EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, August 28, 1952
Vol. C109
LOCAL NEWS
KEYSTONE
RAILROAD HONORS EAST FAREWELL
“Destination Station” Award Given to Town
East Farewell- The coveted “Destination
Station” Award was given by the mighty Keystone Railroad to East Farewell for
being the “place to arrive” on the entire railroad system. The Keystone Railroad has the second largest
system of rails on the entire East Coast.
The award is given out each summer to the station that has the largest
increase in rider destination over the first six months of the year. With the amazing increase in summer cottage
sales and rentals along with the huge increase in day and overnight trippers
East Farewell has seen its’ summer population swell to almost double its winter
numbers.
The
award, in its 6th year, was originally awarded to towns on the New
Jersey shore and it was thought that the “mountain towns” would never be able
to compete for the award. While East
Farewell is not technically a “mountain town” (it is actually located in the
Pleasant Valley) it was placed in that category by the railroad when the
ratings began in 1946. “I don’t really
care if they call us a mountain town or a valley town, this award is one more
acknowledgement that we are a wonderful,
thriving, fun-loving town and people are making it their destination of
choice,” said Town Council President Tom Conally.
“The
numbers may be what they base this award on but the real reason for the numbers
being so high is the all the nice attractions that this town offers. We have the best lake in the region, the
shops, the restaurants and now that the Arts Festival has decided to locate
here over the Labor Day Week, we offer some fantastic summer
entertainment. Who wouldn’t want to
spend time here?” Natalie
Mallard, local resident, said as she was strolling down Main Street.
The
award, which is a plaque, will be presented to the Council during the Labor Day
celebrations and will be hung in the station.
1952 MKR Destination Station
SPORTS
Travelers Win 10th Straight in
the 10th
Cloos blast
in the 10th Sinks Corning
Corning- The Travelers extended their winning
streak to 10 games on Saturday by downing the Corning CGW 1-0 in a pitchers
duel that was decided by a mammoth blast in the 10 inning by Travelers
centerfielder, Johnny Cloos. The tape measure blast left the park and
sent several fans scurrying to claim a souvenir.
The game remained scoreless
through the first eight innings thanks to beautiful pitching displays by Jimmy
Green of the Glass Works and Joey Alfred of the Travelers. Relievers
Breen for CGW and Albert for the Travelers held onto the scoreless tie.
Both teams were only able to garner five hits through nine.
In the tenth with two outs, two
strikes, Johnny Cloos connected with a low, outside fastball to break the
tie. In the bottom of the 10th Billy Green came on for the Travelers
to retire three straight Glass Workers with only 15 pitches.
The win pushes the Travelers
winning streak to 10, the longest since the 15 game streak during the 1950 championship
run. The next game is a rare night game on Wednesday in
NATIONAL NEWS
TRUMAN TO NOTIFY EISENHOWER ON INTELLIGENCE
FINDINGS, IKE REJECTS - IRAQ MONARCH VISITS TRUMAN - MURDER ATTEMPT ON KAISER
- IKE TO GIVE FIRST NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ADDRESS
President Truman says the Defense department had notified Gen Eisenhower a week or more ago he would receive a regular summary of government intelligence reports, but Gen. Omar Bradley says Eisenhower had not been so notified.
Gen Eisenhower rejects an invitation from President Truman for a White House briefing, saying it would only create confusion in the public mind. Eisenhower said – “It is my duty to remain free to analyze publicly the policies and acts of the present administration.”
King Faisal II, 17-year-old monarch of Iraq, attends lunch with President Truman at the White House.
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser says someone tied to kill him by sabotaging two speedboats he had entered in races on Lake Tahoe. “I’m sure it was an attempt on my life, one of the most diabolical things I’ve ever seen,” Kaiser said. “Definitely this is murderous.” His mechanics discovered a main drive shaft on the Hot Metal boat had been hack sawed halfway through and the carburetor blower had been stuffed with rags, nuts and bolts. “Either sabotage could have killed somebody,” Kaiser said. The sawed shaft would have ripped boat and driver to shreds and the stuffed blower on the Gold Cup boat and the gasoline poured into the run-about would have made fire almost certain.”
Dwight
D. Eisenhower makes his first major campaign address to the nation over television
and radio from Philadelphia’s Convention Hall Sept. 4.
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