12/27/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, December 27, 1951   Vol. C342

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LOCAL NEWS

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1951 YEAR IN REVIEW

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East Farewell - !951 is drawing to a close and it is time to present a round up the most news worthy events from the past year. The first year of the “fifties” was an exciting year.

            The first week of the year was a tease with very balmy weather but that all fell away and the usual East Farewell winter moved in and there was plenty of snow and cold until spring. Sleigh rides through town and other wonderful activities filled up the days and nights. The second Valentine’s Day Social continued what is turning into a town tradition. New businesses opened on Main Street and Lakeshore Drive and the town’s population continued to grow. Young Natalie Mallard made her radio debut over the airways and launched what looks like a very exciting singing career. The town welcomed home an honest to goodness hero, Bernie Morris, who was injured while saving many in his company by throwing away a hand grenade that had landed right in front of his squad during the battle of Seoul.

            Spring brought heavy weather and a thunderstorm that knocked out the entire town’s electric grid but things got turned back on just in time for a little leprechaun magic on Lakefront Plaza. There were lots of discussions about a spring flower show, maybe next year. As spring moved towards summer we were all proud of the graduating seniors from Regional High School and were all surprised when Sidmonds Franklin gave the graduation address. The summer saw a proliferation of bar-b-ques and an sure to be reoccurring event a bar-b-que cook-off on Lakefront Plaza. Hootenannies and lots of other musical events filled the summer that saw even more people choosing to come to East Farewell for their vacation.  Danny O’Donnell and Claire Murphy will always have something to talk tell little Terrance Daniel Murphy when he grows up as he was almost delivered in O’Donnell’s milk truck. The summer sizzled but the north winds brought lots of trouble. The beloved Fun Pier was destroyed by hurricane How but owner, Sid Lendel has vowed to rebuild, “bigger and better.”

            The destruction brought out the best in town with a fund raising concert on the Plaza and even through the road race was nixed a more suitable bike race was discussed. The circus came to town and a great addition to the social calendar was added with the Labor Day Fair. The Harvest Festival and a Halloween scare helped make the fall season but the Thanksgiving Day parade definitely defined the season for the town.

            Now as snow blankets the streets and yards East Farewell and another year comes to an end. Everyone is ready to welcome in the new year and more wonderful memories.

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SPORTS

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COUGARS DECAW WILDCATS

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East Farewell – The Cougars came back home and hosted the Riverview Wildcats on Friday evening and came away with a convincing 42-32 victory. Bill Donahue was central in the win. As high scorer and high rebounder he dominated the center and showed a growing awareness of game management. The Cougars opened the game with a 10-4 run and kept the pressure up for the whole game. The Wildcats were able to take a lead only once in the third quarter but that was short lived as the Cougars came roaring back with an 8-0 run.

            In the second half the Wildcats stepped up their defense and double teamed Donahue but that just opened up the game for the forwards, Franny Warner and David O’Shea who were responsible for the eight point run. Jimmy Welch and Ted Fitzgerald also contributed to the win. They were essential in stopping the Wildcats from being able to get any momentum with their very sticky defense. “The boys are looking better and better each week. I think Big Billy (Donahue) is starting to really understand how to play center. He was running the show out there tonight. I was very happy with that,” said Coach Wilson after the game.

            The Cougars travel the Slate Mountain, on the north side, to face the Canaries in a Saturday game. The action begins at 2:30 in the Canaries gymnasium.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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TRUMAN ORDERS IRS SHAKE UP – TRUMAM’S POPULARITY SLIPPING – PARADE & ROSE BOWL TO BE ON TV – HUNGARY JAILS US PILOTS – FBI NABS HOPE EXTORTIONIST – LANZA SAYS HE LUCKY – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK

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President Truman orders a wholesale shakeup of the Internal Revenue Bureau with the chief of the agency disclosing that 53 more employees have been let go - making the total 166. The President wants to take the agency out of politics and protect it from “influence peddlers.” The 64 offices of Collector of Internal Revenue are being abolished for 25 district offices each headed by a commissioner under Civil Service. Graft and corruption caused some of the dismissals. In his cleanup drive of the agency, the President said “further administrative action” is planned to insure complete “integrity” in government. All 64 collectors are political appointees.

In a Gallup poll - President Truman’s popularity is slipping - 23% approve of the job he’s doing and 58% disapprove. At the start of his term his approval rating was at 69%.

