EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June 28,
1951 Vol. C315
LOCAL
NEWS
MOTORBOATS TO BE ALLOWED ON LAKE CHARLES
East
Farewell – The City Council has passed a directive that will allow motorboats
on Lake Charles starting July 1st. 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
SPORTS
TRAVELERS SKIN THE BEARS
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.
NATIONAL NEWS
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
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
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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