EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Friday, November 27, 1959
Vol. C752
LOCAL
NEWS
THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE ANOTHER HIT
East
Farewell – The 1959 East Farewell
Thanksgiving Day Parade marched through town yesterday much to the delight of
everyone. The holiday and the parade landed on Thursday so this edition delayed
one day so the parade and all the holiday festivities could be covered. The
editors and publishers decided unanimously to delay the publication and all the
advertisers were in favor of the delay because it gave them the first chance to
advertise for the coming holiday season since most people were taking a day of
today and many were spending time with family and some where even shopping for
the holidays already.
The parade kicked of right on time
at 9:00AM from the Fairgrounds which had been the designated staging area. This
year there were more marching bands, more civic associations, more floats and
even more dogs from the local ASPCA shelter. The lead off band this year was
the Regional High Jazz band. They usually don’t march but they made an
exception this year when they were asked to lead the parade. With only 15
members in the band they looked a little thin compared to the other “real”
marching bands but with trumpets, saxophones, trombones, a French horn and a
tuba there was no lack of volume and presence. They made some very interesting
selections to play as they marched down Main Street. Along with a variety of
seasonal tunes they wowed the crowd with Sweet Georgia Brown and When the
Saints Come Marching In. The crowd loved it. They were followed by several floats from
local retailers, the magnificent fire engines from some of the area fire
companies, the Regional High Pep Band, which led off last year’s parade marched
with great gusto lived up to their name, the VFW Vets in full uniform and of
course the SPCA led by Director Jan Crowley. The parade was larger this year
than ever before but all the favorites were still there. The Slate Mountain
String Band, a crowd favorite, along with the very entertaining Flat Rock
Twirlers with their flaming batons brought cheers from the crowd. The always
popular Dancing Super Strutters from Central came down in front of the Regional
High Science Club who made their second appearance in the parade and once again
set off their homemade rockets from the Lakefront plaza after the parade.
The Regional High Marching Band took
its traditional place next to last in the parade wowing the crowd with
wonderful march tunes, seasonal favorites and traditional Christmas tunes. They
escorted Santa and Mrs. Clause to Boyle’s Department Store in downtown. This
year the East Farewell Fire Department supplied its extension latter truck to
give Santa a third floor access via the extended latter to a specially designed
third floor window entrance. This year Mrs. Clause
followed Santa up the latter and stood beside him waving from the window
before going inside Boyles “Santa’s Wonderland”. Santa will be available daily
from 10:00AM until a half hour before store closing until December 23rd.
Charles Boyle, store owner and
parade sponsor, was elated with the turnout and could hardly contain himself.
“This has to be the best turnout ever! We just love this parade and this
holiday. Every year it gets bigger and better,” he said when asked for his
opinion outside his store after Santa had arrived, “We just love hosting the
parade and we are really happy that other businesses have joined in in the
sponsorships. It is just a great town event.”
After Santa went into Boyles the
store opened for an exclusive shopping affair that ran from noon until 5:00PM
to officially kick off the holiday season. They will be open normal times today
and Saturday (10:00- 6:00). This year’s parade was bigger and longer than ever
and the crowd was the largest ever. This was 12th annual parade and
it was estimated that over 10,000 people attended the parade. This influx
brought a big boost to the local economy and will probably carry through the
weekend.
Santa climbs into Boyles to
open the Christmas season
SPORTS
COUGARS HOLD OFF WILDCATS IN A WILD GAME
Riverview
– The Cougars had their hands full with a red hot Wildcats team on Friday
night. The Wildcats were on a winning streak and tied with the Cougars in the
league standings. The game was wild from the start. On the opening kickoff the
Wildcats receiver, Nelson Graff, got under a high kickoff by Regalia and looked
like he was going to signal for a fair catch but he didn’t. He got under the
ball and with Cougars closing in on him he grabbed the ball faked left and went
right to evade two would be tacklers. He was able to run up to the thirty five
yard line but was the met with a gang of Cougars and the ball popped out of his
hands. The Cougars were swarming around Graff and Cougar Daniel Green was able
to fall on the loose ball at the Wildcat 32. This looked a very fortunate turn
of events for the Cougars. Cougar QB, Kevin Dugan, lined up the squad and
called for the ball. The usually reliable Cougars center, Louis Tiller had to
hike a long snap back to Dugan who had lined up in a shotgun formation. When
Dugan called for the ball Tiller seemed to graze his leg as he hiked the ball
and sent the ball along the ground to a very surprised Dugan. He was able to
scramble and recover the ball then he tried to finish the planned play which
was a short out pass to Albert Dillon. The timing was all off due to the bad
snap and Wildcat defender, Mark Janson was able to get in front of Dillon and
intercept the ball. He had a wide open field ahead of him and managed to make
it down to the Cougars thirty when finally a very angry Dugan was able to
tackle him. In less than two minutes the game turned into a wild fight to the
finish. The Wildcats were stopped on that drive by a frenzied Cougar defense
that would not let the Wildcats advance more than five yards and had to punt.
