Thursday, April 19, 2018

4/10/1958


EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, April 10, 1958   Vol. C667
LOCAL NEWS
EASTER EGG HUNT ON LAKEFRONT PLAZA
East Farewell – The 1958 Easter Egg Hunt took place on the Lakefront Plaza last Sunday afternoon. Even though it was Easter Sunday the turnout was exceptional. This year there were 35 entrants, up 5 from last year. While the age group was held at ten and under the number of eggs was increased from 150 to 175 eggs, even though there were 5 unfound eggs last year. Also this year the start time was pushed back to 3:00PM to give all the families to finish their lunches. This was the third Egg Hunt on the Plaza and the logistics have been worked out to a fairly efficient, machine like event. If you call pure chaos fairly efficient and machine like. Promptly at 3:00 the banner was dropped at the head of the Lakefront Plaza and 40 high spirited children dressed in their Easter best broke out and scattered, all very determined to win the Golden Egg, the prize given for to the finder of the most eggs. This year the winner was little Frankie Kelly with a grand total of 20 eggs, far surpassing last year’s winner, Florence O’Hara who had 16. This year a new and improved “Golden Egg” was presented to Master Kelly avoiding last years near calamity when the 1955 winner, Manny Watkins had to give Florence the Golden Egg as the original idea was to pass the egg along each year. Well, Manny believed he had won the Egg fair and square and was entitled to the Golden Egg forever. It was only after some firm motherly intervention and a promise that he would indeed receive an egg that he handed over the Golden Egg to Florence. This year all the two previous winners displayed their trophies and shared the winner’s platform with Frankie, who proudly displayed his very own Golden Egg. Manny, who did not compete this year due to his 11 years of age beat a hasty retreat from the winner’s platform saying, “That is for little kids, I’m 11 and I don’t need to hunt for eggs anymore.”
            The East Farewell Egg Hunt was another success and even though organizer, Sue Logan, compared it to herding cats it was great fun for the children and since only 166 eggs were accounted for the birds and assorted wildlife that frequent the Plaza after midnight are also thankful for the event. Next year Easter falls on March 29th which is very early and it is not unusual for East Farewell to still have snow on the ground at that time. Miss Logan would not make any comment on what would happen if the Plaza was still snow covered for the Egg Hunt. “We’ll have to wait and see what happens, that is a whole year away and we really just want to enjoy today, thank you.”

Florence O’Hara –the Golden Egg and the other winners. Frankie Kelly in rear.

SPORTS
TRAVELERS PREPARE FOR THE 1958 SEASON
East Farewell – The Travelers are getting ready for their 1958 season with early spring practices on the refurbished ball park field. This year promises to be another winning season and several scribes have picked the Travelers to win it all. The Travelers have consistently been in the top third of the league with championships in 1952, 1953 and 1955. They finished in second place last year and most of the players were dissatisfied with the season. Johnny Cloos called a team meeting after the last game last season, which happened to be a win for the Travelers, and he laid down the plan for this year. On Monday he reconvened the team in the ball park locker room and held a closed door meeting.  No one was talking about what went on in there but the team came out all fired up and ready to hit the practice field. When asked about the meeting Cloos would only smile and say, “What went on in there is between the team. You will see the results this season on the fields. You will have to just wait, and make sure you go to the games.”
            The games begin this Saturday with a home opener against arch rival Slate Mountain Miners with their ace Tony “Michael” Angelo on the mound. The Travelers are countering with their own ace and perfect game hurler, Joe Nagy. The game will begin at 3:00 after the season opening ceremonies. This year the opening ceremonies will include the team being introduced to fanfare supplied by the Regional High School Marching Band. The first pitch will be thrown out by Regional High School science teacher Bill Farley who has become a local celebrity thanks to his recognition by President Eisenhower for his outstanding work in Regional High’s science program that emphasizing outer space understanding and rocketry.
            The Travelers will open the season with a three game home stand. Along with the Miners, the Travelers will host the Riverview Anglers and the Cedar Creek Bulls. The ball park has undergone extensive upgrading over the course of the off season including a completely reseeded infield along with new dirt around the bases and on the base paths. The seats have been upgraded, too. Now all seats have backs an upgrade for the bleacher fans. The concession stands have been upgraded and now will serve food from local restaurants. Many people have been asking for a pre-season tour of the ball park but the Travelers’ management has declined to offer any such accommodation saying only everyone will have to wait and be surprised at opening day.

