7/26/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, July 26, 1951   Vol. C319

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LOCAL NEWS

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BAR-B-QUES ARE ALL THE RAGE

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East Farewell- The summer is in full swing. More and more people are choosing to come to East Farewell for their summer vacations. Lakefront properties are being bought up and developed faster than ever before. There is a lot of building going on but there are many established properties around the lake. Most of the established properties have docks or piers and many have manicured front, lakeside yards. One of the more ubiquitous lawn additions around the lake is the bar-b-que grill. There are some older, built in, fancy stone or brick affairs that hold a special spot in the yard or they are the smaller, portable, metal grills that have popped up around at the newer homes and even at some of the rental properties. Bar-b-ques seem to have become the cooking source for the summer crowd. Wives are more than happy to get out of the kitchen and husbands have found a new manly pastime, cooking steaks, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken and even some vegetables on the smoky grill. On any given afternoon if you take a boat ride around the lake you might think there is a forest fire surrounding the lake from all the smoke rising from all the grills around the lake. This type of food preparation has taken off in the last few years, perhaps thanks to proliferation of charcoal briquettes. Although Henry Ford and Edward Kingsford invented the briquette back in the 1920s, it was until after the war that they became popular and widely available.

            This year it seems some male neighbors have banded together and have been sharing cooking tips, methods and stories around the grill. Almost like fishermen they tell some tall tales about some cooking experiences and sometime reveal grilling tips. “We have been talking for a couple of days now. I’m giving Rodney some tips since he only has a little metal grill. I have been grilling for many years now and I think I know what I’m doing,” said Ernie Watson, longtime resident, when he was approached with his large handmade stone grill cooking up the evening meal of burgers and dogs.

            Grilling has indeed become a popular fixture among the summer crowd and many people are enjoying it more than ever. There have been rumors that some of the most proficient grillers are talking about setting up some sort of grill-off and grill competition to see who has the best bar-b-que techniques. While only in the talking stage it will be interesting to see what develops.

Local cookout on Lake Charles - 1951

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS BLAZE PAST EXPLORERS

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Mountainview – The Traveler pulled into Mountainview with a big win under their belts. They were feeling good after beating CGW 4-1. The scheduling masters seem to have been favoring the Travelers lately, last week CGW’s ace hurler, “Smoke” Black, did not pitch and this week Mountainview’s ace Joe “Freight” Trane, was not on the mound. Mountainview still fielded their super-slugger, Bobby “Hammer” Taxen, though. Hammer is currently leading the league in homeruns with 23. The Travelers own slugger, Johnny Cloos is right behind him with 21. They both added to their totals Saturday.

            The game started with the pitchers taking charge, Joe Nagy for the Travelers and Sam Rocco for the Explorers. Both breezed through the first three innings without a hit. The only miscues were two walks by Rocco and a single given up by Nagy. It wasn’t until the fourth inning that any offense showed up. In bottom of the fourth the Travelers started with Artie Archibald poking a single through the middle and then Billy Sweet smacked a strong double, scoring Archibald. Pitcher Nagy struck out but Ralph Francis was able to move Sweet over to third. Dale Dunham came up and looped a single into right and Sweet scored. Bobby Watson grounded out to end the inning but the Travelers were on top, 2-0. Nagy was still strong but in the fifth he gave up two hits and with one out Taxen came to the plate with two men on. Nagy took him to a 3-2 count and threw him a high inside fastball. Taxen tried to poke it through but shortstop, Dale Dunham was able to make a tremendous diving grab and recover enough to turn a double play through Archibald to Watson, allowing Flowers to get to third. Nagy was able to strand Flowers by striking out Edmonds. That effort was all the Explorers could muster until the eighth when Taxen came up again and was able to get ahold of Nagy fastball and drive it out of the park. In the ninth with the score 2-1 Travelers Johnny Cloos came up and clobbered a Rocco fastball well out of Mountainview Park. Nagy closed down the Explorers in the bottom of the ninth allowing only a single to Girardi. The Travelers walked away with a 3-1 win and a two game winning streak.

