9/1/1955

Posted on September 4, 2014 by jdcarrollmusic

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

Thursday, September 1, 1955   Vol. C765

LOCAL NEWS

BOBBY JONES AND FRIENDS SURPRISE VISIT TO CLUB

East Farewell – The town was buzzing all week with excitement when golfing greats, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead and Ben Hogan showed up to inspect the new municipal golf links. The links have been officially open since June and Jones, who helped design the course, came into town to participate in the official naming ceremony. The ceremony took place on Saturday and the new name is the one that everyone had been calling it since it opened, Reese Farm Links. Jones’ pals, Snead and Hogan showed up for the fun and to shoot a round, Jones has long retired but did take a few swings to the great appreciation of his fans. The entire visit was unannounced and not publicized on purpose. Astonished golfers almost dropped their clubs when the three cued up at the first tee. The foursome in front of them asked if they would like to go ahead and defending Masters Tournament winner, Snead, graciously declined thrilling the foursome. The three walked the course and leisurely played a few holes. Jones pointed out his contributions to the course which was mainly designed by Robert Trent Lewis who was unable to attend due to a previous commitment.

After the three returned to the clubhouse the short naming ceremony took place. The main sign was unveiled and the three stars posed for a picture. They stayed and dined at the clubhouse. It was rumored that they stayed in Mrs. Mallard’s boarding house for the weekend but Mallard was uncharacteristically mum about her guests and whether or not they stay there. Later in the week they were seen walking and shopping on Main Street and dining in local restaurants like the Lost Oasis. The three said they expected to stay for the upcoming Music, Art & Country Fair coming next week. The Fair has grown enormously in its size and notability, so much so that it is bringing in huge celebrities like Golfers Big Three.

Snead,Jones,Hogan, clubhouse 1955

Sam Snead, Bobby Jones & Ben Hogan in front of the Clubhouse

 

SPORTS

TRAVELER GO OUT ON A LEDGE AT SLATE MOUNTAIN

Slate Mountain – Traveler’s leftfielder Billy Sweet went all the way over the fence to make the play on Saturday night, twice. Sweet’s acrobatics helped the Travelers stop a Slate Mountain team that was on its way to moving into first place in the league standings. In the fourth inning Sweet took off after a long fly by Miners slugger, Louis Richards that looked like a homerun. Sweet tracked the ball to the fence then climbed the fence with a single leap, stuck his glove over the top and grabbed the ball stealing the dinger from Richards and ending a Miners scoring threat. Then in the ninth Sweet did it again. This time it was Miners catcher, Joe Bean smashing a long drive right towards the left field fence but Sweet got a good jump on it, tracked it to the fence and without stopping leap with one leg out, scaled the fence half way, stuck his glove over the fence and made the grab to the total astonishment of the entire crowd, both teams and end the game. The Travelers won 5-4. The catches were both game saving catches and stuff that keep people in the stands and talking about the games long after they are over.

            The Travelers took an early lead in the second with singles by Archibald and Green and a nice hit into the corner by Alfred driving in both Archibald and Green. Then in the seventh Francis, Dunham and Watson loaded the bases for Johnny Cloos. Johnny was up to the task, he seems to revel in pressure situations. The count went dramatically to 2-2 and Miners pitcher, Jones threw what may have been strike three but was a little low, but that is where Cloos likes them. He drove the ball to the right field fence scoring all three swift runners.

            The Miners did not roll over, they played a very tough game scoring two in the fifth, one in the sixth and one in the eighth. They had two men on in the ninth when Sweet made his spectacular catch. The Miners had won four in a row up until Saturday and had moved into second place behind the Travelers. Since the Travelers had lost three of their last four the stats were very close and a win would have pushed the Miners into the league lead. The Travelers were able to bring it all back and play an excellent game that included perhaps the most stupendous catches of the season.

            Due to a scheduling conflict in Corning the game that was originally scheduled to be played there will be moved to Travelers Park. This will be a pleasant addition to the 10th Annual Music, Arts & Coutry Fair that is taking place in East Farewell next week.

 NATIONAL NEWS

IKE TO RUN AGAIN – SABRE SETS SPEED RECORD – BRIT DOCS BUY WARTS – KINER TO RETIRE – MUSIC THIS WEEK

Vice-President Nixon says those closest to President Eisenhower and the overwhelming majority of Republican leaders throughout the country are more optimistic than ever the he will run for re-election.

