EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
4, 1951 Vol. C290
LOCAL
NEWS
A BALMY START TO THE NEW YEAR
East
Farewell – 1951 started sunny and mild as the temperature reached 45 degrees on
Wednesday and has averaged 40 degrees for the first week of the year. This
unusual weather pattern started right after Christmas and has carried through
for almost two weeks. “I don’t know what to do,” said Mrs. Mallard,
local boarding house owner, “my renters came to town for the winter
wonderland that we advertise but I got no wonderland.”
Normally, the town would be covered
in snow and the Lake Charles would be frozen solid making for a beautiful scene
of ice skaters, hockey players and ice fishermen. Main Street and
Lakeshore Drive have been decorated for the holiday and the decorations
will probably remain up until the end of the month. Many people come into town
over the holidays to enjoy the quint small town atmosphere and there has been a
growing trend of people buying houses around the lake for summer vacations.
Those folks have started to come in over the holidays and celebrating in the
beautiful snowy scenery.
The weather forecast is for the warm
weather to stick around at least for the next several days but most forecasters
are predicting that the “real” winter to come in. “This is just an aberration
in the weather, it happens and there is nothing we can do about it,” local
weatherman Sid Lagosi when asked for a comment. The town sits in a valley
surrounded by the Appalachians and the weather can get “stuck” in the valley
which would be an explanation for the event. Lagosi pointed out that the “real”
winter is bound to return soon and the snow and cold will soon take over. “It
is just a matter of time. The cold weather is waiting in the wings and it will
come in soon, I am sure of that.”
The warm weather has had a positive side. The Iron Works which supplies rails to the Mighty Keystone Railroad and other peripheral products has been able to ship all their orders out without any delay. Usually, the winter weather slows the shipments out of the plant with snow blocking the rails and drifting temporarily closing the main lines. The Iron Works also slows down this time of year due to the weather but with the warming trend it has been able to work at full capacity.
SPORTS
COUGARS CONTINUE TO WIN
East Farewell – The Cougars were able to add to
their winning streak after winning the Regional Winter Tournament last week.
The Cougars took on the Corning Devils on Saturday and were able to walk away
with a win, 32-26. Cougar’s center, Billy Donahue, was a critical part of the
win scoring an impressive 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. He was aided with
strong play from the two speedy guards, Ted Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch who
controlled the flow of the game and scored 8 and 6 points respectively. The
Devils did put up a formidable defense and made a run in the fourth quarter and
take the lead, 24-26 but their center, Francis Giovani, fouled out with almost four
minutes left and Donahue was able to take total control of the center and score
six straight points while the rest of the Cougars were able to hold the Devils
to only two.
The Cougars go on the road next week when they travel to Riverview to meet the Wildcats. The game will be played in Riverview’s gymnasium on Friday afternoon starting at 4:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
CHINESE FORCES RECAPTURE SEOUL – MICHIGAN,
KENTUCKY & CLEMSON WIN THE BOWLS – PATTI PAGE HITS #1 WITH TENNESSEE WALTZ
WAR
NEWS - On December 31, 1950, the Chinese 13th Army attacked the Republic of Korea Army (ROK)'s 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th Infantry Divisions along the 38th
Parallel, breaching UN defenses at the Imjin River, Hantan River, Gapyeong and Chuncheon in the
process. To prevent the PVA forces from overwhelming the defenders, the
US Eighth Army now under the command
of Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway evacuated Seoul on
January 3.
NEW
YEARS BOWL GAMES:
Rose #9 Michigan Wolverines 14 #5 California Golden Bears 6
Sugar #7 Kentucky Wildcats 13 #1 Oklahoma
Sooners 7
Orange #10 Clemson Tigers 15 #15 Miami
Hurricanes 14
Cotton #4 Tennessee Volunteers 20 #3 Texas Longhorns 14
Gator #12 Wyoming Cowboys\ 20 #18 Washington & Lee Generals 7
"Tennessee Waltz" has spent 13 weeks
atop the Billboard magazine's Best-Sellers
List in 1950/51. Patti Page has blended country music styles into many of her songs.
"Tennessee Waltz" was written in 1946 by Pee Wee King and Redd
Stewart, Page liked the song and she soon recorded and released it as a single.
The song has spent 13 weeks at No. 1 in 1950 and 1951. "Tennessee
Waltz" has become Page's second single to appear on the country charts,
and is becoming her biggest hit there,
Many, many
thanks to wikipedia.com for contributing to this section of the East
Farewell News.
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