Eighteen years ago, a Boone High School graduate in 1946. That's a long time ago but Max Moore is still lucid these 76 years later. Maybe the holiday season was the impetus.....but, anyway, following are some great memories he's just put on paper for the Korner.
Max wrote, "enjoyed your blog on Boone Campus, from good ol' Boone Bears College. Like you, I did two years on the third floor of BHS with Dean J.R. Thorngren. Happy, good times. Regarding golf, several buddies and I would sneak on that course (BGCC/now Cedar Point). Membership was too expensive. Many nights till dark we would have putting contests on old number one near Marshall Street. The old nine was special. Later, I joined and had many card games in the new clubhouse and dinners as well. Golf was special with Boone's outstanding players, the Updegraff's, Billy and Max Hall, Ferguson, the Modeland's, Brownie Knezevich and many others. Lee Modeland, the greens keeper, chased us non-members off. All in all, a great town, great people for 25 years. My brother enticed us to move to California to get away from the winter cold. It was 64 degrees here today and I was still cold. I still root for the Hawks and Cyclones and, of course, the Toreadors. Thanks for another year of the Korner. Don't know how you do it. Good job!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all."
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"We've come a long way baby." In the most recent Boone County Historical Society publication, they've been brought up to date on the continuing improvement program.
Board of Directors President Sue Kruckenberg tells us the following, "we have high hopes of reopening the second floor of the History Center in 2023. All of the walls have been scraped, patched and painted a nice white by Jimmy Parker. New electrical has also been added so we can display exhibits properly. But the biggest change has been the light! We've added new, small windows at the tops of the side windows, that had previously been removed, facing sixth street. The new windows are UV protected so the artifacts will not be ruined or faded by the outside light."
Sue added, "We've also made improvements to the outside of the History Center. New banners displayed and paint touchups where needed. Last, but not least, we are working on getting a new handicapped-accessible door installed on our Sixth Street entrance and adding a canopy over that door."
Finally, "we're thrilled with all the progress. The research room on the first floor is close to being completed. It already has a computer for use for research and a television to view special programs. The offices on the second floor has also been cleaned out and made much more visable."
This item surprised the Kornerman. Sue reported that the Indianola coach and softball players bused to the Milton Lott burial site, put down new pavers and gravel and intend to come back next year to replace the signage.
A beautiful tribute to the late Larry Adams was included in this latest Trail Tales, one of many important parts of the BCHS he was heavily involved in.
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