8/27/1959

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, August 27, 1959   Vol. C739

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LOCAL NEWS

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ROMEO & JULIET SPINS ITS TRAGIC ROMANCE THROUGH TOWN

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East Farewell – The Student Summer stock program opened its second and final show on Friday. Romeo & Juliet and it will run through next Wednesday. The first shows were sold out but there are some tickets available for the remaining shows. The program has been overwhelmingly successful and lovingly embraced by both the student performers and the audience. Directed by Jeb Bernstein the classic Shakespeare play was presented in the classic way. “We thought we would keep it pretty straight,” said Playhouse owner, Julie Davidson, “the kids knew the story and Jeb was able to get them right into the action in a short, short time. The students were fantastic. They all learned their parts in about a week and they really embraced the story.”

            The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular and most people know the story. The fact that it revolves around two young lovers made it a perfect show for the student summer stock program. The program is made up of mostly high school students. Some very talented high school students have been part of the program all summer. Originally, only two shows were scheduled for the summer program but after the quick release of Guys and Dolls in late June it was hoped that there would be enough time to put on three plays this summer. That was overly hopeful and as the summer rolled on it became apparent that the original schedule was more realistic.

            As with Guys and Dolls there were two casts who switched back and forth on different days. Both were fantastic and the youthful exuberance was present every time the curtain went up no matter whom was on stage that day. Romeo was played by Regional High School seniors, Eric Finnerin and David Carpenter and Juliet was played by Daisy Hall and Rita Sommers. Mercutio is played by Bruce Moss and Frankie Ray and Paris was played by Sammy O’Neil and Dennis Dale. The Nurse is played in both casts by the very capable Natalie Mallard and Lady Capulet is played by Erin Young and Wendy Thomas, Lady Montague is played by Dianne Doyle and Amanda Wilson. All are wonderful in their parts.

            A big part of the program is the behind the scenes work that takes place like scenery building and musical content. While with this show there was minimal music the scenery was very important and a whole crew of students built, painted and mounted many wonderful scenes for this show as well as created extravagant costumes . All through the summer a crew of about 15 would swing hammers and splash paint brushes around, sew and, bead and speckle costumes to create the atmosphere for the show. They also manned the scene changes and lighting for each show. After each show along with the cast the stage crew was called to the stage to take a bow along with and many times hand in hand with the cast.

            The Summer Stock Program has proved to be a huge success by all accounts and no one could be happier the Julie and Rick Davidson, owners of the Playhouse and Jeb Bernstein except perhaps the student themselves. The program will probably become a staple for local students for a long time to come.

1959 Student Summer Stock of Romeo & Juliet

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS SKIP PAST SLEEPY CUBS

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Bear Creek – The Travelers were able to get out of Bear Creek without getting swiped by a red hot Bears team on Saturday because the Cubs seemed to have fallen asleep on the field. The Travelers scored 3 earned runs but capitalized on an unbelievable 7 errors by the Cubs. The Cubs haven’t committed more than two errors in a game all season and they had only five errors total until Saturday. They had no explanation for the rash of miscues and made no excuses. “We really stunk the place up tonight, that was embarrassing,” said Cubs catcher, Denny Devine after the game.

            The Travelers started off with legitimate power scoring two runs in the second and the Cubs were able to counter with one in the bottom of the second but then things fell apart for the Cubs. In the third Cub’s pitcher, Nelson Green, started to go wild. After walking Dunham he hit Bobby Watson and intentionally walked Cloos, loading the bases. Tony Dimero came to bat and Green took him to a 3-2 and let go one of the wildest pitch ever seen in Cubs Stadium. Catcher Devine made a stab at it but it was way out of his reach. He was left sprawled out behind home and the ball was rolling around the backstop. Both Green and third baseman, David Gorman tried to corral the ball but both Dunham and Watson scored and Cloos was on third and Dimero on first. Then Brown came up and drilled a long double into the corner in right clearing the bases. Green was able to get settled down and finish off the inning but he was in a 6-2 hole. The Travelers defense was as tight as the Cubs defense was loose and the Travelers pitcher, Danny Lane, was able to keep the Cubs off base for the next four innings.

