EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
15, 1959 Vol. C746
LOCAL
NEWS
FARMERS MARKET IS BACK ON THE
PLAZA
East
Farewell – The annual East Farewell Farmers Market made a welcome return to the
Lakefront Plaza on Saturday. The beautiful early fall weather made the whole
event even more special. While most of the local farms set up stands on the
roadside by their farms it is only once a year that all the farms team together
and move onto the Lakefront Plaza for a massive gathering with almost any type
of farm produce imaginable. Over 20 different farms were involved, including
two butchers, in the open air market. Each set up their own stand and some
stands were quite extravagant featuring electric lights, fans running water.
One of the butchers, Hank Kellerman, set up a bar-b-que and smoked a pig that
was served to very appreciative guests later in the afternoon. The stands
overflowed with fresh tomatoes, carrots, corn and every root you could name.
There was horseradish, onions, and tubers so large they looked artificial.
There were also pumpkins squash and big and small cucumbers. Everything was
presented smartly and the prices were very reasonable. The Plaza was packed
from the opening at 8:00AM until closing time at 9:00PM. Many people stayed
after closing, lingering at many of the tables and chairs set up around the
Plaza by the farmers. Several local restaurants set up al-fresco dining areas
and the warm evening just encouraged the late-nighters.
The Farmers Market was started four
years ago when a group of local farmers got together and approached the town
council to set up what basically amounted to a “sell-off” of their bounty from
the season. The town council was more than willing to allow the use of the
Lakefront Plaza that had been recently renovated to help publicize it. It has
grown every year and the crowds have grown proportionally. One thing that has evolved is that it has
become the de-facto kickoff event for the muchly anticipated Oktoberfest that
is held the next weekend.
In a show of civic pride and general
goodness any of the remaining produce was donated to the local food bank. It
was not a great amount, most of the bounty was bought up during the day but as
the sun was setting the farmers started to close up their stands and move
whatever surplus they had left over to the truck that the Food Bank had parked
at the end of the Plaza. “This just shows that the farmers from East Farewell
are some of the most giving and caring folks in the world,” said Food Bank
Director, Alice Boothe, as she watched the beautiful leftover produce being
placed in her truck. “This is all going to be
very well received by the people who really need it.”
1959 Farmers
Market on Lakefront Plaza
SPORTS
COUGARS PUT A CURSE ON THE
DEVILS
East
Farewell – The Cougars had their hands full when they faced the Corning Devils
last Friday. The Devils are a lot like the Cougars in personnel makeup. Both
teams have a majority of veteran players and both teams played above their
expectations last season. They also are both off to 2-0 season this year. This
was the first test for the Cougars and they rose to the occasion by winning
14-7. It was a well-played game on both sides.
The Cougars won the toss and opted
to defend first. Normally, the Cougars like to go on offense as soon as
possible. “We had heard these guys had a very strong defense and we wanted to
test their offense early on,” said Coach Burcowitz after the game.
The test turned out to be right call
as the Cougars were able to hold the Devils to two first downs and a punt in
the first series. The punt went down to speedy Joey Neil and he was able to
return the ball back to Cougar thirty. Kevin Dugan was able to work the team
down to Devils twenty five and with forth ad six Coach Burcowitz sent out
little Sammy Regalia. Regalia, although small in stature is large in kicking
talent, had not missed all season and had made a thirty yard field goal in as
previous game. The ball was snapped and the Devil defense made a huge push up
the center and trampled Dugan, the holder, and Regalia before he could even get
the kick off. Dugan was able to drop on the loose ball and Regalia popped up
and trotted off the field. If he was injured he did not show it and he was greeted
with a lot encouraging back slaps and arm punches. The first half went back and
forth until one minute left and Dugan was able to find his wide receiver, Max O’Hara
streaking down the sideline after having caught his defensive counterpart in
the wrong position and drop a beautiful thirty yard bomb in his arms. O’Hara
scampered into the end zone for the first score of the game. Regalia ran back
on the field and completed the extra point as if nothing had happened earlier.
The Cougars went into halftime ahead 7-0.
The second half opened with Cougars
taking the ball down to the Devils forty and punting. The ball went into the
end zone so the Devils started on their own twenty. They were able to push the
Cougars back down to their own ten but as the Devils tried a sweep around the
end Cougars defensive end, Daniel Green hit the Devil ball carrier, Arnold
Cohen, and knocked the ball loose. Green was able to fall on the ball and stop
the drive. The Cougars took over and Dugan was able to run surprisingly well
against the very strong Devils defense. Between O’Toole and Neil the Cougars
were able to move the ball down the Devils ten. To finish off the hard fought
for drive Dugan gave the ball fullback Robbie Blackman and he rumbled the last
ten yards for the score. With five minutes left the Cougars led 14-0. The
Devils were not going to give up, though, on the ensuing kickoff Devils running
back, Ernie Dixon, ran straight up the middle through most of the rushing
Cougars and only a shoestring tackle by Green saved a touchdown. The next play
the Devils showed some offensive grit and pushed the Cougar line out of the
middle and let Dixon slip in for the score. They kicked the extra point and the
score stood at 14-7, Cougars. The next kick off saw Joey Neil take the ball to
the Devils forty eight but the drive stalled at the thirty and they had to
punt. The Devils got the ball on their own twenty but they were running out of
time. They tried two long passes and on the last play of the game they tried a
razzle-dazzle play involving cross field passes and laterals but in the end it
failed and the Cougars walked off as winners, 14-7. “That last play reminded me
of our ‘Gimmick Game’, “ said Coach Burcowitz after the game referring to his
famous match up at the end of the season with his long term rival/friend Coach
King from the Fort Lee Captains.
The Cougars travel to Slate Mountain
the north side, to face the Canaries as they celebrate their Homecoming. The
game begins at 1:30 on Saturday at the North Slate Mountain High School field.
There will be pre-game ceremonies to honor their Homecoming king & queen.
NATIONAL NEWS
VON BRAUN & MEDARIS THREATEN TO QUIT
SPACE PROGRAM – IKE STRIPS ARMY OF SPACE RESPONSIBILITIES – CASTRO THREATENED –
NAGGING WIVES MAY CAUSE HEART ATTACKS - GEORGE MARSHALL PASSES
In
a series of events in the rivalry in the nation’s space program - Maj. Gen.
John Medaris - head of the Army Ordnance Missile Command - quits with
Army space scientist with Wernher von Braun threatening to quit. Von
Braun said his boss was quitting because of “foot dragging” in the space
program. He said he may quit if his team of Army scientists at Huntsville, AL
if it is not kept intact and occupied in important work. Von Braun was
Germany’s top rocket expert in World War II.
President
Eisenhower strips the Army of its space responsibilities and transfers its
rocket wizards and scientists to the civilian National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). In a shakedown last year - NASA took-over the Army’s Jet
propulsion laboratory at Caltech in Pasadena. The move effectively includes
Huntsville and the Von Braun team.
On
a crowded street corner in Havana, Roberto Hernandez tried to kill Fidel Castro
with a knife - but bodyguards shunted the attack.
A
heart specialist says nagging wives may be an important cause of
heart disease among men. Dr. Frank Nolan of Los Angeles cites the case of
a patient who was receiving an electrocardiogram. When his wife walked into the
room “the needle jumped.” More men than woman die from coronary heart disease.
Passing
- General George Chatlett Marshall (78) - helped lead U.S. arms to victory in
World War II and fathered the cold war Marshall Plan for European Recovery.
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