UPDATE: Some items, including the uniform, were found.

ORIGINAL Sometime between Tuesday evening, November 8th and Thursday evening, November 10th, the Union Street Players say someone stole several pieces of an authentic naval uniform from their Green Room in the Pella Community Center.

The uniform belonged to USP member Jim Palmer from his years serving as a pilot in the United States Navy. Palmer, a member of the cast and crew of “The Christmas Post” had brought his old uniform to the community center to see if it could be used in the show.

“The Christmas Post” is USP’s holiday show and one of the characters runs a small town department store like a naval commander. The character, portrayed by Vander Well, was utilizing Palmer’s dress uniform jacket and hat for his costume. Vander Well says two articles disappeared from the USP Green Room along with a white dress shirt, black dress pants, and wool overcoat, all of which belonged to Palmer. A policeman’s hat–unrelated to Palmer’s uniform, was also stolen.

Union Street Players is interested in finding and reclaiming the stolen pieces. If anyone has any information that might lead to their recovery, they are encouraged to e-mail info@unionstreetplayers.com or call their box office at 641-204-1094.