Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
Tbs figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is desired from
tbs 1955 Kings Mountain sky directory census. The city
Limits figure is from the United States census of 1950.
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VOL 69 No. 20
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 15, 1958
9ixty-Ninth Year
Kiwanis Talent
Show On Friday
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Local News
Bulletins
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the three weeks ending Wednes
day afternoon totaled $426.36,
including $360.76 from on
street meters and $65.60 from
off-street meters.
CITY BOARD
The city board of commission- j
ers will hold its regular May i
meeting at 8 o’clock Thursday
night at City Hall courtroom.
SCHOOL BOARD
Regular meeting of the city
board of education is scheduled
for Monday evening at 7 o’clock
in the office of Supt. B. N.
Barnes.
KIWANIS CLUB
Showing of the film, “Paper
Work” will feature the Thurs
day night meeting of the Ki
wanis club. The club convenes
at the Woman’s club at 6:45
p. m.
P-TA MEETING
East school Parent-Teacher
association will hold its regular
meeting Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 p. m. at the school audi
torium.
TO CHICAGO
Aubrey Mauney will go to
Chicago Thursday where he
will represent the Piedmont
Council at the meeting of the
National Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.
ON DEAN'S LIST
Miss Martha Ann Baker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
< Bill) Baker, was listed on the
second quarter dean’s list of
Appalachian State Teacher’s
college.
TO NEW YORK
Miss Sara Elizabeth Houser
will be among members of the
Wake Forest College band go
ing to New York this week to
participate in Saturday's Arm
ed Forces Pay parade. The
band is also scheduled to
make several concert appear
ances. Miss Houser plays the
clarinet in the marching band
and the oboe in the concert
band.
METHODIST MEETING
A group of girls from the
Wesleyan Foundation at Win
throp College will visit Central
Methodist church Sunday
night with their president,
Miss Pat Leland and director,
Mrs. Jones. The church’s young
people will have a covered
dish supper at 5:30. Members
of the Youth Fellowships of
Grace and El Bethel churches
have been invited to come at
6:15 for the fellowship and
Bethware Gives
Finals Plans
SpeaKers tor commencement ex
ercises at Bethware school have
been annouced by Principal Thur
man Warlick.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be held Sunday evening, May 25th,
with Rev. Norman F. Brown,
pastor of Bethlehem Baptist chur
ch, to deliver the message.
Dr. Phillip L. Elliott, president
of Gardner-Webb junior college
Boiling Spring, will address mem
bers of the graduating class at
the finals exercises on May 30
when 27 seniors will receive dip
lomas.
Both programs will be held at
8 o’clock in the high school audi
torium.
Junior Club Sets
Wednesday Pet Show
Annual children’s pet show !
of the Junior Woman’s club will
be held Wednesday afternoon at j
4 o’clock in City Stadium, Miss
Margaret Goforth, project j
chairman, has announced.
Children of the community
are being invited to enter their
pets in the event expected to
attract a large crowd of joung
sters and grownups.
Admission is 25 cents for j
adults and 10 cents for Children, 1
and prizes are to be awarded to
each! entrant in the show.
Prizes Await
School Entrants
In Talent Event
First annual Kiwanis school
talent show will be staged Fri
day, May 16 at 8 o’clock at Cen
tral school auditorium and will
feature talent ranging from pup
ets to pantomime.
Preliminary winners from
East, West, North and Central
elementary schools, and Central
high school will be vieing for top
place in their division in the
Friday contest.
The program is divided in five
divisions: 1) Third and Fourth
Grades, 2) Seventh and Eighth
Grades, 3) First and Second
Grades, 4) Fifth and Sixth
Grades, and 5) High School.
Featured in Division I will be
a tap dance and song number,
"Fve Got Talent” by Jo Bridges
and Mary Leigh Mauney; and a
puppet show, “Skippy, The Or
phan Puppy” toy Glynda Lynn,
Phyllis Hollifield, Barbara Alex
ander, Billy Davis, Ricky Ellison,,
Myra Mauney, Sandra Blanton,
Diane Harris, Martha Beal, Linda
Lingerfelt, and Frances Biddix.