            In the fifth and sixth innings the Cubs flubbed the ball four times, two bad throws to first, a dropped liner and a ham-handed play at shortstop, all these ended up with the Travelers scoring three more runs. By the seventh inning the score stood at 9-2 and the fans were getting restless. It looked like there was going to be a fan revolt if the Cubs didn’t straighten up. No revolt materialized but the Cubs could not get out of their own way. In the eighth and ninth they did not commit any more errors but an overly conservative defense let in one more to end the game 10-2 down.

            The Travelers move onto Ondita next week to face the Cougars and their ace Sam ‘Cat’ Caterno. Caterno is currently leading the league in wins with fifteen and the Travelers will have their work cut out for them. The Cougars have been building a strong record of 39-34 so far. They have not had any long winning streaks, their longest being four in a row in June but they have won two or three then lost one and then won two or three more to amass the impressive record. The game is an evening game in the wonderful Ondita ballpark with their new lights. The game begins at 7:05PM.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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NEW YORK CITY ROUNDS UP GANGS – IKE & DE GAULLE HAVE FRIENDLY MEETING – US ASKS UN TO LOOK AT COMMIES IN LAOS – HAWAII LEGISLATURE MEETS FOR THE FIRST TIME

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New York City police say they have brought in at least 200 teen-agers during a two-day roundup to clear the city streets of “punks.” The crackdown was ordered by local law authorities after four teen-agers were killed in the span of seven days in an outbreak of gang terrorism.

President Eisenhower and General Charles de Gaulle end a two-day meeting with a short communiqué that said they discussed all questions of interest to the United States and France in a “very friendly and cordial atmosphere.” The President completes his task to obtain maximum cooperation from the Atlantic alliance before his meeting with Premier Khrushchev.

The United States announces it will ask the U.N. Security Council to send a fact-finding subcommittee to Laos, where rebels are threatening the government.

For the first time - Hawaii’s first State Legislature opens. The newest state takes another step into membership to the Union.

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8/20/1959

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, August 20, 1959   Vol. C738

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LOCAL NEWS

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WATER SKI JUMP OPENED AND WELCOME ADDITION

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East Farewell – The water ski jump on the lake has been in place as long as anyone can remember. Looking back in the records it was found that it was built back in 1932 by the sons of the original East Farewell builders, the Lendel brothers, Sid and Lou.  The Lendel brothers had sold all of East Farewell to the Mighty Keystone Railroad in 1929 after suffering severe financial setbacks but their sons, Abe, Ralph and Charles were able to hold on to some properties around the lake and had the jump built to help promote attractions to Lake Charles. The water ski jump was a rare thing back in 1932, having been only invented in 1928, and the placement on the lake drew a lot of attention. At the time there were only a handful of boats on the lake that were powerful enough to pull a skier let alone pull them up and over the jump. There were plenty of flops and bailouts over the years but many people who grew up on the lake jumped over the 8 foot high ramp. Last year the ramp was closed for repairs and reinforcement but once the work started it was clear that the whole thing had to be replaced, too many runs over it and too many lake freezes and thaws took their toll on the ramp. It was ruled no longer safe by the Lake Safety Commission. The project was put out to bid but only on builder bid on the project, Lake Home Builders owned by East Farewell longtime resident, Norm Daily.  He was able to tear down the old ramp, set new supports on the lake’s bed and construct and new ramp in only 3 months. The new ramp is 8 feet six inches high and coated with a plastic top to make it less resistive and better suited to the elements. This new ramp is also removable for winter storage. The new ramp was opened to the public the week before the July 4^th holiday and has been used every day since them barring rainouts and overly windy days.

            The popularity of the jump has never been a question but as the number of motorboats on the lake grew and the number of skiers also grew it became clear that there had to be some sort of order put in place to prevent crashes and accidents. So in 1958 a monitoring station was set up on a pier beside Lakeshore Beach where boaters could stop and “schedule” a jump. This more a mere formality and courtesy than a rigid law and there have been no complaints about the procedure. Part of Daily’s reconstruction was to outfit the ramp with a flag system that can be controlled from the monitoring station that will fly a red or green flag to alert boaters and give them the ok to proceed with their jump.

            Most of the jumpers seem to be younger but there have been some older, more experienced jumpers in the past few weeks. “We come to the Lake every year, we’ve been coming for almost ten years now and I grew up with that ski jump. Now this new one is just so much better, I used to be able to jump about 20 feet now I can make at least 25 feet, close to 30. This is great!” exclaimed local vacationer and ski jump aficionado, Sam Walker.

