5/19/1955

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, May 19, 1955   Vol. C763

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LOCAL NEWS

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SPRING FAIR A BIG SUCCESS

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East Farewell- The East Farewell Spring Fair was held over the weekend and was a big success.  This was the seventh year for the fair and each year it has gotten bigger and better.  The first fair, in 1948, was an impromptu event that evolved from a sidewalk sale sponsored by the business association.  Each year after more events have been added and the crowds have grown.  This year along with the sidewalk sale that took place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, there was a Friday evening “Main Street Stroll”, a “Carnival by the Lake” on Saturday, and a Travelers home game Saturday night.  The fun-filled atmosphere carried over to Sunday when many folks picnicked on the Lakefront Plaza and the Lake Charles Park.

            The weather certainly cooperated for the event with beautiful, warm days and clear, mild evenings and nights.  The wonderful weather extended the merry-making well into the evenings as every restaurant set tables out and most of the stores stayed open well past 8:00.  Special dishes were offered by many spots and several offered “family style” dishes to make it very appealing to the numerous families that were present.  Local musicians set up in many locations along the Main Street/Lake Shore Drive loop.  Everyone was thoroughly entertained.  “We had a great night,” said Lost Oasis bartender, Jimmy Clair, “almost everyone was in an excellent mood and they seemed to just come in, say hi have a drink or two and move on down the street.  It was great.”

            The carnival started at 9:00 AM on Saturday morning and the slow early attendance was expected due to the late night before.  As the town woke up the crowds swelled and by closing time at 6:00 people had to be reminded that time was up.  The Midway stayed open for an extra hour as many fair-goers were just too wrapped up in the fun to pry themselves away.  Along with the Midway, there were carnival rides like the Tilt-O-Whirl, Tea-Cups, Jammer and of course the Carrousel. Many of the rides will be available at the Fun Pier this summer so this was sort of a preview of the fun to come this summer.

Main Street Fair scene

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS WIN UNDER THE LIGHTS. 

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East Farewell- The Travelers won their first night game ever at Travelers Park on Saturday night in pitcher duel between Joe Nagy and the Mountain View Explorer’s Joe “Freight” Trane.  There were only seven hits in the game, three for the Travelers and five for Mountain View.  Luckily for the Travelers one of their hits was an out of the park, into the Lake blast by Johnny Cloos in the eighth.  Both sides showed stiff defense behind superb pitching.  The Travelers turned three double plays and the Explorers turned two.

            The game was sold out and there was standing room only which bodes well for the team.  They have never suffered from attendance problems, everybody loves the Travelers, but this crowd was exceptional.  Perhaps it was boosted by the Spring Fair and the warm weather, but it was certainly a fun loving crowd.  There were lusty cheers after each Nagy strikeout, he had 11 and there were raspberries and guffaws when “Freight” Train returned the favor, which he did 10 times.  The crowd also seemed to love the game under the lights.  This was the first night game to be played in East Farewell and was enjoyed by all.

            The game itself was a classic pitching spectacle.  Both Nagy and Trane were in super form.  They both retired the first 12 batters on both sides which made for a short game.  It wasn’t until the eighth inning that any offense was displayed and that was the blast by Johnny Cloos.  That was enough, though and the Travelers hung on to win with Nagy retiring three straight in the ninth.  It was a wonderful start to a promising tradition.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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TITO HOLDS FIRM - SALK SAYS VACCINE IS BETTER THAN BEFORE - NEW RCA MUSIC DEVICE

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Yugoslav President Tito is said to be holding out against a second Russian effort to persuade Yugoslavia to accept a role of passive coexistence, or Austrian-type of neutrality in world affairs. Tito rejected an initial attempt to lure this Communist nation into a quick return of the Moscow-led camp. Tito was reported to have declared his country wants to play a leading part in uniting nations, which are opposed to dividing the world into two ideological groupings.

Dr. Jonas E. Salk says polio vaccines now in use “are better than those used in the field trials” and added that they should lower the rate of paralytic polio.  Surgeon-General Leonard Scheele announces that the government has confirmed the safety of all Salk polio vaccine, but there was no immediate indication of when the stalled immunization program would be resumed.

RCA’s electronic synthesizer makes a debut over radio and WGMS in Washington, DC. RCA says the music-making device can originate any sound and any voice. Since its introduction two months ago, musicians and electronics experts have been divided in opinion about its future uses and performances.

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