Also included will be a vocal
and piano solo, ‘‘Honeysuckle
Rose” by Elizabeth Alexander
and a folk dance, ‘‘Dutch Fold
Dance” by Steve Baity, Sandra
Wright, Charles Ramsey, Jr., and
Linda Parrish, accompanied by
Miss Rhea Lineberger.
A baton twirling number, ‘‘The
Stars and Stripes Forever” by Pat
Mikeal will be featured in Divi
sion II, along with a girls quar
tette composed of Marilyn Dix
on, Pattie Howard, Debby Laz
rus, and Brenda Lovelace sing
ing, “Tonight You Belong to Me.”
Mack Stewart, David Adams,
and Clarence Smith will render
a musical pantomime of “Little
Darling” and Vinelle Phillips will
do a piano solo of “Smoke Gets
In Your Eyes”, to complete the
division.
A negro folk song, “Georgia Lul
laby” will toe presented by Rhonda
Deese, accompanied by Miss Rhea
Lineberger; Gary Myers, accom
panied by Miss Mary Nolan will
render a solo “He’s Got The Whole
Worid”; a musical skit *‘Pick A
Bale of Cotton” will be presented
by Diane Alexander, Kathy Bohe
ler, Gail Soates, Kathy Hollond,
‘Wanda Biddix, Phylis Cable, Shei
la Phillips, Jackie Huffstetler,
George Sprouse, accompanied by
Miss Lineberger; and a duet “Side
by Side” will be presented by
Nancy Ware and Brent Goforth,
accompanied by Mrs. Jack White
to round our Division in.
In Division TV Dennis Floyd, ac
companied by Miss Mary Nolan
will present a song and dance
number, “Alabama Jubilee”, Lyn
da Mauney will render “Buzzing
Bee” as a piano solo, and Mickie
Logan, Suzanne Lockridge and
Pam Morrison will pantomime
“Lolipop.”
Also included in the division is
a novelty act “Folk Song Melody”
by Susan Plonk and Tommy
Black, a tap dance and song “Su
gartime” by Mary Leigh Mauney
and Sarah Frances Mauney, a
skit “In The Country” toy Tinky
Scruggs and L. V. Brooks, and a
Charleston dance “I’m All Broken
Up Over You” by Ruby Cook and
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Teen-Agers Ply Hazardous Course
In laycee Road-eo Here Wednesday
BULLETIN <
Vernon F. Carson won the
Jayeee Road-eo Wednesday af
ternoon and will represent
Kings Mountain in the state
contest at New Bern. Don
Parker, Jr., placed second and
Becky Thornburg was third.
Seventeen Kings Mountain
teen-age auto drivers were vy
ing for honor and cash Wednes
day afternoon in the Kings
Mountain Jayeee Road-eo.
After undergoing written
exams on rules of the road, the
young autoists were testing their
Knowledge on a tricky course
which had many older and more
experienced drivers declaring
they wouldn’t care to participate.
The four-hazard course was
laid out on Railroad avenue from
Joy Theatre South. Using autos
furnished by Plonk Motor Com
pany and Victory Chevrolet Com
pany, the drivers faced four prin
cipal tests: I) keeping the
wheels straight (like driving on
to a grease pit rack) without
smashing the red ball markers;
2) navigating, both driving for
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ELECTED — Charles L. Alexan
der, Kings Mountain postmaster,
was elected chairman of 11th
Congressional district postmas
ters, North Carolina Association
of Postmasters, at the district
meeting in Tryon last Friday.
Grover School
Will Graduate
20 Next Week
Commencement exercises for 20
Grover high school seniors will
begin on Sunday night, with Rev.
Norman F. Brown, pastor of Beth
lehem Baptist church, to deliver
the baccalaureate sermon at 7:30
p. m. at Grover's First Baptist
church.
Graduation exercises are to be
held Thursday Evening, May 22, at
8 p. m. in the high school audi
torium.
Miss Annie Belle Stroupe, presi
dent of the senior Class, will in
troduce the speaker, Rev. Donald
Cabaniss, First Baptist pastor,
will offer the invocation, Rev.
Arnold Bell, pastor of Bethany
Baptist church, will read the
scripture, and Rev. Trent Howell,
Jr., pastor of Shiloh Presbyterian
church, will offer prayer.
