EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, May 3,
1956 Vol. C566
LOCAL
NEWS
IRON WORKS TALKS TO TOWN
COUNCIL
East Farewell – The Iron Works management and the Town Council
held meetings last week to discuss the Iron Works announcement of a possible
move. The Town Council wanted more details and possible dates, if any, of the
possible mover. Before the meeting apprehension around town was extremely high
and rumors were rampant. The Council was understandably concerned not only with
the possibility of losing the largest employer and taxpayer in town but also
losing a town icon. The Iron Works has been in town since the founding of East
Farewell. In fact, it can be argued that the Iron Works was the reason that
East Farewell existed at all. If the Iron Works were to leave a large part of
the town would lose their employment. Not only the workers at the plant but
also all the people that support the Iron Works in one way or the other.
The meetings were not open to the public but the meeting notes
will be released early next week. Unofficial remarks have been that the Iron
Works was only exploring options in case of an economic downturn.
The current economic situation is very favorable for the Iron
Works. They currently supply a large portion of the rails that are being used
by the Mighty Keystone Railroad’s expansion to the west of East Farewell. The
Iron Works has always been a main supplier to the railroad from its founding in
1913. It was specifically built by the railroad to accomplish this task. It was
later sold to Charles Lumeier to avoid monopoly charges by the government.
The prevailing attitude from an informal survey by this paper
shows that most people feel the Iron Works will stay and this is just a ploy to
get a possible tax break. “The IW has always been here and it will always be
here. Why would they leave?” said local restaurateur,
Charles Wenz. “They are an integral part of the community and they will
always be here.”
Inside the
Iron Works
SPORTS
TRAVELERS GROUND EAGLES
Erie – The Travelers played their first road game against the
Erie Eagles on Saturday and showed why they are the defending champs. They
crushed the hapless Eagles 6-0. The Travelers took control early and starting
pitcher, Joey Alfred, pitched the season’s first shutout. The Eagles were
unable to get on the board and were only able to squeeze out 5 hits throughout
the entire game. The Travelers scored two in the first with Cloos driving in
Dimero with his fourth dinger. His blazing start set a league record; he is the
first to hit four home runs this early in the season. The rest of the Travelers
were not going to be left out, though, in the third Art Archibald and Billy
Sweet were able to tag Eagles pitcher, Ray Felt, for a double and a single and
then right fielder, Ralph Francis, smacked a base clearing triple but ended the
inning there. Traveler’s defense also played a big part in keeping the Eagles
at bay, they were able to turn three double plays to continually snuff out any
threat posed by the Eagles. The Travelers finished the scoring in the eighth
with another two run smash by catcher, Joey Brown. The team looked like they
were in midseason form with this impressive showing. They will continue their
road trip next week in Albany.
NATIONAL NEWS
LOTS OF OIL –
HAMMARSKJOLD RETURNS TO NYC – MAMIE GETS A SPECIAL TUNE – CARS ON A BEAM –
CLIFT RETURNS – WINS TO RECREATE BALL GAMES
Plenty of oil - National petroleum
reserves currently are the highest in U.S. history
U.N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold returns to a chorus of praise and certainty of
Security Council approval for his Middle East negotiations on Israeli-Arab
peace.
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower goes to a Congressional Club party and comes away “with a song in my heart.” The song,
titled “Mamie,” was written especially for the club’s midday breakfast by Slim
Willett of Abilene, Texas. He’s the composer of the Perry Como hit - “Don’t Let
The Stars Get In Your Eyes.” “Just like a rainbow brightens a rainy day, Mamie
can smile and her winning smile makes it a brighter day…”
Henry Dreyfuss, a
leading industrial designer says automobiles of the future will hover a few feet off the ground, and it will be
possible for a motorist to reach a destination with that aid of “an IMB card
which will keep you on the beam.” He predicted that it will be possible in the
future ‘to talk a letter into a typewriter or dictating machine and get a
neatly typed letter out the other end.”
He dropped out of site for nearly 3
years. On May 12, 1953, Montgomery Clift completed
work in the film, “From here To Eternity,” and went to New York and dropped
out, as far as Hollywood was concerned. This week, he’s back in Hollywood and
has begun work on MGM’s Civil War movie from the novel “Raintree County.”
WINS, New York which
normal broadcasts Yankee games, will re-create
about 20 games of other major league teams when the New York team is not
playing. The first will be next week with a broadcast of the Cleveland
Indians-Boston Red Sox game at Boston. Re-creation consists of reading the
plays form a wire ticker from the ballpark and presenting it moments later from
the WINS studio.
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