EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
3, 1957 Vol. C601
LOCAL
NEWS
PARADE WELCOMES 1957 TO EAST FAREWELL
East Farewell – The weather was very kind to the New Years
revelers as they greeted 1957 with temperatures almost 10 degrees above normal.
That made the marchers in the New Year’s parade happy and the people along the
route were able to view the event in light jackets and sweaters. The parade was
a big hit and this year’s crowd swelled to an estimated 5000 people. Many came
from out of town thanks to advertising in local papers throughout the region.
The mild weather also probably helped draw some folks who would have stayed
home if the weather was cold. The parade started at 10:00AM at the top of Main
Street, went down past Boyle’s Department Store, around Lake Shore Drive
and down towards the Fountains Park ending at the Lakefront Plaza. Drum Major Amber Long
led the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts along with some new floats this year. A big
change this year was the Girl Scouts went first, before the Boy Scouts. There
was no explanation given but it was widely speculated that they had won a coin
toss moments before the start. The newly formed Restaurant Association had a
wonderful float that was a sidewalk café on a decorated flatbed complete with several
tables, chairs and diners. The local animal shelter walked their dogs and
carried some cats. This year shelter volunteers pulled wagons that had cages
for smaller animals that were available for adoption after the parade. Also
this year was a repeat appearance of the town’s new neighbors from NUDE
(Nothing Until Democracy Evolves) organization. Last year their retreat opened
at the north end of the lake and they have been quietly building their grounds
and membership. The warm weather did bring some speculation that they would
parade in their native outfits but they followed the committee’s request and
were clad in somewhat appropriate attire, while some showed up in bathing suits
most had slacks and skirts. Another new parade participant this year was the
Playhouse float. Sponsored by the East Farewell Playhouse, the float had many
members of the local troupe all dressed in their costumes from the recent sold
out show, “A Christmas Carol”
The Regional
High School Band brought up the end with rousing renditions of popular hits.
After the parade made its way down the route the band gave a concert on
Lakefront Plaza and everyone spent the rest of the beautiful afternoon enjoying
the unusual but exceptional weather.
Drum Major
Amber Long leads the Girl Scouts
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT
East Farewell – In an unexpected upset the Cougars won the 5th
Annual Christmas Tournament beating the Riverview Wildcats, 48-46 on Sunday in
an exciting finale to a very successful event. The Cougars took on their
seasonal rival, Riverview, after beating Fort Lee and Pittsburgh’s Tyrone and
Riverview downed Philadelphia’s Central and the Miners from Slate Mountain. The
tournament was held late last week and over the weekend. It drew fans and
spectators from all over the area and the state.
The final game
was played on Saturday afternoon after an exciting consolation game played
between Tyrone and the Slate Mountain Miners. Tyrone prevailed 57-53 in
overtime. The final game started late due to the overtime of the first game. It
was 4:30 by the time the ball was tipped off. The matchup was highly
anticipated because both the Cougars and the Wildcats have high expectations
for this season. The two have met once already with the Wildcats winning,
45-44. They will match up again one more time later in the season.
This game
opened to a full house and a full speed, run and gun style by both teams that
led to a 20-18 first quarter with Riverview out front. The high tempo stayed
with each team trading baskets and defense seemingly taking a back seat to
scoring. Both centers, the Cougars Wilson Watson and the Wildcats Paul Kirsch,
have played against each other and put on a tremendous show. Both established
control of their own lane and frustrated any attempts at an inside game by both
sides. This forced both teams to open up their outside games and shoot from the
perimeter. The Cougars guards had a slight edge in this category. Sophomore
Bobby Cox and Junior Fergal Conner showed great poise and patience as they
moved the ball well and found the open shot. Even though they are young they
showed composure and intelligence on the floor. Between the two of them they
accounted for 36 of the team’s 47 points (15 for Cox and 21 for Conner)
including the final two points by Conner with a long outside shot to end the
game. The Riverview Wildcats were not to be left out with their guards, Brian Gratino
and Frankie Day who were able to total 20 for their team (10 for each).
The first half
ended with the Wildcats up by 4, their biggest lead of the game, but the second
half opened with the Cougars going on a 10-0 run and put the Wildcats in catch
up mode for the rest of the quarter. The final quarter opened with the Cougars
up by four, 40-36 but the Wildcats closed to tie with only one minute left. The
Cougars got the ball with 45 seconds on the clock and looked like they were
going to play for the last shot but an errant pass from Bobby Cox and the Day
grabbed the ball and sped down court for an easy score. With the score 46-44
the Cougars wasted no time with an inbounds pass that went to half court then
to Cox in the corner who dropped the shot using only 15 seconds and tying the
game. The Cougars went into a full press on the inbounds that may have slightly
rattled Gratino but he was able to get the ball to Kirsch who forwarded the
ball down to Day who tried to drive on a stoic Watson. Watson was able to
deflect the shot off to the side and Tommy O’Hare grabbed it making a quick
outlet to Conner who took it down the left side and with 10 seconds left let
loose a 20 foot shot from the edge and swished it. With only eight seconds on
the clock the Wildcats got the ball in bounds but were unable to get it past
the midcourt line before the clock expired. The last desperate shot by Gratino
fell short as the buzzer sounded.
“I think
playing several games in such a short amount of time really helped bring these
kids together as a team. They played much better in this last game than in the
first,” said Coach Wilson as he held the trophy up. The Cougars get back to
their regular schedule this weekend when they travel to Fort Lee to meet the
Captains. The game begins at 4:00PM on Friday afternoon in the Fort Lee High
School Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
EGYPT QUITS TREATY – CONGRESS IS BACK –
HUNGARY KNOCKED BACK TO STALINISM – VIOLENCE IN MONTGOMERY
Egypt abrogates the 1954 treaty with Britain and forbids the use of Egyptian bases in a conflict with
the Soviets and Egypt establishes herself as a major neutralist country in the
Middle East. That means no U.S. bases as well. A string of ships marooned in the Suez Canal more than two months
get up steam and begin a complicated voyage to the open sea. In all, 13 ships
of seven countries were caught heading south in the canal when British and
French warplanes began bombardment October 31 in preparation for the invasion
of Port Said. Sunken ships - some scuttled by the Egyptians and blasted bridges
blocked their way out. Secretary of State Dulles meets with U.N. Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations.
Slim Democratic majorities keep control of both Senate and House of representatives as the
85th Congress convenes with party divisions almost indistinguishable from
the 84th.
Hungary - Premier Janos Kadar’s Communist government knocks the props from under Hungarian hopes
for any general liberalization of its tough political course. It proclaimed a harsh back to
Stalinism program.
In Montgomery, Alabama- A group of white teenage boys’ hurled
two spark plugs at an integrated city bus, breaking
a five-day calm in the South’s main testing ground for racially mixed transit
seating. The boys, aged 11 to 15 were rounded- up. The spark plugs shattered a
window of the bus as it passed through a white neighborhood, but did not
penetrate the vehicle and no one was injured.
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