4/24/1952

                                      EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 24, 1952   Vol. C358

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LOCAL NEWS

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IMPROMPTU CONCERT ON LAKEFRONT PLAZA

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East Farewell – The warm early spring weather prompted several musicians to set up in the Lakefront Plaza on Sunday and gave an impromptu free concert and ended up attracting a very large crowd. Many people were strolling along Lakefront Drive and down Main Street and heard the music. The players, Susan Underhill playing an accordion, Larry and Johnny O’Donnell, their cousin Tommy playing guitar and Kathleen McShea playing a fiddle, gathered on the plaza around 1:00 in the afternoon and played for about an hour and a half, playing popular songs and taking requests from the crowd.

            “The weather was just so nice and we were all sitting around on Mrs. Mallard’s porch playing and Tommy suggested we move over to the Plaza, which is right next to her place, so we did. The Plaza is beautiful now and we could spread out. I couldn’t believe how many people came by. It was great. Mrs. Mallard’s daughter, Natalie joined us. She is a great singer. We just did tunes we all know and then some folks started requesting some songs. It was incredible that we knew most of them and it was great fun playing them,” said Underhill when asked by an attending reporter.

            Many people in attendance thought this was a planned event and asked why there had not been any advertising. When told it was an impromptu event almost everyone agreed that it would a wonderful idea for East Farewell to sponsor a music event for the whole town. One of the people attending was Town Council President, Tom Connally and he heartily endorsed the idea. He said he would make a proposal at the next Town Council meeting. It remains to be seen if the rest of the council will take up the idea but it will certainly be presented with Connally's typical flair.

Impromptu Lakefront Concert

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SPORTS

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BEARS CLAW TRAVELERS

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Bear Creek – The Travelers ran into an angry bear on Saturday. They couldn’t get any offense started and dropped to below .500 in the standings for the first time in two years. The Bears topped the Travelers 4-1. The only bright point for the Travelers was a sixth inning smash by Johnny Cloos for his third homer of the season. Traveler’s pitcher, Joey Alfred, did not pitch a bad game but he let up 11 hits and walked 4. The hits were scattered through the innings and the Bears were only able to score 4 runs. The Travelers fell to 3-1 record in the early season. “We are going to have to turn this around fast,” said Travelers manager, Sam Fowler after the game, “These boys are much better than this and I have to light a fire under them.”

            The Travelers stay on the road again, heading up to Corning next week to face a new rookie pitcher, Bill Black who has dazzled the league early this season with three wins, two of which were shutouts. The game begins at 3:00 at CGW field.

            The league has approved eight home games for the Travelers this season. That is great news for the Travelers and the Regional High School field will begin transformation as soon as the school year ends in June. The transformation will take about a month and the first home game is expected to be in mid-July.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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100 PLANES RUSHED TO KOREA – TED WILLIAMS GOING INTO THE MARINES – G. LIBERACE ROBBED – MONDAY NIGHT TV

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The Air Force announces that an armada of 100 planes rushed the 187^th Airborne Regimental Combat Team to Korea from Japan to bolster the guard over rebellious Communist war prisoners on Koje Island.

Ted Williams’s farewell – and he hits a final home run as Boston bests Detroit 5-3. Williams said goodbye as fans hailed him. Williams is being recalled for 17 months’ service in the U.S Marines.

George Liberace, music arranger for his brother, Pianist Liberace, tells police his home had been looted while he and his wife were attending a show. Burglars took clothing and jewelry valued at $10,000.

Monday night television in larger cities

CBS – Lux Video Theatre, Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts, I Love Lucy, Claudia, Studio One

NBC – Vivian Blaine, John Cameron Swayze News Caravan, Paul Winchell Show, Lights Out, Robert Montgomery Presents, Dangerous Assignment

