EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
21, 1957 Vol. C608
LOCAL
NEWS
VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER DANCE A
TREMENDOUS HIT
East Farewell – The Eighth Annual Valentine’s Day Dinner Dance
was held last Saturday night in the Regional High School Gym and the turnout
was the biggest to date by far. It seems the word has been spread far and wide
about the great music and terrific food as well as the outrageous Homemade
Sweet Treat Competition. This year’s defending champion, Ida Plant, entered her
trademark Chocolate Cheesecake with Strawberry Glaze. Other entries were Peg
O’Malley and her Super Double Chocolate Cake and Sue Underwood with her Special
Select Cherry Pie. This year there were a total of seventeen entries in the
completion and every entrant made at least ten of their entries. Everyone was
able to sample the entries and at the end of the night everyone voted for their
favorite.
Along with the
sweet treats there was a sumptuous dinner that was supplied by the Lost
Oasis restaurant and bar that featured deep fried chicken and mashed
potatoes with green beans and a tossed salad. Of course there was beer and wine
supplied by the bar. To accommodate the huge crowd the food was severed buffet style
and there was family seating at 25 picnic tables surrounding the dance floor.
The dancing started off with Gus Templeton’s Swing Band playing the all time
favorite, Memories Are Made of These. His catalog has all of the favorites and
the crowd was more than willing to get up and dance to all of the fantastic
music. Also on the bill was the fabulous Al Jackson and his Blues Band who kept
the joint jumping with a spirited version of “Tutti-Frutti” and also the new
Elvis Presley hit, “Too Much”. Also on
the card was the Doo-Wop Group, the Dalmatians who put everyone the mood with
their rendition of “Only You”. Gus Templeton did the MC chores and was the
ringmaster if you will when the announcements were made for the winner of the
Homemade Sweet Treat, 1957. This year after a couple of years as a runner up
Peg O’Malley regained the trophy for her new entry, Extra Dark and Rich
Chocolate Layer Cake, a four layer devils food temptation covered with thick
semi-sweet frosting, very dangerous but oh so delicious. In keeping with tradition, weird as it is,
Peg was smashed in the face with one of her cakes by the other contestants in a
loving, humorous and a bit absurd way. The tradition started way back in 1952
when Peg was the second winner of the contest and while walking up to the stage
she tripped and fell face first into her own cake. It was rumored that a
disgruntled loser actually tripped her but she has denied that and has taken
responsibility for the mishap. In the following years all the contestants have
gotten together and collectively smashed a cake in the winners face after the winner
was announced.
This year’s
dinner dance was a big success and everyone had a wonderful time eating and
dancing the night away. The huge crowd is a sure sign that this event will
continue for a long, long time. It is fabulous fun in the middle of the coldest
part of the winter. People were able to get out and shake off some of the cabin
fever.
Dancers shake
it up at the 1957 Dinner Dance
SPORTS
COUGARS EAT UP THE CANARIES
Slate Mountain – The Cougars were still basking in their recent
win over Riverview when the stepped on the court in Slate Mountain on Friday
afternoon. The Canaries have not had the best season sitting at .500 (5-5) for
the season. They are a young team with four out of five starter being
sophomores. They don’t let their inexperience dampen their spirit, though and
played a very strong first half. The Cougars were just too good for them and
were able to put the Canaries away without too much trouble, 48-34. The
Canaries had no answer to Cougars center, Wilson Watson, who had the game high
score of 24 with 15 rebounds. The Canaries had to rely on outside shooting by
guard, Billy Holder, to try and keep them in the game. He scored 16 points in
the losing effort. The Cougars turn right around next week and face the
Riverview Wildcats again, this time in Riverview and once again is probably a
preview of the league championship game. The game begins in Riverview High’s
gym at 7:00PM on Friday night.
NATIONAL NEWS
ARABS CALL FOR ISRAEL WITHDRAWAL – 15TH
ANNIVERSARY OF V OF A – COST OF LIVING HIGHEST EVER – GARTERS ARE BACK – TEENS
GO WILD AT THE PARAMOUNT
Six Arab nations call on the U.N.
Assembly to urge action on Israel for failing to withdraw from Egypt and to
give her economic, military and financial sanctions.
On a shortwave
broadcast, marking the 15th anniversary
of the Voice of America, President Eisenhower assures nations of the Middle
East that they “can count on our help” if the United Nations cannot protect
them against international Communism and they ask American assistance.
The government’s cost-of-living index
rises to a new record high last month for the fifth month in a row, recording a
.2% rise between December and January.
One manufacturer says garters are back! “Everybody from brides to broads are wearing them.
Women no longer use them to hold their stockings up as they once did. The
girdle does that. But garters make a woman feel glamorous… give her a lift...
bring out the siren in her. A woman wears garters for the same reason she wears
a plunging neckline.”
Thousands of teenagers storm the
Paramount Theater for another Alan Freed rock ‘n’ roll show. They smashed
glass, danced barefoot in the aisles and their screams drowned out the music.
The event featured the WINS DJ’s latest rock movie, plus stage show.
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