For the first time - The Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl game will be televised on network television. NBC will broadcast both events to 64 stations.

After Hungary jails four American pilots, the United States forbids Americans to travel to Hungary and orders the immediate closing of Hungarian Consulates in Cleveland and New York. The pilots wandered over Hungarian territory last month with Soviet fighter planes forcing them down on an air base maintained by Russia in the satellite state. The Hungarian Communist regime convicted them of “deliberate violation” of the Iron Curtain frontier and demanded $120 thousand for their release.

The FBI arrests Gerald Norris of Tucson for trying to extort $500 from Bob Hope. Norris wrote a postcard to the comedian demanding $500 or “your life will be in danger an maybe your wife will suffer harm.” Hope never saw the card and says he’s the last one to hear about he had been threatened. “I didn’t know anything about it.  I never heard of any threats, besides, the guy’s timing was terrible. What with rebuilding our house, taxes and Christmas, I’m dead broke.”

Mario Lanza says 1951 was “the luckiest year of my life.” Lanza had a major hit with “Be My Love” plus he appeared in the hit movie “The Great Caruso.” Lanza has a highly rated radio show each Monday night as well.

Pop Music this week in 1951 –

 “Cry” – Johnnie Ray,

“Sin” - Eddy Howard,

 “Shrimp Boats” – Jo Stafford,

“Undecided” - The Ames Brothers,

“The Little Cloud That Cried” - Johnnie Ray,

“Jealousy” - Frankie Laine,

“Out In The Cold Again” - Richard Hayes,

 “Jingle Bells’ – Les Paul,

“White Christmas” - Bing Crosby,

“It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” – Perry Como,

“Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” - Spike Jones

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12/20/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, December 20, 1951   Vol. C341

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LOCAL NEWS

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LOOKS LIKE A WHITE CHRISTMAS FOR EAST FAREWELL

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East Farewell – Several inches of snow dropped on East Farewell over the weekend and more is forecast later in the week. That will most certainly insure the town will celebrate a white Christmas much the the delight of many in town and almost every child in town. The total precipitation has only been three inches so far and that is a very manageable amount for the town. The streets and sidewalks were cleared quickly and most of the local driveways have been cleared by enterprising youths. The beautiful lights strung across Main Street and Lakeshore Drive enhances the nighttime beauty and draws many people out to stroll through the center of town after dark. The temperatures have been cooperative by hovering around the freezing mark and a little above. Duffy’s restaurant has decided to stay open later to accommodate late evening diners. The Lakefront Plaza has also taken on a wonderful gathering place scene with benches, tables and fire rings placed around the plaza. Several small stalls have been erected and enterprising young entrepreneurs have been serving hot chocolate, coffee and hot cider to folks who have ended their evening strolls there. The view of Lake Charles is especially beautiful at this time of year.

Fun on Main Street

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SPORTS

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DEVILS CURSE COUGARS

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Corning – Last year’s champions, the Corning Devils, picked up where they left off last season by winning their first two games of the new season. The Cougars went into Corning with high expectations. They had won a hard fought game against a strong foe, the Central Bears, but they were only starting to play together as a team. The Corning Devils, on the other hand, had just come off a very lop-sided win against a much weaker Riverview Wildcats team and had a season championship team returning for a potential repeat trophy.

            The Devils came out strong scoring the first ten points before the Cougars could get on the board. Cougar’s forwards, Franny Warner and David O’Shea, had difficulty finding their rhythm and it took until the end of the second quarter for them to get in sync. The backcourt, Teddy Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch, also had trouble and committed three turnovers in the first quarter. They did make substantial improvements in their ball control in the second quarter. One saving grace for the Cougars was that the Devils shot horribly, only making seven of their 23 shots. The Cougars defense kept them in the game in the first half. The half ended with the Devils on top, 14-8.

            The second half was quite different. The Devils came out to face a new Cougars defense, a very tight man-to-man that took advantage of Warner and O’Shea’s greater speed than their Devil counterparts and also let Fitzgerald and Welch roam and disrupt. Center, Bill Donahue was a highlight in the second half using a newly developed hook shot to score a team high 10 points with an almost dance-like movement. He was able to bring the Cougars within two point’s mid-way through the third quarter. The Devils took a time out at the beginning of the fourth quarter and came back with a double team on Donahue and were able to stifle the other Cougar offensive tools and went on a 10- 2 run and closed out the game with a commanding 32-20 score.

