8/25/1955

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, August 25, 1955   Vol. C764

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LOCAL NEWS

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FALLOUT FROM HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DECISION

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East Farewell- Last week’s decision by the Highway Department to bypass East Farewell with the new turnpike did not seem to have much impact on the citizens at the time of the announcement.  People started to talk after the fact and many had questions about the final process that went into the decision.  Many felt the town was not properly represented at the hearings and the Department had acted without fair input from the townspeople.  The debate has been going on for over three years and has been one of the issues that held up starting the project.  The initial plan, first proposed in 1952, called for an exit at East Farewell.  The exit was dropped in a reevaluation in 1953 but added again after considerable objection from the East Farewell Business Association and the East Farewell Tourist Board.  It dropped again after the State weighed in with budget concerns and the Governor came out opposed to the interchange.

            “This isn’t over, by a long shot,” exclaimed Tom Conally, Town Council President, “We need an exit on that turnpike.  Our future depends on it.  It was a complete political snow job that took place in that last meeting.  I don’t know why the Governor even got involved in this.  We are going to appeal this all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to.”

            The Highway Commission did not have a comment at the time of publication.  While the Town Council is strongly opposed to the exit removal there is a group in town that is celebrating the final decision.  These are mostly long time residents and people came to East Farewell to find peace and quiet.  These folks feel that an exit on the turnpike could only bring more people, more noise and more trouble.  The group is not as organized as the pro-exit side but they do have a very vocal presence in town.

            “We feel there is no reason to tie up the turnpike construction over this point,” argued Sue Arnold, local resident, “We need to let this project go forward.  The last thing we need around here is more people coming in.  There are already too many folks working here who don’t live here and all the tourists make this place unbearable in the summer.”

            At press time the situation stood unchanged.  The Town Council was attempting to contact the Highway Commission and the State Legal Offices.  There seems to be an air of resignation building even as the pro-exit side digs in its heels.  The Highway Commission plans to start right of way clearance in the fall.

 

Artistic rendition of proposed interchange

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS LOSE TWO – CONCERN ABOUNDS

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Bear Creek- The Travelers were asleep at the wheel again last weekend.  They lost both games, the first to a greatly improved Ondita Cougars and the second to the Bear Creek Cubs.  There is growing concern about the lackluster performance by the Travelers lately.  They have lost the last four games, the first four game losing streak all season, and more importantly they have not scored more than one run in an inning in the last 45 innings.  The only bright side has been that the second and third place teams (Corning and Slate Mountain) have been equally weak on offense.

            “You can’t win if you don’t score any runs,” growled manager Sam Fowler, “These guys are all turned around.  They are swinging at junk that they would have laughed at two weeks ago.  We have to get back on track. It’s time to start getting serious.”

            The Ondita Cougars started off with two runs in the first and then added two more in the sixth while the Travelers went hitless for the first seven innings.  The only glimmer of Travelers offense was in the seventh when Billy Sweet hit a double followed by Billy Green who slapped a single, scoring Sweet.  That was all the Travelers were able to generate and went on to lose 4-1. 

            The Bear Creek Cubs were on the mark on Sunday.  The Travelers were still looking for some offense but their search was unsuccessful Sunday.  The Cubs prevailed 6-1.  The only offense the Travelers had was a homer by Johnny Cloos.  It was his 20^th of the season.  The Travelers are still on the road this week and go into the most crucial part of the schedule playing both Slate Mountain and Corning away over the weekend

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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US TAKES LEAD IN MIDEAST - BUDGET ALMOST BALANCED - NEW DRUGS AVAILABLE - ALIENS SPOTTED

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The United States, in a bold move to bring peace to the strife-torn Middle East offers formal security guarantees of the frontiers between Israel and the Arab states. A proffered American treaty, fully backed by President Eisenhower, is aimed at quieting the explosive situation. 

Gen Douglas MacArthur praises the decisive role of electronics in the world as he opened the 10^TH annual Western Electric Show and Convention in San Francisco.  “Only automobiles and steel are producing larger annual volumes than this lusty infant of the industrial world.” “One day soon, electronic devices will detect weather disturbances in their embryo stages - long before the reach the danger level.”  

Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey declares the government is within sight of a balanced budge for the first time since 1951 and held out the hope of tax reductions next year. 

Parents - Something new to add to the narcotics/dope list - they’re amphetamine users who use the new “lift pills.” They’re cropping up in widely scattered areas because of easy supplies, inadequate laws and few enforcement officers. Here’s a price list of these and other narcotics:

Opium (one-eight ounce) - $20 to $25

Morphine (one-quarter grain) - $1

Heroin (one-grain capsule) - $1

Cocaine (ounce) - $450

Marijuana (per cigarette) - 50 cents to $1

New Thrill Pills - (per pill) - 10-15 cents

A Kentucky farm family near Hopkinsville, KY had local, county and state police in a quandary with reports of a visit from a spaceship with little green men. Cecil Sutton, his family and several relatives said they were up all night fending off the little men who glowed with an inner illumination while climbing trees and crawling about the roof of his home.

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8/18/1955

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, August 18, 1955   Vol. C764

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LOCAL NEWS

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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BYPASS OF EAST FAREWELL FINAL

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East Farewell- In a stunning decision, the Highway Department announced that it would pass by East Farewell with the new proposed turnpike.  The decision is final and all appeals have been exhausted.  This means that East Farewell will not have an interchange dedicated to it.  Not being on the exit list could have dramatic repercussions for the town.  It is expected that towns with interchanges will experience an economic boost by the increased traffic.  Will East Farewell suffer from the lack of traffic?  No one really knows, time will have to tell.

            The turnpike system was originally proposed back in the thirties.  With increased popularity of automobile traffic and better truck construction it was thought that better roads would grease the economic engine and help create jobs in the Depression but it was put on hold with the advent of World War II.  During the war the Mighty Keystone Railroad did most of the hauling and transport throughout the northeast and central part of the country.  The Turnpike idea was resurrected after the war victory and was embraced and strongly supported by President Eisenhower.  The President was influenced by the German Autobahn system when he was General Eisenhower and noted the importance of being able to move troops and supplies quickly throughout the country without traveling on local roads.  The state was a proving ground for the concept but went through many meetings on the state and local level to gain approval, acceptance and planning.

            Feelings in town are mixed.  Fairly evenly split on the issue, this announcement was met with disappointment by some and elation by others.  The disappointment was centered on the town’s economic future.  Most of the pro-exit people feel it was necessary to ensure continued prosperity for the town.  The anti-exit group did not seem concerned about the possible economic problems, believing that the town has high enough profile as is and with the railroad, the iron works and the tourist trade the town is well set for the foreseeable future.

            “There is nothing to worry about, the town has a strong base economy and with all the tourists coming in I can’t think of any problem with people finding us,” said restaurant owner Charles Wentz, “as long as the railroad keeps bringing folks and the Iron Works keeps putting out products we will be okay.  No worries here.”

            “This is the worst thing that could have happened to the town.  It is like signing a death warrant on the town.  I give it five years, ten at the most and this place is going to be a ghost town, a happy memory in some old folk’s minds,” railed Natalie Mallard, daughter of Mrs. Mallard who runs a local boarding house.

            The two opinions reflect the extreme ends of the arguments.  Those arguments have become mute with the announcement by the highway department.  The only way to find out who is right is wait and see.

View of East Farewell from Highway

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS STUMBLE. LOSE WITHOUT A HIT

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EAST FAREWELL- In a stunning display of strike zone command, Joe “Freight” Trane pitched a no-hitter against the Travelers in front of a sold out crowd on Saturday.  Trane faced only 30 batters in the game giving up only two walks, to Cloos in the fourth and Watson in the eight. The only other batter to reach base was Billy Green who reached on an error in the sixth.  Mountain View won the game 3-0.  This was Trane’s first no-hitter in his seven year career.  He has done well against the Travelers with a 5-3 record over the years.