            There is a lot of talk between local water skiers that there should be some form of contest to crown a “King Jumper” All the talk is still just in the preliminary stages but the way things proceed in East Farewell, it won’t be long before we see a water ski jump championship on Lake Charles.

Fans watch Sam Walker go off jump

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SPORTS

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SENATORS OUTLAW TRAVELERS

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Albany – The Travelers five game winning streak came to an abrupt end on Saturday when they ran into a hitting machine called The Albany Senators. The Senators smacked a season record of six home runs against an unexpectedly weak Billy Green, in their 11-1 win. The Senators started off quickly, scoring 2 runs in the first and 3 more in the second. The Travelers were unable to get their own offense started as they were held in check by Senators ace pitcher, Chris “Cadillac” Carr, who threw an almost flawless game. He struck out 12 and only allowed three hits and no walks. The only bright spot for the Travelers was a right field homer by Johnny Cloos in the seventh. The Senators six homers were spread out but their slugger, Ralph O’Hara, had a personal record of three, two back to back. Bailey, Amari and Feldman were the other contributors to the jackpot. The Senators also were able to manufacture three runs. They hit Green for a total of 16 hits in seven innings after which he was mercifully relived by young Hank Dunlap who was able to finish the game but gave up two more runs. “This was the worst showing of the year for us,” said manager Fowler bitterly after the game, “We are going to have to regroup and get back on tract, immediately.”

            That may be harder than it seems because the Travelers stay on the road next week and visit another red hot team, the Bear Creek Cubs, who have made an incredible turn around in the last month and have won their last six games. The game is a late afternoon game and begins at 4:05PM in Bear Creek Park.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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CROWDS LOVE IKE IN BONN AND LONDON – NIXON CONFIDENT OF IKE VS KHRUSHCHEV – CHINESE MASS THOUSAND AT INDIAN BORDER – DALAI LAMA GOING TO THE UN FOR HELP – KHRUSHCHEV BRINGING FAMILY TO USA

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Crowds line the route from Bonn’s Wahn Airport to greet and get a glimpse of President Eisenhower. He was met at the airport by Chancellor Adenauer and U.S. Ambassador David Bruce and a half million Londoners give President Eisenhower a stirring welcome as he arrives from West Germany.

In Minneapolis, Vice President Nixon told the American Legion that President Eisenhower will not be “taken in or bluffed’ by Nikita Khrushchev during the Soviet Premier’s visit to the United States next month. The Vice President declared the enthusiastic reception President Eisenhower is getting on his current trip to Europe undoubtedly will strengthen his hand when he meets with Premier Khrushchev in Washington next month.

Nikita Khrushchev declares he is going to the United States next month with a ‘burning desire” to do his bit to relieve international tensions. He will be bringing his family along.

Chinese Communists have massed thousands of troops along India’s northeast frontier where they attacked and occupied a chunk of Indian territory last week.

The Dalai Lama announces that he has decided to seek the verdict of the United Nations on Communist Chinese aggression against Tibet. The 23-year-old monk ruler of the Tibetan people is now in exile in India.

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8/13/1959

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, August 13, 1959   Vol. C737

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LOCAL NEWS

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4^th SWIM ACROSS THE LAKE HOT HIT

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East Farewell – It was already hot by 9:30AM, almost 79 degrees. The water temperature was a mild 68 degrees very unusual for Lake Charles. All these conditions made the 4^th annual “Swim Across the Lake” ideal for the 150 participants and 100 racers who all jumped in the lake from a very wide “entry funnel” created by organizers, Hugh Reston and Frank Dunlap that ran all along the Lakefront Plaza beach and over onto the Fun Pier beach when the starting cannon boomed. The “entry funnel” led all the swimmers into a fifty foot wide swimming lane that stretched across the entire lake and contained the massive group. All along the lane borders was a virtual flotilla of rowboats and small speedboats, even a mast-less sunfish or two kept to watch over the swimmers. There were several boats filled with fans and spectators that moved along the outside of the lanes as the swimmers progressed across the lake.

            This year saw some other changes instituted by organizers Dunlap and Reston. Instead of landing on Raleigh Beach, the beach owned by N.U.D.E. (Nothing Until Democracy Evolves), a local nudist organization, Reston and Dunlap rented North Shore beach that is owned by the Reese family, former owners of the Reese farm that is now the Reese Links, the local golf club that is hosting next week’s Golf Tournament. “The increase in the number of people that were going to land on the other side of the lake made Raleigh Beach really unusable this year. No, we did not have any reservations about Mr. Logan (N.U.D.E.’s president and spokesman) showing up au natural. We spoke with him and explained the situation and he agreed with the changes. He is a wonderful person and said he do his best to shield the beach from prying eyes during the race,” said Frank Dunlap before the race.

