EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, March
14, 1957 Vol. C611
LOCAL
NEWS
FLOWER SHOW IS BACK AND
BLOOMING
East Farewell – The Flower Show opened last Friday to a huge
crowd and rave reviews. After a one year hiatus the show has made an amazing
comeback and showed off almost twenty new entrants as well as thirty two
returning vendors. Blooms of every sort were on display from very fragrant
rosebushes and hyacinths to whimsical sunflowers, pansies and daffodils. The
crowds have been almost total sellouts each day and evening. Many people have
said they have returned two and three times because it is so big and beautiful.
The show is actually a judged event and there are prizes given for best
display, best bloom, most original and most majestic. Also, there are “side”
awards which are kind of fun and funny. They will include happiest spring
sense, funniest, most fragrant and weirdest. There will also be a grand prize
winner. While all the prizes are only ribbons and plaques, the bragging rights
and free advertising is worth far more than any monetary prize could offer.
There was some
apprehension leading up to the opening. After not having a show last year and
the previous years were shrinking in attendance, this year’s show was somewhat
of a question. There were some people that said the show should not be put on
at all due to last year’s scandal and there were those who wanted to put the
past behind them and move on. Luckily for East Farewell those voices
won out. Many individuals came together to set up a new committee, raise funds
and attract vendors and local florists, gardeners and floral hobbyists. The
turnouts squashed any naysayers gloom and doom predictions and brought a smile
to committee chairman Donna Silverman. “This is just fabulous, I had a very
good feeling about this and many people told me they couldn’t wait for the
show, but when I saw the first day turnout and then every day since I was
floored. It is great! I couldn’t be happier. I love East Farewell,” gushed Miss
Silverman.
The show will
stay open for the rest of the week and close out with closing awards ceremony
on Sunday evening. The crowds are expected to remain large throughout the
duration and it is anticipated to be a full house on Sunday evening. The show
is open daily from 10:00AM until 8:00PM in the huge temporary tent set up on
the fairgrounds. It will run until Sunday when the awards ceremony will begin
at 7:00PM.
The Fabulous
1957 Flower Show
SPORTS
COUGARS SWAT DOWN HAWKS
Southport – The Cougars continued their push for a league
championship as they turned back the Southport Hawks, 58-54 on Friday. The
Hawks played a very strong game but were continually out matched by a clearly
superior Cougars team. Each time the Hawks would gain any momentum the Cougars
would tighten up, make a steal, block a shot or grab a key rebound to stifle
the Hawks. Wilson Watson commanded the center and was top scorer with 22
points. He also had 12 rebounds and 9 assists leaving him one short of a triple
double for the game. He already has one for the season and his performance on
Friday was just another example of his dominance in the league.
The Hawks
showed tenacious spirit as they continued to claw back after every Cougar run
but came up short at the end. Their leading scorer was forward Glenn DiAmecie
with 18. The Cougars come home for their
final game next week against the Slate Mountain Miners. The game is an evening
game and starts at 8:00PM in the Regional High Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
HOFFA INDICTED, BECK TO TESTIFY – CREDIT CAN
DAMPEN RECESSION – IS MARILYN PREGNANT? – MANSFIELD DIVORCES – BAILEY ACTS
STRANGE
A Federal grand jury
indicts James R.
Hoffa, top leader of the Teamsters Union, on charges of setting up a
conspiracy to buy secrets of the Senate rackets investigation. President Dave Beck of
the International Teamsters Union is
ordered to appear before the Senate rackets investigators and to bring his
financial records for 1949 through 1955. He’ll appear next week.
Consumer credit (installment buying)
has added fuel to the economy says the Federal Reserve Board - and can dampen
an impending recession. But said a report: current installment debt, now a $31
billion load, is among “the less stable kinds of credit.” A recent study looked
at five up-trend periods, including the spectacular credit binge of 1955 and
the staff learned that in each case “installment credit buying contributed to a
rate of sales of consumer durable goods that could not be sustained.”
Marilyn Monroe fails to put a stop to
rumors that she is expecting a baby. “I have nothing to say at this time. I’m
sure that everyone will agree that some things are private matters. I just feel
that this is one of them.”
Actress Jayne Mansfield divorces
Paul Mansfield, manager of a soft-drink plant. They had
been married since 1950 and separated in 1955. She’s been seen with strongman
Mickey Hargitay.
In London, viewers saw an unusual live
broadcast with blues songstress Pearl Bailey. During the show, she began unraveling
the cable from her microphone saying to the band “you go on vamping while I
unwind it,” Later, she asked a cameraman to help her off the stage, ordered the
band to keep quiet for a violin solo and danced with one of the audience. A
spokesman said Ms. Bailey had gone on the air with so many sedatives in her
that her whole reactions were slowed down.
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