ABC – Hollywood Screen Test, Spotlight To Stardom

DuMont – Captain Video, Guide Right

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4/17/1952

                                          EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 17, 1952   Vol. C357

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LOCAL NEWS

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MIGHTY KEYSTONE RAILROAD ANNOUNCES EXPANDED SCHEDULES

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East Farewell – The Mighty Keystone Railroad is as responsible for the founding of East Farewell as anything or anyone. It has always been intertwined with the town and with most of the people who live here. The railroad is the main route to get to the town and without it East Farewell would probably shrivel up and disappear. After the war ended the railroad started to bring visitors to town from the major big cities to both the east and the west. Many people discovered Lake Charles and East Farewell by way of the railroad. The beautiful surroundings, idyllic views and wonderful small town values attracted many people for their summer retreats. Mrs. Mallard’s boarding house has become a well-known stop for many middle-class families and single boarders throughout the years. “I have seen so many different folks over the years and they all have been just wonderful,” recalled Mrs. Mallard on her wide front porch when she was asked about the great increase in travel to town, “I have seen young children grown up and young men and woman fall in love and even marry. I have seen brave young men go off to war and regrettably I have not seen them all come home. But when I heard the MKR was increasing its schedules I was elated. We can always welcome more folk to town, yes we can.”

            The great influx Mrs. Mallard was alluding to is going to be due to a recently announced increase in commuter train traffic coming into East Farewell. The current schedule only has two trains a day stopping at the town station. The new increases will more than double the traffic to eight trains, one every two hours, to either terminate or pass through East Farewell. The schedule change will start the week before June 1^st. The railroad will not be altering its commercial shipping into and out of the Iron Works that supplies the MKR with rails, track accessories and many train parts. Being situated on the main line between Philadelphia and Chicago East Farewell has always enjoyed a constant traffic of trains traveling through town, not just stopping but traveling through. Now, though, some of the trains will be stopping and dropping off vacationers and possibly new residents. It is looking like this will be the first of many bustling summers in East Farewell.

Local train stopping in East Farewell

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS WIN IN ONDITA

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Ondita – The Travelers came into Ondita trying to get a win. They were given a moral boost when right before the game began on Saturday they received news from the league that the Travelers will be able to host more home games this year. The league experimented with modifying the Regional High School baseball field by expanding the field and adding temporary stands last year for two games. Apparently, the games were a great success and the league felt that it would help promote attendance if they could capture the East Farewell market again. The Traveler fans are somewhat notorious throughout the league for traveling to all the different towns to support their team in spite of the fact that they did not have a home stadium. The “Rest Stop” the Travelers home stadium burned down in the winter of 1950 and they were only able to play two games last year at their improvised “home” field. The Travelers name came from when they were first formed back in 1940. They did not have a ballpark to play in then either. East Farewell was still a small town but the Iron Works had a fairly large workforce and there were lots of baseball fans and players. The team was formed by Fred Malloy and he was able to join the Northeastern League, an AAA league that had teams throughout the tristate area. Malloy’s only problem was there was no ball field in East Farewell except the High School field. The team spent their first season on the road and they changed their name from the Steelmen to the Rambling Travelers then just the Travelers in appreciation of their “homeless” status. The announcement that the Travelers would host more home games this season was a great moral boost to the team.

            The boost was obvious when the team came to bat in the first. Ralph Francis led off with a quick single followed by a double by Dale Dunham, moving Francis to third. Bobby Watson walked and Johnny Cloos came up and took Cougars pitcher, Bert Farmer, to a 3-2 count before fouling off three straight fastballs and then with Farmer trying one more fastball laid it low and away and Cloos got ahold of it and sent it out of the part for a grand slam. The first four Travelers scored. The game went on with the Travelers in charge and Travelers pitcher, Danny Lane, was in command. He ended up striking out 9 and only allowed five hits and one run. The Travelers scored again in the fourth, sixth and ninth. The very happy Travelers walked off the field with an easy 8-1 victory.

            The home games will be announced within the next two weeks but there will be no Travelers home games until Regional High School completes its school session and the field has been modified. That will not be until at least mid-season, probably early July.

 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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NEW PRODUCTS ON MARKET SHELVES – ELGIN WATCH UNVEILS ELECTRIC WRISTWATCH – MARGARET TURMAN PERFORMS ON NBC - ON THE RADIO

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New at the mart - Procter & Gamble’s “Cheer” - specially made for tough-Job washing. At the mart - Planter’s Cocktail Peanuts - 8oz can - .33 ... Martinelli Apple Juice - quart size - .29 ... Hams - whole or full shank half - .57lb ... Camay Soap – regular size - .8 each ... Lipton Tea - 1lb package - $1.29

Elgin National Watch Company unveils an electric wristwatch. Takes just a tiny battery and is more accurate than a wind-up.

