EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, July
2, 1959 Vol. C731
LOCAL
NEWS
NEW TRAIN STATION CONSTRUCTION
WELL UNDERWAY
East Farewell – The construction of the new train station in the
middle of East
Farewell is well underway and is expected to be completed before the
Thanksgiving holiday which has recently become a very popular time for local
families to host big reunions and parties bringing heavy rail traffic to town.
The Mighty Keystone Railroad is building the new structure and the overpass
which is connecting the existing building. The new station will be much larger
and have updated amenities like air conditioning and electric heat. It will
also allow hold more people so they won’t have to wait outside on the platform
for arriving and departing trains. The original station was built in 1913 when
East Farewell was merely a whistle stop and delivery and pickup location for
the railways rails and other iron parts from the Iron Works. The Iron Works was
built by the railroad to supply rails and machine parts for the railroad. It
was located in East Farewell because that is close to the halfway point on the
rail system between the east coast cities of Philadelphia and New York and
Midwestern Chicago. While East Farewell actually existed before the railroad
came through it was not incorporated until the Mighty Keystone Railroad did so
in 1902 by the Lendel brothers who were working for the railroad.
The new
construction started at the end of March and has been moving ahead on schedule
as per project manager, Nathan Reese. Since the new building is on the other
side of tracks across from the original building an overpass has been
constructed so workers can get to building site without crossing over the
tracks. When the building is finished an underpass, currently under
construction will connect the new parking lot with Lake
Shore Drive.
The original
plan was to raze the present station after construction was finished but public
sentiment has driven a change in plans. The original building will be
transformed into a Railroad Museum with many pieces of historical memorabilia
from the Mighty Keystone’s long fabled history. The museum was the idea of the
East Farewell Civic Association and Town Manager Tom Connolly. They felt the
old building was to historic to tear down and it represented some of the
earliest examples of the railroads signature architectural style that was used
in most of their buildings all along the line. The public also wanted to keep
the old building and were very excited to hear the proposal and equally excited
when the railroad said they had accepted the proposal.
SPORTS
TRAVELERS LOSE A HEARTBREAKER
IN EXTRA INNINGS
East Farewell- The Travelers hosted the league leading Mountain
View Explorers on Saturday night and the game went well into the night as the
teams played three extra innings before Explorers slugger, Bobby “Hammer” Taxen
hit what turned out to be the winning homerun in the top of the 12th
inning. It was his second homer in the game. The Travelers were able to get
Bobby Watson to second but was stranded when Travelers hero, Johnny Cloos flied
out to center. His blast sent Explorers centerfielder, Darryl Davis, back
against the wall but he was able to leap and reach the ball for the final,
heartbreaking out. The Travelers went down 3-2 in 12 innings. Taxen turned out
to be the offensive difference as he has been in so many games, smashing two
home runs and setting up the Explorers other run.
The game
started out as a pitcher’s duel between Explorer ace, Joe” “Freight” Trane and
Traveler’s “Perfect” Joe Nagy. Both were excellent through the first six
innings and it looked like the game was going to hinge on a defensive gaff by
one team or the other. Trane struck out six and Nagy five in the first six
neither gave up a walk. Both teams got four scattered hit through the first six
innings. Finally in the bottom of the seventh the Travelers were able to crack
Trane’s iron grip and score two runs with three hits. Brown, Archibald and
Francis did the damage but Trane stayed in and closed out the game. Nagy was
not so durable giving up one run in the eighth and the tying run, Taxen’s
homer, in the ninth. He pitched the 10th and 11th but
could not come out in the 12th when reliever Walter Drummer came in
and got two quick outs but Taxen came up and sent a 3-2 fastball out of the
park. Trane came out in the bottom of the 12th and looked amazingly
strong as he finished off the Travelers after allowing two hits. The hometown
crowd was on its feet with Cloos’ smash only to end up disappointed with Davis’
grab.
The Travelers stay
at home next week to host the Slate Mountain Miners on Saturday, the 4th.
The game is schedule for an early start of 3:00 in the afternoon. The game
should be over and folks should have enough time to make their way over to the
Lakefront Plaza or their favorite viewing spot to watch the firework that will
begin at 8:00PM
NATIONAL NEWS
HOFFA NAMED BY SENATE IN AIRPLANE DEAL –
QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS CHICAGO, CHARMS MILLIONS – BEN-GURION BEATS DOWN COMMIE
ATTEMPTED TAKE OVER
The
Senate Rackets Committee injects the names of James Hoffa and one of his aides
into its hearings on an airplane deal in which an alleged international gun
smuggler became involved. Hoffa was not present to answer testimony that
he had maneuvered to loan $300,000 of his union’s funds to a Cleveland group,
which owned the big military cargo planes.
Queen
Elizabeth visits Chicago, drawing an estimated two million cheering
spectators into the streets, charming the many who met her and crowning it all
with a simple speech at a civic dinner.
Prime
Minister Ben-Gurion, architect of Israeli independence, beats down a
Communist attempt to oust him on a no-confidence vote. But he faces a second
parliamentary test over selling arms to Germany that was expected to cause his
resignation.
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