EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
1, 1951 Vol. C294
LOCAL
NEWS
MORE SNOW MEANS MORE WINTER
ACTIVITIES
East Farewell – Another 8” of snow fell last week slowing down
the town even more and delighting the snow lovers, skiers and extending the
sleigh rides through town. On Sunday
night snow started to fall and continued overnight and all day Monday finally
coming to an end early Tuesday morning. People started digging out Tuesday and
the Iron Works had almost its entire shift clearing the area and opening up the
plant for rail deliveries and out-going products. By Tuesday afternoon the
entire shipping area, the sidewalks and lots along with the end of Lakeshore
Drive that leads up to the plant had all been cleared. In town shopkeepers and
young entrepreneurs dug out the Main Street sidewalks and people all around the
lake cleared out paths to make access clear. “This is getting pretty deep, I
have mounds that are almost as tall as me in front of my house,” said Mrs.
Mallard, owner of a local boarding house on Lakeshore Drive.
A lot of snow
accumulation is not unusual for East Farewell.
It is nestled in a valley in foothills of the Alleghany Mountains and it gets
lots of winter snow. This makes it a very desirable destination for so-called
snowbirds, people who love the snow and all the activities that come with it,
and many skiers are coming to town because some ski slopes are being built on
the slopes that surround the town. The Mighty Keystone Railroad delivers these
snowbirds to town straight from the big cities in the east and Pittsburgh in
the west.
The added snow
also has extended the sleigh rides down Main Street and up Lakeshore Drive by
the Taylors from the Swing gate Ranch. “We think
this is great, People love to ride the sleighs and we love taking them around.
There is never any lack of customers; almost everyone has had two or three
trips. We are getting to know our repeats customers, they are bringing us
hot coffee and bringing the horses carrots. It is really great. As long as the
snow sticks around we are going to keep doing this,” said Bob Taylor while
standing by his main horse, Fred, in front of the Lakefront Square.
More Street Snow Fun
SPORTS
COUGARS DEMOTE THE CAPTAINS
East Farewell- The Cougars made it
two in a row on Saturday by beating the Fort Lee Captains, 48-32. The Cougars
dominated the game and showed better ball control in the backcourt as well a
much better “court sense” with center, Bill Donahue, controlling the center and
basically directing the plays from his center position. He the high scorer with
18 points and had a very impressive 10 assists. “Billy has really grown in the
past few games,” said coach Wilson after the game, “He is showing great
leadership and all the other boys are looking to him for direction. I am very
happy with the way this team is progressing.”
The
game started off fast for the Cougars with them scoring the first ten points.
After a timeout the Captains came roaring back scoring six straight points but
Donahue and company slowed the rush and the game settled down a little bit. While
the Cougars never regained that early brilliant offense they stayed in control
and the first ended with the Cougars ahead 26-16.
The
second half played out a lot like the first but the Captains were able to close
the gap at the end of the third quarter to 38-32 but the Cougars turned on
their afterburners and scored 6 straight points and put the game out of reach.
The Cougars were confident enough to sit Donahue, Hagan and Seltzer for the
last two minutes giving some well-deserved playing time for the bench players,
Shamus McKean, Joey Fox and Charlie Cox. They played well and were easily able
to close out the game with the Cougars on top, 48-32.
Next week the Cougars go on the road to visit the Southport Hawks in Southport on Saturday. The Hawks are a very strong team this year and have won their last three games. This will be a good test for the Cougars and the teams’ matchup equally. The game begins in Southport’s Gymnasium at 1:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE WANTS TO “SEIZE THE LEAD” IN EUROPE – TANK BATTLE IN KOREA BRINGS ALLIES WITHIN 5 MILES OF SEOUL –CHINA DECLARED AGGRESSOR BY UN – MACARTHUR WANT TO USE CHINESE NATIONALIST IN KOREA
Gen. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the North Atlantic defenses, calls on Americans to “seize the lead” in building across Europe “a wall of security for the free world behind which free institutions can live.”
The greatest force of allied tanks yet mounted in the Korean War smash within five air miles of Seoul. It mauled Chinese Red forces all along the route and then withdrew to the south.
The United Nations General Assembly declares that China is an aggressor in the Korean War, in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498.
Gen. Macarthur asks Washington
to bring Chinese Nationalist troops into fighting in Korea. The administration
in Washington has rejected all proposals for using the Nationalists either in
Korea or on the mainland. The Washington position is that supplies needed to
prepare the Nationalists for a Korean campaign could be better used in arming
anti-Communist Koreans.
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