EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June 16, 19 55 Vol. C759
LOCAL NEWS
BLACK BEAR SIGHTED ON LAKESHORE DRIVE
East Farewell- A black bear was sighted “strolling” down Lakeshore Drive on Wednesday night about . It was first sighted at Lakeshore and Main by several pedestrians. They reported it to police and by the time the police arrived the bear had made its way down Lakeshore Drive to Fountain Park. It appeared to watch the fountain display and the high-tailed it down to the end of Second Street and off into the woods. The police tracked it for an hour but it kept moving further and further back into the woods so, the tracking was called off. “Since there was no apparent threat to anybody, we decided to let the critter go, no harm done,” said Police Chief Nate Tucker.
It is not unheard of to see wildlife within the town limits but a full grown bear has not been seen in quite a while. The whole event was kind of comical as there was little traffic on Lakeshore Drive and the pedestrian traffic was almost non existent even though the weather was unusually warm for that time of night at that time of the year. As the bear wandered down the Drive, folks who were sitting on their front porches shouted to each other and calling out to the bear with funny comments and suggestions. Black bears are not completely uncommon to the town and most of the old time residents remember when wildlife made frequent appearances in town. Most of the townspeople took it in stride and let the bear go on its way.
“We used to see them all the time,” said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, “but not so much anymore. All the development and added people sort of scared them away, I guess. They are normally very shy animals.”
“I think he just wanted to see the new Fountain Display,” said Charles Wenz, owner of the Lost Oasis Restaurant and Bar.
Visiting Bear inspects Fountain
SPORTS
TRAVELERS CONTINUE TO WIN BIG ON THE ROAD
Sunday’s games were played under beautiful skies and bright sun. In the first game
Danny Lane started strong, pitching four scoreless innings and allowing only three hits. The big hits came from the top of the order with Francis, Dunham and Watson and scoring in the first three innings. Johnny Cloos kept his season hitting record intact by doubling in the first and third while adding to his league leading home run total in the sixth. Tony Dimero, Joey Brown and Art Archibald all contributed by hitting the ball in just the right places and confounding theSlate Mountain Slate Mountain Slate Mountain Slate Mountain
Danny Lane started strong, pitching four scoreless innings and allowing only three hits. The big hits came from the top of the order with Francis, Dunham and Watson and scoring in the first three innings. Johnny Cloos kept his season hitting record intact by doubling in the first and third while adding to his league leading home run total in the sixth. Tony Dimero, Joey Brown and Art Archibald all contributed by hitting the ball in just the right places and confounding the
The Second game’s score belies the fact that it was a pitchers duel for the first five innings. Travelers, Billy Green retired the first twelve batters before walking Wayne
Things changed for both teams in the sixth inning. The Travelers started off with a double by Bobby Watson, a single by Cloos and a triple by Dimero. That seemed to open the flood gates and the Travelers were able to score two more in the sixth. The Miners came roaring back by scoring three in the bottom of the sixth. The seventh was more of the same when Francis lead off with a double, Dunham kept up his hot streak with a single, Watson struck out and Cloos was intentionally walked which turned out to be a big mistake as Tony Dimero took a 2-2 fastball way downtown for a grand slam. The Miners answered with back to back homers in the bottom of the seventh. The Miners added one more in the eight bringing the score to 8-6, Travelers but the Travelers were able to score once more in the ninth closing out the game that was really two games in one. The first six innings was one and then there was a totally different game in the last three.
The Travelers continue their road trip next week against Mountain View
NATIONAL NEWS
MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE – DEADLY CRASH AT LE MANS – MARTIN AND LEWIS ARGUE
The Senate approves a Democratic-sponsored increase in the national minimum wage from the present 75 cents an hour to $1 - 10cents more than President Eisenhower asked.
At least 77 persons are killed and another 75 injured when the crash of a flaming sports car in front of the grandstand in Le Mans’ 24-hour auto race. A speeding Mercedes crashed into another car and then catapulted inflames over a dirt retaining wall into the crowd. Pieces of hot metal cut bodies apart. The death toll is expected to rise.
They’re having a tiff, but Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis say they will remain a team. Basis of the squabble reportedly is that Paramount suggested and Lewis subsequently insisted - that the premiere of the comedy team’s latest movie be held in a resort in the Catskill Mountains where Lewis once worked as a busboy and has a lot of friends. Martin felt that, because of this, so much of the limelight would be on Lewis, that it would be practically a solo performance. When the matter came up three months ago, martin disclosed, he refused to go. “I’m not a Jerry about this, but, naturally, I’m upset about it. All this publicity makes me look like a heel.” Martin says that although he and Lewis will full-fill movie and TV commitments, he has now decided he’d like to have his own TV show. “I just want to sing a little more, that’s all.”
