EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, September
5, 1957 Vol. C636
LOCAL
NEWS
SUMMER WINDS DOWN BUT THE FUN
DOES NOT
East Farewell – In the waning weeks of the summer East Farewell
is in full swing of summer even as some people reluctantly look towards the end
and are already making plans for next year. After the Music and Arts Fair wound
up many visitors left for home while town folk tried to enjoy the last great
weeks of what many are calling a fabulous summer. The Fun
Pier announced last week that they would be staying open a week longer. They
will stay open a week after Labor Day. They usually would hold a big Labor Day
Farewell celebration to close out the summer but this year owner, Abe Lendel,
who is one of East Farewell’s founder Sid’s son. Abe inherited the Fun Pier
when Sid passed in 1955. Abe and his wife, Fiona completed the restoration of
the Fun Pier after it was severely damaged in the winter storm of 1952. Father
Sid started in 1953 with Abe’s help. After Sid passed Abe took over and while
the Pier was up and running Abe added some new rides and made sure the repairs
were completed on time and above standards.
The extended
time for the Fun Pier seems to have trickled over to the shops in town and life
guard schedules. The one place that has not been affected is the opening day
for Regional High Schools. Opening day is Monday, September 9th. While
the students will be enjoying the first week of classes the remaining vacationers
will be riding the Tilt-O-Whirl and catching the last summer sun on the beach.
Fun Pier at
night
SPORTS
TRAVELERS TIE CGW WITH WIN
East Farewell – Bill “Smoke” Black came into to town with the
Corning Glass Works to face the Travelers on Saturday night. A win for the
Travelers would move them into a tie for second place in the league with CGW.
“Smoke” is leading the league in strikeouts and did not let up Saturday night.
He was able to retire an impressive 10 Travelers through strikeouts further
extending his lead in that category. But “Smoke’s” fastball was not enough to
close down the Travelers as the CGW defense let up four costly errors that
accounted for four runs and enough for the Travelers to prevail 5-4.
CGW scored
first with a leadoff homer in the second by Coring slugger, Josh Rinngle. In
the bottom of the second after striking out the first two Travelers the error
bug raised its head and Joey Brown was able to reach first on a botched throw
by shortstop Juan Rodriguez. Brown moved to third on a single by Archibald and
they were both brought in by a double by Billy Sweet. Black finally struck out
pitcher Billy Green to end the inning. Corning was able to touch Green for two
runs in the fifth with three straight doubles by Franks, Cassidy and O’Mara and
one more in the eighth with three singles by Cassidy, O’Mara and Rodriguez. But
the Travelers were able to profit from CGW’s errors again with misplayed fly,
dropped by left fielder, Dave Fuller, scoring two runs and finally a rare
passed ball by catcher, Gerry Anderson letting Dimero score for the final
Travelers run.
The win put the
Travelers in a tie for second place with CGW as the season starts to wind down.
Slate Mountain seems to have an insurmountable lead, leading by four games but
they have to play both CGW and the Travelers in the last two weeks of the
season. The Travelers will face Slate Mountain in two weeks and close out their
season against Erie in three weeks. Next week the Travelers visit Youngstown.
The game begins at 1:30 at Youngstown Field.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE CALLS INFLATION NATIONS BIGGEST WOE – FAUBUS
IN TROUBLE WITH IKE – TRADING STAMP CRAZE – CATV IS HERE – AT THE MOVIES
President Eisenhower “sorrowfully”
terms inflation the nation’s major internal problem but rejects the concept of
federal controls to combat it. He also said tax cuts could not be justified
now.
Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas telegraphed President Eisenhower that he was informed Federal agents planned
to take him into custody. Just before Faubus’ news conference, Mayor Woodrow
Mann of Little Rock criticized the Governor for using the guard. He said Faubus
created tensions where none existed and that Little Rock police had no cases of
interracial violence reported after almost a week of sensational developments.
President Eisenhower tells Gov. Faubus that he will use every legal means at
his command to uphold the Federal Constitution in the Little Rock school
integration controversy.
A trading stamp craze has hit some 33
million U.S. households - or two out of every three in the country. Seven out
of 10 people say that the stores where they regularly shop give trading stamps
with purchases.
A new era is launched, as premium cable TV now exists. The service is called
“Telemovie.” The movie version of “The Pajama Game” starring Doris Day is the
first film to be piped into cabled homes at Bartlesville, OK. The movie was
seen on channel 3. Channel 5 viewers could watch Tyrone Power in “River
Gambler.” Channel 3 will be used for first-run attractions with 13 changes a
month and channel 5 will show re-runs of popular films of the last few years.
The programs were transmitted by cable hooked directly into each subscriber’s
home. The subscriber is billed $9.50 per month. The response has been good. The
operation is owned by Video Theatres, with headquarters in Oklahoma City. One
woman said she and her husband had not been to a movie in four years “because
we couldn’t afford it.”
Asked if they could now afford
Telemovies, she said, “Oh, we haven’t decided to keep it.” Another woman
reported she had a house full of people and “reception is wonderful.” The company was swamped with calls because
some viewers didn’t get their installations on time.
At the movies
-
Love in the Afternoon - Audrey Hepburn, Gary Copper, Maurice Chevalier
An Affair To Remember - Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr
Jeanne Eagles - Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler
The Pajama Game - Doris Day, John Ratite, Carol Haney
The Delicate Delinquent - Jerry Lewis
The Last Bridge - Maria Schell
The Sun Also Rises - Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn
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