            Next week the Travelers head over to Riverview to meet the Anglers. The Anglers have been having a tough season and are in last place in the league. The game takes place in Riverview Stadium beginning at 1:30PM.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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JORDAN’S KING ASSASSINATED – DUMONT TO HONOR BABE RUTH – BARRYMORE JR. SAYS HE IS NOT READY TO ACT – BERLE’S WIFE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE – AT THE MOVIES THIS WEEK

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Jordan’s King Abdullah, a friend of Britain who wielded strong force in the Arab world, is assassinated beside a mosque in old Jerusalem. He had claimed he was the oldest living descendant of the Prophet Mohammed. The 69-year-old ruler was cut down by pistol bullets as he was going to pray at the tomb of his father at noon on the Moslem Sabbath.

DuMont says it will feature a 2½ hour show marking the third anniversary of Babe Ruth’s passing. It’ll be a broadcast of a gala benefit at New York’s Adelphi Theatre and will be attended by many of baseball’s greats. DuMont program will feature a baseball quiz with mangers of the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants taking part.

John Barrymore Jr. (19) says Hollywood gave him stardom too quickly, and he’s not ready yet to take to the stage. He was to have made his stage debut in Chicago in “The Hasty Heart” but reneged.

Joyce Matthews, former wife of comedian Milton Berle, attempts suicide by slashing her wrists in the plush New York apartment of Billy Rose. Her manager said she cut her wrists “in a moment of hysteria” after reading several unflattering gossip columns about her. She should be OK.

At the movies –

The Great Caruso – Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novina

Showboat – Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown,

Mask of the Avenger – John Derek

Fort Worth – Randolph Scott, David Brian, Phyllis Thaxter

The Immortal Lorna Doone –Barbara Hale, Richard Greene

Oliver Twist – Robert Newton, Alex Guiness, Francis L. Sullivan

Peking Express – Joseph Cotton, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn

Take Care of my Little Girl – Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson

Strictly Dishonorable – Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh

Goodbye My Fancy – Joan Crawford, Robert Young

On the Riviera – Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney

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7/19/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, July 19, 1951   Vol. C318

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LOCAL NEWS

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SUMMER SWELTER HITS EAST FAREWELL

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 East Farewell- The summer heat has hit East Farewell with a blockbuster heatwave. Temperatures have been in the 90’s for five days now and the humidity has been hovering in the 70% range, which is extremely uncomfortable. The summer season is in full bloom and the town’s population has almost doubled for the month of July. Seasonal rentals are mostly sold-out according to local realtor, Frank Macy. “This time of year is very popular for people from the big cities to come on out and get away from the heat of the city but now they are just walking back into it. They don’t seem to mind, though, they have the beautiful lake and the wonderful town. That seems to make the heat and humidity a little easier to take.”

            There is one place that draws envy from everyone in town, The Ice House. The Ice House is run by Howard Arlen. Arlen has run the Ice House for over 25 years. He supplies restaurants, the city hall, the Iron Works and many local residents with giant blocks of ice, cubes of all sizes and bottled water. Most of the time he keeps a low profile with his truck, making deliveries early in the morning and quietly going about his business but, lately he has been the talk of the town with people following after his truck hoping for free samples and many, many people applying for work. The is especially true for young people in town, one of the most desired summer jobs is to work at the Ice House. “I think it is kind of funny, I always get a pile of applications right around when school lets out and I usually pick up two or three kids for the summer. They are usually hard workers and I like to get a break.”  He picked up a huge block of ice and put it on the back of his truck. One of his helpers, Jimmy Carlton, grabbed the tongs from Arden and went work on another piece of ice. “This is the best job in town, now,” laughed Carlton, “All my friends at sweating and moaning and groaning about the heat and I am as cool as a cucumber. It’s great”

            The hot weather is expected to continue for at least the next few days but lucky for everyone except Messrs. Arlen and Carlton there is a cool and beautiful lake to take a dip in and cool off.

An inviting beach on Lake Charles 

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SPORTS

TRAVELERS CRACK CORNING’S GLASS

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Corning – The Travelers were able to get back on track on Saturday when they beat Corning Glass Works 4-1. The Travelers were able to get past the “Corning Curse” that had been hounding them over the past two seasons. They have not been able to win against CGW in the last ten meetings. A big part of the problem has been CGW’s ace hurler, Bill “Smoke” Black, who was able to keep the Travelers in check whenever he pitched. This last Saturday the Travelers got lucky and due to scheduling Black did not pitch. In his place was CGW’s second in the order, Gil Johansson, who was no lowly replacement. Johansson is ranked fourth in the league in wins and sixth in strikeouts.

