EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
24, 1957 Vol. C631
LOCAL
NEWS
OKTOBERFEST 1957
East Farewell - It is late October in East Farewell and that
must mean Oktoberfest. The festival is enjoying its third year and has seen
many changes since it was introduced in 1955. It first started as a two-week
affair and it was quickly realized that that was too long and was shortened to
a one-week affair in 1956. Since then it has enjoyed enormous success and
expanded has from one tent to a full-blown Festival taking place on the
Fairgrounds and backing up to the fun pier. This year the Midway took a new
twist with many local vendors setting up shop and offering local crafts and
food for the many visitors. This year also saw an influx of out-of-town
visitors. Also this year two stages for musical entertainment were set up and
musical acts performed almost continuously. Of course, the main attraction has
been the beer, bratwurst and chicken. Many local young women recruited as
frauleins and many young men donning lederhosen and the atmosphere in the tents
was very Bavarian.
The Fest opened
on Friday and will run through the week and close next Sunday evening with a
farewell concert that will include all of the acts that performed throughout
the week. The music acts that are appearing include the always popular Jerry
Tabor, Big Roy and the magnificence, local country star
Charlie Green and the always popular Hans Snyder’s Bavarian Polka Band. Many
local farmers have contributed to the different foods offered throughout the
week. Along with the chickens and the locally made bratwurst lots of potatoes
and other vegetables have been put out on the tables.
Many happy beer drinkers attended the
festival so far and many have returned several times during the week. “This is
the most fun week of the year for me and every year it seems to get bigger and
better. The food is better every year, maybe because it’s local and very
fresh,” said a lederhosen wearing young man who declined to be named because he
was skipping work. Work absence not to be taken lightly but it has been
unofficially allowed during the week as long as production is not affected.
“While we obviously do not condone absence from work we understand that our
workers are more than allowed to use vacation time to attend the Oktoberfest,”
said floor manager Ryan Burns who works at the Iron Works.
The Oktoberfest seems to be headed to
another successful conclusion at the end of this week and many visitors are
pleasantly appreciating all the goodwill, good food, good beer and good music.
The Oktoberfest is quickly becoming a local tradition.
SPORTS
MINERS PAN COUGARS
Slate Mountain- The Slate Mountain Miners
celebrated their homecoming last week with a win over the Cougars, 14 to 7. The
Miners caught the Cougars off guard with a surprising new ground game headed up
by a new member of their team, Darren Roland, who just arrived from Ohio.
Roland played halfback and was able to rush for an extraordinary 105 yards and
score both Miners touchdowns. The Cougars seemed unable to keep their hands
around the swift and slippery 170 pound runner. In the first half both teams
were able to move the ball down the field but neither could score. The first
half ended in a 0-0 tie. The second half started with the Cougars taking the
opening kickoff down to the Miners 30 and then working their own ground game to
move the ball to the five with runs by Robbie Blackman and Joey Neil. Then with
a third and goal quarterback Dolan was able to toss a screen pass to tight end
Richie McGee who took the ball into the end zone untouched. Galloway converted
the extra point and the Cougars lead 7-0. As the third quarter wound down the Miners
took the ball down the field with carries by Roland of 20 yards, 10 yards and
several short yardage gains. With the Miners set up with a first and goal on
the Cougars eight, Miners quarterback Dave Morris handed the ball to Roland who
first ran inside then backed off and ran around the end for the score. After
the extra point conversion the game was tied at seven. The fourth quarter saw
tighter defense on both sides but as the quarter ran down Morris was again able
to rely on Roland to gain yardage and move the ball down the field. With 2:54
left on the clock and the Miners controlling the ball on the Cougars 18 yard
line Morris dropped back as if to pass but handed off to Roland who was
crossing behind him. Roland swept to the right and just out ran the Cougars
defense into the end zone for the go ahead score. Again, the extra point was
converted and the Miners led 14-7. With only 1:10 left on the clock the Cougars
took the kickoff but only made it to their own 30. Despite a valiant effort by
Dolan, Blackman and Neil the Cougars ended up with a fourth and three on the Miners
45 yard line. Dolan handed off to Blackman in an effort to continue the drive
but Blackman was stopped inches short of the first down marker. The Miners took
over with only 20 seconds left on the clock and ran one last play to Roland who
was obviously worn out and only gained 1 yard.
This was the second loss for the Cougars
in two weeks and their once promising season is suddenly looking not as
spectacular as first reported. “This was a tough game and that new fella Roland
was very impressive. We couldn’t stop him today and the Miners were able to
enjoy their homecoming with a win. We will get them next time and we will use
this loss to improve our own game,” said coach Burkowitz after the game. The
Cougars stay on the road next week when they visit the Central Bears in
Centralia. The game begins at 1:30 on Saturday at Central High field.
NATIONAL NEWS
REDS LAUNCH A DOG INTO SPACE – IKE
POPULARITY SLIPS – ELVIS IN LA
The Russians say the have launched a
new satellite - this one carrying a dog. It’s six times heavier than the one
launched earlier this month. Moscow says it’s circling the earth every hour and
42 minutes at a height of 937 miles. The dog is hermetically sealed in a
container equipped with air conditioning.
President Eisenhower’s popularity slips
... 57% approve and 27% disapprove of the job he’s doing. In January of this year,
79% approved of the job he was doing.
At a gathering of
artists in Indianapolis, architect Frank Lloyd Wright tells
the group that Indianapolis is “ugly” and
that Paris, France is his favorite city because it has resisted skyscrapers.
In sports - 1100 show-up at transplant
ceremonies for the Dodgers in Los Angeles. President Walter O’Malley, who
received a standing ovation, told the crowd “The next time you will be asked to
stand will be when your own Duke Snider hits the first home run for your
Dodgers here.”
Elvis Presley performs at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium
in Los Angeles. He performed for 50 minutes
and sang 18 songs including “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Jailhouse Rock.” Before the concert, he was asked to comment about an article in
which Frank Sinatra was attacking rock and roll. “I admire the man, he has a
right to his own opinions. You can’t knock success.”
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