            There were only three incidents where swimmers had to be assisted by rescue boats and all incidents were deemed minor. All the swimmers that need assistance had overestimated the length of the race basically had to quit before they were able to finish. The race was won this year by a local Regional High graduate, Neil Ross. He graduated from Regional High two years ago and is currently a sophomore attending the prestigious University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. This year with the course change the race was a little longer. It was an even 3 miles, three tenths of a mile longer than the former races. Ross was able to cross the lake in 1 hour and 47 minutes, a very good clip. The female winner was Gail Stevenson, another Regional High grad but she is currently in her senior year nearby Gettysburg College. Her time was also very impressive at 1 hour, 58 minutes. Last year’s winner, David Wilson finished second and Ruth Steele, at a ripe old age of 25 finished second in the woman’s division. After the race there was a ribbon ceremony on North Shore beach and most folks drifted back to town or headed over to the ballpark to tailgate before the Travelers game. Once again the organizational skills of Reston and Dunlap shone brightly throughout the whole event. From the early planning stages and the recruitment of a top notch group of volunteers to the securing of all permits and rental agreements both men led with exceptional direction and vision. The whole day was full of fun and good competition and turned out to be a wonderful summer highlight.

Swimmers take off in 1959 Swim Across the Lake

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SPORTS

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VIKINGS ATTEMPT TO RAID TRAVELERS

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East Farewell – The evening was still hot but the ballpark was packed. The Travelers walked on the field holding onto a four game winning streak and the Vikings came into town with the same credentials. Both came to play. The Travelers sent ace pitcher, Joe Nagy and the Vikings matched with their ace, Phil Burkhart, both put outstanding effort into their games and both pithed nine innings. Unfortunately for Burkhart the game went into extra innings and he was relieved in the 12^th inning by rookie, Sam Nelson, who ended up letting the Travelers Johnny Cloos hit a game winning double to win and end the game in the bottom of the 13^th inning, 3-2.

            Both pitchers were perfect for the first four innings and a buzz started through the crowd that something special was happening. Then in the fifth the Vikings brought Nagy’s perfect game to an end when Jimmy Wentworth hit a single over Archibald’s head. The Vikings scored first when their slugger, Hans Weise, hammered a double into right scoring Wentworth. Nagy then doubled down and struck out the rest of the side stranding Weis. The Travelers didn’t have an answer to Burkhart until the sixth when Dimero singled, then Joey Brown smacked a double but stuck Dimero at third. Archibald tried a suicide squeeze bunt but it failed taking out Dimero. Nagy struck out but then Ralph Francis caught up to one of Burkhart’s fastballs and put the Travelers ahead 2-1. Undaunted, the Vikings struck back in the ninth and tied it up at 2-2. The extra innings both teams showed signs of fatigue but the Travelers were able to get hits off Nelson in the 13^th and Johnny Cloos finally doubled to end it bringing in Dale Dunham for the walk off win. The game ran a long 3 hours 30 minutes but the fans did not seem to care. The night air was still warm at 11:00PM hovering around 65 degrees. Most people walked home through town and enjoyed the late night sky in East Farewell.

            The Travelers go on the road next week as they visit the Albany Senators. The game begins in Albany at 1:30PM, Saturday in the historic Albany Stadium.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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NIXON SAYS KHRUSHCHEV THINKS US IS WEAK – CASTRO SAYS TRUJILLO IS A MADMAN – BATISTA LANDS IN THE MADEIRA ISLANDS – BOEING 707 CRASHES IN LONG ISLAND – EARTHQUAKES IN MONTANA

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Vice President Nixon says that Soviet Premier Khrushchev believes the United States is weak, sinking economically and split over foreign policy. Nixon said Khrushchev’s forthcoming visit to the U.S. would be worthwhile if it removes “his miscalculation” about U.S. strength and determination. The net effect Nixon added could advance the cause of peace.

Premier Castro of Cuba declares that General Trujillo of the Dominican Republic, and old foe, is a power-mad dictator guilty of disturbing the peace. He contends that Trujillo, the Organization of American States and the U.S. State Department are all in league against his revolutionary government.

