Saturday, January 26, 2008
James Newton Ladd, Bay Police Chief
My Dad, James Newton Ladd, was the police chief in Bay. He had some really funny stories to tell, and I may not do them justice, but just to let you know what life was in Bay in the early 70’s when Dad wore a blue uniform…..he got domestic calls all hours of the night. One time he was called out and some guy was just laying in the floor with a bullet in his leg.---he made his wife angry, and she just wanted to make him shut up! But one of the funniest stories he told was when he went out on a call, walked up to the house, knocked on the door…and I promise….this is the truth, a MONKEY opened the door and let him in! Wish I could have seen his face on that call! Dad had some really good stories. In fact that is what Dad and Uncle Pete are famous for. They both remembered so much about people, and the way they told the stories were soooo funny! I sure wish we would have got this together years ago. It would have been so neat to listen to those stories again, no matter how many times I have heard them.
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Jim, I remember people saying that Dad would stop them and they would think they were going to get a ticket but then decided he just liked to talk.
That's awesome! My Dad would always talk about you guys, Debbey! It's funny -- after almost 40 years, I feel like I know all of you! I can't wait to see you!
After getting to know Cory, I can tell you all that he is just like Dad (and Sandi). He is the kind of person who never meets a stranger. Dylan is going to have some stories to tell about his dad one of these days too!
Great stories Sandi!
Don't believe her!!! I'm really an a** hole!!!
Dylan is now banned from the blog......
Hey Dylan would you be interested in finding us a free web hosting service that we might link to this blog? That way we could have a static place to go to reference things like photos, event planning, family tree info, etc. Just let me know--no biggie if you don't have time, I realize you got a heavy school and social schedule.
Love,
Jodi
Okay Cory....you can't get a comment that says you are a cross between me and my Dad and then say you're an a**hole!!! That would mean I'm half a**hole!! LOL! So take it back....accept your compliments! I'll take all I can get!! Would you believe I actually had a class that taught us (or tried to) teach us how to accept compliments without being negative???? It's true! It's like when someone says that like your shirt and then you feel obligated to tell them your wife picked it up for you at Goodwill and it's really not that great LOL!
Love ya!...what a great guy you are!
Sandi
Cory, it's a little scary that we all have so many characterisitcs in common the good thing is we all like to have fun.
So what are you all saying that Corey is half man and half woman? If he is like sandi then he needs those butt patches that calms her down. Debbie/Jodi make sure she is medicated on July 4th. Remember we are talking about a woman that runs down the street half nakkid stealing somebody elses dogs. Now Corey does that sound like you. On the other hand if you bring stranger's that need's debugging and lets them sleep on your couch then you can be like my dad.
I am only afraid of the dangerous fireworks that people shoot in their back yards. It's a reasonable fear. And let's please be clear that it was Sandi who runs down the street stealing dogs--but oddly that is only because she is a good person. And Dad had a good heart, and it's not a bad thing to bring weary folks in who have no place to go. I mean some of them just got out of prison and hadn't made a lot of plans. Hmm...come to think of it, maybe I owe Cory an apology for the analogy.
There is no dangerous fireworks, just people. And hey everybody make sure you get your directions to here from Sandi, she is a wiz at stuff like that! P.S. here is a dad story: Dad is out-side on a cold burning the garbage in a barrel. A young boy from across the way is watching, and Dad said boy it sure is cold out here, and the boy said, "well stupid zip up your coat." I was going to tell another Sandi story, but I'll give her a break tonight, she is telling Donna how smart she is.
okay, wait a minute, when did I steal dogs? I probably did, but it must have been something I didn't think much about. Did I do that? And yeah...Dad brought home some really spooky people, and WE know how they all looked asleep on our couch. You never walked out of the bedroom half dressed....cuz you didn't know who would be there. (Mom used bleach around the house A LOT). I've heard stories where people would come in the the restaurant on the night shift when Dad was working, and he would literally go in the back room and get them a set of his own clothes, feed them, and give them some money for the bus or what ever...course when they didn't work, he brought them home. Kind of strange that we were so used to it that it didn't even bear mentioning: "hey, who's that guy sleeping on our couch?" LOL! I don't think that's normal!!!
Alright....I take it back! From now on, I'm all about the compliments so let 'em fly....no, seriously....anytime now.......................
Boy we sure do share a lot of characteristics. I guess for better or worse we've all been dipped in the same gene pool. And Debbey, I agree -- we all seem to have that having fun thing down pat!
And Jim -- I'm no more than 1/4 woman....I swear! Afer you see me, you'll be like, "Wow...of all the things that goof said, that may have been the most true"!
Like I said...the older men get, the more estrogen breaks thru. "People say" old men are nice, (and that's because they get in touch with their feminine side!!!)
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