EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
11, 1951 Vol. C291
LOCAL
NEWS
QUITE A TURNAROUND – SNOW
BURIES TOWN
East
Farewell – Winter has shown up in town. Sunday night started with a light rain
but by midnight it had turned to heavy snow. The snow continued all through
Monday and finally ended on Tuesday morning. A total of 18” of snow fell and
closed down the town completely. The Mighty Keystone Railroad was also shut
down effectively isolating the town. There was not any panic by the folks in
town. East
Farewell is fairly isolated even in the fine weather. That is part of the
attraction. More and more people have been buying lakefront properties and
building summer homes. The town itself is becoming a bit of a beacon for
artist, musicians and actors as well as many middle class families looking for peace
and quiet as well as natural beauty and artistic freedom.
In town sidewalks were covered and
the local school was surprisingly closed. Deep snow does not usually force as
closure of the school, most students live within walking distance and most of
the teachers live in town. The town is used to cool winter weather and almost
every year Lake Charles freezes over giving way to a hoard of ice skaters, ice
hockey games and even ice fishing huts. As the population grows Town Council
has had to put some new rules into place for the use of the lake when frozen.
Certain areas have been designated for skating and other areas have been put
aside for hockey games. Gone are the days when a group of children would clear
off an area of the ice for their own ice skating fun or a gang of boys would
make an impromptu ice hockey rink and play endless games. The ice fishermen
still control the middle of the lake, though. They are few in numbers but
committed to the sport. Town Council has basically given them free reign over
the middle of the lake and they have always acted responsibly with great
concern to safety and looking out for each other.
By Wednesday evening the town had
dug itself out and the trains were running again. All that was left were the
huge mounds of snow and the beautiful scenery all around the town and area.
Mighty
Keystone Railroad engine plowing snow
SPORTS
COUGARS SLIP IN RIVERVIEW
Riverview – The Cougars took their winning streak
on the road last Friday afternoon and faced the Riverview Wildcats. The
Wildcats have had a slow start for the season and came in with record of 4 and
5 having lost their last game to Corning. While the Cougars had won five in a
row the Wildcats were not intimidated. They came out running and were able to
jump out to 10-4 lead. The game was fast paced as both teams took a run and
shoot strategy and both teams shot well. Cougar’s forward, John Hagan, was top scorer
with 14 points but his scoring wasn’t enough for the Cougars as the Wildcats
were able to win 42-40 with a last minute score by their point guard, Dominic
Manzi.
The
game went back and forth with the lead changing hands nine times throughout the
game. At one point the Cougars held a ten point lead but that was short lived
as the Wildcats tightened up their defense and caused three straight turnovers.
The first half ended with the Cougars ahead by two but the Wildcats came out
strong in the second and took the lead but then the see-saw lead change
started. The teams traded baskets for most of the third quarter and into the
forth. The Wildcats built a six point lead halfway through the forth but the
Cougars battled back to tie it with only thirty seconds left. The Wildcats
inbounded the ball, breaking a press by the Cougars and were able get the ball
to Manzi who made a beautiful 10’ outside shot with only 5 seconds on the
clock. The Cougars tried to inbound the ball all the way down the court to a
breaking Jimmy Welch but he was unable to control the ball, he threw up a
desperate shot as he fell out of bounds but the shot bounced off the rim and
fell to the floor next to him. The Wildcats slipped by Cougars for the win
42-40.
The
Cougars come back home next week as they host the Slate Mountain Canaries. The
Canaries are from the north side of Slate Mountain and should not be confused
with the Slate Mountain Miners who one of the Cougars arch rivals. The Canaries
game is going to be played on Saturday afternoon to make the travel easier for
the Canaries. The game will begin in the High School Gymnasium beginning at
2:00PM
NATIONAL NEWS
U.K. ABANDONS PEANUT PROJECT AFTER £36.5 LOSS – US MOVES NUKE TESTING TO NEVADA –UN HEADQUARTERS OPENS IN NYC – LONGEST NBA GAME ON RECORD - LEWIS, PALMA DIE
The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory with the writing off of £36.5M debt.
During January the United States government began nuclear bomb testing at a test site in Nevada. After the initial development of the atomic bomb during the mid-1940's the U.S. had moved its test sites off of the country's mainland and began using islands in the Pacific. Due to logistical and safety concerns the U.S. Government decided to move the testing back to the mainland and chose a large portion of mountainous and desert land in Nevada, located about 65 miles away from Las Vegas, as their site. The first series of tests to be held at this new site was named Operation Ranger.
United Nations headquarters opens in Manhattan, New York.
The longest game in NBA history to date took place on January 6, 1951, between the Indianapolis Olympians and the Rochester Royals. The game ended 75–73 after 78 minutes, including six overtimes
Noted
passing’s; Sinclair Lewis, Athos Palma.
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informational help in the News section
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