EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
26, 1956 Vol. C565
LOCAL
NEWS
IRON WORKS MAY
MOVE
East Farewell- In a shocking and surprising announcement today,
the East Farewell Iron Works announced it may be moving its entire operation to
new location. The new location was not
officially disclosed but many sources indicated that it will be out of
state. The management has not indicated
that the move has been set, it is still in the discussion stages and no final
decision has been made at this time. The
management has emphatically stated that these are only preliminary discussions
and it is entirely possible that no move will take place.
The Iron Works
has been in East
Farewell since the town was founded in the early part of the century. The Mighty
Keystone Railroad first set up the Iron Works to supply rails for its
westward expansion. In 1913 the Iron
Works was sold by the Mighty Keystone Railroad to a local business group headed
by Francis O’Sullivan. The business was
spun off from the main railroad under pressure from anti-monopoly forces in the
government and O’Sullivan’s group received very favorable terms in the
sale. Along with the factory and trained,
IWU union labor force, O’Sullivan received an almost continuous order for rails
from the railroad. The business thrived
and expanded through the following decades.
As recently as 1955 work was so plentiful that an extra shift was
started and an additional 100 workers were added.
There are many
reasons for the move, all are pure speculation because the management will not
comment, range from the increased price of raw materials to labor costs (the
labor force went to a union shop in 1947) to local pressure on the quality of
The Iron Works has been an integral
member of the East
Farewell community and many families have deep ties to the “Works.” If the Iron Works were to move a major
employer in the town would leave and the town’s economy would be severely
impacted. The Iron Works is also the
second largest corporate tax payer in town as well as the third largest land
holder. As of this edition, the Town
Council was planning to meet early next week with the Iron Works management to
discuss the possible move and what options the town has.
“This could have disastrous effects
on the town,” said Tom Connelly, Town Council President. “We cannot afford to
lose the essential member of our community.
The town would be pushed to the edge of collapse if the Iron Works were
to pull out.”
East Farewell Iron Works
SPORTS
TRAVELERS START OFF STRONG BEHIND HOT
OFFENSE
East Farewell- The Travelers baseball team is off
to its best start ever. They have won
eight of their fist nine games and have only allowed seven runs in all eight
games. In their latest win the Travelers
bested the Corning CGW 5-0. The offense
continued to display versatility as all nine team members got hits. Johnny Cloos seems to be back in shape after
a late season injury last season. He had
three hits including a home run, his third of the young season. The defense has been extremely stingy so far
this season and this game was no exception.
The super infield of “Mean”
NATIONAL NEWS
SMOKING CAUSES CANCER – CAPITOL RECORDS
CELEBRATES 14TH BIRTHDAY - COLUMBIA QUITS ON 78s
Scientists who experimented with tars
from burning tobacco say that lung cancer could be reduced by 75% if people did
not smoke cigarettes. But a spokesperson for the tobacco industry said their evidence
is inconclusive. The scientists served on a panel
at the 47th annual meeting of the
American Association for Cancer Research in
Capitol Records celebrates 14 years and
unveiled its Hollywood Capital Tower on Vine Street. Glenn Wallachs, the company’s President said
in an interview - “Sometimes it doesn’t seem possible that 14 years have
elapsed between the release of the first Capitol record and the opening of the
Capitol Tower. Or that it’s been a decade and a half since Johnny Mercer and I
discussed our Capitol plans in a Hollywood record store.” “It’s so easy to
remember when the company’s floor space was just 40 by 100
feet. But sometimes it doesn’t seem possible that all this happened in only 14 years: that since “Cow Cow Boogie” became a hit, our humble war-born independent has become an international organization, one of the world’s major producers, manufacturers and distributors of phonograph records.”
Columbia Records announces it is
pulling-out of making 78rpm records and wants to concentrate on 45’s. The 78rpm single has been on a steady decline
and received a push to oblivion early this year when several record labels, led
by RCA, upped their prices on 78’s from 89 cents to 98 cents.
Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for contributing
to this section of the East Farewell News.