            The Cougars return home next week to face the Riverview Wildcats and will hopefully be able to learn from this loss. The game will be a Friday evening game beginning at 7:00PM in the Regional High Gymnasium. 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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TRUMAN LAYS DOWN THE LAW – NEW PEACE PROPOSAL BY ALLIES – CHURCHILL & EDEN IN PARIS – JOE KENNEDY WANTS US TO COME HOME – 4 MINERS DEAD IN ILLINOIS -  EBONY CELEBRATES “LYDIA BAILEY” – AT THE MOVIES

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President Truman swings into his clean-up campaign and lays down this rule for Federal employees: No gifts from people doing business with the government.

Allied staff officers offer to surrender to the Communists all allied-held islands off the Korean coast north of the 28th parallel in hopes of finding a “road to solution” of problems blocking a quick truce.

Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden arrive in Paris from London for a two-day visit which most Europeans believe is a mission to obtain French support of an omnibus proposition which Churchill will submit to Washington January 3. 

Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, says that the administration’s foreign policy has led the nation to a point where a “pistol shot” anywhere in the western world could touch of war. Kennedy called upon the United States to sever far-flung military commitments and think first of its own welfare instead of “scattering our dollars and our troops throughout Europe.”

Four miners are known dead and 100 others are trapped in a fire and explosion in the world’s largest coal shaft mine at West Frankfort, Illinois.

Ebony Magazine, a Negro publication gives 20th-Fox kudos for its production of “Lydia Bailey,” which the magazine’s January issue says glorifies Negro history for the first time in a major Hollywood film. Ebony also points to one of the movie’s stars – William Marshall, “whose film debut was so convincing that 20^th wasted no time in signing him to a seven-year contract.” 

At the movies –

I Want You – Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow

Death of a Salesman – Fredric March

Dark Victory – Bette Davis

The Maltese Falcon – Humphrey Bogart

Across The Wide Missouri – Clark Gable

Here Comes The Groom – Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman

The Desert Fox – James Mason

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12/13/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, December 13, 1951   Vol. C340

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LOCAL NEWS

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MAIN STREET AGLOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS

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East Farewell – The town showed off its holiday spirit with very festive decorations all along Main Street and Lakeshore Drive. There were multicolored lights strung across the roads and fresh Christmas wreaths hung from the lampposts. The Streets Department were working overtime trying to finish the light hanging by the first week of December to take advantage of the early holiday shoppers that took to the streets to try to find some early bargains. This year there are new strands with brighter and more numerous lights. There are no blinking lights this year; all the lights are solid on. That change came from numerous requests because the blinking lights seemed to cause some disruptive eye strain on some people. “It wasn’t that big of a deal,” said Darrin Malloy, Streets Department Supervisor, “We only had to change one bulb in the blinking strings and replacing the blinker with a solid is all it took. I think they look great.”

            The decorations traditionally stay up until the week after New Year’s. The Streets Department has a secure storage area that will protect them until next year. Every year before Thanksgiving the department runs tests for all the lights and inspects all the connections before they start their marathon hanging routine. All the shoppers and strollers gleefully welcome the lights and other decorations. “It puts everyone in the Christmas spirit,” said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, “It is just wonderful and I love it. I know lots of other people who love it, too.”

Main Street 1951

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SPORTS

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 COUGARS BASKETBALL STARTS WITH A WIN

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East Farewell – The Cougars basketball team started their season with a win last Saturday afternoon with 48-44 win over the Central Bears. This year’s team has a couple of seniors in the forecourt and the backcourt made up of juniors. The center is Bill Donahue, a 6’8” junior that played very well in his sophomore season. The team as a whole has been together for almost a whole season and is in a very strong position to make a run at the League Championship this year.

            The Bears were a good match up for this team. They, too, had three juniors in their starting lineup but they had only on senior and a sophomore rounding out the lineup. There was a slight mix-up before the game when the Bears bus made a wrong turn and ended up at the Iron Works, but after some quick instructions from the Iron Works gate guard the Bears made it over to the Regional High Gym only about ten minutes late.

