EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
27, 1960 Vol. C800
LOCAL
NEWS
OKTOBERFEST IS BACK
East Farewell – East Farewell’s 1960 Oktoberfest was wonderful
success, as usual. This was the sixth year of the Bavarian themed festival and
drew even more visitors than last year. The event has shown an increased
attendance every year. Over the week the estimated attendance was over 20,000
people. That is far more than the first year’s attendance when the event ran
for two weeks. The Fairgrounds where the Oktoberfest is staged can only hold
about 3,000 people a day and that limit was pushed this year. Over attendance
may become a concern next year if the trend holds, forcing a greatly undesired
capping of daily admission. “It is something that we never considered until
last year. But the success has just exploded the attendance numbers and we may
have to look at limiting daily entrance,” said Tom Connelly, town council
president and one of the chief organizers of the event.
Next year with
its potential complications were not any worry this year, though. The
Fairgrounds were transformed into a little Bavaria for a week with huge tents,
extra-long picnic tables and benches and a wonderful midway in the middle. In
the tents an army of appropriately dressed waiters and waitresses moved up and
down the rows of tables with arms full of pitchers of beer, roasted chickens
and different types of bratwursts. The crew was hired from all around the area
and some have served all six Oktoberfest’s. They all donned Bavarian outfits
and the “frauleins” wore blonde wigs if they were not naturally blonde. Behind
the tents there was a large tent where a kitchen was set up and was delivering
what seemed like an unending stream of bratwursts both on a roll and on a
plate, whole broiled chickens and lots of wings and drumsticks all supplied by the Lost Oasis. The beer
was under a different tent and had five taps setup to quench the thirst of the
ever changing crowd.
The atmosphere
was enhanced by lots of music. Many different bands and singers took the main
stage throughout the entire week. On the weekends and in the evenings there was
live music from traditional “Oom-pa” bands to rock and roll bands. Local
favorites made several appearances, Gus Templeton and his Swing Band played every
night and so did country star, Charlie Green. During the days the music
was supplied by radio disc-jockeys spinning records at impromptu studios set up
on the stage. They were not really broadcasting but it had the appearance of a
broadcast booth. Each evening it was broken down for the live music and each
morning it was rebuilt.
The influx of
visitors is a big boost for the town’s economy, every available rental property
and room was taken. The Oktoberfest has become a second boost after the summer
season has pretty much ended and before the Thanksgiving Day Parade. “I think
this is a great event. I was sold out two weeks in advance. This is turning out
to be an extension of the summer season, it really helps,” said Mrs. Mallard, local
boarding house owner.
SPORTS
COUGARS OPEN AT HOME WITH A WIN
East Farewell – The young, winless Cougars came
home on Saturday and played their home opener like they had played together for
years. They faced a fairly strong Corning Devils team that was thinking they could
grab an easy win over the young team. They were sadly misinformed. The Cougars
came out strong and scored on their first procession. Cougars quarterback
Martin O’Mara ran the offense like a well-oiled machine. A complete shift from
the two games before. The whole team ran plays like they had known them for
years and their execution was almost automatic and nearly flawless. After stopping the Devils on a three and out
after the kickoff the Cougars took the Devil’s punt on the twenty eight and ran
it back to the thirty six. Martin started with a handoff to running back Billy
O’Donnell who scampered for eight yards. Martin then went to the air and found
his wide receiver, Willie Larson for a very nice twenty yard gain. The Cougars
continued to move against a surprised Devils squad and with a first and goal
Martin gave the ball to his fullback, one of the only two seniors on the team,
Charles Robinson who rumbled into the end zone after running over two Devils.
The Cougars continued their rampage for the rest of the first half and went
into the locker room with a fourteen nothing lead. The Devils were visibly
shook up.
The
Cougars received the second half kickoff and receiver Willie Larson was
immediately leveled by a recharged Devils team. The halftime talk the Devils
coach Darryl Washington gave must have been gangbusters because the Devils came
out on fire. They not only held the Cougars to eight yards on their first
procession but they tipped the Sammy Regalia punt knocking it down to only a
ten yard punt. The Devils set up on the Cougars forty five and in a complete
reversal from the first half the Devils drove down the field and scored. The
Cougars were the bewildered team. Cougars coach, Al Burcowitz, gather the team
on the sidelines before the next kickoff to refocus them. The Devils kickoff was taken by Larson on the
Cougars ten and he was able to get back to the twenty five. O’Mara was able to
get things moving again with strong running by O’Donnell and David Conner.
Quick, short screen passes helped move the team down to the Devils 12. The
drive stalled but Sammy Regalia was able connect with a straight on twenty yard
field goal. The devils worked their way back but couldn’t get past the Cougars
forty two. The third quarter ended with the score Cougars 17, Devils 7, with
the Cougars back in command.
The
fourth quarter went back and forth but the Cougars were kept control as the
Devils worked to keep the smooth Cougar offense in check. Neither team looked
like they were going to score again but in the closing minutes the Devils
completed a long bomb to wide receiver, Mark Jason, who took it down to the
Cougars eight. The next play Devils quarterback, Henry Noble, tried an end
around with a pitch-out but halfback, Ned Randal, dropped the ball and Cougar
Sammy Grover picked the ball up on a lucky bounce, in stride and ran it all the
way back to the Devils seven. There was only 40 seconds left on the clock when
Martin and company took the field. It only took them 23 seconds to drive into
the end zone. Charles Robinson scored his second touchdown of the day. Regalia
kick the extra point that point icing on the 24-7 win. This was a strong win
for the Cougars and seemed to be a wakeup call for the team. They looked very
good and more importantly they played as a team.
Next
week they travel to Slate Mountain North where the Canaries will be holding
their homecoming. The Cougars would like to continue with their strong winning
ways. The game begins at 4:30PM on Friday afternoon on the Northern High
football field.
NATIONAL NEWS
4TH DEBATE - NEW IRANIAN PRINCE – COUP IN EL SALVADOR –
US BANS EXPORTS TO CUBA –
TOLEDO FOOTBALL TEAM INVOLVED IN TRAGIC
PLANE CRASH
In the fourth debate - Vice President Nixon tells Sen. Kennedy that his plans for handling the Cuba crisis are “probably the most dangerously irresponsible recommendations” of his campaign and “an open invitation to Mr. Khrushchev to come into Latin America.” The fourth debate devoted to foreign policy, produced the sharpest personal exchanges as Cuba and Quemoy-Matsu were huge areas of disagreement.
Iranians rejoice at the birth of a crown prince, born to Queen Farah Diba, third wife of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The boy weighs 8 pounds, 11 ounces.
A six-man junta seizes power in a bloodless coup, throwing out El Salvador’s President Jose Maria Lemus. The junta also begins liberating political prisoners.
The United States, taking the toughest stand yet on Cuba, bans exports of all U.S. goods to the island nation, except medical supplies and food. The State Department charged that the Havana government had deliberately failed to pay $150 million owed to U.S. business and had put a squeeze on U.S. goods, cutting the once-large U.S. trade by more than half.
After
just completing a football game in Toledo, an airline carrying members of the
California Polytechnic College in Central California, crashes on takeoff. 24
are dead with 22 survivors. Many of the dead are team members.
Many, many
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