EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, March
12, 1953 Vol. C222
LOCAL NEWS
FLOWER
SHOW A BIG HIT
East Farewell- The first annual East Farewell Flower Show has
been a bona-fide success as it winds up its stay on Sunday. Over 100 exhibitors crammed into the basement
and overflowed onto the first floor. The
exhibits ranged from simple bouquets to much more elaborate arrangements that
involved multiple blooms, ferns and evergreens.
One extremely expansive exhibit presented by East Farewell’s own
florist, Sam Frankenburger, had a small staged pond surrounded by beautiful
lilies, roses, holly and delicate daisies all in full bloom.
The event drew
huge crowds’ everyday but the enormous crowds were on the weekend and it is
expected that this weekend will even be greater. It has been estimated that there were more
than 3,000 visitors so far and it is expected to pass the 5,000 mark by closing
Sunday. All the visitors have brought an
added benefit to town; everyone has frequented the local establishments for
food and drink and the boarding houses and rentals have been full for the
week. March has traditionally been a
very slow month for those establishments.
This wonderful event has completely turned the local economy around and
everyone is very excited about the future of the show. “This has far surpassed our expectations and
we hope to make this a permanent addition to the town’s social calendar,” said
Tom Connelly, Town Council President.
Many of the
exhibitors were from the surrounding towns and hamlets but news of the event
has traveled all the way across the tri-state area. Exhibitors arrived from faraway places like
New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
The event received positive and generous reviews from the papers in
those cities.
Giant
orchards and beautiful blooms
seen
at the Flower Show
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN TWO
TO GET BACK ON TOP
East Farewell- The Cougars got back on the winning track with
two wins in one week. On Friday they
controlled the Central Bears winning easily, 50-46. They only trailed once throughout the whole
game. The seniors, Bill Donahue and Ted
Fitzgerald once again led the team by controlling both the rebounding and the
often overlooked tempo of the game. “Fitz has really come into his own on the
court,” said Coach Wilson after the game, “He is directing the other guys like
a pro. Jimmy Welch has been a great
number two man in the backcourt, but Fitz has really showed a rare gift of
understanding this game. It doesn’t hurt
that he had Big Billy D. sweeping almost every board during the game. Those
kids were just great tonight.”
The second win
came on a rare Tuesday night game played against the Corning Devils. The Cougars were able to defeat the Devils in
a hard fought contest, 38-35. The game
was decided in the last minute by a beautiful rebound and outlet pass by
Donahue to a streaking Fitzgerald who made the layup, was fouled and made the
last free throw. The Coring Devils
forward Sam Laird was high scorer for the game with 14 but that couldn’t match
the Cougars even spread with 5 players scoring at least 7 points each, Donahue
had 8 and Fitzgerald had 9. The game
seesawed back and forth and the excitement reached a crescendo in the last
minutes. Laird was forced outside and took a 15 footer from the baseline. He had made the same shot twice earlier. This time the shot hit the back of the rim a
bounced almost straight up and fell to the side. Donahue leapt across the lane
to snag the rebound and in the same motion flung the ball down court to
Fitzgerald who was already at half court. Devils guard Willie Armstrong tried
desperately to catch Fitzgerald but to no avail. Armstrong hit Fitzgerald’s arm
on the way up but Fitzgerald was able to complete the play and make the basket. Fitzgerald completed the three point play by
making the foul shot with only 10 seconds left on the clock. The Cougars then went into a lock down
defense on the inbounds play and were able to stifle the Devils as time ran
out.
Due to the
early winter storms that caused postponements of several games the Cougars will
be playing two games a week for the rest of the season. This coming week they will be hosting the
Riverview Wildcats tomorrow and on Wednesday the will visit the Slate Mountain
Canaries. Both games start at 4:00.
NATIONAL NEWS
WARREN
NEW CHIEF JUSITCE – MCCARTHY WITHDRAWS SUIT-GABLE GOES SOLO
Former Gov. Earl Warren of California is confirmed as Chief Justice of
the United States.
Senator Joseph McCarthy withdraws
the $2 million libel and slander suit he filed two years ago against former
senator William Benton of Connecticut. Senators Joseph R. McCarthy and Everett
M. Dirksen suggest “disagreeable” labor camps for armed services personnel who
were Communists or who invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about Communist
associations.
President Tito warns Americans that the actions of Sen. McCarthy may undermine
American government prestige abroad. President
Eisenhower speaks out against “disregard of fair play” in words aimed unmistakably
at Sen. McCarthy.
Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Puerto Rican fanatics who shot five Congressmen
is seized after he and four aides shot it out with police and American military
policemen in a two-hour gun battle in the heart of downtown San Juan.
In a Gallup Poll – 58% say they favor the right to vote for persons
between 18 and 21. In his state of the Union address, President Eisenhower said
that if these people are good enough to fight for the country, “They should
participate in the political process that produces this fateful summons.”
Jackie Loughery,
Miss. U.S.A in 1952, divorces singer Guy Mitchell. “I really loved Guy and
tried to hold our marriage together despite our disagreements. But he just
wouldn’t co-operate.”
Clark Gable quits MGM after 20 years “In order to avail myself of the opportunity of
entering the free-lance field.”
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