Opinion Column: Winterville trick still tickles Ron Adams
In the 1980s, Winterville Councilman Ron Adams joked that the city’s newest street should be named the Wesley Whitehead International Boulevard. Instead, his cohorts flipped the joke — all 58 feet of it — back on the jokester. Adams said, “Wesley Whitehead taught me a lesson. Don’t try to pull a joke on the person who makes the ultimate decision. He got the last laugh.” (Photo/Dink NeSmith)
Have you ever tried to pull a practical joke and have it backfire — on you?
That’s what happened to Winterville City Councilman Ron Adams about 40 years ago. I remember Ron telling me the s…
