EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, April
10, 1952 Vol. C356
LOCAL
NEWS
FUN PIER SHOULD BE READY FOR SUMMER SEASON
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
SPORTS
TRAVELERS START SEASON ON THE ROAD AS USUAL
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.
NATIONAL NEWS
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
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.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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