EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June
7, 1956 Vol. C571
LOCAL
NEWS
RACE AROUND THE LAKE ANOTHER
HIT
East Farewell – The 6th Annual “Race Around the Lake”
took place on a beautiful Decoration day and ended with a spectacular finish.
The official side of the race had a record high 70 riders and on the unofficial
side almost 20 riders joined in at different parts of the race with an amazing
assortment of decorated bikes, tricycles and other truly unusual vehicles. The
race itself has had a six year tradition but the strange ‘added’ event of
riders joining in along the way for as long as they want has been going on for
four years now and has become more entertaining each year. This year the
official race was won by
Frankie Chase with a winning time of 1 hour 57 minutes. This year’s time
was considerably slower than last year’s due to the increased peripheral
activity that took place along the route. At one point a vehicle that can only
be described as a self-powered butterfly piloted by a Wayne Winchell slowed the
entire pack down by taking up all of Lake
Shore Drive for almost one third of a lap. Winchell was finally pushed off
the course and into the lake by bystanders and race participants who had come
to a stop behind him. The bemused Winchell came out of the lake laughing and shaking
his fists in either mock anger or total success, no one could tell.
This year the race ended at the Lakefront
Plaza where there was a stirring sunset memorial service honoring all the
fallen. The ceremony was very respectful contrasting the frivolity of earlier
in the day. A single bugler, high school senior and ROTC member, David Kane,
played Taps from the overlook while the flag was raised over the Plaza. A list
of the townsfolk who had paid the ultimate price was read and a moment of
silence was held. After the ceremony the large crowd was treated to several
local restaurants fare presented on the Plaza and listened to the music of
local band leader Gus
Templeton along with other local bands, Al
Jackson’s Blues Band and a new favorite folk trio, Diamonds.
The beautiful weather was the perfect compliment for the early summer kick off
holiday in East
Farewell.
Butterfly bike
piloted by Wayne Winchell
SPORTS
TRAVELERS GET SMOKED AT CORNING
Corning – The Travelers showed a rare letdown on Saturday when they lost to CGW 5-2. The game was not the average Travelers style with quick scores early and strong defense. This game was just the opposite, they didn’t score until the eighth and they committed an unimaginable 5 errors in the field. CGW on the other hand was almost flawless. Their ace, Bill “Smoke” Black, was sharp from the start, pitching a perfect first four innings. It wasn’t until the middle of the fifth that Dale Dunham poked a hit through the middle that the Travelers were able to get on the scoreboard, scoring Francis who had walked earlier. That single hit was all they were able to garner that inning and ‘Smoke’ continued to burn. He stayed hot until the eighth when he walked his first batter and then his nemesis, Johnny Cloos, finally connected with a low fastball and drove out of the park.
CGW had an
easier time but by no means a cakewalk. Traveler’s pitcher, Billy Green, held
CGW to two hits until the fifth but unfortunately the Traveler’s defense was
sloppy. By the end of the sixth CGW had done all the damage it needed to do,
scoring two in the fourth and three in the sixth. The Travelers showed a
surprisingly porous defense and seemed unable to hold onto the ball. Dropped
and muffed balls were the reason for two of the four CGW runs. But even if you take away those unearned runs
the Travelers came up short on Saturday.
The Travelers
stay on the road this week as they travel to Bedford. The Bears are currently
in the bottom half of the league standings so the Travelers may have an easier
time. The game begins in Bedford at 1:00 on Saturday.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE HAS STOMACH SCARE – KHRUSHCHEV TOURS
WITH TITO – HONEYMOONER FALLS OUT OF PLANE – ROBESON IN CONTEMPT
President Eisenhower undergoes an exploratory operation in the early morning hours, just 24 hours after he awoke with symptoms of indigestion reminiscent of the fateful heart attack he suffered last Sept. 24. This time, however, the president’s trouble was an obstruction of the small intestine which all official sources emphasize had no relation to his cardiac condition. President Eisenhower was back on his feet and walked with some assistance from his hospital bed to an armchair 15 feet way.
Communist Party Chief Nikita Khrushchev, touring the region with President Tito of Yugoslavia, told a cheering crowd at Stalingrad that the United States is the richest country now “but tomorrow, we will be richer.”
A honeymooner falls 6500 feet to his death from a two-engine DC-3 Piedmont airliner flying from Charlotte to Asheville. Oren A. Pruitt went to get his bride a drink of water when he apparently opened the wrong door. His body landed near a cemetery near Shelby, NC.
The House Committee on Un-American
Activities initiates contempt of Congress action against
singer Paul Robeson after
a session in which the Negro singer declared,
“You are the bad Americans… you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.”
Robeson later told a newsman, “There
was no contempt. I answered every question. I was just standing my ground.”
Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