Exiled dictator Fulgencio Batista of Cuba and his party immigrate to the Portuguese Madeira Islands, where he is granted political asylum by the Portuguese government. Batista had taken refuge in the Dominican Republic January 1 after the Cuban revolution - but that became an embarrassment to the Trujillo regime.

In the first disaster of the jet age - a $5 million American Airlines Boeing 707 jetliner carrying five crewmen on training flight crashes in a Long Island potato field killing all. The crash was about 70 miles east of New York City.

Earthquakes in Montana kill eight and injure 60 in the Southwestern portion of the state. The shocks were felt in Yellowstone Park.

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8/6/1959

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

Thursday, August 6, 1959   Vol. C736

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LOCAL NEWS

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SNOWBALLS IN AUGUST? ONLY IN EAST FAREWELL

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East Farewell - The East Farewell Ice House supplies ice for many different restaurants, hotels and individual customers in the entire mid-valley area. It has been in business for over forty years, being established back when electricity was not available everywhere in the area and people would have ice delivered to their homes. Howard Ellsworth has owned and operated the business since 1938 and has seen many changes, made many changes and adapted the business to keep it going. Over the weekend a valve in the main generation machine got stuck open and created over two tons of shredded ice, much like snow or the crushed ice found in the favorite summer treat, a snow-cone. The incident started around 10:30PM on Saturday night when the plant was closed. The ice continued to build in the receiving room overnight and into Sunday midday when Ellsworth discovered the calamity on a routine check of the premises. He quickly located and corrected the faulty valve but was stuck with all whole lot of ice/snow spread all over his plant. He quickly called his staff and alerted the fire department and police. While there was no immediate danger there was quite a mess. After consulting with fire department and police a call was placed to Tom Connelly, town council president, and he was able to okay a plan to dispose of the chilly mess. Ellsworth quickly called some friends with large dump trucks and got everyone of his staff a shovel and started shoveling the snowy mix into the back of the dump trucks. The pile filled four trucks and then much to the chagrin and delight of many people on the beach by the Lakefront Plaza started dumping it right on the beach by the shore of Lake Charles. 

            The temperatures were hoovering in the mid-70s and the snowy mix started melting immediately. The beach goers did have time to grab some handfuls and a snowball fight broke out even as the last truck was dumping its load. The pile of snow was very impressive, about ten feet high and at least fifteen feet across. There were about 50 people, of all ages, on the beach and once the fun stated many more joined from the Plaza and the Fun Pier. By the time the pile was exhausted there must have been well over 100 people caught up in the fun fray. The entire group was soaking wet and laughing. Many jumped into the lake while others just picked up towels and wiped themselves off. The hot sun dried off the rest and the whole event was over within 30 minutes but for those 30 minutes there was complete chaos on the beach. Good, fun chaos.

Massive snowball fight on the beach 1959

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SPORTS

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ERIE EAGLES NO MATCH FOR HIGH FLYING TRAVELERS

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East Farewell – The Travelers made their dominance over the Erie Eagles known early in the game on Saturday. The Traveler’s pitcher, Buzz “The Burner” Barnett, used his notorious fastball to mow down the Eagles striking out a personal record of 12 and only allowing 5 hits as the Travelers handily beat the Eagles 8-1. Barnett did not let an Eagle on base until the fourth inning and then the Travelers defense kept the Eagles in check by pulling off a double play on the next batter. The Eagles were only able to advance one runner past first, Jamie Duncan, who was able to get to third on a hit, a rare walk and an even rarer passed ball by Joey Brown. Duncan was stranded though, as Barnett went on to strike out two and a Dunham to Watson grounder ended the worst inning for the Travelers.

            On the offensive side the Travelers started early and let Eagles pitcher, Frank Bell, know he was in for a long day as the first three hitters, Francis, Dunham and Watson, got on base and then Johnny Cloos came up and Bell’s day got even worse. Bell took Cloos to 3-2 and tried to blow his famous fastball by him but Cloos was waiting and walloped long drive into the gap between right and center that went to the wall and cleared the bases. The Travelers did not let up on Bell and he was mercifully relieved in the seventh by Kevin Walker but by then the Travelers had scored three more runs. Walker was strong in the seventh but in the eighth he let in two runs with a double to Archibald and a long homer by Billy Sweet. The Travelers defense was very tight, too. In addition to the double play and all of Barnett’s strikeouts they kept the Eagles off the bases and except for Brown’s passed ball played with a keen sense mission.

