EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June
7, 1951 Vol. C312
LOCAL
NEWS
BIKE PATH PROPOSED AROUND LAKE
East
Farewell – Lake Charles is the main attraction in East Farewell. The
lake covers 6.5 square miles and is almost six miles long and almost a mile
wide at its widest point. When the Mighty Keystone Railroad surveyors, Sid and
Lou Lendel, first saw Lake Charles (it wasn’t named Charles until the MKR bought
it in 1902) it was an undeveloped wilderness. They were surveying for the MKR
trying to plot a new train route through the state and make freight and
passenger rail travel connecting Philadelphia, New York City and Chicago. When
they came across the lake that happened to fall along their proposed route they
strongly suggested that the MKR buy the entire area. Eventually, the MKR bought
the area to set up an iron foundry to produce rails for the expansion. The
Lendel brothers bought the area around the lake and went about designing the
town of East Farewell. The lake was named Lake Charles after Sid’s son.
The Town Council has been looking
for ways to improve the appeal of the town for summer vacationers. The Council
sees the pristine nature and the quaint small town atmosphere as a big draw for
vacationers from the big cities that can arrive on the train. Bikes are one
of the most popular means of local transportation and the Council proposed a
bike path around the lake at last month’s meeting. The path would wind around
the lake using current right of ways and, in some places, building a separate
path for bikes only. It was also suggested that this path also be a walking
path. The Council has officially put out requests for plans. They have made
maps of the lake available at the town hall for anyone would like to make a
presentation.
The first draft of the
Proposed Bike Path
SPORTS
TRAVELERS GET RAILROADED BY STEELERS
Youngstown – The Travelers were trying to keep
their two game winning streak on track on Saturday but they ran into a runaway
train when they met the Youngstown Steelers. Steeler’s top hurler, Max Tarbell,
was in fine form and mystified the Travelers with a curveball that appeared to defy
gravity. Several Traveler hitters just shook their heads as they were called
out after Tarbell wove the curve ball across the plate. He did it for a
personal best and team seasonal best of 14 times. His only mistake was in the
eighth inning when Bobby Watson connected with one of his rare fastballs and
drove it over the left field fence. The Steelers offense was on track, too.
They jumped on Traveler’s pitcher, Joey Alfred, for two runs in the second, one
in the fourth and added insult to injury in the eighth with two more.
The Travelers will try to right the ship when they travel north to Erie next week. The game will be an evening game in the wonderful Erie Ballpark that looks out over the lake where long homeruns may land. There is an Erie tradition for boaters to gather in the water over the right field wall in hopes of retrieving those homeruns. Hopefully, the Travelers will be able to supply them with some wet souvenirs. The game begins at 7:05 in Erie Ballpark.
NATIONAL NEWS
WILLIAM MARSHALL DOES NOT EXPECT PEACE SOON
– “LUCKY” LUCIANO GETS NABBED BY ITALIAN POLICE – HEDY LAMARR MARRIES AGAIN –
BRYLCREEM MAKE GREAT OFFER
U.S. Secretary of Defense William Marshall says he does not expect any Chinese peace move soon. “They have got themselves into a difficult situation, but they have the problem of face - the importance of which is hard for us to understand. There’s no doubt the Chinese want to force us out of Korea.”
Italian police accused Charles (Lucky) Luciano reputed czar of the United States underworld, of currency smuggling. No, police didn’t establish a link between Luciano and the gang. They nailed him when he smuggled a $57 thousand and an American automobile into Italy. Luciano must pay five times the amount of the currency and the value of the automobile as a fine, or he will be arrested.
Actress Hedy Lamarr and Ernest (Ted) Stauffer got married on April 28th. He’s an Acapulco nightclub owner. It’s her fourth marriage.
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