Wednesday, February 15, 2012

2/12/1953

EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, February, 12, 1953   Vol. C218
LOCAL NEWS
VALENTINE’S DAY SOCIAL SET FOR SATURDAY
East Farewell- The Valentine’s Day Social is set for Saturday night in the Town Hall basement.  The music will be provided by the Gus Templeton Orchestra and the food will be prepared by several different restaurants and cafes.  The dance will start at 7:00 and run until midnight.  This will be the fourth Valentine’s Day Social the town has held.  Every year the event gets bigger and better.  This year the decorations are being coordinated by Mrs. Mallard, who runs the boarding house on Lake Shore Drive.  “I have some wonderful, exciting ideas for this social.  I have been gathering a lot of the leftovers from the flower shop and think I am going to be able to present a hint of spring in the middle of winter.  That should be just beautiful.”
            The Gus Templeton Orchestra is a local favorite and has played on the circuit that includes New York and Philadelphia.  Their music ranges from traditional to jazz and swing.  Bandleader, Gus Templeton, is a local product; he grew up on Lake Shore Drive and attended Regional High School.  After serving in the Army in Europe, he returned to the States but not to East Farewell.  He played with many famous bands including a short stint with the Benny Goodman Swing Band in 1949.  The orchestra has a full complement of brass and woodwinds.  Two drummers add a special highlight to Gus’s repertoire.   
            The Social has always been a popular event that breaks up the winter doldrums and brings folks out for a little fun and community togetherness.  Along with the sponsored treats it has become a tradition for people to bring homemade sweet treats.  An informal contest is held every year to vote for the beat treat.  Last year’s winner was Peggy O’Malley with her Super Double Chocolate Cake.  This year it is anyone’s guess as to what will be on the dessert table.

Valentine’s Day Dance last year
SPORTS
COUGARS TAME THE WILDCATS   46-38
East Farewell- For the second time this season the Cougars clawed out a victory over the Riverview Wildcats, 46-38.  The Cougars were able to control the inside with a big game by center Bill Donahue.  He was able to score 16 points, grab 20 rebounds and assist with 12 scores.  “Bill was on fire tonight,” said Coach Wilson, “he was scoring pretty much at will by the end of the game.  The game was a lot closer than the final score makes it look.  Those guys were very good, but they didn’t have an answer for Billy tonight.”
            The backcourt of Ted Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch proved once again they were one of the best combinations in the league.  Together they managed the game and scored 24 points collectively (Fitzgerald with 14 and Welch with 10) and consistently pressured the Wildcats at the half court line.  The Wildcats backcourt of Mario Puzzi and Dominick D’Vinci were impressive putting in 10 of their first 11 shots and ending up with a combined 26 points (12 for Puzzi and 14 for D’Vinci).  That was not enough to overcome the Cougars tough defense and impressive offense that has improved every week.  Other scorers for the Wildcats were Joe Gentile with 6, Angelo Fina with 4 and Silvo Rocco with 2.  The other Cougars to score were Gene Greene with 4 and Billy O’Donnell with 2.
            The Cougars are 4-1 on the season and are in first place in the league.  The next game will be Friday night against the Fort Lee Captains in Fort Lee.  The game will begin at 7:00 in the Fort Lee High Gymnasium.
 NATIONAL NEWS
PA SUPREME COURT RULES ON WAR INSURANCE- ROSENBURGS SEE KIDS
 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that the fighting in Korea, legally or constitutionally, is not war. The ruling effects insurance policies with war risk clauses which call for no payments in the event of war connected death during a period of officially declared war.

Doomed atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg spend more than two hours with their two children in the death house at Sing Sing prison in Ossining, NY. The two are Michael (9) and Robert (5).   A federal judge sets the execution date for the Rosenbergs for March 9. Rosenberg (36) and his wife (36) were spared death on the original execution date of January 14 so they could appeal to the White House for clemency.  President Eisenhower turned them down last week. They are the first American civilians ever condemned to die for wartime espionage.

