EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June
5, 1952 Vol. C364
LOCAL
NEWS
DECORATION DAY PARADE AND BIKE RACE GROW
East
Farewell - Decoration Day was celebrated in East Farewell on May 30 and held a
parade to honor all the veterans who served in all the conflicts through the
country’s history. This year the parade
honored area vets from WWI, WWII and the current Korean War. There were three
WWI vets, , Tommy Flynn, Ernie Wood
and Jules Sanford, who all rode together in a 1937 Cord. There were 14 WWII vets this year and
they were all riding in a wonderful assortment of modern luxury vehicles. There
were three Korean vets, all having returned but still in the active reserves,
and they were feted in an open, oversized fire-rescue truck. “This is a great
vehicle but, Last year we got to ride in a Duesenberg SJ, I guess they didn’t
want to squeeze three of in that this year,” laughed Korean vet, Bernie Davis
when asked about his ride.
The Regional High School Marching
Band led the parade down Main Street and was followed by several
fire trucks including visiting trucks from Mountain View and Bear Creek, the
vets, a whole troop of Boy Scouts, and was finished with the a very snappy presentation
of the Regional High School ROTC Squad dressed in their full formal uniforms
and marching in precise formation with a drum and bugle outfit laying down the
beat.
The parade made its way down Main
Street and ended on the Lakefront Plaza where there was a solemn ceremony with
taps and a 21 gun salute and a wreath was laid at the foot of the flagpole in
the Plaza.
In the afternoon the second “Race
Around the Lake” Bike race took place. This year not only has the parade
attendance grown immensely but the bike race has also grown. This year many
shops set up outdoor dining and folks along the route set up watching stations
at their homes, front porches and in their driveways. This year also saw more
riders from outside the immediate area. This year’s race was won by a Regional
High School senior, Jimmy Halligan. Halligan is due to graduate in three weeks
and is going on to study a Notre Dame University.
Vets ride in 1952 Decoration Day Parade
SPORTS
TRAVELERS EXPLODE IN ERIE
Erie
– The Travelers offense exploded in Erie on Saturday. They scored 12 runs in a
12-5 victory over the Erie Eagles. It was the most runs the team had scored
since racking up 15 runs against Slate Mountain way back in 1940. Every player
in the lineup got a hit, a team record for the Travelers. Things got off fast
as the first four batters, Francis, Dunham Watson and Cloos, got hits, scoring
two runs and then after Dimero grounded out Joey Brown, Artie Archibald and
Billy Sweet got hits, scoring Brown. Beleaguered Eagles pitcher, Moses Garland,
finally settled down and was able to get Green and the pitcher, Joey Alfred
out. The damage was done, though, and Garland struggled through six innings and
let in 8 more runs before he was mercifully relieved by Frank Dunlap. Dunlap
held his own but gave up one last blast from red-hot Johnny Cloos in the
eighth. The long, high, out of the park star-tickler sent the remaining Eagles
fans to the exits. The Eagles were able to score 5 runs off Alfred who gave up
9 hits and walked 5. The Travelers recorded a near record 22 hits and
surprisingly only 4 walks. They were hitting almost anything Garland would
throw. “We were on fire out there today. I have never seen a hitting show like
that,” said manager Sam Fowler after the game.
The Travelers move onto Slate
Mountain next week and are expecting a much tougher game. The Miners are the
Travelers arch rival and the games are always very competitive. The game begins
at 4:00 on Saturday in Mountain Park.
NATIONAL NEWS
TRUMAN WELCOMES IKE HOME – IKE FORMALLY
RETIRES AND STATES HIS VIEWS - WOULD MEET STALIN TO SECURE PEACE – GRAHAM
PREACHES TO 60,000 IN HOUSTON – QUEEN ELIZABETH BACK IN PUBLIC LIFE – WALCOTT BEATS
CHARLES IN PHILADELPHIA
Gen. Eisenhower comes home and is greeted by his Commander In Chief – President Truman. He quickly wants to get down to business and begin campaigning.
Gen. Eisenhower asks for his formal Army retirement and surrenders his $19,541 retirement pay so he can take an active part in the pre-convention GOP political campaign.
Gen Eisenhower tells where he stands – revealing his views on everything from civil rights to his boyhood dreams. He named the campaign issue as world peace and security.
Gen Eisenhower says “I’d go anywhere and do anything” including talking with Prime Minister Stalin – in the effort to achieve a secure peace.” That problem underlies and aggravates all other problems said Eisenhower.
Billy Graham preaches to the largest audience of his career - some 60,000 in Houston. The crowds were packed at Rice Institute’s 70,000-capacity stadium, where Graham has been preaching for the past week, whenever the weather was good.
Queen Elizabeth II (26) ushers in a new Elizabethan age by taking the salute as colonel-in-chief of the Brigade of Guards at her nation’s most impressive military ceremony – the 150-year-old trooping the color in honor of the sovereign’s official birthday. It also marked the Queen’s return to public life, following the four-month period of mourning for her father, the late King George VI.
Jersey Joe Walcott – 38-year-old Cinderella man of the ring, clings to his world heavyweight title by winning a unanimous decision over ex-Champ Ezzard Charles in Philadelphia.
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