EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
9, 1958 Vol. C693
LOCAL
NEWS
FARMERS MARKET ON LAKEFRONT
PLAZA
East Farewell – The Farmer’s Market came back to Lakefront Plaza
on Saturday and Sunday much to the delight of everyone in town. Many local
farmers brought their wares to the Plaza and set up stands all around the
perimeter. Things started before dawn and by the official opening time of
7:00AM cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, squash and even apples overflowed from the stalls.
The folks started arriving early and along with all the extra help brought in
to handle the stalls the Plaza was jammed with
people by opening time. The harvest was bountiful this year and there
was quite the variety of fresh garden vegetables.
This year the
Farmers Grange did not host the event but it was very much involved. In the
past the Grange has organized the event but this year the event was organized
by the local Boy Scouts, Troop 325. The event was tied to troop wide merit
badges for farm crops harvest, and business organization. The entire troop of
15 boys went all over the area and some even ventured over to Slate Mountain to
their area farms to notify and solicit the farmers to bring their surplus crops
to the Plaza and sell them. They also secured all the permits needed for the
event, helped with the setup and cleaned up afterwards. “Those boys did an
outstanding job,” said Scoutmaster Joe Gelenti, “They all got together and gave
out the different jobs. Each knew what he had to do and each one did his job. A
finely tuned unit, if I don’t say so myself.”
The Market was
open two days and there was not a lack of produce, but by about 6:00PM on
Sunday evening things were pretty much sold out. Every farmer was very happy
with the event and was glad to sell off their surplus. They also seemed happy
to meet and interact with all the townspeople. In return, the townspeople
greeted and shared their own gardening thoughts with the farmers, most looking
for advice. When it all wrapped up everyone wandered off and back to their
places hoping that this event would take place again next year.
1958 Farmers
Market on the Plaza
SPORTS
TRAVELERS SEASON ENDS BUT STREAK DOES NOT
East Farewell – The game was looked at as anti-climactic for the
Travelers who had clinched the league title last week. The only remaining
points of interest for the Traveler fans was if they could finish off with a
win and extend their late season winning streak to 11, tying a team record.
The Riverview Anglers were trying to secure second place so they
were expected to put up a good fight. Sometimes things don’t turn out as
expected. The Travelers let loose a hitting display that rivaled any in the
season, the hapless Anglers sent an unheard of four pitchers to the mound to
try to stem the flood. Every Traveler recorded a hit in the game with Cloos, Dimero
and Dunham getting three each. Watson and Francis got two each. The Travelers
walloped the Anglers, 11-1 and closed the season as league champs and riding an
eleven game winning streak.
The hitting got under way in the first inning with the Travelers
running half way through their lineup before the Anglers were able to get an
out. By the end of the third the score was 5-0 and the tone had been set. The
Anglers replaced pitcher, Dave Carpenter, after the 3rd with rookie Sam Carter,
who lasted only 2 innings and let in 3 runs. Carter was replaced by Richard
Hogan, a seasoned vet but he also had trouble with the hot bats and let in two
more runs in 2 innings. The Anglers emptied their bullpen with Tommy Carpenter
for the 8th and he let in the last run fittingly a Cloos homerun to
right.
The Anglers
were finally able to get on the board in the seventh with the only three hits
they were able to get in the whole game. Traveler’s pitcher Billy Green had a
phenomenal day striking out ten and walking only one. In the seventh he had a
bit of a lapse in concentration and gave up the three hits scoring Jones but
leaving Eckhart and Klein stranded. Green regained his composure and finished
off the game by retiring the side in the ninth.
Now that the
season is over and the Travelers are the champs it will be time for another
parade. While the arrangements were still being made by press time it is
presumed that the parade will take place next week and run down Main Street
turning on Lake Shore Drive and ending at the Lakefront Plaza where there will
be a rally and the team will be feted.
NATIONAL NEWS
AIR FORCE TRIES A SECOND MOON SHOT – RUSSIA
SHUTS DOWN CBS IN MOSCOW – POPE PIUS BURIED – BORN TOO LATE EXPLAINED – BRAVES FAVORED IN THE WORLD SERIES – CAMPANELLA
GIVEN TRUST FUND
The Air Force
launched its second moon rocket with an 85-pound instrumented payload in its
nose. The
three-stage rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral but a
slight loss of thrust in the Pioneer lunar probe stopped
America’s second attempt to reach the area of the moon.
The State
Department accused Russia of attempted intimidation for ordering the
Columbia Broadcasting System to close its Moscow bureau in reprisal for CBS
programs in this country. They particularly cited the CBS drama “The Plot to
Kill Stalin” which pictured Nikita S. Khrushchev as part of a conspiracy to
kill the late Russian Premier. Russia has protested the program to the State
Department as a “filthy slander”
In Rome - Pope
Pius XII is buried beneath St. Peter’s Basilica after a funeral
ceremony.
Pattie McCabe,
one of the “Poni-Tails” explains their hit “Born Too Late:” “It’s a message song, Lots of
girls fall in love with an older guy. It’s like the junior high school girl who
secretly loves the senior who’s the football captain, or the high school girl
whose boy is away in college. ‘Born Too Late’ gets very close to home with a
lot of girls for that reason and for that reason, we think the girls bought our
record”
The Milwaukee
Braves are favored 6-5 to beat the Yankees in the World Series.
A $10,000 trust fund is given to injured Baseball star Roy
Campanella for the education of his three youngest
children. The gift, made by a Boston underwriting firm, was presented to the
long-time Brooklyn Dodger catcher on NBC’s “This Is Your Life” hosted by Ralph
Edwards. “Campy’s” career ended in an automobile accident. “This is
wonderful... it takes a great load off my mind about the kid’s future
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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