EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June
6, 1957 Vol. C623
LOCAL
NEWS
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE – A
WONDERFUL EVENT
East Farewell - The Memorial Day parade was a great event as it
honored the soldiers that had fallen in all the wars and celebrated the
survivors from the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War as
they marched and were escorted in fine autos down the parade route. WWI veteran, Tommy
Flynn at 61 years old is the town’s oldest living veteran was driven down
the parade route in a brand new convertible Cadillac courtesy of Green’s
Motors. Sam Green, owner of Green’s Motors, also supplied Cadillac’s for Tom
Conally, Town Council president, Faith O’Hara, parade queen and local hero Sid Lagosi.
The cars were interspersed between the marching bands, the fire trucks, police
cars and even the SPCA group of dogs that were a huge hit with all the spectators
and were available for adoption after the parade.
The parade started
off with the Regional High School Marching Band leading the way and setting the
tone. Their spirited versions of the John Phillip Sousa March classics were
very well executed and their marching was almost military. The packed sidelines
cheered and clapped along with the band, led by Band Major Dave Bass, as they
ran through fabulous versions of the Stars and Stripes Forever, Semper
Fidelis (the
Marine Corps March), Liberty Bell and appropriately, High School Cadets. They led the parade from the High School
parking lot down Main Street turned onto Lake Shore drive and ended on the Lake
Front Plaza.
Along with the band the parade had
lots of other marchers. The local Fire Department marched beside two trucks.
The Police had a large group marching along with several motorcycles and as
mentioned earlier the ASPCA had about 10 dogs ranging from very small terriers
to very large collies and retrievers that “marched” the entire route with a
couple of water breaks and the terriers being carried at the end.
This year there was a much larger
ceremony on the Lake Front Plaza and the single bugler played taps at the War
Memorial above the Plaza. High School senior Thomas Gordon played a stirring
rendition after there was a wreath of flowers placed at the Memorial. Gordon is
also a member of the High School ROTC program and plans to attend West Point in
the fall. The restaurants in town all set up al-fresco dining for after the
ceremony and it seemed almost everyone who watched the parade filtered onto the
Plaza and enjoyed the fare. In the afternoon the Fun Pier opened for the
unofficial start of the summer. Most people enjoyed the pleasant weather
spending the afternoon on the Plaza or the Pier and then drifted over to the
ballpark to watch the Travelers take on the Cougars in an evening game.
Regional High School
Marching Band 1957
SPORTS
TRAVELERS GET SCRATCHED BY COUGARS
East Farewell – The wonderful
Memorial Day in town was not fulfilled with a win by the Travelers in their
evening game with the Cougars. They were bested by the Cats, 4-1 on Saturday.
Many fans came to the game expecting a good game against one of the best
pitchers in the league. What they got was a dazzling strikeout display that was
just two strikeouts shy of a league record. Cougar’s ace, Steve ‘Cat’ Caterno
struck out 17 Travelers and only let four hits, one a home run and no walks get
recorded by the Travelers in a surprise Memorial Day performance.
Caterno started by striking out by striking
out the first six Travelers. It wasn’t until the fifth inning that Johnny Cloos
was able to connect with one of the rare mistakes Caterno made by offering
Cloos a low outside fastball that Cloos connected with and hit it out of the
park. Fans thought, mistakenly, that the tide had turned. Caterno came back and
struck out both Dimero and Brown to close down the side. On the Travelers’ side
pitcher Joey Alfred did not pitch a bad game but in comparison it looked weak. Alfred was able go the first three innings
before the Cougars were able to get a hit. In the fourth Belford squeaked out a
single that was followed by a double by Young and another single by Reynolds
scoring both Belford and Young. Alfred was able to regroup and get out of the
inning without any more damage but was tagged for a run in the seventh and
again in the ninth.
Caterno
has an extremely good record in the league but this game was exceptional. By
the seventh inning most fans were aware of the superior performance that he was
putting on and begrudgingly started to cheer for him or at least not boo him.
Traveler fans are known around the league for their great understanding and
appreciation of the game. The Travelers head out on the road next week to visit
the Bedford Bears and another pitching ace, ‘Howling’ Frank Fowler. The game
begins at 1:30 in Bedford.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE HAS UPSET STOMACH – MISSILE GOES AWRY –
DISNEYLAND ADDS FUTURE HOUSE – WILLIAMS HITS THREE HOMERS IN A GAME, TWICE – BOTH
JIMMY & TOMMY DORSEY GONE NOW – OZZIE NELSON LIKES ROCK & ROLL
President Eisenhower is reported
resting comfortably at the White House following a “mild stomach upset’ which
forced him to cancel all appointments for several days.
The first test of the Atlas
intercontinental Atlas missile goes awry at take-off with an explosion just
after it launched.
Disneyland adds the Monsanto House of
the Future - a forerunner of the dwelling the typical American family of four
may be living in 10 years from now.
Late February 1953 - The newspaper
France-Soir says Joseph Stalin suffered his fatal stroke while in a fit of rage
over Politburo opposition to a plan he had to deport all Jews from Russia.
Secret Police Chief Lavrenty Beria, the paper said, danced around the stricken
dictator’s body, laughing and crying, “We are free, finally!”
Ted Williams becomes the first player in American League history to hit three homers in one game, twice in
one season.
Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey
passed away, less than seven months after the
death of his brother Tommy. Jimmy
was 53, Tommy was 51 when he accidentally choked to death in his sleep last
November 26 at his Connecticut home. It seemed like yesterday when their “Stage
Show” on CBS-TV featured Elvis Presley. Jackie
Gleason has arranged a special radio program in tribute to Jimmy Dorsey who
died of cancer. Guest will include Paul Whiteman, Count Basie, Danny Kaye and
Bob Crosby.
Ozzie Nelson says he’s entirely in
favor of his son Ricky being a pop singer: “Some parents have a tendency to
criticize something like rock ‘n’ roll that is peculiar to modern teenagers
without taking the trouble to find out what it’s all about. Each generation thinks
that the generation that comes after it has more independence. If parents would
only stop to try to realize what the kids are doing, there would be a warmer
understanding. I’m not against rock ‘n’ roll. When I heard it, I take the
position that maybe I can find something about it that I can enjoy. For the
most part, I’ve found that it has simplified chords and a good beat.”