            The Travelers were able to get a bead on Johansson early but not before he struck out the first four batters. Tony Dimero was able to get the Travelers first hit in the second, a single to right and he was followed by a walk to Joey Brown Billy Sweet grounded out but then another single by Artie Archibald kept the drive alive. Archibald’s single scored Dimero. Johansson was able to get Travelers pitcher, Danny Lane to hit into a double play to end the inning but the scoreless streak was broken.

            CGW was unable to get any traction and was only able to score one run in the sixth. Lane was sharp, striking out a total of 8 throughout the game and the Travelers defense was also tight. The defense pulled off two double plays at critical times during the game and that kept CGW from mounting any comeback. The Travelers were able to add to their lead in the sixth and in the eighth Johnny Cloos hit his 15^th homer of the season bringing the Travelers lead to 4-1 and sealing the victory.

            The schedule does not get any easier for the Travelers next week when the head into Mountainview to face the Explorers. It seems the scheduling gods of favoring the Travelers lately as the Explorers ace; Joe “Freight” Trane will not be on the mound. They will still have to face slugger, Bobby “Hammer” Taxen but Travelers ace, Joe Nagy is scheduled for the Travelers. The game begins at 1:30PM at beautiful Mountainview Stadium.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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PEACE TALKS END ABRUPTLY – JERSEY JOE WALCOTT WINS IN 55 SECONDS – 20^TH CENTURY FOX TO USE CBS COLOR PROCESS IN THEATRES – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK

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In Seoul (sixth session) - Korean armistice talks end abruptly with every indication that Communist and U.N. delegates still are locked over a single key issue in their cease-fire agenda. The tie-up probably has come on Red demands for withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea. 

Jersey Joe Walcott climaxed an amazing rags to riches saga by knocking out Ezzard Charles in 55 seconds of the seventh round to win the world heavyweight championship – the oldest man ever to win the title. 

20th-Century Fox acquired the right to use CBS’s color television process in its recently acquired Eidophor large-screen theatre television system. Fox wants to use the system in theatres for its movies. 

Pop music this week in 1951 -

TOO YOUNG - Nat “King” Cole

JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine

HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers & Terry Gilkyson

ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU – Frankie Laine

MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR - Guy Mitchell

THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza

MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Patti Page

SOUND OFF (THE DUCKWORTH CHANT) - Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra

MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford Or Patti Page 

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7/12/1951

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, July 12, 1951   Vol. C317

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LOCAL NEWS

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SUMMER CAMPS COMBINE TO PUT ON A SHOW

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East Farewell – Lake Charles is a beautiful lake with wonderful woodland surrounding it. The area is rural and is the home of a variety of wildlife from fish, squirrels and chipmunks to wolves and bears. It wasn’t long after the town of East Farewell had become an established vacation area that an outdoorsman, Larry Zagrave and his wife, Maria bought 75 acres of lakefront land in two parcels that were separated by one of streams feeding the lake. The Zagraves bought the land in 1927 with the intent of setting two summer camps, one for boys and one for girls. Unfortunately, the depression put their plans on hold and they were not able to open the camps until 1937. The two camps, Camp Black Hawk for the boys and Camp Naomi for the girls opened in the summer of 1937 with 6 two week overnight sessions. The 1940 summer saw an additional day camp added in July for local children. The camps grew in popularity and the number of campers grew, too. In 1937 there were only 25 campers, 25 boys and 25 girls, per session but by 1940 the number had grown to 35 each per session. The total number per session was finally capped at 50 for both camps in 1947. The camps have gained quite a reputation in the big cities and the new growing suburbs and have enjoyed a full enrollment and great reviews for the last several years.

            The mission of both camps has always been to provide an active outdoor experience for all the campers. The Black Hawk campers focused more on athletics, baseball and football, while the Naomi campers were more focused on nature, outdoor artistic events and gardening. Both camps had large swim programs. Ever since the beginning the Zagraves felt the arts were just as important as the physical aspect of camp life and always had a theatrical aspect of each session. This usually meant putting on a play or a musical. From early on Larry would produce and direct a show that involved every camper either as actors or on the stage crew. This was the only event during the session where the boys and the girls would mingle. It is well known that Maria was a theater aficionado and she has a special love for Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. For the last five years the camps have put on different Gilbert & Sullivan shows to great reviews and more importantly lots of fun and smiles for the kids.

