EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
21, 1960 Vol. C773
LOCAL
NEWS
EASTER EGG HUNT HAS UNEXPECTED
GUEST
East Farewell – The annual Easter Egg
Hunt on the Lakeshore Plaza was held last Sunday and had a great turnout thanks
to the beautiful blue skies and spring like temperatures in the mid-50s. This
year there were 40 entrants, a slight increase from last year’s 38. The event
has been held on the Plaza for five years now and every year has gotten more
popular. This year 200 eggs were hidden throughout the Plaza and small,
makeshift props were set up to mimic trees and flowers to make more hiding
places. Every year the eggs are hidden the night before by, of course, the
Easter Bunny who is helped by scores of volunteers. This year a strange thing
happened. After the eggs were all hidden and everyone had gone home it seems a
large moose wandered onto the Plaza and started his own egg hunt. Officer Jeb
Paxton was on overnight patrol and saw the moose. “It was 3:09 AM and I was
just turning the corner on Main and Lakeshore. I was walking and you can see
the Plaza from that corner. Well, I looked over and there right in the middle
of the Plaza was this big moose. I have seen plenty of wild animals and they
don’t scare me, but this guy was big, really big. I am not sure what drew him
into town but I think he must have smelled the eggs and wanted a little late
nigh snack. Well, I started over towards him and as soon as I got within 20
feet of him he looked up at me, his mouth was covered in egg shells and he
looked like he was smiling, very funny looking. As I stepped closer I used my
patrol camera to snap a picture of him. I think the flash startled him because
he looked up then turned and walked away, not running, just walking, I think he
was kind of annoyed that I interrupted his snack.”
Office Paxton
went onto the Plaza to inspect the area and found many, many eggshells spread
all over. He was unable to count how many but he reported his encounter to the
Egg Hunt Committee early Sunday morning and they went to investigate the
damage. They, too, were unable to access the total loss and did not have a
backup plan other than try to hid unpainted eggs in place of the consumed eggs.
“We figured that out of the 200 original eggs the moose had gotten about 50, so
after much discussion we decide to not replace the missing eggs. The kids would
have to make do, we thought they wouldn’t mind,” said a chagrined committee
chairman, Sue Logan.
The
Egg Hunt banner was dropped promptly at 3:00 and the usual chaos ensued. Sue Logan
did her best along with several other committee members to “herd the cats” as
they all said, and keep so semblance of organization. After a very long ten
minutes the children were brought over to the Plaza bandstand and their eggs
were counted. This year little Janie Raines, 8, was the winner with 22 eggs, a
new grand total high. The moose’s total was not counted partially because the
judges felt he was over the 10 year old limit and therefore disqualified. Janie
received the much coveted Golden Egg and was very happy with it, showing it off
for the crowd on the Plaza. A total of 50 children participated this year and
after the final count a total of 148 eggs were accounted for but due to the
moose visit no accurate total could be determined therefore there was no way to
say if all the eggs were accounted for.
There
was no discussion of any measures to safeguard the hidden eggs next year. “We
will cross that bridge when we get to it,” said Miss Logan after the event.
1960 Uninvited
Easter Egg Hunt Guest
SPORTS
TRAVELERS PAINTED OUT OF THE WIN
Slate Mountain – The Travelers went on the road for
the first time this season and they probably feel like they should have stayed
home. They met their arch rivals, the Slate Mountain Miners and their ace
pitcher, Tony “Michael” Angelo. He got his nickname for the way he could
“paint” the plate with strikes and no one could hit him. Angelo put on a
pitching clinic on Saturday. He shut the Travelers out and only gave up four
hits, no walks and the Miners had no errors. They won the game 3-0. The
Travelers were not able to get a man past second and they were completely
befuddled by Angelo’s pitch selection. The Miners on the other hand were able
to get ahold of Joe Nagy early and although Nagy was sharp he wasn’t sharp
enough. The game was really a pitcher’s duel with Nagy only giving up eight
hits and one walk. Unfortunately for him all those hits came in the same inning
and accounted for all the Miner’s runs.
The
Miners and the Travelers have a long, bitter rivalry that goes back to the beginning
of the league. The two towns are only miles apart and both located on the
Mighty Keystone Railroad line. The two teams have faced each other since 1925
when the league was formed. There are many historic games in the history of the
rivalry and many great players have come and gone. The current roster of great
players includes Tony Angelo and Frank Mastriano for the Miners and Joe Nagy
and Johnnie Cloos for the Travelers. Angelo and Nagy have been the leading
pitchers in the league for several year and both Cloos and Mastriano have been
sharing the batting titles for the league.
Saturday’s
game was trouble for the Travelers from the start. Angelo started off by
striking out the side and Nagy had trouble from the first pitch. Miner’s first
baseman, Bernie Bettuchi slapped Nagy’s first pitch trough the center for a
leadoff hit. Nagy was able keep the Miners contained but the stage had been
set. In the fourth inning the Miners
were able to score their three runs on back to back hits that clearly rattled Nagy.
By the time he was able to regain control the Miners had taken a 3-0 lead that
was all they needed. Angelo did not suffer a comparable breakdown and went on
to finish the game, shutting down the Travelers offense completely.
The
Travelers stay on the road next week as they move on to Riverview where they
hope they can get back on track. The game begins at 1:30 in the Riverview
Stadium.
NATIONAL NEWS
RHEE RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT IN SOUTH KOREA –
DEGAULLE-PLEADS FOR AGREEMENT – NIXON SAYS SECURITY MUST BE GOAL OF NEXT
ADMINISTRATION
Syngman
Rhee, founder of the Republic of Korea, resigns as President after
six weeks of violent public demonstrations against his autocratic rule. The
father of modern Korea ends his 12 years of power after weeks of mounting
violence stemming from charges of fraud in the March 15 presidential elections.
Later, it’s reported that Rhee’s Vice President Lee Ki-Poong his wife and two
sons, commit suicide in a building on the grounds of the presidential mansion.
President
Charles de Gaulle of France pleads that next month’s summit meeting must
“above all,” seek East- West agreement rather than break down over differences.
Vice
President Nixon says that the security of the United States must be the primary
goal of the next administration. He said it must be maintained, “at whatever
cost” and that budget surpluses must come second.
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