EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
14, 1960 Vol. C772
LOCAL
NEWS
THE WINTER THAT ALMOST WASN’T
East
Farewell – The daffodils and pansies are in bloom. The trees are popping their
new leaves and the lake has lost what little ice it had. Spring has arrived in
East Farewell. The temperatures have been rising and the sun has been shinning
and a lot of people are asking, “What happened to winter?”
The last season will probably be
labeled the winter that almost wasn’t due to the lack of snow, ice and cold
weather in general. The average temperature for the season, from the winter
solstice (December 22nd, 1959) to the spring equinox (March 20th,
1960) was a balmy 40 degrees. There was only one major storm and while that
storm dropped almost 16 inches of snow on the town most of the winter was snow
clear. Even Lake Charles did not completely freeze over much to the dismay of
the ice skaters and fishermen. East Farewell has not seen this seasonal warmth
ever. There have been seasons that had warm spells during the winter but the
usual average is 25 degrees and within the last 10 years the average has been
29 degrees.
Most people feel kind of cheated out
of a season an impromptu and unofficial survey revealed. “I love the spring,
but part of that is because the winters are so hard. Without the cold, snow and
ice it just doesn’t seem as wonderful. I love the blooms and I love the warm
sun, but I kind of feel gypped. I like the change of seasons and I hope this
isn’t a new trend,” said Natalie Mallard when asked in front of the Lost Oasis.
The weather forecasters do not have
a complete explanation for the warm trend but Art Markley, local meteorologist,
says “Weather is made up of ever changing systems that are sort of like an
“ocean” of air that ebb and flow and have highs and lows that move around the
planet. They can be difficult to predict but with the new satellites being
basted into space we may soon be able to get better predictions, but we are a
long way from being able to control the weather.”
For now, though, everyone will just
have to move on and enjoy the beautiful, warm weather and the blooming spring
flowers. Maybe next year we will see more snow and cold.
Early Blooms
on Lake Charles - 1960
SPORTS
TRAVELERS START OUT HOT, HOT, HOT
East Farewell – The Travelers opened their season
on Saturday with a blast. Five blasts to be exact. They hit five home runs against
the Cedar Creek Bulls in a 9-1 opening day blowout. The Travelers sent Buzz
“The Burner” Barnett to the mound to kick off their 1960 season. Barnett, in
his third year with the Travelers, was magnificent striking out 10 and only
allowing 6 hits. On the other side the Bulls started the usually very reliable
Max Plant but he had trouble finding the plate and when he did the Traveler
sluggers were waiting. All five dingers left the park and in a new and unusual
showing of fan support a couple of canoes paddled out into Lake Charles beyond
the outfield walls and retrieved the balls that had landed in the water, whether
this becomes a new way to attend the game remains to be seen.
The
game began with Barnett striking out the first two Bulls and then grabbing a
swinging bunt attempt and firing it over to a waiting Bobby Watson. Plant
started out well, striking out Francis but Dunham came up a started the
blasting. Plant took him to 2-2 and tried to slip a change up by him but Dunham
waited on it and slammed it out of the park. It went downhill for Plant from
there. After Watson grounded out Johnny Cloos came up and Plant again went to
2-2 but this time he tried a fastball but that is Cloos’s favorite pitch. The
canoeists had another trophy. Plant was able to retire the side but he was
shaken up and it took him two innings to settle down. Meanwhile, Barnett was
mowing them down. Aside from a walk in the third and a clean single in the fourth
he was flawless. By the fifth the Travelers had built their lead to 5-0 with
scattered hits from Brown, Archibald, Sweet and Ralph Francis. Finally in the
seventh the Bulls were able to put together a couple of hits and scored. That
was all that went well for the Bulls; in the seventh Joey Brown and Artie
Archibald drove back to back balls out of the park and into the canoeists
waiting fishing nets. Finally, in the eighth Johnny Cloos came up again and had
Dale Dunham on second and took Plat to 3-2 and Plant tried a curve on Cloos. He
connected for the fifth homer to leave the park and drive the score up to 9-1.
Barnett was able to close out the Bulls in the ninth the same way he started,
three strikeouts.
It
was a blazing start for the Travelers and Manager Fowler was very satisfied
with their performance. “A very good start, very good,” was all he would say
after the game, “We’ll see what happens next week.”
The
Travelers go on the road next week to meet their arch-rivals, the Slate Mountain
Miners and their pitching ace, Tony ‘Michael’ Angelo. The Travelers will send
their winningest pitcher, Joe Nagy to the mound. The game begins at 1:30 in the
Miners ballpark.
NATIONAL NEWS
KENNEDY WIDENS LEAD – HUMPHREY CHALLENGES
KENNEDY TO DEBATE – CASTRO PREPS FOR INVASION – PEUGEOT SON RELEASED FROM
KIDNAPPERS UNHARMED
In the
latest Gallup Poll, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts widens his lead
over the leading Democratic contenders for president - the top 5: Kennedy
-39%, Stevenson - 21%, Johnson - 11%, Humphrey - 7% and Symington 6%. Kennedy
went up 5% from last month.
Senator
Kennedy, irked at the needling of Senator Hubert Humphrey, angrily accepts his
challenge to a face-to-face debate in their primary fight as they head into the
West Virginia primary. Humphrey has made Kennedy’s religion a major topic
of his speeches. “In view of the way the campaign is evolving in West Virginia,
I can’t accept the current attacks without fighting back”
Sources
report that Premier Fidel Castro has stationed 5000 troops in Oriente Province
to fend-off an expected invasion. Castro has formerly declared the invaders
would come from the Dominican Republic, where many from the Batista regime have
sought political asylum.
Four-year
old Eric Peugeot is released alive and well by his kidnappers in Paris, less
than three blocks from his home, in front of a Tavern, across from the Eiffel
Tower. Eric is the son of Roland Peugeot, VP of the automobile and steel
empire. He was held more than two days after the father paid the kidnappers
ransom demand. He would not disclose how much he paid the kidnappers.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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