            The first July session ended last weekend and the show the kids put on was Gilbert & Sullivan’s first operetta, “HMS Pinafore” The kids had a grand time with the opera that satirized the rise of unqualified people to positions of authority and poking good-natured fun at the Royal Navy and the English obsession with social status even though they did not really understand the subject. A surprise twist that changed everything dramatically near the end of the story was made the amateur thespians even more energetic. The audience was mainly the actor’s families who came for the end of session pickup but some locals attended to. After the final curtain both the audience and the cast and crew all held an after-show party under a huge tent erected on the field in the middle of Camp Black Hawk.

The camps have become an important of the summer season in East Farewell. Every two week in the summer the town becomes very active with the pickups and drop offs. Many families have started to stay over for a couple of days at either the beginning or end of the sessions which makes for a very lively downtown and many happy shop owners.  

 

A rousing rendition of HMS Pinafore at summer camp

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SPORTS

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BEARS ROAR SILENCES TRAVELERS

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Bedford – The Travelers four game winning streak came to halt last Saturday night when the Bedford Bears held off a strong comeback in the ninth inning to win a close game, 5-4. It was a beautiful night for baseball and Bedford Stadium was almost glowing with its newly installed lights. The Bears were on their own winning streak and the game was expected to be a hard hitting, high scoring event because both teams had been scoring runs. The Bears were the only ones that came out hitting as they grabbed an early lead in the second inning when Bears slugger, Brad Stanley, smacked a three run homer off Billy Green. The Travelers were held in check for the first six innings and it looked like Bears pitcher, Harry Handler, was on his way to a one hitter. Travelers 2^nd basemen, Artie Archibald was able to squeeze a hit through the middle and move to second on a passed ball. Dale Dunham was able to bring him home with a long single into the right corner. The game went into the eighth with the score 3-1 and the Bears were able to smack a couple of hits off Green and score two more making it look like they were sealing the win but in the top of the ninth the Travelers made a strong comeback scoring 3 runs on a Johnny Cloos blast over the left field fence. It turned out to be a bit short as Handler was able to strike out Joey Brown to end the game.

            The Travelers will move on Corning next week. They won’t have to face their nemesis, Bill “Smoke” Black but they will have to start hitting again. The game begins on Saturday afternoon at 1:30PM on Corning Field.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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AIRLINER CRASHES INTO CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN – U.S. DIPLOMATS EXPELLED FROM HUNGARY BY REDS – COLOR TV BROADCASTS BEGIN – SINATRA LEAVES CBS IN TALKS WITH NBC

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A United Airlines Mainliner smashes into Crystal Mountain, killing a 50 aboard. Flight 610 was en-route to Chicago from San Francisco.

Two American diplomats are ordered expelled from Hungary by the Red government.

Color-TV broadcasts begin on a limited scale in the East. But the 5-year-old battle between the color systems of CBS and RCA is in a fury. Frank Stanton of CBS said his competitors had conspired to impede CBS color because they had failed to get government approval for their own color system. TV pioneer Allen B. Du Mont replied that the CBS method “is already obsolete” and the RCA color tube is the future of TV. 

Frank Sinatra’s option for his CBS-TV services lapses. He’s now in discussions with NBC-TV. Sinatra was the star of the Bulova-sponsored Saturday night show on CBS-TV during the past season.

At the movies –

Two of A Kind – Edmond O’Brien, Lizabeth Scott

Excuse My Dust – Red Skelton, Sally Forrest

Sirocco – Humphrey Bogart

Hollywood Murder Story – Richard Conte, Julia Adams

Apache Drums – Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray

Follow The Sun - Anne Baxter, Glenn Ford

Ace In The Hole – Kirk Douglas

Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train –Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Roger Walker 

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7/5/1951

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, July 5, 1951   Vol. C316

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LOCAL NEWS

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BOOMING FIREWORKS LIGHT UP EAST FAREWELL

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East Farewell – East Farewell celebrated the 4^th of July with some loud and colorful fireworks over Lake Charles. It was a mixture of a town sponsored display and several private displays from lakeside residents hosting parties and a few individuals that went out to the middle of the lake and set some small aerial fireworks from their boats. This last method of display brought strong rebukes from the Lake Safety Committee for obvious reasons.

            The town sponsored event started right after sundown, around 8:30, and were launched from the beach in front of the Lakefront Plaza. It was organized by the Fire Department and the Police Department. “We had a great time putting this all together and we had a lot of help from the Police,” said Fire Chief Thomas O’Hanlon, “they really helped with setting up the fireworks and with crowd control. There were a lot more people than we expected.”

