EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, December
24, 1959 Vol. C756
LOCAL
NEWS
LOOKS LIKE NO WHITE CHRISTMAS
THIS YEAR
East Farewell –It seems this year will be only the second year
in this decade that East Farewell does not have a white Christmas. The unrelenting
heat wave has not only kept the snow off the ground but also has created an
unhealthy situation with the Lake Charles water. Since the heat, which has been
hovering in the mid to high 60s for most of the month, has kept the lake water
warm it has led to an algae bloom in the north end of the lake. While there is
no danger to humans as long as they don’t drink it does have an extremely
detrimental effect on the local fish and water fowl populations. People in town
seem to have mixed feelings about this unusual situation. Some are happy that days
are warm and evenings were mild but some are distressed that the Christmas
season is being ruined by the snow free streets and a lake that is not only not
frozen but completely ice free.
Obviously, no
one has control over the weather and most people have come to accept the
current situation but still there is an overall disappointment running as an
undercurrent through town. The lights are strung across the streets and the
trees have all been decorated. The store windows all display wonderful winter
scenes and carols play through the speakers mounted outside the store front
doors. People hustle to and fro with arms full of packages that are soon to end
up wrapped and under the tree. Children line up to visit Santa with their lists
and hopes for holiday booty and are all on their best behavior. All the
churches are decorated and have posted their holiday schedules and even the
police and fire departments have reached out to help those who are less
fortunate. All in all the season is in full swing and the lack of snow will be
just an unpleasant memory come next year so for now enjoy the season and all
the goodness that comes with it. From the entire staff
at the East Farewell News, Merry Christmas!
The clean
streets in 1959 December in East Farewell
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN ON LAST SECOND
SHOT
East Farewell – The early season of Cougars basketball has
already been exciting with a solid but hard fought win over the Bears and just
last week a thrilling last second victory over defending league champs, the
Corning Devils, 40-38. The Devils came into the game as slight favorites and in
the first half it looked like they were going win. It was close at the half,
24-20 Devils and they had played a steady controlled first half. The Cougars
were certainly not defeated and had actually been the main contributors to
their own undoing. They had seven turnovers and had only shot at a dismal 20%.
The second half
was different though, the Cougars came out with a renewed confidence and a much
better teamwork. They immediately tied the game up and center, James Hawkins,
started to take control of the inside. Both forwards, Don Tasker and Joey
Mitchell also started to move better and worked together with Hawkins to
establish a very strong center. Also, and more importantly, they started to hit
shots. Hawkins went 4 for 4 in his first four shots and Tasker and Mitchell
went 5 for 6 in the first six minutes. The Devils were a little bit back on
their heels but far from defeated. Both teams went back and forth and as time
was running down the Devils took a four point lead. There was only two minutes
left and Cougar guard, Mack Mackenzie, tried to drive up the center. It looked
like he was stopped cold by Devils forward, Dave Reynolds, when he passed
behind his back to a waiting Hawkins who turned and dropped it in for the
score. The Cougars pressed and got an ill-advised in bounds bounce pass and
point guard, Bobby Fox, tied the game at 38. The Cougars pressed again but the
Devils were able to beat the press and with 20 seconds left it looked like they
were going to pull off the win. Devils point guard set up for an outside shot
from about the top of the key but a very aware Hawkins made to leap from about
the foul line and stretched his entire 6’3” frame up to tip the shot just
enough to push it off course and fall into the arms of Don Tasker under the
basket. With an amazing sense of game clarity he saw a streaking Fox headed
down the court and threw a long bomb to him and Fox took the pass like a wide
receiver, took one dribble and laid the ball in as time expired giving the
Cougars a 40-38 win.
“This was a
real test for us,” said Coach Wilson after the game, “The Devils are a top
notch group and we had our hands full. Donny (Tasker) was just great with his
awareness of Foxxy (Bobby Fox) running down the court in the last seconds. Hawk
(James Hawkins) was great, too. They all did a very good job tonight. I am proud
of them.”
This week’s
game will be played one day later due to the Christmas holiday. The game will
be played on the 26th and the Cougars will face the Slate Mountain
Canaries in the Regional High Gym starting at 4:00PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
KHRUSHCHEV ACCEPTS SUMMIT INVITATION - CUBAN
ARMY EXECUTES COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES – CASTRO SEIZES ROPE & SUGAR
PLANTATIONS – FAA SETS AGE LIMIT – ALLIGATOR BAGS TOP CHRISTMAS LISTS
Soviet
Premier Khrushchev accepts the West’s proposal for a summit conference in Paris
next spring. No comment has come from President Eisenhower due to the holiday,
but Paris, London and Bonn expressed satisfaction the Premier had replied
favorably to the idea of an East-West summit meeting to settle outstanding
issues of the cold war.
Cuban
army firing squads executed two counter-revolutionaries in Pinar del Rio. They
were the first death sentences to be carried out in six months. Also in Cuba, Prime Minister Castro’s
government took over all henequen- sisal fiber plantations owned by Cubans and
announced Cuba’s vast sugar fields will be seized next. U.S. companies own or
control 2 million acres of Cuban sugar lands.
The
FAA places the age limit on airline pilots at 60 - effective March 15. The
agency said it was necessary in the age of jet aircraft that carry up to 165
passengers at 550 mph.
Alligator
bags top the Christmas list for ladies. Cashmere sweaters come in second.
Alligator bags cost an average of $175, while Cashmere sweaters cost an average
of $75.
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