WE WILL POST A FEW PHOTOS OF THE KEYSTONE KOPS, BUT FIRST RELATE AN INCIDENT OR INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THAT GLORIOUS PERIOD, THE COPLAY CENTENNIAL IN 1969. THERE WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE ONE MORNING WHEN FOLKS WENT SHOPPING AT THE COPLAY DISCOUNT FAIR. AT THAT TIME, THE ENTRANCE WAS LOCATED 3/4 OF THE WAY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE OLD TANNERY BUILDING, TOWARDS CHESTNUT ST. LO & BEHOLD, THE KLINK WAS ON TOP OF THE SMALL CANOPY THAT COVERED THE ENTRANCE TO THE STORE. TIL THIS DAY, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE STEPPED FORWARD AND TOOK CREDIT FOR THIS PRANK. ANOTHER INCIDENT TOOK PLACE WHEN JOHN ZSIGOVITS & SERGE LOTTI VISITED A HOME ON SAYLOR DRIVE SEARCHING FOR THE KLINK THAT WAS MISSING AGAIN. THE HOME OWNER HAD BUILT A GARAGE WHERE THE CARPORT HAD BEEN AND ADDED A SMALL ENTRANCE ALCOVE TO THE MAIN HOUSE DOOR. THE STORY UNFOLDS AS JOHN AND SERGE KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND CONFRONT THE OWNER. THEY WERE FOLLOWING UP A LEAD ON THE LOCATION OF THE NOW (AGAIN) MISSING KLINK AND WERE TOLD IT MIGHT BE AT THIS ADDRESS. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT NEWSPAPERS WERE COVERING THE GARAGE DOOR WINDOWS AND THE INTERIOR WASN'T VISIBLE TO ANYONE. THE RESIDENT STATED THAT THE KLINK WAS NOT THERE AND THE DISCUSSION CONTINUED WHEN THE OWNER ASKED JOHN & SERGE IF THEY THOUGHT HE WOULD LIE TO THEM. INCIDENTALLY, THE LITTLE ALCOVE HAD NO COVERING TOWARDS THE GARAGE IF YOU STEPPED INSIDE THAT OUTSIDE DOOR. JOHN & SERGE TALKED WITH THE OWNER ON THE LITTLE STOOP OUTSIDE THE ALCOVE DOOR. AFTER FURTHER CONVERSATION, THE HOME OWNER TOLD JOHN & SERGE THAT THEY WERE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME IN AND LOOK FOR THEMSELVES, IF IN FACT, THEY THOUGHT HE WAS LYING TO THEM. WITH THAT, THEY BOTH APOLOGIZED, SAID THEY TRUSTED HIS WORD AND LEFT. THEY NEVER DID FIND OUT IF THE KLINK WAS IN THE GARAGE DURING THAT VISIT.
AND NOW, SEVERAL PHOTOS OF THOSE DAYS GONE BY:
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| KOPLAY KEYSTONE KOPS CHIEF AARON SEASER REVIEWING HIS TROOPS AND PRESENTING HIS AGENDA OF THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES. |
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| LAST MINUTE DISCUSSION BETWEEN L TO R: KOP AL RECKER, CHIEF SEASER & KOP SERGE LOTTI. |
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| KOPS CHIEF AARON SEASER DISCUSSING WITH COPLAY POLICE CHIEF WILLIAM "BILL" BALLIET, THE LEGALITY OF PENDING CHARGES AGAINST A BROTHERS OF THE BRUSH CHAPTER MEMBER. |
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| KEYSTONE KOP AL RECKER POSTING THE OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS AS PER THE COPLAY CENTENNIAL CHAPTER "SISTERS OF THE SWISH" TEMPERANCE LEAGUE. |
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| KOPLAY KEYSTONE KOP JOHN ZSIGOVITS CONDUCTS A PUBLIC READING OF THE RULES & REGULATIONS WITH CHIEF SEASER AT HIS RIGHT ARM & KOP STERLING MILLER BEHIND HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. |
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| BRINGING THE KLINK TO THE SITE OF THE HEARING. L TO R: K.KOP JOE POLZER, CHIEF AARON SEASER, K. KOP ANDY MOLCHANY AND K.KOP STERLING MILLER |
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| LAUBACH'S SAYLORS CHAPTER MEMBER AND ATTORNEY FOR JIM MILLS, MEMBER NICK DOBIL, PLEADS HIS CASE.WOULD YOU SAY THE KEYSTONE KOPS WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME AND TOTALLY DISINTERESTED IN THE PROCEEDING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE KEYSTONE KOP ON JIM'S LEFT, ROGER LONG. |
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| JIM MILLS OF LAUBACH'S SAYLORS CONTINUES WITH HIS DEFENSE AS KOPS CHIEF AARON SEASER LOOKS ON. |
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| CHIEF SEASER BRINGS IN THE EVIDENCE. WAS JIM MILLS REALLY TRYING TO PURLOIN THE KEYSTONE KOPS PORKER ? |
AND NOW TO FINISH THE STORY.
YES!!!
THE KOPLAY KEYSTONE KLINK WAS IN THE GARAGE.
WE ALL LAUGHED HEARTILY
AT THE SHENANIGANS WE ALL
PARTICIPATED IN DURING
ONE OF THE GREATEST
CELEBRATIONS EVER WITNESSED
IN THE CLOSEST THING TO UTOPIA
OUR BELOVED COPLAY.
FOR YOU YOUNGER FOLKS THAT
MIGHT READ THIS, IT WILL BE UP
TO YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND
PLAN FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
JUST 7 YEARS FROM NOW.
HAVE A BALL. WE DID!!!
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