Travelers Stadium
 NATIONAL NEWS
RADIO REVENUES DOWN BUT COMEBACK EXPECTED – RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT SHOW TO AIR ON CBS – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK
Robert Sarnoff, president of NBC, says its radio network has lost about $9 million since 1953, but expects it to comeback. He says NBC-radio’s losses were less last year than the previous year, and the break-even point may be attained soon. The ABC radio network is undergoing reorganization in an effort to reduce losses that have amounted to more than $2 million a year. This week, ABC drops all its weekday entertainment type of programs except one. ABC radio will now concentrate on building its newscasts. Since around 1953 - all of the major radio networks have lost money, but things are looking better. Broadcasting Magazine estimates that the four major radio networks collectively had a 9.8% increase in net time sales in 1957. Meantime, some independent stations are doing much better. Advertising is up on major music stations, whose primary programs are manned by disc jockeys.

CBS’s “See It Now” conducts a frightening program this week on the hazards of radioactive fall-out. Hosted by Edward R. Murrow – the program showed explosions, methods of detecting fall-out, slides of human cells exposed to strong radiation and the constructive uses of isotopes, plus interviews with authorities.

Pop music this week –

LOLLIPOP - The Chordettes
TEQUILA - The Champs
TWILIGHT TIME - The Platters
FOR YOUR LOVE - Ed Townsend
LAZY MARY (Luna Mezzo Mare) - Lou Monte
WHO’S SORRY NOW - Connie Francis
BLUEBIRDS OVER THE MOUNTAIN - Ersel Hickey
MET HIM ON A SUNDAY – The Shirelles
BOOK OF LOVE - The Monotones
26 MILES (Santa Catalina) – The Four Preps
HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD (In His Hands) - Laurie London
ROCK AND ROLL IS HERE TO STAY - Danny & The Juniors
SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN – Chuck Berry
DINNER WITH DRAC (Part 1) -John Zacherle
BALLAD OF A TEENAGE QUEEN - Johnny Cash
SO TOUGH - The Original Casuals
BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY – Ricky Nelson
ARE YOU SINCERE - Andy Williams
A WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE - Pat Boone
DON’T YOU JUST KNOW IT - Huey (Piano) Smith & The Clowns
BREATHLESS - Jerry Lee Lewis
WITCH DOCTOR - David Seville
EVERY NIGHT (I Pray) - The Chantels
BILLY - Kathy Linden
TEACHER’S PET - Doris Day
MAYBE BABY - The Crickets
CATCH A FALLING STAR - Perry Como
CHANSON D’AMOUR (Song Of Love) - Art & Dotty Todd

Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.





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Thursday, April 12, 2018

4/3/1958


EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, April 3, 1958   Vol. C666
LOCAL NEWS
SPRING SHOWS ITS FACE IN EAST FAREWELL - BRIEFLY
East Farewell – Spring gave a teasing taunt earlier this week. On Monday and Tuesday the temperatures raced into the 60s and the sun shone brightly. People took off their jackets and rolled up their sleeves as they strolled down Main Street in the afternoon. This was the first time since last September that it was warm enough for that. “Oh my, this is just wonderful,” laughed Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, “I feel like a young woman again. I hope this is a preview of the spring that is coming. We deserve a nice spring.”
The fact is East Farewell usually experiences shorter, wetter springs than other places in the region. It is believed that Lake Charles with its large, open space and huge amount of water makes for a little different weather than the towns that are landlocked. Regardless of the climatic oddities, East Farewell enjoyed a taste of spring and everyone was very appreciative. Officially spring began on March 21st but the weather that day didn’t break the 40 degree mark and cold rain has marked many days. The only sun that has shown for an extended time was last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Sunday saw the delayed St Patrick’s Day parade and was sunny but crisp, not quite reaching 50 degrees. The temperature topped out at 49 degrees that day but was a harbinger of what was to come. Monday and Tuesday were wonderful but just as wonderful as they were the next day (Wednesday) the temperatures dropped back into the forties and just as fast as the jackets were shed they were reacquired. The weatherman predicts that by the middle of the month the warmth should return. Many townspeople can’t wait.


