EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June
27, 1957 Vol. C625
LOCAL
NEWS
LOCAL DELI EXPLODES – MEAT
EVERYWHERE
East Farewell- The town avoided a full-fledged disaster on
Tuesday thanks to the quick thinking of Fire Chief Thomas “Cal” Calhoun. At approximately 7:00 AM Lou’s Deli, 501
Main, unexpectedly and inexplicably blew up. Debris showered down on Main
Street and a huge fire ball rolled into the evening sky. Luckily for everyone
the deli was only two blocks down from the fire station. Almost immediately an
alarm was sounded and firemen were scrambled. Calhoun arrived on the scene
within minutes of the explosion and took charge. He was able to quickly shut
down the gas main that fed the block and direct his men to bring the fire under
control within eight minutes. The entire structure was demolished but buildings
on both sides were spared. The deli was bracketed by a bank and a furniture
store and both were closed at the time of the explosion. There was one injury,
Miss Monica Shippensport was struck in the head with a ham hock. She was
knocked to the ground and suffered cuts and bruises to her head. She was treated at the scene and sent home to
recover further. Miss Shippensport was in the news earlier for other, less
catastrophic reasons. She admitted to giving away the Flower Show budget to a con man in the
spring. She was sentenced to house arrest and commanded to repay the money.
Ironically, last Tuesday was only her third day allowed back on the street. She
was walking home from a meeting with her lawyer when she was struck. “I just
can’t believe this happened to me. If I was closer I would have been blown to
bits. I walking along feeling sorry for myself, I heard the explosion and
looked around next thing I know, kapow! This giant hunk of meat hits me in the
head and knocks me down. I am feeling like I am the luckiest person in the
world right now, a little banged up but still lucky to be alive,” reflected
Shippensport to this reporter before she was escorted home.
It is believed
that a gas leak inside the deli caused the explosion but the investigation is
ongoing. Owner Lou Myer was in tears out front of the space where his deli used
to stand. He had closed the store early because of a family commitment and was
called back by Calhoun soon after the fire was brought under control. “This is
a tragedy,” sobbed Myer, “I can’t begin to tell you how crushed I am. This deli
was my life. Now I have nothing.”
Many people
have already started giving donations to Lou to try and rebuild. Even before he
had made any statements a fund was founded at the bank called “Lou’s Deli Fund”
and had more than $1000.00 in it through anonymous donations. “We all love Lou
and we loved his deli,” said Mrs. Mallard, “I hope he
will rebuild and thank goodness no one was seriously injured. How about Monica
though, what she doesn’t need right now is a big old ham hitting her in the
head. Holy cow, that is some bad luck wrapped in a good luck package. If she
was any closer she would have been gone.”
Collapsed
Lou’s Deli
SPORTS
TRAVELERS HOOK ANGLERS
East Farewell – The Travelers got
back on track as they manhandled the Riverview Anglers, 6-1, as they met the
first time this season. The Travelers started off early scoring three runs in
the first with back to back singles by Dunham and Watson and then league
leading hitter Johnny Cloos tagged his 10th homer. In the sixth the
bottom of the order got into the scoring act with Brown smashing a triple
followed by a walk by Archibald then a towering center field blast by Billy
Sweet. The defense was also very stingy only letting the Anglers get on the
board with a single score in the sixth. They were also able to turn three
double plays effective killing the Anglers offense.
The Travelers will come home next
week to face Corning. The game will begin in the ballpark at 1:05.
NATIONAL NEWS
HURRICANE AUDREY BATTERS GULF COAST – YOUNG
CHURCHILL QUITS NEWSPAPER IN LONDON – BERLE ROBBED IN DETROIT
Hurricane Audrey batters the
Louisiana-Texas coast with 105 mph winds.
Reports say most of the homes in Lake Charles were damaged by
winds.
Ranchers and miners in Nevada claim
nuclear tests are threatening the health of their families and livestock.
Ranchers as far away as 100 miles from test areas claim increases in blindness,
cancer and hair fallout of their livestock. Yet another test was conducted this
week from a hot air balloon.
Randolph Churchill (45), only son of Sir Winston Churchill
quits, as a contributor to the Evening
Standard newspaper in London. Churchill
said the Standard refused to publish a second article defending wire tapping by
British security agents. Denouncing Churchill, the paper said “Mr. Churchill’s
ideas on this issue are misguided and in complete opposition to the mood at the
British Public.”
While appearing at a night club in
Detroit, Milton Berle gets robbed of $240.00 back at his hotel. The thief took
the cash while Berle was performing.