Members of the graduating
class are William Larry Appling,
James Kenneth Bell, Hayward
Dean Bullock, Kenneth Malone
Byers, Larry Alfred Collins, Nan
cy Victoria Fortenberry, Paul
Herman Green, Mary Ann Hern
don, Jack Converse Hutchins,
Jack Leigh, Doris Dean McGin
nis, Thurman Peterson, Russell
Lee Pinkelton, Brenda Lou Rob
inson, Donald Richard Smith,
Phyllis Ann Smith, Annie Belle
Stroupe, Richard Carveth Wells,
Sylvia Annette West, and Norma
Kav Watterson.
Lion Nominate
Douglas Fritz
Rev. R. Douglas Fritz, pastor of
Resurrection Lutheran church,
was nominated for president of
the Kings Mountain Lions club
Tuesday night, succeeding J. C.
McKinney.
Mr. McKinney is leaving Kings
Mountain to become manager of
a Jonesville, S. C., branch bank
of the Commercial National Bank
of Spartanburg, S. C.
Previously nominated for first
vice-president, Mr. Fritz was
nominated for the presidency
by the club nominating commit
tee. Other nominee changes: for
first vice-president, Richard Bar
nett; second vice-president, Ed
win Moore; third vice-president,
Martin Harmon.
The club will elect officers at
its May 27 meeting.
The nominating committee re
port was made by Dr. N. H. Reed.
Frank R. Summers
Rites Conducted
SUCCUMBS — Frank R. Sum
mers, president of First Nation
al Bank, died Monday, after suf
fering a fatal heart attack. Fun
eral rites were held Tuesday af
ternoon.
Lions Members
Honor Ladies
"There’s not any use to worry
about the ravages of the atomic
or hydrogen bombs. If one fails,
then you'll go to heaven and be
in better shape than you are
now”, Carthage Lawyer H. F.
Seawell said Tuesday in closing
his address at the annual ladies
night banquet of the Lions club.
Mr. Seawell spoke seriously,
concluding his humor-filled talk
[ with a declaration that the only
i way to banish fear of the future
is to trust in “the Lord, Jesus
Christ who is God”.
A Republican candidate for
governor in 1952, Mr. Seawell
had variously lampooned Re
publicans, Democrats, and vari
I ous other categories of modern
day living.
He guessed that the incasion
of space would create a bonanza
for lawyers who would try, he
was sure, to carve up space lots
for re-sale to space inhabitants.
Lampooning the vote-seekers
he reviewed the campaign calls
of presidents beginning with
Woodrow Wilson and indicated
each had flubbed. He laughingly
reported that Mr. Eisenhower
had promised a firm foreign po
licy, but added, "He can’t get
Foster Dulles out of the air long
enough to find out what it is;
he’s even bought two helicopters
so he can go up and try to find
out.”
Another feature of the program
was a series Oi songs by Miss
Woodie Westmoreland, Asheville
soprano. Miss Westmoreland sang
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", and
“Summertime”, and closed the
program with the hymn “Bless
This House”. After Rev. Douglas
Fritz’ benediction she sang “The
Lord’s Prayer”.
Rev. Mr. Fritz, club tail twister,
! welcomed the ladies to the club’s
j 20th annual ladies night event.
Vice-President Richard Barnett
I presided, and W. L. Plonk, pre
; sented the program. J. C. Mc
Kinney presented favors to the
ladies.
Approximately 100 persons at
S tended the banquet.
Members of the ladies night
committee were W. L. Plonk, Rev.
Douglas Fritz and J. C. McKin
ney.
Building Firm
Promotes Ware
M. A. Ware, Jr., has been pro
moted to manager of the Jim
Walter Corporation Charlotte of
fice of the home-building firm.
Mr. Ware, associated with the
company in Valdosta, Ga., for the
past year, and his family moved
to Charlotte last weekend. They
are residing at 3020 West Marl
borough Road.
Mr. Ware, son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Ware, Sr., of Kings Moun
tain, is a graduate of Davidson
college. Mrs. Ware is the former
Anne Mayes, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Mayes of Kings Moun-i
tain.
