EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, February
5, 1953 Vol. C136
LOCAL NEWS
LOCAL THEATER
FUNDRASING DRIVE ON TARGET
East Farewell- Jeb Bernstein announced that the fundraising
drive for the historic East Farewell Playhouse was ahead of schedule and the
membership drive was also proceeding beyond expectations. The rebuilding has
already begun and the new roof has been almost completed. An entire renovation
of the interior is going to take place and Bernstein is planning to bring the
playhouse back to its former glory by rebuilding the grand entrance and the oak
and mahogany lobby. He also plans to
build the stage and pit area, adding up to date technical advances including a
state of the art sound system.
“Traditionally,
people relied on the acoustics of the building the project the sound but this
new system will enhance the acoustics and make sure everyone can hear everything,”
Bernstein said during a press conference last week, “ We are more than half the
way to our goals. The turnout and support from the fine folks of East Farewell
has been mind boggling, it seems everyone in town has come up with either and
donation or offer to help on the project. We already have 75 members, that is
3/4s of our goal. If things continue this way we will be finished before
schedule.”
Bernstein also
announced that the schedule for the upcoming season has been expanded from two
shows to four shows and the Christmas show. If things continue as Bernstein
expects the first show to open in the spring. East Farewell will become the hub
for mid-state arts and theater.
SPORTS
COUGARS STAGE BENEFIT GAME FOR
STORM VICTIMS
East Farewell- The Cougars held a benefit game to raise money
for the victims of last month’s storm the dumped a foot of snow on the town and
cut off many people outside the town. Team members Gene Green and Charlie Cox
had their family barns collapse and did not have enough insurance to cover
their losses. The team and the town
rallied to help them and Coach Wilson came up with the idea of a benefit game
with rival Central Bears who also had a team member whose family experienced
severe losses.
The game was
held in the gym and was sold out. The game itself was a bit of a show. Both
teams hot dogged their way into the fans hearts. From an unofficial half-court
short contest to a dribbling and ball handling display to a bring you to your
feet, run up the back of a teammate dunk, all was in good fun and surprisingly
good game. Both coaches let the teams
play and had a good time on the sidelines. There was very little defense and
lots of behind the back passing as one side tried to outdo the other. The
Cougar back court team of Jimmy Welch and Ted Fitzgerald put on what can only
be described as a dribbling clinic and scored a whopping 30 points. It seemed
everything they threw up went in. On the Bears side center George Ford hit tree
half court shots in a row much to the delight of the crowd, Cougar center Bill
Donahue tried to match the feat but was only successful once. Probably the
highlight of the game was when forward Billy O’Donnell literally jumped on
center Donahue’s back leapt towards the basket and dunked the ball. The crowd erupted. The score of the game
didn’t seem to matter and it ended in a 69-69 tie but raised over $500.00 for
needy neighbors.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE
LIKES LUCE FOR ITALIAN JOB – CHURCHILL DOES NOT LIKE STALIN OPERATION
MARILYN STARTS
President Eisenhower says he will
nominate Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce as Ambassador to Italy. Mrs. Luce is a playwright, former Congresswoman from Connecticut and
wife of Henry R. Luce of the Time-Life-Fortune magazines
Prime Minister Winston Churchill tells
the House of Commons he does not think a meeting with Stalin would lessen world
tensions. Said Churchill “I am of course, always ready to consider any
proposals which would effectively reduce international tension, but the
attitude of the Soviet government in regard to those issues outstanding between
us, does not encourage me to think a meeting of the kind suggested would in the
present circumstances lead to this result. We must try to understand the
general position. I think we in this country, would feel severe domestic
preoccupations making it difficult to have conversations with heads of states
if so many of our doctors were being charged with poisoning so many of our best
politicians.”
Operation Marilyn - Actress Marilyn
Monroe picks sailor Roger Provost (18) of Vermont as the boy “with whom she
would like to be cast adrift” because of his “shyness and intelligence.” His
picture was among 500 other sailors aboard the USS Taconic, based in Norfolk.
“Operation Marilyn” was approved by the area command to boost morale
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