EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
29, 1959 Vol. C709
LOCAL
NEWS
SNOW SCULPTURES APPEAR ON THE PLAZA
East
Farewell – All the snow last week was sure to attract the attention of the
almost famous snow sculptors of East Farewell.
Every year for about the last five or six years, some years did not have enough
snow to build anything, the somewhat clandestine “Committee for Plaza Snow
Sculptures” or CPSS this last snowfall was too much to ignore. Over the weekend
they descended on the snow laden Lakefront Plaza and along with about ten
others (it is rumored that the Committee has five standing members) shoveled,
dug, sprayed and basically sculpted an assortment of animals, children dancing,
sunrises, a Buddha and a grand tribute to the Mighty
Keystone Railroad as a giant engine all out of the more than abundant snow
on the Plaza. They worked through Friday night and into about midday Saturday
when they “opened” up the Plaza to a large crowd of delighted observers.
The highlights of the show were the
massive sculptures that completely filled the Plaza but the other, smaller
sculptures were very interesting also. One smaller work was two children
dancing together and a group of elephants walking away from the scene drew
grins and finger pointing from almost everyone. The de facto leader of CPSS,
Dale Reinhold, was very eager to lead tours of the showcase. “I just love these
works. This year everyone went above and beyond maybe because we had so much
more snow. I think Cindy’s train is magnificent (Cindy Walters, resident
artist) and young Frankie Miller’s rising Mr. Sun is ingenious,” Reinhold said
during the tour, “I think most of the sculptures have been sprayed with a mist
of water to form an iced covering that will help it last when the sun comes out
but since it has been so cold I don’t think the melting will be too much
trouble right now.”
Reinhold is probably right about the
lack of melting. The temperatures in town have been hovering around 25 degrees
and drop to 0 overnight for the last week. The Plaza is open to the Lake and
receives some added chill from the lake winds but it also receives full sun
during the day. In the past the sculptures on the Plaza have remained for about
a week until they melted naturally so the expectation this year is that due to
the extreme cold and somewhat overcast predictions the sculptures will last
well into next week, maybe longer. This will be a delight for most everyone.
The whimsical fun brings a bit of happiness during the dead of winter and seems
to prolong the fading holiday spirit. As for the CPSS, being an unrecognized
and unendorsed group it is technically not supposed to be allowed to do what it
does but it is so much fun everyone looks the other way and the spectacle
occurs every year when the snow gets high enough. And hopefully it will
continue.
1959 Snow Sculptures on the
Plaza
SPORTS
COUGARS CLAW MINERS
East
Farewell – One week after struggling against a very strong and well executed
press the Cougars showed they could learn quickly and employ their lessons to
great benefit on Friday night as they completely destroyed the Slate Mountain
Miners attempt at replicating the same press. The Cougars dismantled the press
so well that the Miners were forced to call it off by the second half. The
Miners had done some scouting last week and saw how the Southport Hawks had
effectively neutralized the Cougar’s high powered offense with a smothering
press that lasted the whole game and led to a Southport win. The Cougars went
into the gym afterwards and instead of moaning and groaning they worked on ways
to beat the press. Their hard work paid off on Friday night. The Miners came
out strong, showing a well-practiced press that looked at first to knock the
Cougars off tilt again but that turned out to be only a ruse. The Cougars were
in fact sizing up the press, looking for its weaknesses and planning their
attack. After falling behind 10-6 in the first five minutes Cougars Coach
Wilson called a timeout and laid out the plan. The next three minutes saw a
completely different approach to the game. The Cougars went on an eight point
scoring spree and then in the second quarter outscored the Miners 12-7. The end
of the first half saw the Cougars out front 22-19.
The second half saw the Miners
abandon the press and face the Cougars with only moderate half court pressure.
With their game plan modified the Miners had a difficult time standing up to
the Cougars “Big Three” (Hawkins, Tasker and Mitchell) who dominated the inside
with rebounds, blocks and scores but the Cougars backcourt (Fox and Mackenzie)
were the essential force that neutralized the press and led the charge in the
second half. Bobby Fox ended the game as high scorer for both teams with 16
points followed by his backcourt partner, Mack Mackenzie, who scored 12. In the
first half they were able to direct the destruction of the Miners press using
Hawkins and Tasker to feed back and drive around the Miners defenders. In the
second half they were able to work together to bring the ball up and feed the
inside collapsing the Miners then the insiders would shoot it back out to the
guards would take their open outside shots. The guards were on target more than
they were off. The game ended with the Cougars in command, the Miners exhausted
and the score standing at 48-40 Cougars.
The Cougars stay at home next week
and host the Central Bears. The game begins at 4:30PM in the Regional High Gym.
The Bears are facing a difficult time this season having lost their star center
to a broken ankle in the first game but they have shown signs of improvement
over the last few games. Their new center is a sophomore, Stuart Drew, and he
has been gaining confidence and improving his skills every game. The Cougars
will have to keep him in check in order to come out with a win next week.
NATIONAL NEWS
WARREN REFUSES DELAY OF ADMISSION – JET
CRASHES INTO THE EAST RIVER, 65 DEAD, 9 ALIVE – TRANSCRIPT OF DOWNED US
TRANSPORT RELEASED
Chief
Justice Warren refuses to delay the scheduled admission of four Negro pupils to
a white junior high school in Arlington, VA. Racial integration imposed by
federal courts comes to unwilling Virginia and seven public schools there. It
went quietly and without incident.
An
American Airlines prop-jet Electra plunges into the East River, killing 65
persons. It was trying to land on a runway lacking approach lights and
instruments. The plane was coming from Chicago and was just about to land at
LaGuardia. Nine survived.
The
State Department publishes a transcript made from a tape recording of conversations
between Soviet pilots, purporting to show a U.S Air Force transport plane was
indeed gunned down by the pilots. The plane disappeared on September 2 as it
flew along the Turkey-Armenia border.
