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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5/12/1955

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, May 12, 1955   Vol. C762

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LOCAL NEWS

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SID LENDEL – EAST FAREWELL FOUNDER – DIES AT 89

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East Farewell- East Farewell co-founder, Sid Lendel, died on Tuesday at the age of 89. “He lived a long and wonderful life,” said his younger brother, Lou Lendel, “He really tried to be good at everything he tried and most of the time he succeeded.”

Besides his brother, Sid is survived by his wife, Molly, three sons, Abe (Fiona), Ralph (Dora) and Charles(Rebecca) and one daughter, Elsa (Frank) along with 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. There will be a memorial service held on the Lakefront Plaza on Sunday. The Lakefront Plaza was the original overlook that Sid and Lou used to promote the new town of East Farewell back in 1902; of course there was no Plaza there at the time. “It was one of Sid’s favorite places,” said Lou, “He would go down there and sit for hours just enjoying the view, and after they built the Plaza, all the people walking by. Later in his life he became quite the celebrity down there. He would gladly tell anyone the entire history of East Farewell, the good and the not so good, mostly the good, though.” 

            East Farewell was incorporated July 13, 1902 by the Lendel brothers, Sid and Lou.  They were working for the Mighty Keystone Railroad as surveyors and line planners.  The railroad was trying to establish passenger service along the main line across the state and connecting the East Coast to the Midwest.  The Lendel brothers chose a site that ran along a pristine lake, later named Lake Charles after Sid’s son.  The railroad was looking for a location that was approximately half way down the line to place an iron foundry to produce rails for the lines expansion.  The location was perfect for a small town that would help the railroad and attract workers, businesses and well-heeled railroad executives.

The Lendel brothers were visionary town planners.  They designed East Farewell with all the best municipal facilities of the day.  They designed a complete water system as well as a full sanitary sewer system.  They laid out a street grid system with wide streets centered around the train station.  Lake Shore Drive circled Lake Charles and offered stunning views of the lake as well as prime real estate locations.  Main Street intersected Lake Shore drive at the train station and proceeded south to finally intersect with Route 11 the main east-west highway in the state.

Unfortunately, the Lendel brothers were better planners than businessmen.  They went broke after investing a modest fortune in building East Farewell.  The railroad, however, did extremely well and after building the Iron Works it bought out the Lendel brothers and proceeded to expand the town.

Sid Lendel circa 1929

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS CRACK AT CORNING

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Corning – The Cougars suffered their first defeat last week when ace hurler, Bill “Smoke” Black shutout the Travelers 3-0. The Travelers were unable to get on track against the league’s leading pitcher. “Smoke” fired nine scoreless innings and allowed only five hits sprinkled throughout. The Travelers were expecting a tough game but they were surprised by the early season perfection of Black. The game started as a pitching duel between Black and Travelers ace, Danny Lane. The two pitched three perfect innings each and it looked like a battle supreme was in the making but then the Devils came to life in the fourth when Grant smashed a double and Howell followed with a loop single sending Grant to third. Then CGW’s slugger Dennis Smith came to bat and was able to connect with a 3-2 Lane fastball for a deep right field double, driving in both Grant and Smith. Lane regained his composure and struck out the side, but the damage was done.  Black continued perfect for another inning and then Johnny Cloos was able to smack a clean double but was left stranded. CGW was able score again in the eighth and the Cougars were only able to garner four more hits and no runs.

            The Cougars come home next week for their first night game ever. The Mountain View Explorers with their ace, Joe “Freight” Trane come to town. The game will start at 7:30PM and will show off the new lights, an addition added this year. The game will be one of the highlights of the newly expanded Spring Fair that will be held over all of next weekend.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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HOOVER SAYS HE CAN SAVE LOTS OF DOUGH – AUSTRIANS GIVEN LIBERTY – ATOM BOMB BLOWN UP UNDERWATER – MARCIANO KO’S COCKWELL IN 54 SECONDS

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Former President Hoover (80) - who calls himself the government’s “old family doctor” – announces his commission on government reorganization will recommend steps to save taxpayers six billion dollars and return an additional 7 billion to the treasury. He predicted that in the next five years, at least 70% of his commission’s recommendations would be enacted into law.

At Vienna - The Big Four Foreign Ministers and Austrian Foreign Minister Leopold Figl signs a state treaty which will restore to 7 million Austrians their liberty, lost since Hitler’s Anschluss in 1938. Commenting on Big Four gathering - President Eisenhower declares he has spent months conferring with Soviet leaders and their foreign officials and he does not believe American citizens suspect their government will fall into any appeasement trap.

The Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department say a successful underwater atomic explosion has been conducted of the pacific Cast. The date and location of the blast were not given.

Rocky Marciano knocks-out Don Cockwell of England in 54 seconds at Kezar Stadium In San Francisco.

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6/2/1955

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, June 2, 1955   Vol. C759

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LOCAL NEWS

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MEMORIAL DAY RACE AROUND THE LAKE A BIG SUCCESS

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East Farewell- The 5^th Annual Memorial Day “Race Around the Lake” was a huge success on Monday.  The event, a bicycle race that circles Lake Charles, had the largest turnout ever. A total of 65 official racers were entered this year and in a quirky tradition, about 20 unofficial racers participated for parts of the race.  The unofficial racers add color to the race by decorating their bicycles with streamers, lights and anything unusual they may have lying around and can be attached to a bike.  The official winner of the race was Willie McDermitt from Lake Shore Drive.  He was able to complete the 5 lap race and avoid all the unofficial racers in a “record” time of 1 hour, 42 minutes.  The timekeeping is only a formality because the race is not sponsored by any official organization and the unofficial racers tend to obstruct parts of the course with their sometimes elaborate cycle concoctions. 

The race is all in fun but before the start of the race there is a meaningful memorial service at the Fountains by the Lake remembering those who served and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.  The list of names was read by Col. Walter Daly (US Army retired) and taps was played by Billy Watson, a senior at Regional High School.  A new memorial is planned and should be finished by next year.  The memorial will have all the names of the fallen townspeople in all the conflicts; World War I, World War II and the Korean Conflict.  The Town Council approved the project, the design was approved and construction is set for after the summer season.

The race started as groups of 10 were sent off at two minutes intervals.  The “shotgun start” was developed as the participants numbers grew.  The race rules were adjusted when the “unofficial” racers started appearing in 1953.  Rumor has it that first race crasher was Richie Simmons who somehow missed the start and tried to join the race in progress.  The next year more people joined the race in progress and some had decorated their cycles.  This year people made a bit of a side competition, competing for the most outlandish contraption on the track.  This year’s unofficial winner, by general consensus a cycle that was made up like an old-time high-wheeler with saddlebags and a dog with goggles inside.  A wonderful time was had by all.

Skipper along for the ride

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS WIN AGAIN

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Corning- The Travelers won a third game in their seven game road trip as they beat Corning 6-3 on Saturday.  The road trip is a bit of a flashback to previous seasons when all the teams’ games were on the road.  When the new park opened this year the Travelers enjoyed the luxury of having a home field again.  They have been extremely successful at home, winning five of their first six games.  Going back on the road, they have been equally successful, winning their first three. 

Corning showed their usual spirit by jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the third inning with a two run blast by outfielder, Jimmy Gentile.  The rest of the Corning offense consisted of singles scattered throughout the game until the bottom of the ninth when they were able to string together a double and a RBI single before Alfred struck out Gentile for the last out.

Travelers’ pitcher, Joe Alfred, pitched a fine game except for the two run third inning and was able to strikeout an impressive 10 batters.  The infield was able to turn two double plays and didn’t commit any errors.  The offense came to life in the sixth inning when Johnny Cloos hit his tenth home run after Dunham and Watson both singled.  Archibald doubled in the seventh and was driven in by Billy Sweet.  Francis and Dale reached on a pair of walks and both scored on a triple by Anthony Dimero.  That was the end the Travelers scoring but it was more than enough to seal the win.

The next game for the Travelers will be at Cedar Creek on Saturday.  The game starts at 1:30.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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STRIKES AT FORD - 200,000 POLIO VACCINES DISTRIBUTED - SEGREGATION RULING

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Some Ford employees are striking as negotiations continue. Walkouts or picketing were reported at Ford plants in Cleveland, Buffalo, Chicago and Cincinnati and Livonia in suburban Detroit as a midnight strike deadline passed with negotiators still trying to avert a general strike. Later, The CIO says it has settled with Ford, with workers getting a guaranteed wage plan. The plan calls for the company to establish a $55 million fund during a three-year contract period to finance payments to workers idled from their jobs, supplementing state unemployment compensation benefits

The U.S. Public Health service clears 200,000 c.c.s of Salk polio vaccine for use in the nationwide immunization campaign.  President Eisenhower predicts that all first and second grade children will have Salk vaccine inoculations in 60 days.

The Supreme Court hands to local officials and to local Federal courts the historic and delicate talks of ending all racial segregation in public schools “as soon as practicable.”  Georgia Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook, asserting that the tribunal “neither gave a formula for integration nor established machinery for enforcement” joins Gov. Marvin Griffin in open defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court school segregation ruling.

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