EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June 26,
1952 Vol. C367
LOCAL
NEWS
MAIN STREET SHUTDOWN SHOT DOWN
East
Farewell – There was a proposal at the last town council meeting that proposed
a shutdown of Main Street to traffic on the weekends during the summer. Max
Gardner proposed that from the last Friday in May until the first Friday in
September the traffic on Main Street be stopped and only pedestrians be allowed
to walk on the Main thoroughfare of East Farewell.
This would “enhance” the “quaintness” of the town and people could enjoy
strolling down the street without having to worry about traffic. Mr. Gardner’s
proposal was greeted with a stunned silence. “You mean you want to close down
Main Street over the entire weekend so people could walk around? Isn’t that why
we have sidewalks?” asked councilmember Frank Doyle.
Finally Tom Connelly, council president,
said, “That has to be one of the dumbest ideas you have ever come up with. And
you have you had some bad ideas! We can’t close down Main Street. Where would
we send traffic? There is only one street through town. Lakeshore
Drive is not a useable bypass and the side streets don’t go through. Max,
you did not give this one a lot of thought.”
“Well, I see your point,” replied
Mr. Gardner, sheepishly, “I didn’t take reroute problem into account. All I was
trying to propose was some way to make the town more pedestrian friendly. The
town is starting to attract a lot of vacationers and we are going to have to
make some
adjustments during the summers.”
The meeting progressed with each
councilman giving his opinion and there was a resounding “no” response to the
proposal. “I think we should look at controlling the traffic more than trying
to divert it,” said Bill O’Hara, “Maybe we should be looking at placing a
traffic light at the intersection of Main and Lakeshore Drive. That would do
more in the long run and as there is more traffic it would help control it.”
There was more discussion on putting
in a traffic light and the meeting ended with a motion to study a the price and
labor costs of installing a traffic light on the corner of Lakeshore Drive and
Main Street. The motion was seconded by Max Gardner.
Main Street at night
SPORTS
TRAVELERS STAY HOT IN ONDITA
Ondita – The Travelers rolled into Ondita riding on
a 4 game winning streak and rolled out with a 5 game winning streak. They
downed the Cougars 3-2. The Travelers did not show the explosive offense they
had in the last two games but they did score enough runs to win. Billy Green
was on the mound for the Travelers and Chuck Hayes was the Cougars pitcher. The
game turned out to be essentially a pitcher’s duel where both pitchers only let
up 8 hits collectively. They also walked 4 each and there were no errors on
either side.
Green
kept the Cougars off the scoreboard for the first six innings. He only let up
the first run with 2 of his 4 hits and one of his 2 walks in the sixth allowing
Frankie Guthrie to score. Green’s only other slip up was a poorly placed
fastball in the ninth letting Billy Wilson clobber it out of the park.
Unflustered, Green proceeded to strike out the last two Cougars and win the
game.
The
Travelers did not fare much better on offense. They did strike earlier by
scoring a run in the fourth with two hits by Bobby Watson and Johnny Cloos.
Cloos hit a double to scored Watson. The Travelers were then kept quiet until
the seventh when Billy Sweet and Artie Archibald were able to get on base,
Sweet with a single and Archibald with a walk. Francis struck out but Dale
Dunham hit a 3-2 fastball into the gap between right and center and it rolled
to the wall. Both Sweet and Archibald scored and that turned out to be all the
Travelers needed. It wasn’t a high powered win like the past two but it was a
win and that was fine.
The
Travelers move onto Bedford next week and take on the Bears. In a league
scheduling change the Travelers will be the home team. This is due to the fact
that the Travelers don’t have a home stadium and have to play every game away.
The league made some changes to the schedule to accommodate this oddity and
listed certain games as Traveler home game even though they are play in a
visitors ballpark. Hopefully, this “homeless” situation will be resolved soon
and the Travelers will have a home again.
NATIONAL NEWS
TRUMAN DEDICATES USS NAUTILUS – DO WE HAVE
AN H-BOMB? - EAST GERMANS PROTEST
COMMIES – ALLIES PUSH BACK REDS IN KOREA – DEFENSE POSITIONS DEFINED – DECCA
TAKES OVER UNIVERSAL – BERGMAN GIVES BITH TO TWINS – COSTELLO FINED – AT THE
MOVIES
President Truman dedicates the nation’s first atomic-powered submarine at Groton – The USS Nautilus. Truman declared only Soviet Russia stands in the way of the development of atomic energy to provide power for business, farms and homes everywhere. He disclosed that a full-sized, working atomic engine – a self-contained power plant able to run almost indefinitely without refueling – is nearly complete.
Do we really have it? - Senator Brien McMahon proposes the manufacture of 1000 or more “hydrogen weapons” in what appeared by many to be a plain indication the United States has solved the secret of the fearsome H-bomb.
East Germans fight Communist police and soldiers with hatchets, hoes and scythes in nine-border communities in the first major open resistance against forced evacuation from the 600-mile border zone no man’s land.
Korea – Allied troops throw back a heavy Chinese Communist assault west of Chorwon on the western front killing or wounding more than 600 Reds in close quarter fighting.
American raises its guard higher against a Russian attack as the Army moves antiaircraft batteries into defense positions around certain strategic targets.
Decca Records takes complete control of Universal Pictures with the purchase of 134,375 shares of common stock.
In Rome - Ingrid Bergman gives birth to twin girls – named Isabel and Ingrid.
Lou Costello is fined $150 for drunk driving in Los Angeles. He was caught weaving along Ventura Blvd and then striking a parked car.
At
the movies –
Pat and Mike – Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
Clash By Night – Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert
Ryan, Marilyn Monroe
Diplomatic Courier – Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal,
Stephen McNally, Hildigarde Neff
Skirts Ahoy – Esther Williams
To Have and Have Not – Humphrey Bogart, Lauren
Bacall
Lovely To Look At – Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
