LAUREL & ITS COP!

      Yes it is true! There was a time when the small town of Laurel had its own police department of one! His name was Emery Wunn and this was the mid to late 1950's and at least until I graduated in 1962.

       According to another classmate of mine, he drove this early 50's Oldsmobile Coup that was a pale blue. Because Emery was a large man and drove around generally by himself the car leaned heavily to the driver's side. 

       He and his family lived in a house on the west side of Main Street or highway 14 on the south edge of Laurel across from the school. Many times he would park on that last street and would wait for cars that  might be speeding through town. In those days there were no radar guns, but, they would just estimate with a watch and markings on the highway. I am not sure if the speeder had to pay on the spot before leaving town?

        Maybe today it seems silly to have had what in some ways was private security for the town. But, looking back, even if he helped slow cars down going through our little "Mayberry" and making it a little bit safer for everyone that was OK. I don't think that he was given enough credit or respect for the job that he did do!