EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
8, 1951 Vol. C295
LOCAL
NEWS
SNOWMEN, SNOW BUILDINGS
APPEARS ON THE FROZEN LAKE
East Farewell - It is not unusual for Lake Charles to freeze
over during the winter. Many young people spend hours on the ice around the
lake clearing of the snow and making impromptu ice rinks, skating areas and
just fun areas for the people to skate, run and fall. Once the lake freezes the
snow builds up on it like anywhere else. Clearing the areas tends to make large
piles of snow and that leads to people making igloos, snow forts and in one
extreme case, a whole snow palace with a full, sculpted front entrance complete
with pillars and roof eaves and even a chimney. Last week, after the snow had
stopped, a group of people of all different ages met at the foot of the Lake
Square and headed out to the largest snow pile on the lake. The pile was
created by many industrious youths and a friendly farmer with a tractor. They
cleared almost a complete ice hockey rink, official size, and moved all the
snow into one large pile at the end of the rink. The ringleader of the
construction gang was a local artist, Gavin O’Toole. He has lived in East
Farewell for about five years, coming from Philadelphia where he studied art
and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts. He brought shovels, rakes, picks and
a pump to wet down the creation and make it freeze. His crew was an assortment
of teenagers and townspeople. The whole group was about 20 people with several
coming and going throughout. While O’Toole focused on his “Farewell Hotel”
others spread out and created giant snowmen and snow sculptures. At the end of
the day the lake looked like a carnival midway with snowmen, and sculptures
lining a walkway the lead to a truly magnificent “Farewell Hotel”. People could
even go inside the hotel’s main entrance and O’Toole had partnered with a local restaurant
worker, Charles Wentz, to set up some tables and chairs and was actually
serving some snacks and drinks.
The icing of
the structure and snowmen and structures was an innovative move by O’Toole and
his followers that created a glistening show for everyone who took in the
spectacle. “It is just wonderful,” said Natalie
Mallard, who was one of the creators, “We all had such a great time and
Gavin is so creative and just a good builder. We are all very proud of what we
did here. I think everyone in town should come out and see it.”
The temperatures
are predicted to stay in the mid-20s so it looks like these creations will be
around for a while. Many people have already said they hope this snow
sculpturing will become a traditional thing. We will have to see; of course it
will all depend on the weather.
“Farewell Hotel” and ice sculptures on Lake Charles
SPORTS
COUGARS GAME GOES TO SOUTHPORT
Southport – The Cougars went into
Southport expecting a battle and they got one on Saturday. The Hawks won their
last three games and the Cougars also held a three game winning streak. The
Cougars may have had a slight advantage in the backcourt with Welch and
Fitzgerald being a little faster than the Hawks guards, Fulton Marx and Eddie
Williams. The game really focused on the centers though, Bill Donahue for the
Cougars and Albert Talon for the Hawks played very competitively the whole
game. Unfortunately for the Cougars Donahue fouled out with two minutes left
and Talon was able to dominate the center for the rest of the game, leading the
Hawks to a 32-28 victory.
The
game started out with both teams trying to push up the tempo up and run quick
passing plays and trying to get the ball into the centers. They traded baskets
for the first quarter and in the second quarter Cougar forward, Johnny Hagan got
hot and scored 6 straight points to give the Cougars a 16-10 lead at the end of
the first half. The second half saw the battle of the centers heat up as both
teams tried to feed their big men who would be able to turn and shoot, drive or
dish the ball off to a cutting player. There was a lot of contact on both
sides. Both centers had four fouls by half way through the fourth quarter. Both
Donahue and Talon showed that they understood some of the finer points of the
game employing hook shots and fancy passes. On one play Donahue caught a very
high pass from Fitzgerald. He was fully extended and Talon was on his back. He
caught the ball and came to the floor but immediately popped right back up,
twisted and hooked a shot over a flatfooted Talon to the basket. The ball went
straight through. There were many examples on both sides of superior play but
with 2:10 left in the fourth Donahue got a little too personal with Talon and
was called for his fifth foul and had to sit. Coach Wilson moved Dave Seltzer
to center and put in Shamus McKean as forward. Albert Talon was too strong for
Seltzer and went on to score 6 straight points in the last two minutes and lead
the Hawks to a 32-28 victory.
The
Cougars stay on the road next week when they visit the Slate Mountain Miners.
This could be another tough game for the Cougars. They haven’t played the
Miners this year but last year they split the two games they played against
them and the Miners team is essentially the same team. The game begins in Miners
gymnasium on Saturday at 2:00PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
NUKES IN NEVADA – BOEING STRATOCRUISER SETS TRANSATLANTIC RECORD – TRAGIC TRAIN CRASH IN NJ –FCC ANNOUNCES NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE NATIONS HAMS
Desert tests - A third and fourth atom blast in a week shakes Las Vegas. Las Vegas residents already rocked by four atomic blasts at nearby Indian Springs are advised by the Atomic Energy Commission “there will be another test in the near future” and warned to stay away from windows.
In Boeing Stratocruiser - Charles Blair Jr., sets a new transatlantic speed record by flying nonstop from New York to London in 7h and 48 minutes.
At Woodbridge, NJ - A Pennsylvania Railroad express, jammed to the aisles with commuters, jumps the tracks at high speed and tumbles in wreckage down a 20-foot embankment. At least 75 were killed and 500 hurt. The death toll is expected to rise. The train left Jersey City, carrying early commuters from New York City to Red Bank, Long Branch, Asbury Park and other communities along the Jersey shore.
The
FCC announces new regulations covering the licensing of the nation’s radio hams
– amateur operators. Six new classes of amateur operator licenses replace of
the present three. 50 kilocycles of additional spectrum space between 3800 and
3850 kilocycles have been added for Radiotelephone operations. The new rules
create a novice class – based on ability to send five code words per minute and
elementary radio knowledge, a technician class – covering novice qualifications
plus operational experience, a Conditional class (formerly Class C) – based on
ability to send 13 words per minute and wider general knowledge, a General
class (formerly Class B) and an Advanced Class (formerly class A). There are
about 90,000 licensed amateur operators in the country operating 89,000 amateur
stations.
Many, many
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contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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