The game started slowly with the teams feeling each other out and trying to find their own rhythm. Donahue matched up with Bears center Steve Morelli well but had a slight height advantage and let him score the first six points. The game moved though the first half with a very deliberate pace, neither team wanting to make a mistake. The teams traded baskets and they did not foul. The first half ended knotted at 24.

The second half showed a lot more movement and action as the Cougars tried to set up a press early in the third quarter and that led to a Cougars run of ten points to two and put the Cougars in a strong position for the fourth quarter. The Bears were not going to give up though. They fought back and forced the Cougars to lift the press and came back to tie the game with two minutes left. It seems the height advantage that Billy Donahue had over Steve Morelli came into play as Donahue was able to out jump Morelli for the tie-breaking score and then was able to dish a perfect feed to a cutting Ted Fitzgerald who went in for the final score. “These kids looked pretty good today. They are going to get better as they get used to each but I am proud of the way they played together,” said Coach Charles Wilson after the game.

The Cougars go on the road for their next game. They go up to meet the Corning Devils who won the league last season. The game is another Saturday game and begins in Corning High Gymnasium at 2:30PM. 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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IKE GOES WITH THE REPUBLICANS -  PEACE TALKS AT A CRAWL – POW NAMES RELEASED – GOV. WARREN WANTS TO STOP MEXICAN IMMIGRATION – SARNOFF TRANSMITS AROUND THE WORLD – WINTERS TALKS TO HOPPER – MAYS A KEY TO GIANTS SAYS DUROCHER

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The U.S. News & World Report says Gen. Eisenhower has said a final “no” to offers of the Democratic nomination for President and “yes” to Republicans who want to put his name before the GOP nominating convention.

The Korean armistice negotiations slow to a crawl when the allies refuse to resume negotiations on prisoner of war exchange until they study the Reds’ POW list. Meanwhile, a subcommittee on supervising the armistice made no progress.

The Pentagon begins releasing the names of 3198 Americans listed by the Communists as alive and held in prisoner-of-war camps in Korea. Thousands of families across the nation are anxiously awaiting disclosure of the full list. The list includes Maj. Gen William F. Dean and AP Photographer Frank Noel. Dean was last seen near Taejon in July 1950, a few hours before the city fell to the Reds. He was commanding general of the U.S. 24th Division. 

Gov. Warren of California warns that subversives are coming through the Mexican-U.S. border like “a sieve.” Warren says that anything that could be done to eliminate the flow of persons across the border should be done “with vigor.”

At a celebration in New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel, David Sarnoff, chairman of the Radio Corporation of America transmits around the world, the letter S in Morse code in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first radio signal sent across the Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Sarnoff also exchanged greetings by radiotelephone with Marchesa Maria Cristina Marconi, widow of the wireless inventor and her daughter, Elettra, in Rome.

Actress Shelly Winters tells Hedda Hopper that Vittorio Gassmann flew all the way from Rome “to spend six days with me. All I did was send him a cable saying, ‘I’m lonely. I’m sending you a kiss.’ His answering cable was, ‘I’m lonely too and I’m returning it.’ From that would you suppose he was planning to fly to deliver it? It’s so romantic, I’m so happy.”

Willie Mays is the key man in the Giants’ baseball picture for the 1952 season – so says manager Leo Durocher.

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12/6/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, December 6, 1951   Vol. C339

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LOCAL NEWS

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SNOW FINALLY MAKES AN APPEARANCE

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East Farewell – The first snow of the season blanketed the town on Tuesday. A cold front rolled in Sunday night dragging down temperatures and by Tuesday night the temperatures were in their upper 20’s. A storm blew in from the west and dumped almost 2” of snow Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Everything had moved out by Wednesday night but East Farewell had its first appreciable snowfall.

            The accumulation was not enough to close the schools, not even enough to postpone them. The streets were clear by the time the snow had finished and the shops had cleared off the sidewalks soon afterwards. By the time school let out there was hardly enough clean snow to make a decent snowball. The youngsters proved to be quite resourceful, though and were able to create a giant snowball fight right on the Lakefront Plaza. The ruckus started about 3:45 in the afternoon and by the time the sun had set, about 4:30 the snowball fight had spilled onto Main Street and Lakeshore Drive and the police had to be called to calm everyone down. Once the police cars rolled up the crowd quickly dispersed and the fun was over. No one was charged and no one was even apprehended. The youths had just disappeared, kind of dissolved into the surroundings.

