EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, August
9, 1951 Vol. C321
LOCAL
NEWS
EAST FAREWELL SIZZLES – LAKE CHARLES BECKONS
East
Farewell – The summer is in full swing and a heat wave has settled over East
Farewell. For the past week the temperatures have been in the nineties and the
humidity has been extremely high. This combination makes for a very
uncomfortable climate around town. Electric fans have appeared in many windows
and the few places the offer air conditioning are overcrowded. The one
redeeming factor in town is Lake Charles. It is wide open cool and welcoming.
The beach by the Lakefront Plaza has been full of hot people from early in the
morning until past sundown. Many people are coming as early as 6:00AM to secure
a spot and once they have staked their claim they do not relinquish it until
the sun goes down.
“We came in from Philadelphia and
didn’t expect this heat,” said Dotty Kane, “It was very bad back in
Philadelphia but it always is this time of year back there. We thought we would
get away from that but it looks like we were wrong. Thank goodness for
this lake. The water is wonderful. I just took my chair and set it in the
shallow water and sat down right in the water. It was very refreshing. I could
have stayed there all day but my kids wanted to get something to eat.”
The heat has taken a higher toll on
some, especially those who have to work outside all day long like the
construction workers who are building the new town hall as well as the mail men
and municipal workers. The Iron Workers are also impacted by the heat. While
they usually work in extreme heat situations this heat wave has exasperated
their circumstances. There is one job in town that is probably the most coveted
job of all, ice delivery. The local Ice House run by Howard Arden has been
delivering ice to local businesses and homes for over ten years now and is by
far the most popular fellow in town. “I have people coming up to me and asking
if they can have a job. It is funny, all these people in tee shirts and shorts
and I’m wearing gloves and a flannel shirt,” Arden said as he unloaded a huge
block of ice off the back of his truck. It was destined for the upper shelf of
a restaurant’s ice box.
Aside from Arden’s unique cooling
solution most people in town are left to rely on swimming in Lake Charles or
finding some relief in one of the air conditioned stores or the movie theater.
There is no long range prediction for when this heat wave will break but the
weather forecasters have said that it can’t last forever, they are sure of
that.
Howard Arden makes a delivery
SPORTS
BULLS GOUGE TRAVELERS
Cedar Creek – The Travelers went into Cedar Creek
hoping to continue their winning ways but they ran into a Bulls team that
seemed like it had a red flag waved in front of it. Billy Sweet was smacked
around early with the Bulls scoring four runs on seven hits by the third
inning. The Travelers offense did not help him out as Bulls pitcher, Jose
Edwardo, was in fine form, striking out 9 in the course of the game. He held
the Travelers to only four hits and only walked two. The Travelers were finally
able to get on the board in the eighth with a two run blast by Johnny Cloos.
That was Edwardo’s only mistake. The Bulls came right back after the Cloos
blast and added two more runs to seal the deal and win fairly easily, 6-2.
“We
didn’t play our best game today,” said manager Sam Fowler, “Those guys are
playing much better than they were earlier. We weren’t expecting that. That’s
no excuse but they did look much better.”
The Travelers have one more road game, next week in Youngstown, and then they play their second home game of the season against the Erie Eagles on the altered Regional High School Field. The Youngstown Steelers game next week is an evening game and begins at 7:05 in Steelers Stadium.
NATIONAL NEWS
RIDGEWAY BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH COMMIES – TRUMAN
CANCELS TARIFF CONCESSIONS – FECHTELER NEW NAVAL CHIEF – MICHIGAN SCIENTIST
KILLS HIMSELF – MARTIN & LEWIS SUED FOR 10 MIL BY SCREEN ASSOCIATES – HOPE
ON NBC FOR CHESTERFIELD - AT&T SAYS NATIONWIDE WORLD SERIES TELECAST IS A
GO – TV SAYS IT IS READY FOR A SURGE
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway breaks off Korean truce talks in a stiff message accusing the Reds of “flagrant violations” of their promise to keep armed Communists out of Kaesong. Later, Communist leaders agreed to Gen. Ridgway’s terms for reopening the suspended Korean truce talks. They pledged to keep the conference town of Kaesong clear of their armed troops.
President Truman cancels U.S. tariff concessions to Red China, North Korea, Eastern Germany and 10 other areas which have fallen under Communist control since World War II.
President Truman selects Adm. William Fechteler as his new Chief of Naval Operations.
Dr. Malcolm Soule, a renowned scientist kills himself with a hypodermic dose of snake venom because he could not bear being fired from the University of Michigan faculty for mishandling funds. He was found dying by his wife in the basement of their home in Ann Arbor. The quick-acting venom killed him in a matter of minutes. He whispered only, “it won’t do any good to call physicians. There is no known antidote for this snake venom.”
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are sued for $10 million breach of contract by Screen Associates. The complaint asserts that on April 5, 1950, the two comics acting through York Pictures Co, which they are described as controlling, agreed to make seven films for Screen Associates. One of these pictures was made and released under the title, “At War With the Army.” But since then, screen Associates contends, Martin and Lewis have refused to make any other films and have entered into a conspiracy with others to breach the agreement.
Bob Hope will conduct a new once-every-four-weeks series over NBC-TV beginning Oct. 7. Sponsor is Chesterfield cigarettes.
The American Telephone & Telegraph Co. announces that by Sept. 30 its transcontinental microwave radio relay system probably will be sufficiently advanced to allow coast-to-coast television reception in time for the World Series. The completed project will represent an investment of $40 million.
The television industry, in a slump since last spring, is looking at an upsurge. Easier TV set installment terms, boosts in TV station transmitting power and prospects for new stations in areas now without television are all around the corner. Set makers have contended the biggest factor in the slump in set sales was the credit restriction requiring 25% down and limiting installments to 15 months. Under the new measure, it is 15% down and 18 months on balance.
Many, many
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