EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, March
19, 1959 Vol. C716
LOCAL
NEWS
FLOWER SHOW AND SUN SHINE BRIGHTLY
East
Farewell- The magic of the Flower Show has spread to the local
weather. After the show officially opened on Saturday the temperatures have
gone straight up and the sun has shown every day. Saturday the temperature
started in the upper 30s. It ended Saturday in the upper 40s. Sunday it was 48,
Monday, 52, Tuesday, 58 and Wednesday is hit a balmy 62. The forecaster has
predicted that the warm will continue into next week. This unexpected warmth
has been a boom to show attendance, which was already expected to set records.
On Wednesday afternoon the organizers took the unheard of step of raising some
of the side panels on the huge tent that houses the show. “With the
temperatures going into the stratosphere we really had to make some changes to
the air flow in the tent,” said committee chair, Donna Silverman, “All
we did was raise four of the twelve side panels to get some air circulating
inside and to let out some of the accumulated heat, It was getting toasty in
there and this fixed that.”
Opening the panels did not have any
effect on any of the displays because the wind was almost nonexistent and most
of the displays are towards the middle of the tent. The crowds seemed to
multiply as the temperatures went up. The show runs until Sunday with the
“great sell-off” on Monday morning. There is no excuse to miss this show, make
your way to the Fairgrounds and visit the biggest hit in town.
The sun opens up the Flower
Show
SPORTS
COUGARS ON A LATE SEASON ROLL
East
Farewell – The Cougars are enjoying a late season winning streak as they
convincingly beat the Southport Hawks on Saturday afternoon. This game was a
little revenge for the loss the Cougars suffered earlier in the season. This
time the Cougars came out hot starting off with a 16-6 run at the very
beginning. Once again the ‘big three’, Hawkins, Tasker and Mitchell, set the
pace and dominated the middle. Together they accounted for 40 of the Cougars 56
points. Hawkins led all scorers with 22. He also had 13 rebounds and 10
assists, which is a team record.
The Hawks were led by their guards,
Benny Benton and Frank Jones, who put up a valiant fight, scoring 28 together
(Benton-16, Jones-12), but they couldn’t match the big three. The Cougar’s
guards, Fox and Mackenzie did their part, scoring 10 between them but assisting
in almost every score. Coach Wilson was able to empty the bench towards the end
of the game and the second string held their own with sophomore Wendell
Williams dropping in 4 and Robby O’Shea scoring 2.
The win, which is the fourth in a
row, assures the Cougars a playoff spot regardless of the outcome of next
week’s final game against the Slate Mountain Miners. The Miners will host the
Cougars on Friday evening in the Slate Mountain Gymnasium beginning at 7:00PM.
The playoff schedule will be posted after next week’s game.
NATIONAL NEWS
HOUSE VOTES TO MAKE HAWAII A STATE – IKE TO
REPORT ON BERLIN – 59% OF US LIKE IKE – NO COMMIES IN WEST BERLIN – NASSAR SAYS
REDS COVET IRAQ
The
House votes 323 to 89 to make Hawaii the 50th state. All is needed is
President Eisenhower’s signature.
President
Eisenhower will report directly to the American people on the Berlin situation
and U.S. military strength in a nationwide radio-television talk next
week.
Gallup
poll shows President Eisenhower has a 59% approval rating.
Soviet Premier
Khrushchev insists that Russian troops would have to be part of any token
military force kept in West Berlin. Meantime, President Eisenhower tells
Congress he needs no additional money for missiles or conventional warfare
forces to deal with it
President
Nasser tells an anti-Communist rally the Reds are converting Iraq into a base
for operations in the Arab world. He accuses Iraqi Premier Abdel Karlm Kassem
of being a willing accomplice of Arab Communists.
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