EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, January
24, 1952 Vol. C345
LOCAL
NEWS
DOG SLED RACE ON LAKESHORE DRIVE
East
Farewell – The streets of East Farewell have been covered with snow for the
last two weeks. They are not impassible but they are covered with about a solid
inch of packed snow. The traffic can make it through, barely, and people can
walk on them if they need to. The sidewalks are clear for the most part so the
only times people are required to walk in the street are to cross them or get
in or out of their cars and trucks. For the most part the traffic is at a
minimum and foot traffic is almost nonexistent.
That was the scene on Tuesday
afternoon when two fellows from the west end of town, one Joe Macintyre and a
Sean O’Connell took their dog teams, eight of each to the very top of Lakeshore
Drive, beyond Mrs. Mallards
boarding house out towards the town’s boundary, and they set up their sleds
and teams and with the shot of a starters gun shot by a local friend the two mushed
their dog trains and took off down Lakeshore Drive. They raced up over the big
hill, around the Lakeview Curve, down past Mrs.
Mallard’s boarding house and down into town headed straight for the Lakefront Plaza.
Unbeknownst to anyone the Lakefront Plaza was the designated finish line.
Earlier in the day Macintyre and O’Connell had set up a fat ribbon stretched
across the Plaza center and a group of people had gathered to ask about the
ribbon when from around the corner both dog teams came running at full speed.
The crowd scrambled out of the way as Macintyre’s dogs and sled blasted through
the ribbon only feet in front of O’Connell’s dogs and sled. They both nearly
collided after they crossed the line but the wide expanse of the Plaza gave
them room to avoid each other. Surprisingly,
one of the spectators (or maybe an insider) had a camera and snapped some
pictures for prosperity.
After things had settled down a bit
both racers came together, laughing and slapped each other on the back and
shook hands. By now the police had arrived and started to question the racers.
It turns out there is no law against dog sled racing in town, there isn’t even
an ordinance against running dog sleds through town. The two racers explained
that they had made a bet over a couple of beers on whose dog team was better
trained and faster. The challenge grew and the idea of a race was hatched. The
two scoped out a course down Lakeshore Drive
because it had some challenging hills and curves and it was long enough to
prove the point. The only problem they found was they could not stop any
traffic that would be on the road. This is where they may have bent the rules
of the town’s traffic management. Before they started they had set up barriers
that they had set up and all traffic was stopped from getting on Lakeshore
Drive. After the race, before the police arrived, the two racers enlisted
several young spectators to rush around and remove the barriers before anyone
was able to complain. It seems Macintyre and O’Connell were able to race
without any real consequences and it has been rumored the Town Council is
taking up an anti-dogsled racing proposition at the next town meeting. There is
also talk that perhaps a dog race could be made a yearly event so, stay tuned.
Spectator urges Macintyre’s dogs on down Main Street
SPORTS
HAWKS DIVE DOWN ON COUGARS
East Farewell – The Hawks came into town last week
and were able to beat the Cougars, 32-28. It was a good game and they lead
changed hands several times. Both teams tried to smother the other with very
close defense and continued pressing. The offenses were able to pass, drive and
outshoot the tenacious defense and made for a very exciting game.
Cougar’s
center, Bill Donahue, led all the scorers with 10 points. He was followed by
Hawks center, Angelo Tracinski, who had nine. The Cougars backcourt of
Fitzgerald and Welsh performed well against the Hawks defense and were able to
move the ball effectively and break the press much to the Hawks dismay. While
Fitzgerald and Welsh only combined for eight points their ball handling and
sure passing kept the Cougars in the game.
The
game came down to the fourth quarter with a minute and a half left on the clock
and the Hawks were able to break the 28-28 tie with a very slick give and go
from Tracinski to darting forward Bart Bethel who put the Hawks in the lead.
The Cougars inbounded the ball and were able to get the ball across the center
line. Fitzgerald tossed it in to Donahue who turned and tried one of his now
trademark move, his rolling hook. Unfortunately for the Cougars the ball
bounced off the rim and Tracinski grabbed the rebound and quickly passed it out
to a sprinting Tommy Angelo, Hawk’s guard, who was able to out run both Welsh
and Fitzgerald and lay the ball up and in for a four point lead and only 5
seconds left. The Cougars were able to get the ball inbounds but Fitzgerald’s
half court attempt bounced off the backboard and fell to the side as the horn
sounded. The Hawks were on top 32-28.
The
Cougars go on the road next week to face the Slate Mountain Miners. This will
be tough game as Slate Mountain has been on a hot streak having won four
straight games with a convincing win over the defending league champs, the
Corning Devils. The game is a Saturday afternoon game and will begin at 3:00PM
in the Slate Mountain Regional High gymnasium.
NATIONAL
NEWS
PLANE LANDS IN THE EAST RIVER – BULLETPROOF
JACKET TESTED IN KOREA – CURLY DIES – NAB FORCASTS FLOOD OF MONEY WHEN TV
LICENSES ARE FREED
A Northeast Airlines plane nosing through rain and heavy fog toward LaGuardia Field lands by mistake in the East River, but all 36 persons aboard were saved before the airliner sank. The plane hit with such a jolt that seats were ripped loose, somersaulting passengers forward. There was no panic as passengers escaped through broken windows and waited in waist-deep water.
A newly developed bulletproof jacket made of cloth will soon be tested by combat troops in Korea. The Army says the jacket has stopped 45-caliber bullets fired at pointblank range. Made of laminated nylon, it contains no metal and is far more flexible than previously tested jackets. The sleeveless garment reaches to the waist and weighs eight pounds.
In Hollywood news, the passing of Jerome Howard, better known as Curly of the Three Stooges was announced on January 18. He was 46. He died at Baldy View Sanitarium after a long illness following a stroke in 1946. He leaves his widow, Mr. Valerie Howard and their daughter, Janie, (3 1/2), another daughter by a former marriage, Marilyn (11) and two brothers, Moe and Shemp Howard. He’ll be interned at Home of Peace Cemetery near Hollywood. Born in Brooklyn, he had been in California for the past 20 years.
Harold Fellows of National Association of Broadcasters forecasts a flood of dollars when the TV license freeze is lifted this year. He estimated that $700 million would be invested in construction alone of the 1,800 new TV stations expected to be built in the next few years. An FCC study shows a range in TV station costs from $219,000 for a VHF outlet in a community of less than 50,000 to $541,250 for a UHF station in a city of over a million in population.
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