The Cougars scored first with a
grinding drive with strong running by backs, Joey O’Toole, Joey Neil and big
Robby Blackman. Dugan took the Cougars down to the seven and tried two short
passes but the Wildcat defense was impenetrable. Finally on third down Dugan
gave the ball to Blackman and sent him right up the middle. The Wildcats were
caught off guard, expecting another pass, and Blackman blasted into the end
zone for the score. The Wildcats came right back and scored on a similar tough
grinding drive capped off with a ten yard pass to the end zone from Wildcat QB,
Carl Dunlap to Graff. The Wildcats kicker, Rachel Zone, the first and only girl
to play in the league has been setting records and turning heads since her
debut in the first Wildcat-Cougar matchup kicked another extra point. She had
been perfect all season. Both teams scored again before the half ended. The
halftime score was 14-14.
The second half started a lot like
the first but in an opposite way. The Cougars fumbled on their first drive and
the Wildcats drove down to the Cougar 25 but new Cougar tackle, Mitch Rooney,
caused a Wildcat fumble and the Cougars got the ball back. They were able to
drive down to the Wildcat 22 and on fourth down they sent in Sammy Regalia. All
the kicker attention so far had been centered on Zorn but Regalia had built up
an impressive record himself. He had only missed one field goal so far and that
was a 45 yard attempt. He set up on the 30 and kicked a field goal straight and
true to make the score 17-14. The Wildcats came back and scored a touchdown on
a long pass to David Franks to take the lead for the first time. The Cougars
pushed the Wildcats back down to their own twenty five and Dugan was able to
drop and perfect pass to his favorite receiver, Max O’Hara for a score and
retook the lead, 24-21. The Wildcats went right back on the offense and with
only 30 seconds left they sent in Zorn to attempt a 40 yard field goal. She had
hit a 43 yard field goal earlier in the season and the Wildcats were confident.
The ball was snapped and both Rooney and Green broke through the Wildcat line
and rushed Zorn. She remained calm and tried to follow through with her kick
but Green stuck his hand up and was able to tip it with his fingers just enough
to knock it off. He then ran right into Zone completely crushing her. The ball
bounced off to the sideline. Green picked himself up and then without
hesitation extended his hand to Zorn who was flat on her back. The display of
sportsmanship did not go unnoticed as both the referee and both coaches came
over. Green shook hands with Zorn and it is rumored that he apologized for
flattening her. She apparently accepted his apology, patted him on the back and
ran off the field. The clock had run out and the Cougars had won a hard fought
24-21 game.
The Cougars come home this week to
face the Fort Lee Captains in a Thanksgiving weekend game that has been
subtitled “The Gimmick Bowl” Coach Burcowitz and Captains coach, Chuck King,
are old friends having played together in college. They have played each other
for five years and each game has taken on a festive atmosphere. Both coaches
have rolled out all their trick plays, misdirection and just plain wacky plays
to try and outdo the opponent in both skill and audacity. Usually a great time
is had by all. The game begins tomorrow at 3:30PM at the Regional High School
Field.
NATIONAL NEWS
GM RESUMES CAR ASSEMBLY ON DEC. 7 – IS CUBA
GOING COMMIE? – CASTRO WITHDRAWS FROM IAR ORGANIZATION AND SEIZES HAVANA
RIVIERA HOTEL
General
Motors will resume passenger car assembly December 7 after nearly a
month-long shutdown because of a steel shortage.
Is
Cuba in the Communist’s pocket? - Castro’s increasing “hate America’ campaign.
Many believe only one reason can explain it. It is because the Communists want
it that way and Castro has agreed to it.
Cuba’s
organized labor withdraws from the Inter-American Regional Organization of
Workers. The resolution for withdrawal from the anti-Red inter-American
organization charged the group is under control of “American imperialism, which
has consistently supported all dictators”
Fidel
Castro seized the Havana Riviera Hotel, built two years ago by the Smith
Brothers of Toronto at a cost of $15 million. The hotel had been losing
approximately $10,000 daily since the Castro regime came into power January 1.
The hotel last summer had sought permission from the government to close down
for the hot months due to the losses. The government said no and a plea to lay
off excess employees also was turned down.
