EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, September
18, 1952 Vol. C111
LOCAL
NEWS
HIGHWAY TO BYPASS EAST
FAREWELL
DEPARTMENT MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
IN CAPITOL
East
Farewell- In a stunning and completely unexpected announcement the Highway
Department announced that the new Interstate will bypass East Farewell. There will be exits placed near Bedford to
the west and near Slate Mountain to the east.
“We can’t imagine the thinking behind the decision and we plan to
approach the Department to discuss this obvious oversight. Hopefully, it is just a misunderstanding by
the engineering department. To leave us
off the map would indeed be huge miscalculation in the plan for interstate
transportation,” said Tom Conally, Town Council President.
Department
spokesman, Sam Clearfield, said the placements of exits on the Interstate were
determined by several factors. Mileage,
topography and availability of easement space were among the main determining
factors in the placement. There was no
intended snub or purposeful omission in East Farewell’s case, he said during an
interview at the announcement ceremony. Other
towns have along the proposed route have been slated for bypass but none had
the recognition of East Farewell. Some
other towns expressed relief that they were not on the interchange list. Making the list would almost assuredly
increase the traffic
and congestion, along with increase in business. Some smaller towns felt the increase in
business was not worth the increased congestion and traffic.
“I don’t think
this will have any impact on us,” Mrs. Mallard, local
landlady, commented to the Reporter’s local scribe. “The town really doesn’t get much automobile traffic
anyway. Most of our visitors come by
train and all the business that goes to the Iron Works comes and goes through
the railroad. Now, if the railroad were
to close down, that would have a big impact on us. But that is never going to happen, not in
this lifetime.”
East Farewell
has benefited greatly from the Keystone Railroad; it could be argued that the
railroad is the only reason that the town is where it is at all. While it is true that the mighty Keystone was
instrumental in the formation of the town, the town has grown beyond the
influence of the railroad with the growth of the Iron Works and the development
of Lake Charles. There seems to be an
overall consensus in town that the bypass by the highway will not have any
significant impact on the town.
Artistic
rendition of proposed interchange
SPORTS
CLOOS HURT!
MAY BE OUT FOR THE REST OF THE
SEASON
Corning- Johnny Cloos, Traveler’s star outfielder
and league leader in homeruns, was hit on the wrist by a high, inside fastball
in the sixth inning of Sunday’s loss to Corning. He had to leave the game after he was found
he could not get his glove on due to swelling in his left hand. Tests showed his wrist was fractured and he
will most likely be out for the rest of the season. Cloos held a commanding lead in homeruns,
seven ahead of Billy Pratt from Cedar Creek.
He would periodically put on long ball displays during batting practices
that would usually carry over into the games.
Three times this season he hit two homeruns in one game and one
spectacular day he hit three. His loss
in the lineup will undoubtedly have an effect on the Travelers scoring as well
as their defense. Cloos is a rock-steady
centerfielder who has great range and a tremendous arm. Luckily for the Travelers there are only have
12 games left and although they lost both games to CGW, they still hold a two
game lead over CGW.
The
losses were the first back to back “L’s” in two months. The first was a 6-5 heartbreaker Sunday, when
the injury occurred. The Traveler’s were
leading in the fifth and then once the injury occurred, the pep seemed to leave
the team. They were unable to generate
any offense and a critical error by Bobby Watson probably cost them the
game. In the second game they were
soundly trounced 7-1. The locker room
was a gloomy place after the second game it was announced that Cloos would be
out for the season. It will be a real
display of team character and courage to overcome this setback.
The
Travelers visit Cedar Creek for two games next week and they will face the combined
threat of both Billy Pratt and George O’Hanlon, their ace pitcher. Slate Mountain is currently cruising on a
four game winning streak and sits in third place behind the Travelers and
CGW. Joe Nagy and Danny Lane are listed as starting
pitchers for East Farewell.
BASKETBALL TALKS CONTINUE
TEAM VERY LIKELY TO LAND IN
EAST FAREWELL
East Farewell- Talks are moving
quickly on the finishing the agreement to bring a basketball team to East
Farewell. Joe Lendel hopes to have a
signed agreement within the month that will locate a basketball team that will
play in the Central League. The team
will be made up from outstanding graduates from colleges and universities along
with a draft from existing teams in the league.
Each team will have to make available three members for the draft.
“This
is a very exciting time for the town,” said Lendel in a news conference
Monday. He said he expects to make
arrangements to actually play games in the Civic Auditorium. The Auditorium will require some
modifications to handle the games. A
scoreboard will be needed and new seats will have to be put in. All the expected adjustments can be completed
before the season begins. Most of the
local townspeople are in favor of and quite excited about the upcoming season.
NATIONAL NEWS
NIXON EXPLAINS FINANCES TO
NATION – IKE TO USE FBI TO ROOT OUT CROOKS
Washington- Gen. Eisenhower says he
wants more information before deciding whether to try to find a replacement for
the Vice-Presidential nominee on the Republican campaign ticket. Eisenhower is
not entirely convinced there was nothing improper in Nixon’s allowing 76 Southern California admirers to kick in $18,235 toward
asserted official expenses during his first 18 months in the upper chamber of
Congress
Sen. Richard
Nixon bares the entire personal financial history of his political career over
national radio and television. His sincerity loosed a rising flood of
telegrams. Many say his baring of personal finances was unprecedented in
political history and he spared himself nothing. He did reveal his $18,000+
expense fund was morally wrong. After the broadcast, telegrams pour into Washington in response
to Mr. Nixon’s TV-radio appeal that people help the Republican National
Committee decide whether to keep him as the GOP Vice-Presidential candidate.
Many used the telephone.
Declaring
his colleague has been “completely vindicated,” Gen. Eisenhower tells a crowd
that he will go forward with Richard Nixon.
Gen. Eisenhower pledged he would use the FBI and other investigating
agencies to root crooks and traitors out of government as a first order of
business in a republican administration.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
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