Friday, February 28, 2020

2/25/1960


EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, February 25, 1960   Vol. C765
LOCAL NEWS
MORE SNOW AND SCULPTURES APPEAR ALMOST OVERNIGHT
East Farewell – After no snow for the half of the winter season East Farewell has been socked with couple of huge snowstorms in the last month. The latest storm dropped and additional eight inches on town over the two days. Most people took it all in stride because East Farewell usually gets a lot of snow. The storm last week seemed to bring things back to normal for the town in the middle of winter. The Streets Department has done an amazing job in getting the streets clear and the Transportation System has had only minor delays. A lot of snow has piled up on Lake Front Plaza and that can mean only one thing. Snow sculptures by local artists and fun loving people of all ages. In the past the sculptures have been an impromptu affair but last year it became an organized event. This year with the lack of cold and snow the committee had not even met to make any plans. It seems this year the snow sculpture event went back to the impromptu stage. Dale Reinhold, the unofficial leader of the unofficial CPSS (Committee for Plaza Snow Sculptures) somehow got the word out and invited many local artists and people who had participated last year and arranged for everyone to start work as soon as the sun came up on Thursday. Over the past three days people have gathered on the Plaza and built all sorts of snow sculptures from the youngest artist, Karen Southland aged 11, to professional artists like Cindy Walters, Reinhold and even Frankie Miller who is now 16. Everyone took from the giant piles of snow that had gathered on and around the Plaza and built their own pile and proceeded to create an individual masterpiece. By Saturday afternoon the sun came out, almost on cue, and everybody in town came down to check out the amazing creations.
            The sculptures were varied and there wasn’t any overriding theme. Cindy Walters created a large woman’s head that had many asking her if was a self-portrait. She would only reply, “Maybe.”
            Other sculptures included a maid milking a cow, old man winter blowing a dragon out of his mouth, a giant owl and a wonderful gingerbread house made out of snow. Many, many people viewed the creations during the day but even more seemed to turn out after the sun had set. The new lighting installed around the Plaza last year has the entire scene bathed in a beautiful wintry aura. The sculptures will remain as long as the weather permits. When they melt all that will remain will be the memories and the anticipation of next year.


1960 Snow sculptures on the Plaza

SPORTS
COUGARS SEND CANARIES TO THE COAL MINE
Slate Mountain – The Cougars came into Slate Mountain on a two game losing streak and not brimming with confidence. The Canaries were playing in front of their home crowd and had just won their third game of the season. They were pumped up. While the Cougars handily beat the Canaries earlier in the season all bets were off at tip off. To compound the Cougars problems was the fact that center James Hawkins was still sidelined with the flu. Last game forward Don Tasker took Hawkins place and sixth player Walter Ferguson took Tasker’s place at forward. The two played most of the game last week and practiced all week in their new positions. Their hard work payed off on Saturday. Tasker set up in the center and was able to command the critical position. He was able to score the first eight points of the game by himself. Along with Ferguson and the other forward, Joey Mitchell the new “big three” were able to completely shut down the Canaries attack and dominate the game. The Canaries were unable to penetrate but their guards were able to keep the game from becoming a complete blowout with their sharpshooting. The first half was controlled by the Cougars but the Canaries hot shot point guard, Bert Brennan, was able to keep the score close with an impressive display of ball handling and spot on outside shooting. The first half ended with the Cougars holding a 24-18 lead.
            The second unraveled for the Canaries. Brennan got called for his third foul early in the second and they did not have a replacement for his scoring power. The Cougars, led by Tasker and Mitchell went on a scoring spree and scoring ten unanswered points. By the time the clock had run down to two minutes the Cougars were in total control leading by eight, 42-34. Coach Wilson started to give the bench players some time on the court. Robby O’Shea and Wendell Williams came and did a fine job. Williams ended scoring the final two points with only five seconds left. “I wasn’t trying to rub it in; I just wanted to score some points. I don’t get in much and this was my chance,” said Williams after the game as Coach Wilson sheepishly smiled in the background.
The final score was 46-36. This win was a big boost for the Cougars and set them up for their rematch next week with their arch-rivals, the Riverview Wildcats. The Cougars just lost to the Wildcats two weeks ago and due to a scheduling change they play them again next week. This game will be played in Riverview and will begin at 1:30PM on Saturday.
 NATIONAL NEWS
IKE VISITS SOUTH AMERICA – NAVY PLANE AND AIRLINER COLLIDE IN BRAZIL – CASTRO SEIZES EL MUNDO NEWSPAPER – NAT KING COLE NOT ASKED TO PLAY NOB HILL, SAN FRANCISCO
Speaking on radio and television on the eve of his good will tour to South America – President Eisenhower asserts that U.S. defenses rest on "an indestructible force of incalculable power, ample for today and constantly developing to meet the needs of tomorrow." Later, his first stop is Puerto Rico. While the President visits Rio de Janeiro, a U.S Navy plane and a Brazilian airliner collided over the city's bay, killing 88 persons. The disaster wiped out a section of the U.S Navy band-orchestra that was to have played at a dinner President Eisenhower was giving in honor of Brazil's President Kubitschek.

