4/26/1956

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 26, 1956   Vol. C565

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LOCAL NEWS

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IRON WORKS MAY MOVE

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East Farewell- In a shocking and surprising announcement today, the East Farewell Iron Works announced it may be moving its entire operation to new location.  The new location was not officially disclosed but many sources indicated that it will be out of state.  The management has not indicated that the move has been set, it is still in the discussion stages and no final decision has been made at this time.  The management has emphatically stated that these are only preliminary discussions and it is entirely possible that no move will take place.

            The Iron Works has been in East Farewell since the town was founded in the early part of the century.   The Mighty Keystone Railroad first set up the Iron Works to supply rails for its westward expansion.  In 1913 the Iron Works was sold by the Mighty Keystone Railroad to a local business group headed by Francis O’Sullivan.  The business was spun off from the main railroad under pressure from anti-monopoly forces in the government and O’Sullivan’s group received very favorable terms in the sale.  Along with the factory and trained, non union labor force, O’Sullivan received an almost continuous order for rails from the railroad.  The business thrived and expanded through the following decades.  As recently as 1955 work was so plentiful that an extra shift was started and an additional 100 workers were added.

            There are many reasons for the move, all are pure speculation because the management will not comment, range from the increased price of raw materials to labor costs (the labor force went to a union shop in 1947) to local pressure on the quality of Lake Charles water and the air in town.  East Farewell has become an increasingly popular resort town in the past decade and concern for the quality of life has become very important to the local economy and population.  

The Iron Works has been an integral member of the East Farewell community and many families have deep ties to the “Works.”  If the Iron Works were to move a major employer in the town would leave and the town’s economy would be severely impacted.  The Iron Works is also the second largest corporate tax payer in town as well as the third largest land holder.  As of this edition, the Town Council was planning to meet early next week with the Iron Works management to discuss the possible move and what options the town has.

“This could have disastrous effects on the town,” said Tom Connelly, Town Council President. “We cannot afford to lose the essential member of our community.  The town would be pushed to the edge of collapse if the Iron Works were to pull out.”

        East Farewell Iron Works

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS START OFF STRONG BEHIND HOT OFFENSE

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East Farewell- The Travelers baseball team is off to its best start ever.  They have won eight of their fist nine games and have only allowed seven runs in all eight games.  In their latest win the Travelers bested the Corning CGW 5-0.  The offense continued to display versatility as all nine team members got hits.  Johnny Cloos seems to be back in shape after a late season injury last season.  He had three hits including a home run, his third of the young season.  The defense has been extremely stingy so far this season and this game was no exception.  The super infield of “Mean” Richie Lane, Dale Dunham, Artie Archibald and Bobby Watson continue to stymie other offenses, this season they have already turned 6 double plays in the early season.  There has been a one hitter and three shutouts so far.  The fans have been showing their support by selling out all home games so far this season.  This promises to be record setting season for the Travelers and an exciting and entertaining one for the fans.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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SMOKING CAUSES CANCER – CAPITOL RECORDS CELEBRATES 14^TH BIRTHDAY - COLUMBIA QUITS ON 78s

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Scientists who experimented with tars from burning tobacco say that lung cancer could be reduced by 75% if people did not smoke cigarettes. But a spokesperson for the tobacco industry said their evidence is inconclusive. The scientists served on a panel at the 47th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Atlantic City.

Capitol Records celebrates 14 years and unveiled its Hollywood Capital Tower on Vine Street. Glenn Wallachs, the company’s President said in an interview - “Sometimes it doesn’t seem possible that 14 years have elapsed between the release of the first Capitol record and the opening of the Capitol Tower. Or that it’s been a decade and a half since Johnny Mercer and I discussed our Capitol plans in a Hollywood record store.” “It’s so easy to remember when the company’s floor space was just 40 by 100

feet. But sometimes it doesn’t seem possible that all this happened in only 14 years: that since “Cow Cow Boogie” became a hit, our humble war-born independent has become an international organization, one of the world’s major producers, manufacturers and distributors of phonograph records.”

Columbia Records announces it is pulling-out of making 78rpm records and wants to concentrate on 45’s.  The 78rpm single has been on a steady decline and received a push to oblivion early this year when several record labels, led by RCA, upped their prices on 78’s from 89 cents to 98 cents. Columbia says that no more than 25% of the label’s new single releases will be issued automatically on 78’s and that the proportion would diminish further as the years goes by. All record companies say the decline in 78 sales during the past few years has forced up the cost of production and besides using more raw material - the disks were more difficult and costly to handle because of breakage problems. Besides, radio stations and jukeboxes have virtually completed conversion to 45’s.  One area the 78 single still shines is with country & western and rhythm & blues releases. Here it is reported, the consumer still has the old-fashioned one-speed (78) phono player.

