7/28/1955

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, July 28, 1955   Vol. C761

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LOCAL NEWS

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IMPROMPTU SAILBOAT RACE MAY HAVE A FUTURE

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East Farewell- An impromptu sailboat race drew a huge crowd on Saturday and the event has been put on the agenda for the Town Council to discuss and possibly make a yearly event. The race was organized by a couple of local sailors to settle an argument. Ward James and Earl Dornan both had Catalina sailboats and both had done extensive upgrading to the boats. They were talking on the dock about two weeks ago and each felt his boat was much faster than the other.  Neither would back down and a race was scheduled for Saturday to settle the issue once and for all. This was supposed to be a two boat race around the lake but once they filed for a permit to race, permits have been required since the tragic race of 1930, the word got out and several others jumped on the bandwagon. By starting time Saturday there were a total of ten boats signed up, including James’ and Dornan’s. The race course was laid out by the Lake Charles Recreational Authority and they set the start time at 1:30PM. The course took the boats on a three lap race around the lake with the finish line in view of the Lakefront Plaza.

            Word of the race traveled quickly throughout town and with the summer in high gear there was quite a crowd on the Plaza and around other viewing points on the lake. The turnout was unexpected but everyone was in a great mood and there was a party atmosphere in the air. The starter’s gun signaled the beginning of the race and the boats slid past the starting line swiftly and gracefully. The summer breeze was enough to push the boats along at a good clip. Fans cheered, although many were not sure who they were cheering for. It didn’t matter to most; the sun and the beautiful boats on the lake were all that really mattered. As the boats glided by roars erupted and many folks waved and shouted to the boats. Most of the sailors ignored the commotion and went about trying to increase their speed or pass a competitor, but some took the time acknowledge the shore people with waves and salutes.

            The race went back and forth between James and Dornan for two laps but as the boats came around the second turn a third boat, skippered by a summer visitor, Jake Smart, swung wide on the outside, close to the shore, and passed both James and Doran. Smart crossed the line first followed by Dornan and the James. The final order was; 4^th- David Wells, 5^th- Sonny Fisk, 6^th- Kathy O’Malley (the only female entrant), 7^th- Billy Green, 8^th- Walter English, 9^th-Steven Cross and 10^th- Ralph West. The huge turnout prompted the Town Council to look into making a boat race part of the summer schedule. The positives are many and the negatives are few. The only things that need to be worked out are the final course, the date and the basic signup procedure. Everyone looks forward to this new tradition.

Sailboat race on Lake Charles

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS STILL CRACKED IN CORNING

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Corning- The Travelers continued their slide on Saturday when their lack of hitting and failure to keep CGW off the bases led to their third straight loss, 5-1. The CGW nine were the better team Saturday and they showed why they are leading the league in runs. In the first inning they were able to get on the board with two singles and a two run double by Moses. Traveler’s pitcher, Billy Green, settled down and started to throw his trademark curve with some efficiency. The night game was still hot, with temperatures in the high 70s, and the humidity was high. This was no excuse for the lackluster play by the Travelers. In the fourth a rare error by shortstop, Dale Dunham, allowed another run to score and also kept alive the inning. CGW hitters took advantage of the gift and scored two more unearned runs. Finally Green was able to strike out the tenth batter of the inning, Renfroe. The Travelers were only able to get on the board with a single homer by catcher, Joey Brown, in the eighth.

            The Travelers come home next week after a terrible road trip. Hopefully, they will get back on track and not fall to farther out of the race. They will take on the Southport Hawks who are also on the ropes in the standings. Next week’s game starts at 1:35PM at the ballpark.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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US TO ORBIT SATELLITE – IKE CALLS FOR IRON CURTAIN TO BE TORN DOWN – AT THE MOVIES

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The United States says it plans to launch a man-made space satellite that will circle the earth every 90 minutes and share the scientific data gathered from it with all nations, including the Soviet Union.

Geneva – While still awaiting a Soviet reply to his offer to trade military information, President Eisenhower appeals to the Russians to tear down the iron Curtain and permit freer contact between the East and West.

At the movies -

The Man Who Loved Redheads Land of the Pharaohs - Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin, Alexis Minotis

We’re No Angels - Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov

Mister Roberts - Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powel, jack Lemmon

The Seven Year Itch - Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell

Not As A Stranger - Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum

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7/19/1956

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, July 19, 1956   Vol. C577

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LOCAL NEWS

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1^ST OFFICIAL SAILBOAT RACE DRAWS LARGE CROWD

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East Farewell – The first official ‘Sails on the Lake’ race was held on Saturday and thrilled a large crowd on Lakefront Plaza as well as lakefront viewers all around the Lake Charles. The race was spawned by a grudge race held last year by to local sailors, Ward James and Earl Dornan, who wanted to settle a bet over their rebuilt sailboats. The first race ironically was won by a third entrant, a bandwagon jumper so to speak, Jake Smart. After the unexpected success of the race in which there ended up being ten entrants was limited to fifteen entrants this year for safety reasons and the slots filled quickly. Smart, Ward and Dornan were in the group along with last year entrants, David Wells, Kathy O’Malley, Billy Green, Walter Scott and Sonny Fisk. New entrants included Charlie Hertz, Will Getz, Sanford Chase, Charles Smart (Jake’s son), Winnie Baylor (the only other female entrant), Arthur Dolan and Sam Sweeney.

