EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, December
22, 1955 Vol. C762
LOCAL NEWS
NUDIST COLONY
APPLIES FOR PERMIT ON LAKE
CHARLES
After a brief
consultation the Permit Board decided to do the interview over the telephone. Board member Alice Stockman conducted the
interview and asked Mr. Logan the usual questions about the intended land use,
what type of improvements are to be expected, how the waste and sanitation will
be handled and what is the mission of the camp.
Mr. Logan was very open and congenial during the questioning and
answered every question without hesitation.
He sent a full business plan over to the office that outlined the intent
of the camp as well as an entire section on the organization’s finances and
backers. The documents were reviewed by
the whole board and some interesting details were allowed to be released to the
public.
The
organization, N.U.D.E., was founded in 1935 in Florida Lake Charles
The Permit
Board is taking the request very seriously considering the explosive nature of
the request. “We on the board feel we
have a responsibility to the community to not only evaluate this request but
also get input and opinions from the general public,” said Mrs. Stockman. Hearings have been set for Wednesday of next
week. Anyone wishing to voice their
opinion will be heard. The meeting will
start at 7:30 PM in the main room of the Bough Hall.
Some folks have already
their opinions. This paper ran an
informal and random survey yesterday asking passersby how they would feel if a
nudist colony were to open. The results
were surprisingly even. Surveying 50
people from East Farewell it was found that 23 were opposed to it completely, 11
thought the idea was acceptable and a surprising 16 didn’t care one way or the
other. “If they want to be naked on the
other side of the lake, it’s OK with me,” said Leo (last name withheld). That was the general middle of the road
opinion. But the most anti-nudist
comment came from Earnest Bunch, “I can see it all now, they set up this nudie
beach on the lake right down past that beatnik colony and over past all those
arty galleries, why they should just change Lake Shore Drive to the Road to Perdition.”
On the positive side, Natalie Mallard
had this comment, “I’m all for it, as long as the guys look like Tony Curtis
and the girls look like Janet Leigh.” It
is a pretty safe bet to believe that won’t come to pass.
No pictures were taken
for this story although Mr. Logan offered to pose.
SPORTS
DEVILS BEDEVIL COUGARS 30-38
Corning- The Cougars season has started off on a bad foot. First
they lost to the Central Bears 40-44 in their opener and last week they lost
again to the Corning Devils, 30-38. While both the Bears and the Devils are
picked to be leaders in the league this year, the Cougars expected to do
better. “We never expected to be 0 and 2, but we are. Those other kids are very
good but so are we. We should have played a lot better especially against those
doggone Devils,” said Coach Wilson after the game. “Our kids are very good. I
think we really have a chance at the title this year. We have to start playing
better though.”
The Devils came
out hot, scoring the first 18 points putting the Cougars back on their heels
and forced to play catch up for the entire first half. They were finally able
to match the Devils with only three minutes left in the half when they tied, 20-20.
The second half was much more balanced. The Cougars looked like a different
team. They were able to match up defensively and center Wilson Watson took
command of the lane and under the basket. He was able to end the game with
eight points but more importantly he grabbed 15 rebounds in the second half
while only gathering up only 5 in the first half. Along with Wilson’s eight the
guards were instrumental in keeping the Devils at bay in the second half.
Guards Timmy Green and Fergal Conner showed some ball control and added 12
points together (4 for Green and 8 for Conner). Forward Billy Reilly added 4
and the other forward, Tom O’Hare put in 4. The Devils leading scorer was last
year’s scoring leader, Ben Grant with 20 points followed by Thomas with 8,
Emerson with 7 and Walker with 3.
The Cougars
come home next week to play the always tough Riverview Wildcats. The Cougars
are going to be hungry for that first win when the game starts next Friday in
the gymnasium at 4:30.
NATIONAL NEWS
AIR TRAFFIC UP 19% - COMMIES
WRECK BERLINS
American air traffic breaks all growth
records in 1955 according to the civil Aeronautics Administration. Airlines
carried nearly 42 million passengers - 19% more than 1954.
Communists knock the spirit out of East
Berlin’s Christmas and order border police to enforce a ban on shopping in West Berlin ’s shops filled with delicacies unavailable in
the drab and empty government-run stores of the Soviet sector. In addition, the
Communists forbade possession of West marks by East Berliners, and help up for
inspection thousands of Christmas packages mailed by West Germans to friends
and kin in the East.
Nikita Khrushchev makes a bristling
attack on all major aspects of American foreign policy and at one point,
accused President Eisenhower of “crude interference” in Communist nations’
affairs.
President Eisenhower serves notice on Russia that peaceful liberation of captive
peoples in Red satellite nations “will continue to be a major goal of U.S.
RKO Radio Pictures entire movie output
over a 30-year period is sold for $15,200,000 for use on television stations.
