EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
22, 1959 Vol. C747
LOCAL
NEWS
EAST FAREWELL OKTOBERFEST 1959
East Farewell – The East Farewell Oktoberfest opened last Friday
and will run through this weekend, closing on Sunday night. The Fairgrounds
have been transformed into a little bit a Bavaria for the event. Along with the
four very long tents covering very long tables with very long benches there was
a midway set up in between the tents that had stalls offering all sorts of
Oktoberfest paraphernalia like hats and female wigs as well as giant mugs and
pitchers. The rear entrance to the Fairgrounds was opened again this year and
the Fun Pier was opened for the week. Inside the tents a small army of waiters
and waitresses who were hired from all around the area were dressed in
traditional Bavarian outfits and moved up and down the tables with their arms
full of pitchers of beer, roasted chickens and sausages. The gates open every
day at 11:00AM and stay open until 11:00PM. The hours were adjusted from last
year to better accommodate the crowds. This year the estimated attendance is
for the whole week is over 15, 000 people.
The Oktoberfest
is in its fifth year and has had increased attendance every year. This year the
expected attendance is going to be larger than even the first year when the
event ran for two weeks. More and better advertising is the generally accepted
reason for the continued increase. “Every year they seem to come up with an
even better ad campaign. The word of mouth also has a lot to do with bringing in
the people. My place was sold out almost a month in advance this year,” said Mrs. Mallard, local
boarding house owner, when asked about the crowds.
There were
Oom-pah bands in each tent that added atmosphere and in the evenings local
bands shared the stages. Once again this year the new type of light bulbs were
installed that gave a flickering flame look that added even more atmosphere.
The fancy lights were mostly ornamental and the tents had long lines of
florescent lights to handle the true lighting chores. All along the midway
floodlights illuminated the stalls and walk ways. The entire area was so bright
during the nights that it could be seen from the new interstate highway that
was located almost 10 miles to the south.
The huge influx
of visitors to town was a welcome boost to the businesses and made for a sort
of “Indian Summer” for the retail community. Oktoberfest has become a very
popular early fall event in East Farewell and each year
it becomes bigger and better.
East Farewell
Oktoberfest 1959
SPORTS
SLATE MOUNTAIN CANARIES SING
OVER COUGARS
Slate
Mountain – It was Homecoming for Slate Mountain. While it seems early in the
season for a homecoming the weather on Slate Mountain is highly unpredictable
and there is usually snow by November. Regardless, the Canaries have
traditionally celebrated their homecoming early and last year the Cougars lost
a heartbreaker 24-21. This year the Cougars went in riding a convincing two
game winning streak and expectations were high and the team was ready. The
Canaries were ready, too. This year the Canaries were fielding a mixed team of
returning seniors on defense and younger, less experienced players on offense.
The Canaries quarterback is a junior, Sam Wright, who did see some action last
year but came in off the bench later in the games. They have a wide receiver,
Michael Garner who is a sophomore and their lead running back is also a
sophomore, Davey Thompson. The Canaries ended in the middle of the standings
last year, behind the Cougars.
This year was surprisingly similar
to last year’s game. The Cougars started out strong scoring on their second
possession. Dugan handed off to Big Robbie Blackman who rumbled in from four
yards out and little Sammy Regalia added the extra point. By the end of the
first half the score was tied 14-14 after the teams traded scores. The Canaries
Wright looked very strong completing 6 of his seven passes and using Thompson
effectively on the short yardage plays.
The third quarter was a battle
between the thirty yard lines but in the fourth quarter Dugan was able to lay a
beautiful pass right on Max O’Hara’s hands as he split to the outside. O’Hara
faked inside and went outside leaving his defend stumbling. He ran in for the
score. When Sammy Regalia came in to attempt the extra point a sloppy snap from
center Louis Tiller caused holder, Dugan to try to pick up the ball and run
outside. He was wrapped up and the Canaries smelled their chance. With only two
minutes left Wright was able to hit a streaking Michael Gardner on the right
sideline. Gardner was able to make it all the way down to the one yard line
finally being brought down by Daniel Green. Wright was able to muscle in on a
quarterback sneak and tie the score at 20 all. Canaries’ kicker, Bill Zander
was able to kick the extra point with only 20 seconds left on the clock. The
Cougars tried a last minute bomb to O’Hara but it was knocked down and the fans
went wild. For the second year in a row they had pulled out a win in the last
minute of play against a very competitive team. “They played a great game, I
feel bad for Louis, he fells terrible. Apparently the ball hit his leg as he
was snapping it and it just went off from there. These guys were good, though,
they won fair and square,” said Coach Burcowitz after the game, “We aren’t
going to let this get us down, we are still confident in our skills and
abilities. We will come back next week, I’m sure of that.”
Next week will not be all that easy,
the Cougars stay on the road when they travel to match up against the Central
Bears in Centerville. The Bears are the league’s defending champs and have many
returning players. The game is a Saturday game and begins at 1:30PM on the
Central High Football field.
NATIONAL NEWS
TROUBLES IN CUBA SPILL OVER TO THE US –
POSTMASTER GENERAL CONFIRMS FACSIMILE MAIL TEST OVER “SECRET CIRCUIT” MAY
CHANGE TELEGRAM SERVICE
The
government arrests more than 50 “counter-revolutionaries” and demands the
extradition from the United States of former air force Maj. Pedro Diaz Lanz in
connection with a rebel “air raid” last week. Mounting tension between Cuba and
the U.S. grows. Cuban President Osvaldo Dortico’s rejection of the U.S. State
Department note was presented by U.S. Ambassador Philip Bonsai.
Also,
island-wide meetings were held in protest against alleged air raids and
bombings from the United States and U.S. authorities were condemned all over
Cuba.
Day-long
radio announcements appeal to all Cubans to donate their salaries to enable
Cuba to buy jet fighters to “defend its national territory”
Postmaster
General Summerfield confirms that a facsimile mail test between
Los Angeles and Washington over a “secret circuit” has been conducted. If it
comes to fruition, a cheaper rate of telegram transmission is hinted. The cost
of sending such a message from the West to the East coast would be only $7.00
compared to $36.95 by conventional telegram. In addition to printed messages,
the process will handle drawings, hand written messages and other documents
except photographs.
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