EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, July
17, 1952 Vol. C104
LOCAL NEWS
TRAFFIC LIGHT PROPOSED FOR
MAIN STREET
East Farewell- Town Council President Tom
Conally presented a proposal to investigate the possibility of putting an
automatic traffic signal on the corner of Main and Lake Shore Drive. His
presentation was part this weeks meeting and contained several enlarged photos
of the intersection as well as many drawings and diagrams.
"It is clear from several
studies done by the Highway Department that there is a need for the light due
to a large increase in the summer traffic. It appears that East Farewell
has become somewhat of a tourist destination once again." said
Conally. Most likely he was referring to the time in the late 1920's when
East Farewell enjoyed
a reputation as a blissful retreat for many of the railroad executives and
wealthy members of the metropolitan areas of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and
New York City.
Members of the council reviewed
the proposal and discussion ensued. Several members expressed concern
over the cost and construction timetable. "It appears that the
construction is slated to begin right at the height of the summer season next
year." said councilman Baxter, "We should explore the possibilities
of pushing the start back towards September." Other council members
agreed.
The cost of the project was
also discussed. "Where will the money come from to fund this
thing?" asked Councilman Green. Conally suggested that the Highway
Department had funds and they could be directed toward the project. That
comment brought a rash of indignation from the audience and other council
members. It appears many townspeople feel the Highway Department should
not be involved in the town's affairs. Council then voted to
continue discussions and evaluate the proposal. This proposal was first
presented several weeks ago in response to Max Gardner’s proposal to entirely
shut down Main Street to traffic on the weekends during the summer. That
proposal was soundly rejected.
Proposed
location of traffic light on Main Street
NEW BAR & RESTAURANT OPENS ON MAIN STREET
East Farewell- The Lost
Oasis opened on Main Street last week and caused an unintended sensation by
having the waiters and waitresses dressed in Arabian attire. The waiters
wore turbans and open front, linen shirts and the waitresses were dressed as
harem girls. This brought both laughter and gasps of indignation from the
attending crowd. It also brought an anonymous complaint about the woman’s
attire and the police forced them to don more "civil" attire.
"We were just trying to
have a little fun, you know, make a little excitement. I guess some
people around here don't have much of a sense of humor." said owner
Charles Wenz. Wenz hails from New York City and may need to learn the
ways of East Farewell.
LOCAL SPORTS
TRAVELERS
WIN TWO IN MOUNTAIN VIEW
Mountain
View-The Travelers were once again dominant on the field as they handily beat
the Mountain View Explorers on both ends of a double header yesterday. The first game was a 7-2 beauty as Johnny
Cloos continued his mastery over opposing pitching, slugging two home runs and
driving in five of the Travelers seven runs.
The Travelers jumped out to an early
lead in the second as Cloos connected on a fastball and drove in Dale Dunham
and Bobby Watson, both had singled. Tony
Dimero hit what was probably the seasons longest single in the fourth when he
drove a curveball deep into left field but stumbled rounding first and had to
scramble back to first from half way down the baseline. The running faux-paux had no impact because
the next batter, Joey Brown, hit almost the same pitch into almost the same
place. Brown’s running was perfect as he
got to third. Billy Sweet sacrificed to
get Brown home.
Johnny Cloos smashed his second
homerun in the eighth. Dale Dunham was at second, giving Cloos his fourth and
fifth RBI for the first game. He
currently leads the league in RBIs and homeruns. The fans just love to see this young man
play.
The Explorers fared better in the
second game, but not enough to win. They
dropped the second game 1-0. Perhaps it
was the superb pitching on either sides, or perhaps the nearly 100 degree
temperatures reached in the late afternoon.
Both teams looked tired and the offense was almost non-existent as the
afternoon dragged on. Joey Alfred
pitched a gem for the Travelers allowing only three hits, two walks and no runs
in his nine innings. On the other side,
Explorers ace Joe “Freight” Trane allowed only four hits, unfortunately for him
one was a home run by Artie Archibald.
Trane looked unhittable for seven innings, striking out twelve
batters. It was in the eighth that the
heat may have gotten to him and he let up three of his four hits including the
HR to Archibald.
NATIONAL NEWS
PRICE CONTROL BILL SIGNED BY
TRUMAN, RELUCTANTLY
WASHINGTON, —A 10-month extension of
the basic authority for price and wage controls was signed into law late today
by President Truman, but he delayed a statement telling what he thinks of it.
What he says about the extension which Congress voted to replace the old law
expiring at midnight tonight probably will not be complimentary. The extension, with amendments, which price control officials
contend will weaken the effectiveness of their weapons, falls far short of the
two year continuance and strengthening which Truman asked.
Wanted
Extension - Congressional leaders who talked with Truman earlier in the day
said he was not enthusiastic about the bill which Congress sent to his desk
Saturday night. The White House indicated then that he would sign the
bill nevertheless and issue a statement setting forth his views. Late in the
day, however, the White House said the President had signed the extension into
law, and that the statement would not be issued until tomorrow morning. If
he had not signed the bill, all wage-price, rent and allocation authority would
have expired at midnight. The new bill extends for a full year, or until
June 30, 1953, authority for allocations and priorities covering scarce
materials. Federal rent controls will go off in three months, on Sept.
30, except in areas which (A) take affirmative action to request that they be
continued, or (B) have been certified as critical defense housing areas. Some
53 million persons live in non-critical areas but under rent controls at
present. Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco are examples. The
new bill also prohibits price ceilings on processed fruits and
vegetables—canned, frozen, dried or otherwise modified from the raw state.
Office of Price Stabilization officials estimated that this would remove from
controls as much as 20 per cent of the average family's food budget.
It exempts such popular food items as canned and frozen vegetables,
fruits and fruit juices, prunes, apple sauce and so on. OPS was still
analyzing the measure, and withheld a formal statement on the full effects, but
one high agency official who asked not to be named said: "Every change in
the act is calculated to raise prices substantially." Many
legislators who voted for it contended that inflationary pressures are easing
off, and that the need for strict price controls has lessened. The House
originally voted to take off virtually all price controls, but the compromise worked out with the Senate
continued the basic authority. Government officials announced that there
would be no immediate change in Regulation X, which fixes minimum cash down
payments for home purchases.
Complex
Machinery -The announcement was made jointly by the Federal Reserve Board and
the Housing and Home Finance Agency, which administer real estate credit
curbs. The new law contains a provision calling for relaxation of
Regulation X, but because of the complex machinery set up to put any such
relaxation into effect, it appeared likely there would be no change for at
least five months, or until next Dec. 1. The bill would forbid the
administration to require a down-payment of more than 5 per cent on houses if
the number of new houses started under construction runs below the rate of
1,200,000, a year. Most estimates by housing experts are for no-more than
1,100,000 starts in 1952. Present down payment requirements on the
general public are graduated up from 5 per cent on houses costing $7,000 or less
to 40 per cut on those costing $25,000 or more. For veterans, present
requirements are easier: nothing down on houses costing $7,000 or less, and
down payments scale from 4.8 per cent on »8,000 housing to 35 per cent on
houses costing 125,000 or more.