Trend in music - Record labels are backing off from making “cover” songs. The major labels no longer believe it economical to cover since there is little percentage in “second money” on any hit song. The top version makes the most money and the rest are left with crumbs. The music/recording industry is going gangbusters these days.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

1/29/1953

EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, January 29, 1953   Vol. C135
LOCAL NEWS
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PLAN ANNOUNCED
East Farewell- Town Council President Tom Conally announced an ambitious business development plan for the town at Tuesday’s meeting.  The plan encompasses the entire downtown district that is bordered by Lake Shore Drive, West Avenue, South Street and Mountain View Avenue.  The plan calls for an overhaul of the traffic system including two new traffic lights, sidewalks on Mountain View and improved lights on every corner.
            “We hope that by making these improvements our business district will draw more customers and make East Farewell even more popular as a “Destination Location.”   He was referring to the award that was bestowed on the town last year by the Mighty Keystone Railroad.  “It is the intent of this Council to make East Farewell an even more wonderful place than it already is.  These improvements will not only enhance the town but also add commerce and vitality to our little bit of heaven,” said Conally.
            The project will be split into phases.  Phase 1 will include the installation of traffic lights on the corners of all the numbered streets and West.  Phase 2 will install new lighting on the corners of all the intersections as well as down Main and down Lake Shore Drive.  Phase 3 will be installing sidewalks on Mountain View.  The entire project is expected to be completed within the year. 
            All along the railroad line it has become a bit of a competition to try to outdo the town down the line.  All the towns have embarked on varying degrees of improvement projects; Southport is installing sidewalks and lights, Mountain View is “sprucing up” its Main Street and Fort Lee is adding traffic lights and lighting.  With the improvements the entire line will be in much better shape to face the growing populations and increased civic needs down the road.

SPORTS
COUGARS LOSE IN OVERTIME TO SLATE MOUNTAIN
Slate Mountain- The East Farewell Cougars lost a heartbreaker in overtime to the Slate Mountain Canaries on Friday.  The game was close throughout with no more than a four point difference at any time through the game.  The Canaries prevailed, 40-38, in the last seconds of the overtime period.  A shot by guard Willy Rudolph put the Canaries ahead and the Cougars were unable to respond.
            “They were a great team and played a tough game,” said Coach Wilson, “We played with them and I think if we played them tomorrow we would win.  We matched up against them and I think Fitzy (Ted Fitzgerald) and Welsh (Jimmy Welsh) just got better as the game went on.  We just ran out of time.  I think if we were able to get the ball in and down court Fitzy would have put one in to tie it again. Greeny and Billy O were just great underneath but they had some tough guys too.  That Rudolph was super and that big kid, Clothier (Charles Clothier), I think, was just as good as anybody I have seen in this league.  I can’t wait to play them again later in the season, we will be ready for them”
            The Cougars play again Friday evening at home against the Riverview Wildcats.  The game will be in the gymnasium and the Boy Scouts will be holding a raffle at halftime to raise money for the troop.  The game starts at .

 NATIONAL NEWS
FOLKS LIKE IKE.  BELIN SEES INFLUX OF FREEDOM SEEKERS
In A Gallup Poll – 78% approve of the job President Eisenhower is doing.  Another Gallup Poll asks if President Eisenhower continue to be called “Ike”? 47% said yes.

Berlin - The desire for freedom brings more than 1000 fugitives from Communism into Berlin for the 11th straight day, raising the January total to 22.792 persons.  The Red press warned that those who ask for asylum in the west would wind up in jail, the Foreign Legion or perhaps brothels for those eligible.  Secretary of State Dulles predicts that the Soviet Russian regime may ultimately collapse and die of “acute indigestion” caused by its attempts to swallow free peoples.

Kansas City MO - Harry S. Truman says he feels again “like a country boy in the big city” as he opens up private offices and begins the long role of adjustment to the life of the “Squire of Jackson County.”

A new magnetic recording tape, described as “the last major advance in magnetic tape since the adoption of red oxide as tape material,” is announced by 3M. The new tape more than doubles output provided by the old-style tape and
increases significantly the available signal-to-noise ratio with no increase in harmonic distortion or tape thickness.
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