EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
10, 1958 Vol. C667
LOCAL
NEWS
EASTER EGG HUNT ON LAKEFRONT
PLAZA
East Farewell – The 1958 Easter Egg Hunt took place on the
Lakefront Plaza last Sunday afternoon. Even though it was Easter Sunday the
turnout was exceptional. This year there were 35 entrants, up 5 from last year.
While the age group was held at ten and under the number of eggs was increased
from 150 to 175 eggs, even though there were 5 unfound eggs last year. Also
this year the start time was pushed back to 3:00PM to give all the families to
finish their lunches. This was the third Egg Hunt on the Plaza and the
logistics have been worked out to a fairly efficient, machine like event. If
you call pure chaos fairly efficient and machine like. Promptly at 3:00 the
banner was dropped at the head of the Lakefront Plaza and 40 high spirited
children dressed in their Easter best broke out and scattered, all very
determined to win the Golden Egg, the prize given for to the finder of the most
eggs. This year the winner was little Frankie Kelly with a grand total of 20
eggs, far surpassing last year’s winner, Florence O’Hara who had 16. This year a
new and improved “Golden Egg” was presented to Master Kelly avoiding last years
near calamity when the 1955 winner, Manny Watkins had to give Florence the
Golden Egg as the original idea was to pass the egg along each year. Well,
Manny believed he had won the Egg fair and square and was entitled to the
Golden Egg forever. It was only after some firm motherly intervention and a
promise that he would indeed receive an egg that he handed over the Golden Egg
to Florence. This year all the two previous winners displayed their trophies
and shared the winner’s platform with Frankie, who proudly displayed his very
own Golden Egg. Manny, who did not compete this year due to his 11 years of age
beat a hasty retreat from the winner’s platform saying, “That is for little
kids, I’m 11 and I don’t need to hunt for eggs anymore.”
The East
Farewell Egg Hunt was another success and even though organizer, Sue Logan, compared it
to herding cats it was great fun for the children and since only 166 eggs were
accounted for the birds and assorted wildlife that frequent the Plaza after
midnight are also thankful for the event. Next year Easter falls on March 29th
which is very early and it is not unusual for East Farewell to still have snow
on the ground at that time. Miss Logan would not make any comment on what would
happen if the Plaza was still snow covered for the Egg Hunt. “We’ll have to
wait and see what happens, that is a whole year away and we really just want to
enjoy today, thank you.”
Florence
O’Hara –the Golden Egg and the other winners. Frankie Kelly in rear.
SPORTS
TRAVELERS PREPARE FOR THE 1958 SEASON
East Farewell – The Travelers are getting ready for their
1958 season with early spring practices on the refurbished ball park field.
This year promises to be another winning season and several scribes have picked
the Travelers to win it all. The Travelers have consistently been in the top
third of the league with championships in 1952, 1953 and 1955. They finished in
second place last year and most of the players were dissatisfied with the
season. Johnny Cloos called a team meeting after the last game last season,
which happened to be a win for the Travelers, and he laid down the plan for
this year. On Monday he reconvened the team in the ball park locker room and
held a closed door meeting. No one was
talking about what went on in there but the team came out all fired up and
ready to hit the practice field. When asked about the meeting Cloos would only
smile and say, “What went on in there is between the team. You will see the
results this season on the fields. You will have to just wait, and make sure
you go to the games.”
The games
begin this Saturday with a home opener against arch rival Slate Mountain Miners
with their ace Tony “Michael” Angelo on the mound. The Travelers are countering
with their own ace and perfect game hurler, Joe Nagy. The game will begin at
3:00 after the season opening ceremonies. This year the opening ceremonies will
include the team being introduced to fanfare supplied by the Regional High
School Marching Band. The first pitch will be thrown out by Regional High School
science teacher Bill Farley who has become a local celebrity thanks to his
recognition by President Eisenhower for his outstanding work in Regional High’s
science program that emphasizing outer space understanding and rocketry.
The
Travelers will open the season with a three game home stand. Along with the
Miners, the Travelers will host the Riverview Anglers and the Cedar Creek
Bulls. The ball park has undergone extensive upgrading over the course of the
off season including a completely reseeded infield along with new dirt around
the bases and on the base paths. The seats have been upgraded, too. Now all
seats have backs an upgrade for the bleacher fans. The concession stands have
been upgraded and now will serve food from local
restaurants. Many people have been asking for a pre-season tour of the ball
park but the Travelers’ management has declined to offer any such accommodation
saying only everyone will have to wait and be surprised at opening day.
Travelers Stadium
NATIONAL NEWS
RADIO REVENUES DOWN BUT COMEBACK EXPECTED – RADIOACTIVE
FALLOUT SHOW TO AIR ON CBS – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK
Robert Sarnoff, president of NBC, says its
radio network has lost about $9 million since 1953, but expects it to comeback.
He says NBC-radio’s losses were less last year than the previous year, and the
break-even point may be attained soon. The ABC radio network is undergoing
reorganization in an effort to reduce losses that have amounted to more than $2
million a year. This week, ABC drops all its weekday entertainment type of
programs except one. ABC radio will now concentrate on building its newscasts.
Since around 1953 - all of the major radio networks have lost money, but things
are looking better. Broadcasting Magazine estimates that the four major radio
networks collectively had a 9.8% increase in net time sales in 1957. Meantime,
some independent stations are doing much better. Advertising is up on major
music stations, whose primary programs are manned by disc jockeys.
CBS’s “See It Now” conducts a
frightening program this week on the hazards of radioactive fall-out. Hosted by
Edward R. Murrow – the program showed explosions, methods of detecting
fall-out, slides of human cells exposed to strong radiation and the
constructive uses of isotopes, plus interviews with authorities.
Pop music
this week –
LOLLIPOP - The Chordettes
TEQUILA - The Champs
TWILIGHT TIME - The Platters
FOR YOUR LOVE - Ed Townsend
LAZY MARY (Luna Mezzo Mare) - Lou Monte
WHO’S SORRY NOW - Connie Francis
BLUEBIRDS OVER THE MOUNTAIN - Ersel
Hickey
MET HIM ON A SUNDAY – The Shirelles
BOOK OF LOVE - The Monotones
26 MILES (Santa Catalina) – The Four
Preps
HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD (In His Hands)
- Laurie London
ROCK AND ROLL IS HERE TO STAY - Danny
& The Juniors
SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN – Chuck Berry
DINNER WITH DRAC (Part 1) -John Zacherle
BALLAD OF A TEENAGE QUEEN - Johnny Cash
SO TOUGH - The Original Casuals
BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY – Ricky Nelson
ARE YOU SINCERE - Andy Williams
A WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE - Pat Boone
DON’T YOU JUST KNOW IT - Huey (Piano)
Smith & The Clowns
BREATHLESS - Jerry Lee Lewis
WITCH DOCTOR - David Seville
EVERY NIGHT (I Pray) - The Chantels
BILLY - Kathy Linden
TEACHER’S PET - Doris Day
MAYBE BABY - The Crickets
CATCH A FALLING STAR - Perry Como
CHANSON D’AMOUR (Song Of Love) - Art
& Dotty Todd
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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