EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, November
5, 1953 Vol. C437
LOCAL NEWS
SPOOKY HALLOWEEN PRANK
SCARES EAST FAREWELL
East Farewell – Four pranksters created quite a sensation on
Halloween night. Fred Zingel, David Gettinsom, Howard Engle and Natalie Mallard
were able to sneak into the town cemetery and rig up an ingeniously elaborate
bit of theatrics that scared and delighted a huge number of townsfolk and
brought the police down investigate the scene. While no one was harmed the four
were brought before the authorities on charges of public disturbance and
risking a catastrophe. They were
released on their own recognition and sent home after the hoax was revealed.
It started
about 8:00PM on Halloween night. The night was crisp and clear and many
children and young people were out trick or treating through town. There were
also many people in town strolling on Lake Shore Drive enjoying the late fall
air. As people were walking by the cemetery a slow cloud of vapor arose from
behind some of the large tombstones. Then some eerie, spooky music started and
through the mist came only what can be described as goblins dancing around the
graveyard. Then when the music ended the goblins vanished and the mist
dissipated. Then about five minutes later
it started all over again. It took a few presentations before people even
started to notice but after a young couple saw it they alerted others and a
crowd began to grow. When the crowd had reached about thirty people the goblins
became a little scarier and it seemed like their numbers were increasing. The
crowd was suddenly startled by a deep moaning voice calling to members of the
crowd by name and telling them to beware of the spirits that surround them.
This was disconcerting to the crowd to say the least and people became uneasy.
The police were called and the first officer to arrive played right into the
show, attempting to grab one of the goblins and waving as if he went right
through the spirit. By this time the
crowd included little children and their parents as well as many teenagers and
young adults. The show just continued on until more members of the police force
showed up and closed everything down about 11:00. The pranksters were rounded
up and taken to the police station.
When asked to
describe the setup Zingel and Engle started to explain, “We were looking to
have a little fun and so we came up with this Fight Night idea,” said Zingel,
“Howard was able to get a whole bunch of dry ice from the ice house and David
rigged up his phonograph and a big speaker he “borrowed” to a couple of car
batteries and he got a hold of a microphone. Natalie did all the makeup and we
grabbed some big mirrors that the Fun Pier had thrown out. We got a bunch of
flashlights and just went to town. Officer Joe was in on it, it was great!”
While most
people were startled a lot were amused and some were even scared they police
felt that without any harm done and one of their own slightly involved no law
had been broken. Most of the townsfolk didn’t seem to mind the show and some
even thought it might make a good event to hold on Halloween Eve or on so
called “Mischief Night”. The thinking being that it would occupy the youngsters
and keep them doing their own mischievous acts that are sometime quite
destructive.
SPORTS
COUGARS LOSE – JONES HURT
Central – The Cougars lost to a strong Central Bears team on
Saturday, 21-14, and they lost their junior quarterback. Sam Jones. Jones was
hurt on the second play from scrimmage in the third quarter. He was sandwiched
between two Bear rushers and his ankle was broken, inadvertently, by one of the
huge feet making the tackle. Jones was taken off the field with the help of
several teammates and taken to a local hospital. His ankle was set and he was
released but he is out for the rest of the season. Sophomore backup, Joe McKay
took his place and did an admirable job for the rest of the game. He was able
to drive the team down the field in the fourth quarter but the Bear’s defense
was too much for the young replacement and he was unable to get the tying
score.
The game
started out very well for the Cougars. They were able to score on their first
drive and hold the Bears on to a three and out on the Bears’ first procession.
Then things started to change. The Bear’s defense stiffened up and held the
Cougars to only 20 yards rushing for the rest of the half. Luckily for the
Cougars the air game was still working and Jones was able to put together a
passing offense that ended with a 20 yard down and out to wide receiver Dave
Walker for a score. Unfortunately, the Bears offense also kicked into gear in
the second half and they were able to score twice on rushes from the five and
seven. The second half started tied and then Jones went down. The Bears were
able to hold the Cougars on the set of down and come back with a strong drive
that ended at the Cougars 27. The game see-sawed back and forth until the three
minutes into the fourth when Bears halfback Orisio Talmage broke through the
Cougar’s line and ran for a thirty yard TD. McKay tried to rally the team but
the Bears defense was too strong.
“It was tough
to lose Sammy and he is going to be OK but that really was hard on us. Joey has
had only limited experience and I think he was just great under the
circumstances,” said Coach Burcowitz after the game, “We only have a couple of
games left in the season and I think Joey will do just fine. He will get some
practice in next week and I think he get better as he becomes more comfortable in
the starting role.”
The coach was
mistaken when he said they had “‘a couple” of games left, actually there is
only one game left on the schedule, next week at home against arch-rival Slate
Mountain Miners. The game starts at 1:30 on the Regional High Field.
NATIONAL NEWS
GHOSTLY FACE ON TV IN NY - PATTON
TO GET STAMP – HUSSEIN SAYS NO COMPROMISE – LAND LIKES 3-D – MUSIC HITS THIS
WEEK
A family in Blue Point, NY is grateful - a ghostly face of singer Francy
Lane (of the Morey Amsterdam show) - kept appearing on the screen, even when
the television was shut off! The kids tried to watch cartoons one morning, but
complained to mom that the lady was staring back at them and that they were
scared. An engineer for Zenith radio, which made the set says the phenomenon “was
wholly unknown in TV electronics.” He said that it as “not plausible” that the
image was burned into the tube from another program. The face disappeared after
two days.
The U.S. Post Office announces it will issue a new 3-cent stamp in honor
of General George S. Patton. The stamp will bear the likeness of the two-gun general
who became the scourge of the Nazi panzers in a drive across France and
Germany. The stamp goes on sale November 11 at Ft Knox.
18-year-old ruler King Hussein
of Jordan declares his country would continue to champion a policy
of no compromise with Israel by the Arab States. He said Jordan’s policy is “no
peace with Israel,” and “No solution to this problem is possible if it does not
fulfill Arab aims.”
Dr Edwin Land, the man whose invention of the first sheet of polarizing
material made 3-D films possible, believes 3-D movies are here to stay and are not just a fad. The
movies themselves will become bigger and better. “There have been complaints
about the glasses not fitting. About eyestrain, about the quality of the film
stories...The glasses available now are nothing like the first
ones you used a few months ago. The lenses are much larger, they fit
better, and we will go on improving them.”
Pop music this week - “St. George and The Dragonet” – Stan Freberg, “Rags To Riches” – Tony
Bennett, “Ebb Tide” – Frank Chacksfield, “Eh, Cumpari” – Julius LaRosa, “Many
Times” - Eddie Fisher, “A Dear John Letter” – Jean Shepard/Ferlin Husky
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