            The race started off with the starter’s gun and a roar from the crowd and the boats gracefully sweeping by the Plaza. The racecourse led the group around the lake for four laps, a lap was added to last year’s race, by temporary buoys set up along the way. The moderate breeze helped push the boats at a fair clip and sailors enjoyed attention from the landlubbers as they passed. Many parties were held around the lake just to watch even though it was only moments that the boats passed and then there was a wait for them to come around again. “We just loved it,” said Natalie Mallard, local resident, “This is going to be an instant tradition if I ever saw one.”

            The race was won by one of the originators, Ward James, who led second place Charles Smart by three lengths. “Well this puts to rest the original question of who has the better boat, me or old Doran. That is what we wanted to settle all along. I knew I had a better boat. Now the whole town knows. It feels great”

            The wonderful race took three hours forty seven minutes and the lead changed hands several times. At one point in the race both females were in the lead with O’Malley leading Baylor by the slimmest of margins. Both were overtaken by James and eventually by Smart. The woman finished in third and fourth place followed by Dornan then Hertz, Fisk, Wells, Sweeney, Dolan, Green, Getz, Jake Smart and finishing last but not least was Walter Scott who experienced a catastrophic mast disaster in the final lap that reduced him to sailing with only his jib sail to complete the course but he did complete it.

            There was no trophy for the winner but one was promised for next year’s winner. A party-like after race ceremony was held on the Plaza with all the contestants sharing in the revelry. The race’s success seems to have placed in on the town’s social calendar.

Exciting start to the 1956 ‘Sails on the Lake’ Race

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SPORTS

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MINERS CAVE IN ON TRAVELERS

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Slate Mountain – The Travelers six game winning streak came to an end on Saturday when they were crushed by their arch rivals Slate Mountain Miners, 6-1. It was obvious that the Miners were looking for revenge for their early season thumping by the Travelers and they set stage for the show down by opening the gates early and letting fans watch and comment/raspberry the Travelers during batting practice. The Miners ace, Tony ‘Michael’ Angelo, was indeed a master over the Travelers. He pitched six perfect innings, let in one hit in the sixth and then pitched another two perfect innings and only slipped in the ninth when he let Johnny Cloos finally connect with a fastball that must have slowed just enough for Johnny to catch up to it and send it out of the park. That was too little too late because the Miners had managed to accumulate 12 hits and turn them into six runs. The Travelers did not have an answer to Angelo’s breaking curve and blazing fastball. The Miners looked strong on defense, too. They turned a double play in the sixth to squelch the feeble Traveler’s threat. The rest of the game was all Miners and the Travelers need to move past last week and get back on track when they continue on the road and visit a new addition to the league, the Monticello Vikings, for the first time. The game begins at 1:30 in the brand new Monticello Ball Park.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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IKE TO STAY IN HOSPITAL – BOMBS IN CYPRUS KILLS ONE – AIRLINER CRASH IN NJ – LEWIS & MARTIN OFFICIALLY OVER – LIONS FREE IN ROME

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President Eisenhower’s personal physician discloses the President will be hospitalized somewhat longer than first forecast. He won’t get out before the middle of next week.

Two bombs are thrown into a downtown restaurant in Cyprus, killing one American and injuring six.

A Venezuelan airliner carrying 74 persons crashed as it limped back to Idlewild Airport after one of its engines quit. The plane, which took off from the New York airport got as far south at a point 250 miles east of Norfolk and turned around. Just as the plane was almost back at Idlewild (32 miles east of Asbury Park, NJ), it began dumping fuel (a normal procedure), but the fuel caught fire as it left the plane. Other pilots say the burning fuel looked like a torch. The last radio transmission from the pilot was frantic - “Gas Caught Fire.” 20 victims were Americans.

Hedda Hopper says that Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are breaking up their act again - this time for good. “I’m happy at last,” Lewis told her. He said the latest feud with his partner involved their appearance in a projected picture “Damon and Pythias”, which Lewis also is to direct. Martin flatly refused to perform in the film.

Two lions break free from their cages at a Rome circus, leaving hundreds of patrons running screaming. One of the lions broke the back of circus mule with a caught quickly.

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