EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
7, 1957 Vol. C606
LOCAL
NEWS
THE ‘NEW’ FLOWER SHOW IS SET
East Farewell – The Flower Show is back. After last year’s soap
opera that cancelled the show and put its future in jeopardy the new Flower
Show Committee regrouped and got down to business. The new Committee was
created after the old one, headed by Monica Shippensport was dissolved after
Miss Shippensport was arrested for absconding with the show’s finances. Miss
Shippensport became entranced by a scoundrel, a Romando (only one
name, that should have raised warnings), who was able to woe her and talk her
into giving him the funds on the premise that he would be able to bring
connections from the famous and extremely prestigious Philadelphia Flower Show
to East Farewell and in turn bring bigger and better exhibits and notoriety. Romando disappeared
with the money and left Miss Shippensport holding the bag and suffering from a
broken heart. Romando remains at
large and Miss Shippensport is currently working hard to repay the funds and
rebuild her reputation. She was given parole and ordered to do 1000 hours of
public service along with promising to pay “every last cent” of the funds that
was stolen.
The new
committee was formed shortly after the old one was dissolved and many of the
members were the same. They met early in the summer last year and got to work
planning this year’s event. They were able to bring exhibitors back and even
extend invitations to new horticulturists across the state. They were also able
to complete a new round of fund-raising which entailed a lot of explaining and
assurances. The new show has been scheduled for the week of March 10rd.
It will open on Friday, March 8th and run through Sunday, March 17th.
The theme this year is appropriately “‘Rebirth and Renew” and there have been
several news releases from the committee with tantalizing peaks behind the
scenes. This year promises to be the biggest and best show ever. The entire
area is looking forward to the event.
SPORTS
COUGARS EXTEND STREAK OVER CORNING
Corning – The Cougars were able to extend their winning streak
to five games by using their new found fast paced game to best the Corning
Devils, 54-46 on Friday. The Cougars did not follow the game plan from their
previous week that was so successful against another running team, the Central
Bears. They chose instead to bring a mix of their fast running game and strong
press and mix in their older, more practiced game of steady that they have used
with great success early in the season. By mixing up the tempo the Cougars were
able to keep the Devils off balance and playing catch up most of the game.
The Game
started off with the Cougars running up a 10-2 lead and effectively shutting
down the Devils offense with a tight press. But after a time out with only six
minutes gone the Devils were able to adjust and bring the game back into
balance. The first half ended with the Cougars on top 28-24. In the second half
the Cougars slowed the pace a bit and center Wilson Watson took over. He was
able to command the center and Devil’s center Danny Tobin fought hard but was
just not up to the task. Watson’s experience (Watson is a senior, Tobin a
sophomore) and his height advantage (6’7” verses 6’6”) was just too much for
Tobin especially late in the game. Watson led all scorers with 18 points. The
Cougars will come home next week when they face their arch rivals, the
Riverview Wildcats, for the second time this season. This game may decide the
season for both teams. The winner will most likely win the league championship.
The game is already sold out, while the student body usually attends the games
this games significance seems to have spilled out into the general community
and has generated a great deal of excitement. The game begins at 7:00PM on
Friday night in the gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE TO SUPPLY SAUDIS – BEN-GURION INSISTS ON
FREE SUEZ FOR GAZA SWAP – IKE HOSTS BRITS AND FRANKS – SINATRA SETTLES FOR
$75,000 – MOVIES ON TV
President Eisenhower agrees with King
Saud to supply military aid and consider economic aid to Saudi Arabia in return
for a five-year extension of the U.S. air base at Dhahran.
Prime Minister Ben-Gurion tells
President Eisenhower that Israel now insists on freedom of Suez Canal passage
as part of the Sinai and Gaza Strip evacuation price.
President Eisenhower will hold separate
conferences with British Prime Minister Macmillan and French Premier Mollet in
a bid to warm up chilly relations between this country and the two traditional
allies.
Frank Sinatra agrees to settle for something like $75,000 the losses an Australian promoter sustained when the
singer abruptly canceled his three-week tour last week by returning home from
Honolulu. Instead of going on to Sydney, Sinatra turned back at Honolulu and flew
to Los Angeles after a disagreement over airline seating. Promoter Lee Gordon claimed he was left
holding the bag for $200,000 in advance ticket sales He flew back to Los Angeles
hoping he could get Sinatra to reconsider. When Sinatra said this was impossible
because rescheduling would interfere with his appearance in the “Pal Joey”
movie, Gordon got together with Sinatra’s manager Hank Sanicola.
At Bartlesville, OK - a
movie theater chain picks this town for an experiment
in whether families are willing to pay $9.50- a-month to have first run
Hollywood pictures piped into their TV sets. Video Independent Theaters, which
operates more than 150 movie houses and drive- ins throughout the Southwest,
will invest some $300,000 to test the idea. A survey in the area said 15 out of
24 would take the service if offered. Bartlesville subscribers will receive
approximately 13 first-run movies each month. They will be carried by cable
from a downtown studio. The shows will run continuously from noon to midnight, with
newsreels and short subjects like any movie program. “We will run trailers on
coming attractions, but no commercials” said a spokesperson. People with color
sets will receive color films in color. The company says it will lose money in
the beginning, but believes 3,000-4,000 Bartlesville homes will have theater
service eventually. The service will
begin in about six months.
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