EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, March
22, 1951 Vol. C301
LOCAL
NEWS
A LITTLE LEPRECHAUN MAGIC IN TOWN
East
Farewell – St. Patrick’s Day is usually celebrated in East Farewell by the
large Irish decedent population and almost everyone else. There is a saying,
“On St. Patrick’s Day everyone is Irish.” The origin of the saying has been
claimed by many and of course town council manager, Tom Connelly claims that he
came up with it many years ago. “That is my story and I’m sticking to it,” he
says every year around the bar at Thompsons, the local pub and unofficial St.
Patrick’s Day headquarters.
Not everyone was at Thompsons on the
night of the holiday. Someone or, as some people have ventured, something
perhaps a leprechaun snuck onto the Lake Square overnight and died the snow
green. The Lake Square is the overlook that is the de-facto entrance to Lake
Charles from downtown. People use it for a meeting area and to walk down to the
beach around the lake. In the winter snow is piled up from the street clearing
and huge mounds end up being piled all around the large open area. All the ice
skaters, hockey players and most of the ice fishermen get to the lake by
crossing over the Lake Square. A snow covered area that would be just a stone
patio in the summer was mysteriously dyed green and strangely resembled a green
field of Ireland.
“While we on the Town Council do not, in any
way, condone this vandalism, we do see a small amount artful playfulness that
sort of honors the St Patrick tradition of “wearing the green” Connelly said
from the green lawn of the Lake Square. No one will probably ever know who
performed the “magic” on the Lake Square and the police have more important
things to do than find the perpetrator. For the time being the magic of the Lake
Square lawn will remain a pleasant happening that will be talked about for a
long time.
St. Patricks’ Day Lakefront overlook
SPORTS
COUGARS OUTRANK CAPTAINS
Fort Lee – The Cougars stayed on the road last week
and went all the way to Fort Lee. The long road trip did not seem to dampen
their game play. They easily controlled the Captains, 49-36. Center, Bill
Donahue outmatched his Captains counterpart, Frank Master and was the game high
scorer with 18. He also came up with 10 assists and 12 blocks for a new team
record. The Captains tried different defenses to throw off the Donahue and the
Cougars but it was to no avail. The Cougars seem to have learned how to handle
the press and recognize both the zone and the man to man defenses. Cougar
coach, Charles Wilson was able to run in subs in the fourth quarter when the
Cougars were in strong command, 38-24. The bench players showed a great deal of
court awareness and played admirably. Joey Fox played the outside guard,
Charlie Cox and Shamus McKean went as forwards. Fox worked well with Fitzgerald
and was able to score 6 points from the outside and McKean drained 2 for four
points. Cox was instrumental in directing the ball around the court and got
three assists.
The
Cougars are still on the road next week visiting the Southport Hawks. This will
be the second meeting of the two teams. The Hawks prevailed in the first
meeting, 32-28. The Cougars will be looking to bounce back against the Hawks
and extend their road trip win streak to four. The game will be a Saturday game
beginning at 3:00 in the Southport Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
MACARTHUR IS READY TO NEGOITATE – ALLIES
CLOSE TO 38TH PARALLEL
POLL-MOST WOULD SUPPORT DIVIDED KOREA – 23RD
OCSCARS AWARDED
Gen. MacArthur says that he stands ready to “confer in the field with the commander in chief of the enemy” on settlement of the Korean War. He pointed out that United Nations forces have now “substantially cleared South Korea of organized Communist forces,” and that Red China’s “exaggerated” military power has shown its “complete inability” to carry out the conquest of Korea.
Allied troops move less than an hour’s march from Korea’s 38th parallel; Gen MacArthur said they were free to cross it any time military needs dictated.
Poll – If an end to the Korean War can be achieved by dividing Korea at the 38th parallel, with the northern part under Red China’s control and the southern part under U.N. control, the American public would likely support such a solution.
23rd Annual Oscars-
Best actor – Jose Ferrer – “Cyrano de Bergerac”
Best actress – Judy Holliday – “Born Yesterday.”
Best supporting actor – George Sanders – “All About
Heave.”
Best supporting actress – Josephine Hull –
“Harvey.”
Best picture – “All About Eve.”
Best song – “Mona Lisa” from “Captain Carey, USA.”
Written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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