EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Friday, January
2, 1959 Vol. C705
LOCAL
NEWS
WELCOME TO EAST FAREWELL 1959
East
Farewell – The New Year strutted into East Farewell as the traditional New
Year’s Parade kicked off from the Iron Works parking lot and traveled down Main Street turning on Lake Shore
Drive and ending up at the Lakefront Plaza. Led by the Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts the parade started at 10:00 and even though the temperature was in the
upper 30s the troops marched through the slush with a surprising uniformity.
This year the floats were next as many local organizations sponsored a float
including the Yacht Club that rolled out its new and refurbished yacht
including the very popular mermaids, the always popular N.U.D.E. organization (Nothing
Until Democracy Evolves) had their own float this year, they usually marched,
the Playhouse brought their float back along with the cast of its current
blockbuster, “ A Christmas Carol” and the Restaurant Association rolled their wonderful
sidewalk café float complete with waiters, waitresses and diners. This year the
SPCA had their own float of sorts this year, they usually march also but the
slushy streets made it difficult, painful and messy for the hounds to walk and
the cats would never do anything like that. This year the dogs and cats rode a
flatbed donated by the Iron Works. Many members of the SPCA and some local iron
workers accompanied the animals and at the end of the parade many found new,
happy homes. The Regional High School Marching Band brought up the end of the
parade and gave a wonderful concert on the Plaza to finish off a chilly but
glorious first day of a new year.
The SPCA Animal Trailer
SPORTS
COUGARS GOBBLE UP CANARIES
Slate
Mountain – The Cougars continued their winning ways with a convincing win over
the Slate Mountain Canaries, 50-38. The Cougars were in control from the
opening tip off to the closing horn. They never trailed and they were only tied
once early in the second half. The “Big Three” (Hawkins, Tasker and Mitchell)
took over the center of the court and were extremely effective on both offense
and defense. Center Hawkins scored a personal high of 18 points and pulled down
a season high 15 rebounds, he had 7 assists but that was due to the fact that
he was usually finishing the plays. Tasker scored 12 points with 8 rebounds and
10 assists. Mitchell scored 8 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and assisted on 11
scores.
The Canaries tried but were
outmatched on every account. Their high scorer, Michael Silva, scored 10 points
and pulled down 11 rebounds. This year is a rebuilding year for the Canaries
having lost four out of five of their starters with Silva being the only
returning player. The rest of the squad is mostly juniors and sophomores. There
are two other seniors on the squad but they are in the sixth and eighth
position on the play chart. The young squad was no match for the Cougars squad
who has been showing more comfort and floor knowledge with every game.
By the last six minutes Coach Wilson
emptied his bench to give all his players some real playing time. These fellows
showed composure and a great deal of ability. Walter Ferguson and Robbie O’Shea
were able to score and Wendell Williams was able to score and grab the final
rebound to seal the win. The Cougars and Coach Wilson showed a great deal of
sportsmanship by not running up the score on the young Canaries and the
Canaries coach, Bill Hunt, took note. “That showed a lot of class, I am happy
for those guys and Wilson is a top notch guy. I look forward to playing them
again later in the season once we get some more experience under our belt.”
The Cougars face their biggest
challenge next week when they travel to Riverview to face their rivals the
Riverview Wildcats. They will play the Cats in the Riverview High Gym starting
at 4:00 next Friday.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE SIGNS ALASKA’S STATEHOOD – CASTRO
CONTROLS CUBA – REDS ROCKET MISSES MOON AND HEADS TO THE SUN
President
Eisenhower signs the Proclamation of Alaska Statehood and unfurls the new U.S.
Flag with 49 stars, which will become the official national emblem July
4.
Fidel
Castro’s rebels are in control of the Island of Cuba. His men
have control of Havana, where fighting leaves almost 50 dead. American firms
with investments in Cuba are calm and believe their holdings are safe. IT&T
has about a $30 million investment in the Cuban Telephone Company… Hilton
International says the firm’s new plush $24 million Havana Hilton had suffered
no damage and none was expected… American & Foreign Power Co., which as a
$300 million stake in the Cuban Electric Co. believes there is no damage to
that property and they do not expect the property to be nationalized. Manuel
Urrutia takes the oath of office as Cuba’s provisional president and names
rebel hero Fidel Castro as head of the nation’s armed forces.
Russia
fires a rocket towards the moon! Russia says the flight is going
smoothly. But later Soviet Russian announces its 1 ½ ton cosmic rocket passed the moon on its route toward an
orbit around the sun. President Eisenhower congratulates Soviet Russia on its
successful launching of a space rocket.
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