EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
2, 1958 Vol. C653
LOCAL
NEWS
NEW YEARS DAY PARADE POSTPONED
East Farewell - Due to a freak
snowstorm on December 30th the annual East Farewell
New Year’s parade has been postponed. The parade was supposed to take place on
New Year’s Day but with almost 10 inches of snow on the ground the committee
decided to postpone the parade until Saturday, January 4 beginning at 10 AM and
traveling down Main Street turning on Lake Shore Drive and ending at the Lakefront
Plaza. This is the first time the parade has been postponed in its 11 year
history.
The
snowstorm caught everyone by surprise and dumped 9 ½ inches of
heavy, wet snow on East
Farewell. It caught everyone by surprise and essentially stranded all the
visiting bands and marchers in town. On the bright side, all the added people
in town made for a business bonanza by keeping rooms booked and restaurants
full. Most of the stranded participants took a holiday attitude and made the
most of an unfortunate situation. “It looks like this one will go down in the
history books, but most everyone seems to be taking it all in stride,” said
town Council Pres. Tom Connelly.
The
town has done a splendid job in clearing the mess and the streets department
has promised a clear and clean parade route for Saturday. This year the parade
will be led again by the Girl Scouts in recognition of their record setting
cookie sales from last year. They set a state record for the amount of Girl
Scout cookies sold in the four-week sales window. Many other groups will be
represented in the parade and a plethora of marching bands will add a musical
soundtrack the New Year’s kickoff celebration. Don’t miss it, Saturday morning,
10 AM, Main Street and Lakeshore Drive.
Downtown
Lakeshore Drive January 1958
SPORTS
COUGARS SWIPE WILDCATS
Riverview - The Cougars traveled to Riverview Friday, before the
storm, and met their rivals on Friday afternoon. The Wildcats have been
rebuilding and have not had much success so far this season. The Wildcats
troubles continued on Friday afternoon as the Cougars were able to put together
a strong second half and win 46–43. Both teams had a very good first half
trading lead 10 times, but the Cougars were able to go into the locker room at
halftime leading 26-24. Cougar’s center, Dave McGill, was able to take control
of the area under the basket and really started to show an ever increasing
knowledge of the game.
Second half was
controlled by a strong Cougars offense led by the backcourt of Bobby Fox and
Fergal Connor. Together they were able to keep the Wildcats off balance and set
up strategic offense plays time and again. The two guards contributed almost
half (22) the entire teams total. The Wildcats did mount a late offense of push
to bring the game much closer than it really was. In the last three minutes the
Wildcats were able to score 10 points to come within three points of the
Cougars. Coach Wilson called a timeout with 1:30 left and basically turned the
game over to McGill who went back out on the court and directed the final
minute with a steady and cool command. The Wildcats were unable to break the
stonewall defense put up by the Cougars in the last minute.
The Cougars
come home next week to face the hapless Fort Lee Captains who have yet to win
the game this season. The game begins on Friday at 4:30 in the Regional High Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE TELLS BULGANIN HE IS READY FOR PEACE –
IKE ASKS CONGRESS FOR EXTRA 1.26 BIL – EXPORTS RISE TO ALL TIME HIGH – PRO-BOWL
PLAYED – SARAH CHURCHILL CAUGHT DRUNK
President Eisenhower tells Soviet
Premier Bulganin, “I am ready” for a summit conference provided preliminary
negotiations give “good hope of advancing the cause of peace and justice in the
world.”
Congress opens and almost immediately,
President Eisenhower asks for an extra $1.26 billion this year for missile
development, additional government, scientists and defense of strategic Air
Command bases.
Exports rose to an all-time high in
1957 - at more than 21 billion dollars.
The West beats the East in the pro-bowl
26-7.
Sarah Churchill, daughter of Sir
Winston Churchill is jailed briefly in Los Angeles on a charge of common
drunkenness.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com
for contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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