EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
26, 1959 Vol. C713
LOCAL
NEWS
FIRE ON LAKESHORE DRIVE
East
Farewell – Late on Monday night the East Farewell Fire Department responded to
house on fire on Lake Street Dive. The house was the residence of Harry
Turnbull. The fire was roaring by the time the Fire Department arrived and it
took almost three quarters of an hour to bring under control. The freezing
temperatures hindered the department’s attempts to bring the fire under
control. Luckily for the owner and the department the water lines did not
freeze. The home was an original home built in East Farewell as a summer home for the
Mighty Keystone Railroad top executive, Charles Comstock, about 1904. Comstock
passed away in 1929 and the property was sold several times before Turnbull
purchased it just five years ago. It had been turned into a year round
residence many years ago and Turnbull had done extensive renovations after he
bought it. Turnbull was in the house with his wife, Marie, and their five
children, Harry Jr. (16), Sara (13), David (10), Sam (7) and little Hope (4).
All were able to get out safely and no one was injured. The Turnbull family has
taken up temporary residence in Mrs. Mallard’s boarding
house only
three doors down and across the street. “Mrs. Mallard was so very
generous. She immediately offered her
home to us as soon as she saw the devastation to ours,” said a tearful Marie
Turnbull on the Mallard porch, “We are so thankful. She has always been the
greatest neighbor and tonight she once again showed she is one of the most
wonderful people in the world.”
The Turnbull home was not a complete
loss but it suffered extensive damage to the second and third floor. “We
believe the fire originated in the walls after a fault in the electric system
caused a spark,” said Fire Captain, Joe White. “We were able to get a handle on
this fire fairly quickly in spite of the difficult climate we had to deal with.
I think we were able to save the house but it is going to need a great deal of
repair.”
“We are absolutely going to
rebuild,” said Mr. Turnbull from the Mallard porch, “East Farewell is our home.
The kids all were born here and they attend the local schools. All our friends
are here. This is our home. We will be starting as soon as possible.”
Thanks to the fast and efficient
work by the East Farewell Fire Department this possible disaster was averted.
Given the sever temperatures it is another tribute to the professional
procedures by the Fire Department. The Turnbulls and the entire Lakeshore Drive
community are very thankful.
Turnbull house
on fire
SPORTS
COUGARS LIKE IT BACK HOME
East
Farewell – The Cougars played their first home game in three weeks and they
enjoyed themselves as did the fans. They took on the Slate Mountain Canaries
and prevailed fairly handily, 46-36. The Cougars have been struggling lately
having played their last three games on the road against the top teams in the
league they lost two out of three and have slipped into the middle of the
standings in the league. Friday’s game was a turnaround for the Cougars coming
off a heartbreaking loss to Riverview, they were able to play a well-organized
offense and show off their impressive ‘Big Three’ defense of Hawkins, Tasker
and Mitchell. The front three commanded the center and only allowed the
Canaries 8 points from inside the lane. Hawkins closed down the driving lanes
and Tasker and Mitchell forced the Canaries outside where they had to rely on
their guards, Ben Gold and Sam Moore to put up some offense. Together they
accounted for most of the Canaries points (14 and 10 respectively).
The game started out with the
Cougars taking a 12-4 lead and the Canaries spent the rest of the half trying
to catch up. They finally got close with 1 minute left in the half when they
drew with 1 point at 24-23. That is how the half ended and in the second half
they came out fast tying the game briefly at 26 apiece. That turned out to be
their high point though. The Cougars inside reestablished their control and
took over the game. Hawkins ended the game with the high score of 18 followed
by Tasker with 12. The score would have
probably been more lopsided but Coach Wilson pulled Hawkins and Tasker out with
three minutes left. The subs, Ferguson and O’Shea played admirably and showed a
lot of pose on the court.
The Cougars stay home next week as
they host their arch rivals Riverview in a turnaround game. They just played
them last week at Riverview and lost by one point. The Cougars are hoping for a
lift from the home town fans and are looking for a little revenge. The game is
a Saturday game and begins at 1:00PM in the Regional High gym.
NATIONAL NEWS
FBI SEIZES HEROIN – BRIT MACMILLAN WORK WITH
KHRUSHCHEV –
“DONNA”
REMEMBERS RICHIE VALENS
The
FBI seizes 51 bags of heroin, worth an estimated $500,000 from a Capital
Airlines Viscount plane in New York. Someone phoned and said a bomb was on
board. Passengers were then taken to the terminal building and asked to reclaim
their baggage. The airline operates on the theory that no bomber would reclaim
a piece of baggage, which later might be opened to expose an internal device.
All the baggage was reclaimed except one piece of luggage. An airline
reservations clerk thought he recalled that the suitcase had been checked
in by one of the passengers but the passenger twice denied it was his.
British Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan agrees with Premier Khrushchev to begin work on
an Anglo-Soviet cultural treaty and appeals to the Russians to “combine our
peace” with the British.
Donna
Ludwig (16) the girl in Ritchie Valens’ hit record, reflects on her 2
½-year friendship with the rock and roll singer from
suburban Pacoima. She recalled that she and Valens went steady as 10th graders
at San Fernando High School and said her namesake song came about from a phone
conversation they had last September, when she chided him about writing that
promised song for her. “While we were talking, right there on the telephone, he
wrote the words to ‘Donna’ and he read them to me. He called me the next night
and sang the song to me, and played the guitar. It was wonderful. I didn’t
believe it was going to be recorded”
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