            The Travelers just couldn’t get started and they were not happy about their lack of offense.  “We played like losers out their today,” said manager Sam Fowler, “the only reason we didn’t lose by twenty was they weren’t hitting.  That kid Trane did a great job on us, he was unhittable today.  We are going to have to play much better than that to cinch this championship, a lot better.”

            The Travelers play the Ondita Cougars on Saturday and Bear Creek on Sunday.  They still have a two game lead in the league standings.  Last week they were helped out by both Corning and Slate Mountain losing, preserving their league lead.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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FLOODING IN NY AND PA LEFT MANY DEAD - IKE VISITS DENVER

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Flooding in the Northeast has left some 143 dead. Hard hit was an area north of New York City (Putnam and Orange Counties), NE Pennsylvania plus Connecticut.

President Eisenhower gets a rousing “Ike Ike” welcome on arrival in Denver, for an extended work-and-play vacation.

President Eisenhower proclaims a new code of conduct for America military men captured in future wars. It warns them to tell the enemy nothing but gives assurance of justice to those who break under torture. The code is an outgrowth of cruel Communist treatment of American prisoners in Korea.

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8/11/1955

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, August 11, 1955   Vol. C763

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LOCAL NEWS

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BILLBOARD PLACEMENT RAISES A RUCKUS

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East Farewell – Frank’s Photos, the local photo and camera shop run by photographer, Frank Sellers, put up a new, big billboard on top of his shop. It has brought a great many comments and very few of them good. The sign sits on top of his store but extends over fifteen feet in the air. Some have said it is in violation of the height code in the town. Unfortunately, there has been a little trouble finding the code on the books. At the most recent Town Council meeting the issue was brought up and comments were allowed. For the most part everyone felt the billboard did not fit in the character of the town. It was too tall, it was too bright (it is lighted) and it was lit too long at night (Frank stays open late on Fridays and Saturdays).

            Sellers spoke also. He defended his sign and added that his shop was right down the street from the Lowe’s movie theater and their sign was just as tall. It was quickly pointed out that the Lowe’s sign was on a building that was three stories high and the sign barely passed the top of the building. He also pointed out that the downtown area where his shop is located is very well lit almost every night by shop windows, street lights and “accent spots” that highlight the area. He said the sign certainly falls within the standards of the surrounding businesses and cost him over $500.00 to build and hook up electrically. “If the Town Council was so concerned about my advertising, they should have brought it up before I spent over five hundred dollars on this thing,” said Sellers in closing.

            The council discussed the situation and since there was apparently no code violation and there was a precedent set by Lowes, they reluctantly allowed the sign to stay.

Franks Photo’s new billboard

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS GET RAINED OUT GAME - RESCHEDULED AS DOUBLEHEADER AT END OF MONTH

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East Farewell – The rain that has been pelting the East coast has taken its toll on the Travelers schedule. The game with South Port last Saturday was rained out. The game will be rescheduled as part of a double header at the end of the month.  The rains were so heavy on Friday night and Saturday morning the game was cancelled before it began an unusual event for the league. By game time the field was almost completely under water. Some concern for the field was expressed but the top groundskeeper, Joe Doyle, allayed any fears by explaining that the field was built with the latest draining technologies and by the time the rain stops it should be drained and ready to play on within two hours.

            Next week’s game against Mountain View and the great Joe “Freight” Trane starts at 1:30 at the ball park.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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IKE CALLS FOR NEW CODE OF CONDUCT – FLOODING IN THE NORTHEAST – DUMONT GOING DOWN – WINS SAYS NO TO COVERS – THIS WEEK IN MUSIC

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President Eisenhower proclaims a new code of conduct for America military men captured in future wars. It warns them to tell the enemy nothing but gives assurance of justice to those who break under torture. The code is an outgrowth of cruel Communist treatment of American prisoners in Korea.

Flooding in the Northeast has left over 143 dead. Hard hit was an area north of New York City (Putnam and Orange Counties), NE Pennsylvania plus Connecticut.

DuMont, the fourth network, who has curtailed its schedule drastically over the last few months – drops two more shows, which only leaves it one on the regular schedule. Say goodbye to “All About Baby” – a daytime program for moms and “Studio 57.” All that’s left is a weekly boxing program from the St Nicholas Arena. DuMont says that it will feed New York Giants football to about 16 stations.

