EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, August
18, 1960 Vol. C790
LOCAL
NEWS
LAKE SHORE DRIVE FLOODED
East
Farewell – On Thursday morning both residents and businesses awoke to a very
wet mess. Over the night a water main broke and flooded from the top of Lake
Shore Drive at Willow all the way down past Main and onto the Lakefront Plaza
where it pooled on the Plaza until it overflowed and ran into Lake Charles. If
the Lake wasn’t there the pooling would have been much worse. As it was only
about eight inches accumulated along the Drive. The pool in the Plaza was
deeper, almost two feet at the deepest, and that attracted some waders in the
early morning. The early morning chill kept the crowds to a minimum and the fire
department and police were able to clear out the area without any real problem.
By 10:00 the leak had been found and repaired. It turned out to be a broken
water main that runs right down the middle of Lake Shore Drive.
When East Farewell was first laid out by the Lendel
brothers in 1902 they designed the town with all the latest municipal
facilities including a complete water system. The system has worked extremely
well requiring minimal maintenance but when the new transit
system tracks were installed some excavation was required for junction and
switch placement. It seems that some of that work disturbed one of the joints
in one of the main water lines. At the time there was no damage detected but
with constant vibration from the transit cars over top the joint finally
failed, last Thursday. Actually, it probably ruptured around the last run over
of the trolley which was around 1:00AM but the water took a while to burst
through and flood down Lake Shore drive. The flood was quickly reported but it
took the Maintenance Department a little while to locate the leak since there
was no obvious damage and the water had traveled underground before it
surfaced. Once located, the Maintenance Department was able excavate the area
and the Water Department was able to make repairs fairly quickly.
By afternoon most of the water had flowed away and
there was only a covering of mud remained on the streets and sidewalks. There
was damage to several basements along Lake Shore Drive
but most of the residents were able to clear their sidewalks and front lawns
and the merchants were able clear their storefronts and sidewalks as well as
any areas that they had set aside for outdoor dining. While this was not a
major town disaster, it was a major inconvenience to those on Lake Shore Drive.
“I got a lot of water in my basement, but all my boarders were able to help me
out by moving all the junk out on to the front porch and everything worked
out,” said Mrs.
Mallard, local boarding house owner.
Most of the vacationers took the flood in kind and
some seemed to enjoy the mini-river down Lake Shore Drive. Officer Lament and a
helper were able paddle down Lake Shore Drive at the height of the flood. Many
folks will remember this flood with small smiles and a little laugh at the
whole event.
Officer Lament paddles down
Main Street
SPORTS
TRAVELERS ESCAPE ALBANY WITH A WIN
Albany – The Travelers have had an up and down
season so far. They have been almost unbeatable at home but have suffered
mightily on the road. They trudged through their worst losing streak on their
last road trip but turned things around with a spectacular home stand. This
last road trip began with great apprehension that has not been fulfilled,
thankfully. The Travelers were able to notch a 5-3 victory over the Monticello
Vikings last week and they came into Albany on a high note. The Senators have had
a rough couple weeks with their lead hitter, Sam Nardi, catching the flu two
weeks ago and now their first string catcher, Joe Walden, sprained his knee in
last week’s game.
The
afternoon was beautiful as the game started and the stadium was sold out. The
Travelers started slowly as Senator’s pitcher, Marty Martin, looked strong,
striking out two and forcing Bobby Watson into a simple ground out to second.
The Senators looked like they might be able to overcome their setbacks as they
scored 3 runs in the first four innings. Traveler’s pitcher, Billy Green did
not start off sharp. The game went on and it looked more like it was the Senators
day. Finally, in the eighth the Travelers started to come alive. The Senators
had tacked on another run by then so the score was 4-0. Arty Archibald was up
first and he smacked a single right up the middle. Billy Sweet was up next and
he dropped and beautiful Texas-leaguer over shortstop, Reynolds's head, moving Archibald
to third. Billy Green came to the plate and took Martin to a 3-2 count before
striking out. Then the top of the Travelers order came up and Ralph Francis
stroked a double bringing in Archibald. Dunham walked and Bobby Watson was able
to beat out a swinging bunt to load the bases. Johnny Cloos came up and the
Travelers fans in the stands went wild. Martin bore down. Cloos took him to a
3-2 count and Martin went with his fast ball. His fastball had been reliable up
till then but this one hung just a bit and Cloos took advantage of it. He laid
into the fastball and drove it into the right field stands. The Travelers took
a 5-4 lead. Green was able to close out the ninth with only one hit and was
able to force a double play to end the game. The Travelers were able to slip
out of Albany with a win and they did not look back. They were on the bus by
10:00PM and headed over to Bear Creek to face the hapless Cubs next week. This
road trip may just break the road-trip blues. The Travelers take on the Cubs at
Cubs field next week beginning at 3:30PM for a late afternoon game.
NATIONAL NEWS
US AIR FORCE CATCHES CAPSULE OVER PACIFIC –
POWERS APOLOGIZES TO COMMIES –
KENNEDY GETS MINIMUM WAGE BILL PASSED
A
U.S. Air Force plane caught a space capsule, 8,500 miles above the Pacific, as
it returned from orbit. The capsule had been ejected from the satellite over
Alaska on its 17th orbit. It’s one-step closer to the day when a man can be brought
back alive from a space ride. On the other side of the Space Race, the Russians
this week brought back alive a cargo of animals that circled the earth 17 times
in an experiment designed to prepare man for flight into space. It was the
first time animals were recovered safely after being placed into orbit.
Francis
Gary Powers told a Soviet military court that he is sorry he had
anything to do with his U-2 flight over the Soviet Union, since the action
resulted in the collapse of the summit conference and the cancellation of
President Eisenhower’s trip to Russia.
The
Senate passed Sen. Kennedy’s bill raising the minimum wage to $1.25 an hour -
up from $1.00. Kennedy was chief sponsor of the legislation and shepherded it
through the Senate. To win the battle, he had to agree to cut down the new
coverage in the bill by about 900,000 workers. He had originally sought to
bring 5 million under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Now it goes back to the
House.
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contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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