EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, January
7, 1954 Vol. C446
LOCAL NEWS
COLD SPELL DOES
NOT CHILL WINTER SPECTACULAR
East
Farewell – An arctic cold spell took hold of East Farewell in the last week and
has people bundling up but was not able to put a damper on the New Years’
Spectacular. The second year of the gala fireworks and music event rang in the New
Year in fine style and many folks enjoyed the colorful noise even as temperatures
hovered around 0°. Les Charles and his Big Band supplied the sound
track once again this year. This year he added a wonderful addition to the
fireworks display, his band played popular numbers timed to the fireworks
display. It made for a spectacular occasion.
While the sky exploded, the people
on the ground huddled together and stood by small fires for warmth. The
temperatures did not rise above 10° the
entire week and were below zero during the Spectacular. Lake Charles is close
to freezing over and if the cold spell goes on for much longer there will
probably be some hockey players on the lake soon. The cold weather put a bit of
a damper on the local restaurants plans to set up outdoor dining for the event.
The restaurants on Main Street and Lake Shore Drive did stay open and eagerly
greeted patrons before and after the event. Some folks were fortunate enough to
secure window seats at the Lost Oasis and view the Spectacular from the warmth
and comfort of inside the establishment.
“What a great way the
bring in the New Year,” said Natalie Mallard, “last year was fun
but this year with the music along with the fireworks, it was just spectacular.
I hope we do this every year. It brings everyone together and starts off the
year with a bang, literally.”
The crowd was
larger this year in part due to the expanded East Farewell Winter Basketball
Tournament that took place early in the week.
Since New Years was on Friday and the tournament taking place throughout
the weekend and into the middle of the week a lot of folks took a short
vacation to visit the town, watch the Spectacular and root for their favorite
team.
Fireworks over Lake Charles
SPORTS
2nd WINTER
TOURNAMENT IS A BIG HIT
East Farewell – The Cougars hosted the 2nd Annual
East Farewell Winter Tournament last week. It was a huge success for the town
and all the shops and restaurants but it was not such a great success for the
Cougars basketball team. They came in third this year behind the first place
Corning Devils and the second place Central Bears. They did a commendable job
on the court but the other teams were better this time around.
The brackets
were set up with last year’s finishes taken into account and since the Cougars
won last year’s tournament, they were placed in the top tier. They had to play
the Slate Mountain Canaries, a team they had lost to just two weeks ago. The
Cougars did an excellent job on their defense and were able to prevail in the
first round 45-41. They went on to the second round to play the league leading
Corning Devils and lost 49-56 in a hard fought offensive battle. In the third
round the Cougars were able to best the Southport Hawks, who they will be
playing next week, 48-42. In the final playoff round the Cougars were able to
eliminate the Riverview Wildcats but lost in the last minutes to the Slate
Mountain Miners 46-45. The final loss put the Cougars in third place for the
tournament.
NATIONAL NEWS
SMALL THEATERS SNUBBED – DI
FRASSO DIES – MONROE SUSPENDED
The Supreme Court upholds the right of
motion-picture distributors to deny first-run films to neighborhood theaters with limited drawing power.
Crest Theater in Baltimore had charged conspiratorial action by
eight major distributors in refusing to license first-run pictures to it. A judge said there was no direct evidence of
illegal agreement between the distributors and that if the Crest Theater were
to receive first runs its license from the distributors would have had to have
been an exclusive one. That is, no other theaters in Baltimore or the suburbs
could have shown the same picture at the same time. “However, and exclusive
license would be economically unsound because the Crest is a suburban theater,
located in a small shopping center and served by limited public transportation
facilities and with a drawing area of less than one-tenth of that of a downtown
theater, it cannot compare with those easily accessible theaters in the power
to draw patrons. Hence, the downtown theaters offer far greater opportunities
for the widespread advertisement and exploitation of newly released features,
which is thought necessary to maximize the over-all return from subsequent runs
as well as first runs.” The distributors included RKO, Fox, Warner, Paramount
and Loews.
Countess Dorothy di Frasso (66) - famed and wealthy international hostess, intimate of film stars and friend of the
late gang leader Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel - was found dead of a heart attack in
her roomette aboard the Los Angeles Limited train. Her body was discovered by
actor Clifton Webb, who was traveling with her in the same car from Las Vegas.
Marilyn Monroe is suspended by 20th Century-Fox
for not showing up for her latest movie project - “Pink Tights.” Hedda Hopper
says she has been in San Francisco with Joe DiMaggio. Her attorney says the
actress is angry because she has not been permitted to see a script of “Pink
Tights.” There’s a rumor that the couple is married - not so according to
DiMaggio “We are not married. If and when we are married, it will be announced
as a blanket statement to everyone. No scoops.”
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