Singer Margaret Truman (daughter of the President) performs on NBC radio’s “Railroad Hour” this week and also appeared on NBC-TV’s All-Star Revue with Jimmy Durante.

On the radio –

NBC - The Falcon, Hollywood Star Playhouse, Whitehall 1212, The Texas Rangers, The Big Show ...

Mutual - Under Arrest, Mystery: Private files of Matthew Bell, The Shadow, True Detective Mysteries, Gabby Hayes Show, Nick Carter.

 

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4/10/1952

                                     EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 10, 1952   Vol. C356

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LOCAL NEWS

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FUN PIER SHOULD BE READY FOR SUMMER SEASON

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East Farewell – Fun Pier builder and owner, Sid Lendel, said at the Town Council meeting last week that the storm ravaged Fun Pier should be able to open on time for the summer season. That was very good news for the council and all the local businesses in town. East Farewell is becoming more and more a summer getaway destination for people from both the east and the west. Folks from Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York City as well as Pittsburg and Cleveland are coming to East Farewell for their summer vacations.

            “The Fun Pier was really wreaked last winter and things looked bad,” explained Lendel at the meeting, “Lucky for us we had access to the master building firm, Sheridan and Sons, who took on the project like a military mission. They were able to reconstruct and reinforce the Pier and reset all the rides and booths. What they accomplished is nothing less than a miracle. My estimation is the Pier will be opening on Decoration Day weekend and all the rides will be running. The lights will be bright and the music will be playing. I am lining up food vendors and expect an exciting bunch of new menu items.”

            The announcement was music to the ears of all the local businesses in town. Many at least partially depend on the summer season sales to make it through the year. “I was so glad to hear Sid tonight,” said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, “He was so upbeat. I know I need to summer visitors to keep going. The Fun Pier has always been one of the main summer attractions in town. All my renters have that on their list for multiple visits. I like to visit there, too.”

            After Lendel finished his presentation the entire assembly stood up and applauded. Lendel is one of the founding members of East Farewell and has always had the town in the forefront of his attention.

Fun Pier before the storm

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS START SEASON ON THE ROAD AS USUAL

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Bear Creek – The Travelers kicked off the 1952 season in Bear Creek but started slowly and were unable to get a victory losing to the Cubs 4-2. The Travelers lineup has several experienced veterans and rookie infielder Davey Franks joined the squad adding depth to the already strong infield. Returning to the starting lineup in his third year is slugger Johnny Cloos and the pitching crew is again anchored by league leading pitcher Joe Nagy.

            Nagy was the opening pitcher and pitched a good game. The offense of the Travelers was lackluster and did not give Nagy the support he needed. The Cubs got on the board early with a quick run in the first. Nagy was still getting settled when he offered a fastball up to Cubs first baseman, Leo Vito, and Vito wasted no time in sending the ball out of the park much to the delight of the Cubs fans. Nagy calmed down after that and promptly struck out the next four batters and retired the side for the next three innings.

            The Travelers finally got on the board in the sixth after Dale Dunham singled and Bobby Watson moved him to second with a sacrifice bunt. Johnny Cloos came up next and was able to lace a double out to left, scoring Dunham. The only other score for the Travelers was when Billy Sweet doubled in the eighth and was brought home by Ralph Francis with another solid double. The Cubs were able to scatter 7 more hits that added up to 3 more runs, adding a little insult to the injury with a final homerun by centerfielder, Arlo Gabriel. Nagy ended up giving up 10 hits and walked 4 but struck out 8 and the Travelers committed no errors. The Cubs pitcher, Bernie Delany gave up only 8 hits and struck out five and walked four. The Cubs were able to complete one double play.

