EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, December
3, 1959 Vol. C753
LOCAL
NEWS
FIRST SNOWFALL MAKES FOR A
WINTER WONDERLAND
East Farewell – The town woke up on Wednesday morning to a
beautiful blanket of snow that covered the town overnight. The first snowfall
of the season is considered the most beautiful and most welcome. This snow fall
was more than a dusting it totaled about an inch and got people scrambling to
break out their winter equipment. All the stores and restaurants in town had
their sidewalks cleared by noon and were open for business. The Regional High
School did not cancel or postpone classes and the bus routes were running as
usual. Even the afternoon outdoor activities were held as the field was cleared
during the day. After school there were several enterprising groups out roaming
around the area trying to raise some extra cash by clearing local sidewalks and
driveways. “This was not a big storm but snow is kind of wet which makes it
heavy. This is a tough way to begin the shoveling season. We like it more when
there is a lighter snow first, that way we can work into the shoveling,” said a
shovel carrying youth who was just finishing Mallard’s Boarding House sidewalk and
driveway.
The Christmas
lights have been hung across Main Street and Lakeshore Drive and they give the
new snow a magical appearance at night. It is a wonderful scene to look down
Main Street at dusk and watch the lights come up over the newly fallen snow.
Evening strolls are back in fashion as Mother Nature has officially opened the
holiday season in East Farewell.
Christmas
Lights on Main Street
SPORTS
GIMMICK BOWL A BIG HIT BUT
TAKES ITS FINAL BOW
East
Farewell _ The Gimmick Bow has a four year history and has become a beloved
part of Cougars football lore. Coach Burcowitz and Fort Lee Captains Coach King
have been friends since their player days at the University of Pennsylvania and
when they both became coaches at rival Mid-State League teams they remained
close and often consulted with each in the off season. Back in 1954 the two
coaches and their respective teams met for the first time. At that time both
teams were out of contention for any title consideration and it is rumored that
the coaches met at the Lost
Oasis in East Farewell the night before the game and made a gentleman’s bet
that one coach could out do the other with the most outrageous play or series
of plays. The game the next day was a wild and incredibly fun game that had a
very competitive edge. The most outrageous football plays were attempted and
some actually succeeded. Statue of Liberty plays, hidden ball plays and a
plethora of fakes, stunts and plain old laterals after the pass were the staple
of the game. This set the standard for the “Gimmick Bowl” and every year from
then on the two teams have looked forward to the late season shenanigans and
the coaches have had a blast developing new, more outrageous plays to spring on
their opponents.
This year was only a little
different. The Cougars are sitting in first place in the league and the game
may not chill the enthusiasm. Both teams rolled out their newest developments
including underhanded forward passes and dubious lateral passes that drew flags
from a somewhat bemused refereeing corps. One of the highlights of the game for
the Captains was a safety scored, their first of the season, that was
accomplished by tackling the usually unstoppable Robbie Blackman in the Cougars
own end zone after he tried to catch a pitchout from QB Kevin Dugan. The low
point for the Captains was a missed extra point after a brilliant drive that
included a three way pass, lateral, hand-off and a quarterback sneak fake that
turned into an end run for the score. On the Cougars side there were sneaky
plays galore but their highlight was a record setting field goal by Sammy
Regalia. He was able to kick an amazing 43 yard field goal. It amazed everyone,
including Regalia. After all the showboating and fun the Cougars walked of the
field with a 10-8 win.
After the game the two teams met in
the middle of the field for a lot a back slapping and handshakes. Both Coaches
met and in a surprise announcement Coach King announced that he had accepted a
new coaching position with an out of league team. This seemed to effectively
end the “Gimmick Bowl” “We had a great
run, a whole lot of fun and I think the boys learned a thing or two. I am going
to miss this game but I want to wish Coach King all the best in his new endeavor,”
said Coach Burcowitz after the announcement.
The Cougar travel to Slate Mountain
to finish the season against their arch rivals, the Slate Mountain Miners. A
win by the Cougars could clinch a league championship. The Cougars beat the
Miners in the first game of the season, 14-7 at home. This game the Cougars
will have to travel to Slate Mountain. The game is an afternoon game and will
be played at Slate Mountain High Field beginning at 4:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE LANDS IN ROME – SEN. HENNINGS SAYS
MARIJUANA ROOT CAUSE IN GANG VIOLENCE – KHRUSHCHEV CALLS FOR SOLUTION TO BERLIN
QUESTION –
MOST AMERICANS WANT NUCLEAR TEST BAN –
SAM THE MONKEY SURVIVES SPACE
FLIGHT
President
Eisenhower lands in Rome - the first stop on his 11-nation “mission of peace
and goodwill.” “I hope to make widely known America’s deepest desire – a
world in which all nations may prosper in freedom, justice and peace,
unmolested and unafraid. “I hope to make widely known America’s deepest desire
– a world in which all nations may prosper in freedom, justice and peace,
unmolested and unafraid. In Rome, President Eisenhower assures President
Gronchi that he will sympathetically plead Italy’s case for inclusion to
any western or East-West summit meeting dealing European security and
disarmament.
Sen.
Thomas Hennings Jr. (D-Mo.) said his Senate subcommittee on juvenile
delinquency found smuggled Mexican marijuana a root factor in widespread
youthful gang violence.
Soviet Premier
Khrushchev boasts again of enough nuclear rockets to raze all his
foes, and declares world disarmament must be solved along with the Berlin
question.
In
a Gallup Poll - an overwhelming majority of Americans would like to see the
temporary agreement with Russia to ban nuclear weapons tests continued.
Sam
the monkey survives a space flight by NASA to test escape equipment. Sam was
launched 55 miles into space atop an eight-engine Little Joe rocket from
Wallops Island, VA. His capsule successfully separated from the booster,
parachuting into the Atlantic - 200 miles from shore.
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