Power To Be OH
Sunday Morning
All city power service will
be suspended Sunday morning
between the hours of 6 and 7 j
o’clock, it was announced by
Hunter Allen, electrical super
intendent.
Mr. Allen said the cut-off will
be made to allow a line change
over at the Duke Power sub- {
station.
Bank Official
Died Suddenly
Of Heart Attack
Funeral rites for Frank Rickert
Summers, 64, president of First
National Bank, were held Tues
day afternoon from St. Matthew's
Lutheran church.
Mr. Summers, a Kings Moun
tain citizen for the past three
decades, died suddenly Monday
morning while en route to Char
lotte. Mrs. Summers was driving
the car in which her husband
was stricken with a fatal heart
attack. Time of death was set at
8:45 a. m. Mr. Summers was
stricken at the corner of York
street and Franklin avenue. He
was pronounced dead at Garri
son General hospital.
A heart patient for some years,
Mr. Summers had suffered some
illness for the past several mon
ths, but had not been severely
ill in recent weeks. He was at
his desk Saturday.
A native of Statesville, Mr.
Summers was born July 7, 1893.
He was a veteran of World War
I, having served as an adminis
trative lieutenant in the army
medical corps. As a young man,
he was a salesman for Observer
Printing House, Charlotte, and,
subsequent to World War i! was
in the fruit-packing business in
Tampa and Lakeland, Fla. He
came to Kings Mountain in 1928,
purchasing the retail drug firm
of the late Fred Finger. He ope
rated it as Summers Drug Com
pany until its sale to C. D. Blan
ton and J. L. McGill in the mid
thirties.
Mr. Summers was third presi
i dent of the 58-year-old bank. He
! was elected a director of First
! National Bank in 1931 and suc
ceeded the late D. M. Baker as
president in 1942. During his
presidency, the bank acquired
adjacent real estate, remodeled
completely its building, and mo
dernized its fixtures and book
keeping methods.
Mr. Summers was married to
the former Bonnie Mauney on
September 28, 1925. Three chil
dren also survive. They are Mrs.
L. E. Hinnant, of Raleigh, Miss
Frances Summers, of Charlotte,
and Frank A. Summers, of Atlan
ta, Ga.
He was a member of St. Matt
hew's Lutheran church, the Ki
wanis club and the American
Legion. During World War II, he
served as a member of the Kings
Mountain selective service board.
The final rites were conducted
by Dr. W. P. Gerberding, St.
Matthew’s pastor. Interment was
made in Mountain Rest ceme
tery.
Active pallbearers were James
Lybrand, George W. Mauney,
Glee A. Bridges, Ben H. Bridges,
Richard McGinnis, L. Arnold Kis
er, Carl Finger and Carl Ramsey.
I
Plonk Assumes
New Duties
R. G. Plonk, Jr., has assumed
duties of production control man
ager of Kings Mountain plants
of Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company, it was announced this
week by A. G. Maino, general man
ager.
Mr. Maino said Mr. Plonk as
sumed his new duties Monday
and will continue to be in charge
of cost accounting for the Kings
Mountain operation.
One More Saturday
For Registration
Registration books for the May
31 Democratic primary will be
open for the last time on Satur
day.
Registrars noted that unregis
tered persons will not be able
to vote unless they get their
names on the pollbooks by 5 p. m.
Saturday.
Registration has been brief dur
ing the Past two weeks and regis
trars think their totals will in
crease Saturday. Challenge Day
will be observed May 24.
ATTENDS MEETING
Mrs. Wanza Y. Davis, city
schols secretary, attended the
meeting last weekend in Ra
leigh of district officers and [
presidents of educational sec
retary associations who heard
an address by the national as
sociation president. Mrs. Davis
is president of the North Caro
lina Association of Educational
Secretaries.
Prospects Said
Good For Textile
School Graduates
There is plenty of opportunity
for graduates of textile schools;
in North Carolina, D. S. Hamby,!
North1 Carolina State college pro
fessor, told members of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis club last week.
Mr. Hamby, head of the quality
control and synthetics depart
ment of the School of Textiles,
told the club that the textile in
dustry in North Carolina alone
would require approximately 1,
600 textile engineers, 256 mechan
ical engineers, 328 industrial en
gineers, and 552 textile chemists.
