EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
3, 1960 Vol. C801
LOCAL
NEWS
OKTOBERFEST WILL BE SHORTER
NEXT YEAR
East Farewell – The announcement came after the gates had closed
on the very successful 1960 Oktoberfest. Next year’s Oktoberfest will be cut
back from an entire week to a single, long weekend. “The whole week worked when
we only had, say, 1000 visitors in the first couple of years but now that we
are getting over 20,000, well that is unmanageable for a week. We could handle
that amount for a weekend but a week puts too much strain on our resources,”
said Tom Connelly in a statement after the event on Monday.
While many
businesses were happy to host a whole week of festivities, some were getting
concerned about worker absenteeism and call-outs. The Iron Works management
said in a statement that they supported the cut back. They said that while some
workers had scheduled their vacations for the week many just were calling out
sick or taking very long lunches. It was estimated that the town brought in
almost a half a million dollars in revenue over the course of the week. It
remains to be seen what effect the cut back would have on those revenues.
The proposal
did not lay out any specifics other than the Oktoberfest would be reduced from
a weeklong event to a three or four day event. It is expected that the main
format will remain the same only condensed.
“I guess it’s alright,”
said Mrs.
Mallard, local boarding house owner, “I did notice there were more people
roaming the street late at night last week and that is no good but I was sold
out and I will probably miss the business. I can do without all the noise and
commotion, though. I don’t know, I guess it is OK.”
Lively
participants at East Farewell’s 1960 Oktoberfest
SPORTS
COUGARS ARE GOOD BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH
Slate Mountain North – The Canaries
were celebrating their homecoming last Saturday and they had a point to prove.
They had lost last year’s homecoming by 1 point and were not going to let that
happen again. The Cougars almost upset the plan on Saturday, almost but not
quite. The Canaries were able to clinch a 24-21 homecoming win with a last
minute field goal that was made possible by an interception in the last two
minutes of regulation. The Cougars played a strong game and continued to
improve in their execution. They only had seven penalties called ton them as
opposed to 14 and 26 in the first two weeks. They also improved in their
offense by having more total yards this week than the first two week combined,
407 vs 320 & 270. Quarterback Martin O’Mara was able to complete 13 of his
17 attempts; unfortunately he threw one interception that turned out to be the
game decider.
The
game started out in favor of the Canaries with scoring on their second
procession with a flair out pass into the end zone from quarterback, Tommy Hagan
to tight end Donny Forest. The Cougars were able to finally get on the board at
the end of the first half with an end run by the Cougar’s young running back,
David Conner. The half end in a 7-7 tie but the Cougars had the definite
momentum.
The second half
started with the Cougars driving right down the field after the kick off and
O’Mara was able to run one in by himself and put the Cougars on top 14-7. The
Canaries were not going to roll over, though. They battled back and were able
to score on a Hagan to halfback Howard Peterman screen pass. Both defenses
toughened up and the game turned into a slug fest until in the fourth quarter
when O’Mara launched a 25 yard bomb to Albert Dillon who was able to carry it
all the way down the field for a forty yard score. But the Canaries came right
back and with almost the same play only it was a Hagan to Canary wide receiver,
Willie Robinson and tie the score at 21 all. Both team’s defense buckled down as the fourth
moved on but the Cougars were finally able to get the ball moving with three
minutes left. On a second and six O’Mara dropped back looking for his favorite
receiver, Albert Dillon, who was streaking down the right sideline. O’Mara
unleashed another bomb but defender, Orville Richardson was able to keep up
with Dillon and pick off the slightly underthrown pass. Dillon was able to
tackle Richardson almost immediately but the damage had been done. Hagan came
in with two minutes forty seconds left. He was able to move the Canaries down
field with a mix of inside runs and short screen passes. As the clock ticked
down he was able to connect with Forrest again for a ten yard gain on third and
eight. With a minute ten left the Canaries were on the Cougar’s 25 with a third
and six they ran a sweep to the left but the Cougars were waiting and held Hagan
to a five yard gain. The Canaries ran out their kicker, Herman Dixon to attempt
a twenty five yard field goal. The ball was snapped, the ball was placed and
Dixon kicked it as hard as he could. The ball sailed towards the goal post and
started to veer left. It looked like the ball was going to go outside the goal
post but it hit the left upright and bounced to the inside of the upright for
the score. The Canaries rushed the field and Dixon was lifted on to the team’s
shoulders. A well-deserved victory for the home team.
“We gave a good fight but we came up short,” said Cougars
coach Al Burcowitz after the game, “We are getting better each week. This was a
tough one to lose but it will build some more character in these boys. They
will be okay. We will get right back out there next week. I think they are
really getting better each game.”
The Cougars
come home next week to host the Central Bears. The game begins at 1:30 on
Saturday at Reginal High Field.
NATIONAL NEWS
LAST MINUTE CAMPAIGNING ON BOTH SIDES –
ITALIAN CARGO LINER PASSENGER VESSEL COLLIDE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
In Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy tells a crowd “I want to make it clear that we want to build a society that moves ahead, that no longer sits in comfort but picks up and moves forward”
Responding to Kennedy’s repeated assertion that “Republicans have always opposed Social Security” Richard Nixon, says “He knows that’s a bare-faced lie and I say it right here today.” “He knows that Social Security has never had a better friend than the Eisenhower administration and it will never have a better friend than the Nixon administration in the next four years”
Two million New Yorkers hail President Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge in a ticker- tape blizzard that brought darkness at noon to lower Broadway. Later, President Eisenhower told a cheering crowd at the New York Coliseum that despite the “bewailing” complaints of Senator Kennedy, America’s retaliatory military might is at its peak of power.
Senator Kennedy proposes that young Americans serve three years in a “peace corps” working with U.S. technical missions abroad as an alternative to military duty.
Vice President Nixon says he plans an 11th-hour push and will hit three key states in addition to Alaska 23 hours before election time. He’ll spend 4 hours on a nationwide television program broadcast from Detroit on ABC-TV, then head to Chicago to take part in another election telecast with President Eisenhower speaking from Washington. He’ll also attend rallies in southern California, Detroit and Madison, Wisconsin during the last day.
Kennedy’s last campaign stop is New York, telling a crowd “If we don’t carry New York, there is no chance we can win a majority of the Electoral College.” If elected, he wants “to be a President known as one who not only prevented war, but won the peace.” He also called for federal aid to higher education. At stake are the state’s 45 electoral votes.
The
Italian cargo liner Lorenzo Marcello, steaming up the Mississippi River, veers
suddenly and tears a huge furrow through a row of staterooms in a passing
passenger vessel. Nine are confirmed dead with one injury so far.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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