EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June 12,
1952 Vol. C365
LOCAL
NEWS
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE FESTIVAL
East
Farewell – East Farewell is surrounded by farms.
There are all sorts of farms and pastures. The area is a bountiful cornucopia
of fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables that arrive daily at local markets.
There are certain fruits and vegetables whose arrival is greatly anticipated and
draws greater attention than others. Local strawberries are one of the most
anticipated fruits to arrive. The local farm named Great Abundance owned and
run by the Campbell family grows blueberries and watermelons but is best known
for their strawberries. Every year, around the beginning of June, the Campbell’s
deliver their strawberries to market throughout the area. Many folks look
forward to the deliveries and the chance to enjoy fresh picked fruit.
Local baker, Peg O’Malley, is one of
people who looks forward to the strawberries delivery. Why? She makes the town-famous,
area renowned strawberry shortcake. It is one of the highlights of the early
summer and most certainly the favorite of the O’Connell family. Mark and
Francis O’Connell have long standing family tradition that is as soon as Peg
delivers the first shortcakes they make an entire meal of strawberry
shortcakes. That is appetizers, main dish and dessert, all strawberry shortcakes.
The quirky tradition began with O’Connell’s parents back in the 1900’s. As
legend has it the father and mother were still unmarried and both were working
outside Philadelphia, for a wealthy family in the suburbs along the newly
established Main Line of the Mighty Keystone Railroad. This would be the same
line that eventually ran through East Farewell. Their employers would always
have fresh fruit whenever it was in season and strawberries were in season in
early June. The wealthy employers would purchase much more fruit than they
could possibly eat and instead of having it go waste they would have a grand
meal, eating all the surplus fruit in one meal at the end of the season. The
tradition evolved and transformed down through the generations to Mark and
Francis. Now, every year when the strawberry season is coming to an end, they
have their annual strawberry shortcake dinner. All the courses of the meal are
strawberry shortcake usually supplied by Peg O’Malley. Peg’s family also
partakes in the feast. Everyone joins in the wonderful, fun and funny meal that
is unique and healthy at the same time. “It is a family tradition and we all look forward to
it every year. This year we are passing it on to our grandchildren so we hope
the tradition will continue,” said Mark O’Connell when asked.
Peg O’Malley’s Strawberry Shortcake
SPORTS
TRAVELERS KEEP ON WINNING
Slate Mountain – The Travelers met their arch
rivals, the Slate Mountain Miners, on Saturday and they played a high scoring
game winning 12-11 with some ninth inning heroics by the increasingly
impressive Johnny Cloos. The slug fest was unexpected because both the Miners
and the Travelers sent their top pitchers to the mound. Joe Nagy for the
Travelers and Frank Wilson for the Miners were expected to keep the runs down
and the men on base few. That is not what happened. The runs started for both
sides in the first inning and continued until the ninth when Johnny Cloos closed
it out with a final walk off home run for the Travelers win, 12-11. Due to the
Travelers not having a home field the league has designated some of their games
home games although they are played in other ball parks. This game was one of
the designated home games for the Travelers even though they played the game in
Slate Mountain Park. The Travelers batted second in this game.
This is the second game in a row that the
Travelers have scored 12 runs. Their offense has been on fire and everyone is
contributing to the scoring. Johnny Cloos has emerged as a rock solid hitter
and is developing into a premier player in the league. He is currently second
in the league in homers, second in the league in batting average and third in
RBI’s. He had three hits including the game winning home run in this game.
Both
teams started fast, each scoring three runs in the first inning. There were 23
hits, 6 walks and no errors. Both Nagy and Wilson were off their games and not
able to get any real speed on their fastballs or their curveballs to break. The
batters took advantage of the pitchers predicament.
The
teams played back and forth ball, one taking the lead only to have the opponent
tie it up or take the lead in the following inning. It came down to the ninth
inning, the Miners scored in the top of the ninth to tie it up for the fourth
time. The Travelers came up in the bottom of the ninth. Dunham struck out.
Watson flied out to right. Johnny Cloos came up and Wilson took him deep into
the count and Cloos fouled off two with a 3-2 count. Then Wilson went to his
fastball to try and catch Cloos off guard, thinking he was looking for a curve.
Cloos was not set on his expectations and saw the fastball all the way. He
connected cleanly and sent the ball over the center field fence for the win.
It
was an emotional and hard won victory for the Travelers. They will take this
momentum into Bear Creek next week and hope to continue with the high powered
offense. The game is a night game, beginning at 7:05 PM in Bear Creek Park.
NATIONAL NEWS
COURT RULES TRUMAN IN VIOLATION – TRUMAN
WARNS OF RUSSIAN PLOTS – POLIO CASES INCREASE – TAFT WANTS SUPERIOR AIR FORCE –
STALIN’S HEALTH IS FAILING – WIRELINE BOOKMAKING UNDER CONTROL, FOR NOW - BOW
TIES ARE BACK – MRS.DIMAGGIO WANTS TO RESTAIN JOE – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK
The Supreme Court rules that President Truman violated the Constitution when he seized the nation’s steel industry – and a new steel strike is on.
President Truman warns that Russia may be plotting “new Koreas” in other parts of the globe” but he insists that United States air supremacy in Korea is such that we “can bomb the enemy at will, almost anywhere in his territory.”
Polio update – cases increasing. So far this year, 2,047 cases of infantile paralysis have been reported to the United States Public Health Service, compared with 1,860 this time last year.
Sen. Taft says that the core of American foreign policy must be the creation of air power strong enough to “control the air over this country, over the oceans which surround this continent and able to deliver bombs on Russian cities and manufacturing plants.”
Radio Free Europe reports that Premier Stalin of Russia has been advised to give up all his posts in order to improve his rapidly failing health.
The Western Union Telegraph Company says that the “heat” put on organized gambling by Congress and law enforcement agents had halted illegal use of telegraph facilities by bookmakers for the time being. But it said it wanted to put into effect new tariff restrictions against gamblers because there would be “a gradual return of the bookie element to their normal activities” when public indignation died down.
Fashion – The bow tie is popular. They attained such popularity last year that their devotees continue to wear them through the winter. The trend should continue with the warmer days.
Mrs. Dorothy DiMaggio seeks to restrain Joe DiMaggio from taking his 10-year-old son to “adult places.” It all came about after some Hollywood columnists reported that DiMaggio took the boy swimming at the Bel-Air Country Club, three weeks ago with Marilyn Monroe and there was a lot of adult talk.
Pop music this week in 1952 -
KISS
OF FIRE - Georgia Gibbs
BLUE
TANGO - Leroy Anderson
A
GUY IS A GUY - Doris Day
I’M
YOURS - Don Cornell
WHEEL
OF FORTUNE - Kay Starr
THE
BLACKSMITH BLUES - Ella Mae Morse
I’LL
WALK ALONE - Don Cornell
BE
ANYTHING (But Be Mine) - Eddy Howard
DELICADO
- Percy Faith & Orchestra
HERE
IN MY HEART - Al Martino
FORGIVE
ME - Eddie Fisher
ANY
TIME - Eddie Fisher
PITTSBURGH,
PENNSYLVANIA - Guy Mitchell
PERFIDIA
Four Aces
CARIOCA - Les Paul
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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