This is according to estimates of
demands in the next five years.
This indicates a total of approxi
mately 2736 college trained per
sonnel required in the textile in
dustry of North1 Carolina.
Total enrollment in the tex
tile school of N. C. State college
for 1957 was 324. This would in
dicate eight jobs to choose from
for every man graduating from
the textile school of N. C. State
college.
There is a good future for grad
uates of the textile school. The
textile industry in North Carolina
offers starting salaries to textile
graduates just out of college and
with little or no experience rang
ing from $350 to $475 per month,
and the majority is from $400
up, plus careers unlimited, Mr.
Hamby said.
He said that the requirements j
are not too strict for entrance
into the textile school and that
there are numerous scholarships.
A good knowledge of math and
English is necessary. If a person
plans to be a textile chemist,
chemistry is pre-requisite.
Kiwanians had as their guests
many textile men from Kings
Mountain firms. L. Arnold Kiser
arranged the program.
Hampton Taking
Greenwood Post
George W. Hampton, for the
past 12 years manager of the
Liberty Life Insurance Branch of
fice here, will assume duties as
manager of the Greenwood, S. C.
office May 30.
Mr. Hampton, a Blacksburg, S.
C., native opened the Kings
Mountain office in January 1946,
after working with Liberty Life
in Gaffney, S. C., from 1941.
In Greenwood, Mr. Hampton
will direct the work of an 18
person staff serving the Green
wood area.
Mr. Hampton is a member of
First Baptist church, order of
Eastern Star, and a Mason. He is
a navy veteran of World War II.
Mrs. Hampton is the former
Dorothy Pressley, of Gaffney.
They have four children, Gail, a
high school senior, Tony, Gloria
and Terry Hampton.
Mr. Hampton said his family
would move to Greenwood in
June or July.
Louis Sabettie
Is Promoted
Promotion of Louis G. Sabettie
to assistant Gastonia _ district
manager and appointment of
Otis Falls, Jr., as Kings Moun
tain agent, were announced this
week by Robert Shi, Jr., Gastonia
manager for Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company.
The changes were effective
May 5.
Mr. Falls currently is com
pleting a two-week study at the
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Mrs. J. E. Lipiord Is Re-elected
County Democratic Vice-Chairman
Cleveland County Democrats
gathered in biennial convention
last Saturday at the county
courthouse and mutually casti
gated the Republican party for
former and current ills.
Following the convention, the
executive committee convened)
and re-elected all officers, in- |
eluding C. C. (Cobby) Horn,
chairman, Mrs. J. E. Lipford,
vice-chairman, Raymond Cline,
vice-chairman. David Royster,
secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Lipford
is from Kings Mountain, the j
other officers from Shelby.
District Solicitor B. T. Falls, Jr.,
made the keynote speech, and
accused the Republican party of
failing again with its “trickle
down” philosphy. He said he
hoped the Democrats of the 10th
Congressional District would re
move the GOP “stain” from the
North Carolina Congressional de
legation and had high praise for
David Clark, of Lincolnton, who
is expected to be the Democratic
nominee to face Charles Raper
(Continued on Page Eight)
RE-ELECTED — Mrs. J. E. Up
ford. of Kings Mountain, was re
elected vice-chairman of Cleve
land County Democrats following
the biennial convention last Sat
urday.
Political Activity
Reported Quiet
BOY'S STATE DELEGATES—Two
Kings Mountain high school stu
dents, rising seniors, have been
named delegates by Otis D.
Green Post 155, American Legion,
to annual Tar Heel Boys' State
June 8-14 at the University of
North Carolina. The delegates
are David Plonk, top, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred W. Plonk, and
Philip Padgett, Jr., son of Dr. and
Mrs. P. G. Padgett.
Lodge To Honor
Masonic Widows
Masonic dignitaries will be in
prominence at the annual ban
quet of Fairview Lodge 339 AF &
AM honoring Masonic widows at
7 p. m. Saturday night in the
Masonic Hall.