            The Travelers enjoy one more home game next week before they go on the road. The Monticello Vikings come into town next week to face the red hot Travelers. The Vikings have been very hot themselves, riding in on a four game winning streak. The game promises to be a battle. It is an evening game and starts at 7:05PM in the ballpark.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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NIXON SLAMS COMMIE PROPAGANDA – FAUBUS URGES FIGHT ON INTEGRATION – HUGE EXPLOSION IN OREGON – CASTRO FIGHTS COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES – EXPLORER VI BLASTS INTO SPACE

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Vice President Nixon says his cordial reception by the Russian people shows that Soviet propaganda has failed in its effort to make the average soviet citizen hate Americans. This failure plus a genuine longing for peace among the Russian masse, is the “only explanation for the tremendous outpouring of friendship” toward him on his recent visit behind the Iron Curtain said Nixon.

Gov. Orval E. Faubus says he saw nothing to be gained by opposing the violence the integration of Little Rock’s public high schools this week. The governor went on Little Rock television and accused the school board and police chief Gene Smith of becoming puppets for the federal government, but he urged citizens to fight integration through the election of officials who would not betray them. More on Little Rock - Two Negroes integrated Central High School as club-swinging police held back a crowd of jeering segregationists. At least 24 persons were arrested.

Downtown Rosenburg, Oregon - A truck loaded with six and a half tons of explosives catches fire from a burning building and explodes, killing 10 persons and injuring more than 100. The immediate area was virtually leveled in this town of 12,200.

Premier Castro flies suddenly to Las Villas province where government troops are reported to be fighting unidentified counter-revolutionary forces. Fidel Castro’s forces smash a two-pronged air-sea invasion of Cuban territory and foil a threatened uprising. Around 3,000 persons are reported rounded up in the Castro regime’s harsh military drive against alleged counterrevolutionary plotters.

Explorer VI, described as the “greatest satellite” and carrying the most comprehensive scientific package yet, was hurled into space by the United States. Scientists say it will relay data from space as long as a year.

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7/30/1959

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, July 30, 1959   Vol. C735

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LOCAL NEWS

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IT’S BAR-B-QUE TIME IN EAST FAREWELL

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East Farewell – The sun is hot, the wind is calm and the summer is in full swing. It must be time for the seventh annual Bar-b-Que Cookoff on the Lakefront Plaza. The Cookoff has been a very popular event and has brought in some renowned bar-b-que chefs from all over the region and lately from down south, the real home of bar-b-que. This year the weather was perfect for the smoky, hot and at times flaming grills. The morning was clear and warm but by 10:00 the Plaza was filled with smoke and people. This year there was an added “big” griller, one of the professional grillers that had either signed up or been invited. Along with all of last year’s “big” grillers Tom and Bonnie Sextan from Dunlap, Georgia where they run a very popular “Pit” as Bar-B-que restaurants are called down there. They were invited up by their cousin Tom’s older brother, James, who lives in town. The planning committee had to limit the “small grillers to 25, like last year, due to space limitations but those spaces were quickly snapped up by locals and some would be chefs from the area. While there is no strict definition for “big” grillers or “small” grillers the generally accepted definition goes something like a “big” griller has an entire setup that includes a very large grill or smoker or both all the associated equipment needed for the grill, a wood cart for stoking the fire that includes the chefs preferred wood and usually tables and chairs for the people that tend to hang around the chef during the cooking in hopes of snagging some tasty morsels. The “small” griller is usually a local resident, most likely a weekend griller that may even use charcoal. They may or may not have tables and generally do not have the following of the “big” griller.

            This year the Travelers baseball team stayed in town this year and many of them came to the Cookoff. Slugger Johnny Cloos, perfect game pitcher, Joe Nagy and second baseman, Artie Archibald were judges this year also on the judging stand was local chef and last year’s winner, Missy Waller. “ I was hoping to defend my crown but I found out I was pregnant and with all the work at the restaurant, taking care of my husband and looking after the pets I just couldn’t enter the Cookoff but I was very flattered that the committee asked me to judge,” she said with a big smile on her face.