            “We didn’t want to nip anyone, we could have if we wanted, it was just a bunch of kids letting off steam. We are going to write this one of as a minor disturbance, no harm, no foul,” said Officer O’Sullivan when asked at the scene.

            This first snow is always met with great enthusiasm that wears off as the season progresses. “It is always the first snow that brings out the children in all of us,” said Mrs. Mallard, boarding house owner on Lakeshore Drive.

Snowball fight on Main Street

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SPORTS

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COUGARS PULL PRANKS AND PULL OFF A WIN

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East Farewell – It was an official game although you would never have guessed it with all the wild plays, fake field goals and all around shenanigans that took place on Regional High School field on Saturday. The Cougars faced the Fort Lee Captains and the two coaches, Al Burcowitz for the Cougars and Chuck King for the Captains, are old friends that played together for the Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania. The coaches both started coaching their respective teams about the same time but they weren’t aware of each other’s position until they coached against each other three years ago. “We both played at University of Pennsylvania and we both loved the gimmick plays and when we both found that we were coaching against each other we made a sort of unwritten agreement that we would try to outdo each other with pranks and gimmicks when we played. The kids all loved the idea and they had a great time practicing the plays before the game. Both side were in on it so it made for some great plays. The defense was expecting it so you really had to sell it. I remember Al even tried a Pyramid play on defense once but refs called him on it. They made that play illegal back in like 1933 but it was great fun to see those kids pile up on each other. They were able to block the field goal but it didn’t count. Great fun,” recalled Burcowitz in a interview after the game.

            The sold-out game had almost as many Fort Lee fans as Cougar fans. The teams were very excited to get on the field and show off their crazy antics. The first kick off set the tone. The Captains won the toss and chose to kick off first. They lined up and kicked an onside kick to an expecting Cougars team. The kicker, Jeb Quinn, smashed a line drive right at a completely unaware first line Cougar, Ricky Farmer, only ten yard away. Farmer tried to catch the ball but it hit him right in the face and bounced straight up in the air. Luckily for the Cougars Farmer was able to compose himself enough to grab the ball and fall on it. But that set the tone for the game.

            Immediately, the Cougars started their shenanigans. The first play was a double reverse that ended with halfback Shamus O’Donnell throwing a 10 yard pass to Joey Fox who had slipped out of the backfield for a 20 yard gain. The Captains defense played some different unique defenses, too. They continually showed they were going to rush many players and then back off, but sometimes sending the avalanche. Both teams ran around the field in every direction, passing, handing off and lateraling at almost any given time much to the crowds delight. The mayhem went on and on and the first half ended with the game fittingly tied at 7 apiece.

            The second half had the Cougars kick off and Charlie Cox tried to show off his kicking skills by kicking off the ball by hitting at the bottom and driving it almost straight up in the air. The ball soared very high but short giving the Cougars front line plenty of time to get under it. The Captains had anticipated something funny and had placed all their best catchers on the front line. The ball actually went ten yards so technically it was a free ball but Captains captain, George Daily, who is also a Captains baseball outfield star, was able to out jump the Cougars and come down with the ball. The hijinks continued with both teams trying very creative plays like triple reverse, lateral center run and of course the familiar Statue of Liberty play. Both sides tried that with equally unimpressive results. Both defenses were wise to the play and they both lost yardage.

            Finally, with only one minute left the Cougars lined up to punt from their own 48 and Charlie Cox trotted on the field. The Captains set up to receive the punt with only return receiver, Joey Coleman down on the Captain’s 20. The ball was snapped to Cox who started to go into his kicking motion but then stopped and threw the ball backwards over his head to a circling Billy O’Conner who grabbed the ball, sprinted to the left and unloaded a long bomb to Phil Flynn who had darted down the sideline past Coleman. The pass was wobbly but long enough for the sticky fingered Flynn to haul it in and run in for the TD. The Captains seemed madder at themselves for not picking up on the play than they were with the score. They got a little revenge by rushing the entire team on the extra point attempt, which they blocked. But the damage was done and the Cougars walked off the field with a 13-7 win. Both teams met in the middle of the field to congratulate each other and laugh about the inspiring plays and how they figured them out. The two coaches spent a long time talking about the game and presumably old times and future plans.

            This was the last game of the season for both teams. The Captains ended in fourth place in the league standings and the Cougars finished in second place behind the Mountainview Canaries who dominated the league with only one loss all season. Cougar’s basketball will be starting Saturday.

