EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
1, 1959 Vol. C744
LOCAL
NEWS
GIANT TRUCK ROAMS AROUND TOWN
AND PLAZA
East
Farewell – Traffic around town always gets heavy during the fall season and in
the past few years it has been very noticeable and a bit disconcerting for
locals. On last Friday night they were shown something they had never seen
before, no one for that matter had ever seen this before, a Ford pickup body
placed atop four huge tractor tires and a modified frame to hold the
contraption. The monstrosity is the creation of local garage and filling
station owner, Glenn Edwards, who fashioned the beast from a wrecked 1958
pickup, four oversized tractor tires, a custom made frame that sported
oversized shock absorbers, and rebuilt Ford eight cylinder engine and a custom
leather interior. “It was a project that I had been thinking about for a long
time,” said Edwards when interviewed on Lakefront Plaza, “When I picked up the
wreck I saw the body wasn’t too bad and I had the tires from one of Stanley’s
old tractors (Stanley Pupeck is the master greens keeper at Reese links) and
the engine fit perfectly. All I had to do was fashion the frame and suspension,
give it a coat of glossy paint and there you have it. I was really tickled when
Natalie (Natalie Mallard) came over and asked for a
ride. We went to school together and I always had a bit of a crush on her.
Don’t tell my wife, though.”
Edwards has been driving his
creation around town and drawing looks from everyone. He will just wave and
smile as he slowly makes his way down Main Street and Lakeshore
Drive.
More often than not he will have a passenger, either his wife, Theresa, his
dog, Duncan or very occasionally Miss
Natalie Mallard, with his wife’s blessing.
Glenn Edwards’s giant truck
with Natalie Mallard on the Plaza
SPORTS
TRAVELERS END SEASON WITH A
WIN – COUGARS TAKE THE FIELD
East Farewell – The Travelers ended their season with a win
against an old nemesis, Tony “Michael” Angelo and the Slate Mountain Miners. It
was a positive end to an up and down season that saw the Travelers start slow
but then climb into the league lead only to drop back and end in third place.
The 4-3 win did secure them third place alone whereas a loss would have tied
them with the Monticello Vikings. It also gave them a 3-2 series win over the Miners.
The Travelers
were slow to get on the board and it looked like Angelo had their number. He
did for the first three innings, not giving up any hits and not walking anyone.
The only Traveler to reach base in the first three was Tony Dimero who got to first
thanks to an errant throw from Miner shortstop, Lou Raines. He was left
stranded, though and the Travelers looked like they were going to end the
season on a down note. But in the bottom of the fourth Francis led off with a
strong single to right followed by a sacrifice bunt by Dunham. Surprisingly
Angelo then walked Bobby Watson and Johnny Cloos came to bat. Angelo and Cloos
have a long history both started in the league the same year and have faced
each other many times. This time Cloos was the winner as he took Angelo to 3-2,
fouled off four consecutive pitches then connected with a high fastball, that
would most times be a strike, and drove it out of the park for a three run
homer. Cloos ended the season with an impressive 29 dingers and led the league
in that category.
After Cloos’
big blast Angelo calmed down and held the Travelers to only tree more hits for
the rest of the game. The Miners made a run in the seventh and scored two runs
off Travelers, Joe Nagy, but he was able to close them down and keep the damage
to two runs. He finished the game striking out the side in the eighth. He ended
up with a total of 10 strikeouts, 6 hits and three walks. It was a strong end
to a mediocre season but the fans still gave them a standing ovation after the last
out and the team left the field.
While the
Travelers were playing at home, the Regional High Cougars football team played
their first game against, coincidentally, the Slate Mountain Miners Regional
High School football team in Slate Mountain. The fact that the football team
and the baseball team have the same name is hardly a coincidence; over 80% of
the working population of the town is employed in the mining industry. The
Cougars and the Miners are arch rivals and traditionally have met in the first
game of the season. This year the Cougars prevailed 14-7.
The Cougars are
looking very strong this year with seniors filling up most of the roster.
Quarterback, Kevin Dugan, backs, Joey O’Toole, Joey Neil and Bobby Blackman,
wide receiver, Max O’Hara, defensive end Danial Green and center, Louis Tiller
are all starting seniors this year. The only underclassmen moving up are tight
end Albert Dillon (junior) and the only sophomore in the starting lineup,
Sammy Regalia the new kicker. Regalia came over from the soccer team and this
is his first year of playing football.
Even with all
their experience the Cougars came out a little shaky in the first half and the
Miners were able to get on top 7-0 by the end of the first half. Coach
Burcowitz gave them a good talking to during halftime and they came out
reenergized and on the first set of downs they marched down the field and tied
the score. Dugan relied on his experience backfield to run the ball very
efficiently and spread the ball around between the three big backs. He capped
the drive off with his first touchdown pass of the season Max O’Hara. Regalia
came on for his first extra point attempt ever. The ball was snapped, Dugan was
the holder and Regalia approached the ball and with the side of his foot he
smacked the ball. It wasn’t the longest kick but it was straight and true.
Perfect. The rest of the quarter went back and forth with both teams moving the
ball but unable to score. Finally with only three minutes left Dugan unloaded a
30 yard bomb to a streaking O’Hara and he outran his defenders for his second
touchdown. Regalia kicked his second extra point and the Cougars were on their
way to their first win. Many of the Cougars loyal supporter were there to savor
the victory and there was a lot of talk about a very good season ahead.
The Cougars
will take the sports spotlight alone next week when they play their home opener
against the Riverview Wildcats. They will play on the school field and the game
begins at 4:00PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE TALKS TO STEEL INDUSTRY AND LABOR
LEADERS – RUSSIA LAUNCHES SPACE STATION – RECORD COMPANIES ARE SCARED OF
TRANSISTOR RADIOS
President
Eisenhower summons steel industry and labor leaders to meet with him “to
urge both sides to resume free collective bargaining and end the strike which
began 76 days ago.
Russia
announces the launching of a “space station,” powered by solar batteries and
chemical sources and will circle the moon and return in orbit “to the area of
the earth.” Tass said, “The automatic interplanetary station is designed for a
broad range of scientific studies in outer space”
Some in the record
business are having apprehensions about the transistor radio, because teens can
listen longer and almost anywhere they go - and that could hurt record
sales! Marty Salkin - a VP at Decca Records believes the pocket-sized radios
are having an impact on record sales, “You see a lot of the kids walking around
listening to them all day long, which could mean they are not buying records.”
Arnold Maxim of MGM Records says, “It’s no longer considered the smart thing
among teenagers to be a collector of records. It’s much smarter now to be so
familiar with the local top-40 jockey - because you listen all the time on your
portable radio - that you can tell exactly what time he’s going to play a
certain record, because you know when he played it yesterday and the day
before. Somehow, we have to recreate the disk-buying habit with teenagers or tomorrow’s
market for LP’s is endangered.”
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