Thursday, November 21, 2013

11/19/1953

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

Thursday, November 19, 1953   Vol. C439

LOCAL NEWS

IT’S A DOG DAY AFTERNOON IN EAST FAREWELL

East Farewell – The dogs took over Lake Shore Drive on Saturday and they proudly marched or were led to the Lakeview Plaza by their owners and their caretakers as most sported funny, clever, sporty or cute costumes. Many were owned by local residents but quite a few were from the local animal shelter and were looking for homes. The event was sponsored by The East Farewell Animal Protection Society and was quite the hit with locals and even drew some folks from out of town. Dubbed the “Annual East Farewell Top Dog Show” the parade started in front of the East Farewell News building and proceeded west on Lake Shore Drive to the Lakeview Plaza where there was a small but fun impromptu Dog Show where locals were able to show off their beloved pets in their outrageous costumes doing a variety of tricks and clever feats of catch and run.
The idea was presented and approved by the Town Council only two weeks ago and the entire event was put together by the Shelter staff in only two weeks. The staff is made up of mostly volunteers, but the driving force at the shelter is Miss Alice Winslow who has headed the shelter for five years. Miss Winslow has been arranging adoptions for many of the animals in the shelter. The shelter is not limited to dogs; there are cats and every now and then other species. Miss Winslow is quick to point out that no animal is ever put down or refused entry. The shelter runs on the generous funding of philanthropist Herman B. Leventhal from the Leventhal Optical fortune. Local contributions also makeup a sizable chunk of the operating budget and Miss Winslow is a tireless fundraiser.  

The Top Dog award this year went to “Willy” an eleven year old beagle mix that sported a hot dog costume. Willy is well known in town and there may have been some favoritism in the judging. The judges were not only half the staff from the shelter but also four local owners of businesses in town, businesses that Willy would visit regularly on his daily walk. There was a lot of fun taking place on the judges stand and Miss Winslow was trying to get as many of her charges adopted, the dogs were all interacting , mostly peacefully, and the crowd just loved it. The Annual East Farewell Top Dog Show looks like it may have found a home.
Top Dog- Willy and runners up Bugle and Teddy

SPORTS

COUGARS BASKETBALL GETTING READY TO START

East Farewell – As the football season recedes into history the basketballs are bouncing on the hardwood floor in the Regional High Gym. Coach Wilson is looking for to another good year for the team. He did lose center Bill Donahue and guard Ted Fitzgerald to graduation but they have been replaced in the lineup by two juniors, Dan Davis at center and Wendell Jones in the guard position. Jones is new to the school this year. He arrived from Philadelphia at the end of last year and was not eligible until this year. Davis was on the squad last year and played behind Donahue so he is expected to step right into the position.
            The other half of the all-star backcourt, Jimmy Welch, will be leading the team as captain this year and both forwards, Green and O’Donnell are back. The bench is still fairly deep with Fox, McKean and Cox all back, a year older and a year more experienced.  The team will play its first game December 2nd against the Corning Devils at home, 4:15PM.
            “We are looking and feeling good this year. We have some very experienced players coming back like Jimmy, Greeny and Billy O. They will really make this a great season. Oh yea, and this new kid, Jones, he looks really good and he is working with Jimmy already and I think he is going to be really good,” said Coach Wilson during an informal workout on Wednesday.

 NATIONAL NEWS

IKE TO CLEAN OUT THE COMMIES IN DC – MRS. BATISTA VISITS MAMMIE – HI-FI SYSTEMS TAKE OFF – US MAIL GETTING BETTER – HITS THIS WEEK

President Eisenhower says he hopes his administration’s cleanup in Washington will eliminate the Communist-in-government issue from next year’s political campaign.

Martha de Batista pays a visit to the First Lady in Washington. She’s the wife of President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba. They compared notes of their children over tea.

Trends in records - The new Hi-Fi systems - of which there are about 2 million in consumer hands - are changing the way people are listening, especially classical music. In the older 78rpm days, an artist or orchestra sold a record on basis of the performer’s name alone. Hi-Fi is killing that. Today, says an expert, it is quality of performance and care in recording that count.

A government inventor has invented a machine that reads an address on a letter, figures out the zone number and then drops the envelope in the proper bag.

Pop music this week -
RAGS TO RICHES - Tony Bennett
EBB TIDE - Frank Chacksfield & Orch.
EH, CUMPARI - Julius LaRosa
YOU YOU YOU - Ames Brothers
VAYA CON DIOS (May God Be With You) - Les Paul & Mary Ford
ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONET - Stan Freberg
RICOCHET (Rick-O-Shay) – Teresa Brewer
ISTANBUL (Not Constantinople) - Four Lads
MANY TIMES - Eddie Fisher
THE STORY OF THREE LOVES [The Eighteenth Variation]- Jerry Murad
OH! - Pee Wee Hunt & Orchestra
I SEE THE MOON - Mariners
YOU ALONE (Solo Tu) - Perry Como
I LOVE PARIS - Les Baxter & Orchestra


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