EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
7, 1957 Vol. C645
LOCAL
NEWS
NO ALIENS BUT LOTS OF GHOSTS
AND GOBLINS
East Farewell - Halloween night in East Farewell saw lots of
ghosts, ghouls and goblins but the only aliens seen were small children dressed
as extraterrestrial visitors. The streets of East Farewell were full on Halloween
night and many trick-or-treaters roamed in search of goodies from neighbors and
friends. Much of the talk around town in recent weeks has been centered on the
Russian satellite Sputnik. Many people have been tracking it on their radios
and attempting to see it in the evening sky with telescopes and binoculars. There
has been talk surrounding aliens and whether or not Sputnik would attract them
to earth. While this attitude was taken with a grain of salt by most of the
townspeople some folks were genuinely concerned. “You just don’t know what
those Commies are doing out there in space,” said a very concerned citizen who
declined to be named.
Halloween night was crisp
and clear and a full moon made for a wonderful evening of
trick-or-treating. Several groups of high school students took part in the
tradition of the “graveyard stroll” as they walked through the local cemetery
dressed in different degrees of scary costumes. This tradition was started
several years ago and caught on among the adolescent group. Parents strolled
down Main Street and Lakeshore Drive with a menagerie of young ghosts, goblins,
barnyard animals and a couple of cars and tanks. The shops and restaurants on
Main Street and Lakeshore Drive stayed open late to greet the crowds and some
gave out treats freely to the visitors.
Once again
Halloween night in East farewell was a wonderful experience. Thanks to the
beautiful weather and the full moon the atmosphere fit the holiday perfectly.
Goblins in the
graveyard 1957
SPORTS
COUGARS REBOUND AGAINST HAWKS
East Farewell- The Cougars were able to break their three game
losing streak by beating the Southport Hawks 28-14 on Saturday. While the Hawks
came into the game riding a two-game winning streak the
Cougars were suffering through a three-game losing streak where they had not
been able to combine a sustained offense with a stalwart defense. On Saturday
the Cougars came out with a new attitude and got back to basic football
fundamentals to score 4 times and hold the hard-driving Hawks to only two
scores.
The game
started with the Hawks receiving a Galloway kickoff all the way down on their
own 11 yard line. Hawks receiver, Joe Lester, was only able to return the ball
to the Hawks 20 yard line. Most of the Hawks offense has been through the air
and Saturday was no exception. Hawks quarterback, Bill Dunn, immediately went
to his favorite receiver, David McCain, for a 10 yard gain. The Cougars were
quick to adjust to the Hawks passing game and were able to stymie the attack at
Hawks 45 yard line. The Cougars took over on their own 17 yard line after a
line drive punt bounced away from receiver, Joey Neil, who had to run it down.
The Cougars wasted no time showing their new “basic football” look with three
straight runs by fullback, Robbie Blackman. Blackman easily made the first down
on the third run and quarterback Dolan went right back to the run using
Blackman as a fake and handed off to Neil who scampered for a nifty 39 yard run
right up the center. Dolan stayed with the run as he gave it to his favorite
workhorse, Blackman who slammed into the line and pushed a host of Hawks back
across the goal line for the Cougars first score. Galloway put the Cougars up
7-0. It was looking like the Cougars were in complete control of the game but
the Hawks were not going to let that happen. On the next kickoff Lester took a
low Galloway drive and was able to show his speed and agility bobbing and
weaving his way all the way down to the Cougars 35. Dunn then put on a short
aerial display that showed why the Hawks were on their winning streak. With
three passes to three different receivers he moved the ball to the one yard
line then with a quick snap and throw he got the Hawks on the board and the
half ended tied 7-7.
The second half
gave the Cougars the ball first and they were able to drive down to the Hawks
20 but in their one miscue of the game, an errant snap caused Galloway to miss
the field goal. The Hawks then flew down the field and set up their second
score with the screen to Lester. All of a sudden the Cougars looked like they
were in trouble but Coach Burkowitz called the team together during a timeout
and laid down the plan with great emphasis. That was what it took and the
Cougars came back on the field with one minute left in the third quarter Neil
took another line drive punt but this time fielded it cleanly and was able to
follow his blockers all the way down to the Hawks 15. Dolan wasted no time
faking to Blackman dropping back and tossing a short screen to his wide
receiver, Max O’Hara who scampered in for the score.
The fourth quarter was all Cougars as
they stopped the Hawks on every drive and were able to push them back on each
of their possessions. The last two Cougar positions ended with scores, one by
another bone-crushing run by Blackman and the other by a double reverse, wide
end run by Neil. The game ended with the Cougars convincingly on top, 28-14.
More importantly, the team came together and played as a unit, worked together
for a decisive win. “I think these boys are starting to get it. They are
finally playing as team and I think they are starting to understand the whole
team concept,” said Coach Burkowitz after the game. The Cougars stay home next
week as they celebrate their homecoming against the Sun City Eagles. The
festivities begin at 1 o’clock on the Regional High field. There will be a homecoming ceremony
that will crown the homecoming king and queen. There will also be a marching
band review.
NATIONAL NEWS
KHRUSHCHEV ON A ROLL BUT IT LOOKS LIKE LAIKA
DIED - IKE NAMES KILLIAN AS ‘SCIENCE CZAR’ – NAVY LOOKS FOR DOWNED AIRLINER –
IKE WARNS OF SPENDING INCREASE
Khrushchev is on a roll/Soviet
propaganda is on a high - and Khrushchev seems to be taking
advantage of every moment. An interesting article (this week) says he's using
the Sputnik flurry to deal blows in and out of Soviet Russia. The first - he
demoted and drove out of power Marshal Georgi Zhukov, victor of Moscow, Leningrad
and Stalingrad and conqueror of Berlin. The second, when he told the US that
our costly and far- flung air bases in north Africa, Spain and elsewhere are
practically worthless since the amazing soviet success in the field of guided
missiles. The result is the Western world seems to be stunned and confused. Soviet scientists close the book on
Sputnik II and it's presumed that
the little dog Laika has died. The satellite's two radio
transmitters are dead. In the meantime Sputnik II made six passes over the US.
Summit meeting in Moscow - Nikita
Khrushchev and Mao Tse-tung, the two top men in world Communism, make a
double-barreled attack on the United States, gibing at its lag on launching
Sputniks and accusing it of plotting trouble all over the world. They spoke
from the same platform before 17,000 delegates from 60 nations to mark the 40th
anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution
President Eisenhower names Dr. James Killian, president of MIT as the
United States' “science czar” in a drive to overtake Russia in missile and
satellite development. Later, Dr. Killian promised to “marshal the best
scientific and engineering talent” to accelerate the nation's missile program.
Secretary of Defense McElroy orders the
Army to get ready to launch a US satellite using the Jupiter-C rocket. Not date
is set.
Navy carrier Philippine Sea joins the
search for the missing San
Francisco-to- Honolulu bound airliner with 44 aboard.
Gen. Thomas Power, head of the US
strategic Air Command warned the
Soviet Union that US bombers around the world are loaded with nuclear weapons
and ready to strike swiftly in case of attack.
President Eisenhower warned the nation
that a 'very considerable” increase in Federal expenditures for weapons will be
required to meet the Russian threat in American security. He says the country
needs more.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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