EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, January 8, 19 53 Vol. C133
LOCAL NEWS
NEW YEARS CELEBRATION BIG HIT
East Farewell- Fireworks and music welcomed 1953 to East Farewell with spectacle and wonderful noise. The music complimented the dazzling display and the clear but cold night was perfect for the display. The idea was the brainchild of the Civic Booster Club who floated the concept back in November. The Town Council took it under consideration and after brief debate they went ahead with the project. Starting at the strike of the fireworks started over Lake Charles
Fireworks Finale over Lake Charles
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN WINTER TOURNAMENT
East Farewell-The Cougars won the first East Farewell Winter Tournament on Saturday with an exciting win over Fort Lee . The tournament ran for three days starting Thursday night, Friday night and finished with the consolation game and the final on Saturday. The tournament was put together at the last minute by Cougars Couch Charles Wilson and several other coaches in the league. The teams represented along with the Cougars were; the Central Bears, Riverview Wildcats, Slate Mountain Canaries, Fort Lee Captains, Southport Hawks, Slate Mountain Miners and the Corning Devils.
The Cougars beat the Fort Lee Captains 44-42 in an exciting game that saw the lead change hands a total of ten times, seven in the second half. The game was decided in the last minute by a powerful offensive rebound put back score by senior center, Bill Donahue. Donahue was named Most Valuable Player in the tournament. He scored an appropriate 53 points in the entire tournament of four games. Along with Donahue, the back court tandem of Ted Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch made an impressive contribution of ball control and game management.
The Fort Lee Captains were led by Josh Bower with 16 points and 10 rebounds. The game seesawed in the second half as both sides ran full tilt up and down the court. “That makes for an exciting game, if those kids can keep that up more power to them,” said enthusiastic spectator, Bernie Lower.
The tournament was a huge success, drawing fans from all over the region. It was a simple single elimination bracket style with the initial setup selection done by a random drawing. “We didn’t have a lot of time to set this up and with the holidays no one wanted to get too involved with the logistics. Thanks to Regional High’s math whiz Howard Eisner we were able to get this all worked out and have a great time. I think this tournament is here to stay and will only get bigger and better as time goes on.
The final standings for the tournament were Cougars first, Captains second and the Devils third. A great time was had by all the teams participating and all have indicated they would like to join next year’s tournament bracket.
NATIONAL NEWS
HANK WILLIAMS DIES – SC & WISCONSIN
Hank Williams - singer and composer “The King of Hillbillies” - dies in his automobile in Oak Hill , Virginia Knoxville for Canton , Ohio Montgomery , Alabama , he was still employed by radio station KWKH in Shreveport , LA MGM Recording Co and MGM Pictures. He was married to Miss Billie Jones on October 19th on the stage of the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans Nashville
Vice-President Richard M. Nixon serves as Grand Marshall of the Tournament of Roses parade. In his open car were his wife and two small children. After the parade, the family attended the Rose Bowl game between SC and Wisconsin
Bowl contests -
Sugar - Ga. Tech - 24 Mississippi
Rose - SC - 7 Wisconsin
Cotton - Texas - 16 Tennessee
Orange - Alabama - 61 Syracuse
Gator - Florida - 14 Tulsa
As Eisenhower gets ready to take office - a Gallup Poll says the average
American is optimistic about the chances of avoiding another world war for
1953.
World War in one year
World War in one year -
21% - yes
67% - no
12% - no opinion
Same poll taken in 1950:
22% - yes
70% - no
8% - no opinion
How about world war in five years?
48% - yes
25% - no
27% - no opinion
Same poll taken in 1950:
57% - yes
24% - no
19% - no opinion
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