KAMINSKI GOES ROYAL: Princess Mary of Denmark was photographed in the Australian Woman's Day magazine on May 9th, 2005 in a Helen Kaminski hat. She was wearing the “Provence” 12 in desert mix from the spring ‘03 collection. Princess Mary of Denmark wore the hat to a benefit in Thailand for tsunami victims. The Kaminski label is owned by the Bollman Hat Company.

MAGILL HAT COMPANY SOLD: Jack Jacobson, the 50-year veteran (and President of Magill Hat Co.) has sold his company, Magill Hat to Mark Spinner and Marvin Shostak. Both Spinner and Shostak have worked for the Montreal Quebec Canada, for over 30 years. Their temporary web page is www.magillhat.com. “We are going to keep the same product line and are looking to expand into the U.S. market. We currently have a salesman in Chicago,” said Spinner. For information call: (514) 381-8561 Fax: (514) 381-8795. E-mail is chapeaumagillhat@bellnet.ca

KUDOS TO DAN SAFERSTEIN, president of Sportsman Cap Network. Saferstein was recently selected as one of the 2005 Class of Ingram’s 40 Under Forty. The Kansas City-based publication honors the best, brightest and most generous under 40-year-olds in Kansas City. “This award is a reflection of the values and principles I learned from my grandfather, Abe Yeddis. Abe is the reason I’m doing what I’m doing today at a level that yields measurable success,” Said Saferstein. He positioned the company as a “network” which distributes a variety of headwear brands and he recruits separate companies to serve as warehouses or suppliers, creating an additional 10 locations for the Sportsman Cap Network. Call 800-221-4744 or visit us online at www.sportsmancaps.com.

New Era Cap Co. announced that Bill Adams, its National Sales Manager has been promoted to the newly developed position of Vice President of U.S. Sales. Adams has been with New Era since August 2001 when he joined the company as Eastern Regional Sales Manager; he was promoted to National Sales Manager in 2003. Prior to joining New Era, Mr. Adams had a 17-year career in sales at Converse. Adams played professional baseball for San Francisco and St. Louis minor leagues from 1973 - 1977.

Minnesota man collects 12,000 hats….talk about mad hatters!: A southern Minnesota man is on a quest to land a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Buckey Legried of Frost, Minnesota, has collected over 70,000 baseball caps. Iowa. A friend recently gave him 12,000 more. "He called me up one day and he said 'Buckey, I've got these caps in my house and my wife has said if the caps don't go, she's gonna' go. I'd kind of like to live with her a little bit longer, so I think you better come and get the caps.'" Legried's cap collection is twice as large as the current record, and is kept in two 48-foot semi- trailers on his farm. It all started in 1970. "Up on the shelf, there was a dozen caps and they were all different colors and I said to myself, you know, this looks like kind of an interesting hobby to start collecting caps." Legried is trying to get a cap from each state with the state name on it. If people want to donate caps, they can call him at 800-788-6484.

HELYN COEN, hat and dress designer from Cincinnati, Ohio passed away at age 94. She operated Hats by Helyn in downtown Cincinnati from 1930 till 1977. Her son, Reed Coen said she made hats for Eleanor Roosevelt and gowns for ladies who were presented to the Queen of England. Some of Coen's hats are part of the Cincinnati Art Museum's collection. "You could spot one of her hat boxes a block away because they were unique. Decorated with zebra stripes, the boxes themselves have become collector's items,” said her son. Coen hated the modern way of not wearing hats. She complained that she "felt undressed without the hat, but no one else wore one."