EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
27, 1958 Vol. C661
LOCAL
NEWS
FIRST LOOK AT THE 1958 FLOWER
SHOW
East Farewell- The first glimpse of the 1958 East Farewell
Flower show was revealed at the pre-show press announcement at the Town Hall on
Wednesday afternoon. This year’s show will run from Friday March 7th
thru Monday March 17th. It will be held in a huge temporary tent
erected on the Fairgrounds as it was last year. Donna Silverman is
once again leading the committee that organizes the show. Last year she won
great praise from everyone for bringing back the near defunct event to an
exciting, stunning and beautiful conclusion last year. This year even more florists
have signed up, some from as far away as Philadelphia, Cleveland and even one
from Buffalo. Along with the fifty-two returning florists or floral related
vendors 15 new participants have signed up this year. “It is just breathtaking,
all the excitement, the ambitious plans and the wonderful people, I just love
it all,” proclaimed Miss Silverman during the press event.
This year’s
show will again be a judged event with prizes given out in several categories,
best display, best bloom, most original and most majestic. On the fun side
there will be other awards given out for more unusual categories, they will
include happiest spring sense, funniest, most fragrant and weirdest. There will
also be a grand prize winner. The awards
are mostly ribbons and plaques but the advertising, recognition and just plain
old bragging rights make up some of the most coveted awards. The Awards
Ceremony will take place on Sunday night, March 16th beginning at
7:30PM. This year the show will open on Monday, March 17th, for half
a day for a new, novel event, the Big Sell-Off. Miss Silverman suggested to the
vendors that they open one last day after the “official” closing and sell off
their displays and arrangements. The suggestion was met with a surprising
amount of acceptance. “The sell-off will help the vendors clear out their
displays making cleanup easier for them and letting a lot of folks in town get
some beautiful plants and flowers to help brighten up their homes.” said Miss
Silverman when explaining the Sell-Off.
Several
florists had pictures or drawings of their proposed displays to show off some
examples of what everyone should be looking forward to. All the displays were
stunning and whetted everyone’s appetite for the show.
A view from
1957 Flower Show
SPORTS
CAT FIGHT AT REGIONAL HIGH
East Farewell – The Riverview Wildcats came into Regional High
Gymnasium on Friday night as the league leading team and left the same way,
only they were battered and bruised. The Wildcats and the Cougars played a
knockdown, drag out grudge match that went down to the last seconds and ended
with the Wildcats prevailing, 56-55. The Cougars were hoping to move into
second place with a win and the Wildcats were trying to extend their lead in
the league standings. The teams played just two weeks ago with the Wildcats
prevailing by one point. Friday’s night game was almost a repeat but it was a
much rougher game. A grand total of 22 fouls were handed out which was a new,
dubious league record. The previous record of 19 was set way back in 1952 but
neither of these two teams was involved. “This was not our best game, I spoke
to Coach Reynolds (Wildcats Coach) and he feels the same way. This was not our
best game. The kids got too worked up and they were just banging each other
around out there. I don’t like that and I am going to have a talk with those
boys. I am glad they did not let the other team push them around and I am glad
they fought hard trying to win but there was just to much contact out there
tonight,” said Cougars coach Wilson.
The tone was
set in the first five minutes when Cougars center, Dave McGill tried to post up
against Wildcats center, Lou Alonso, but Alonso backed into McGill and both
ended up trying to muscle the other out of the lane. It ended up with a foul on
McGill but that was only the beginning. The ballet for the center lane went on
throughout the game and did not end when McGill fouled out in the last four
minutes of the game. McGill was replaced by James Hawkins, who has had a lot of
experience, came in and with one minute Alonso picked up his fifth foul trying
to push Hawkins around. Apparently, Alonso thought Hawkins not used to playing.
He was very wrong, Hawkins played with an attitude that could only be gained
from real court time. Hawkins, of course, played four very impressive games
when McGill was injured early in the season.
The battles
were not confined to the inside. The backcourt had its fair share of pushing
and shoving. Bobby Fox and Fergal Conner both of Cougars guards got into foul
trouble and ended the game with four each while Wildcats guards, Mario Fannelli
and Charles Danto had four fouls. The guards on both teams spent a lot of time
swatting at each other and in the end making too much contact for the referees
liking.
Aside from the
fouls it was a pretty good game. Both teams shot with great accuracy and when
there wasn’t a foul the work on the boards was outstanding. It came down to the
last minutes after the lead changed hands almost every minute. The Cougars had
a one point lead with fifty seconds when the Wildcats’ Fannelli was able to
make a diving one handed pass to a streaking Danto who was able to drive past
Don Tasker and lay up the go ahead basket. The Cougars tried for the last
second winning basket but Fox’s shot was from too far out, it hit the rim and
bounced out of any rebound reach as the buzzer sounded.
The Cougars
travel to Fort Lee to face the Captains next week. The Cougars have had
considerable good luck against the Captains this season. They beat the Captains
at home by six points and were never behind in the game. Friday’s game begins at
4:30PM in the Fort Lee Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
DOCS CLEAR IKE FROM SLIGHT STROKE – IKE
REJECTS NUKE POWERED PLANE – ARMY LOSES SATELLITE – BOB HOPE TO VISIT RUSSIA –
NO SUBLIMINAL TV FOR NOW
Doctors say President Eisenhower is
completely recovered from the slight stroke and speech difficulty he suffered
three months ago.
President Eisenhower says he rejected
an all-out drive to beat Russia into the air with an experimental
atomic-powered plane because it might have delayed development of a nuclear
plane which would be fit for combat.
The Army loses its Explorer II
satellite, minutes after firing it spaceward with the Jupiter-C rocket.
Comedian Bob Hope obtains from the
Soviet Embassy a visa to visit Russia. He said as he left the embassy, they
apparently “saw my show Sunday night. They treated me like I was Red Skelton or
Pinky Lee” said the comedian.
KTLA Los Angeles
announced in late January that it would begin flashing
subliminal messages of a public service nature within 90 days, but it looks
like that won’t happen - at all. The station had arranged for the needed
projectors with the Precon Process and Equipment Company of New Orleans,
builders of subliminal devices. But the FCC seems to be ambiguous on the
subject, and KTLA doesn’t want to take the chance. However, a motion-picture
producer intends to use the technique within the body of several feature films.
Many, many
thanks to https://mrpopculture/ for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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