EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
25, 1956 Vol. C591
LOCAL
NEWS
OKTOBERFEST A BIG HIT BUT
DETAILS NEED WORK
East Farewell – The second annual East Farewell Oktoberfest
opened on Saturday to huge crowds and lots of happy reviews. The Fest will last
until Sunday with a big closing event in the main tent on the fairgrounds. The
details of the event’s future are still being discussed even as the event goes
on. Last year the festival went on for two weeks which most felt was too long,
so this year it was shortened to one week. It was also at the beginning of
November last year and was moved up to mid-October this year. The location has
remained the same, the Fairgrounds that back up the Fun
Pier on Lake Charles. This let the Festival spill over to the Fun
Pier and takes advantage of the rides and boardwalk. Most of the
restaurants and craft shops were able to set up booths around the three main
tents on the fairgrounds forming a Midway that has been very popular from the
start of the festival.
Stages have
been set up in all the main tents to allow lots of music and event related
stage shows to go on almost uninterrupted from the start. The bands have moved
from tent to tent throughout the event and the headliners have included Jerry
Tabor, Big
Roy and the Magnificents, Charlie
Green and the extremely popular Hans Snyder‘s Polka
Band. Along with the music beer and cider along with roasted chicken and
potatoes are being served. Even with the food being served in the tents,
which is being supplied by Charles Wenze’s Lost
Oasis Restaurant, the Midway has a full line of different foods from Funnel
Cake and Corn Dogs to sausages, bratwurst and kraut. Most of the Midway fare is
‘to go’ but several restaurants have set up small table to seat some of the
weary fairgoers.
Many of the
fairgoers dressed in traditional Oktoberfest Bavarian garb of lederhosen for
the men and very popular dirndl for the women. All the servers were dressed in
such gear and many of shopkeepers kept with the theme. The fun will continue
until Sunday and this year’s fest will be looked at by the committee to try and
make next year’s even better than this year.
Happy
Oktoberfest participants
SPORTS
SLATE MOUNTAIN ENJOYS ITS HOMECOMING
Slate
Mountain - Thanks to some strong defense, Slate Mountain edged the Cougars,
7-6, Saturday in a Regional League battle at Slate Mountain East High. In spite of Cougar Pat McKean’s
12 tackles, just before the conclusion of the first half. Miners Ryan Connors
intercepted a pass to stop a Cougar drive at the Miners’ 11-yard line. Miners quarterback Steve Rand
put the Miners on the board with a 50-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Doyle in
the second quarter. In the third quarter, “Tank” Brown ran for a Cougar
touchdown, but then Galloway failed to convert on the extra-point attempt. That
was the second extra point the freshman kicker has missed in the first three
games but Coach Burcowitz does not seem too concerned. “He is still learning, I
mean he is only a freshman and we are asking him to do a lot. He was very upset
about the miss but I told him not to worry, he will just keep getting better.”
This was a
big win for Slate Mountain. Aside from being their Homecoming, this game was
the showdown of the two top seated teams in the league. They will meet again
later in the season but for now the Miners are on top of the league. The
Cougars come home to face the Central Bears at 3:00 on the High School field.
NATIONAL NEWS
HUNGARY EXPLODES – IKE WARNS ISRAEL, BRITAIN
AND FRANCE – MARILYN MEETS THE QUEEN – ROCK AND ROLL IS OVER PER JERRY MARSHALL
Radio Budapest discloses the Soviet and Hungarian troops began all-out attacks aimed at “smashing completely” rebel forces still fighting in Budapest and many provincial towns. Meanwhile, Communist East Germany mobilizes worker fighting groups with a call for vigilant defense against any tide of revolution such as that sweeping Hungary Revolt over Hungary as Budapest’s anti-red revolution blazes across the Western Hungary to the border of Austria on a widening panorama of war and death.
President Eisenhower issues a strong warning to Premier David Ben-Gurion of Israel against taking any “forceful initiative” in the Middle East. The Egyptian army says it has begun “liquidating” an Israeli force which thrust its way deep into Egyptian territory toward the Suez Canal. Israeli forces are reported deep into Egypt - some 18 miles from Suez.
Disregarding a last-minute appeal from President Eisenhower, Britain and France move against U.S. and Egyptian protests and begin an invasion of the Suez Canal zone at dawn.
Marilyn Monroe meets Queen Elizabeth. Miss Monroe was one of a group of international movie stars presented to the Queen at the annual royal command film performance. Also attending - Joan Crawford and Victor Mature, Dana Andrews, Vera Ellen and Arlene Dahl.
Jerry Marshall, top-rated DJ at WNEW
says he hears there’s a trend with rock ‘n’ roll. “A top rock and roll label executive told me
that each of his recording sessions is geared more and more to appeal to the
pop field because he realizes that the long-term trend of rock and roll is
leveling off and the teens themselves are tiring of the monotony and sameness
of beat and performance which have marked so many rock and roll records.”
“Granted that original pop stars are
still ‘covering’ established rock and roll artists, but the division in
performance is now much less pronounced. The line of demarcation between the
rock and roll approach and the pop approach is no longer so strictly drawn, and
all the artists - from both fields - are no leaning much more the commercial
and homogenous appeal of the pop field.”
Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
