EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, April
17, 1952 Vol. C357
LOCAL
NEWS
MIGHTY KEYSTONE RAILROAD ANNOUNCES EXPANDED
SCHEDULES
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 1st.
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
SPORTS
TRAVELERS WIN IN ONDITA
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.
NATIONAL NEWS
NEW PRODUCTS ON MARKET SHELVES – ELGIN WATCH
UNVEILS ELECTRIC WRISTWATCH – MARGARET TURMAN PERFORMS ON NBC - ON THE RADIO
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.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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