5/3/1956

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, May 3, 1956   Vol. C566

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LOCAL NEWS

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IRON WORKS TALKS TO TOWN COUNCIL

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East Farewell – The Iron Works management and the Town Council held meetings last week to discuss the Iron Works announcement of a possible move. The Town Council wanted more details and possible dates, if any, of the possible move. Before the meeting apprehension around town was extremely high and rumors were rampant. The Council was understandably concerned not only with the possibility of losing the largest employer and taxpayer in town but also losing a town icon. The Iron Works has been in town since the founding of East Farewell. In fact, it can be argued that the Iron Works was the reason that East Farewell existed at all. If the Iron Works were to leave a large part of the town would lose their employment. Not only the workers at the plant but also all the people that support the Iron Works in one way or the other.

The meetings were not open to the public but the meeting notes will be released early next week. Unofficial remarks have been that the Iron Works was only exploring options in case of an economic downturn. 

The current economic situation is very favorable for the Iron Works. They currently supply a large portion of the rails that are being used by the Mighty Keystone Railroad’s expansion to the west of East Farewell. The Iron Works has always been a main supplier to the railroad from its founding in 1913. It was specifically built by the railroad to accomplish this task. It was later sold to Charles Lumeier to avoid monopoly charges by the government.

The prevailing attitude from an informal survey by this paper shows that most people feel the Iron Works will stay and this is just a ploy to get a possible tax break. “The IW has always been here and it will always be here. Why would they leave?” said local restaurateur, Charles Wenz. “They are an integral part of the community and they will always be here.”

 

Inside the Iron Works

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS GROUND EAGLES

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Erie – The Travelers played their first road game against the Erie Eagles on Saturday and showed why they are the defending champs. They crushed the hapless Eagles 6-0. The Travelers took control early and starting pitcher, Joey Alfred, pitched the season’s first shutout. The Eagles were unable to get on the board and were only able to squeeze out 5 hits throughout the entire game. The Travelers scored two in the first with Cloos driving in Dimero with his fourth dinger. His blazing start set a league record; he is the first to hit four home runs this early in the season. The rest of the Travelers were not going to be left out, though, in the third Art Archibald and Billy Sweet were able to tag Eagles pitcher, Ray Felt, for a double and a single and then right fielder, Ralph Francis, smacked a base clearing triple but ended the inning there. Traveler’s defense also played a big part in keeping the Eagles at bay, they were able to turn three double plays to continually snuff out any threat posed by the Eagles. The Travelers finished the scoring in the eighth with another two run smash by catcher, Joey Brown. The team looked like they were in midseason form with this impressive showing. They will continue their road trip next week in Albany.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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LOTS OF OIL – HAMMARSKJOLD RETURNS TO NYC – MAMIE GETS A SPECIAL TUNE – CARS ON A BEAM – CLIFT RETURNS – WINS TO RECREATE BALL GAMES

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Plenty of oil - National petroleum reserves currently are the highest in U.S. history

U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold returns to a chorus of praise and certainty of Security Council approval for his Middle East negotiations on Israeli-Arab peace. 

Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower goes to a Congressional Club party and comes away “with a song in my heart.” The song, titled “Mamie,” was written especially for the club’s midday breakfast by Slim Willett of Abilene, Texas. He’s the composer of the Perry Como hit - “Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes.” “Just like a rainbow brightens a rainy day, Mamie can smile and her winning smile makes it a brighter day…” 

Henry Dreyfuss, a leading industrial designer says automobiles of the future will hover a few feet off the ground, and it will be possible for a motorist to reach a destination with that aid of “an IMB card which will keep you on the beam.” He predicted that it will be possible in the future ‘to talk a letter into a typewriter or dictating machine and get a neatly typed letter out the other end.” 

He dropped out of site for nearly 3 years. On May 12, 1953, Montgomery Clift completed work in the film, “From here To Eternity,” and went to New York and dropped out, as far as Hollywood was concerned. This week, he’s back in Hollywood and has begun work on MGM’s Civil War movie from the novel “Raintree County.” 

WINS, New York which normal broadcasts Yankee games, will re-create about 20 games of other major league teams when the New York team is not playing. The first will be next week with a broadcast of the Cleveland Indians-Boston Red Sox game at Boston. Re-creation consists of reading the plays form a wire ticker from the ballpark and presenting it moments later from the WINS studio.