The “Girls” stroll down Lake Shore Drive

SPORTS
COUGARS GET BOUNCED EARLY
East Farewell – The Cougars ended their playoff run early last week, losing to Slate Mountain in the first round of the playoffs, 42-45. The Cougars were hoping to repeat their upset from a week ago when they were able to knock off the top ranked Miners but the well known, stifling Slate Mountain defense proved too much for the boys. The game started off with Cougars taking a quick lead and for a while it looked like the Cougars were going to upset the Miners. By halftime the Cougars had run their fast paced game to its limit but held an ever-so-slim lead, 25-24. Center Dave McGill was the focus of the offense and was running the full court for almost the entire first half but he was able to block six shots, scored eight points and contribute with four assists. He was obviously out of gas by the final five minutes and wisely Coach Wilson pulled him and replaced him with the almost forgotten sub, Jimmy Hawkins. It was Hawkins who replaced McGill early in the season when McGill was injured and then sick. Hawkins played extremely well and showed that he is the obvious heir apparent to center position. McGill is a senior and this was his last game as a Cougar so when Coach Wilson pulled him he received a standing ovation and a pat on the back by the entering Hawkins. It is reported that the two are good friends off the court. Hawkins did his best but by then the Slate Mountain defense had taken control of the game and even though Hawkins scored four points it wasn’t enough. The Miners were able to take the lead at 40-38 and never look back. The Miners top ranking guard Joey O’Hanlon played another beautiful game and Miners center, Frank McGraw was also on top of his game. After the game in a show of true sportsmanship both went over to McGill and shook his hand and exchanged pleasantries. It was a bitter sweet end to a season that turned out better than anyone expected. The Cougars ended the season with a 9-6 season and all alone in third place in the league.
 NATIONAL NEWS
IKE ORDERS MOON PROBES – SERVICE FOR MIKE TODD – ESTHER WILLIAMS TO DIVORCE – DISNEY DEDICATES DIORAMA – PATSY (ANIMAL) AWARDS GIVEN
President Eisenhower orders “lunar probes” by unmanned space vehicles – the first time he has ordered any kind of space vehicle to the moon.

In Chicago, the last rites are held for producer Mike Todd, who was killed with three others Saturday in a New Mexico airplane crash. Wife Elizabeth Taylor sobbed and placed her hand gently on the bronze casket, whispering “I Love You.” She had been in semi hysteria since hearing the news of her husband’s death.

Actress Esther Williams sues for divorce from her estranged husband Ben Gage. They were one regarded as one of Hollywood’s happiest couples. Says Esther - “We had been having domestic troubles for the last several years. I finally came to the difficult
decision that a divorce was unavoidable. I had to protect my home and my children.”

Walt Disney dedicates a diorama of the Grand Canyon this week. The 306 foot-long painting stands 34 feet high. The scene is found as Disneyland trains enter a darkened tunnel. One side “leaps-out” the buttes and mesas of the Grand Canyon. Train riders get the sensation of actually looking down into the canyon. Special effects bring sunrise, sunset and an electrical storm that is accompanied by claps of thunder.

The annual PATSY awards are held this week and the top awards go to Spike - star of “Old Yeller” for movies and “Lassie” gets one for television. Second place in movies goes to Beauty the horse in “Wild Is The Wind” and third to Kelly, the dog star of “Kelly and Me.” Second place in television goes to Cleo the basset hound of “The People’s Choice” and third place - to Rin-Tin-Tin. Trigger, Roy Rogers famed horse who celebrates his 25th birthday this month, receives the Richard C. Craven Award, a special trophy given each year in honor of the man who negotiated the first agreement for humane supervision of animal actors. Roy and Dale Evans were on hand to receive that award. Kevin Corcoran, child star of “Old Yeller” accepted the award for Spike, as did Jon Provost for Lassie. Jon of course, plays “Timmy” on the series

Pre-teenage woes (yes, even in the 50’s, preteens “suffered” ... here’s a letter to a teen column this week from a 12-year-old girl)...“I am a girl of 12 who doesn’t get along with her mother. It seems that everything I do is wrong. If she sends me to the store and I forget something she calls me ‘stupid’ and ‘dumb.’ The same thing happens if I misspell a word. My parents are not very strict with me but I feel unwanted. I want to dress like other girls but my mother says I am still a baby. She thinks I should not dress like a girl of 19. Other girls I know wear their dresses just below the knee but I have to wear mine shorter. Will you please tell me how I can prove to my mother that I am old enough to dress like other girls?”

