March 28, 1974
Having served as temporary fire chief for 22 years, Ivan Hoy was finally permanently appointed to the position this week. City Manager David Crutcher recommended the promotion for Hoy, joking that the volunteer chief had successfully passed his “probationary period.” Hoy told City Council that he said in 1952 he’d take the job temporarily until the city could find somebody else. Hoy was asked in 1939 to join as a volunteer to…