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4/26/1956

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 26, 1956   Vol. C565

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LOCAL NEWS

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IRON WORKS MAY MOVE

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East Farewell- In a shocking and surprising announcement today, the East Farewell Iron Works announced it may be moving its entire operation to new location.  The new location was not officially disclosed but many sources indicated that it will be out of state.  The management has not indicated that the move has been set, it is still in the discussion stages and no final decision has been made at this time.  The management has emphatically stated that these are only preliminary discussions and it is entirely possible that no move will take place.

            The Iron Works has been in East Farewell since the town was founded in the early part of the century.   The Mighty Keystone Railroad first set up the Iron Works to supply rails for its westward expansion.  In 1913 the Iron Works was sold by the Mighty Keystone Railroad to a local business group headed by Francis O’Sullivan.  The business was spun off from the main railroad under pressure from anti-monopoly forces in the government and O’Sullivan’s group received very favorable terms in the sale.  Along with the factory and trained, IWU union labor force, O’Sullivan received an almost continuous order for rails from the railroad.  The business thrived and expanded through the following decades.  As recently as 1955 work was so plentiful that an extra shift was started and an additional 100 workers were added.

            There are many reasons for the move, all are pure speculation because the management will not comment, range from the increased price of raw materials to labor costs (the labor force went to a union shop in 1947) to local pressure on the quality of Lake Charles water and the air in town.  East Farewell has become an increasingly popular resort town in the past decade and concern for the quality of life has become very important to the local economy and population.  

The Iron Works has been an integral member of the East Farewell community and many families have deep ties to the “Works.”  If the Iron Works were to move a major employer in the town would leave and the town’s economy would be severely impacted.  The Iron Works is also the second largest corporate tax payer in town as well as the third largest land holder.  As of this edition, the Town Council was planning to meet early next week with the Iron Works management to discuss the possible move and what options the town has.

“This could have disastrous effects on the town,” said Tom Connelly, Town Council President. “We cannot afford to lose the essential member of our community.  The town would be pushed to the edge of collapse if the Iron Works were to pull out.”

        East Farewell Iron Works

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS START OFF STRONG BEHIND HOT OFFENSE

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East Farewell- The Travelers baseball team is off to its best start ever.  They have won eight of their fist nine games and have only allowed seven runs in all eight games.  In their latest win the Travelers bested the Corning CGW 5-0.  The offense continued to display versatility as all nine team members got hits.  Johnny Cloos seems to be back in shape after a late season injury last season.  He had three hits including a home run, his third of the young season.  The defense has been extremely stingy so far this season and this game was no exception.  The super infield of “Mean” Richie Lane, Dale Dunham, Artie Archibald and Bobby Watson continue to stymie other offenses, this season they have already turned 6 double plays in the early season.  There has been a one hitter and three shutouts so far.  The fans have been showing their support by selling out all home games so far this season.  This promises to be record setting season for the Travelers and an exciting and entertaining one for the fans.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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SMOKING CAUSES CANCER – CAPITOL RECORDS CELEBRATES 14^TH BIRTHDAY - COLUMBIA QUITS ON 78s

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Scientists who experimented with tars from burning tobacco say that lung cancer could be reduced by 75% if people did not smoke cigarettes. But a spokesperson for the tobacco industry said their evidence is inconclusive. The scientists served on a panel at the 47th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Atlantic City.

Capitol Records celebrates 14 years and unveiled its Hollywood Capital Tower on Vine Street. Glenn Wallachs, the company’s President said in an interview - “Sometimes it doesn’t seem possible that 14 years have elapsed between the release of the first Capitol record and the opening of the Capitol Tower. Or that it’s been a decade and a half since Johnny Mercer and I discussed our Capitol plans in a Hollywood record store.” “It’s so easy to remember when the company’s floor space was just 40 by 100

feet. But sometimes it doesn’t seem possible that all this happened in only 14 years: that since “Cow Cow Boogie” became a hit, our humble war-born independent has become an international organization, one of the world’s major producers, manufacturers and distributors of phonograph records.” 