 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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WHITE CHRISTMAS MOST POPULAR – LANZA SINGS OVER THE PHONE – TRUMAN CANCELS TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH RUSSIA & POLAND – WILLOUGHBY DEFENDS MACARTHUR – TOP MOVIES

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It’s revealed in the Saturday Evening Post this week, Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” easily the most popular holiday tune, has racked up a sheet music sale of more than 3 million since it was introduced in 1942 by Bing Crosby in the movie “Holiday Inn.” The song hit the market when millions of G.I’s were overseas so that it came to represent the longing for an old-fashioned Christmas in a world of peace. 

Mario Lanza sings his heart out by telephone, to a bedfast 10-year-old girl to tell her he loved her and to wish her a Merry Christmas, which she celebrated because incurable Hodgkin’s disease may end her life before Christmas. He talked to her and sang “Silent Night.” “I didn’t know if I was going to make it or not” said the singer and actor. “I could just see that little girl there and I looked down and saw my own little girls and it was almost too much for me.”

President Truman orders Treasury Secretary Snyder to cancel all reciprocal trade agreements with Russia and Poland effective January 5. 

Maj. Gen. Charles Willoughby, former chief of intelligence says “Biased, prejudiced and inaccurate” news coverage of the Korean War contributed to the firing of Gen. MacArthur last year. He accused six newspapermen and three news magazines of reporting, which “created an atmosphere of tension, uneasiness and distrust between Tokyo and Washington.

At the movies –

Too Young To Kiss – June Allyson, Van Johnson

Two Tickets To Broadway – Tony Martin, Janet Leigh

A Millionaire For Christy – Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker

The Long Dark Hall – Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer

David and Bathsheba – Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward

Angels In the Outfield – Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh

A Place In the Sun – Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor

The Blue Veil – Jane Wyman

Golden Girl – Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson

Come Fill The Cup – James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter

Ten Tall Men – Burt Lancaster 

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11/29/1951

 EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, November 29, 1951   Vol. C338

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LOCAL NEWS

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THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE STRUTS DOWN MAIN STREET

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East Farewell – The 21^st Thanksgiving Day Parade strutted down Main Street and up Lake Shore Drive yesterday. It ended at the Lakefront Plaza where Boyle’s department store set up their usual Christmas village with a special seat for Santa to welcome children with their lists. After his afternoon listening to children’s requests he made a waving exit telling everyone to visit him in his special section in Boyles store on Main Street. Around the Plaza Boyles have set up several different booths offering all kinds of gifts. Many crafters, local businesses and restaurants also set up booths to completely fill the Plaza. Lights were strung by the streets department and the evening was a beautiful fall experience enjoyed by all as they shopped and ate until 10:00.

            The parade started at the Regional High School with the Regional High Marching Band leading the way. The Volunteer Fire Department supplied two engines and there were several civic groups and clubs represented. The local VFW had many vets march. The Slate Mountain String Band visited and a local club of modern dancers from Central High put on a show for the many, many spectators lining the streets. Every year the crowds go larger and it seems the parade has become a centerpiece of a weekend experience for many. “My house was rented full for this whole weekend almost two months ago,” said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, “I am seeing more and more people coming in for the whole weekend. This is almost like the top of the summer season. I love it.”

            The day was a perfect fall day for a parade with temperatures reaching the low 60s and a bright sun all through the day. After the parade the crowds walked down Main Street and up Lakeshore Drive taking in the wonderful weather. Since many were on a mini-vacation they kept the sidewalks dining full until closing. It was wonderful way to open the Christmas season.

1951 Thanksgiving Day Parade on Main

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SPORTS

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COUGARS RUN OVER A DEPLETED DEVILS TEAM

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Corning – The Cougars got a little revenge for their earlier loss to the Devils last week as they ran over the last year’s champions, 28-7. It should be said that the Devils were only a shell of the team they were when they played the Cougars earlier this season. Their premier quarterback, Ken Murphy was injured two week ago and their leading receiver, Mitch Tupper, was injured last week. Neither player played in the game, as well as first team tackle Marvin Markley. The Cougars showed no mercy and easily dominated the weakened Devils.

