EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, August 18, 19 55
Vol. C764
LOCAL
NEWS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BYPASS OF
EAST FAREWELL FINAL
East Farewell- In a stunning decision, the Highway Department
announced that it would pass by East Farewell
with the new proposed turnpike. The
decision is final and all appeals have been exhausted. This means that East Farewell will not have
an interchange dedicated to it. Not
being on the exit list could have dramatic repercussions for the town. It is expected that towns with interchanges
will experience an economic boost by the increased traffic. Will East Farewell suffer from the lack of
traffic? No one really knows, time will
have to tell.
The turnpike system
was originally proposed back in the thirties.
With increased popularity of automobile traffic and better truck
construction it was thought that better roads would grease the economic engine and
help create jobs in the Depression but it was put on hold with the advent of
World War II. During the war the Mighty
Keystone Railroad did most of the hauling and transport throughout the
northeast and central part of the country.
The idea was resurrected after the victory and was embraced and strongly
supported by President Eisenhower. The
President was influenced by the German Autobahn system when he was General
Eisenhower and noted the importance of being able to move troops and supplies
quickly throughout the country without traveling on local roads. The state was a proving ground for the
concept but went through many meetings on the state and local level to gain
approval, acceptance and planning.
Feelings in
town are mixed. Fairly evenly split on
the issue, this announcement was met with disappointment by some and elation by
others. The disappointment was centered
on the town’s economic future. Most of
the pro-exit people feel it was necessary to ensure continued prosperity for
the town. The anti-exit group did not
seem concerned about the possible economic problems, believing that the town
has high enough profile as is and with the railroad, the iron works and the
tourist trade the town is well set for the foreseeable future.
“There is
nothing to worry about, the town has a strong base economy and with all the
tourists coming in I can’t think of any problem with people finding us,” said restaurant
owner Charles Wentz, “as long as the railroad keeps bringing folks and the
Iron Works keeps putting out products we will be okay. No worries here.”
“This is the
worst thing that could have happened to the town. It is like signing a death warrant on the
town. I give it five years, ten at the
most and this place is going to be a ghost town, a happy memory in some old
folks minds,” railed
Natalie Mallard, daughter of Mrs. Mallard who runs a local boarding house.
The two
opinions reflect the extreme ends of the arguments. Those arguments have become mute with the
announcement by the highway department.
The only way to find out who is right is wait and see.
View of East
Farewell from Highway
SPORTS
TRAVELERS STUMBLE. LOSE WITHOUT A HIT
EAST FAREWELL- In a stunning display of strike zone command, Joe
“Freight” Trane pitched a no-hitter against the Travelers in front of a sold
out crowd on Saturday. Trane faced only
30 batters in the game giving up only two walks, to Cloos in the fourth and
Watson in the eight. The only other batter to reach base was Billy Green who
reached on an error in the sixth. Mountain View
The Travelers just couldn’t get
started and they were not happy about their lack of offense. “We played like losers out their today,” said
manager Sam Fowler, “the only reason we didn’t lose by twenty was they weren’t
hitting. That kid Trane did a great job
on us, he was unhittable today. We are
going to have to play much better than that to cinch this championship, a lot
better.”
The Travelers play the Ondita
Cougars on Saturday and Bear Creek on Sunday.
They still have a two game lead in the league standings. Last week they were helped out by both
Corning and Slate Mountain losing, preserving their league lead.
NATIONAL NEWS
FLOODING IN NY AND PA LEFT MANY DEAD - IKE
VISITS DENVER
Flooding in the Northeast has left some
143 dead. Hard hit was an area north of New York City
(Putnam and Orange Counties ), NE Pennsylvania plus Connecticut
President Eisenhower gets a rousing “Ike Ike” welcome on arrival in Denver
President Eisenhower proclaims a new
code of conduct for America
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