EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June 25,
1959 Vol. C730
LOCAL
NEWS
SUMMER STOCK PLAYHOUSE OPENS
EARLY
East Farewell – The brand new summer stock
student theater program opened a week early and the first project, Guys and
Dolls, debuted on Saturday night and it was sold out. The turnout and
enthusiasm of the student, local artists and musicians made the initial
offering of the summer season run ahead of schedule, much to the delight of
all. “We were just overwhelmed, happily, by the turnout and most of the cast
knew the show already,” said owner Julie Davidson in an interview on opening
night, “Jeb did such a great job in bringing it all together and all the kids
and local actors were just fantastic, oh and the musicians were so great they
really brought the show to life.”
The
lead roles went to upper class students and local actors. Sky Masterson was
played by Regional High seniors, Bruce Moss and Eric Finnerin, each sharing the
role on opposite shows, Nathan Detroit is played by David Carpenter and Frankie
Ray, in the female roles we see Greta Brown and Daisy Hall as Sarah Brown and
Rita Sommers and East Farewell’s own rising star, Natalie Mallard as the comedic classic show girl, Adelaide. The classic songs
like Luck Be A Lady Tonight and Bushel & Peck are played by a fantastic pit band comprised of many Regional High School musicians and some local
performers and led by Regional High’s own band master, Leo B. Russell.
The
program will run through the summer and was scheduled to present only two
shows, Romeo and Juliet being the other, but with the speed and apparent
familiarity with the works producer, Jeb Bernstein said he would like to add a
show to the schedule, maybe two. “These kids are great. They really know the
material and I am very happy to work with them. Their energy is just terrific
and they are really quite talented,” said Bernstein during the interview.
Shows
will run Friday night, a Saturday matinee and Sunday through Wednesday nights,
for two weeks in July. They will take a break to work up the next show and
Romeo and Juliet will premier in early August. That will run for two weeks and
the last show, to be announced, will finish off the summer. The students will
have to return to school in early September but this will most certainly be a wonderful experience and a
lasting memory for all of them.
The leads of
Guys & Dolls Summer stock 1959
SPORTS
TRAVELERS GET “SMOKED”
East Farewell – The Travelers became the fourth check on Bill
“Smoke” Black’s win slate on Saturday. He fanned 12 and kept the Travelers to
only five hits. CGW blanked the Travelers 4-0 in the Travelers first shutout
this season. The Travelers were unable to catch up to Black’s fastball and did
not get on base until the fourth inning. Their five hits were all singles
except for a double by Johnny Cloos in the eight. All baserunners were stranded
and even the speedy Billy Sweet was unable to swipe a base on Black who is very
quick with his delivery.
CGW was able to
score early on Joey Alfred getting one run in the first and another in the
second. Alfred was able to toughen up and held them scoreless until the eighth
when CGW slugger, Ned Vern, smashed a
two run homer over the right field wall and that put the final nail in the
Travelers coffin. The Travelers did not play poorly but they were just not able
to get any traction against Black who only walked four. Neither team committed
any errors. CGW is moved ahead of the Travelers and Slate Mountain, all were
tied for second. Next week the Travelers host the Mountain View Explorers and
their ace, Joe “Freight” Trane and slugger Bobby “Hammer” Taxen. Mountain View
is currently leading the league by two games. The game will be an evening game
and will begin at 7:30 in the ballpark.
NATIONAL NEWS
QUEEN ELIZABETH AND VP NIXON DEDICATE ST.
LAWRENCE SEAWAY – KENNEDY NAMES CAMPAIGN ISSUES – HAWAII BECOMES 50TH
STATE
Queen
Elizabeth and Vice President Nixon attend the American portion
of the 2300-mile-St Lawrence Seaway dedication ceremonies. Also attending – Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller of New York.
Senator
John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts names seven top campaign issues for the
coming year. “These seven peaceful revolutions constitute the basic agenda of
our time - the issue of the 1960 campaign - the differences between our two
major parties.” “The Republican Party has traditionally been the party of the
status quo, and today there is no status quo.” The senator listed the
issues: An explosive population increase ... shrinking farm acreage ...
use of automation and atomization ... soaring living standards ... weapons
development ... aid to underdeveloped nations ... growing nationalism
throughout the globe.
49
stars no more - Hawaii votes itself into the union. The vote clears the way
for formal admission of the territory as the 50th state this summer,
probably in August. The 49 star American flag is going to be history.
Speaking of which - Ft. McHenry will be the site of the first official raising
of the nation’s new 49-star flag at one minute after midnight on the morning of
July 4. Interior Secretary Seaton will raise the new flag with its
49th star representing Alaska while the U.S Marine band plays “The
Star-Spangled banner”
