9/11/1952

Posted on September 15, 2022 by jdcarrollmusic

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

Thursday, September 11, 1952   Vol. C109

LOCAL NEWS

SCHOOL STARTS FOR AREA STUDENTS

            Regional Area High School began classes this week.  Classes commenced for all grades on Monday at 8:00 AM.  Seniors in the High School will be the first class to graduate from the new school building.  The building was completed over the summer and finishing touches are being completed even as classes are in session.  The building cost is estimated to be over $75,000.00, an overrun of $15,000.00 from the original estimate.  While the cost overruns are substantial the new structure is state of the art and by every account beautiful.  The sports field and track is a show piece for the town.  “The field is a complete sports complex,” said Coach Hass, ”Not only is there a complete football with extended end zones, there is a baseball field tucked into the corner with a full half mile track around the outside.  There are field event pits and even a steeplechase pool for that track event.”

            The school also boasts of a new gymnasium and library that has brand new editions of many of the classics.  A new intercom system is one of the futuristic technical additions to the school.  Each classroom is tied directly to the main office and each room has the ability to make school-wide announcements by using a secret code to access the feature.  Other features are a complete printing and copying center along with advanced lighting and sound systems in the auditorium.

            “This is very exciting from a teacher’s point of view, we all feel we have an opportunity to help our students learn and really shine now,” said teacher Bernadette Munson.  An informal poll of the teaching staff echoed Munson’s feelings. The school has always been a center of the community and now, as new doors welcome eager student and capable faculty it will continue to shine as a beacon of intelligence and integrity across the region.

New Regional High School

 SPORTS

TRAVELERS TIGHTEN GRIP ON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

FOR SECOND TIME

With only three weeks left in the season, the Travelers have all but sealed a second championship in the Eastern North League.  Barring a complete collapse the team should easily end the season with an outstanding overall winning percentage somewhere around 67%.  The recent 12 game winning streak coupled with an early season starting streak of 14-2 has let the Travelers rule the league throughout the season.  They currently lead the league by four games over the Corning Glass Works.  They play CGW this weekend and finish the season against them at the end of the month.

The game Sunday saw the Travelers prevail over an outmatched Riverview team, 9-2.  The start of the game was delayed by rain for one hour but the fans were not disturbed by the rain.  The Riverview Fair was taking place on the fairgrounds next to the field.  Most of the fans waited out the rain in the RiverBrew Holiday Tent in the fairgrounds.  The tent was an enormous “Oktoberfest” style structure sponsored by RiverBrew Brewery and offered locally brewed beer and local food.  By the time the game started the crowd was sufficiently lubricated the take the loss with fairly good cheer.  A good number were even cheering for the Travelers by the end of the game.

Billy Green pitched very well allowing only two hits in the first four innings while the offense pummeled Riverview starter, Jimmy Holt for five runs in the first and three runs in the second.  He settled down in the third but the damage was done.  He allowed one more score, another blast by Johnny Cloos, in the eighth.  The Riverview nine were able to ruin Green’s shutout by scoring 2 in the ninth.  The scoring fest started in the first with the first and second batters, Francis and Dunham, both singled.  Watson drove in Francis with a single to right.  Cloos stuck out but Dimero hit a double that scored Dunham and Watson.  Joey Brown grounded out to second but advanced Dimero.  Art Archibald walked and then “Little” Billy Sweet drove both Dimero and Archibald home with a sure thing triple that was commuted to a ground rule double when an overzealous fan leaned out of the stands, fell onto the field and grabbed the ball as a souvenir.  He then jumped back into the stands and celebrated for the rest of the game.  It was assumed the fan had spent a lot of time in the RiverBrew tent.  Green struck out to end the inning.

The second inning started where the first left off.  Francis and Dunham both singled again and this time Watson drove them both home with a double to center.  Dimero advanced Watson on a sacrifice fly to right.  Joey Brown grounded to first but Art Archibald was able to sneak one through the middle to score Watson.  Sweet grounded out to end the inning.

That was the end of the Travelers fireworks until Johnny Cloos hit his 32nd homer in the eighth.  This win almost secures a championship for the Travelers.  This would their second in the young decade but it is unusual because the Travelers did not have a home ball park this year.  Since the stadium burned down in 1950 the Travelers have literally lived up to their name by playing only away games.  The close proximity of the other teams allowed some games to be “called” home games although they were played in an opponent’s home field.  If the Travelers indeed win the championship the drive to rebuild the stadium will be greatly accelerated.

 NATIONAL NEWS

STEVENSON SPEAKS OUT IN ALBUQUERQUE – IKE AGAINST SOCALIZED MEDICINE AND SWINGS THRU MIDWEST– MCCARTHY WINS IN WISCONSON

In Albuquerque, Gov. Adlai Stevenson declares that as President, he would direct federal agencies to deal “sternly and mercilessly” with Communist conspirators. In California – Gov Adlai Stevenson tells a capacity crowd the Republican Party is the “party of fear” and that only the Democrats can lead the nation to a realization of the promise of the future

In New York – Gen. Eisenhower speaks out against Socialized medicine, as leading toward “assembly-line treatment” of patients.  Republicans claim that Sen. McCarthy’s thumping victory in the Wisconsin primary pulls the rug from under the Democrats on the issue of “McCarthyism.”  The controversial author of Communist-in-government charges was one of a group of Truman administration foes to rack up wins in eight State primaries.  In St. Paul, Gen Eisenhower winds-up the first phase of his Midwest whistle stop tour by accusing the Democratic administration of “frittering away” the peace gained on the battlefields.

Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.

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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