Fidel Castro's regime seizes El Mundo, one of Cuba's last remaining independent newspapers and two TV stations. The paper and one TV station belonged to Amadeo Barletta, Italian-born industrialist who came to the U.S. and built up a $40 million empire.

Nat King Cole is turned-down to play at the 3,200 seat Masonic auditorium in Nob Hill, San Francisco. Lloyd Wilson, grand secretary of the California Grand Lodge said, “We’ve had half a dozen Negro performers here and we’re very happy to have them. But other people in the general field of renting advised “don’t have Nat King Cole.” We’re not confronted with the problem, but, if we were, I wouldn’t have Elvis Presley here either. “We have a $6 million investment in this building. It’s new and has the finest of carpeting and seats. We don’t want people who jump on seats.” Wilson said that the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Dakota Staton and Dinah Washington each played the building separately in the past few weeks.

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Thursday, February 20, 2020

2/18/1960


EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, February 18, 1960   Vol. C764
LOCAL NEWS
VALENTINE’S DAY SOCIAL ANOTHER SUCCESS
East Farewell – Only two weeks ago many folks in town were expecting snowless streets and warm evening weather for the annual Valentine’s Day Social Dinner Dance. There were even some very hopeful people that suggested perhaps it could be moved outside and made al-fresco. Well, that all changed two weeks ago, Tuesday. A cold front rolled in and stalled right over East Farewell and dumped a total of 15 inches of snow on the town over the next two weeks. It was not a total disaster, though; the town is used to lots of snow and cold weather. Everyone pitched in and cleared their sidewalks and driveways and the Public Works Department made short work of clearing the streets. Once the sun finally came out last Tuesday everyone had gotten into their “winter mode” with heavy jackets, boots, gloves and scarves. There was never any talk of postponing or, God forbid, canceling the Social. It was held on Saturday night in the Regional High Gymnasium and was a smash hit. Once again, Gus Templeton was the master of ceremonies. Along with his now legendary swing band he made sweet music, introduced each of the other bands that played throughout the night and announced the winner of the highlight event of the Social, the Homemade Sweet Treats Competition. This year the winner was a local favorite, Ida Plant, took the honors with her famous chocolate cheesecake with strawberry drizzle. She won back in 1956 with a similar dish but this year it had “more chocolate, both sweet and semi-sweet and a much thicker drizzle” she said when asked after the competition. Of course, the competition would not be complete without the coup-de-grâs, the “Face Plant” where all the contestants smash the winners dish in her face as she walks up to receive the prize. The admittedly odd, messy, hilarious and good natured tradition started back in 1952 at the second official social when Peg O’Malley won with a triple layer chocolate cake and as she was walking up the aisle she tripped and fell face first into her cake. She has long since dispelled rumors that she was tripped by a disgruntled loser. But the episode launched what must be the most unusual tradition anywhere. All the other contestants line up at the foot of the dais and when the winner approaches they smash her own creation in her face. Everyone loves it, except perhaps the winner. It has always been taken in stride by the plantee.
            The rest of the social was a portrait of wonderful fun. The food served buffet style and included pork chops and barb-queued spare ribs supplied by local meat purveyor, L. Myers & Sons along with sweet potatoes, coleslaw and a leafy green salad all prepared by Charles Wentz from the Lost Oasis Restaurant. The entries in the Homemade Sweet Treats contest served as desert. Everyone was able to taste the entries as a desert and vote on their favorite.
            Gus Templeton kicked off the dancing after dinner with his theme and the de-facto theme song of the social, Memories Are Made of These. After his wonderful set he introduced the rest of the entertainment that covered everyone’s tastes in music. Local crooner, Michael Tiller was as smooth as ever and the Dalmatians, a local Do-op group came on to back up Michael. Country twanger, Charlie Green got people two-stepping their way across the floor and things got jumping with the local rock and roll band, the Rebels took the stage. Dancing went well into the night and Gus finally closed things down around 1:00AM with another tradition, all the performers gathered on stage and sung Goodnight Irene along with the entire audience. Everyone then bundled up and headed home. Another super successful Valentine’s Day Social will be the talk of the town for quite a while.


