EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
31, 1957 Vol. C644
LOCAL
NEWS
NO CIRCUS BUT THE PLAYHOUSE IS
OPEN
East Farewell-The circus may no longer come to town but the
Playhouse is open for business. Last year was the circuses swansong to East Farewell
as financial difficulties made its continuation impossible. There were many sad
faces in the crowd at the closing show last year and they were not the painted
clown’s center ring. The show will be missed. On the brighter side the very
successful and popular Playhouse has its schedule to offer three more shows in
an effort to fill the entertainment vacuum. Playhouse owners Rick and Julie
Davidson have been working diligently with local producer and impresario Joel
Bernstein to come up with new and current entertainment. This month’s offering
is current Broadway smash musical, “My Fair Lady”. The Davidsons and Bernstein
were able to obtain the rights to show through Bernstein’s connections with the
shows Broadway producers. The leading parts, Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle
are played by local favorites Sam Wells
and Natalie
Mallard. The house band is made up of many local musicians as well as
seniors from the Regional High School music program. The show opened right
after Oktoberfest closed last week. It will run for four weeks if sales
continue to stay strong. So far there have been sellouts for both the Friday
and Saturday shows as well as the Sunday matinee. Shows are scheduled for
Thursday night Friday night Saturday night and a Sunday matinee. “We are very
pleased to be able to present this wonderful show and are grateful but not
surprised at the magnificent audience turnout,” said Bernstein after the first
Sunday matinee.
The Playhouse
has become an integral part of the East Farewell social scene since it opened
four years ago. The Davidson’s commitment to restoring the building and
continuing maintenance and updating have let the town enjoy a first-class
theater experience. Bernstein’s creative vision and deep connections with the
professional theater industry has been crucial to bringing top notch talent and
first run shows to the Playhouse. Both the Davidson’s and Bernstein feel there
is a long and storied history being written as the Playhouse opens every
performance.
Natalie
Mallard as Eliza Doolittle
SPORTS
COUGARS ON A LOSING STREAK
Centralia- The Cougars lost to the Central Bears 21-14 on
Saturday. This was the third loss in a row for the Cougars who find themselves
in an unfamiliar position of last-place in the league standings. The Cougars
season started off with two strong wins and went downhill from there. The young
team has shown signs of strong play on both offense and defense but has had
consistency problems. In the past three games they have had more turnovers than
the entire last season. This game started with a strong Cougar drive with
quarterback Dolan taking the ball down to the Bears 10. Then the Bears defense
stiffened up and two plays losing yardage and a fumble on third down pushed the
Cougars out of field goal range and the Bears were able to take over on their
own 20 after a Galloway punt into the end zone. The Bears then took the ball
all the way down to the Cougar’s 15 yard line and Bears quarterback Dave
Mathias was able to hit tight end Bob Roach for a score to put the Bears ahead.
The Cougars spent the rest of the first half chasing the Bears as Mathias and Roach
were able to chip away at the Cougars field position. Finally in the last two
minutes of the first half Dolan hit wide receiver Max O’Hara for a 40 yard bomb
and O’Hara took the ball down to the Bears 2. Fullback Robbie Blackman drove
the ball across the line and the half ended tied seven all.
The second half
started with the Bears receiving the ball and quickly driving down to the Cougars
17 but they were stopped by a tenacious Cougars defense. A Bears field goal
attempt sailed wide right and the Cougars took over on their own 17. Dolan looked
to his tight end Richie McGee to make the most of a soft Bears zone defense.
The Cougars moved the ball down to the Bears eight and once again Blackman
powered through the middle for the score putting the Cougars up 14 to 7. That
was the end of the Cougars offense for the afternoon. The Bears took the
kickoff and drove to the 30 but were stopped. An excellent punt by Bears kicker,
Eugene Salem, dropped the ball on the Cougars 2 yard line. The Cougars were
able to get out of trouble and drive the ball up to the 40 but no more. A
Galloway punt put the Bears back on their own 11. It wasn’t until the fourth
quarter either team was able to threaten. And while the Cougars threatened the Bears
scored. The Bears were able to score two touchdowns in the last eight minutes
of the game as the Cougars inconsistency raised its ugly head and the team was
unable to stop the Bears on their last two drives. Strong play by Mathias, Roach
and halfback, Tommy Newsom also made the Bears offense look top notch. Roach
was able to score on a 25 yard slant pass and Newsom had a 13 yard end run for
a score.
“We are not
used to being in this position and we don’t like it one bit. This team is still
trying to find itself and still has a way to go but I think we will be okay as
we get deeper into the season,” said coach Burkowitz in the locker after the
game. The Cougars come home next week to face the Southport Hawks and hopefully
get back on track. The game will begin on the high school field at 1:30 on
Saturday.
NATIONAL NEWS
COMMIES LAUNCH SPUTNIK II WITH DOG INSIDE –
AMERICAN SCIENTISTS APPLAUDE RUSSIANS – QUEEN ELIZABETH SPEAKS TO PARLIAMENT ON
SPACE SCIENCE
Communist Daily Worker dispatch reports
that the Russians will launch another Sputnik, just in time for the Bolshevik
Revolution anniversary. The Russians launched a second space satellite - this
one carrying a dog. The new Sputnik is some six times heavier than the first.
It seems to be circulating the earth once an hour. Sputnik II is sighted all across the country
giving scientists the information needed for an accurate fix of its orbit
around the earth. The Soviet satellite appeared to be tumbling end over end in
its furious flight at nearly 18,000 miles an hour. This caused renewed
speculation about the fate of Laika, the little Russian dog harnessed inside.
A Russian scientist discloses that new
secret sources of power were developed to shoot Sputnik II and its canine
passenger into orbit around the earth.
American scientists are not surprised
by Sputnik II and say the Russians deserve credit for a difficult engineering
accomplishment.
Queen Elizabeth opens the new session of Parliament, saying science now “should be inspired by the hopes and not
retarded by the fears of mankind.” “I believe that never has the threat of
Soviet Communism been so great nor the need for the free countries to organize
themselves against it so urgent.”
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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