WINS, New York says it has a new policy - it will not air “cover” records and “copy’ records - defining the latter as those records which copy often note-for-note - the arrangement and stylistic phrasing of the singer. The new policy is announced by program director Bob Smith. Smith has distributed copies of the policy to WINS deejays Jack Lacy, Alan Freed, Bob and Ray, Brad Phillips, Stan Shaw and Peter Roberts. The station also prepared a list of original records issued within the past several months which have been followed by copy records:  Story Untold – Nutmegs, Tweedle Dee - Lavern Baker, Melody of Love - Billy Vaughan, Ko Ko Mo - Gene and Eunice, Earth Angel – Penguins, Hearts of Stone - The Charms, Ain’t It A Shame? - Fats Domino, Maybelline - Chuck Berry, Gum drops - Otis Williams, Man In a Raincoat - Pricilla Wright, Autumn Leaves - Roger Williams, I Want You To Be My Baby – Lillian Briggs, Oh, What A Dream - Ruth Brown

 

Pop music this week -

Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & the Comets

Ain’t That A Shame - Pat Boone

Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller

Learnin’ the Blues - Frank Sinatra

A Blossom Fell - Nat King Cole

Seventeen - Boyd Bennett

Hard To Get - Gisele MacKensie

It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie - Something Smith & The Redheads

Hummingbird - Les Paul & Mary Ford

House of the Blue Lights - Chuck Miller

Unchained Melody - Les Baxter

Maybellene - Chuck Berry

Yellow Rose of Texas - Johnny Desmond

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado

I’ll Never Stop Loving You - Doris Day

Wake the Town And Tell The People - Les Baxter

Domani - Julius La Rosa

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8/4/1955

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, August 4, 1955   Vol. C762

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LOCAL NEWS

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HOTDOG EATING CONTEST ADDS TO SUMMER FUN

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East Farewell- The summer fun continued with the first annual East Farewell Hotdog Eating Contest on Saturday.  The contest was sponsored by the Civic Association and local restaurants, the Lost Oasis and Hemminge’s.  The contest was the idea of Charles Wentz, owner of the Lost Oasis.  Having read about other contests in New York City and Chicago he felt there was an opportunity for the town to get a little publicity and have a “lot of fun.”   The contest had nine entrants, two rounds, over 200 hotdogs and one winner, Bernie Wilson.  Wilson, a 23 year old resident, finished off a total of 35 hotdogs.  He gobbled down 17 in the first round and put away 18 more in the second.  Second place went to Patrick McCoy, 21, from Fort Lee with 30 hotdogs, 15 and 15.  Third place was grabbed by Allen Heart, 19, East Farewell, with 28 dogs, 15 and 13.  Heart recently graduated from Regional High School and played center on the school’s league winning football team. 

            “I never tried anything like this before,” Wilson said after the contest, “my gal, Sue, sort of dared me I to do it.  I thought it would be fun and it was, I don’t know if I will ever do that again.  It was a lot of dogs but they were free and they tasted pretty good.”

            “This was a great event,” laughed Charles Wenz, one of the organizers, “I think this may become an annual event.  We had reporters here from Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburg and Cleveland.  Nathan’s from New York City helped sponsor the event and supplied the hot dogs at a substantially reduced price. The town got some great free publicity, not that we need anymore business, but it is always good to stay in the news.”

            The contest took place at the Lakefront Plaza and was attended by about 100 cheering fans.  The Town Council set up a stage with a long table for the contestants and members of the High School Pep Squad were servers.  The first round was an elimination round and lasted five minutes.  While the first round totals were tabulated the popular local band, Bill Black and his Jacks, played raucous blue grass and country hits much to the crowds delight.  The second round was made up of the top four first round finishers and lasted five minutes.  Wilson attacked the dogs with a machine-like rhythm and was able to set himself apart from the competition early on.  After winning the first round he was able to get up during the break and do a little two-step with his date.  The crowd loved it.  He then sat down and ate 18 more dogs to win the contest to the cheers of the crowd.  Wilson won a trophy that was, appropriately, a giant hotdog on a bun.  The trophy was created by local artist Monica Shippensport and was fabricated at the Iron Works.  After the contest most of the fans went over to the ball park for the Travelers game and ate some hotdogs themselves.  

