Institute Policy Analysis titled "The Last Dinosaur - The U.S. Postal Service", published by James Bovard in February of 1985. Its a lengthy history of our postal service, good and bad, through the years.

   A quote from that analysis: "Mail service has been deteriorating for decades. Up until 1950, residential mail was delivered twice a day but as budget crises occurred, the routine solution was to further cutback services to the public."

    EDITOR'S NOTE: The Kornerman has a great respect for our local postal service and the wonderful personnel who have been its representatives through the years, many of them great personal friends. Surely, its understood that local services can only be determined by what assets the U.S. Government provides them. The Boone employees have always done their best, under trying circumstances.

   Sara Jane (Sally) Harwood, BHS-55, wrote, "I can put you out of your misery. They did deliver, twice a day. In fact, we got three newspapers, six days a week, the Des Moines Register in the morning, the Des Moines Tribune in the late afternoon and the Boone News Republican in the evening. And, first class stamps were three cents, which was the price, off and on, for many years."

   Karen Anderson wrote, "I looked it up on the internet. I saw quite a few websites about it and it comes down to "yes," mail was delivered more than once a day, at one time. When I was young, we lived in Churdan and had to go to the post office to get our mail. In our small town, there was no "home" delivery, we had to go to the post office and I thought that was a big deal....to have the combination to our mail box. Such a responsibility. Ha."

   Some of you "out there" are thinking, "who cares?" Well, I, the Kornerman is happy to clear my mind of the subject and I, again, thank those who provided an accurate answer to this, perhaps, very frivolous query.

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   Remember Don Nystrom's note a week ago about those old Boone industries?  Vern Modeland, BHS-50, remembers. He wrote, "I  remember all those mentioned places and things. I often recall the "mountains" of tailings that marked our coal mines. Wouldn't today's keepers of our bodies and minds have fits about the safety and such of those long-gone mines. And, don't you wonder what happened to the open coal shafts that were carved out of our county back then? Did they just collapse or were they filled in and sealed off? 

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   From reading Nystrom's offering, the hosiery mills entered Jon Wilson's mind. He wrote, "the Boone Hosiery Mills was one of the examples of rapid growth of manufacturing enterprise in Boone. The plant opened on December 10, 1909, and was located at 916 Sixth Street. The employees, mostly girls, were paid high wages. The second floor was used for stock, ribs and yarn and for storing and shipping the finished goods. The third floor was used for knitting and looping, turning out the well known "Armor Plate" brand. Later, in 1943, the building, which had not been used for several years, was purchased by my grandfather, Reed.C.Wilson, the proprietor of Wilson Transfer and Storage. It was used as a storage warehouse and boasted one of just two buildings in Boone that had an automatic sprinkler system." That Sixth Street building was eventually sold by Jon's dad, Maurice Wilson, BHS-27, to the Merit Baking Company. At one time, Jon's dad also owned the hemp plant that has been discussed. It was used for storing and painting trucks.

   Jon, BHS-62, concluded, "sometimes I look at Boone Iowa on the internet. I have seen people selling the "Lindy" pop bottles for good prices. You may remember the picture of an airplane on the bottle. The sellers don't mention that "Lindy," on the bottle, is for Linderblood, not Lindberg."

   EDITOR'S NOTE: I, the Kornerman, is befuddled by the location of that Hosiery Mills building. As mentioned earlier, it was located at 915 Sixth Street. The building that once housed Wester Furniture and is currently occupied by "The Rose Center" and "Mini Storage" is located  at 920 Sixth Street. It seems to occupy the entire front, east of the alley. I guess that means the Hosiery building was west across the alley which, apparently, made it the "backside" of the Boone Blank Book Company which had a Story Street entrance. I just don't recall that being correct but I have no alternative in mind. I need help on this....the actual location of the three-story Hosiery building.

   I can certainly remember the "smell" of Archway Cookies, which were being made in that Sixth Street building, and, I also recall that the building was used as "home base" for the Boone Eagles Club Boxing team. A Mr. Cunningham, I believe, was the team coach and the Vest boys, Don, BSH-49 and Jack, and various other local boxers, how about Jerry Arringdale, BHS-48, and George Westerman, BHS-49,????? trained there.

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   BOONE CONNECTED/AREA DEATHS

   Ernest (Ernie) Anderson, 94, Madrid/IaVetsHome. Born in Nevada. Milford HS. Army vet. Married Kathryn (Katie) Jensen in 1954. Farmed near McCallsburg. Moved to California and became a machinist, dental equipment plant manager and opened a custom invitation shop. Retired in California before moving back to Madrid in retirement. Two sons, Stanley and Bruce, and a daughter, Bonnie, survive. Services in Ames and Madrid.

   Ronald Dean Youngren, 93, Ogden. OHS-47. Iowa Guardsman. Worked for Ames Reliable Feed until 1951. Married Vera Stumpenhorst in 1950 and began farming north of Boone and working at Firestone. In 1959, the couple moved to Ogden to farm again. In retirement he worked for Hopkin's Excavating before driving for Youngren Excavating. Survivors include two daughters, Lori and Lynette, and a son, David of Boone. Services in Ogden.

   Judy Crooks Rose, 78, Springville. Born in Boone. BHS-62. Married John Rose in 1967. The couple lived in Boone until 1976 when John's Cedar Rapids job change took them to Springville. Judy worked for Life Investors, Lefebure Corporation and Teleconnect while also attending Kirkwood Community College to earn an Associate's Degree in Business Administration. Survivors include her daughters, Barbara and Michele. Services in Springville.

   Kim DeAnn Schmehr Pritchard, Boxholm.

   Robert Harry (Bob) Peterson, 67, Altoona. Born in Boone. Survivors include his wife, Kathy, two sons, Nathan and Kelly, and a daughter, Laura. Services in Altoona. 

   David E. Burke, 67, Mt. Auburn. Born in Des Moines, Madrid HS-72. Married Becky Kearns in 2013. Was a Gas/Service Operations Technician for the Natural Gas industry, retiring from Black Hills Energy after 42 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Becky, of Mt. Auburn, sons, Joseph and Matthew, daughter, Amy, and three brothers, Robert, LuVerne and Thomas all three of Madrid. Services in Waterloo.

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