EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, May 19,
1960 Vol. C777
LOCAL
NEWS
SENIORS INVITE SENIORS TO PROM
East
Farewell- The 1960 senior class of Regional High extended an unexpected and
unprecedented offer to the entire retired community of the Springlife
Retirement Home to attend their senior prom as honored guests. The idea was
promoted by seniors Patty Durham and Bill Lister who came up with the idea
while working in the retirement home. The class eagerly got on board with the
idea and the details were worked out early this year. The announcement was kept
secret until last week when a formal invitation was presented to the retirement
community at their weekly meeting.
The 1960 senior class had become
known for its civic awareness and responsibility long before this. Throughout
their school years the class has come together to hold many different civic
minded events. The first was a car wash when they were merely sixth graders to
benefit the East Farewell Animal Rescue that had fallen on hard times
exasperated by a fire that ruined the shelter. That event produced enough
funding, enhanced by local businesses generous grants, to rebuild the facility
and save the shelter. Every year since then the class has done something to
promote civic well-being in East Farewell, ranging from food drives to candy
sales (people still talk about the fabulous dark chocolate walnut bark sold by
the students and produced by local baker and candy maker, Peg O’Malley) that
have not only helped many people but have made the town a better place in
general.
The prom was held in the Regional
High Gymnasium and not only was a dance but it included a sit down dinner for
all attendees that was catered by the Lost Oasis and served by Regional High
underclassmen. There were two bands, The
Blackjacks
for the younger crowd and town favorite Gus
Templeton and his Swing Band for the older folks. The night was a mixed of old
and new and there were many sightings of mixed age dance partners having a
wonderful time together. “I just danced with a guy who said he was 86,” laughed
Mary McVeigh, 16, “and he could really step out! I had a hard time keeping up
with him.”
The party paused at 10:00 as the
seniors had to head back home in an ironic curfew switch but the dancing picked
right back up and it was almost 2:00AM when the last dance was played by a
combination band of several Blackjacks and several Swing Band members, Gus and
lead Blackjack vocalist, James Durbin, singing the Casino’s #1 hit “Then You
Can Tell Me Goodbye”
The Regional High class of 1960 will
not only be remembered for their civic pride but they will also be remembered
as a group that knew how to have a good time.
Seniors with seniors at the
1960 Prom
SPORTS
GREEN PITCHES A GEM
East Farewell – Saturday saw a beautiful afternoon
made even more beautiful by a fine exhibition of pitching skill against a worthy
opponent. The Travelers took on the Monticello Viking and were able to come
away with a win, 4-0. The Vikings have been one of the Travelers tougher
opponents and have grown from their humble beginnings in 1956 to become a
league leading contender in the last three years. On Saturday, though, they
came up against their nemesis, Billy Green, who has had their number for the
past three years and once again were mystified by his slow curve ball. Green
has pitched one no hitter, one one hitter and three games with less than five
hits against the Vikings in the past three years. Saturday was no different. He
went to work quickly and efficiently striking out the side in innings one,
three and five while only allowing three hits and no runs. The closest the
Vikings came to scoring was in the eighth when they got men on second and third
with only one out but Green dug deep and came up with two critical strike outs
to end the inning.
The
Travelers were able to help Green with a solid offensive effort. They were able
scatter 9 it’s throughout the game but Vikings pitcher, Jose Monaro was fairly
sharp. Only in the fourth and in the eighth the Travelers were able to string
together enough power to score two runs in each inning. The big blast came from
Mitch Maxwell, a two run homer in the eighth.
Next
week the Travelers stay home and face the Albany Senators. Joe Nagy will take
the mound for the Travelers. Nagy will try to recreate his Hall of Fame
performance from 1956 when he pitched a perfect game against the Senators in
the last game of the season. Surprisingly, few people saw the game because it
coincided with the opening game of the Regional High Cougars football game. As
time passes, though, more and more people seemed to have been at that game,
many more than the ticket sales show. The game next week is an evening game and
will begin in Travelers Stadium at 7:30.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE & NIXON WARN ALLIES OF DANGERS FROM
COMMIE AGGRESSION – KHRUSHCHEV SAYS IKE MORE INTERESTED IN GOLF THAN PEACE –
FIRST COLOR TV BROADCAST OF BASEBALL GAME
President
Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon warn America’s Southeast Asian
allies that the danger of Red Chinese aggression and subversion is greater than
ever since the recent ill-fated summit conference. Nixon took some hope from
the fact that Soviet Premier Khrushchev is not yet going along with Red China’s
aggressive policy.
Premier
Khrushchev says he still believes that President Eisenhower wants peace and
that he really had not known about spy flights over the Soviet Union. He
also says that Mr. Eisenhower is a man who puts golf before his
responsibilities as President.
Crosley
Broadcasting televises the first evening baseball game in color this week in a
game between the Cincinnati Redlegs and the San Francisco Giants from Crosley
Field in Cincinnati. George Bryson and Frank McCormick handled the
play-by-play. The game was broadcast by WLWT, Cincinnati; WLWD, Dayton;
WSAZ-TV, Huntington, W. VA and WLEX-TV, Lexington, KY.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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