            Out of town favorites, Big Davey from Fayetteville, North Carolina and Chuckie O from Hendersonville, Tennessee were greeted like family when the rolled onto the Plaza with their trailers. Folks in town helped them set up and were more than happy to help the grillers with whatever was needed. “For the last two years these guys have come all the up here and really joined in and became part of the whole town. They brought us some great food and were always laughing and just having fun with us. We love ‘em,” said Natalie Mallard, longtime resident and bar-b-que lover.

            Since the Travelers had to play in the evening, the game was scheduled to start at 7:05; the judging was pushed up to 5:00. This year many of the “small grillers tried some new dishes not normally associated with bar-b-que like duck and even venison. There were lots of ribs, brisket, chicken and both pork and beef chops. Some threw on burgers for the few that had no imagination. Big Davey did not cook a whole pig like last year he stuck with ribs and brisket. He said the whole pig was fun but it took too long for this short competition. “I was thinking about a pig again this year but it was just too much for me. I wanted to have fun with my friends up here, they are just great.”

            Johnny Cloos led off the judging and was followed by Joe Nagy and Artie Archibald. Missy Waller took the last seat but was the only judge that had any real experience in the cook-off. It didn’t take experience to enjoy the wonderful food presented by the grillers. All the judges ate heartily and savored each plate. In between each plate they were able to clean off their fingers and their palates with some fresh water. After all the contestants presented their plates the judges conferred and made their awards. Big Davey won first place for the “big” grillers with his famous fall off the bone ribs that are well known in Fayetteville and now well known here. The Sextans came in second with a very fine brisket. The “small” grillers saw local Jimmy Drake walk away with first place with his now locally famous ribs with his own special sauce. Interestingly, new entrant, Joey O’Shea, surprised everyone with very tasty bar-b-que venison. “Who would have thought you could even do that,” said Cloos afterwards, “I would have never thought of that but it was really quite good.”

            The Travelers left shortly after the judging but many people hung around well into the evening talking and eating. Big Davey did leave with the Travelers to go to the game. He left his crew in charge of breaking down and cleaning up. Being the boss has its perks.

Big Davey minds his grill

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS EAT WELL THEN HIT BETTER

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East Farewell – The well fed Travelers bounced back from last week’s loss to hand the Youngstown Steelers a sound thrashing, 9-3 on Saturday night. Perhaps it was the wonderful bar-b-que that several Travelers had earlier in the day or maybe it was the trouble Steelers pitcher, Josh Farrell had with his curveball, which didn’t. On the other hand Travelers pitcher, Joe Nagy was very sharp. His fastball was close to perfect and his curve looked like he had some bar-b-que sauce on it. He was able to get through the first six innings without letting up a hit. The Travelers started fast with three runs in the first. Francis led off with a single, Dunham moved him to second with a sacrifice bunt, Watson walked and Johnny Cloos came up still licking his fingers from the bar-b-que. He must have had a very good time because on Farrell’s second pitch he slammed a long fly to center that cleared the wall by ten feet. The Travelers went on to score one run in the next six innings. The Steelers were finally able to get two runs in the eighth and one in the ninth but that was too little too late. The Travelers also showed the defensive sharpness that had been lacking in the last few games. They were able to turn two double plays and joey Brown threw out two runners trying to steal.

            After the game Johnny Cloos was talking in the locker room and made a suggestion that they should have some of Big Davey’s ribs before each game. Manager Sam Fowler just smiled and shook his head. The Travelers stay at home next week and take on the Erie Eagles beginning at 1:30PM.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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IKE WILL MEET KHRUSHCHEV THIS FALL – NIXON SPEAKS IN MOSCOW AND IS LOVED IN POLAND – SENATE STINGS HOFFA

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President Eisenhower announced that he and Soviet Premier Khrushchev will exchange official visits this fall with Khrushchev coming to the United States first. Vice President Nixon returned to Moscow after three days in Siberia and made a television speech to the Russian people. In an address to the Russian people over Soviet radio and TV, he challenged communism to stay within its own boundaries and to rid itself of the iron curtain and communicate freely over the rest of the world. NBC took steps to offer Soviet Premier Khrushchev equal time on its network after Vice President Nixon’s speech. He can record it in Moscow.

A quarter-million people turned out to cheer Vice President Richard Nixon in Warsaw. It’s the greatest reception he has ever received in visits to 60 nations during his career. He arrived there from a Moscow flight.

The Senate rackets committee charged in a stinging report that Teamster president James R. Hoffa will destroy the U.S. labor movement unless his power is checked.

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