EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, July
16, 1953 Vol. C240
LOCAL NEWS
FUN PIER
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE AND OPEN FOR FUN
East Farewell – “We have completed all the construction. All the
rides are open and everyone is welcome to come on down,” proclaimed owner and
top promoter Sam Lendel. The construction Lendel was referring to was the
completion of several rides including a new Roller Coaster that soars almost forty
feet high, Bumper Cars, Kiddie rides and a Fun House with a mirror jungle. They
all were added to the Fun Pier after it was nearly destroyed last winter. An extra
length of pier was added and was filled with shops and dining areas. All the
work was completed in record time as Lendel oversaw the project with daily
on-site appearances.
The Fun Pier has been a regional
summer attraction for many years and has grown every summer with either added
rides or other amenities like shops or the midway. This year the Roller Coaster took the center
stage. Built on a steel and wood reinforced frame the Coaster tops out at
thirty-eight feet and has a primary down slope of 78º. This makes
the coaster reach speeds up to 85 mph at its fastest speed. When matched with all
the twists and turns the ride is one minute of thrilling, scary fun. The Bumper Cars are an electric crash derby
contained in a 100 foot oval that is gives many kids their first chance to
drive a vehicle that does not have pedals.
The Fun House is just goofy with a deceiving mirror jungle at the end.
Many enter but few exit without bumping into themselves there. The Kiddie Ride
section has a nifty little teacup ride, a motorboat ride, a motorcycle ride and
a miniature carousel. All the rides are
especially designed for children under the age of eight and offer a great
adventure for the very young.
All the new rides add some more
excitement to the already famous and historic rides like the Ferris wheel that
majestically towers over Lake Charles and the historic carousel that has been
spinning on the Pier since it opened in the 1920’s. Many folks have tried for the brass ring and
took in the breath taking view of the Lake and this summer is not an exception,
with the bigger and brighter Pier the folks are flocking to it every night. Crowds
have been very large so far this summer in spite of the construction. Now that
the building is finished and the area is clear of safety barricades even larger
crowds are expected. The Pier is open
every day and until 9:00PM on week nights and 11:00PM on Friday and Saturday
nights. The wonderful weather has surely contributed to the large turnout but
the new rides and shops are certainly going to add happy visitors to the Pier.
Fun
Pier Ferris wheel and Roller Coaster
SPORTS
TRAVELERS STRUGGLE AGAINST
EXPLORERS
East Farewell – Joe Trane lived up to his nickname “Freight” as
he hauled his Explorers past the stationary Travelers on Saturday, 5-1. The
Explorers were tied with the Travelers in the standings until Saturday when
Freight Trane came to town and was able to keep the Travelers of the scoreboard
until the ninth when they were able to score one off two hits. The Travelers could only manage four hits in
the entire game while the Explorers were able to connect with 12 hits off Joey
Alfred.
Both side were
quite, going scoreless in the first three innings but then the Explorers opened
up the game with a four run fourth with double by Watkins, a single by Delong,
a run scoring single by Getz and then a long home run by their slugger Bobby “Hammer”
Taxen. Taxen leads the league in home runs with 15 at the half way mark of the
season. The fourth inning would have been enough but the Explorers were able to
score one more in the eight. It wasn’t
until the ninth that the Travelers were able to do any damage to Trane’s very
strong outing. Bobby Watson was able to rope a double and Johnny Cloos was able
to connect with a single, scoring Watson. That was it for the Travelers.
The Travelers
will try to get some offense back when they play the Riverview Anglers at the
park next Saturday. The game begins at 1:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
RUSKIES SEND TANK INTO EAST
BERLIN – COMMIES CONDEMN REBELS IN DRESDEN – BELA LUGOSI DIVORCES - POP MUSIC
THIS WEEK
The Russians send about 300 tanks back
to East Berlin to choke off a new wave of anti-Communist strikes before they
erupt into another revolt like the one last month.
Sixteen persons are condemned to prison
in Dresden in the largest show trial of East German rebels held by the
Communists.
Entertainment news - Bela Lugoisi (70)
is divorced by his fourth wife, Mrs. Lillian A. Lugosi (41) who complained that
his “unfounded jealousy” prompted him to keep her “under his thumb 24 hours a
day.”
Pop music
this week-
I’M WALKING BEHIND YOU - Eddie Fisher
THE SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE (Where Is
Your Heart)- Percy Faith & Orchestra
APRIL IN PORTUGAL - Les Baxter &
Orchestra
(Terry’s Theme From) “LIMELIGHT” -
Frank Chacksfield
NO OTHER LOVE - Perry Como
VAYA CON DIOS (May God Be With You) -
Les Paul & Mary Ford
SAY YOU’RE MINE AGAIN - Perry Como
ANNA - Silvana Mangano
ALLEZ-VOUS-EN - Kay Starr
WITH THESE HANDS - Eddie Fisher
I’D RATHER DIE YOUNG (Than Grow Old
Without You) - Hilltoppers
I BELIEVE - Frankie Laine
P.S. I LOVE YOU - Hilltoppers
YOU YOU YOU - Ames Brothers
CRAZY MAN, CRAZY - Bill Haley &
Haley’s Comets
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