EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June 30,
1960 Vol. C783
LOCAL
NEWS
ANIMAL SHELTER GETS VERY
GENEROUS GIFT
East Farewell – The East Farewell Animal Shelter received a very
generous gift from a beloved member of the Animal Shelter’s family last week.
Reb Doyle, local farmer and animal lover, left his entire farm to the Animal
Shelter. Doyle passed away June 4th of natural causes at the age
100. He was one month past his centennial birthday and had always said he was
“going to make it to 100 just to prove I can.”
Doyle had been
active in the Shelter’s operation for over 40 years and was man behind the
scenes for most of that time. “He didn’t really like the spotlight,” said
Director Jan Crowley, “He was happy to help get things done and be with the animals.
He loved all
animals, big or small, he was known to take in some horses into his barn
and he adopted a pig back in the 40’s. That pig loved him and lived on the farm
for at least ten years.”
Doyle did not
have any family members surviving, his wife Beverly passed away two years ago
and his son was killed in the Korean War. When his will was read the EFAS staff
was the only ones invited to the reading. Everyone was caught completely by
surprise when it was announced that Doyle had left his entire 60 acre farm to
the East Farewell Animal Shelter. Crowley broke down in tears and other members
of the staff looked stunned. “He never mentioned that he was even thinking of
this. This is just so amazingly generous. We were on the verge of losing our
lease and now we have a new home. I am so grateful,” sobbed Crowley.
The Animal
Shelter is busy making plans to move over to the farm and many townspeople have
come out to support the move. The farm has a large barn that will be converted
into a first class animal rescue and hospital. Local vet, George Williams,
has worked with the shelter has signed on as the doctor of residence. Not only
will the shelter handle small, domestic animals like dogs and cats it will also
take care of large animals like horses, cows and yes, pigs. Dr. Williams has
always been involved with farm animals due to the many farms that surround the
town but he also does a lot of work with smaller animals. “This is a completely
unexpected but truly wonderful opportunity. The Shelter and I have always worked
closely and for them to invite me to take up residence in their amazing good
fortune is indeed an honor,” said a visibly elated Dr. Williams as he toured
the new site.
It will take
some time to make the change. The barn will need to be completely rebuilt and
the farmhouse will take extensive renovations. All of this will take a lot of
money so the Shelter has decided to sell off some of the farmland to generate
funds. Initially, Crowley said she was looking at selling 40 of the 60 acres
for an estimated whooping 1 million dollars. That would certainly cover the
renovation costs and set up a nice nest egg for the Shelter. Currently, the
Shelter houses 25 dogs, fifteen cats, 2 parrots and a goat and it can be said absolutely
that they are all extremely happy.
Vet Jan
Crowley at her new home with her menagerie
SPORTS
THE SKID CONTINUES
Mountainview – The Travelers took the
field in Mountainview Stadium looking to turn around their disastrous losing
skid. Unfortunately, they had to face the Explorer’s ace, Joe “Freight” Trane.
Trane has a reputation of “railroading” his pitches towards his opponents,
meaning he has a very fast delivery. As soon as the batter is set he delivers
his pitch which seems to have a disconcerting effect on the batter throwing off
his concentration. While it is not illegal many batters have complained about
his pushy approach to pitching. The complaints have fallen on deaf ears so far.
When Trane took the mound Saturday in the bottom of the first he went right
into his act. He started with three fastballs and two curves in quick
succession to Francis, one brushing him back off the plate. Francis was barely
able to dust off and Trane let his next pitch go. Francis was able to stand in
but swung on a low fastball and struck out. That was just the beginning. Traine
proceeded to strike out the side and went through the first three innings
without giving up a hit. The Travelers were only able to get one runner on base
in the first three innings by way of a walk. On the positive side, Travelers
pitcher, Danny Lane was equally intimidating. He was perfect for the first four
innings. The pitcher’s duel went on for seven innings until Explorer slugger;
Bobby “Hammer” Taxen got a hold of a Lane change-up and drove it out of the
park. Trane made it through only letting up four hits, all in the last two
innings. Lane only gave up five hits but one was the game winning home run by
Taxen. The Travelers put another loss on their ledger and were finally finished
their worst road trip all season and possibly the last three years. Next week
the Travelers mercifully come home to face the Cedar Creek Bulls. This will be
an evening game and begins at 7:05 in Travelers Stadium.
NATIONAL NEWS
KENNEDY TALKS TO JACKIE ROBINSON –
KHRUSHCHEV IS SAID TO STILL BE HOT OVER U2 INCIDENT – TRUMAN WILL NOT ATTEND
DEM CONVENTION – JOHNSON SAY CONVENTION IS RIGGED – HAWAII IS OFFICIALLY THE 50TH
STATE
Sen.
Kennedy tells Jackie Robinson that he will make no political
commitments in his campaign for the Presidency inconsistent with full
respect to Negro rights. “If anyone expects the next Democratic administration
to betray the cause of human rights, he can look elsewhere for leadership.”
Robinson, a Negro and former Brooklyn Dodger star, has been highly critical of
Kennedy on the racial issue.
Austrian
leaders say that Soviet Premier Khrushchev, still angry over the U-2 incident -
told them he will never do any more business with President Eisenhower but
would meet a new American President at the summit.
Former
President Harry Truman said he would not attend the Democratic National
Convention “because I have no desire whatever to be a party to proceedings that
are taking on the aspects of a prearranged affair.” He implied that the
convention was being rigged for Sen. Kennedy, the front-running candidate by
the backers of the Massachusetts senator.
Sen.
Lyndon B. Johnson accuses Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler of unfairly
setting up the party’s national convention without consulting him or his
backers. He also says he agrees with former President Truman, that the
convention is “prearranged” in favor of Sen. John F. Kennedy.
In
Honolulu - a 50 star American flag is raised in a brief ceremony at Iolani
Palace, making it the last place in the nation to officially raise the new
50-star flag, marking statehood of the newest U.S. state.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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