EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, April
19, 1951 Vol. C305
LOCAL
NEWS
TALK OF A FLOWER SHOW NEXT YEAR
East
Farewell – There are many avid gardeners in East Farewell and the town is
surrounded by several farms that grow lots of different flowering plants. There
are two florists in town, Blume’s on Main, run by David Blume and Sally’s Stems
on Lakeshore Drive.
Both have been raising the idea of co-sponsoring a local flower show for a long
time. “Sally and I have been toying with the idea for about a year now,” said
David Blume when asked for an update, “We both agreed that there are a ton of
flower lovers, not just in town but all around. We think we could reach out to
other florists in towns close by and get them to do displays and I am sure
there are many local businesses that would love to have some representation.”
Blume went on to say the idea came
from seeing the success of the Philadelphia Flower Show which is one of the
longest running and most popular flower show in the country. The organization
is still in the early planning stage but there has been a tentative date of
March or April of next year. “We want to have it before spring is here, sort of
a “welcome spring” kind of thing,” Sally Flannigan from Sally’s Stems at the
same interview.
Scene from the Philadelphia Flower Show
SPORTS
TRAVELERS OPEN SEASON WITH A WIN
Bear Creek- The Travelers opened their 1951 season
with a win in Bear Creek on Saturday, 7-4. It was a beautiful day for baseball
and the Travelers came to play. In the first inning after Ralph Francis struck
out as the opening batter Dale Dunham slapped a single to right and then Bobby
Watson walked. Johnny Cloos who is coming off his record setting rookie season
came to bat and took Cub’s pitcher, Herb Long, to a 3-2 count before driving a
long single into left. Dunham scored and Watson went to third. Long buckled
down and forced Anthony Dimero into a ground out and then Joey Brown popped out
stranding Cloos and Watson. Traveler’s pitcher, Joe Nagy came out strong and
was able to keep the Cubs off base for the first two innings. The Cubs came to
life in the third scoring two but the Travelers came right back with two in the
fourth. Both Nagy and Long got a little wild in the sixth with Herb Long
walking two batters and then Joey Brown came up and clobbered a low outside
fastball out of the park. Nagy went into the sixth with a 7-2 lead but he lost
his curve ball and walked three Cubs to load the bases. After manager Sam
Fowler made a trip to the mound to settle down Nagy Joe was able force Cub
centerfielder, Frankie Dale to hit into a double play but Ernie Walker scored.
Nagy was able to strike out Tommy Caldwell and end the bleeding. Long held the
Travelers off the board for the rest of the game but the Cubs scored one more
in the ninth but it was too little too late and Nagy closed out his first win,
7-4.
The
Travelers are looking for a big season this year. They are hoping a good
showing in the league standings will convince the East Farewell Council and the
team owners to rebuild Travelers Stadium so they could have a home base again.
Next week they travel to Ondita to face the Cougars. The Cougars came in second
in the league standings last year and will present a much bigger challenge than
the Cubs. The game begins at 1:30 in Ondita Park.
NATIONAL NEWS
MACARTHUR COMES HOME – VAN FLEET TAKES CHARGE IN KOREA – WELCHES MAKES WINE –RADIO STATIONS INSTALLING 33 1/3 TURNTABLES – CROSLEY ELECTRONICS DEMONSTRATES UHF TUNER FOR TV
General Douglas MacArthur, after being dismissed last week by President Truman, heads back to United States. He’ll leave Tokyo for Honolulu. His next stops are San Francisco, Washington and on to New York.
Korean War - who’s in charge? – Lt Gen James A. Van Fleet now commands the 8th Army and Lt. Gen Matthew B. Ridgeway, now wears the four command “hats” which Gen Douglas Macarthur has taken off.
WELCH, world’s foremost producer of grape products since 1869, presents its crowning achievement Welch’s Wine.” The cost is just 97 cents for a 4/5 quart.
More radio stations are installing 33 1/3 turntables to air long play product on the air. In order to facilitate the conversion, most of the major record companies have agreed to supply a number of albums free from their back catalogs if the stations buy a certain number.
Crosley Electronics demonstrates a UHF tuner, capable of bringing all 65-70 proposed UHF channels into a standard VHF TV set. Crosley is the only manufacturer to announce one ready for production. Called the Ultratuner, it can be attached by the set owner to a TV set in a matter of minutes. A demonstration was held in Bridgeport, CT in order to pick up a signal transmitted by RCA’s experimental UHF station KC2XAK.
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thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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