EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
15, 1951 Vol. C296
LOCAL
NEWS
VALENTINE’S DAY SOCIAL ATTRACTS MANY
East
Farewell – The second Valentine’s Day social took place on Saturday night in
spite of the foul weather. The social was the idea of a group of neighbors in
1950 as a way to get people together for a small party that included a pot luck
dinner, some after dinner dancing and some homemade sweets for desert. This
year the group expanded the whole event. It was held in the basement of the
town hall which let the invitation list almost double. Also, local celebrity,
Gus Templeton was hired to play after dinner. Templeton leads a swing band that
has success all along the east coast. He is a local boy who was born on Lake
Shore Drive and graduated from the local high school. His band is noted for
having two drummers and he covers many different styles of music.
A couple of restaurants have opened
along Lake Shore
Drive and Main Street within the last year and this year they supplied some
of the tasty food for this year’s social. Last year it was a pot-luck affair
but this year both Joe’s and Leon’s supplied different dishes for the hungry
crowd. Joe’s supplied a hearty beef stew and Leon’s delivered a giant pot of
pasta with red sauce. Several attendees also chipped in with pot-luck sides.
There were beans and potatoes along with some winter salad. The desserts were
supplied by Peg O’Malley and Ida Van Plant. Chocolate was the main ingredient
in the desserts, O’Malley’s triple layer Dutch Chocolate layer cake and Van
Plant’s dark chocolate cheesecake.
The evening was wonderful get together for many of
the folks in town. They were able to share a wonderful meal, an after dinner
dance and delicious desserts. Many conversations were about how to make this a
yearly event. Plans were already being made for next year. The
Valentine’s Day Social looks like it is making itself at home in East
Farewell.
1951 Valentine’s Day Social Dinner-Dance
SPORTS
ARCH-RIVAL MINERS OUT DIG THE COUGARS
Slate Mountain – The Cougars traveled to meet their
arch-rivals, the Slate Mountain Miners, on Saturday. The game was delayed due
to the bad weather and did not start until 4:30 and the Cougars were forced to
stay overnight in Slate Mountain. That delay was certainly not what the Cougars
had hoped for and the fact that they lost the game, 35-34, did not make the
stay any more fun.
The
game started late but the delay did not discourage the Miner fans from showing
up, in fact, the delay made it possible for many workers working the Saturday
shift to attend. The gym was packed with almost exclusively Miners fans. The
hometown crowd was a bit intimidating for the Cougars at first as the Miners
jumped out to a 14-6 lead. Cougars Coach Wilson called a time out to settle
down the team. It seemed to work as the Cougars came back with 8 straight
points. The Miners keep up the pressure, though, and the first half ended with
Miners in charge 21-18.
The
second half saw the Cougars try a new defense and a stepped up offense that
took advantage of the Cougars backcourt superiority. Both Fitzgerald and Welch
were faster and better skilled the Miners guards, Frank Holder and Dave Stable.
The Cougars were able to take the lead, briefly in the fourth quarter, 30-29.
Time was running out with two minutes left and the Cougars held a one point
lead. The Miners in bounded the ball and drove down the court. Miners forward,
Josh Jelling took a shot from the outside and the ball hit the rim and bounced
out to Cougars center, Bill Donahue who grabbed the ball and quickly passed it
out to a breaking Fitzgerald who went for the layup but in a brilliant defense
move Miners guard Holder was able to get his hand on the ball and push it out
of bounds before Fitzgerald could get the shot off. The Cougars in bounded the
ball with 25 seconds left and the ball came loose on the floor. A scramble for
the ball saw many players on the floor and the ball being batted around.
Finally Stable came up with the ball and was able to get it to Holder who was
breaking down the court with ten seconds left. He was all alone as he laid it
up and in to take a one point lead with three seconds left. The Cougars tried a
valiant long inbounds pass to Donahue but it was off target and he was unable
to get a hold of it and take a good shot. His off balance try bounced off the
rim as the buzzer sounded. The game ended with the Mines on top 35-34.
The
Cougars come home next week to face to Central Bears. This will be a Friday
evening game starting at 4:30PM in the High School gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
SENATE COMMITTEE OKS 18 YEAR OLD DRAFT – REDS ARE WITHDRAWING AFTER MAJOR DEFEAT – STALIN SAYS UN IS DOOMED – ATLANTIC REFINING ANNOUNCES NEW SUPER GAS FOR FUTUR CARS – WOOLWORTHS ADDS LP RECORD LINE
The Senate Armed Services Committee approves a universal military training and service program, including authority to draft 18-year-olds.
Chinese Reds appear to be making a general withdrawal along a 360 mile area in West-Central Korea where they suffered bloody defeat in trying for a breakthrough. The Chinese suffered a major defeat in a failed attempt to break through in Central Korea - 20,000 Chinese Reds are wiped-out.
Prime Minister Stalin said the United Nations is dooming itself to disintegration with the United States leading it toward war. Stalin declared American forces face defeat in Korea unless Washington and London accept Communist China’s terms for a Far East settlement.
The Atlantic Refining Co announces a new process to turn out a super gasoline for the cars of tomorrow. The company said that one 42-gallon barrel of crude oil produces enough gas by present refining methods to run today’s auto 288 miles. But, a barrel refined under the new process produces enough gasoline to operate a “car of tomorrow” 366 miles – a 27% increase.
Woolworths is adding a line of discount long-playing records as they now plan to carry Remington Records. Up to now, Woolworth has only been carrying pop recordings at prices slightly below the regular retail tab. The Remington line will be sold at $2.10 for the 12-inch and $1.69 for 10-inch records. This is less than half the price for regular labels.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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