Columbia Records announces it is pulling-out of making 78rpm records and wants to concentrate on 45’s.  The 78rpm single has been on a steady decline and received a push to oblivion early this year when several record labels, led by RCA, upped their prices on 78’s from 89 cents to 98 cents. Columbia says that no more than 25% of the label’s new single releases will be issued automatically on 78’s and that the proportion would diminish further as the years goes by. All record companies say the decline in 78 sales during the past few years has forced up the cost of production and besides using more raw material - the disks were more difficult and costly to handle because of breakage problems. Besides, radio stations and jukeboxes have virtually completed conversion to 45’s.  One area the 78 single still shines is with country & western and rhythm & blues releases. Here it is reported, the consumer still has the old-fashioned one-speed (78) phono player.

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4/19/1956

 EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 19, 1956   Vol. C564

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LOCAL NEWS

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IS THE FLOWER SHOW GOING TO OPEN?

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East Farewell – Many questions are being asked by both townspeople and vendors about this year’s Flower Show. It was supposed to open this week but no plans have been announced and the Director, Monica Shippensport, has not made any public statement or for that matter has not been seen in public for several weeks. This would have been only the fourth year of the show but the previous shows have all been very successful. Announcements made by Miss Shippensport in late January indicated that the Show would be held during the second week of April, slightly later than the other shows but the reason given was that there would be more blooming flowers available at that time. When vendors were asked they said they felt the later date was not really necessary because they were able to force blooms and they liked the early dates because it would brighten up the gray February days. Undaunted Miss Shippensburg stuck to her original schedule and declared the dates to be April 14^th to 25^th. That appearance for the announcement was the last Miss Shippensport was last seen in public with her new suitor, Romando. There has been some speculation that Romando was not the most respectable character and was from out of town. No other information was given about Miss Shippensport relationship with Romando. The question that everyone is asking is where is the Flower Show? The next question is where is Monica Shippensport? The police have said they will start an investigation but it is clearly evident that there will not be a Flower Show this year.  

:Past photo of the Flower Show

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS MAKE IT FOUR IN A ROW

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East Farewell – The Travelers are ripping through the league early in the season. They have yet to lose a game and their latest victims were the Ondita Cougars and curveball ace Sam ‘Cat’ Caterno, 3-1, on Saturday. Big hits have been the Travelers modus operandi and this game was no different. ‘Cat’ was perfect for the first three innings but in the fourth Johnny Cloos led off with a 3-2 smash out of the park which seemed to rattle Caterno because he then gave up a double to Dimero and a single to Archibald, scoring Dimero on a bad throw home from center fielder Frank Houser. Caterno settled down and went back to his mystifying curve and kept the Travelers off the board until the ninth when a rare reliever, Joe Reynolds, threw a low outside fastball to Francis and he sent it over the left field fence into the stands. Traveler’s pitcher, Danny Lane was very strong allowing six hits, walking four and letting in only one run. The defensive side was brilliant once again turning two double plays and a beautiful run saving strike from right by Tony Dimero.

            The Travelers stay at home next week when they host Corning. The game begins a1:30 on Saturday.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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GRACE KELLY AND MARGARET TRUMAN ARE MARRIED- NOT TO EACH OTHER – THEIVES HIT THE WEDDING - NEW STAMP HONORS GRACE’S WEDDING

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Prince Rainier III takes on his new bride - Grace Kelly - The Princess of Monaco. Afterwards, they sailed in their honeymoon yacht a dozen miles down the Monte Carlo coast to spend the night in a quiet harbor under a starry sky.

Grace Kelly can still remain an American citizen, even after she assumes the title of Her Serene Highness Princess of Monaco.

Jewel thieves make several hauls from a swank hotel housing grace Kelly’s wedding guests in Monte Carlo. Mrs. Maree Pamp, a Philadelphia society woman - and one of Grace’s bridesmaids, reported $10,000 worth of jewelry missing from her room. Last week, another Philadelphia social figure had some $45,000 in jewelry stolen from her room at the Hotel de Paris.

Monacan officials report the sale of the special stamp issue honoring the wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III was a big success. It more than took care of Monaco’s share of the wedding bills. The sets of eight stamps priced at $2.38 pre set brought in about $571,000 from buyers around the world. 

Also married this week - Margaret Truman marries Clifton Daniel Jr. (of the New York Times) in a simple ceremony in Independence, MO.

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