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4/19/1956

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 19, 1956   Vol. C564

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LOCAL NEWS

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IS THE FLOWER SHOW GOING TO OPEN?

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East Farewell – Many questions are being asked by both townspeople and vendors about this year’s Flower Show. It was supposed to open this week but no plans have been announced and the Director, Monica Shippensport, has not made any public statement or for that matter has not been seen in public for several weeks. This would have been only the fourth year of the show but the previous shows have all been very successful. Announcements made by Miss Shippensport in late January indicated that the Show would be held during the second week of April, slightly later than the other shows but the reason given was that there would be more blooming flowers available at that time. When vendors were asked they said they felt the later date was not really necessary because they were able to force blooms and they liked the early dates because it would brighten up the gray February days. Undaunted Miss Shippensburg stuck to her original schedule and declared the dates to be April 14^th to 25^th. That appearance for the announcement was the last Miss Shippensport was last seen in public with her new suitor, Romando. There has been some speculation that Romando was not the most respectable character and was from out of town. No other information was given about Miss Shippensport relationship with Romando. The question that everyone is asking is where is the Flower Show? The next question is where is Monica Shippensport? The police have said they will start an investigation but it is clearly evident that there will not be a Flower Show this year.  

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS MAKE IT FOUR IN A ROW

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East Farewell – The Travelers are ripping through the league early in the season. They have yet to lose a game and their latest victims were the Ondita Cougars and curveball ace Sam ‘Cat’ Caterno, 3-1, on Saturday. Big hits have been the Travelers modus operandi and this game was no different. ‘Cat’ was perfect for the first three innings but in the fourth Johnny Cloos led off with a 3-2 smash out of the park which seemed to rattle Caterno because he then gave up a double to Dimero and a single to Archibald, scoring Dimero on a bad throw home from center fielder Frank Houser. Caterno settled down and went back to his mystifying curve and kept the Travelers off the board until the ninth when a rare reliever, Joe Reynolds, threw a low outside fastball to Francis and he sent it over the left field fence into the stands. Traveler’s pitcher, Danny Lane was very strong allowing six hits, walking four and letting in only one run. The defensive side was brilliant once again turning two double plays and a beautiful run saving strike from right by Tony Dimero.

            The Travelers stay at home next week when they host Corning. The game begins at 1:30 on Saturday.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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GRACE KELLY AND MARGARET TRUMAN ARE MARRIED- NOT TO EACH OTHER – THIEVES HIT THE WEDDING - NEW STAMP HONORS GRACE’S WEDDING

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Prince Rainier III takes on his new bride - Grace Kelly - The Princess of Monaco. Afterwards, they sailed in their honeymoon yacht a dozen miles down the Monte Carlo coast to spend the night in a quiet harbor under a starry sky.

Grace Kelly can still remain an American citizen, even after she assumes the title of Her Serene Highness Princess of Monaco.

Jewel thieves make several hauls from a swank hotel housing grace Kelly’s wedding guests in Monte Carlo. Mrs. Maree Pamp, a Philadelphia society woman - and one of Grace’s bridesmaids, reported $10,000 worth of jewelry missing from her room. Last week, another Philadelphia social figure had some $45,000 in jewelry stolen from her room at the Hotel de Paris.

Monacan officials report the sale of the special stamp issue honoring the wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III was a big success. It more than took care of Monaco’s share of the wedding bills. The sets of eight stamps priced at $2.38 pre set brought in about $571,000 from buyers around the world.

Also married this week - Margaret Truman marries Clifton Daniel Jr. (of the New York Times) in a simple ceremony in Independence, MO.

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4/12/1956

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 12, 1956   Vol. C565

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LOCAL NEWS

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THE ALIENS HAVE LANDED!

