EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June
11, 1953 Vol. C235
LOCAL NEWS
THUMBS DOWN FOR
ORCHESTRA – THUMBS UP FOR THE ARTS FESTIVAL
East Farewell- The Town Council decided not to invest funds in
the formation of a Town Orchestra that would have included recruiting players,
a conductor and setting up a foundation to run the orchestra. The Council
listened to a surprising amount of public comments, on both sides, and took two
weeks to come to a decision.
“Both sides presented
very interesting points of view and both were ultimately interested in the way
to make the town better,” said Tom Connelly, Council President. “We thought
that it was not in the best financial interest of the town to spend funds on
that project.”
There was a bit of a
compromise struck though. After the Council turned down the request for the
orchestra funding they approved increased funding for the Arts Festival. The Festival will be in its seventh year this
year. While its official name is “The East Farewell Arts, Music and Livestock
Fair” most folks just call it the Arts Festival. The Fair has grown every year
since its start in 1946 when it was mainly a livestock auction. The Fair and
Auction is held over Labor Day weekend and now other events have come to
overshadow the auction. In 1949 the arts side of the fair was expanded and the
festival took over the whole weekend. A
fireworks display was added in 1950. Every year there is a baseball game on
Saturday. This year the Council
allocated funds to cover the police overtime as well as setup and cleanup. The
larger crowds have made for a substantial effort needed before and after the
event.
“We feel the Council made
a fair decision tonight. Maybe the town was not ready for an orchestra, but we
all agree that the Arts Festival is a tradition and certainly deserves funding
to expand and cover the costs of maintaining the services,” said Rodger Hunt,
the head of the orchestra committee. It seems that the compromise was welcomed
by all.
SPORTS
TRAVELERS GET CLOBBERED
Mountain View-The Travelers had a bad day last Saturday. They
were hosted by the Mountain View Explorers and let the home team entertain
their fans getting thumped, 10-3. The
Explorers came out slugging getting four hits and two runs in the first inning
off usually reliable Danny Lane. The game went downhill for the Travelers from
there. Explorer’s big hitters were Johnny Dent with four hits, one being a
homer and Billy Schaffer with three. After the disastrous first inning the
Travelers were able to settle down a bit but were not able to get on the board
until the seventh inning when Bobby Watson doubled, Johnny Cloos singled and
Tony Dimero connected with the only long drive of the day for the Travelers
driving it out of the park.
The Explorers
continued to work over Lane by racking up 3 runs in the third, 2 in the fourth,
1 in the fifth and 2 in the eighth. The Travelers defense was also not in the
park that day either. The usually sharp infield seemed slow and inefficient.
There were three infield errors, two passed balls and a wild pitch. All this malaise combined with a very hot
Explorer offense made for a very long afternoon for the Travelers. Next week the Travelers move on to
Riverview. The Riverview Anglers are
currently in last place in the league. The Travelers are sitting in third place
but the season is still very early. Next week’s game is in Riverview Stadium at
1:00.
NATIONAL NEWS
ROSENBERGS EXECUTED
Justice William Douglas grants atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg a last-chance stay of execution, but the
government immediately wins a Supreme Court review of his decision. Douglas, who acted just 36 hours before the Rosenbergs
were due to die, found “serious doubts” that the death penalty could be imposed
against them. He decided they were entitled to another lower court review and
he granted a stay.
Supreme Court vacates execution stay -
The Supreme Court and President Eisenhower swiftly decreed that atom spies
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg would die for betraying atomic Russia
Atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg die in the Sing Sing prison electric chair. Both died within a span of 12 minutes just
before sundown. The couple died for their wartime atomic espionage for Soviet
Russia. They are the first husband and wife to pay the supreme penalty, and the
first to die for espionage. Witnesses say they died with a composure that
astonished them. Julius was the first. At 8:04pm, a shock of 2,000 volts and 10
amperes was sent through him, after two subsequent shocks, he died. The first
of three successive shocks was applied to Mrs. Rosenberg and she was pronounced
dead minutes later.
President Eisenhower refused executive clemency for the second time, denying a similar petition on February 11. Said
the President, “I can only say that, by immeasurably increasing the chances of
atomic war, the Rosenbergs may have condemned to death tens of millions of
innocent people all over the world. The execution of two human beings is a
grave matter. But even graver is the thought of the millions of dead whose
deaths may be directly attributable to what these spies have done.”
The bodies of Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg lay in a Brooklyn funeral home while sympathizers plan hero burials
for the executed atom spies
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