            The Travelers continue on the road, as always, when they move over to Ondita to play the Cougars on Saturday. The game begins at 1:00PM in the Cougars ballpark.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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RACKETEER COSTELLO CONVICTED – 42% SEE THINGS GETTING BETTER – MORE THAN 100 KILLED IN TORNADOES – DEWOLFE BOOKED ON HAMBURGER CHARGE – TEENAGERS COOLING TO WESTERNS ON TV, YOUNGSTERS PREFER FANTASY

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Racketeer Frank Costello (61) is convicted of contempt of the U.S. Senate Crime Investigating Committee. Up to now, Costello was never convicted of any charges hurled at him and for once, faces a stiff jail sentence - a maximum of 10 years in prison plus $10 thousand in fines.

A Gallup poll says that 42% believe that things will get better in the U.S. with 34% saying they will get worse.

More than 100 persons are killed by tornadoes, which cut through parts of Arkansas Tennessee and Missouri.

Screen comedian Billy De Wolfe is booked for investigation of disturbing the peace in Detroit. Police were called to a hamburger stand, after the actor and a waitress got in an argument over the value of a Canadian dollar. The waitress said De Wolf hurled a sugar container, hitting her hand.

Professor Paul Witty of Northwestern U says that teenagers are cooling off to TV cowboy shows and that kiddies are becoming more discriminating in their choice of video presentations. In his study, Witty states that children K- third grade still like cowboy sagas, but prefer fantasy programs.

 

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4/3/1952

                                     EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 3, 1952   Vol. C355

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LOCAL NEWS

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STUDENTS PULL OFF APRIL FOOL’S PRANK

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East Farewell – The senior class of the Regional High School staged an April fool’s day prank that involved the entire class led by a group of seniors that refer to themselves as “the Video Rangers”. It seems the Rangers were influenced by the movie series “Captain Video”. In the series, played at the downtown Lowes Theater, the Video Rangers must stop the evil Vultura from subjugating the Earth. The East Farewell Video Rangers enlisted the entire senior class to take part in their prank. The prank was not a spur of the moment gag but an elaborate stunt that was weeks in the making. The Rangers recruited all the other seniors to all stand up at 2:30, in class or in the hall, and march out of the building, forming a procession to the football field, where the Rangers had somehow towed a giant, round silver spaceship to the center of the field without anyone noticing, hum-mm. The entire senior class marched out to the field with the rest of the student body in tow and stood in front of the spaceship. Then the door on the spaceship opened and out of the spaceship walked Vultura, the villainous star of the serial movies. She stood looking over the crowd and as she raised her hand as if to subjugate everyone, a group of Video Rangers, all clad in uniforms, swooped in and grabbed Vultura and dragged her back into her spaceship. The door closed and the ship, which apparently was mounted on a flatbed, drove off the field and away with much applause from all. The spaceship disappeared up Lakeshore Drive and mysteriously was not followed by the police.  After about fifteen minutes the Video Rangers reappeared and announced that the whole thing was an elaborate April fool’s gag on the students and administration. It turns out that Vultura was an alluring, costumed Natalie Mallard, a member of the senior class and well known in town for her acting and musical talents.

            “Well, it looks like they really got us with that one,” said Principal Hunt wryly, there were some rumors that he was in on the prank but no one is speaking, “I am sure this will be remembered for a long time. How they got that spaceship on and off the field is just amazing. You just never know. You just never know.”

            This will surely go down as one of the most elaborate and all involving April fool’s prank that East Farewell has ever seen. It has certainly thrown down the gauntlet for future classes to cook up something better. Time will only tell if something better will come along.

 

April fool’s Senior Prank

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SPORTS

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COUGARS LOSE TO STARS IN TOURNAMENT FINAL

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Capitol City – The upstart Cougars went into Saturday’s playoff final with nothing to lose. No one had never expected to get this far, except for them, and no one expected the top seeded Stars to have any trouble with the Cougars. They were all wrong. The Cougars played a very strong game and for a few brief moments looked like they might prevail. The Stars, however, were all they were written up to be, a very talented, very disciplined, and very well coached team. They deserved their seating in the tournament.

