EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, March
5, 1959 Vol. C714
LOCAL
NEWS
STILL FROZEN BUT FLOWERS ON
THE WAY
East Farewell – Even though the temperatures outside were in the
low 30s the temperatures under the huge tent erected on the Fairgrounds were warm
and toasty. The exclusive “Preview Dinner” was held in the in a roped off
section of the Flower Show floor. This year the Flower Show Committee, chaired
again this year by the charming Miss Donna Silverman, sent out 100 invitations
to sponsors and participants (an increase from last year). Last year was the
inaugural dinner and set the tone for the whole show. This year was similar,
local establishments like the
Lost Oasis and Lou’s Deli catered and after dinner music was performed by
local country music star, Charlie Green and the
magical tenor, Michael Tiller.
The real star
of the evening was the Flower Show preview. While no one was able to stroll
through, the show officially opens tomorrow, everyone was able to peak over the
restricting ribbons to get a view of the fabulous show on tap. This year there
are more participants and more creative projects on the floor. People are
getting more adventurous with their creations and folks will have to wait until
tomorrow to fully experience them. Rumors of waterfalls and ponds along with
English gardens swirled around the dinner tables.
The Flower Show
committee has once again out done themselves in presenting a welcome glimpse of
spring in while East Farewell is still in the cold grasp of winter.
1959 Flower
Show Dinner-Dance
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN BIG
East
Farewell – The Cougars made a statement on Saturday. They faced their
arch-rivals, Riverview, only two weeks after a heartbreaking loss and played an
almost perfect game to gain some revenge with a 58-52 win. They looked much more confident than any time
this season. Their passes were sharp, their drives were powerful and their
rebounding was commanding. The Riverview Wildcats came into town looking to
build on their earlier victory but ran into a brick wall defense and a lights
out offense, they didn’t know it when the game started but they didn’t stand a
chance.
The game started with the Cougars
running off 10 straight points and the Wildcats had to call a quick timeout to
regroup. The Cougars put on an early press that seemed to surprise the Wildcats
and led to another 8-0 run for the Cougars. By the end of the first half the
Cougars were in control 30-24.
The inside ‘big three’ of Hawkins,
Tasker and Mitchell played together like a well-oiled machine passing and
moving until the open man broke out and got an open shot. The guards, Fox and
Mackenzie, ran the backcourt like a magic show with even a behind the back pass
that turned into a scoring drive. The Wildcats did not have an answer to the
Cougars on Saturday afternoon and the crowd loved it. With three minutes left
and the Cougars in complete control 54-44 Coach Wilson gave the bench a chance
to show what they could do. Just as last week the second team really held their
own. Walter Ferguson and Robby O’Shea replace Tasker and Mitchell on the inside
and spunky sophomore Wendell Williams went in for Mack Mackenzie. The bench
players were able to hold the lead and close the game out without any real
drama. “Boy, these boys looked great tonight, all of them. They worked together
and they took good shots and made great decisions. I am very proud of them
today,” said Coach Wilson after the game.
Next week the Cougars stay at home
to face the Fort Lee Captains on Friday afternoon. The game starts at 4:00PM in
the Regional High gym.
NATIONAL NEWS
RUSSIA SEALS OFF BORDERS – CHURCHILL ROBBED
– KENNEDY PASSES STEVENSON IN POLLS
Without
warning - Russia sealed off virtually the entire Soviet Union from western
diplomats. In retaliation, the United States posted a similar temporary travel
ban on Russian diplomats here. The action adds to East-West tension over
Berlin. The NATO Council firmly endorses the Western Big Three’s German policy and
warns the Communists to keep their hands off the free allied sector of Berlin.
The big three are the U.S., Germany and France.
Sir
Winston Churchill’s town house is ransacked by burglars who made off with furs
and jewels valued at $28,000. No one was home. The loot included several boxes
of the ex-prime minister’s big cigars.
In
a Gallup Poll - Sen. John Kennedy pulls up slightly on Adlai Stevenson as the
choice of rank-and-file Democrats for the 1960 nomination:
Sen.
John F. Kennedy - 28%
Gov.
Adlai Stevenson - 27%
Sen.
Estes Kefauver - 12%
Sen.
Lyndon Johnson - 9%
Sen.
Stuart Symington - 5%
Others
- 11%
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