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