5/10/1956

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, May 10, 1956   Vol. C567

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LOCAL NEWS

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SPRING HAS SPRUNG IN EAST FAREWELL

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East Farewell – It was a long cold winter and at some points it seemed like it would never end but with the warm spell last week all the snow has finally melted and the sun has been shining brightly. Buds have appeared on the trees and the certain spring sign, the restaurants have started putting their tables out on the sidewalks again, letting people dine al-fresco and people watch. The longer evenings also made the evening dining almost Paris like. All along Main Street and Lake Shore Drive different shops have stayed open longer and taken advantage of the beautiful weather. The Lake Front Plaza has once again become a prime meeting place. Even the Fun Pier has shown signs of getting ready to open. Owner, Sam Lendel, has scheduled the Fun Pier opening for the weekend before Memorial Day. “We are going to have a ‘sneak’ preview for all the folks in town and give a special discount at the gate,” said Lendel during an interview at the pier last week.

            Strolling down Lake Shore Drive has replaced shoveling off Lake Shore Drive and everyone is much happier. This year several new shops have opened on the Drive. There is a new art studio, Framed, where local artists can show their works. A new café opened, The Coffee Cup, and a wonderful little clothes shop, Arleen’s, opened at the end of the block. All the new building in and around town have brought a lot of new people in town. The new look around town has added a fresh appearance to the Lake Shore Drive and everyone seems very pleased about the new look.

Looking down Main Street from Lakefront Plaza

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS UNLEASH BIG BATS AT ALBANY

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Albany- The Travelers took their longest road trip last week when they visited Albany for the first time. The Albany Senators were added to the league over the off season and have only been in existence for three years. They are a young team and have not had a lot of success in their short history. The Travelers came into town and showed the boys how to hit the ball. The big bats unleashed a mighty 10 runs in the lopsided victory on Saturday. The Travelers own Johnny Cloos was the highlight of the game as he hit for the cycle, a single a double a triple and a homerun. His hot bat was only part of the display the Travelers put on as they managed to bat around in two different innings and defensively were able to hold the Senators to only nine hits and three runs. They also turned two double plays.

            Cloos started the game off with a triple in his first at bat, he was driven in by Ernie Silver who was replacing Dimero in right. That was the beginning of a long day for Senator’s pitcher, Joe Rollins.  He struggled through seven innings giving up fifteen hits and eight runs. Reliever, Tom Franz, was able to finish the game allowing only three hits but two runs. The Senators are still trying to find their footing, having only won one game this season so far.

            The Travelers hitting spree was spread out throughout the lineup with everyone in the lineup reaching base at least once. While Cloos was the big blaster Dunham, Watson and “Little” Billy Sweet all added dingers to the scorecard. Cloos’s homer added three, Dunham, Watson and Sweet’s added two each and the last run came off good old baseball, a double by Francis, a sacrifice bunt by Dunham and Cloos’s single.

            The Travelers come home next week to face Slate Mountain. The Miners are currently tied with the Travelers for first place in the standings. While it is still early in the season, both teams are playing at the top of their games and the game should be exciting. The game begins at 1:30 on Saturday at the ball park.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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VIOLENCE IN GREECE – SATCHMO CHATS UP PRINCESS MARGARET – PRINCESS GRACE DINES WITH FRANCO – WELK TO SHOW ROCK & ROLL – HITS THIS WEEK

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Violence continues in Greece as Britain hangs two Greek Cypriot extremists despite anti-British and anti-American riots sweeping the country. Anti-British riots have already taken three lives and there is a call to sever diplomatic relations with Britain.

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, breaks theatrical protocol before Princess Margaret telling the audience “We’ve got one of our special fans in the house and we’re really gonna lay this one on for the Princess.” A gasp went over the crowd at Empress Hall in London. The Princess didn’t seem to mind at all. Performers are not supposed to mention members of the royal family when playing before them. 

Honeymooning couple Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco lunched with Spain’s Generalissimo Franco in Pardo Palace. All members of the Spanish government and their wives attended.

Lawrence Welk signs to do a second TV show. Welk says this show will concentrate on the “Rock and Roll” audience and will feature “unknown” performers. 

Pop music this week - “Heartbreak Hotel” - Elvis Presley, “Hot Diggity” - Perry Como, “Blue Suede Shoes” - Carl Perkin, “The Magic Touch” – The Platters, “A Tear Fell” - Teresa Brewer “Ivory Tower” - Gale Storm, “Long Tall Sally” - Little Richard, “Rock Island Line” - Lonnie Donegan, “I Want You To Be My Girl” - Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, “R-O-C-K” - Bill Haley and the Comets, “Eddie My Love’ – The Fontane Sisters, “Moonglow (Theme From Picnic)” - Morris Stoloff

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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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