EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, May
23, 1957 Vol. C621
LOCAL
NEWS
SPRING FAIR IS A BIG HIT
East Farewell – The ninth annual Spring Fair took place over the
weekend and was, as usual, a big hit. The Fair has come to include a whole
weekend of events. On Friday night there was the hugely popular Main Street Stroll
where what seemed like their entire town strolled through town in the evening.
They gaily greeted each other, shopped in stores that were gladly opened by
their merchants much later than usual and dined at the restaurants that had set
up outside tables with festive lighting and snappy tablecloths. Many people
commented on the similarity of Main Street to a famous Parisian street even if
they had never been to Paris. On Saturday the Fun Pier opened
its doors and a midway was setup on the Lakefront Plaza as large crowds flocked
to the fair-like atmosphere. Most of the crowd moved down to the Ball Park to
watch the Travelers take on the Albany Senators and on Sunday the Midway and
Fun Pier reopened and everyone enjoyed a wonderful day by the lake and on the
Tilt-A-Whirl and Carousel.
Main Street
Stroll - 1957
SPORTS
TRAVELERS VETO SENATORS
East Farewell – The Travelers added to the excitement of the
Spring Fair events when they handed the Albany Senators their fifth loss on
Saturday night, 5-1. The night game was a sold out affair attended by mostly by
loyal Traveler fans coming from the hugely successful Spring Fair that opened
the Fun Pier and offered sidewalk dining along Main Street. Most of the crowd
was in a very festive mood and cheered the Travelers on with gusto. The
Travelers did not disappoint the crowd by starting off with two runs in the
first. A quick single for Dunham turned into a two run lead when Johnny Cloos
send his tenth homer over the left field wall. The Senators tried to get back
in the game with a strong fourth inning with two hits back to back by Franks
and Doyle a rare wild pitch by Joe Nagy advanced both runners and a Texas
league single by Sanders brought Franks in. Nagy then settled down and struck
out the side, leaving Doyle and Sanders stranded. That was the only real threat
the Senators were able to generate. Except for that inning Nagy was in strong
form harking back to his perfect performance at the end of last season. He was
able to strike out eight and only walk four. The Travelers were able to turn
two double plays and tamp out any possible crowd disappointment. The Travelers
went on to score two more runs in the sixth with the bottom of the order, Brown
and Archibald both singled and were brought home by a clean double by leadoff
hitter, Ralph Francis. They sealed the outcome with a solo homer by Bobby
Watson to bring the final to 5-1.
The Travelers
are back on the road next week as they travel to Bear Creek to meet the Cubs
for the first time this year. The game begins at 1:30 on Saturday afternoon.
NATIONAL NEWS
QUIET SOUTHERN FILIBUSTER ON CIVIL RIGHTS –
IKE LOSES BUDGET BATTLE – 57% THINK NO WAR – RICKY NELSON SINGS – NYC TRIES TO
KEEP DODGERS & GIANTS – GLEASON SELLS HONEYMOONERS FOR 3 MILLION
Sen. Irving Ives (R-NY) says the administration’s civil rights bill “is the victim of a quiet
southern filibuster” within the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ives said he still
is hopeful that the bill will emerge from the Judiciary Committee and be
brought to a vote in the Senate before Congress adjourns.
President Eisenhower suffers a
first-round defeat in the military budget battle when the House rejects an
attempt to restore $80 million of the pared-down Army appropriation.
In A Gallup Poll - Americans who see a
major war/conflict within the next five years is the lowest it has been since
1950 - up to 57%
Another Elvis - or the
closest thing could be Ricky Nelson (17), who for the past few years has
been seen with his family on “Ozzie and Harriet”
on ABC-TV. But recently, something happened. Not long ago on the show, he did
an Elvis imitation. The show carried tens of thousands of ohs and ahs from
teens across the nation. Record
companies began bidding for Rick to record a song. He accepted an offer from
Verve and recorded “I’m Walking.” The record was released April 10 and has sold
some 500,000 copies. Rick is delighted. He says the only prior singing was
around the piano with his family and friends. Rick graduates next month from
Hollywood High School and may follow his brother David into USC. But, says
Ricky - “I’d rather just sing - a am not crazy about school.” He says he’d like
to take a small combo and tour the country this summer, singing in one-night
stands. He says he’s a great admirer of Elvis Presley, When they met he said
Presley began quizzing him on show business, “I was the old timer.”
New York City mayor Robert Wagner says the city will not be “blackjacked”
and is meeting with Dodger’s owner Walter F. O’Malley to keep the team in the
city. He’ll do the same with Giant’s owners. Wagner restated the city’s
determination to do “everything within reason” to keep the Giants and Dodgers
here. The Mayor’s move comes less than 24 hours after the National League had
authorized the clubs to move to the West Coast if they desired. Los Angeles
wants the Dodgers as does San Francisco and the Giants. Both cities are now
represented in the Pacific Coast League.
Jackie Gleason sells all 39 episodes of
the filmed “Honeymooners” series
to CBS Films for $1.5 million. The shows aired over
the 1955-1956 season on CBS-TV. Buick financed production of the films under an
agreement made with Jackie Gleason Enterprises in 1954. Buick paid the company
$2,535,000 for the series of 39 plus $422,500 to repeat 13 of the shows last
summer. After Buick sponsored the shows, they became the property of Jackie
Gleason’s company. CBS Films will
syndicate the series on a station-by-station basis.