Gus Templeton sings for Dinner Dance guests

SPORTS
WILDCATS SWIPE ONE FROM THE COUGARS
East Farewell – The Wildcats swaggered into town knowing they had an edge on the Cougars. They had won the earlier game that was almost a literal slugfest between their center, David Bell and the Cougars center, James Hawkins. Both ended up fouling out and the Wildcats were able to prevail. There was some concern on both sides about the match up with Bell and Hawkins. All concerns were alleviated when Hawkins came down with the flu last week and was unable to play. Coach Wilson moved forward, Don Tasker to center and sent Walter Ferguson in at forward. Mack Mackenzie was injured last week but was able to play and together with Bobby Fox was able to take command of the game. The Wildcats guards, Giardini and Kramer had improved from the first game but Makenzie and Fox were still superior. The first half ended in a tie, 26-26. The second half went back and forth but Bell was able to take command of the center. Although Tasker was playing a very good game Bell was just a little better.  There was 40 seconds left and the Cougars were leading 47-46. The Wildcats set Bell up in the center and fed the ball to him he was able to move Ferguson and dish the ball off to a driving forward, David Farmer who finished his drive with a score. The score was 48-47. The Cougars worked the ball in and gave the ball to Fox who was able to make a beautiful 10 foot jumper and put the Cougars back up 49-48 with 18 seconds left. The Wildcats put Bell in the center and in bounded the ball to him; he turned and passed it to Kramer who was streaking down the court. Kramer was able to break away from Mackenzie, grab the ball, take one dribble and drive in to the basket. His layup dropped in just as time expired. The Wildcats won 50-49. “That was a hard played game and we came out on the short end of the stick. It hurts. I’m not going to blame it on the fact that Hawk (Hawkins) was down, we just didn’t get it done,” said Coach Wilson after the game.
            The Cougars play the Wildcats again in two weeks due to a scheduling change. They hope to have Hawkins back by then and perhaps they can see a better outcome. Next week the Cougars go on the road to visit the Slate Mountain Canaries. This will be the second time they face the Canaries. They won the first meeting 50-38. The game is scheduled for Saturday beginning at 1:30PM in the Slate Mountain High Gym.
 NATIONAL NEWS
FRANCE JOINS THE NUCLEAR CLUB – PHILADELPHIA FALLS TO #4 BEHIND LOS ANGELES
France, which a few days ago, joined the ranks of the world's atomic powers by exploding one, declares it will build a striking force of nuclear weapons to assure its national independence. Meanwhile, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, chairman of the Senate subcommittee on disarmament, declares the explosion of a plutonium bomb by France urgently points up the necessity of placing a controllable ban on further testing of nuclear weapons.

