EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, July
25, 1957 Vol. C630
LOCAL
NEWS
BLACK BEAR JOINS IN THE FUN –
DIPS IN LAKE
East Farewell – The oppressive summer heat is equally suffered
by humans and wildlife alike. All around Lake Charles people are trying to find
relief by bathing in the lake, from the wee children in their parent arms to
the elderly with their prewar swimwear everyone joins in the fun. Not to be
excluded all forms of wildlife also join in the fun. Countless deer have been
sighted at the water’s edge and just as many smaller animals including beavers
and squirrels are merrily splashing in the shallows. Last week a new member of
the ‘bathing club’ showed up for the first time. A large black bear showed up
on the edge of the lake by the public beach. The beach was filled with bathers
but the bear did not seem interested in any of them. He only seemed interested in
cooling off. Mothers urgently gathered up their children and the lifeguards
cleared swimmers out of the water. The bear remained oblivious to all the
commotion and stayed about 50 yards away.
The police were notified but there was not much they could do, they
weren’t going to shoot the bear and they certainly weren’t going to try to
capture it. There was some talk of shooting guns in the air and scaring it off
but more patient heads prevailed and no shots were fired. It was decided to
watch and wait. Some of beachgoers started to raise a bit of a ruckus but kept
a safe distance from the bear, much to the bear’s consternation. He did look
over at the crowd some say he shook his head, but that cannot be confirmed, and
after about 15 minutes had had enough. It managed to catch a large fish and eat
it in three bites seemed to rinse off its paws, dunk its head lumber ashore and
retreat back into the woods. Luckily one of the beachgoers had a small camera
and was able to snap some photos. After the bear disappeared, people ventures
over to the area where the bear was and eventually calmed down and the summer
frivolity resumed.
Spotting
wildlife is not unusual around the lake and in the surrounding areas but to see
an animal that large that close to the town is unusual. For the most part the
bears, wolves and panthers stay well back in the woods and only hunters or
occasional campers ever encounter them. The only other time a large black bear
came into town was last June when a large bear, possibly the same one, wandered
around the fountains on the Lakefront Plaza. That event was a bit more
disconcerting because the bear was well away from the woods and in a very
popular area. Luckily, just as the beach occurrence, the ‘Fountain Visit’ did
not have any unfortunate outcomes. Being surrounded by forest East Farewell
should expect to see its fair share of wildlife. “They have been here much
longer than we have,” said the amateur photographer and beachgoer, Walt
Cousins, “We should just let them be, they probably have other things on their
minds.”
The summer heat continues to hold
the town and the entire east coast in a sweltering grip but luckily for the
folks in East Farewell there is a wonderfully cool and refreshing lake and the
end of almost every street. The weatherman has no relief in the forecast and
with the Music,
Arts and Country Fair coming next week there is some amount concern that
the heat will hold the crowds back.
Bear take a
seat on the beach
Photo by Walt
Cousins
SPORTS
TRAVELERS GET RAIDED BY VIKINGS
Monticello – The Travelers got a rude
surprise on Saturday when they met the seemingly hapless Vikings. They were
upset 6-2 with the Vikings showing an offense that has not been seen all
season. The Travelers have not been able to score more than two runs in the
past two games and have lost both. Traveler’s pitcher, Joey Alfred, was not
sharp and could not keep the Vikings off base. The Vikings amassed 15 hits and
five walks. They did not have any big blasts like last week’s Eagles grand slam
but they did take advantage of the runners they put on base. The Vikings were
able to score almost 75% of the runners they put on base. The one Travelers
highlight was a two run blast from Johnny Cloos in the eighth but it was too
little too late.
The
upset came at the best possible time for the Vikings and possibly the worst for
the Travelers. Until this game the Vikings had only won three games and have
not score more than five runs in any game. Even though it is their inaugural
season, their fans patience was beginning to wear thin. This win soothed a lot
a anxious feelings in the Vikings bleachers and now they may feel they are
hitting their stride.
The
Travelers have lost two in a row and have not looked very strong in either
game. “We need to regroup and get back to basics,” said manager Sam Fowler,
“These guys are much better than the last two games, much better. We have two
more games on the road so I am going to get these guys moving and see if we can
salvage a split on this road trip.”
That may not be
as easy a task as it sounds because the Travelers visit Slate Mountain on
Saturday. The Miners will likely put their ace Tony “Michael” Angelo on the
mound and he has been almost unstoppable this year going 5-1 so far. The
Travelers will likely try to match Angelo with their own ace, perfect game
pitcher, Joe Nagy. The evening game begins at 7:05PM in Slate Mountain Park.
NATIONAL NEWS
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL STRIPPED IN SENATE – HOFFA
TAKE OVER UNIONS – GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED – DODGERS TO MOVE TO LA IN
1958
President Eisenhower’s civil rights
bill is stripped in the Senate of all its enforcement powers except those
covering voting rights. It was a solid victory for southern senators who have
argued for weeks that the bill as it came from the House would permit the
Federal government to force racial integration of the schools in their states
and impose other social changes. (Most
of section 3 eliminated). Section 3 would have empowered the Attorney General
on his own initiative to seek federal court injunctions against all kinds of
civil rights violations or threat of violations. Persons flouting the
injunctions could be charged with contempt of court and tried by federal judges
without a jury.
The machinery to make James R. Hoffa president
of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
is set in motion. Two hundred union officials from the East, South and Midwest
meet in Chicago to begin a draft movement for the 44-year-old head of the Central
states Conference of Teamsters. Mr. Hoffa is fresh from his acquittal of
charges that he bribed a senate investigator. He’s made no secret of his
readiness to run.
President of Guatemala slain - A palace
guard identified as a Communist assassinates President Carlos Castillo Armas with
two shots from his sentry rifle in a darkened palace hallway and then committed suicide. President Eisenhower described the death of
President Carlos Castillo Armas of Guatemala as a “great loss to Guatemala and
the free world.
The Jacksonville Journal
quotes Emil (Buzzie)
Bavasi, VP of the
Brooklyn Dodgers as saying the club would move
to Los Angeles for the 1958 season. In Manhattan, a spokesman for Mayor Robert
Wagner said; “The city is doing everything possible to see if something can be
done to keep them here but evidently, they don’t want to say, so let them go.”
