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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8/18/1955

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 idea was resurrected after the 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 folks 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 $1000.00 to built and hook up electrically. “If the Town Council was so concerned about my advertising, they should have brought it up before I spent over a thousand 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, Maybellene - Chuck Berry, Gum drops - Otis Williams, Man In a Raincoat - Priscilla 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

Hart 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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8/18/1955

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 idea was resurrected after the 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 folks 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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