EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, August 25, 19 55
Vol. C764
LOCAL
NEWS
FALLOUT FROM HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT DECISION
East Farewell- Last week’s decision by the Highway Department to
bypass East Farewell with the new turnpike did not seem to have much impact on
the citizens at the time of the announcement.
People started to talk after the fact and many had questions about the
final process that went into the decision.
Many felt the town was not properly represented at the hearings and the
Department had acted without fair input from the townspeople. The debate has been going on for over three
years and has been one of the issues that held up starting the project. The initial plan, first proposed in 1952,
called for an exit at East Farewell. The
exit was dropped in a reevaluation in 1953 but added again after considerable
objection from the East Farewell Business Association and the East Farewell
Tourist Board. It dropped again after
the State weighed in with budget concerns and the Governor came out opposed to
the interchange.
“This isn’t
over, by a long shot,” exclaimed Tom Conally, Town Council President, “We need
an exit on that turnpike. Our future
depends on it. It was a complete
political snow job that took place in that last meeting. I don’t know why the Governor even got
involved in this. We are going to appeal
this all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to.”
The Highway
Commission did not have a comment at the time of publication. While the Town Council is strongly opposed to
the exit removal there is a group in town that is celebrating the final
decision. These are mostly long time
residents and people came to East
Farewell to find peace and quiet.
These folks feel that an exit on the turnpike could only bring more
people, more noise and more trouble. The
group is not as organized as the pro-exit side but they do have a very vocal
presence in town.
“We feel there
is no reason to tie up the turnpike construction over this point,” argued Sue
Arnold, local resident, “We need to let this project go forward. The last thing we need around here is more
people coming in. There are already too
many folks working here who don’t live here and all the tourists make this place
unbearable in the summer.”
At press time
the situation stood unchanged. The Town
Council was attempting to contact the Highway Commission and the State Legal
Offices. There seems to be an air of
resignation building even as the pro-exit side digs in its heels. The Highway Commission plans to start right
of way clearance in the fall.
SPORTS
TRAVELERS LOSE TWO – CONCERN ABOUNDS
Bear Creek- The Travelers were asleep at the wheel again last
weekend. They lost both games, the first
to a greatly improved Ondita Cougars and the second to the Bear Creek
Cubs. There is growing concern about the
lackluster performance by the Travelers lately.
They have lost the last four games, the first four game losing streak
all season, and more importantly they have not scored more than one run in an
inning in the last 45 innings. The only
bright side has been that the second and third place teams (Corning
and Slate Mountain
“You can’t win
if you don’t score any runs,” growled manager Sam Fowler, “These guys are all
turned around. They are swinging at junk
that they would have laughed at two weeks ago.
We have to get back on track. It’s time to start getting serious.”
The Ondita
Cougars started off with two runs in the first and then added two more in the
sixth while the Travelers went hitless for the first seven innings. The only glimmer of Travelers offense was in
the seventh when Billy Sweet hit a double followed by Billy Green who slapped a
single, scoring Sweet. That was all the
Travelers were able to generate and went on to lose 4-1.
The Bear Creek
Cubs were on the mark on Sunday. The
Travelers were still looking for some offense but their search was unsuccessful
Sunday. The Cubs prevailed 6-1. The only offense the Travelers had was a
homer by Johnny Cloos. It was his 20th
of the season. The Travelers are still
on the road this week and go into the most crucial part of the schedule playing
both Slate Mountain and Corning away over the weekend
NATIONAL NEWS
US TAKES LEAD IN MIDEAST - BUDGET ALMOST
BALANCED - ALIENS SPOTTED
The United
States , in a bold move to bring peace to the strife-torn
Middle East offers formal security guarantees of the frontiers between Israel
Gen Douglas MacArthur praises the decisive role of electronics in
the world as he ones the 10TH annual
Western Electric Show and Convention in San
Francisco
Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey declares the government is within sight of a balanced budge for the first time
since 1951 and held out the hope of tax reductions next year.
Parents - Something new to add to the
narcotics/dope list - they’re amphetamine users who use the new “lift pills.”
They’re cropping up in widely scattered areas because of easy supplies,
inadequate laws and few enforcement officers. Here’s a price list of these and
other narcotics:
Opium (one-eight ounce) - $20 to $25
Morphine (one-quarter grain) - $1
Heroin (one-grain capsule) - $1
Cocaine (ounce) - $450
Marijuana (per cigarette) - 50 cents to
$1
New Thrill Pills - (per pill) - 10-15
cents
A Kentucky
farm family near Hopkinsville ,
KY
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