EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, May
26, 1955 Vol. C765
LOCAL NEWS
NEW DEVELOPMENT
OPPOSED BY MANY RESIDENTS
East Farewell – Local builder, James Manny, encountered a
surprising amount of resistance to his proposal for development of the old
Norwood Farm. The proposal called for leveling the site which consists of a 100
year old farm house, a barn that is thought to be at least 50 years old and
several associated buildings like a spring house and chicken coup. Manny has
purchased the farm from the last surviving Norwood, Richard. The Norwood family
owned the farm from before East Farewell was founded. The farm was primarily a
dairy farm for most of its existence but in the later years Richard’s father,
Abe, expanded to raising chickens. After Abe died in 1943 Richard and his wife
Helen were the only ones left to run the farm. Helen died in 1950 from
influenza and Richard was the only one left. He managed the farm for several
years but he finally sold to Manny in 1954. Richard expressed at the time that
he was just too old to run the farm effectively and wanted to move to a warmer
climate to spend the remained of his life. He was 86.
Once Manny
closed on the property he started to put together a complete overhaul of the
property. He envisioned several single family homes along with several
multi-family dwellings and even a strip of shops. The entire parcel is over 50
acres. When Manny presented the proposal to the Town Council for permits he
unexpectedly encountered a number of local citizens who expressed concern and
in some cases downright hostility towards the project. Most were concerned
about the density and others opposed the strip of shops that they said would
take business away from downtown. Others were concerned with the plans to raze
the farmhouse. The Town Council was caught off guard also and after the
numerous statements for the citizens they quickly put the proposal on hold
until more information could be gathered. Manny was visibly disappointed and
promised to talk to each concerned citizen individually and address each one of
their concerns. He will bring a new and improved proposal to the Council at a
future date.
SPORTS
TRAVELERS BACK ON THE ROAD
Riverview – The Travelers visited Riverview last weekend and
continued their winning ways with a fairly easy win over the Anglers, 6-2. Traveler’s
pitcher, Joey Alfred, made short work of the Anglers who are currently in the
cellar of the league standings. He pitched seven scoreless innings and only let
up a total four hits and two walks throughout the whole game. The Travelers started out quickly with three runs in the second inning and added two in the
fifth and finished off with one in the eighth. The Anglers were only able to
get on the board in the seventh and added one in the ninth.
Johnny Cloos
kept up his blazing hitting streak with two hits, one two run RBI in the second
and an out of the park smash in the eighth. The Travelers defense paired with
Alfred’s pinpoint pitching was top notch, turning three double plays to take
the league lead in that statistic. The Travelers also now lead the league in team
batting average and total strikeouts.
The Travelers are
back on the road at Corning next week and will try to avenge their loss from
two weeks ago. The game is another night game and begins at 7:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
CHINESE COMMIES LET 4 FLIERS GO
– ASCOTS ARE IN STYLE – US HAS 165 MILLION
Four American fliers released by
Communist China arrive at Hong Kong territory. The United States calls on Red
China to follow-up the release of four American fighter pilots by granting
freedom swiftly to 42 other Americans held behind the Bamboo Curtain.
Men are
turning to ascot scarves this year to add a dressy touch to open neck sport
shirts. Like a tie - you must tie an ascot. Wow - 8 million sports jackets were
sold last year compared to 700,000 in 1939.
The Census Bureau reports the U.S.
population has hit 165 million people.