 The city of Philadelphia finally concedes it is #4 in population - recently outpaced by Los Angeles. Philly - with its 127 square miles falls to #4 from #3 with 2,207,200 persons. Los Angeles, with its 451 square miles, now has 2,397,500 persons.
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Thursday, February 13, 2020

2/11/1960


EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, February 11, 1960   Vol. C763
LOCAL NEWS
FROM NOTHING TO EVERYTHING
East Farewell – It looked for a while like this was going to be a snowless winter and Lake Charles would not freeze over. Many people in town were growing concerned that there would be no snow sculptures on the Lakefront Plaza or ice fishing on the lake. Some were happy that there would probably be no snow to clog the streets and sidewalks for next week’s Valentine’s Day Social and that public transit system would not be running late due to snow clogged tracks. Well, all those hopes and fears came to an abrupt end over the last week. There had been a small amount of snowfall late last month but less the 6 inches and was viewed more as a nuisance than anything else. Over the last ten days a cold front has moved in and seems to have stalled right over East Farewell. More the twelve inches of snow have fallen throughout the last week. The storms have been of the off and on variety, snow falling for twelve hours and then a break and then resuming eight or ten hours later. The snow fell at a fairly quick clip when it fell, close to ½ and inch an hour at times. The temperature has dropped significantly, too. The average temperature for the last week has been 25. Lake Charles has frozen over and should be ready for the ice huts within the next week or so. As for the Valentine’s Day Social, it will go on as planned.
            It seems that seasons are starting to return to normal and people in East Farewell are in general a little more comfortable with the situation. “I have to say, I was secretly hoping for a snowstorm,” said Natalie Mallard as she carefully walked down the soon to be cleared side walk on Main Street.


Main Street - 1960
SPORTS
CORNING DEVILS TOO STRONG FOR COUGARS
Corning – The Devils took advantage of the home court advantage on Saturday as they handily beat the Cougars, 52-48. The final score does not indicate the way the whole game really went. The Devils took command early and did not let go until the fourth quarter when they started to clear their bench. The Cougars did have some reasons for their poor performance. The ride up to Coring took almost four hours due to the weather and the game was postponed from 1:30 until 6:00. The Cougars center, James Hawkins, also started showing flu like symptoms right before the game. He was only able to play the first seven minutes before Coach Wilson took him out for his own good. Hawkins sat on the end of the bench for the rest of the game and did not look well. To compound the Cougars problems backcourt guard, Mack Mackenzie, twisted his ankle getting off the bus and could only play for a few minutes at a time. Even with the Cougars problems the second team played an admirable game against a far superior Devils team. The first half ended with the Devils on top, 28-20. The second half started off well for the Cougars as Robbie O’Shea and Wendell Williams were able to close the gap to two points at 34-32 but then the Devils seemed to raise their game to a new level and score 10 unanswered points. By the end of the third quarter the game was well in the Devils hands at 48-30 and the Cougars were running out of steam. Their extra-long bus ride and potential flu combined to drag down the Cougars further than their valiant second team could recover from. The Devils started to empty their bench with four minutes left and that opened up Williams, O’Shea and Walter Ferguson to close the gap considerably but not completely. As the final buzzer sounded the Devils were still in control, 52-48.
            The weather got so bad that the Cougars had to spend the night in Corning and limp home on Sunday. Hawkins was officially diagnosed with the flu and probably out for next week’s game. Mackenzie is still limping but he is expected to be able to play. The situation is going to go from difficult to very difficult because the Cougars face their tough rival Riverview next week. The Cougars and Wildcats are evenly matched when they are both at full strength but with the Cougars in a diminished state all bets are off. There is one positive for the Cougars, they play at home and the fans do offer an extra boost. The game begins on Friday afternoon at 4:30PM in the Regional High Gymnasium.
 NATIONAL NEWS
CASTRO ANNOUNCES CLOSER TIES WITH COMMIES – RUSSIA EXTENDS CUBA $100 MILLION CREDIT –
 DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SAYS UFO MAY BE OF SOVIET ORIGIN
Premier Castro of Cuba announces that relations between Cuba and Communist Russia, non-existent since 1952, will be re-established “very soon.” The statement was made in Havana in the presence of Anastas Mikoyan, first deputy premier of the Soviet Union. The very next day, Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan signed a trade pact with Prime Minister Castro, making the Soviet Union Cuba’s second largest customer behind the United States. Under the pact, the Soviet Union will buy a fifth of Cuba’s annual sugar crop, as the first step toward closer Soviet- Cuban relations. Russia will also extend Castro’s regime a credit of $100 million to be repaid over 12 years at 2-½% interest. U.S. officials say the pact assures the Soviet Union a firm foot in the Caribbean area, from which it could extend its penetration deep into the rest of the Caribbean and Latin America.

