EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June
11, 1953 Vol. C235
LOCAL
NEWS
THUMBS DOWN FOR ORCHESTRA –
THUMBS UP FOR THE ARTS FESTIVAL
East Farewell- The Town Council decided not to invest funds in
the formation of a Town Orchestra that would have included recruiting players,
a conductor and setting up a foundation to run the orchestra. The Council
listened to a surprising amount of public comments, on both sides, and took two
weeks to come to a decision.
“Both sides presented very
interesting points of view and both were ultimately interested in the way to
make the town better,” said Tom Connelly, Council President. “We thought that
it was not in the best financial interest of the town to spend funds on that
project.”
There was a bit of a compromise
struck though. After the Council turned down the request for the orchestra
funding they approved increased funding for the
Arts Festival. The Festival will be
in its seventh year this year. While its official name is “The East Farewell
Arts, Music and Livestock Fair” most folks just call it the Arts Festival. The
Fair has grown every year since its start in 1946 when it was mainly a
livestock auction. The Fair and Auction is held over Labor Day weekend and now
other events have come to overshadow the auction. In 1949 the arts side of the
fair was expanded and the festival took over the whole weekend. A fireworks display was added in 1950. Every year
there is a baseball game on Saturday.
This year the Council allocated funds to cover the police overtime as
well as setup and cleanup. The larger crowds have made for a substantial effort
needed before and after the event.
“We feel the Council made a fair
decision tonight. Maybe the town was not ready for an orchestra, but we all
agree that the Arts Festival is a tradition and certainly deserves funding to
expand and cover the costs of maintaining the services,” said Rodger Hunt, the
head of the orchestra committee. It seems that the compromise was welcomed by
all.
SPORTS
TRAVELERS GET CLOBBERED
Mountain View-The Travelers had a bad day last Saturday. They
were hosted by the Mountain View Explorers and let the home team entertain
their fans getting thumped, 10-3. The
Explorers came out slugging getting four hits and two runs in the first inning
off usually reliable Danny Lane. The game went downhill for the Travelers from
there. Explorer’s big hitters were Johnny Dent with four hits, one being a
homer and Billy Schaffer with three. After the disastrous first inning the
Travelers were able to settle down a bit but were not able to get on the board
until the seventh inning when Bobby Watson doubled, Johnny Cloos singled and
Tony Dimero connected with the only long drive of the day for the Travelers
driving it out of the park.
The Explorers
continued to work over Lane by racking up 3 runs in the third, 2 in the fourth,
1 in the fifth and 2 in the eighth. The Travelers defense was also not in the
park that day either. The usually sharp infield seemed slow and inefficient.
There were three infield errors, two passed balls and a wild pitch. All this malaise combined with a very hot
Explorer offense made for a very long afternoon for the Travelers. Next week the Travelers move on to
Riverview. The Riverview Anglers are
currently in last place in the league. The Travelers are sitting in third place
but the season is still very early. Next week’s game is in Riverview Stadium at
1:00.
NATIONAL NEWS
ROSENBERGS GRANTED STAY - STAY IS VACATED - THEY
ARE EXECUTED
Justice William Douglas grants atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg a last-chance stay of execution, but the government immediately wins a Supreme Court review of his decision. Douglas, who acted just 36 hours before the Rosenbergs were due to die, found “serious doubts” that the death penalty could be imposed against them. He decided they were entitled to another lower court review and he granted a stay.
Supreme Court vacates execution stay - The Supreme Court and President Eisenhower swiftly decreed that atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg would die for betraying atomic Russia
Atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg die in the Sing Sing prison electric chair. Both died within a span of 12 minutes just before sundown. The couple died for their wartime atomic espionage for Soviet Russia. They are the first husband and wife to pay the supreme penalty, and the first to die for espionage. Witnesses say they died with a composure that astonished them. Julius was the first. At 8:04pm, a shock of 2,000 volts and 10 amperes was sent through him, after two subsequent shocks, he died. The first of three successive shocks was applied to Mrs. Rosenberg and she was pronounced dead minutes later.
President Eisenhower refused executive clemency for the second time, denying a similar petition on February 11. Said the President, “I can only say that, by immeasurably increasing the chances of atomic war, the Rosenbergs may have condemned to death tens of millions of innocent people all over the world. The execution of two human beings is a grave matter. But even graver is the thought of the millions of dead whose deaths may be directly attributable to what these spies have done.”
The bodies of Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg lay in a Brooklyn funeral home while sympathizers plan hero burials
for the executed atom spies
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section of the East Farewell News.
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