EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
23, 1959 Vol. C721
LOCAL
NEWS
APRIL SHOWERS COME LATE BUT
MAKE A STATEMENT
East Farewell – It looked for a while that the showers of April
would not be a severe as they have been in the past but over the last week the
April showers made their presence known. The clouds rolled in Sunday night and
the rains started shortly after. The rain has continued from Monday, heavy at
times, through Thursday and is expected to continue until Saturday. The total
rain fall is estimated to reach an unprecedented 3 to 4” by Saturday. There is
no imminent danger to local businesses because most are located on higher
ground above Lake Charles. Some local residents who live close to the lake have
taken precautions to divert any rising lake water but there have been a few
stories of flooding. Most of the homes that border the lake have been built in
raised pilings that will put them out of harm’s way. There have been one or two
reports of new, lower homes near the water that have experienced some rising
water.
The wet weather has put the damper on
many early spring
activities in town. Not only have the restaurants been unable to open their
‘al-fresco’ dining, most of the High School after school activities have been
either rescheduled or cancelled. The highly anticipated track and field event
that was going to be the final track meet for the season bringing five local
schools together for a huge track festival has been moved back until next week
due to the anticipated foul weather. The event will take place next Saturday at
the Regional High School. Other events that were scheduled were the Spring
Stroll and the Outdoor Art display scheduled for the Lakefront Plaza. Both
events have been moved back to next week. Hopefully, the weather will clear and
East Farewell will begin to enjoy the May flowers that it is so well known for.
Rainy Main
Street - East Farewell
SPORTS
TRAVELERS BURN ANGLERS
East Farewell – The Travelers stayed unbeaten as they scored
five runs in the fifth and two in the eighth to down the Anglers 7-4 on
Saturday. The Anglers were reported to have vastly improved their lineup over
the off-season but they still came up short against the Travelers newest
fastballer, Buzz “The Burner” Barnet. The Travelers picked up Barnet during the
League draft in February and signed him in March. He came from a small college
in New York, St. Matins, where he set a school record for wins (21) over his
three seasons there. His first start was impressive as he struck out nine
Anglers and only walked two. He was helped by last year’s league leading
defense with three double plays to keep the Anglers off base.
The game
started like last week’s pitcher’s duel with both Barnet and Anglers ace, Joe
Hawkins, striking out two each but not letting any hits get through in the
first inning. From the second to the fifth both pitchers showed great control
and power. The Travelers were finally able to get to Hawkins in the fifth.
Starting off the bottom of the fifth Joey Brown poked a single through the
middle Art Archibald was able to follow with a nice drive to center sending
Brown to third. The Anglers defense stepped up and squelched a sacrifice bunt
try by Billy Sweet and held Brown on third while Archibald advanced. In one of
Hawkins rare letdowns he walked Ralph Francis to load the bases. Then Dale
Dunham came up and Hawkins took him to a 3-2 count and tried to blast a
fastball by him but Dunham was waiting and connected sending a long, long fly
to center that cleared the center field fence by 10 feet. It was both the
Travelers first grand slam of the season and Dunham’s first ever. Then Hawkins
faced Bobby Watson went deep in the count but struck him out. Johnny Cloos came
up next and on the first pitch knocked another one out of the park. His second
but it was the first two homer inning for the Travelers since last summer.
Hawkins walked off the mound and catcher, George Sellers, came out to talk. It
seemed to settle Hawkins down because he was able send the next two batters
down without a hit.
The Anglers
came up in the sixth and tried to start a rally of their own by tagging Barnet
with three straight hits, scoring one and their biggest hitter, Mario Napeleni,
coming to bat. Barnet worked him to a 2-2 count but then tried to fool him with
a changeup but Napeleni was not fooled. He knocked the ball over the right
field fence bringing the score to 5-3. Barnet was able to regain his composure
and finish off the Anglers without any more damage. The game went back to the
pitchers as they worked without a hit in seventh. The bottom of the eighth saw
the Travelers score two more with three hits by Anthony, Brown and Sweet. The
Anglers attempted a comeback by scoring one more in the top of the ninth but
fell short as Barnet struck out the last two batters.
“I really liked
the way Buzzy took on those Anglers to task. He is young but he is very smart
and really understands the game. I think he is a great addition to the team,”
said manager, Sam Fowler after the game.
The Travelers
go on the road for the first time this season next week as they travel up the
road the take on the Cedar Creek Bulls who are also undefeated in this young
season. The game starts at 1:30 in the Cedar Creek Stadium.
NATIONAL NEWS
ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY OPENS – SHAO-CHI SUCCEEDS
MAO TZE-TUNG IN CHINA – CLARE BOOTHE LUCE NEW AMBASSADOR TO BRAZIL
The St.
Lawrence Seaway opens to ships. The project was debated by the United
States and Canadian governments for 50 years, but was completed in 5 years by
15,000 workers. The Seaway is a giant system of canals and locks and will now
allow traffic from the Atlantic Ocean into the Great Lakes.
Liu
Shao-chi succeeds Mao Tze-tung as president of the Chinese Communist
government. Mao is the Communist republic’s only president in its 10-year
history.
The
Senate approves the nomination of Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce as
ambassador to Brazil. Her husband, Henry Luce, is the editor-in-chief of Time
Magazine
