EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, July 17,
1958 Vol. C681
LOCAL
NEWS
3rd ANNUAL SAILBOAT RACE FLOATS
ON FUN
East Farewell – Lake Charles was covered with sails on Saturday
as the 3rd annual Sailboat Race took over the lake for the
afternoon. This year was limited to 25 entrants. The limit was put on after
last year’s race when there were 20 entrants and the “race committee” decided
that the lake could only handle five more boats. The “race committee” is a
semi-formal group of past entrants, winners and losers, who appointed themselves
the official organizers of the race. They handle every aspect of the event
mainly because no one else would do it. The 25 entry limit was not a capricious
decision; it actually was determined by the Lake Safety Standards that were put
into place 10 years ago when the town and the lake were experiencing
unprecedented growth. The Standards limit the number of boats over 15 feet. The
“committee” felt that more than 25 boats in the race would surpass that limit.
The race
started at 1:00 with the now traditional blast of the Starter’s cannon fired
from the Lakefront Plaza. The field was crowded at first but it thinned out
quickly as the breeze shifted and the more experienced sailors were able to
literally sail away. The beautiful summer afternoon with temperatures in the
mid-70s and a mild breeze made for an almost leisurely race. There were no
speed records to be set this year. As the boats slid by the Lakefront Plaza the
assembled spectators cheered and waved. Many of the spectators were taking
their summer vacation and had been in town since last week when they came for
the fireworks. Almost every dock had a party on it and as the boats sailed by
greetings were exchanged.
This year the
field was made up of eighteen of last year’s entrants and seven newcomers. A
group of stalwart sailors seems to have emerged as the perennial contestants in
this event. Along with the original racers, Ward James and last year’s winner, Earl
Dorman, Hank Bell and his daughter, Jill, recent Regional graduate Jimmy
Thompson, out of towners Dave Doyle from Slate Mountain and Dave Walker from
Bedford and Bill O’Malley and Frank Furness who are summer residents make up
the “Lake George Navy” a self-named group of core entrants to the race. The new
entrants filled out the card and three Lake George residents, Vick Hale, Walter
O’Keeffe and Cindy Taylor have already expressed interest in joining the
“Navy”.
The race took
longer than the last year because of the calmer winds but no one seemed to
care. The sailors were tested to their limits to negotiate the course and
complete it. On the far end of the course there was a trouble around Dunn’s
cove where the wind completely died and several boats came to a complete stop.
Those boats had to revert to paddling out of the cove and pick up the breeze
further down the shore. The race may have run longer but that meant the fun
lasted longer, too. After the first two laps the field had spread out
substantially with Hank Bell out front followed by newcomer Cindy Taylor making
a run, Dorman in third and James in fourth. Hank Bell and his daughter, Jill
crossed the finish line win a two boat lengths. Cindy Taylor came in second but
the real excitement came as Dorman and James jockeyed for third place. Right as
they came around the last turn Dorman swung wide and Ward was able to slip by inside
him. Although he did not win Ward Tylor was able to achieve the one thing he
had set out to do three years ago and that was beat Earl Dorman. The rest of
the field drifted past the finish line, Jake Smart, Sam Sweeny, Kathy O’Malley,
Charles Hertz, Will Getz, David Wells, Arthur Dolan, Billy Green, Arthur and
Charlie Scott, Winnie Baylor, Sanford Chase, Mike Fink, Sammy Post and Chris
Craft.
After the race everyone gathered on
the Lakefront Plaza and the trophy was awarded. The ceremony carried on into a
gala party with both entrants and spectators drinking and singing sailing songs
and sea shanties and enjoying wonderful food supplied by the
Lost Oasis restaurant. Local musicians provided the music, took
requests and led the sing along.
Dorman &
James come out of Dunn’s Cove with Smart trailing
SPORTS
TRAVELERS HOOK ANGLERS
Riverview – The Travelers stopped their month long skid into the
league basement on Saturday with a strong win over the Riverview Anglers, 7-2.
After last week’s disappointing loss to the Slate Mountain Miners the Travelers
held a closed door meeting in their locker room to “discuss” their situation.
While reporters were not invited and the team was close lipped afterwards some information
leaked out and it seems that there were a lot of high emotions, shouting and
pounding of lockers. The frustration overflowed and the air was cleared. A
strategy was laid out by manager Sam Fowler and everyone went out for a beer.
The strategy
that Fowler laid out may never be known but the results were clearly evident on
Saturday. The Travelers started of fast scoring three runs in the first inning
with four hits. Ralph Francis started things off with a hit right off the bat,
literally. Dunham sent him to second with a sacrifice, Watson followed with a
single but Francis was held at third. Johnny Cloos singled scoring Francis and
moving Watson to third. Dimero and Brown struck out and then Artie Archibald slammed
a double scoring both Watson and Cloos. Billy Sweet finally ended the inning
with a ground out to first. The damage was done and the slump had been broken.
From then on the Travelers looked like the professional baseball team that they
were two months ago.
The Anglers
were able to score one in the bottom of the first but Angler’s pitcher, Jim
Clark, was rattled and he struggled throughout the game. He let up two more runs
in the fifth and in the eighth Johnny Cloos found his swing again and blasted a
two run homer out of the park. It was his first out of the park homerun in
almost two months.
The Anglers
scored one more in the bottom of the eighth but for the most part Travelers
pitcher, Danny Lane, was effective, striking out six and only allowing two runs
and seven hits. The Travelers made no errors while the Anglers suffered two
miscues.
The Travelers
stay on the road next week as they travel to Cedar Creek to take on the Bulls.
The game starts at 1:30 in the Cedar Creek Ballpark.
NATIONAL NEWS
KHRUSHCHEV ACCUSES GOVERNMENTS OF TRYING TO
START WAR – IKE TELLS KHRUSHCHEV MUST FOLLOW RULES – LARGEST US SATELLITE
LAUNCHED – PRINCE CHARLES NAMED PRINCE OF WALES – IVY LEAGUERS IN A DANCE
CONTEST
Premier Khrushchev says hotheads
holding important government posts in some countries are trying to start a new
war. He named no names. His statements came after an anti-U.S. blast by the
government newspaper Izvestia and accusations by the Communist party paper
Pravda that the United States is guilty of meddling wire pulling and open
aggression in the Middle East.
President
Eisenhower tells Soviet Premier Khrushchev any U.N. meeting between them must
be arranged and conducted strictly within Security Council rules. Earlier
Khrushchev agreed conditionally to attend a summit meeting on the Mideast in
the U.N. Security Council.
America’s largest and most important
satellite is hurled into orbit. Its job was to tell if deadly radiation in
outer space will long delay man’s greatest adventure – a flight to the moon.
Prince Charles, heir apparent to the
British throne, is named Prince of Wales by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The Ivy
League-Seven College Conference had for its theme a “snap the fingers and
swing” contest. Students from Harvard, Yale, Penn, Radcliffe and Smith
participated.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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