The Defense Department says an unidentified object is orbiting the earth and “may be of Soviet origin.” The mystery object is emitting radio signals and orbiting over the poles a desirable position for any type of “seeing eye” satellite.
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Thursday, February 6, 2020

2/4/1960


EAST FAREWELL NEWS

Thursday, February 4, 1960   Vol. C762

LOCAL NEWS

NOT AN ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN, ONE OF THE LAST MOUNTAIN MEN

East Farewell – There has been quite a buzz in town last week over the possible sighting of a strange creature out in the north woods above Lake Charles. High schoolers were hiking and came across tracks in the snow and later found a second set in the same area and finally at the end of the day several reported they saw something or someone or something running off in the distance. The very excited group reported their findings to the local police who somewhat skeptically investigated. High schoolers in town have a bit of a reputation for pulling pranks and this had all the earmarks of a practical joke. The police dispatched two officers, patrolman Burt Harriman and patrolman Earl Dolman, to the site and they were instructed to survey the area and see if there were any real signs of a creature or animal roaming around. The patrolmen took cameras and some brush clearing equipment and enrolled several of the students to assist and show them exactly where they had made the sightings.
            Once the group had reached the site they spread out and tried to find more clues. By now the tracks had melted away but there was still a lot of disturbed brush and broken branches. The group moved toward the spot that Danny Martin claimed he saw a human like creature run off into the woods. Inspecting that area patrolman Harriman found a small metal coin like object. It was not a piece of American currency but was some sort of foreign currency. Harriman also noticed more tracks leading off towards some unincorporated areas that were thought of as State land. The group proceeded up the trail for about a mile when they came upon a small cabin that obviously had been there for a long time. Harriman and Dolman approached the cabin and shouted out greetings and inquiries. They made their way onto what may have been a front porch and knocked on the front door. There was no answer. They knocked and called out again and then the door opened. Standing in the doorway was a grizzled older man with a short white beard. “May I help you?” he asked.
            “Patrolman Burt Harriman, East Farewell police department. We were wondering if you had been walking back in the glen over by the lake?” asked Harriman.
            “Well, nice to meet you, my name is Jasper Fullman and I have lived on this land for the last 15 years. I keep to myself and I get by by hunting and fishing. I don’t bother anyone as long as they don’t bother me. Now that I think about it you all may be the first folks I have seen since last year’s hunting season. I may have been down that way yesterday or earlier but I don’t really keep track. I go where I want to go when I want to go there.”
            “Do you own any big boots that may look like animal feet?” asked Dolman.
            “Why yes I do,” said Fullman, “I have a wonderful set full covered knee-high boots that I use when I go fishing, sometimes I wade in to get a better cast.”
            Harriman and Dolman looked at each other and then turned to Martin. “You think this may have been you’re ‘abominable snowman’?”
            Sheepishly, Martin said, “Perhaps.”
            Harriman turned back to Fullman and said, “Well Mister Fullman it looks like you scared a bunch of kids yesterday with your wandering around down by the lake. They thought you may be an abominable snowman or something. I think what we have here is a case of mistaken identity. We are going to go now and leave you back to your own ways. I might suggest that you stop into town every now and then just to let us know you are okay. How about that?”
            “Well, I appreciate your concern and I do apologize if I scared those kids, I didn’t mean to. I didn’t even see them.”
            Harriman, Dolman and the group of youngsters turned and started to walk back to town. “I guess our imagination got a little carried away,” said Martin to Harriman.
            “Oh, you think so, do you? Well I would agree with that,” said Harriman with a laugh.