            The first quarter set the tempo of the game. The Cougars marched down the field and scored on their second procession. They held the Devils to only two first downs and only 15 yards rushing and 10 yards passing. By the end of the half the Cougars lead was 14-0, and the Cougars were in complete control of the game. The second half was still in the Cougars hands. They were able to score two more touchdowns driving the score up to 28-0, with two beautiful passes to Flynn who was able to beat the hapless Devil defenders and score on a 25 yard reception and a 15 yard screen. The Devils managed to score a late touchdown when the Cougars had resorted to their second team. The game ended and the Cougars showed good sportsmanship by going over to the Devils bench and shaking hands with their injured players out of respect. The Devils were also good sports in returning the handshakes and small conversations. “We wanted to make sure we beat them, but we didn’t want to crush their spirit because they were already in a bad spot,” said Coach Burcowitz, “We wanted to let them know that we knew they were in a tough spot and there were no hard feelings. I think they knew.”

            The Cougars end their season next week at home against the Fort Lee Captains. This game has traditionally been a game of gimmick plays as both of the coaches, longtime friends and college roommates compete to out due the other with the most outrageous play. The game is still a league game and counts in the standings but both teams know there is more at stake than league standings. The game begins at 1:30 on the Regional High Field. The crowd is expected to be sold out on both sides.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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UN & COMMIES AGREE IN PRINCIPLE TO CEASE FIRE LINE – TRUMAN WILL FIGHT ON – “WOMAN IN BLACK” IS SLAIN – KEFAUVER A CANDIDATE – FLUORIDATION IN WATER OK’D BY NRC – MARRIAGE IS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER

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United Nations and Communist negotiations reach full agreement in principle on a plan to establish a temporary cease-fire line. 

President Truman announced today that fighting will continue in Korea as long as there is a possibility of U.N. forces being caught off balance by the enemy in a peace trap.

The Woman In Black, a wild figure with her hair streaming and who was familiar to allied infantrymen in Korea is shot dead by a Canadian machine gunner after she led a savage Communist attack on a United Nations position west of Yonchon. Her body, in black uniform with no insignia of rank, still lay in the snow hours later. The gunner saw her brandishing a pistol and screaming at her men in English: “Come on, come on, hubba, hubba, hubba, hubba” He fired a burst and the woman fell.

U.S. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President.

A special committee of the National Research Council endorses the fluoridation of public water supplies to reduce tooth decay. Properly controlled, the addition of fluorides to drinking water which lacks these chemicals appears to be both safe and effective the report said. 

The Census Bureau reports that marriage is more popular than ever. Only 19% of women over 14 are single today, compared with 28% in 1940 and 34% back in grandmother’s day, 1890. Fewer children are being produced. The average family in 1951 has 3.54 members compared to 3.77 10 years ago.

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11/22/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, November 22, 1951   Vol. C337

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LOCAL NEWS

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FULL HUNTERS MOON AND WARM EVENINGS MAKE MAIN STREET A BIG HIT

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East Farewell – The full Hunters moon and surprisingly warm evenings has made Main Street the place to walk. Couples, families and even many youths have taken advantage of the mild fall weather to stroll down Main Street after sunset. Several restaurants have also taken advantage of the warm nights to set up tables along the sidewalks and stay open later than usual to offer dining and drinks. “This is just a wonderful time,” said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, “It is very unusual to have the evenings to be this warm this late in the season but we love it. I think we will be paying for it later in the month but for now we are going to enjoy it.”

            The warm weather is a bit of an “Indian Summer” that has settled in for the past few days. Most of the weather forecasters are saying the true fall weather will be returning by the end of the week. For the mean time, though, many people have found great pleasure in strolling down Main Street and up Lake Shore Drive. Some have even launched out onto Lake Charles in canoes to take a romantic paddle across the lake. Most of the people with motorboats have refrained from running them after dark so the canoes have pretty free reign.

            “I hope the town will make this type of event a more permanent occurrence,” said Leon Doyle, local restaurateur, “It would be great if we had a dedicated evening that everyone could come out and stroll down Main Street. I think it would have to be before this time but maybe late September or mid-October would be great. I had a full sidewalk for three nights now and that was great. Just great.”

Main Street at night - 1951

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SPORTS

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COUGARS WIN BY A WHISKER

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East Farewell – The Cougars took on their arch rivals, the Slate Mountain Miners, on Saturday and the evenly matched teams played a very good game. Both teams played error free with both offenses and defenses executing extremely well. The game came down to a last minute extra point block by Cougars defensive end Shamus McKean that sealed the win for the Cougars.

