EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
22, 1951 Vol. C297
LOCAL
NEWS
HARDWARE STORE DEBUTS NEW
LOCALLY MADE SUPER SNOW SHOVEL
East
Farewell - Everyone in East Farewell owns a snow shovel, at least one. The
current average snowfall in town is 20” for the winter so there is a lot of
shoveling going on throughout the season. It may seem trivial to outsiders but when a
local blacksmith-toolmaker comes up with a new, improved snow shovel that
actually is improved it makes a big splash in town. Eugene Abernathy has been
the local blacksmith and toolmaker for over twenty years. When he opened his
shop the town was surrounded by farmland and wilderness. Many local farmers
were still using horses to plow their fields and most town residents still
owned a horse. Abernathy has always “tooled” around with trying to improve on
common tools. He has worked on a double bladed saw and a flat wheeled board
that resembled a scooter without the handle. His latest effort was inspired by
the heavy snowfall and the need to keep the area in front of his shop clear. “I
am getting older and shoveling all that snow was wearing me out,” he said at
his demonstration, “The kids would help me now and then but mostly I had to do
it myself. It was killing my back. I noticed a lag rail on one of the carriage
hitches that I was repairing and how it moved the front of the hitch a lot with
just a little movement from the back so I designed a handle that hooks over the
middle of the snow shovel’s handle and it lets you get extra leverage and you
can lift the blade with half the effort. It really works, I guess its physics
but it really works.”
Abernathy then proceeded to
demonstrate his new shovel on a huge pile of snow in front of his shop. As he
said, the shovel was able to move the pile in short order and he did not seem
to be overstressed. He said he was working with the Iron Works to deliver more
shovel blades and special handles. He had local woodworker Brian Smith to
making wooden handles and hired a team of high schoolers to assemble the
shovels. He put them on display and sale at Benson’s Hardware Store. His first
batch sold out within hours of delivery. At this rate every family in East
Farewell will have an “Abernathy Shovel” by the end of the week. Just in time
for the next snowstorm.
Eugene
Abernathy demonstrates his new shovel
SPORTS
COUGARS DECLAW THE BEARS
East Farewell – The Cougars came home last week and
got back on the winning side by declawing the Central Bears, 50-42. The Cougars
seemed more comfortable on their home court and they started out hot by jumping
out to a 14-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Cougars backcourt of
Fitzgerald and Welch had the Bears back thoroughly confused by their ball
handling and quick, sharp passes. Together they scored our assisted on all but
four of the team’s first half points. Teddy Fitzgerald has developed a very effective
cross-dribble technique that befuddles the opposition. Combining that move with
Jimmy Welch’s quick passes the two are emerging as the premier backcourt in the
league. By the end of the first half the Cougars were on top convincingly,
30-20.
The
second half started with the Bears trying to run on offense. The running
offense brought new life to the team and they were able to tie up the game by
the end of the third quarter. The Cougars clamped down in the fourth quarter
and they put a press on the Bears that stopped their high octane offense. The
Cougars were able to build back a lead and they coasted to a 50-42 win.
The Cougars stay home next
week to host the Corning Devils. The game will be a Saturday afternoon game
beginning at 2:00PM in the High School gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
US PROPOSES BIG FOUR CONFERENCE TO EASE TENSIONS –
US FAMILIES MEDIAN INCOME AT $31,000 –
BACHELORS CLUB ANNOUNCES “10 MOST DESIRABLE SINGLE WOMEN IN AMERICA” –
SUGAR RAY BEATS JAKE –
TONY MARTIN SIGNS 5 YEAR DEAL WITH RCA
The United States proposes to Russia that a Big Four Foreign Ministers conference to ease world tensions be held in Washington provided a “mutually acceptable basis” for it can be agreed upon.
American families had a median income of $3100 in 1949 reports the Census Bureau. That was a $100 decline from 1948, but $500 above wartime 1944 and 1945 Census numbers.
The
Bachelors Club of America announces its list of “the 10 most desirable
unattached women in America:”
Opera
Star Patrice Munsel, Ginger Rogers, Shelly Winters, Singer Margaret Phelan,
Sharman Douglas, Jane Wyman, Dagmar (Jennie Lewis), Eva Gabor, Ava Gardner and
Elizabeth Taylor.
Sugar Ray Robinson strips Jake LaMotta of his world middleweight crown on a TKO in Chicago.
Tony
Martin signs a five-year record deal with RCA Victor for whom he’s recorded for
the last five years. Like Perry Como’s RCA deal, contract gives Martin a
straight 5% of retail sales.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
