EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, September
17, 1959 Vol. C742
LOCAL
NEWS
SCHOOLS OPEN - LET THE
LEARNING BEGIN
East
Farewell- The 1959-1960 school year started Wednesday, September 9th.
All regional schools opened with a schoolwide assembly where the principals for
each school gave a welcoming address to the student body. The schools that saw
the most change were the elementary school and the middle school. The high
school received a full makeover last year and only saw cosmetic and maintenance
improvements. The elementary school was officially renamed the Sidney and Louis
Lendel Elementary School after one of the town’s founders. Sid and Lou Lendel
first developed and incorporated East Farewell back in 1902 while they were
working for the Mighty Keystone Railroad. Part of the plan that the Lendel
brothers had for East Farewell was a school right off the center of town that
would be within easy walking distance by the students “in order to help
them grow into, understand and become part of the town.” Over the years the
size of the student body outgrew the school and a high school had to be built
to take grades 9 through 12. Finally in 1940 and junior high school was built
to take grades 6, 7 & 8. This year the elementary underwent a complete
remodel and expansion. A new third floor was added and all new windows were
added as well as improved electrical and water systems. The beautiful, recently
refurbished Sidney & Louis Lendel Elementary School opened its doors to 340
excited young learners on Wednesday. Principal Leonard welcomed the students as
they came through the front door and then again at the opening assembly. For
some it was their first time at school and there were some tears and apprehensive
stares but there were also many caring and competent teachers to sooth the
first day jitters.
The new schoolers were getting
started and just around the corner the high schoolers were starting the
beginning of the end as seniors. The Class of 1960
all started their senior year with great enthusiasm. In a prearranged entrance
the entire class marched into the auditorium together in double file, marched
down the center aisle, split to each side and took their seats. It was a very
impressive spectacle and all the underclassmen were indeed impressed. Being the
first class of the new decade expectations for them are high. The “space age”
is beginning to unfold and they are on the cusp of these very exciting
developments in the world and the universe. Regional High School principal,
Andrea Highsman, opened the school with a short welcoming address that
highlighted upcoming events in the year like the school play and the many, many
sports contests throughout the year. She gave a nod to the newly formed Science
Club and expressed great interest in their pursuit into rocketry and radio
communication. All the students cheered when she introduced the coaches for the
football, baseball, girls’ softball, and basketball and track teams. She also
mentioned that the football Cougars will be hosting their first game on
September 26th, which brought even more shouts and “Go Cougars, Go”
cheers. After the assembly the students exited to their respective homerooms
and began the school year.
Sidney & Louis Lendel
Elementary School
SPORTS
SEASON WINDS DOWN AS TRAVELERS
HEAT UP
East
Farewell – The Travelers may be a little late to catch fire but it is always
well received by the fans. The Travelers came home after a disappointing 4-4
road trip and face the league leading Corning Glass Works on Saturday night and
were able to shut down CGW 10-1 in pitching gem by Travelers ace, Joe Nagy. The
fans will always remember Nagy’s perfect game that ended the season a year ago.
While this was not perfect game caliber, it was a three hitter and Nagy struck
out 9 and only walked three. That will do for the Travelers fans. CGW sent
their leading strikeout artist to the mound, Phil Graven, but he was not as
sharp as he normally is and was knocked out in the seventh and replaced by
rookie, Ralph Reynolds, who was able to finish the game but let in some late
runs.
The Travelers got to Graven early
scoring 2 runs in the second and then the flood gates opened in the fifth when
the Travelers were almost able to hit around their lineup and score 6 runs
including a grand slam by the great Johnnie Cloos. The Travelers scored 2 more,
one in the seventh and one in the eighth. CGW was able to get to Nagy only once
in the sixth when they put together two of their three hits and coupled with a
rare walk they were able to score their only run. Right after CGW third
baseman, Bill Doyle crossed the plate Nagy went on a strikeout streak that was
not only the last out of the sixth but also the seventh and two in the eighth.
The sudden resurgence of the
Travelers offense may be too little too late to recapture the lead in the
standings. Even with the big win against CGW they are still a game back behind
CGW and Bedford with only two games left. The Travelers would have to win both
their games and both CGW and Bedford would have to lose their games to throw the
standings into a tie. The Travelers face Mountain View and Slate Mountain at
home while the Bedford Bears face the Bear Creek Cubs and the Albany Senators with
CGW facing Monticello Cedar Creek. Bedford and CGW have had very good luck
against those opponents this year so the road ahead for the Travelers is
difficult, at best.
Next week the Travelers host
Mountain View and their ace, Joe ”Freight” Trane, on Saturday in the Ballpark
beginning at 1:05PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
US LAUNCHES VANGUARD III – AIR FORCE ROCKET
CAMERA TAKES PHOTOS OF EARTH - TEAMSTERS IN BIG DEBT – KHRUSHCHEV OFFERS
DISARMAMENT OVER FOUR YEARS & CONTINUES VISIT IN WESTERN US
The
U.S. launched the Vanguard III, giving a lift to sagging U.S. prestige in space
exploration. The Air Force discloses that a camera in the nose cone of an Atlas
intercontinental missile has photographed one-sixth of the earth from a record
altitude of 700 miles. The pictures were made with 16mm film during a
5,100-mile flight of an Atlas over the Atlantic missile range last year. Stills
and movies taken from the flight are being made available to the public for the
first time this week.
Teamsters
in debt for the first time - Looks like controversial president James
Hoffa has run it into a deficit of $44,497.79 for the first six months of
this year.
Soviet
Premier Khrushchev offered “general and complete disarmament” by all
nations over a four-year period, in stages prescribed by a vaguely defined
“international control body comprising all states”
He
also visited Hollywood and attended a performance of “Can Can” on the
20th -Century-Fox lot. From Los Angeles, he trekked to San Francisco and
visited with U.S. union chiefs.
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