The principal address will be
delivered by W. Ed Burner of
Charlotte, junior grand steward
of the Grand Lodge of N. C. who
will be introduced by past grand
master, Dr. Charles H. Pugh.
Grand Master James G. John
stone will bring greetings from
the state’s Grand Lodge. Also in
attendance will be Andrew S.
Melvin, Jr., of Gastonia, grand
deacon of the Grand Lodge of
N. C.
Kings Mountain chapter 12 3,
Order of the Eastern Star mem
bers are in charge of meal prep
arations.
CLUB DIRECTOR
Hoyle D. (Snooks) McDaniel
has been elected a director of
Kings Mountain Country Club,
succeeding J. C. McKinney,
who resigned. Mr. McKinney
••has been suceeded as club
treasurer by Charles E. Dixon,
it was announced by President
J. E. Rhea.
May Primary
16 Days Away;
Five Key Races
County politics, customarily
reaching the peak of activity at
this time of each biennium, re
mains quiet, though the May 31
Democratic primary is only 16
days distant.
These reports come from both
candidates and would-be observ
ers.
House of Representatives Can
didate Ernest A. Gardner, in
Kings Mountain seeking votes
Wednesday, reported, ‘‘It's quiet
all over the county.”
Mr. Gardner, three-times rep
resentative to Raleigh from
Cleveland County, is opposing
George Thomasson of Kings
Mountain and Jack Palmer, Jr,,
of Shelby, for the Democratic
nomination.
Principal races to be settled
at the May 31 voting are four
county commission positions and
for county treasurer. Mrs. Lillian
Newton, veteran county treasurer,
is opposed for the first time in
the person of John C. Anderson,
1 a Shelbian who is an advertising
salesman for Kings Mountain Ra
dio Station WKMT.
Principal interest in this area
| attends the District II county
; commission contest, a three-man
I affair, which finds J, Broadus El
i lis, of Grover, and A. A. Barrett,
I of Waco, challenging Carl P. Fin
j ger, incumbent and Kings Moun
; tain laundryman.
In a local race, Richard E.
.Ware is challenging C. A. (Gus)
Huffstetler for township consta
ble.
Other commissioner contests
are: District I, Mai A. Spangler,
Shelby realtor and incumbent,
who is challenged by Tilden
Queen, Shelby miller.
District IV John D. White,
incumbent, opposed by William
A. Hastings.
District V — Knox Sarratt, in
cumbent, opposed by Kester
Hamrick.
Negro Boy Shot
Following Chase
Harry “Sonny” Goode, Gaston
| ia Negro, is recuperating in
Kings Mountain hospital after
being shot in the shoulder by
Kings Mountain Policeman Wil
liam Roper last Wednesday night
following a fast and furious
chase over the city in which
Goode allegedly tried to wreck
the policeman's prowl car.
Roper and E. H. King spotted
the car driven by Goode between
midnight and 1 a. m. and said
Goode kept looking back at the
patrol car.
Goode "took off” when the of
I ficers started their patrol car,
and Roper and King gave pur
suit.
During the winding chase, Ro
per had to turn aside once to a
void a head-on collision when
Goode turned and came back to
ward the patrol car.
The policemen pulled beside
the other car several times when
the chase led to Cleveland ave
nue, but they were unable to
stop Goode, who each time tried
to force them off the road.
Approaching the interection of
Cleveland avenue and Linwood
road, Goode lost control of his
car and overturned in the road
way.
Crawling from the wreckage,
he started running. Roper report
(Continued on Page Eight)
Policemen Attire
Lone Ranger Style
Kings Mountain friends o f
city policemen had difficulty
recognizing them last Thursday,
as the officers donned new sum
mer uniforms.
The new uniforms are tan
with dark brown trimming, are
kin to those worn by county
deputies and are topped off
witH a Texas-style starw hat.
One lady wanted to know,
“Ahe they really going to ride?”
The officers have been taking
some teasing for their new
sartorial splendor. Officer Jack
ie Barrett laughed, “Yeah’ they
even gave us name plates so
people would know us.”
Officer Bill Roper defended
the rancho-style hat. Said he,
“It's cool.”
Chief Martin Ware said the
department voted on the new
uniforms and adopted the
straw sombrero last spring.