EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, May 12,
1960 Vol. C776
LOCAL
NEWS
SPRING FAIR PREVIEWS FUN PIER
East Farewell – Even with the official start of spring almost
two weeks away East Farewell welcomed the season early due to the extremely
mild temperatures and pleasant weather. The Lakefront Plaza was transformed
into what can only be described as a wagon wheel of stands, tables and kiosks
offering food, drink, arts and crafts and a stage centered at the hub. The food
stands ringed the outer edge with almost every restaurant in town and many
visiting from other towns setting up al-fresco dining complete with umbrellas,
tables and chairs. The Lost
Oasis even set up a small bar to serve beer and wine to guests. The spokes
of the wheel were where the local artists set up shop. The offered a huge
variety of homemade crafts, notions and surprisingly tools. Emmitt Grange, a
local blacksmith, offered handmade blades and saws. “I don’t get to see many
people much anymore. My shop still does shoeing for the local farms but it’s
not like it used to be. I had to branch out and start offering some new
products so I could stay in business. These blades seem to have really caught
on. I am fashioning a penknife with lots of extras like two blades, big and
small, a screwdriver, a bottle opener, an awl and I even slipped a small pair
of tweezers into the edge of the handle. People get a kick out of that,” Grange
said proudly while showing off his new creation.
This year’s
fair was set up similar to last years with the wheel and hub set up. It worked
so well last year that there was no need to make any changes. The hub of the
wheel was a stage where local musical acts could play. Entertainment went on
from the kickoff opening on Friday night continued throughout Saturday from
11:00AM till 10:00PM and finished up Sunday from noon till 7:00PM. Many local
musicians participated and a great variety of musical genres were represented.
There was no MC officially and the bands would introduce themselves. Jerry
Tabor and his swing band was a highlight on both Saturday and Sunday. Country star Charlie Green
and jazz stylist Gus Sloan and his quintet were also on the bill both days.
The Lendel
family took the opportunity to give a short preview of the Fun Pier which
is located right next to the Plaza. They opened up the Pier for Saturday evening
and Sunday afternoon and evening to show off their new improvements to the
rides and new sound and light enhancements. They did not have any new rides but
fresh coats of paint brightened up the giant Ferris wheel and carrousel. A coat
a big red paint made the Tilt-O-Whirl pop out and draws many eager young riders
line up.
The beautiful
weather made for a wonderful weekend and built anticipation for the being of
the season coming Memorial Day weekend.
Looking west
over Lakefront Plaza and Fun Pier
SPORTS
EAGLES CLAW THE TRAVELERS
Erie – The Eagles kept their winning streak alive
with a hard fought win over the Travelers on Saturday, 5-4. The beautiful Erie
stadium overlooking Lake Erie has been very good to the Eagles this season.
They have yet to lose there so far this season and have an astounding 12 game
home winning streak. Saturday’s game looked at times that the streak was in
jeopardy with the Travelers jumping out to a 3-1 lead and Travelers pitcher,
Joe Nagy seemingly in control. But the Eagles clawed their way back in the seventh
with four hits and two runs to take the lead. The Travelers were able to tie
with a blast for Johnnie Cloos in the eight but the Eagles came right back
putting men in scoring positions but unable to capitalize. Then in the bottom
of the ninth Eagles slugger Frank Holland was able to get a hold of a Nagy
fastball and drive it into Lake Erie for the walk off win.
The
loss ended the Travelers road trip. They split the trip two wins two losses and
are sitting in third place in the league. Next week the Travelers come home to
face the Monticello Vikings. The Vikings have been a thorn in the Travelers
side, beating them twice last year and are currently in second place in the
league standings. Billy Green will take the mound for the Travelers. He has the
best record against the Vikings with a 4 wins and 3 losses going back three
years. The game will begin a Travelers Park on Saturday at 1:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
KHRUSHCHEV WRECKS PARIS SUMMIT & BLASTS
IKE AS A THIEF – IKE RECEIVES WARM WELCOME HOME – SINATRA PLAYING THE BAD BOY
Premier
Khrushchev wrecked the summit conference before it began by demanding an
apology from the U.S. for the May 1 U-2 reconnaissance flight and punishment of
persons responsible for this intrusion. He also demanded America’s renunciation
of all further flights over Soviet territory. He also withdrew an invitation
for President Eisenhower to visit Russia and suggests the summit be postponed
until he leaves the White House. Meanwhile President Eisenhower accused the
Soviet Premier of flying to Paris only to sabotage the Big Four talks and
discloses U-2 spy flights had ended with the May 1 incident.
Several
days later, while still in Paris, Khrushchev blasted President Eisenhower in a
news conference, saying that war is inevitable if the U.S. continues to send
spy planes over Russia and insulted the President by comparing him to a “thief
caught red-handed.” He also threatened to break-off the East-West Geneva
disarmament talks and resume nuclear testing if the U.S. does. He threatened to
shoot down any more American spy planes and attack the bases from which they
took off.
President
Eisenhower, fresh from the failed summit in Paris, flies into Lisbon, to a warm
welcome from 250,000 Portuguese. Once in his quarters in Queluz Palace, he
called for western powers to work even harder for peace, despite the failure of
the Paris summit meeting. Next day, 300,000 welcome President Eisenhower back
to Washington as they stand along the route from Andrews Air Force Base to the
White House.
Edward
Moran, a Hollywood nightclub attendant, says that Frank Sinatra and a
companion pushed and punched him, after the singer tried to square-off with
John Wayne! Witnesses say Sinatra almost came to blows with John Wayne at
a benefit show at the Moulin Rouge. Witnesses said he argued bitterly with
Wayne inside the club over Wayne’s public criticism of him for hiring writer
Albert Maltz to do the screenplay for “The Execution of Private Slovik.” Maltz,
who was fired by Sinatra over public criticism, was jailed in 1951 for refusing
to tell a congressional investigating committee whether he had ever belonged to
Communist organizations. As Sinatra was leaving the nightclub, another parking
lot attendant stopped a car two feet from the singer, almost hitting him.
Sinatra walked over to the car, and reached him as if to grab his neck. Moran
walked up and said - “Aw Frank, he wasn’t trying to hit you with the car. He’s
only trying to make a living. Leave him alone.” Sinatra pushed him. His
companion, a bodyguard, then began backhanding Moran.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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