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East Farewell – The police received an unusual call on the evening of April 1^st. The called claimed to have seen and spoke to aliens who were purportedly landing at the far end of the lake. The caller said he spotted the craft in a clearing next to the tract that was recently approved for development by the N.U.D.E. (Nothing Until Democracy Evolves) organization. When asked to describe the spacecraft the caller gave a detailed description of a spacecraft that could have come from the latest sci-fi novel. A round disc that hovered about two feet off the ground with no apparent contact with the ground, a door that opened into a ramp and a long slender alien with a big head were part of the description. Being April 1^st the police were understandably suspicious. They continued to question the caller trying to pinpoint his location. At the same time they radioed one of the patrol cars that happened to be on routine patrol in the area.  The Dispatcher was able to determine that the caller was calling from his lakefront house at the very sparsely far end of the lake. When the patrol car arrived the caller, who turned out to be of high school age, met them in the driveway. He took the officers back inside and showed them to the back deck. When the officers reached the back deck they were stunned. In the distance there appeared to be a large metallic disk illuminated from behind, it appeared to be vibrating and there were actually tall, slender figures walking around it. After the initial surprise was shaken off the officers realized that they were looking at the new construction on the N.U.D.E. compound. The huge disk was really a low frame rock-crusher that was illuminated by flood lights from behind it, obscuring the legs. The Tall “creatures” were really just construction workers wearing protective headgear. As it turns out the construction started earlier than was originally scheduled and with the early morning mist the site took on an eerie, almost alien look, especially from a distance.

            East Farewell has a history of alien sightings, in 1952 and again in 1954, so this was not a new occurrence. Coupled with the April fool’s Day possibility, the whole event was taken with a questionable view. Add to that a youth on the other end of the line and the many previous pranks by that age group around town, the whole incident the dispatcher was understandably skeptical. The officers, while initially shocked, remained calm and were able to properly investigate the situation and clear it up. The officers wisely took photos of the site from the distance to prove there was no real alien invasion.

A very strange worksite

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS START WITH A WIN

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East Farewell – The season started off well for the Travelers as they beat the Ondita Cougars, 5-2. The Cougars picked up where they left off last season with a strong showing from their ace, Joe Nagy. He pitched four shutout innings before the Cougars could get a hit. First baseman, Dan Wheeler, was able to connect with a Nagy fastball and drive it into center. He made it to second but was stranded at third as Nagy regained his composure.  Nagy went on with minimal damage (two more hits in fifth and sixth) but was tagged for two runs in the eighth with back to back doubles by Trump and Evans and single by Goldman that drove in Evans.  The Cougars, on the other hand, came out swinging and scored two runs in the very first inning with a leadoff triple by Francis followed by a single by Dunham. In the second inning Johnny Cloos started the year off with a blast over the right field fence. Looks like it could be another great year for the slugger. The Cougars continued to hit up and down the lineup. Tony Dimero, Joey Brown and left fielder, Billy Sweet all had two hits and added the next three runs in the sixth and seventh innings.

This was the perfect finish to the wonderful pre-game festivities that the Travelers had set up to greet the loving fans as the season started. They gave away hats and tee shirts to the younger members of the crowd. Hot dogs sold for 25¢ for the first three innings and beer and soda sold for 50¢. They were sold out by the end of the second inning. All in all it was a great start to another season. The next game will be home next Saturday against the Bedford Bears. The game starts at 1:30 in the ball park.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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IKE THROWS OUT FIRST BASEBALL – GRACE TO MARRY NEXT WEEK - KHRUSHCHEV WANTS PEACE – FREED ROCK AND ROLLS THE PARAMOUNT

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President Eisenhower throws out the ball, opening the 1956 season in Washington. The President watched Mickey Mantle blast two homers - as the Yankees beat the Senators 10-4.

Cannon booming, rockets soaring, flowers showered from the sky and thousands cheer as Grace Kelly rejoins Prince rainier III and makes her gala entry into Monte Carlo. She arrived for her marriage to the Prince next week. Prince Rainier III decrees that news photographers will be barred from his civil marriage to Grace Kelly in the throne room of his palace next week. He was provoked by what both he and Ms. Kelly indicated they considered unmannerly harassment by the cameramen when they drove to his sister’s villa for lunch.

Visiting in London- Nikita S. Khrushchev declares Communists and capitalists must put aside their dislikes and live in peace to save the world from ruin in a hydrogen bomb war.

