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.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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