            The crowd turnout was exceptional. The summer season is well underway and more and more people have been coming to East Farewell to spend their summer vacations.  The Fun Pier overlooks the beach and that gave many people a prime viewing spot. Many of the restaurants along Main Street and Lakeshore Drive offered outdoor dining and a view of the fireworks. Many folks enjoyed the beautiful summer evening in a relaxed and festive atmosphere. There are many people in town that have taken the whole week off as their vacations so the area is very busy with lots of foot traffic. “I just love this,” said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, “just seeing everyone, many of my guests have been coming for years, is just wonderful, just wonderful.”

            The success of the fireworks event has started talks that this should be an annual event. Tom Connelly, town council president, has said that that will be high on the agenda at the next meeting.  

 

Fireworks over Lake Charles

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS SWIPE COUGARS

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Ondita – The Travelers winning streak was extended on Saturday when they beat the Ondita Cougars 4-3. The game was fairly straightforward with the Travelers building a 4-3 lead with excellent pitching by Joe Nagy and a very respectable showing by Cougars pitcher, Jerry Girardi, who had only lost two games so far this season. By the ninth inning the Travelers had built a 4-3 lead but in the bottom of the ninth Nagy had Phil Hubble on first due to a walk. Hubble is speedy, he has the third highest stolen base percentage in the league, and he took off on Nagy with a 2-2 count on Franks. Hubble got a great jump and got into second easily. Nagy was a little rattled and he threw a slow curve to Franks who swatted at it and was able to get to first and move Hubble to third. Then the Cougars tried a double steal, Franks to second and then when catcher Joey Brown tried to throw Franks out at second, Hubble would steal home for the tie. The only problem with the plan was that Sam Fowler, Travelers manager, had saw it coming and put in the “Joey Short” play where Brown jumped up and wound up like he was going to second but he threw it back to Nagy who caught Hubble half way down the third base path and was able to catch him in a run down and finally have Richie Lane tag him out. Franks made it to second. Nagy was reenergized and bore down on the Cougars batters and struck out Ernesto and forced Doyle to ground out to Watson at first to end the game. The big play for the Cougars did not work and the Travelers were able to swipe the cats to the side.

            The Travelers move on to Bedford next week to play the Bears. They played well against the Bears the last time they visited, winning 4-1. Hopefully, the long time on the road will not have any negative effect on the Travelers. The game is an evening game that will begin at 7:10PM in Bedford Stadium.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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CHINESE & N. KOREAN REDS ACCEPT CEASE FIRE TALKS  -  TRUMAN EXTENDS ENLISTMENTS – 1951 SEES A BUDGET SURPLUS -  FCC APPROVES CBS COLOR SYSTEM – SNEED WINS PGA

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Korea - Chinese and North Korean Reds radio acceptance of an allied offer to talk cease-fire, but at a time and place of their choosing inside South Korea. Later, the United Nations and Communists agree officially to meet Sunday in the Kaesong area for preliminary peace talks to end the bloody war. 

President Truman issues an order extending for one year, the enlistments of all members of the armed forces who otherwise would be released between now and next July.

The fiscal year 1951 ends with the government assured of a budget surplus.

CBS, whose color system just got FCC approval, will begin regular commercial color programming on June 25. The first program, to run an hour will feature Arthur Godfrey and other CBS stars. The show will originate from “Studio 57” at 109th and 5th Avenue. The CBS color schedule calls for shows from 10:30 to 11AM and 4:30 to 5pm daily. CBS color transmissions cannot be seen on black & white TV sets without the use of an adapter. B & W viewers will see nothing but garble during these times. 

Sam Snead creeps past Walter Burke for his third PGA championship. 

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6/28/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, June 28, 1951   Vol. C315

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LOCAL NEWS

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MOTORBOATS TO BE ALLOWED ON LAKE CHARLES

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East Farewell – The City Council has passed a directive that will allow motorboats on Lake Charles starting July 1^st. The directive was pushed heavily by several members that own lakefront properties and was backed by the local auto dealership and by the owner of the only boat shop on the lake. “There have been a lot of advances in the outboard motor department. They are smaller and more powerful than ever before. They are also more full efficient so you don’t have to carry a whole lot of fuel which is much safer,” said Tom Dwyer, the owner of Lake Charles Marina, “I am seeing more people buying and bringing bigger boats to the lake and I just started stocking outboard motors and am working on getting a fuel dispensing operation in place. That should be ready by the middle of the summer. I think motorboats will be fine on the lake, it is pretty big. A lot of folks have said they want to try waterskiing which should be interesting to see.”

