EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, December
10, 1959 Vol. C754
LOCAL
NEWS
AN EAST FAREWELL TRADITION – A
CHRISTMAS CAROL - OPENS
East
Farewell – The East Farewell Playhouse opened its doors on Friday
night and the curtain was raised on the last show of the year. This, of course,
was the Jeb Bernstein production of Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. The
show is a beloved staple in town having been performed for the last nine years.
This year the role of Scrooge was once again played the famous and locally
knighted, Leo G. Carroll. He has graced the community with his superb acting
skills for five out of the last six years. “I just love doing the show. Jeb,
Julie, Rick and I go way back,” said Carroll after the first performance, “They
are so wonderful and this is such a great play. East Farewell has welcomed me
every year and everyone is so pleasant. I look forward to this every year.”
The play is a straightforward
adaptation of the story and is made magical by all the effort of the set
builders, special effects producer and costume designer. All those roles are
held by locals and usually change every two years. This year there was a new
crew and the sets were built by Marco and Sons, a local builder who contributed
their time. They built a number of different sets that ranged from the London
Street to Scrooge’s flat to a graveyard in which Scrooge sees his own
gravestone. The costumes were designed and pretty much hand created by Regional
High recent grad, Lilly Watson. She assembled a group of seamstresses and using
pictures from history books created authentic period costumes that dazzled the
audience. The special effects were over the top being handled by a group of
local craftsmen named The Inquiring Guys. This is a group of hobbyists
interested in inventing and creating fun stuff. They out did themselves this
year with lights that strobed and smoke and mist that flowed and subtle nuances
like jewels in Christmas Present crown that glowed in time to his speaking. The
production was first class all the way and Carroll was equally fantastic as
Scrooge. This year Bob Cratchit was again played by Randel Cross. He played the
character last year and won acclaims for his endearing humility and caring.
Tiny Tim was played again this year by Jason Bailey, now 12 years old. He was a
little taller this year but was still able to play the beloved character.
Natalie Mallard did her dual role again as both Belle and Mrs. Cratchit using
her abundant acting skills to pull off several complete costume changes in very
short order. The Ghosts were masterfully played again this year by Douglas
Beaufort. He was able to convincingly change from each ghost and was hardly
recognizable from one to the next. He seemed to gain 100 pounds to be the
jovial Christmas Present then lose it all and become a wisp of a specter as
Christmas Future with smoking robes.
The audience loved the
first production and called the cast back for several encores. The play will run until
January 7th with shows on Friday night, Saturday night and a Sunday
afternoon performance. Many of the shows have been already sold out. This show
is one of the high points of the Christmas season in East Farewell. Don’t miss
it.
Magnificent sets and
costumes make Christmas Carol magical
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Slate
Mountain – The Cougars were able to win the League Championship with a 21-14
victory over their arch-rivals, he Slate Mountain Miners on Friday afternoon.
The win was a hard fought battle with a very evenly matched team. The Miners
were in technically in second place but essentially were tied with the Cougars
because if they won they would have been champs. The Cougars played a nearly
flawless game and that was necessary because the Miners were also intent on
winning.
The game started as a defensive
struggle with both teams trading the ball between the thirties and neither able
to get any traction. Finally with six minutes left in the first half Cougars
QB, Kevin Dugan, was able hit his favorite wide receiver, Max O’Hara with a
twenty yard pass to the right sideline. O’Hara was able to evade his Miners
defender and break in for a touchdown. The Miners were not happy and came right
back after the kickoff and drove down to the Cougars 25. Miners QB, Billy
White, was able to fake a handoff to the league leading rusher, Jimmy Butler,
and then roll out and drop a floater to his tight end, Frank Gold, who scooted
in for the score just as the half ended. The first half score was 7-7.
The Miners won the opening toss and
elected to receive which meant the Cougars received to open the second half. Cougar’s
receiver, Joey Neil has been a threat all season and he took the second half
kickoff all the way back to the Miners 38 only a push out of bounds by the
Miners kicker, Harold Pullman that kept him from going all the way. Dugan went
right to his running game with Joey O’Toole and big Robby Blackman driving the
Miners back to their own 6 and then finding his own tight end, Albert Dillon,
who was able to get into the end zone for the score. Once again the Miners were able to come back
almost immediately and tie the score up again. The game then went back to the
earlier defensive struggle and ground down the clock. It looked like the game
was going to go into overtime with only 15 seconds left. The Cougars had the
ball on the Miners 42 and Dugan took the snap for what was anticipated to be
the last play in regular time. Max O’Hara streaked down the field for the end
zone but was double teamed by two Miners. Dugan let go of the pass towards the
end zone and both Miners and O’Hara took a bead on the ball. Miner defender,
David Cappelli jumped for the ball that was a little short. The other defender,
Nelson Anderson was playing O’Hara and at the last minute turned to find the
ball. Cappelli leaped for the ball as Anderson was turning the ball hit
Cappelli’s hands but at the same time Anderson jumped knocking the ball away
from Cappelli and into the air. Anderson saw the loose ball still in the air
and went to grab it but was off balance and was unable to control it. The ball
bounced off his hands and O’Hara who had actually come back into the play was
waiting for the ball. He grabbed it out of the air. He was in the end zone for
the score and the win. The game ended with Regalia kicking the extra point
finishing a perfect season for extra points for him. The Cougars mobbed the
field and O’Hara was hoisted up on the shoulders of his teammates. After the
commotion settled down both teams met in the middle of the field and shook
hands. Many of the players on both teams knew members of the other team having
played against them for several years. There was a lot of handshaking,
backslapping and genuine good-sportsmanship. “What a great game,” said Coach
Burcowitz after the game, “We knew we had our hands full with these guys, they
are a great team. We did everything we could and they just kept coming back.
That last play was a one of a kind. I don’t think you will see that again for a
long time. It is great to win the league and even greater to win against such a
great team. It just validates how good we are.”
Now that the Cougars football season has ended the
Cougars basketball begins tomorrow with an away opening game against the
Central Bears. The team is strong this year the entire starting five being
seniors and all returning from a very good 10-5, second place finish last year.
The game begins in Central Gym at 4:00PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE VISITS INDIA AND IRAN – RAUL CASTRO SAYS
HE IS NOT A COMMIE – KENNEDY IS CATHOLICS CHOICE TO HEAD DEMS IN 1960 –
FTC LODGES CHARGES AGAINST LIFE CIGARETTES
In
New Delhi - President Eisenhower tells a public meeting attended by nearly
one million that the military alliances organized by the United States “would
be upheld by even the most saintly men.” He called for a crusade to remove from
the minds of men, the fears, suspicions and prejudices that they have inherited
the past.
President
Eisenhower is welcomed by the Shah of Iran as he gets ready for talks with some
of the United States’ staunchest friends in the turbulent Middle East.
Raul
Castro tells a military court he is not a Communist but he declares he will not
lend himself “to the dirty business of anti- communism.”
In
a Gallup Poll, Senator John F. Kennedy is the choice of
Catholics to head the Democratic presidential ticket in 1960 at 38%. Adlai
Stevenson follows with 26%; Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee has 8%, as does
Senator Lyndon Johnson.
The
Federal Trade Commission lodges false claim charges against Life cigarettes.
The commission branded untrue the claim that Life cigarettes are “proved to
give you the least tar or nicotine of all cigarettes.” It also said it is not
true that the government endorses the cigarettes and has found them to be
lowest in tar and nicotine.
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