EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, March
10, 1960 Vol. C767
LOCAL
NEWS
THERE IS STILL SNOW BUT THE
FLOWER SHOW BRIGHTENS UP EVERYTHING
East
Farewell – The late season snow did not have any effect on the opening of the
fabulous Flower Show. The chairwoman of the show, Miss
Donna Silverman,
hosted a pre-opening dinner under the huge tents set up on the Fairgrounds on
Friday night and then opened the ceremonial doors at the event on Saturday
morning. Miss Silverman has been the driving force behind the Flower Show since
she almost single-handedly resurrected it from oblivion three years ago. By
once again expanding the participants, this year boasted of a total 115
participants and a new total of 28 sponsors, she was able bring a magnificent,
fresh and fragrant show to more than 1000 eager visitors on opening day.
This year Miss Silverman tried
something new. She asked all the participants to follow a theme. This year her
theme was, “A Spring Meadow.” Everyone was supposed create their display along
those loose lines. “I didn’t want to make it too strict. I wasn’t sure how the
participants would react but I got a lot of positive feedback and everyone got
right on board.”
The participants certainly did get
on board. People created many different versions of the
theme, all of which were not only clever but beautiful, too. This year there were major
participants, the bigger florists and nurseries and a group of smaller flower
shops and individual artists. One of the bigger participants was a show
favorite Beverly’s Blooms on Main. This year she created a wonderful display
that was a wide open meadow made of sod that had all types of wild flowers
interspersed with rows of tulips, roses and pansies arranged in pathways that
people could walk down. Another favorite was Dr. Quigley E. Dandridge, a local
inventor who always comes up with a comically complex display. This year he
came up with meadow that was similar to Beverly’s but his had a figure wearing
very thick glasses pushing a lawn mower that seems to run over rows and rows of
flower beds apparently mowing them down but after he finishes he stops and
turns to discover his freshly mowed lawn reappears and the flowers magically
push back up from the ground in full bloom. He waits then turns around and
starts all over again. The entire contraption was constructed by Dandridge with
lots of help from a group of high school students. While no living people are
in the display the mannequins are all automated and almost appear real.
The show will continue through the
20th when there will be a one day sell off after it officially
closes. This idea has been a great success since it first happened. Miss Silverman
thought it up to help clean up and disperse all the flowers left over from the
show. Many still have lots of life in them and a eagerly snapped up by locals
to brighten up their homes for a little while. The Flower Show is one of the
most anticipated and beloved events in town and this year is no exception.
Dr.
Dandridge’s mower about to start
SPORTS
COUGARS DEMOTE CAPTAINS
East Farewell – The Cougars made fairly quick work
of the hapless Fort Lee Captains on Saturday, 62-47. The final score hardly
reflects the ease that the Cougars dispatched the Captains because for the
final four minutes the Cougars sat their first team. The Captains for their
part were suffering from both injury and illness. Their leading scorer came down
with the flu just last week and two of their best defense men have suffered injuries
that have held them out for two weeks. Nevertheless, the Cougars played a very
strong game with “the big three,” Hawkins, Tasker and Mitchell, took complete
control of the game with superior passing and accurate shooting. The backcourt
of Mackenzie and Fox also contributed by forcing the Captains guards to stay
with them and not let them double team the big three. At the end of the first
half the game was looking like a blow out with the Cougars leading 30-16. The
second half was slower with the Cougars purposely slowing the ball down to run
the clock. The final four minutes saw Coach Wilson empty the bench. The
Captains were able to rally somewhat but it was too little too late and the
Cougars cruised to a 62-47 victory.
Next
week they will travel to Southport to battle the Hawks. They lost to the Hawks
earlier this season by 2 points and will be looking for some paybacks. The
league standings have the Cougars tied for first with Corning so a win over the
Hawks is crucial. If the Cougars win and beat the Slate Mountain Miners in the
last game they will win the league. If both the Corning Devils and the Cougars
win out there will be playoff game to determine a champion. The game next week
will be on Friday evening in the Southport High gymnasium beginning at 7:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE ENDORSES NIXON – MOSCOW IS READY FOR
DISARMAMENT MAYBE – FRENCH BEAUTIES ABOUND
President
Eisenhower comes out flatly for Vice President Richard Nixon as his successor
in the White House. “If anyone is wondering whether I have any personal
preference or even bias with respect to this up-coming Presidential race, the
answer is yes, very definitely”
Disarmament conference
in Geneva - Moscow says it is ready to accept the United States plan to ban all
big tests of nuclear weapons if the west signs a pledge not to conduct any
military tests at all - big or small - for a number of years to be decided
by negotiation. Moscow says that during this moratorium, Soviet and western
scientists would carry out joint research aimed at removing the U.S. fear
that small-scale weapons could be exploded underground without detection.
Capucine is
another in a line beautiful French actresses known these days. There’s
also Brigitte Bardot, Martine Carol, Mylene Demongeot and Annette Vadim.
Capucine dropped her name - Germaine Lefabvre and adopted Capucine of which she
says - “Two names are ordinary and I hope one is interesting.” Before coming to
America, Capucine was a fashion model in Paris, working for Dior and Givenchy.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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