EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, September
12, 1957 Vol. C637
LOCAL
NEWS
SCHOOL IS OPEN IN EAST
FAREWELL
East Farewell - All Regional School District schools opened for
the 1957-58 school year on Monday and everyone got right into the swing of
things. For the youngest it was the scariest day of the year as they let go of
their mother’s hand and head into class for the first time. For the seniors it
was the beginning of the biggest year of their lives, so far. For all the other
students it was getting back together with friends and excitement of learning
new things. The teachers were excited, too. The school system added teachers in
grades 2, 3, 7 & 8 to cover the expanded enrollment. The senior class this
year is the largest in school history with a total of 199 up a whopping 26 from
last year. The senior class size it expected to increase each year for the foreseeable
future so the record will probably be short lived.
The beginning
of classes can only mean the football season is soon to follow. The Cougars
will take the field for their fall campaign beginning in three weeks against
their arch-rival, Slate Mountain. This year the team will be made up of mostly
underclassmen since legendary seniors, Mitch “Merc” McMaster, Davey Wilson,
Will “Tank” Brown and Pat McKean all graduated after leading the team to its
second league title in four years. Quarterback, Bill Dolan, now a senior thinks
this year’s team has a lot going for it. “We have some seniors this year, Billy
Reilly is in the backfield with me and I have Richie McGee out there on tight
end. We also have some up and coming underclassmen who I think will really be
OK once we get started.”
This year the
students are being offered a variety of new classes. In the mathematics
department a senior class in trigonometry is being offered for the first time
to the highest performing students. In the English department a new course in
poetry and poetic history is being offered to a select group of talented and
expressive students. Finally, in the Science Department a course in advance
physics will be offered to college bound seniors. All the students attended a welcome
ceremony in each school to officially open the school year and start the
academic year off right.
1957 6th
Grade Regional Junior High School Class
SPORTS
TRAVELERS MAKE YOUNGSTOWN FEEL OLD
Youngstown – The Travelers are going to make a run for the title
as the season winds down and they started in Youngstown. The Youngstown
Steelers are finishing a rebuilding year this season and have been hard pressed
to find wins. Saturday was no exception. The Travelers came into town with bats
a-swinging and handed the Steelers their 23rd loss with a strong
win, 8-4. The Travelers did not waste any time in getting the scoring started
with two runs in the first thanks to a leadoff double by Ralph Francis followed
by a sacrifice bunt by Dunham to move him over to third. Bobby Watson then
poked a single into center to bring Francis home. Johnny Cloos was able to move Watson over to
second on a very long sacrifice fly to right. The drive backed right fielder,
Juan Diego right up to the fence and he was able to make a leaping catch to
keep the ball in the park and keep Watson on the base path. But Tony Dimero
picked right up where Cloos left off and punched a hit into right in front of
Diego, scoring Watson. After the first Steelers pitcher, Eddy Jordan, was able
to settle down and get through the next three innings without any trouble. On
the Steelers offensive side they were able to get the fans into the game in the
fourth with three doubles and a two run blast by Leo Williams to put the
Steelers in the lead, 4-2. The lead only lasted for two innings though, in the
bottom of the sixth the Travelers got back on track and were able to tie the
game and in the eighth they broke it open with a grand slam by Billy Sweet. It
was Sweet’s first career slam and he rounded the bases with his arms raised.
Even the local crowd applauded, begrudgingly but applauded never the less.
With the win
the Travelers moved closer to the first place Slate Mountain, as the Miners
lost their game on Saturday. If the Travelers win the rest of their games and
the Miners lose two out of three the Travelers will tie the Miners for the
league championship. Next week will pretty much decide the season as the
Travelers visit Slate Mountain in an evening game that will begin at 7:05 in
Slate Mountain Park. If the Travelers win the season goes on to the next week,
if they lose the Miners clinch the title. Either way the Travelers will finish
the season at home facing Erie in the evening.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE WARNS RUSSIA ON SYRIA – IKE SIGNS CIVIL
RIGHTS BILL – INTEGRATION TROUBLE DOWN SOUTH – ROCKEFELLER OFFER TO BUILD
DODGERS A STADIUM – ELVIS’ BAND QUITS
President Eisenhower bluntly warns the
Soviet Union not to “push Syria into any acts of aggression against her
neighbors.” U.S. Globemasters and Flying
Boxcars begin an airlift of arms to Jordan to buttress the Arab kingdom against
any threat from Syria’s leftist-commanded army.
President Eisenhower signs the civil rights bill against a background of actual or threatened violence over school
integration in southern cities. The civil rights bill - first if its kind to be
passed by Congress since Reconstruction days – is mainly designed to protect
voting rights. But in some aspects, it deals with discrimination against
Negroes and minority groups in general.
The Eisenhower administration pledges swift action to carry out a
Federal court order aimed at achieving school integration in Little Rock. The
administration made the pledge shortly after a Federal judge in Little Rock
ordered the filing of a petition to block Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus use of
State troops to bar Negro pupils from Central High School. Gov. Orval Faubus declares, “I sincerely hope
no one gets shot” if federal authorities try to crash through the National
Guard lines he set up at integration-torn Central High School.
White men on anti-integration patrol at
a Birmingham high school maul a Negro minister when he attempted to enroll
several Negro children. The Rev. F.L. Shuttlesworth suffered cuts and bruises
but apparently no severe injuries when slugged by what his wife Ruby said were
chains and brass knuckles.
Armed National Guardsmen pull back from
gates of the governor’s mansion long enough for Gov. Orval Faubus to be
summoned to court in 10 days and answer charges he is obstructing racial
integration.
Gov Faubus asks President Eisenhower
for a personal meeting on the Little Rock integration dispute and the President
agreed to see him later this week.
Nelson D. Rockefeller makes an offer to
help build the Dodgers a new stadium in downtown Brooklyn. The move is taking
many by surprise, but LA says it has not lost the fight to move the team there.
The two musicians who have been with
Elvis Presley since he began his singing career four years ago
have quit in a pay dispute. Bill Black and
Scotty Moore said Presley has been paying them $100
a week at home and $200 on the road plus $1000 Christmas bonus. They said they
had to pay their own expenses on the road. “Elvis is the star and we know it,”
said Moore. “I didn’t expect to get rich on this and I certainly don’t begrudge
him any of his success. But I did expect to make a good living for my family.”
(Black went to form the Bill Black combo and would have a number of hit
records).
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