EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, September
17, 1953 Vol. C429
LOCAL NEWS
BACK TO SCHOOL
FOR EAST FAREWELL STUDENTS
East Farewell- It was back to school for students on Monday and
the excitement was felt throughout the district. Students arrived to freshly
painted classrooms and refitted cafeterias. The student population increased
this year by an astounding 23% due to the jump in families that moved in due
the increase in jobs at the Iron Works and other growing businesses in town. The
district purchased three new school buses and the perimeter of the district was
expanded to encompass the new development on the north side of Lake
Charles. All the new students needed new
teachers and the district has hired 12 new teachers this year. The School Board was able to make all the
upgrades and absorb new big changes because it is enjoying an increased budget
made possible by all the new revenue that has been flowing into the town
coffers in increased tax payments thanks to the increased population.
The high school
is offering several new courses this year. There will be a new arts director,
Jennifer English. Miss English will be
in charge of an extensive program that will offer student courses that range
from painting to music. She will supervise a group of teachers that will be
able to offer a myriad of opportunities for the students. Also on the list of
new courses being offered are several new mathematics courses and a first ever
business course for all the young entrepreneurs in town.
“We at Regional
High are trying to offer the best education for our students,” said David
Fenwick, Regional Township’s superintendant, “and we are fortunate in having
the top staff throughout all our schools.
The wonderful area and very supportive community make the Regional
education a valuable and enriching experience.”
Students
gather outside Regional High
SPORTS
COUGARS FOOTBALL STARTS NEXT
WEEK – TRAVELERS DERAIL “FREIGHT” TRANE
East Farewell - The champion Cougars football team will be
trying to repeat this year and begin will host the Riverview Hawks in the
opening game next week. The team has
been practicing since August 1st as per league rules. Their first
game will be against the Southport Hawks next Wednesday at home beginning at
4:00PM. Last year the game was postponed
due to a freak snowstorm and the teams had to work around snowdrifts on the
sidelines when the game was finally played.
This year’s
team will have a new quarterback and wide receiver due to the graduation of the
extremely talented Billy O’Conner and Phil Flynn. Coach Al Burkowitz was quick to point out that new
quarterback, Sam Jones, is not a new addition to the team as well as new wide
receiver, Dave Walker are not new to the team only new to the starting
positions.
“These boys have been on the team
and backing up Billy and Phil for two years now, they know their stuff and are
ready to go. I am expecting a lot from this team. They have a lot to live up to
and I think they are up to the task. We are also lucky to have so many
returning players, Joey, “Moose” and Shamus are all seniors this year and they
all are great leaders. This is going to be fun.”
East Farewell – The Travelers were almost run over when Joe
“Freight” Trane came to town with league leading slugger, Bobby “Hammer” Taxen. The Mountain View Explorers came to town
trying to knock the Travelers out of the race but came up short, losing 4-2 to
the hot at home Travelers. “Freight” was almost perfect for six innings but did
give up a single home run to Johnny Cloos in the sixth. He had to leave the
game after being hit by a line drive by Travelers, Joey Brown. His condition is
positive and he is expected to return for his next start. But his exit was all
the Travelers needed to break out and score three more runs in the eighth off
reliever, Tom Stern.
The Explorers
big slugger, “Hammer”, did not disappoint the many Mountain View fans in attendance.
He blasted a mile-high, center field rocket out of the park for the Explorer’s
two runs in the second. Traveler’s pitcher, Joe Nagy, was able to recover and
go on to strike out thirteen for the game. The win puts the Travelers in second
place behind Corning with a game against Cedar Creek at Cedar Creek on Saturday.
NATIONAL NEWS
MIG LANDS AT US BASE – COMMIES
HAVE NEW BOMB – 28 DIE IN PLANE CRASH NEAR ALBANY
A Russian-built MIG sweeps out of
Communist Korea and its pilot brings the jet fighter to a landing at a U.S.
base near Seoul. A $100,000 prize was
offered for the first MIG turned over to the allies in top combat condition.
Allied intelligence officers instantly clamped complete secrecy over the
identity of the pilot and began questioning him.
The Soviet Union announces it has
successfully tested some “new type” of atomic bomb in recent weeks. It added
Russia hopes a ban will be placed on all types of mass destruction weapons and
is looking into prospects for peaceful use of atomic energy in industry. At the United Nations, Russia’s Andrei
Vishinski demands the immediate and unconditional prohibition of hydrogen and
atomic bombs and all weapons of mass destruction.
28 perish after an American Airlines
flight hits two radio towers of station WPTR, Albany NY. Part of a wing and
part of a tall were found near the towers, about 8 miles west of Albany. The
Chicago-bound plane was en route from Boston. The two-engine Convair had been
circling over the airport area for about 15 minutes, waiting for ground fog to
clear. The towers were barely damaged.
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