            The Cougars came out showing their fast paced game of run and shoot that had gotten them this far. The Stars showed great discipline and patience relying on their superior talent to break down the Cougars. Whenever the Cougars missed a shot the Stars made them pay by working an intricate play at the other end for a score. This had a detrimental effect on the Cougars strategy, running the clock down and the score against them up. Cougar’s center, Bill Donahue had his hands full with Star’s center, Johnny Driscoll, who will probably be named all-state after the tournament. Driscoll led the game in rebounds with 27 and was second in scoring with 14. The Stars backcourt also stood out with point guard Frank Heinz and 2 guard Rodger Smalls controlling the tempo of the game. The Cougars backcourt of Ted Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch put up a valiant game but were just not as good as Heinz and Smalls. The senior forwards for the Cougars, Franny Warner and David O’Shea also had their hand full with the Stars front court of William Burgess and Devon Williams. Williams was high scorer with 18. The Stars overpowered the Cougars, 50-42.

            The Cougars showed signs of brilliance early on and for the first five minutes led the game with up to a six point lead. After a time out and a regrouping the Stars slowly wore down the Cougars and by the end of the first half held a 2 point lead. In the second half the Cougars abandoned their run and shoot game for a slower, more definite game to try to counter the Stars. That only slowed the decline. By the last minute the Stars held a commanding 48-38 lead. Cougars Coach Wilson saw the writing on the wall and started to put in his subs. In a surprising move of good sportsmanship the Stars coach, Joe Allison, acted in kind. The second teams played out the final minute as if it was a tie game and proved to be very entertaining. The game ended with the Stars as State Champs, 50-42, but the upstart Cougars walking off the court with their heads held high. Next year, maybe next year.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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IKE WINS IOWA – STALIN SAY WWIII IS NOT NEAR – MR. CHURCHILL PREMIRES IN SATURDAY EVENING POST – EAST GERMAN PRESS LAUDS STALIN – PHILLIES RIDZIK TOSSES NO-HIT NO-RUN IN SAVANNAH – SUNDAY NIGHT TV – RICE CHEX MAKES DEBUT AT MARTS

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General Eisenhower wins 15 of Iowa’s 26 delegates to the GOP national convention in Chicago this July. Nine of delegates go to Senator Taft.

Prime Minister Stalin assures a group of newspaper editors and radiomen that World War III is no nearer than it was in 1949 or 1950. His views were sent via telegram dispatched in response to four questions sent to him March 24.

This week the Saturday Evening Post published “The Amazing Mr. Churchill” by Robert Lewis Taylor. “He’s impossible! He’s incorrigible! He’s irresistible! “You know him as Britain’s great Prime Minister. You’ve heard his speeches. You’ve read his words. Now you’ll see him as he really is: the most lively, most versatile - and most exasperating - man in the world! He has made the headlines in two centuries. He has been, in turn, the most popular and unpopular man in England. Here is the astonishing, unknown side of his brash, bold and witty career. This Churchill series in the Post is the true story that is truly stranger than fiction. Don’t miss it!”

The East German press takes notice with splashing articles, about the 30th anniversary of World Communism this week. Noted in one of the articles was how Stalin was elevated to the helm on April 3, 1922 with Lenin’s blessing.

In sports (Exhibition baseball) - Philadelphia Phillie’s rookie pitcher Steve Ridzik hurls a no-hit, no run game as the Phillies beat the Cardinals 3-0 in Savannah, GA.

New at the mart - Rice Chex - “The Sensational New Bite-Size Cereal.” “Yum’s the Word!”

Sunday night television –

CBS - Gene Autry Show, This is Show Business, Toast of the Town, Fred Waring Show, Break the Bank, What’s My Line?

NBC -Showcase, Young Mr. Bobbin, Comedy Hour, Television Playhouse, Red Skelton, Cameo Theatre.

ABC - Paul Whitman Revue, Foursquare Court, Kings Crossroads, Arthur Murray party, Strength For A Free World, Toast of the Town w/ Ed Sullivan - guests Jackie Gleason, Tony Bennett, Colgate Comedy Hour - Tony Martin, Harpo and Chico Marx, Arthur Murray Dance Party - guests – Florence Desmond, Gary Morton (Rising Young Comedian), Ted Brown (popular Radio and TV comedian).

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