            Not everyone is in favor of the motorboat rule. Ward James is a local that sails on the lake in his sailboat. He thought the addition of motorboats would only cause problems with the existing status quo. “We don’t need all these new city guys running their big old motorboats all over the lake,” he said at the meeting, “The Great Race of 1930 is a perfect example of what happens when you have too many boats on the lake”

            The “Great Race” he was referring to was the first big lake event and it turned into a local tragedy. That year the town was very small and just beginning to establish itself as a summer resort destination. There was a massive sailboat race set up and it turned out to be too big and too poorly organized. A strong breeze also played into the problem. With more than 25 boats crowed onto the lake and there was a huge pile up after the second lap with 19 of the 25 boats involved. Luckily, no one was severely injured but many of the boats had to be sent in for serious repair. After the fiasco there was an order put in place that set the size and number of boats allowed on the lake. The limits were loose enough to not impact locals they only sought to keep people from bringing big sailboats in. In 1930 the motorboats that were on the market were too large and too expensive to make it to “unknown” Lake Charles.

            It remains to be seen how many and how big the new boats will be. The Council did leave open the ability to impose (improve) requirements on the boat traffic on the lake. For now, Mr. Dwyer and the lakefront owners are looking forward to a new sound on the lake while Mr. James may have to invest in some ear plugs.

Tom Dwyer takes a test spin in a motorboat on Lake Charles

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS SKIN THE BEARS

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Bear Creek – The Travelers rolled into Bear Creek coming off a wild, exciting win last week over the Slate Mountain Miners. They wasted little time showing if they were still hot. The Travelers scored two runs in the first inning off Bears starter, Jimmy Regel. Right off the bat, Ralph Francis hit a single and Dale Dunham followed with another single. Regel was able to buckle down and get Bobby Watson out but then Johnny Cloos came up and slapped a long single into the corner, scoring both Francis and Dunham. Regel was able to stop the bleeding and retire the side but the damage was done. The Travelers had Joey Alfred on the mound and he was sharp. He retired the first six Bear batters and finally walked Bear slugger, Dave Crew, but he left him stranded by striking out the rest of the side. The Travelers scored again in the sixth with a three run homer by Joey Brown. Alfred led the team with a dazzling display of fastballs, curves and his own signature pitch, some sort of sinker. The defense was very strong, completing two double plays and kept any infield hits from getting through. The Bears were kept off the board completely and the Travelers earned their first shutout of the season.

 “I don’t know what Joey is doing with that sinker but the bottom just drops out and makes it almost unhittable. I like it,” said manager, Sam Fowler after the game.

The Travelers travel to Ondita next week to try to extend their three game winning streak. The game will begin at 2:30 in Ondita Park.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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MACARTHUR ACCUSSES TRUMAN OF SILENCING WITNESSES IN KOREA DISMISSAL – WATER SHORTAGES ADDRESSED BY INTERIOR DEPARTMENT – REDS LOSING STRENGTH IN FRANCE -  ATOM BOMB OBSOLETE – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK

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Gen MacArthur whiplashed the Truman administration on the domestic front by charging the high cost of government is rapidly making the American people “servants of the state.”  He also accused President Truman of “silencing” key witnesses and thus clouding the full facts in the controversy over his dismissal as supreme commander in the Far East. 

The House Interior Subcommittee opens hearings on a $25 million proposal that water shortages could be solved by desalting sea water and by rainmaking. Present methods of sweetening salt water are impractical, but research and increasing water shortages could make them practical. 

Reds losing strength in France. Returns from French election show Gen Charles de Gaulle’s new political party, the Rally of the French People (RFP), emerging as a powerful new force in returns. The Communists, maintaining their place as the largest single party in France on the basis of popular vote, are losing seats in the National Assembly.

A scientist at the Atomic Energy Commission says the atom bomb is obsolete and that new information on the understanding of the hydrogen bomb had been obtained in tests.

Pop music this week–

HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford

TOO YOUNG - Nat “King” Cole

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers & Terry Gilkyson

MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL - Patti Page

SOUND OFF (The Duckworth Chant)- Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra

JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine

I APOLOGIZE - Billy Eckstine

MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Patti Page

ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine

UNLESS - Eddie Fisher

OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE - Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra

THE SYNCOPATED CLOCK - Leroy Anderson 

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