EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
26, 1951 Vol. C306
LOCAL
NEWS
MORE FOLKS MOVING IN
East
Farewell – People are moving out of the cities and into the suburbs. That is a
well-documented fact. What is not making as much news is the exodus from the
big cities to the small towns. Many people are leaving the “concrete jungles”
for the open sidewalks and less traffic of the small towns in the US. East
Farewell is a perfect example. Since June of last year the town has seen
unprecedented growth mostly folks from large cities. This change is quite a
turnaround from just five years ago. Before and during the war there was a
marked increase of people moving from the farms to the cities for more
opportunity but after the war with all the returning soldiers people started to
look for more open space and many longed for the small town community.
“We have seen a big increase in the
town’s population in just the last six months,” said Town Council President Tom
Connelly, during a press conference, “That’s great for the town if you look at
tax revenues like I do, but it is also good because we are getting a lot of
great people who want
to be a part of this wonderful town and really want to add to the fabric of
this great town.”
“I
just love having people come into town and visit and some even stay in my
place,” Mrs.
Mallard added. She is a Town Council member and was at the same press
conference. “I just think that as the town gets a little bigger we are getting
a lot better.”
Not everyone is thrilled with the dramatic
increase in town population. Dwayne Watson was at the press conference to state
his discomfort with the influx. “I have been here for ten years and I came here
because it was a simple, small town. I don’t like this trend. More
people mean more problems. They are going to bring their big city ways and
all their big city problems. This is going to wreck this town and with the
amount of people coming in it is going to be sooner than later.”
Mr. Watson’s view is not the most
popular view but he does represent a fair number the town’s residents. So this
“population boom” in town will have many more stories down the road. What is
sure, though, is that East Farewell is growing and there does not seem to be
any stopping it right now.
Anyone who arrives by train
see this sign first
SPORTS
TRAVELERS SQUEAK BY COUGARS
Ondita – The Ondita Cougars came to their ballfield
on Saturday intent on winning their second game of the season but the Travelers
had the same idea. Something had to give. The Cougars pitcher, Billy Green, was
sharp as was Cougar’s pitcher, Milt Rollins. Both were perfect for the first
three innings, not allowing a batter to reach base. Both struck out seven and
the only time the batters were able to connect they grounded out. The defensive
battle looked like it was going to make for a very short game but in the fourth
Cougars first baseman, Jerry Doyle, was able to squeeze a hit through the
middle and then the Cougars big bat, Jose Gala, came up. Green had already
struck him out once on all fastballs but this time he tried a curveball. That
was a mistake, whether Gala was expecting it or not he got ahold of the slow
breaking curve and drove it out of the park. The Cougar fans loved it. Green
buckled down after that and struck out the rest of the side. The damage was
done, though, and the Cougars took their 2-0 lead into the eighth inning.
In the eighth inning the Travelers were finally
able to break Rollins no-hitter when Arty Archibald smacked a double into
center field. He was moved to third when Billy Sweet laid down a very nice
sacrifice bunt. Unfortunately, Billy green struck out to end the inning and
strand both runners. The Travelers had cracked Rollins code though and in the
ninth after Ralph Francis hit a long fly out to right Dale Dunham came up and
poked a solid single past Doyle. Bobby Watson came up and hit a solid double to
the left field wall. Dunham was held at third and young Johnny Cloos came to
the plate. Rollins had struck out Cloos in the first and he had grounded out in
the sixth. Rollins seemed a little rattled after the earlier hits but he was
confident against Cloos. He delivered two fastballs right off. Cloos bit on
both but was unable to connect. Rollins changed things up and tried two curves,
both missed. He then came back with a fastball that Cloos fouled off. He tried
another curveball that missed. With a 3-2 count and his curveball not working,
Rollins went back to his fastball but Cloos was waiting. Johnny Cloos laid into
the low and outside fastball and drove it way out of Ondita field for his first
homer of the season. That put the Travelers up 3-2 and only three outs to go.
Billy Green came on in the bottom of the ninth and gave up a single to Franks.
He struck out Rollins and then Green jammed leadoff batter, Donny Tasker and
forced him to hit into a double play to end the game. The Travelers were able
to squeak by the Cougars, 3-2 and stay perfect on the season.
The
Travelers travel to Bedford next week and expect another tough game. The Bears
gave the Travelers fits last season, winning 3 out of the four games they
played. The game will be the first evening game for the Travelers this season
and will begin at 7:30PM in the Bedford Ballpark.
NATIONAL NEWS
MACARTHUR DRAWS FANS EVERYWHERE – MANTLE BLASTS HOMERS – FCC REPORT SAYS
RADIO STILL DOING WELL – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK -
General MacArthur is given a hero’s welcome everywhere he stops. In San Francisco, more than 500,000 wildly cheering, milling people give the home-coming hero one of the greatest receptions in the city’s history. In Washington he was given another roaring reception. The General also addressed Congress, where he defended his entire Far Eastern strategy in a dramatic speech, asserting that he had believed his views were fully shared by “our own Joint Chiefs of Staff.” The President was not present... The President said in removing MacArthur from his Far Eastern commands last week that MacArthur was unable to support wholeheartedly the policies laid down by the United Nations and United States for conducting the Korean War. Later, the President declared the policies advocated by MacArthur carried a grave risk of World War III. In New York more than one million people turned out to celebrate his homecoming. The General and his wife left New York 14 years ago and it’s the first time they’ve been back.
Mickey Mantle, sensational New York Yankee rookie, hits a home run and three singles in a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Shortly before the game, the Yanks said they had bought the contracts of Mantle and Pitcher Frank Shea from their Kansas City American Association team.
A much-anticipated FCC report on 1950 radio broadcast business, which was expected to show the impact of TV on AM radio stations, shows no such thing. 421 radio stations in operation two or more years in TV markets increased their revenues in 1950 by 7% while the 1,315 established radio stations in non-TV markets upped their volume by 10%. This is amazing considering TV broadcast business tripled from 1949-1950.
Pop music this week in 1951 -
IF
- Perry Como
BE
MY LOVE - Mario Lanza
YOU’RE
JUST IN LOVE - Perry Como
MOCKIN’
BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford
ABA
DABA HONEYMOON – Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter
WOULD
I LOVE YOU (LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU) - Patti Page
MY
HEART CRIES FOR YOU – Guy Mitchell/Dinah Shore/
BEAUTIFUL
BROWN EYES – Rosemary Clooney
SPARROW
IN THE TREE TOP – Guy Mitchell
BRING
BACK THE THRILL – Eddie Fisher
A
PENNY A KISS - Tony Martin & Dinah Shore
IT IS NO SECRET - Bill Kenny & Song Spinners
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