Hotdog Eating Contest on Lakefront Plaza

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS BACK ON TRACK WITH BIG WIN

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EAST FAREWELL- The Travelers got back on the winning track with a decisive win against the South Port Hawks on Saturday, 8-2.  After losing both games on the past road trip and the loss at home the once red hot Travelers suddenly went ice cold.  They couldn’t score runs and they couldn’t keep runs from being scored.  On Saturday everything changed.  They appear to have returned to their sizzling swagger with a convincing win over a very strong South Port team.  

            The show started in the first inning when, after a three up- three down top of the first, the Travelers came up to bat and lead off batter, Ralph Francis, belted the first pitch for a double.  He was followed by Dale Dunham who singled and drove in Francis.  Hawks pitcher, Joe Little, then walked Bobby Watson bringing up the always exciting Johnny Cloos.  Cloos took Little deep into a 3-2 count and fouled off three straight fastballs.  Little then hung a curve ball over the plate and Cloos did not let it pass.  He clobbered the ball out of the park.  Giving credit where credit is due Little was able to regain his composure and strike out the next two batters.  Arty Archibald hit a single but was left stranded when Billy Green hit into a fielders choice.

            Travelers’ pitcher, Danny Lane, went six innings without allowing a hit and only two walks.  It wasn’t until the seventh that the Hawks were able to generate any offense.  After a lead off walk to Singer, Hawks star slugger, Jerome Fowler, matched Cloos’ first inning smash with a drive that left the park.  That ended the Hawks attempt to match the Travelers super heated offense.  By the seventh the Travelers had added to their run total and were sitting on a five run lead.  The Travelers added one more run in the eighth to top off their scoring fest.

            Defense was also solid on the Travelers.  Aside from Lane’s strong pitching shortstop, Dale Dunham, made several super stops and a bare handed grab to keep the Hawks off the base path.  The overpowering show was especially sweet because the Hawks are currently in second place in the league standings.  They were challenging the Travelers for first place before Saturday but have now dropped back to two games behind. If the Travelers keep up their superb play they will most certainly make the distance even further.  

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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MOSCOW LAUNCHES SPACE RACE – McCARTHY ACCUSES IKE – CARMEN MIRANDA DIES

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Moscow says that Soviet Russia intends to beat the United States in launching the earth’s first unmanned satellite. Prof. Leonid Sednov, a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, told reporters in a news conference the Soviet Union aims to get its satellite whirling in space within 18 months.

Korea - The South Korean government proclaims it “will undertake to restore authority” over Communist occupied territory south of the 38th parallel.  Communist-occupied territories are the district of Kaesong, north of Seoul, the Ongin Peninsula west of Kaesong and the north bank of the lower Han River.

Sen. Joseph McCarthy accuses President Eisenhower of offering ‘friendship to tyrants and murders” at the recent Big Four meeting in Geneva. He also attacked the President’s relationship with Marshal Zhukov, saying the President “ought to have a decent regard for the feelings of his countrymen.”

Educational station WQED, Pittsburgh - the station that spawned the Dr. Spock TV show, has another talent going to NBC-TV. He’s Fred Rogers. “Children’s Corner” - said to be fantasy mixed with facts and fun, begins August 20 on Saturdays 10:30am. The show features a tiger puppet that only speaks French.

Passing - Carmen Miranda (41) at her home in Beverly Hills, a victim of a heart attack. The tiny actress, famed for her fruit salad hats, platform shoes and swinging hips had just completed the filming of a television comedy with Jimmy Durante. Then she and her husband entertained guests at home, until early morning. She was fixing her face for the night when she toppled over. She was born Maria de Carmen Miranda de Cunha in Lisbon, Portugal and will be buried in Rio de Janeiro.

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