Mountain man Jasper Fullman at home


SPORTS

COUGARS MEET BEARS AGAIN IN A WILD ANIMAL SHOWDOWN

East Farewell – The Cougars played the Central Bears for the second time this season last week and the Cougars were able to win in a close game 50-48. The Bears had improved greatly since the first meeting and the game was much more of game between equals than the Cougars dominated first game. The Bears came out with a strong man to man defense that was able to slow down the “Big Three” ( Hawkins, Tasker and Mitchell) and they showed a new, improved offense that emphasized ball movement and waiting for the right shot. This slow down offense seemed to throw the Cougars off their game. The first half went back and forth with five lead changes that ended with an ever so slim Cougars lead of 28-26 at the half. The second half started pretty much same as the first with the Bears slowing down the game with methodical passing and patient play. The Cougars grew restless and both Mitchell and Tasker got into foul trouble in the third quarter. Walter Ferguson and Wendell Williams took their place and showed a great deal of maturity and game sense. They were able to pressure the ball handlers and force them into unplanned and unwanted passes causing the Cougar’s backcourt (Fox and Mackenzie) to jump in and steal the ball. This strategy worked at several crucial points in the final quarter. As the clock wound down the score was tied at 48 and the Bears looked like they were going to play for one last shot. Bears guards, Herb Stinson and Frankie McCain, set up their slow down passing game but Williams, Ferguson and Fox had finally figured it out. When McCain went to pass to Stinson for the last shot with only 10 seconds left Ferguson was expecting the pass and jumped in the way knocking the ball to Williams who alertly redirected the ball to Fox without any dribble and Fox, who was breaking down the court grabbed the ball in stride, took two dribbles and laid the ball in for the lead. There were still 2 seconds left and the Bears tried a court long pass to their star center, Bill Doyle but Hawkins was able to get in the way and intercept the pass as time ran out. The Cougars won 50-48. “Those boys have come a long way in a short time,” said Coach Wilson after the game, “They really played a good game and that new ‘freeze’ strategy gave us fits until the end. We were able to figure it out in the end though and I’m proud of my boys, they did well tonight.”
            The Cougars go back on the road to face the Corning Devils again. The Cougars were able to beat the Devils earlier in the season in a close 40-38 game. Playing on the Devils home court could present a challenge as the Devils have only lost one home game this season. The game will be Saturday afternoon beginning at 1:30PM in the Coring High gym.

 NATIONAL NEWS

COMMIE DEPUTY PRAISES CASTRO AND WARNS AMERICA – STUDENTS STAGE SIT-IN AT WOOLWORTHS –
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL KILLS TWO THEN HIMSELF IN INDIANA

Arriving in Cuba, Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan is greeted by outbursts which touch-off a near panic in the middle of Havana. Later on in a speech, Premier Mikoyan praises Fidel Castro's revolutionary government before cheering Cuban trade unionists - and served a warning to the United States: "Those who threaten us with war should remember that if we can send a rocket with such precision to the moon, we can send it with equal precision to any part of the world”

North Carolina college students Ezell Blair Jr., Joseph McNeil, David Richmond and Franklin McCain stage a sit-in of a whites-only lunch counter at the Woolworth’s in Greensboro.

In Hartford City, Indiana, a high school principal shoots and kills two of his teachers before scores of children and later commits suicide with the same shotgun. Witnesses said that Leonard Redden had undergone a Jekyll and Hyde change before the spree.

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