            The Cougars started the game with a well-executed drive that fell short at the Miners 35. Coach Burcowitz thought they just too far away for a Cox field goal attempt so they gave the ball to Cox for a punt. While Charlie did not try any punts before the season, he has learned, practiced and really became a fairly good punter. Apparently, he has not mastered a lot of control and still relies on pure power. He knocked the ball into the end zone for a touchback. The Miners first procession ended at the Cougars 40.

The game started to look like a battle between the 30s but in the second quarter Cougars QB, Billy O’Conner, was able to find his favorite wide receiver, Phil Flynn darting down the sideline and laid a perfect 25 yard pass right in his arms and he was able to go in for the first score. The Miners came right back and with thirty seconds left in the half the Miners were able to send their best halfback, Ned Furman, right up the center for a trying score.

The second half was similar to the first, each time moving a little then punting and the other team moving back across mid-field but not much further. With one minute left in the third quarter, Cougar running back, Joey Fox, got a screen pass from O’Conner on the right side and danced by two would be tacklers and broke out for a 30 yard TD. The Cougars took their 14-7 lead all the way down to the last five minutes of the game. It looked good for the Cougars as they were holding the Miners time and time again but with one minute left, third and five, the Miners QB, Bert Davis, dropped back and took a big gamble. He threw a long bomb to his streaking wide receiver, Anthony DeMaio, who made a fingertip catch in stride and having out run his defender ran in for the score. There were only ten seconds on the clock as the Miners lined up for a two point conversion. They were able to convert and it looked like they won the game but before the ball was hiked one of the Miner guards moved and the play was called back with a five yard penalty, the first of the game. The Miners lined up to kick an extra point and tie the game. That is when McKean came blasting in from the right side, untouched and hurled himself in front of the kicker and smothered the ball. The Cougars were able to win by a whisker, 14-13.

The Cougars take one last road trip next week to Corning to face the Devils. The Devils have fallen on some difficult times since they defeated the Cougars earlier in the season, 21-14. The Devils have been stung with injuries to key personnel, namely their league leading quarterback, Ken Murphy, and receiver, Mitch Tupper. The Devils have dropped their last two and the Cougars are hoping for a little revenge for their hard fought loss earlier. The game begins at 1:30 on Saturday at Corning High School field.

 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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TRUMAN FIRES AG CAUDIE – TRUMAN CHARGES REPUBLICANS WITH TRYING TO BUY THE ELECTION – WARREN JOINS RACE – NIXON RANKS CANDIDATES -  FAKE DRAFT CARDS IN CHICAGO – GLEASON SIGNS WITH CBS

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President Truman fires Assistant Attorney General T.Lamar Caudie saying he had “engaged in outside activities” not in keeping with his duties as the Government’s No. 1 prosecutor of tax frauds. 

President Truman charges that the Republicans will try to buy the Presidency next year in a campaign of “lies and smears.” He predicted that “special interests” would spend more money in “trying to defeat the Democratic Party next year than has ever before been spent in any election in the history of the republic.”

Gov. Earl Warren becomes the second avowed candidate for the 1952 Republican Presidential nomination. He joins senator Taft of Ohio as a declared Republican candidate.

Senator Richard Nixon says that if Gov. Warren (of California) wins the Republican Presidential nomination “He should win handily over Truman or any other Democratic nominee presently considered.” “I would say Sen. Taft and Gen. Eisenhower are the front runners, with Gov. Warren the strongest dark horse.” 

In the Chicago area – the unsavory racket of juveniles is becoming widespread – the sale of forged draft cards to high school boys to enable them to purchase liquor and cigarettes. The cards are going as high as $15. Said one teen, “I don’t know where the pupils get them, but I have seen the cards and they look pretty authentic. They are purchased mostly by kids in the better residential districts who have the money and who want to go to nice places. The kids in poor neighborhoods, where the tavern owners aren’t so fussy, don’t need them. Some of the boys also use the draft cards to pick up older girls.”

Jackie Gleason signs with CBS-TV for three years for a reported $300,000 per year. Gleason had been in talks with NBC-TV. Needless to say, he’ll be leaving as emcee of Dumont's “Cavalcade of Stars.”

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