 

The Air Force announces that a North American F-100C Super Sabre set the world’s first official supersonic speed record over the Mojave Desert in August at 822.135mph.

 

Two British doctors say they cured children’s warts by “buying” them for a few pennies each and telling the children the blemishes would soon disappear. And believe it or not, Dr D.G. Aiken reports in the medical magazine “The Practitioner,” they really do disappear.” “The result has been quite astounding. Although I have not kept complete records, successful response has been founding over 60%of the cases. I usually offer sixpence (7cents) for the largest wart of a group and tell the child the clearance will take three weeks.”

 

In sports, Cleveland Indian outfielder Ralph Kiner (33), one of baseball’s greatest sluggers says he will retire after this season. Kiner has been having trouble with his back and legs. He’s lost the swing and power that kept him at the top of the National League in home-run hitting during seven seasons – ‘46-’52.

 

Pop music this week – “The Yellow Rose Of Texas’ – Mitch Miller, “Rock Around The Clock” – Bill Hailey, “Ain’t That Ashame” – Pat Boone, “Maybellene” – Chuck Berry, “The Longest Walk” – Jaye P. Morgan, “Hummingbird” – Les Paul & Mary Ford, “Ain’t That Ashame” – Fat’s Domino, “The House Of Blue Lights – Chuck Miller

 

About jdcarrollmusic

JD Carroll has been writing music since before paper was invented. Originally, he carved his lyrics into wood tree limbs and etched them onto slabs of soft stone. This was a durable but extremely time consuming way to record his music. Unfortunately, most of his early writings were destroyed in the second apocalypse. Luckily, his music had become very popular within the Neanderthal community and was held in great esteem by that promising species. It was passed along though word of mouth for centuries; it evolved as it was passed down from generation to generation. Somewhere in the past his music crossed over to the homo-sapiens and moved on into the more modern world. When his good friend, Johannes Gutenberg, started fooling around with his new printing press JD suggested to Johannes that he turn out some of JD's music to test the usefulness and practicality of the new gadget. Much to JD's dismay, Gutenberg decided to go with the money and print Bibles instead. This caused a major riff in their relationship which still resonates today. Some slights are hard to get over. It is rumored but not substantiated that JD was working with Ludwig Von Beethoven on the "Ode to Joy" and JD suggested he change the name to "Come on People, Lets Get Happy" but Ludwig thought the name was a little too long. Everyone is thankful. As the industrial revolution took hold JD found himself palling around with Charles Dickens. It was at one of their late night, cigar chomping, whiskey drinking gabfests that Charles mentioned he was looking for a career change. That Counting House thing was not working out for him. JD suggested that he try writing. Maybe something involving social reform. The possibility of serializing was discussed. Maybe even a short story about some mean old guy who finds redemption through a dream or something. Dickens found great success soon after and helped JD move to America. JD landed in Menlo Park working in Edison's Lab when he mentioned to Tom that a wax cylinder might work better than Tom's original leather cylinder in the early prototypes of Tom's phonograph. He also tried to get Tom to record "My Father's Son" instead of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" as his first recording. Tommy stuck with "Mary" and the rest is history. During the 1950's JD moved to East Farewell and wrote the album of the same name. His experiences there shaped his later work. While working with the Everston Brothers, JD mentioned perhaps if they tried some tight harmonies and shortened their name they may have better luck with the rock & roll genre that was starting to take hold. Felice and Boudleauxl would always laugh about the time JD and his girlfriend, Kathy, fell asleep in the movies and were scared her parents would think something was going on. They even wrote a tune about it but changed her name to Suzy to protect Kathy's reputation. East Farewell was a small town, words spread quickly. As the 1960's and 70's came around JD moved to outside Philadelphia, PA and worked on refining his sound and learning to record his music on analog tape. He produced the vinyl 45 "I Can Make You Smile" b/w "Brand New Lover." Both received lots of play on juke boxes all over the city. In the new millennium, as this Internet fad thing took hold, JD has been re-recording his music into the MP3 format and has made it available to all on this site and at www.creativeventuresmusic.com. as well as on I-Tunes, TuneCore, Jango and CD-Baby. Check it out, enjoy.
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