EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
14, 1957 Vol. C607
LOCAL
NEWS
VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE MOVED
East Farewell – Due to overwhelming response to the Annual Valentine’s Day
Dance the location has been moved to the High School Gymnasium. It seems
the turnout has almost doubled from last year. The word seems to be out about
the wonderful event and the truly fun experience of the local dance that
started out as a small neighborhood dinner dance. This year will be the eighth dance but it did
not get out of the neighborhood until four years ago when it took over the
basement of the City Hall and some interesting traditions were started. The first
time outside organized music was brought in, before it was local musicians from
the neighborhood and not very organized, sort of a jamboree of songs that
people could dance to. Also introduced two years ago was the “Pie-in-the-face”
winner celebration where all the contestants smash a cake or pie into the face
of the contests winner. After starting as a bit of bad sportsmanship the
hilarious stunt has been worked into the schedule of events during the dance.
More importantly the dance itself has grown into a wonderful event that many
people have a terrific time dancing, eating and socializing during one of the
coldest and isolating times of the year.
This year along
with all the enticing food there will be first class entertainment. Gus
Templeton and his Swing Band will do the Master of Ceremonies tasks, provide
their usual top notch musical entertainment and introduce the other bands. This
year’s roster includes the Dalmatians, a doo-wop group, the always popular Al
Jackson and his Blues Band and a new rock and roll band Danny C and his
C-notes. Ida Plant will defend her Homemade Sweet Treat Crown and is ready for
a winning face plant if she wins again.
“It is all in good fun and it is worth it, I
think it is quite an honor and this year I am making an extra ten so everyone
will be able to have some,” Ida said. She did not reveal what it was making but
it is strongly expected to be her last year winner, Chocolate Cheesecake with
strawberry glaze, but there will be a number of tough competitors. This will be
very exciting.
The “First
Dance” 1956
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN A BIG ONE OVER RIVERVIEW
East Farewell – The Cougars faced off against the Wildcats on
Friday night for what may have been a preview of the playoff for the league
championship. The game was sold out early and the crowd was evenly divided and
very enthusiastic. From the first tip to the last seconds the game lived up to
the press reports. The Cougars came out
with their new look, the fast break, high energy, strong press game that they
introduced two weeks ago and have obviously been practicing. The passing was
crisper and the ball movement was much more focused. Wilson Watson in the center
was able to direct the forwards and distribute the ball very effectively. On
the Wildcats side, their offense was tight and efficient. They have not gone 12
and 1 without working the floor and forcing the other teams to make mistakes.
Both teams were on top of their game and the score and momentum went back and
forth as often as the ball possession.
The game
started fast and both teams went on shooting streaks that marveled every
spectator no matter who they were supporting. The Cougars came out and shot 12
for 12 and were matched by the Wildcats who shot 10 for 10, missed one (to the
bemusement of the crowd) then went on to shot 5 for 5. The shooting and scoring
was spread out evenly on both sides with all players scoring. As the first half
ended the Cougars jumped out to an almost unbelievable five point lead with the
help of an inside score by Watson followed by a foul by Wildcats center Frank
Haskert. At the start of the second half the Wildcats made up the deficit and
more pulling into the lead by three with a sort of repay by Haskert on Watson.
Neither team was able to break away and the score see-sawed throughout the
third and fourth quarter. With only twenty seconds left and the score tied the
Cougars called a timeout. When they came back they set up in a very tight in
bounds formation. When Bobby Cox slapped the ball everyone broke to right and
back except Watson who stood his ground. He had Haskert behind him and he
charged forward to get the inbounds pass from Cox. Haskert was covering him
like an overcoat but Watson was able to get the ball and dish it off to a
darting Fox who took one dribble a laid the ball up. He was a little too far
out and the ball rolled around the rim and fell to the left. Luckily, for the
Cougars Watson had broken free and raced down toward the basket. He was able to
grab the rebound over Wildcats guard Ernie Disanto and toss it back in for the
score with only three seconds left. The Wildcats tried a long, last ditch half
court shot by Disanto that hit the rim and bounce away as time elapsed. The
Cougars were able to prevail in this one, 50-48. The way Cougar fans rushed the
court one would have thought they had won the championship but that honor will
have to wait. The win only put the Cougars in a tie with the Wildcats for the
league lead. There are still five games to play so things could go in a number
ways. The Cougars go on the road next week to meet the Slate Mountain Canaries.
The game begins at 4:00PM in the Slate Mountain High School Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE AND DULLES TALK OVER ISRAEL - MILLER
INDICTED BY CONGRESS – RUSSIANS HAVE LONG WAIT FOR CARS – SINATRA SERVED
President Eisenhower flies back to Washington,
cutting short his Georgia golf and hunting vacation to grapple with the U.N.-Israel
impasse. Earlier, Secretary of State Dulles told a press conference the Gulf of
Aqaba is an international waterway and Egypt has no right to block passage of
ships President Eisenhower appeal to the American people over the heads of Congressional
leaders of both parties to support the United Nations and “‘exert pressure” on
Israel to withdraw from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gaza Strip. Israel says it
has rejected President Eisenhower’s appeal to withdraw immediately behind the
armistice lines, but says it will leave the door open or negotiations.
Playwright Arthur Miller is
indicted on contempt of Congress charges for
refusing to identify fellow writers with whom he attended Communist party
meetings in 1957. His attorney said Miller’s refusal to name names was based
“on grounds of conscience.” Miller is married to Marilyn Monroe.
In the city of Moscow,
there’s only one car salesperson to handle all auto
orders. More than 100,000 Muscovites are competing for this year’s supply of
12,000 cars. Outside the salesroom at No. 21 Bakunin St., the sidewalk and
doorway is constantly jammed with roughly dressed men in fur hats awaiting
their turn to get inside. The lowest
priced Russian auto - the Moskvich - costs about $3000 - more than the average
worker here earns in a year. The car buyer must plunk down cash in advance even
before he can be placed on the waiting list. When a Russian finally saves
enough to pay for a car, he tells the auto people about it and is assigned a number
designating his place in the waiting line. Then, the prospective auto owner
must make periodic visits to the salesroom and check the bulletin board to see
which numbers have been called. When his number comes up, he pays for the car
and then settles down to wait four, five or six or as much as 10 months for the
more popular makes. The director of the store says the demands for auto is so
great, he could easily sell 100,000. The shortage is due to exports, as Russian
autos are also sold in Finland, the Scandinavian countries, Iran, Turkey and
Eastern Europe.
Process servers awaken Frank Sinatra at
4AM to hand him a subpoena to appear before the state Legislative committee.
Sinatra will be asked at a hearing in February to tell what he knows about a
“raid” Joe DiMaggio was attempting to stage on Marilyn Monroe November 5, 1954
in which private detectives wound up in the wrong apartment.
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