Alan Freed just completed a 10-day rock ‘n’ roll stand at the Paramount theatre, Brooklyn. The gross was an all-time high for the house - $204,000. There was little damage to the theatre - some seats will require restoration. The kids also pockmarked the carpets with cigarette burns when ushers asked to get rid of them. But there was little or no rowdiness

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4/5/1956

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 5, 1956   Vol. C562

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LOCAL NEWS

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EASTER EGG HUNT HELD ON LAKEFRONT PLAZA

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East Farewell – The first Easter Egg Hunt was held on Sunday at the Lakefront Plaza. A brisk but bright day was perfect for the inaugural East Farewell Easter Egg Hunt and almost 25 participants, all under 8, had a great time. At 11:00 the whole group was corralled behind a silk sash and told the rules for the hunt. No running, no taking someone else’s eggs, no shouting and no pushing. At 11:05 the sash was dropped and the whole group, en mass ran onto the Plaza, breaking rule number one. Pandemonium prevailed and rules two, three and four were broken almost immediately. It seems the planning committee believed that young children would follow instructions when Easter eggs, candy and prizes were involved. Luckily, no one was injured and almost all the eggs were accounted for, three did not show up at the final count and are still missing. The hunt lasted for only ten minutes which was less than half the time allotted but the children were better hunters than the committee anticipated. The group was brought back to the top of the Plaza and the eggs were counted and it turned out that little Manny Watkins, age six, ended up with an even dozen eggs. He was awarded the first prize, a large golden egg, of course. The prize is intended to be held for a year and awarded next year to next year’s winner by the previous winner. Manny has an important job ahead of him.

            While there were many things about the Annual Easter Egg Hunt that will need to be ironed out the event in general was a great success. The committee has promised to look at what went wrong and what went right and make next years hunt bigger and better and maybe find those lost eggs.

They’re off ! 1^st Easter Egg Hunt on Lakefront Plaza

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS SET TO OPEN SATURDAY

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East Farewell – The Travelers are set to defend their championship as another season gets under way on Saturday. They have enjoyed enormous success in the early part of this decade. They have won the championship three times since 1950 and they are still looking very strong. Slugger Johnny Cloos is returning in top form as well as hometown favorites, pitchers Joe Nagy and Danny Lane. The team as a whole is still pretty much intact from last year. The award winning infield of Dunham, Archibald and Watson will again try to lead the league in double play completions. The slugging side of the lineup is also intact; Cloos, Brown and Francis look as strong as they did last year when they ranked one, three and five, respectively, in batting averages and one eight and nine in home runs.

            The rest of the league looks like they are all gunning for the Travelers and several have spoken out on the topic. In Corning the CGW team leader, Bill “Smoke” Black, has said he has the Travelers in his sites and is looking forward meeting them to “kick their butts” Black was one of the few pitchers that won consistently against the Travelers last year. The Travelers first meet the Glass Works the third game of the season at Corning. That should be an exciting game.

            The Travelers open at home on Saturday when they meet the Ondita Cougars who are also greatly improved from last year with the acquisition of a new, young fastballer, Sammy Nichols, and a big bat with the Earnest Walsh who was traded for in the off season. The game will begin with pre-game festivities at 12:00, noon. The game starts at 1:30PM. 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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IKE SERIOUS ABOUT MID-EAST – MARINES DROWN AT PARRIS ISLAND – JOHN KENNEDY CALLS FOR NEW FOREIGN POLICY – TOKYO ROSE MOVES TO SAN FRANCISCO – LONG DISTANCE DIALING INTRODUCED

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President Eisenhower viewing the tense Middle East situation as one of “utmost seriousness,” declared the United States is ‘determined to support and assist any nation” subjected to aggression in that area.  The Navy discloses that it is sending four destroyers to join the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean close by the tinderbox Middle East. Israeli and Egyptian jet planes battle over the Holy land. Israel claimed one and possibly two enemy planes shot down.

Five marine recruits drown during training at Parris Island. The DI is under investigation, but witnesses say he tried valiantly to save his men and was the last man alive out of the tidal stream in which the victims drowned.

Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts calls upon the State department to junk its policy of neutrality and to speak out boldly against “imperialism and colonialism wherever they are found in the world. “We fight to keep the world free from Communist imperialism - but in doing so we hamper our efforts and bring suspicion upon our motives by being closely linked with western imperialism.”

Mrs. Iva Toguri d’Aquino - the Tokyo Rose of WWII - is given permission to move to San Francisco. She had been living with her family in Chicago since her release January 28 from prison.

Something new is stirring in the air. Get ready for DDD or Direct Distance Dialing. You’ll be able to dial directly without going through an operator. All telephone numbers in the country - those of the Bell System, as well as those of 5000 independent companies - have been or are being gradually changed to seven digits. In dialing a long distance number direct, the customer will dial the area code of the area in which the city is located such as 212 for Manhattan or 312 for Chicago, then he dials the number he is calling such as Plaza 2-9944.

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