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Thursday, April 5, 2018

3/27/1958


EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, March 27, 1958   Vol. C665
LOCAL NEWS
ST PATRICKS DAY PARADE A LITTLE LATE BUT STILL FUN
East Farewell – Even though it was a week late the St. Patrick’s Day Parade was a big fun filled success on Sunday. The foul March weather postponed annual parade but it could not keep the Irish spirit down. East Farewell has a large contingent of Irish families, most of who are related in one way or the other the railroad workers who built the Mighty Keystone Railroad. East Farewell was originally a main hub for the MKR with the Iron Works located here. The Iron Works supplies rails and other iron parts for the railroad. While the town was not actually founded by the railroad, that honor belongs to the Lendel brothers, it did buy out the brothers when they fell on financial hard times back at the beginning of the century. The railroad then located the Iron works here due convenient location on the line between Philadelphia and Chicago.
            The parade has been a tradition in town for many years and is usually held the second or third Sunday of March but this year the unexpected cold rains forced a postponement to the last Sunday. On Sunday the weather was clear but still crisp and the parade started down Main Street at 9:00AM. Leading the parade was the Irish-American Club which had a green, of course, Ford pickup hauling a flatbed with the group of local Irish musicians who identified themselves as the Galway Boys. The band consisted of three guitars, a bass, a fife, a mandolin, an accordion and a snare drum. The Band played a variety of favorite Irish tunes many were requested by the people on the street, watching. The Galway Boys were followed by a number of fire trucks, a group of Irish dancers from the Regional High School, the Regional High School Pep band who also played many Irish tunes. They were followed by several police cars and the two motorcycles the Police Department owns. In the final position was another bigger flatbed carrying an even larger, louder Irish band named The Irish Rebels. They played a lively batch of jigs that had the people dancing and singing in the streets. The parade made its way down Main Street and turned up Lake Shore Drive. It ended up at the Lakefront Plaza where the bands set up and gave impromptu concerts for many of the parade watchers who had made their way to the Plaza. A couple local restaurants set up tables and offered some traditional Irish dishes like ham and cabbage. Even though it was Sunday the local liquor laws were bent and beer was served to patrons who were of legal drinking age. Even with the cold temperatures (50-55 degrees) there was quite a turnout on the Plaza. Many folks danced and dined throughout the afternoon but as the sun set the crowds dispersed and headed home. It was a postponed but by no means diminished St Patrick’s Day in East Farewell.




The “Galway Boys” 1957
SPORTS
TOURNAMENT SET
East Farewell – The 1958 Mid-Regional League Playoff Tournament has been set for next week. This year will probably be the final year for this tournament. The League standings at the end of the season will be used to determine the final standings in the league. There has been too much criticism of the Tournament building to a head this year after Slate Mountain has convincingly won the league by a margin of 3 games over their closest rival, Corning, who themselves were two games ahead of third place East Farewell. In the past the league has been closer and the tournament was used to determine a final winner. The teams all concur that it would be better if the season record was the determining factor as opposed to a tournament where one team could become momentarily hot and win the league with only a four game winning streak. “I think all the coaches, myself included, feel the same way. We will play this last tournament and be done with it from next year on,” said Couch Wilson when asked about the major decision.
            The Tournament will be played over two weeks and start on Friday when the Slate Mountain Miners will take on the Cougars in a rematch of their last game of the season. That game was played just last week. The Tournament game will be played in the Slate Mountain Gymnasium and begin at 4:30 on Friday. 


Miners



Devils









Champ

Cougars



Wildcats



 NATIONAL NEWS
KHRUSHCHEV TAKES OVER – US NOT SURPRISED – ELVIS IN THE ARMY NOW – 30TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

Russian boss Nikita S. Khrushchev (63) takes over as Premier of the Soviet Union, replacing Nicolai Bulganin. The switch was unexpected; Khrushchev takes over full “Stalin Powers” as Premier. “You have just expressed great confidence in me by your decision and you have done me great honor” he told the Parliament. “I will do everything to justify your confidence and shall not spare strength, health or life to serve you.” The new Premier got right down to business and in his formal address, emphasized agriculture, calling on among other things, the need for more cow manure. “The more cows, the more manure, the more the crops” he told the house.

U.S. officials say that Khrushchev’s power grab in the Kremlin could spell danger for the West if the chubby Communist Party leader follows the path of Stalin. State Department officials noted that Khrushchev had toppled such kingpins as V.M Molotov, Georgi Malenkov and Marshal Georgi Zhukov in his five-year struggle for Stalin’s power. They said these tough Communists constitute a powerful Kremlin alumni association which although now widely separated, might someday rise up to take revenge. A danger for the West is that Khrushchev might try to consolidate his position further through foreign adventures to rally soviet public support. Precedents were set by Stalin in the Berlin Blockade and the Korean War.

His second day in the Army - At Ft Chaffee, Arkansas, Private Elvis Presley marches into an Army barbershop and pays 65 cents out of his pocket to have his sideburns shaved. He led an induction platoon of 51 rookies into the barbershop. The barber threw the sideburns into the air, then went up the back of the singer’s head with his clippers and finally took off the top.  Elvis was asked by reporters how it felt - “It don’t feel so much different than it did before. This is the shortest it’s been in eight years.” Col Tom Parker, Presley’s manager, says he is staying with him temporarily to “look after the boy ... see that he gets everything he needs.

At the 30th Annual Academy awards, here are some winners:
Best Actor - Alec Guinness - “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
Best Actress - Joanne Woodward - “Three Faces of Eve”
Best Supporting Actor - Red Buttons - “Sayonara”
Best Supporting Actress - Miyoshi Umeki - “Sayonara”
Best Song - “All The Way” from “The Joker Is Wild”
Best Direction - “David Lean - “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
Best Screenplay - Pierre Boulle - “The Bridge on the River Kwai”

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