EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, August
16, 1951 Vol. C322
LOCAL
NEWS
LAKEFRONT HOOTENANNY
East
Farewell – Along with all the summer visitors East Farewell has
also seen many artistic people come to visit and many have moved in. There are
several artists who have taken up residence to draw and paint the beautiful
surroundings. Musicians have taken up residence and have established an
artistic colony of sorts. Many musicians collaborate and meet in informal
groups to share their music. This past Sunday saw an impromptu gathering of a
group of musicians on the Lake Front Plaza who put on an authentic Hootenanny.
Four brothers, Thomas,
Lawrence, James and John Gettingsomwear headed up the group of almost
twenty people who gathered on the Plaza in front of Lake Charles at the
intersection of Lake Shore Drive and Main Street. The brothers played folk
guitars and Lawrence played a set of Cuban conga drums to keep the beat. Along
with the brothers there were several banjos and ukuleles, two standup bass
guitars, four fiddles and a couple trumpets. The trumpets were played by two
seniors from Regional High School, Brett Braun and Sean O’Mara. Several female
singers and musicians joined the group. Naomi Fielding, Cara Dunlap and Frida
Feldman both sung and Dunlap and Feldman played fiddles. The hootenanny started
around two in the afternoon and they played well into the evening, taking
breaks to eat and drink different dishes that “magically” showed up, donated by
local supporters and even a couple of local restaurants.
The weather was fairly cooperative
staying in the low 80’s but not very humid. A cool breeze off the lake kept the
musicians comfortable even as they were playing some upbeat tunes. In the
evening the temperatures headed down but remained very pleasant and when things
finally wrapped up, around 8 in the evening, the temperatures were down to the
upper 60s.
The whole group started together
with several songs that everyone knew, folk songs and spirituals, but as time
went on the group split up into smaller groups that played a number of
different genres. Popular songs and even some rhythm and blues tunes were
played through the evening. The whole gang got together at the end and played
an old favorite, “Good Night Irene” collectively. “This was so wonderful,”
laughed James Gettingsomwear as things were getting cleaned up, “I hope this
becomes an event that happens every year. That would be great!”
Judging from the turnout of music fans and the
enthusiastic support from all the businesses in town this publication feels
there will be many more of events like this in the future.
Hootenanny Gang on Lakefront
Plaza
SPORTS
TRAVELERS COMEBACK TO BEAT THE STEELERS
Youngstown – It was a beautiful night for baseball,
not too hot a crystal clear with a bright full moon. The Travelers came into
town coming off a sound thrashing by the Cedar Creek Bulls last week. The
Steelers had won two games straight and had scored ten runs total in those
games. The Youngstown fans are known for their passion.
Billy
Green took the mound for the Travelers and the Steelers sent rookie Dave
Dempsey. Green started strong knocking down the first eight Steelers while only
giving up two walks. Dempsey was not as sharp. The Travelers were able to score
one run in the second after three straight hits. The Steelers came to life in
the fifth when they started to tag Green’s fastball. Five Steelers reached
base, two scored before Green got himself back in control. The Steelers ended
scoring one more before the Travelers were able to end the inning with a double
play. In the seventh the Steelers widened their lead with a two run blast by
their slugger Ron Wilder. The Steelers led 5-1 going into the sixth. The
Travelers top of the order was up. Francis started the sixth with a leadoff
single. Dunham followed with a long double scoring the speedy Francis. Watson
grounded out. Johnny Cloos smacked a ball off the right field fence and scored
Dunham. Joey Brown was able to hit a sacrifice fly and score Cloos who jumped
as soon as the catch was made in deep right. Sweet came up and grounded out to
end the inning but the Travelers had closed the gap. The Steelers still held a
5-4 lead going into the top of the ninth. Artie Archibald struck out but pinch
hitter “Big Bob Tilman squeezed a single through the middle. Ralph Francis laid
down a perfect sacrifice bunt that was mishandled by third baseman, Vince
Virgilio. Virgilio made a single-handed grab and tried to catch Francis at
first and end the game but his throw was off the mark and sailed past first
baseman, Robbie Sterns and giving Tilman a chance to move to third. Watson
struck out and Johnny Cloos came to the plate with two outs and two on. Dempsey
was still strong and had just struck out his ninth batter. He took Cloos to a
3-2 count and tried his fastball for the win. Unfortunately for him Cloos was
waiting for it and crushed a long homerun over the left field wall. The
Travelers went into the bottom of the ninth leading 6-5. Joey Alfred came in as
a relief pitcher in the bottom of the ninth and closed down the Steelers
letting only five batters come to the plate. The Travelers walked out with a
stunning 6-5 win and a renewed confidence. They will come home to play their
second home came of the season next week against the Erie Eagles on a
reconfigured Regional High School field. The game will begin at 1:30PM and the
fans can’t wait.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE WANTS BUILDUP TO MOVE FASTER – BRITISH SHOW
OFF NEW RIFLE – CENSUS NUMBERS PUBLISHED – HEARST DIES – SINATRA IN NEVADA – BOB
& RAY MOVE TO NBC
General Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization army said that the U.S., even at possible costs to troops, must rush to build anti-Soviet bastions in Western Europe or “get out.” “If we drag this job out, we fall. The sure way to get half the results at twice the cost is to drag this program out. If we can’t do this job in a reasonable length of time, it can’t be done and we had better get out.”
Britain demonstrates a new automatic rifle, capable of firing 84 rounds a minute with a force that can penetrate 46 inches of wood at 100 yards. Some call it “the best weapon of its kind.”
The Census Bureau estimates the U.S. population to be 154,353,000 as of July 1. The Census Bureau says that tax payments for every man, woman and child came to an average of $360 last year or $30 a month. That includes federal, state and local taxes.
William Randolph Hearst (88) passed away on August 15th. Dominate figure in the publishing industry for than half a century. Hearst hadn’t enjoyed good health for the past four years. He employed 27,000 workers.
Frank Sinatra settles down for a six-week stay in Nevada to qualify for a divorce. Sinatra said he’s following the simplest procedure possible under the state’s easy divorce law to end his marriage to Nancy Sinatra. After the divorce, he and Ava Gardner will be married.
Bob and Ray are hired away from Boston radio station WHDH and will be heard on the NBC radio network from 5:45p to 6:00p. The pair will host a morning show on New York’s WNBC beginning later this month.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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