EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, September
6, 1951 Vol. C325
LOCAL
NEWS
1ST LABOR DAY FAIR AND AUCTION IS
A HIT
East
Farewell – Labor Day has become the unofficial end of the summer season across
the country. In East
Farewell we have taken that bittersweet time and turned it into a
celebration. The town held a fair to close out the summer season. The Fun Pier
was open extended hours and the Fairgrounds were transformed into a glittering
gallery of booths and tables. Officially, the fairgrounds were only opened
Sunday and Monday but the excitement started Friday night and overflowed
throughout the town the whole weekend. On Saturday morning coincidentally,
there was the livestock auction that is a monthly event held at the
fairgrounds. This Saturday it was opened to the public, not just the usual
farmers and breeders. The event proved to be an amazingly popular event.
Spectators got up early a flooded into the fairgrounds even as the workers were
setting up the booths and tables for Sunday’s fair. The spectators were only
that, spectators, they were not allowed to bid or participate in any way but
they were more than happy to see the bulls, cows and magnificent horses paraded
around the ring and listen to the auctioneer deliver his lightning fast chant
as he worked his paying audience to raise their bids.
The gates opened on Sunday morning
and all the restaurants in town and several from around the area were prepared
to serve hearty breakfasts and brunch. East Farewell is becoming home to many
different artists of many different persuasions and they were all represented.
Painters had their beautiful landscapes and still life’s, craftsmen had
furniture and sculptures and there were all types of arts and crafts both small
and large.
The festivities went on all day
Sunday until 9:00PM and then started all over again Monday morning at 9:00AM
and went until 9:00 Monday night. Although it was billed as the end of summer
fair many people were still on vacation until the end of the week. Local
schools start on Monday September 10th. The success of the fair is
bound to make it a very popular signpost for everyone and make the sad ending of the summer
season a little less depressing.
1951 Labor Day Fair
SPORTS
CUB SWIPE ON FROM TRAVELERS
Bear Creek – The Travelers came into Bear Creek
after a tough win over Slate Mountain and all the excitement of their second
home game and a first place seating in the league. They did not expect the Cubs
to come out hitting and caught the Travelers flatfooted. Traveler’s pitcher,
Danny Lane, was not bad but he wasn’t at the top of his game. The Cubs got
three straight hits in the first and scored one run after Lane had struck out
the first two batters. The Cubs would continue their two out survival game in the
fourth and the sixth scoring two runs in each inning with two outs. A
frustrated Lane could only shake his head.
The
Travelers did wake up in the seventh with Dunham and Watson getting on base and
Johnny Cloos bringing them home with a double. They looked like they were going
to close the gap in the eighth by scoring two more runs but with Artie
Archibald on third Cub’s pitcher Randy Stoltz was able to strike out Billy
Sweet squelching the comeback attempt. Stoltz closed the Travelers down in the
ninth and the Cubs won their first game against the Travelers all season, 5-4.
The loss put the Travelers in a tie for first place with Bedford. As the season winds down the Travelers will face the Ondita Cougars next week followed by Bedford and they will end their season in Corning. To win the league the Travelers will have to win most of their last games, especially the game against Bedford. The game against Ondita will begin at 4:00PM in Ondita Park next Saturday.
NATIONAL NEWS
TRUMAN OPENS PEACE PARLEY – GROMYKO ATTACKS
PEACE PLAN – WILDE MARRIES WALLACE – WILLIAMS SIGNS WITH MGM – WALKER BURIED
QUIETLY
In San Francisco President Truman gives the opening address in the opening of the Japan Peace Parley. “I pray that we all shall be united” he told delegates from 52 nations and a nationwide television and radio audience. Six years to the day after Japan’s surrender the United States, Australia and New Zealand signed a broad three-power mutual defense treaty designed to uphold peace in the Pacific. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida of Japan arrives in San Francisco to sign the peace treaty. All others have arrived for the important conference.
Thwarted by an attempt to stall the Japanese peace conference in San Francisco, Russia’s Andrei Gromyko came back to the speaker’s stand and vigorously attacked the treaty American and Britain have invited 50 other nations to sign. Said Gromyko “Certain great powers are helping to prepare for a new war in the Far East” and declared the American-written treaty “Is clearing the path for Japanese participation in an aggressive military bloc in the Far East.”
Hollywood news – Cornel Wilde marries actress Jean Wallace. Esther Williams signs a MGM movie contract calling for three pictures. Actor Robert Walker was buried without the glitter and trappings that marked his turbulent career in Hollywood. Among those attending were his former wife (now Mrs. David O. Selznick) and the two Walker children – Robert (11) and Michel (10).
A small earthquake shakes an era around New York City. Thousands are frightened by damage is slight.
Pop music this week in 1951 –
SWEET
VIOLETS - Dinah Shore
BECAUSE
OF YOU - Tony Bennett-
COME
ON-A MY HOUSE - Rosemary Clooney
TOO
YOUNG - Nat “King” Cole
THE
LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR – Mario Lanza
MY
TRULY, TRULY FAIR - Guy Mitchell
JEZEBEL
- Frankie Laine
I
GET IDEAS - Tony Martin
I’M
IN LOVE AGAIN - Henri Rene & Orchestra
(Why
Did I Tell You I Was Going To)
SHANGHAI - Doris Day
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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