EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, July 29,
1954 Vol. C474
LOCAL
NEWS
TREE TRIMMING FOR THE LAKE’S
HEALTH
East Farewell – A major program has gotten underway at the north
end of
Lake Charles. The area has many fallen trees clogging the flow of the lake
into the Big Bear River. This congestion has caused lake water to stagnate and
grow massive algae blooms. The lake is fed on the south side by the south fork
of the Big Bear and has always had a very slight current flowing. The trees
have fallen at the north end over the years and never caused any problem until
this year. There are so many trunks that a natural dam has been formed and the
flow has been blocked almost completely. Along with the algae and bad water the
water levels have raised enough to put some lakefront houses in peril. Many
docks have come close to losing their moorings and some beaches have disappeared.
Many residents use the lake water for their water source and are very concerned
about the stagnation.
Tom Connally,
Town Council President, has launched a program to clear out the debris and get
the water flowing again. The project, which is underway now, is lifting any
trunks that can be moved and carrying them to the side of the lake where they
are cut up and hauled away. Any trunks that are immovable, and there are many,
are cut in the water and hauled away. This is a fairly dangerous job and is
being overseen by State Forestry officials.
“We hope to
have this project completed by the end of August and everything back to normal.
The lake levels are already going down and the algae blooms are being broken up
by the foresters,” said Connally at a news conference on Tuesday.
“Many years
ago, we had a similar problem, but it was beavers that caused the back up,”
said Mrs.
Mallard during the discussion portion of the meeting, “I remember a group
of trappers made quick work of that colony. Then they blew up their dam. We
haven’t seen any beavers around here since.”
There is no
expectation that explosives will be needed for the current clearing project,
but Connally did not completely rule it out. “We will do whatever it takes to
get Lake Charles back to the pristine condition that we all know and love.”
Tree crew
works on removing debris from Lake Charles
SPORTS
TRAVELERS WIN 5th IN
A ROW - BEAT BEARS
Bedford – The Travelers kept their
win streak intact as they beat the Bears, 4-3, on Saturday night. Billy Green
took the mound and did a fine job, only allowing three runs on five hits and
three walks. Bears pitcher, Clyde DeCarlo, let in 4 runs, two homers by Cloos
and Dunham and one run scored on a throwing error by outfielder Tommy Maise.
The winning Traveler run was a double by Brown who stole third and a long
sacrifice fly by Arty Archibald that scored Brown.
The
Travelers have now won five in a row and are sitting second in the standings
behind Corning. They will take their winning streak to Corning next week and
face CGW for a chance to tie for the league lead. It looks like the Travelers
will have some good fortune on their side as CGW pitching ace, Bill” Smoke”
Black will not be on the mound due to a bruised hand. The Travelers will send
Joey Alfred to the mound. The game is a late afternoon game and will begin at
3:05 in Glass Works Park.
NATIONAL NEWS
LEVITT MADE BIG BUCKS ON LEVITTOWN – FELLER
TOSSES TWO HITTER, A’S STILL LEAD AL – GOBEL GETS HIS OWN SHOW
William J. Levitt, one of the builders of Levittown, Long Island tells Senate housing investigators that a profit of more than $5 million had been made on the sale of 4,028 homes in the development. The project was built with government –insured mortgages.
Cleveland’s Bob Feller tosses a two-hitter at the Philadelphia Athletics to win 6-0 and maintain the Indians’ slim American League lead.
George
Gobel, the young comedian who appeared last summer on “Saturday Night Revue”
will get his own show on NBC-TV beginning in October.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
