EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, December
27, 1951 Vol. C342
LOCAL
NEWS
1951 YEAR IN REVIEW
East
Farewell - !951 is drawing to a close and it is time to present a round up the
most news worthy events from the past year. The first year of the “fifties” was
an exciting year.
The first week of the year was a
tease with very balmy weather but that all fell away and the usual East
Farewell winter moved in and there was plenty of snow and cold until spring.
Sleigh rides through town and other wonderful activities filled up the days and
nights. The second Valentine’s Day Social continued what is turning into a town
tradition. New businesses opened on Main Street and Lakeshore Drive and the
town’s population continued to grow. Young Natalie
Mallard made her radio debut over the airways and launched what looks like
a very exciting singing career. The town welcomed home an honest to goodness
hero, Bernie Morris, who was injured while saving many in his company by
throwing away a hand grenade that had landed right in front of his squad during
the battle of Seoul.
Spring brought heavy weather and a
thunderstorm that knocked out the entire town’s electric grid but things got
turned back on just in time for a little leprechaun magic on Lakefront Plaza.
There were lots of discussions about a spring flower show, maybe next year. As
spring moved towards summer we were all proud of the graduating seniors from
Regional High School and were all surprised when Sidmonds Franklin gave the
graduation address. The summer saw a proliferation of bar-b-ques and an sure to
be reoccurring event a bar-b-que cook-off on Lakefront Plaza. Hootenannies and lots
of other musical events filled the summer that saw even more people
choosing to come to East Farewell for their vacation. Danny O’Donnell and Claire Murphy will always
have something to talk tell little Terrance Daniel Murphy when he grows up as
he was almost delivered in O’Donnell’s milk truck. The summer sizzled but the
north winds brought lots of trouble. The beloved Fun Pier was
destroyed by hurricane How but owner, Sid Lendel has vowed to rebuild, “bigger
and better.”
The destruction brought out the best
in town with a fund raising concert on the Plaza and even through the road race
was nixed a more suitable bike race was discussed. The circus came to town and
a great addition to the social calendar was added with the Labor Day Fair. The
Harvest Festival and a Halloween scare helped make the fall season but the
Thanksgiving Day parade definitely defined the season for the town.
Now as snow blankets the streets and
yards East Farewell and another year comes to an end. Everyone is ready to
welcome in the new year and more wonderful memories.
SPORTS
COUGARS DECAW WILDCATS
East
Farewell – The Cougars came back home and hosted the Riverview Wildcats on
Friday evening and came away with a convincing 42-32 victory. Bill Donahue was
central in the win. As high scorer and high rebounder he dominated the center
and showed a growing awareness of game management. The Cougars opened the game
with a 10-4 run and kept the pressure up for the whole game. The Wildcats were
able to take a lead only once in the third quarter but that was short lived as
the Cougars came roaring back with an 8-0 run.
In the second half the Wildcats
stepped up their defense and double teamed Donahue but that just opened up the
game for the forwards, Franny Warner and David O’Shea who were responsible for
the eight point run. Jimmy Welch and Ted Fitzgerald also contributed to the
win. They were essential in stopping the Wildcats from being able to get any
momentum with their very sticky defense. “The boys are looking better and
better each week. I think Big Billy (Donahue) is starting to really understand
how to play center. He was running the show out there tonight. I was very happy
with that,” said Coach Wilson after the game.
The Cougars travel the Slate
Mountain, on the north side, to face the Canaries in a Saturday game. The
action begins at 2:30 in the Canaries gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
TRUMAN ORDERS IRS SHAKE UP – TRUMAM’S
POPULARITY SLIPPING – PARADE & ROSE BOWL TO BE ON TV – HUNGARY JAILS US
PILOTS – FBI NABS HOPE EXTORTIONIST – LANZA SAYS HE LUCKY – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK
President Truman orders a wholesale shakeup of the Internal Revenue Bureau with the chief of the agency disclosing that 53 more employees have been let go - making the total 166. The President wants to take the agency out of politics and protect it from “influence peddlers.” The 64 offices of Collector of Internal Revenue are being abolished for 25 district offices each headed by a commissioner under Civil Service. Graft and corruption caused some of the dismissals. In his cleanup drive of the agency, the President said “further administrative action” is planned to insure complete “integrity” in government. All 64 collectors are political appointees.
In a Gallup poll - President Truman’s popularity is slipping - 23% approve of the job he’s doing and 58% disapprove. At the start of his term his approval rating was at 69%.
For the first time - The Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl game will be televised on network television. NBC will broadcast both events to 64 stations.
After Hungary jails four American pilots, the United States forbids Americans to travel to Hungary and orders the immediate closing of Hungarian Consulates in Cleveland and New York. The pilots wandered over Hungarian territory last month with Soviet fighter planes forcing them down on an air base maintained by Russia in the satellite state. The Hungarian Communist regime convicted them of “deliberate violation” of the Iron Curtain frontier and demanded $120 thousand for their release.
The FBI arrests Gerald Norris of Tucson for trying to extort $500 from Bob Hope. Norris wrote a postcard to the comedian demanding $500 or “your life will be in danger an maybe your wife will suffer harm.” Hope never saw the card and says he’s the last one to hear about he had been threatened. “I didn’t know anything about it. I never heard of any threats, besides, the guy’s timing was terrible. What with rebuilding our house, taxes and Christmas, I’m dead broke.”
Mario Lanza says 1951 was “the luckiest year of my life.” Lanza had a major hit with “Be My Love” plus he appeared in the hit movie “The Great Caruso.” Lanza has a highly rated radio show each Monday night as well.
Pop Music this week in 1951 –
“Cry” – Johnnie Ray,
“Sin”
- Eddy Howard,
“Shrimp Boats” – Jo Stafford,
“Undecided”
- The Ames Brothers,
“The
Little Cloud That Cried” - Johnnie Ray,
“Jealousy”
- Frankie Laine,
“Out
In The Cold Again” - Richard Hayes,
“Jingle Bells’ – Les Paul,
“White
Christmas” - Bing Crosby,
“It’s
Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” – Perry Como,
“Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” - Spike Jones
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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