EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, December
8, 1960 Vol. C806
LOCAL
NEWS
EAST FAREWELL DECKS ITSELF OUT
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
East Farewell – The town pulled out all the stops this year to
decorate itself for the holiday season. Every year the Town Council approves
funds to put up festive holiday decorations all around town and even draped
strings of lights across Main Street and Lake
Shore Drive. It presented a wonderful, warm and cheerful atmosphere.
Unfortunately, all the strands were on individual circuits and prone to go out in
the bad weather causing a haphazard look some of the time. This year Council
put out a bid to local electricians and even the utility company to redesign
the light show. There were several bids submitted and after much consultation
and questioning the board awarded the contract to a local electric company,
Steve Spokes, owner of Patriot Electric Company. Spokes plan was to integrate
all the street strands into three circuits, hang a lighted holiday wreath on
each lamppost, replace all the bulbs with clear, colored bulbs that are more
efficient and place the whole display on a light sensitive switch. Patriot
employees and extra part time hired helpers fanned out throughout town last
week and had the entire display hung and wired by Friday night. One
extraordinary addition was Santa and his reindeer flying over Main Street. The
scene was illuminated by light placed on Boyle’s roof.
The weather on Friday night was
chilly but clear and most of the shops downtown were open late honoring their
holiday hours. The sun set at 4:29 on Friday night and at 4:20 the light was
dim enough to trigger the switch and in a planned cascading effect the lights
came on down Main Street and up Lake Shore Drive with remarkable synchronicity
and beautiful seasonal cheer. An added surprise that was only known to the
Council and Patriot Electric speakers were installed around the Lakefront Plaza
and Christmas music both carols and secular played gently in the background.
The speakers and music were the brainchild of Mr. Spokes who was able to wire
the speakers to a unit in the Lost Oasis
that repeated a continuous two hour sound track of Christmas music.
The season is
in full swing and the evenings are beautiful. The cold weather has forced the
restaurants to pull their outside tables back inside and the stores cannot keep
their doors open anymore but that has not stopped anyone from strolling through
town after dark. They can enjoy the new, improved Christmas lights a grab a hot
coffee or chocolate in one of the many shops along Main Street and Lake Shore
Drive.
Santa seen over Main Street
SPORTS
COUGARS TRY TO CLOSE OUT SEASON WITH A WIN
Riverview - The Cougars tried to end the season with a win and
make it a winning season but they came up short against a team that will go
down in local history for having the first girl player on the field. Rachel
Zorn was playing her last game as a Riverview Wildcat on Saturday and has made
an indelible, positive mark on the school, the team and the region. She started
as a kicker for the team when she was a sophomore and has stayed with it for
three years constantly improving. She finished her high school career with a
total of an astounding 288 points, a school record. She also ended up as the
punter and took all the kickoffs in her last season.
The Cougars
battled royally but they lost, almost as if by destiny, 24-21 with a Zorn field
goal with 15 seconds left being the deciding factor. The Riverview crowd rushed
the field as time ran out as the Cougars congratulated the Wildcats on a game
well played. The Wildcats finished the season in first place, the Cougars in
third.
The game was
well played and the Cougars had a chance in the fourth quarter to take the lead
but an errant pass by O’Mara to Dillon was intercepted by Wildcat defensive
back, Josh Gamble and returned to the Cougars 30. The Wildcats set up and
quarterback Nelson Dixon, used the running game to drive down to the Cougars 15
and eat up the majority of the clock. The Wildcats ran the clock down to 15
seconds and called a timeout. Zorn came onto the field and with cool, calm efficiency
knocked the ball through the uprights for her fourth game winning field goal.
Time ran out and the fans flooded the field. The Cougars season ended at 4-4
and they stood in third place. “This was a rebuilding season; we all knew that
from the start. I think these boys gained a ton of good football knowledge and
we will be back and better next year,” said coach Burcowitz on the sidelines
after the game.
Next up for
Regional High sports is Cougars basketball. This year’s team is, like the
football team, a new, young group. Last year the Cougars basketball team won
their first championship since 1955 and all five starters were seniors. The
only returning player from last year’s team is Wendell Williams who is now a
senior. The team starts their season on Friday night against the Central Bears
at home in the Regional High Gymnasium at 7:00PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
EXPENSIVE CAMELOT OPENS ON BROADWAY – SEGREGATED BUS STATIONS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL – DRONE HELICOPTOR FLIES – ARTIC REFUGE ESTABLISHED
Camelot, the most expensive theatrical production of all time, made its Broadway debut, at the Majestic Theatre, with Richard Burton as King Arthur and Julie Andrews as Lady Guinevere.
In the case of Boynton v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court declared, by a 7 to 2 vote, that a law requiring permitting bus stations to exclude, patrons on the basis of race, was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. The case arose when a law student at Howard University, Bruce Boynton, was fined for refusing to leave a "whites only" restaurant at the Trailways bus terminal in Richmond, Virginia.
The QH-50 DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter), a drone that could be guided by remote control, made its first successful unmanned landing, descending upon the USS Hazelwood.[
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Fred
A. Seaton issued Public Land Order 2214, reserving 9,500,000 acres
(38,000 km2) of land as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Thanks to
Wikipedia for helpful facts in the News
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