EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, May 24,
1951 Vol. C310
LOCAL
NEWS
FAMILY FUN DAY A BIG HIT
East
Farewell – The first Family Fun Day took place all around East Farewell on
Saturday and from all accounts it was a smashing success. Main Street and
Lakeshore Drive were closed to traffic from 9:00 AM until 9:00PM. People were
free to stroll down the streets, wander along Main Street and stop in to any of
the many stores or grab a bite and a drink in one of the popular restaurants
that set up outdoor dining for the event. There were also many fun activities
set up all along the long stretch of Lakeshore Drive and Main Street. There was
lots of carnival type games set up in between the shops, like baseball throws,
ring tosses and basketball shot challenges that attracted lots of the younger
members of the crowd as well as some older “youngsters”.
The Lakeview Plaza was filled with
kiddie rides that were set up by Heart Brothers Traveling Fun Circus. In
keeping with all the fun, the Fun Pier opened early and all the rides on the
Fun Pier were operating. The Ferris wheel and Carousel were huge hits with loyal
customers. The Fun Pier usually does not open until June 1st but
when the Fun Day was announced the owners and staff all got together to clean
up, tune up and spruce up the Pier for an early opening. “We all pulled
together to make this early opening happen and I’m glad all our regulars
appreciated all the work,” said owner Sam Lendel as he watched the Carousel
turn with the brass-ring feature operating.
The weather was beautiful for the
event, in the low 60’s but very sunny and little wind. Most everyone wore only
sweaters or light jackets, some braver individuals sported shorts. The evening
was still warm and made for lots of street side dining along Main Street and
Lakeshore Drive. The overwhelming success of this event has made the annual
scheduling a great likelihood. The town is starting to attract more summer
residents from the big eastern cities and from Pittsburgh and farther west so,
annual spring and summer events will probably be scheduled.
First Fun Day on Main Street
SPORTS
TRAVELERS ARE A TIDAL WAVE IN RIVERVIEW
Riverview – The Travelers rolled into Riverview
looking to get back on track after losing 3 straight games, two by one run but
only scoring 9 runs total in all three. “You can’t win if you don’t score,”
said Johnny Cloos after last week’s game in Mountain View.
The
Mountain View Explorers were riding high, coming off an upset win over CGW last
week and they were expecting a defeated Travelers team. They were woefully
wrong. The Travelers were angry and ready to break out of their slump. In the
first inning the first four hitters, Francis, Dunham, Watson and Cloos all got
hits and were able to score two runs in the top of the first. Explorer’s
pitcher, Ronny Dell, settled down and was able to get out of the inning but he
had trouble throughout the game trying to place his curve ball. Travelers Danny
Lane was much more successful with both his curve and his fastball. He kept the
Explorers off the base path for the first three innings. It wasn’t until the fourth
that the Explorers were able to break up Lane’s no hitter with three straight
hits and their first score. Meanwhile, the Travelers were able to add four more
runs to make their lead 6-1 going into the sixth. Lane was mowing them down
with eight strikeouts by the seventh but then he slipped up by misplacing a
fastball to Explorer slugger, Harvey Freeman who got ahold of the low and out
not-so fastball and drove it out of the park.
The
Travelers did not let that get them down, though. They came up in the eighth
and Dale Dunham was able to bunt his way on and Johnny Cloos came up. Dell had
been having trouble with Cloos all day. Cloos had two hits and a walk so far
and he was riled up at Freeman’s homer. Dell tried to blaze his fastball by
Cloos but Cloos was on top of it. He fouled off three straight pitches then
Dell tried to fool him with his curve but missed three straight times. The
count was 3-2 and Dell gave up on his curve ball and tried to get Cloos out
with his fastball but Cloos was ready and jumped on the high fastball and drove
over the fence almost in the exact same place as Freeman’s homer. Lane finished
strong with two more strikeouts and the Explorers went down in defeat 8-2.
The
reinvigorated Travelers will move on to Cedar Creek next week for an evening
game in beautiful Cedar Creek Park. The game will begin at 7:05PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
BRADLEY CONFIDENT THAT ALLIES WILL MEET THE
ATTACK IN KOREA – TRUMAN WARNS OF “GREATEST CRISIS” – DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ANNOUNCES NEW HEADQUARTERS –BERNICE JUDIS SAYS AM RADIO NEEDS NEW MANAGEMENT –
RADIO LISTENING OFF BY 40%
General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs Staff expressed confidence that the U.N. forces would meet the attack in Korea. He said, “The Communists have been making reconnaissances in force. They always do that when they’re getting set for a major assault. But we’re ready for them. We’ll roll with the punch and go on from there.”
President Truman, warning that the U.S. is now up against one of the “greatest crises” in its history says that a full-scale war would make the casualties in Korea seem like “one small drop in the bucket.”
The Department of Defense announces secret military headquarters are being set up outside of Washington for use if Pentagon and other defense offices are damaged by enemy forces. The announcement says al government agencies are developing emergency plans to carry on in case of hostile attack upon Washington.
There’s
so much talk of AM radio riding off into the sunset. Bernice Judis (radio’s “razzle
dazzle lady”) and program director of top-rated independent
radio station WNEW, says she wants to see men with guts take the medium by the helm and save AM from a premature death: “It gives you the shudders to think that a still young, exciting medium, nurtured through the years by colorful people is being written off and sent to an early grave because when leadership is most needed, is nowhere to be found.” Ms. Judis is especially sore at the way in which radio broadcasters have allowed themselves to be put on the defensive in the current era of the TV jitters. “The sad truth is everybody is contributing toward killing off radio – except the audience. Look at the statistics. There are more (radio) sets in use now than at any time in radio’s history.”
Radio listening off some 40% at night, but that home-hours of radio listening have increased.
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