EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
11, 1954 Vol. C487
LOCAL
NEWS
IT’S A DOG DAY AFTERNOON IN
EAST FAREWELL
East Farewell – The dogs took over Lake Shore Drive on Saturday
and they proudly marched or were led to the Lakeview Plaza by their owners and
their caretakers as most sported funny, clever, sporty or cute costumes. Many
were owned by local residents but quite a few were from the local animal
shelter and were looking for homes. The event was sponsored by The East
Farewell Animal Protection Society and was quite the hit with locals and even
drew some folks from out of town. Dubbed the “Annual East Farewell Top
Dog Show” the parade started in front of the East Farewell News building
and proceeded west on Lake Shore Drive to the Lakeview Plaza where there was a
small but fun impromptu Dog Show where locals were able to show off their
beloved pets in their outrageous costumes doing a variety of tricks and clever
feats of catch and run.
The idea was presented and approved
by the Town Council only two weeks ago and the entire event was put together by
the Shelter staff in only two weeks. The staff is made up of mostly volunteers,
but the driving force at the shelter is Miss Alice Winslow who has headed the
shelter for five years. Miss Winslow has been arranging adoptions for many of
the animals in the shelter. The shelter is not limited to dogs; there are cats
and every now and then other species. Miss Winslow is quick to point out that
no animal is ever put down or refused entry. The shelter runs on the generous
funding of philanthropist Herman B. Leventhal from the Leventhal Optical
fortune. Local contributions also makeup a sizable chunk of the operating
budget and Miss Winslow is a tireless fundraiser.
The Top Dog award this year went to
“Willy” an eleven year old beagle mix that sported a hot dog costume. Willy is
well known in town and there may have been some favoritism in the judging. The
judges were not only half the staff from the shelter but also four local owners
of businesses in town, businesses that Willy would visit regularly on his daily
walk. There was a lot of fun taking place on the judges stand and Miss Winslow
was trying to get as many of her charges adopted, the dogs were all
interacting, mostly peacefully, and the crowd just loved it. The Annual East
Farewell Top Dog Show looks like it may have found a home.
Top Dog- Willy and runners up Bugle and Teddy
SPORTS
COUGARS BASKETBALL GETTING READY TO START
East Farewell – As the football season recedes into history the basketballs are bouncing on the hardwood floor in the Regional High Gym. Coach Wilson is looking for to another good year for the team. He did lose center Bill Donahue and guard Ted Fitzgerald to graduation, but they have been replaced in the lineup by two juniors, Dan Davis at center and Wendell Jones in the guard position. Jones is new to the school this year. He arrived from Philadelphia at the end of last year and was not eligible until this year. Davis was on the squad last year and played behind Donahue, so he is expected to step right into the position.
The other half
of the all-star backcourt, Jimmy Welch, will be leading the team as captain
this year and both forwards, Green and O’Donnell are back. The bench is still
fairly deep with Fox, McKean and Cox all back, a year older and a year more
experienced. The team will play its
first game on December 2nd against the Corning Bears at home,
4:15PM.
“We are looking
and feeling good this year. We have some very experienced players coming back
like Jimmy, Greeny and Billy O. They will really make this a great season. Oh
yea, and this new kid, Jones, he looks really good, and he is working with Jimmy
already and I think he is going to be really good,” said Coach Wilson during an
informal workout on Wednesday.
NATIONAL NEWS
MIGS SHOOT DOWN B-29 – IKE PROTESTS –
MCCARTHY VS WATKINS – ELLIS ISLAND CLOSES – WRIGHT TO TEAR DOWN TALLESIN –
SNITE DIES – BOXING GUILD INVESTIGATED – KAYE DISMISSES CHARGES – ANDREW
SISTERS IN COURT
Two Russian MIG fighters shot down an American B-29 photo-mapping plane off Northern Japan. 10 of the plane’s 11 crewmen parachuted to safety. The U.S. strongly protested to Russia against the attack and called for reparations. The Russians said the plane violated the Soviet Union’s far Eastern frontiers.
President Eisenhower says he doesn’t think American planes flying where they have a right to be should be sitting ducks for Communist attacks. He told his press conference U.S. airmen should have fighter escorts in risky areas but took a calm view of the latest incident in which Russian MIG’s shot down a B-29 over Northern Japan.
McCarthy Vs. Watkins – The United States senate begins a great debate on the manners of one of its members, Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Sen. McCarthy took the offensive at the outset of the session. He launched his defense by calling into question the impartiality of his accusers on the six-man committee which recommended his censure on several accounts (1)– His conduct toward the elections subcommittee of the Democratic 82nd Congress which was investigating him, was “contemptuous, contumacious and denunciatory.” (2)-That McCarthy’s conduct toward Gen. Ralph Zwicker, a witness before his own subcommittee’s investigation of alleged subversives in the army during the Republican 83rd Congress, was “reprehensible.”
Sen. McCarthy ignored an apparent armistice offer by a Republican member of the six-man committee, which recommended his censure.
After 62 years and without ceremony, Ellis Island ends alien processing. The last detained alien was a Norwegian. Some 20 million immigrants were processed through Ellis Island. The peak of immigrant traffic through Ellis Island came in 1907, when 1.2 million persons were examined there.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright announces he will tear down his famed studio Tallesin near Madison, Wisconsin and leave his native state because of court rulings subjecting him to additional taxes. He said he will leave “good looking ruins” as a memorial to his grandfather, who settled in Wisconsin 125 years ago. He was angered by a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that the Frank Lloyd Wright foundation which operates his architectural school, is subject to local property taxes in Iowa County.
Fred Snite whose 18 years in an iron lung as a victim of polio showed countless others how to live cheerfully with a crippling illness, died in his sleep in Palm Beach, FL.
Sports - It’s official – The Philadelphia A’s will move to Kansas City.
The New York state Athletic Commission opens an inquiry into charges of discrimination and monopoly against the fight manager’s organization known as the New York Boxing Guild and its parent International Boxing Guild.
Entertainment
news –
Comedian Danny Kaye and his business manager shrugged off charges that they pummeled a physician Sunday night in an argument over parking space at Los Angeles International airport. Dr. Roland Marks, eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, told police that Kaye and his manager, Ed Dukoff, beat him with their fists until he fell down, knocked off his glasses and may have fractured a rib. The studio quoted Dukoff as saying he agreed with Kaye’s statement and declaring “the whole thing inconsequential.
Andrew
Sisters in court – Sister Laverne is hailed into court by sister Patty, who is
demanding, among other things, an accounting of her father’s estate and who has
cited Laverne for alleged contempt, charging she failed to distribute the property
of their mother’s estate.
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