EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday,
LOCAL
NEWS
HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT BYPASS LOCATION AGAIN
East Farewell- The
Highway Department has said it will take another look at the
proposed locations of the exits on the new highway that will cross the entire
state and on into Ohio. Requests have
been presented to the Department to locate an exit near East Farewell and also
near Mountain Pass. These two locations
were not included in the original plan.
It is widely believed that having an exit near a town will boost the
economics in the town. Since the
proposed highway will be a limited access highway, meaning there will only be
on and off ramps at specified locations, only a limited number exits will be
placed on the highway. The project is a
major operation that is on the scale of public works that hasn’t been seen
since the Great Depression.
It
is important for East Farewell to have an exit near it. The Town Council feels that unless the town
has easy access to major cities like New York and Chicago the town will lose
its “Destination Location” label. The
owners of the Iron Works have also expressed interest in having an alternate
shipping route to complement the railroad.
The council filed a request with the Highway Department to place an exit
near the town but it was denied in the first draft of the proposal. When the department meets next week it will
be presented with another request by the council to relook at the location of
the proposed exits.
“We
feel that this is very important to the future of the town. We are doing fine right now but you have to
keep an on the future. Looking down the
road, no pun intended, we have to make sure East
Farewell does not lose its vitality and economic base,” said Ralph
Watson, East Farewells Business Director.
Some other opinions have been expressed by some of the townspeople.
“Why
do we need more tourists anyway? I don’t
want to open up this town to more outsiders, the way things are now are
wonderful,” said Bernie Smith, a local resident. Many others expressed similar opinions. It seems the town is fairly split on this
issue, half being in favor and half against.
One thing is certain, everyone has an opinion.
Proposed Turnpike across State
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN AGAIN
East
Farewell- The Cougars were victorious again this week when they played the
Central Bears. The final score was
21-14. The Cougars used a balanced
attack of short passes and powerful runs to score against a very strong defense
from Central. Senior Quarterback Billy
O’Conner threw 15 passes with 10 completions.
The longest toss was 15 yards to wide receiver Phil Flynn for a score in
the second quarter. Johnny “Moose” Boyle
shouldered most of the running tasks for a total of 98 yards and a third
quarter score. The final Cougar score
was a fourth quarter screen pass, Billy threw to his younger brother, Jimmy who
scampered for a seven yard run to the end zone.
The pass capped off a punishing drive fueled by gritty four and five
yard runs by Boyle that ate up eight minutes of the fourth quarter. Charlie Cox was perfect in his extra point
attempts.
The Bears showed some offensive prowess during the second quarter, scoring on a wonderfully executed end around by halfback Joe Gentile. Bears Quarterback Louis Holmes was able to complete 8 out of 16 passes including a 29 yard bomb to wide out Tom Manley which resulted in their second score. The Bears had two different kickers, Steve James and Sidney Smith each kicked one extra point to finish off the scoring for the Bears.
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