CDW: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE?
MB: OH GOODNESS,-AT LEAST-SINCE 1968.
CDW: WHEN DID YOU COME WITH THE PATROL?
MB: JUNE 1, 1956.
CDW: 1956--YOU DIDN'T START HERE THEN, DID YOU?
MB: YES, THEY HAD A SMALL STATION AND THE COLONEL CALLED ME UP. HE
HAD A HABIT OF CALLING ME UP ABOUT 5:30. AND SAYING HE WOULD
MEET ME AT 6:00 AT THE RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN TO HAVE COFFEE, AND
HE CALLED ME UP ONE MORNING AND I CAME TO MEET HIM AND HE ASKED
ME HOW ABOUT GOING TO WORK FOR HIM. THEY WERE PLANNING TO MAKE
THIS A TROOP HEADQUARTERS.
CDW: THAT WAS COLONEL...?
MB: KIRKMAN.
CDW: COLONEL KIRKMAN--GRANDADDY OF THE HIGHWAY PATROL.
MB: FINEST MAN I'VE EVER KNOWN.
CDW: SO YOU WENT TO WORK AS A CLERK?
MB: YES, AS A PART-TIME CLERK AND THEN LATER ON HE CAME DOWN AND
SAID IF I WOULD GIVE HIM ANOTHER 5 HOURS A WEEK HE WOULD RAISE
MY SALARY AND PUT ME ON FULL-TIME.
CDW: WHAT WAS THE STARTING SALARY BACK THEN FOR A CLERK?
MB: $200 A MONTH.
CDW: $200 A MONTH--A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY BACK THEN TOO.
MB: YES, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY KEPT
A LOT MORE RECORDS THEN THAN THEY DO NOW.
CDW: IS THAT RIGHT? WHAT WERE SOME OF THE DUTIES THAT YOU HAD WHEN
YOU FIRST STARTED OFF?
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