EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
10, 1952 Vol. C343
LOCAL
NEWS
BINGO MANIA HITS TOWN
East
Farewell – St. Douglas is the Catholic Church in East Farewell. It
has a fairly large congregation made up of the large number of Irish
descendants that moved to the town to work on the Mighty
Keystone Railroad and in the Iron Works. Many of the families are now in
their second and third generation and many of the children attend the St.
Douglas School. It is no mystery that all churches are in constant need of
funds and finding those funds is a never-ending pursuit. Fund raisers, aside
from the weekly collections, come in many forms and are only limited to the
creative thinking of the local monsignor or head deacon. Monsignor James, the
head of St. Douglas, started a bingo game, played in the school’s cafeteria
every Thursday night, about two years ago to help raise some money for his
Parrish. The event started out modestly with only a handful of parishioners,
mostly older woman, attending and very small wagering taking place. Over the
years, though the word got out and the event has exploded in the past six
months. Now, the cafeteria is packed ten minutes before the 7:30 start time
with every table full and many participants wielding multiple bingo cards with
special marker pens to expedite the recording of the calls. While Monsignor
James is usually the main caller, the popularity of the event has led to some
“Special Guest Star” callers including local “celebrities”, politicians and
sports stars.
“I have to say, the Bingo Night has
certainly taken off and we at St. Douglas are very, very grateful,” said
Monsignor James when interviewed for this story, “The parishioners all have a
wonderful time and I have heard that we even have been attracting some folks
from other parishes and even some publicans, err that’s non-Catholics, sorry.
Anyway, our coffers have seen a significant increase since the Bingo Night
became popular.”
Bingo Night has indeed become an
event. The only advertising is in the Parrish bulletin and word of mouth but
the word seems to out all over town. People have been buying up the marker pens
at the Woolworths and there have been many discussions about strategy and
timing at many lunches at the counter at Doug’s Drug Store. Folks have
certainly embraced the thrill
of shouting “BINGO” and the excitement of actually winning a small reward.
Bingo Night at St. Douglas’
SPORTS
WILDCATS DECLAW COUGARS
East Farewell – The Cougars stayed on the road and
visited the Riverview Wildcats. This was the second pairing in three weeks due
to a scheduling oddity. The two teams are fairly well matched and the Cougars
won the last matchup 42-40. This game started with the Cougars coming out
playing fast with lots of ball movement and well executed plays. They took a
quick lead, 12-6, and it seemed they had the Wildcats on the ropes. But the
Wildcats called a timeout and came back with a plan. They started to play a
zone defense and kept the ball away from Cougars center, Bill Donahue
effectively slowing down the Cougar running game. The first half ended with the
Wildcats on top 28-26.
In
the second half saw the Wildcats move more aggressively and start even showing
a press for the third quarter. They were able to increase their lead 34-26. In
the fourth quarter the Cougars started to move again with the backcourt of Ted
Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch starting to drop some outside shots. They were able
to close the score to 34-40 but then Fitzgerald fouled out and sophomore, Joey
Fox took his place. Fox was not as hot as Fitzgerald and being a young player
he was not used to the ball movement and caused a couple of turnovers. That was
not the Cougars only problem, Donahue got poked in the eye on a rebound and had
to sit for the middle of the fourth quarter. The Wildcats capitalized on the
Cougars misfortunes and were able to pull away and end with a 49-38 victory.
The
Cougars come home next week to face the Fort Lee Captains. The Cougars will be
looking to regroup and reset. The Captains are a young team and have only won
two games so far so the Cougars have a good chance to get back in the win
column. The game will be a Friday night game and begins at 7:00PM in the
Regional High School gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
TRUMAN ASKS FOR 5 BILLION - DC-4 CRASHES IN
BC – WFDR STILL ON THE AIR FOR NOW
President Truman asks Congress for roughly $5 billion in new taxes and warned that 1952 will be “a year of strain” beset by inflationary dangers as the nation forges ahead toward peak rearmament. In submitting his annual economic message to Congress, Mr. Truman declared: “it is even more true of 1952 than of 1951 that we cannot have business as usual, consumer enjoyments as usual or government programs and services as usual. If we succeed in attaining a durable peace, our expanding economy can double our standard of living within a generation…”
A crippled DC-4 transport plane, homeward bound from the Far East with 43 on board, undershoots an airport at Sandspit, BC and crashes into the sea. All were lost.
FM
station WFDR New York (104.3) says it has a new budget and can operate another
year – albeit with 25% less money. Last year owners the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union folded two other FM stations – WVUN, Chattanooga and
KFMV, Los Angeles. FM stations are finding it hard to survive. Will WFDR
survive?
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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