EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
3, 1952 Vol. C342
LOCAL
NEWS
WELCOME TO 1952
East
Farewell – 1952 came in with a blast. A snow blast that is. The snow started
early on New Year’s Eve and continued throughout the night. In spite of the blizzard
many people in town welcomed in the New Year with a stroll down Main Street and
Lakeshore Drive at midnight and wished each other a happy new year. They
joined in groups and sung Auld Lang Syne and other Christmas carols. Many broke
out the champagne, wine and some hot, spiced cider and shared it with everyone.
Some small fireworks were set off and sparklers were seen everywhere.
As the snow came down people walked and talked and laughed and some even danced.
After about an hour or so a small, fun snowball fight broke out between some of
the younger partiers. The snow started to pile up and some people started
making snowmen and some built snow castles right on Lakefront Plaza. The lights
from the Christmas decorations shone bright throughout the night since the
highway department let them stay on in anticipation of the New Year. The
impromptu celebrations were purely coincidental, pure serendipity, but
coincidental nevertheless.
The snow continued New Year’s Day
and only tapered off well into the evening. The total accumulation was recorded
at 8”, not an overpowering storm but a very good start to a snowy winter in
East Farewell.
Main Street January 1, 1952
SPORTS
COUGARS SQUEAK BY CARNARIES
Slate Mountain – The Cougars went down to the south
part of Slate Mountain to face the Canaries over the Christmas week break. The
two teams are fairly evenly matched and it is always an exciting game when they
play. This game was no exception. The game was played at break neck speed by
both teams and by the end of the game both teams were obviously exhausted. The
Cougars started off with a new
fast-break type offense where the guards, Fitzgerald and Welch would bring the
ball inbounds but immediately pass it to a waiting forward, either Warner or
O’Shea and then dart down court and receive a pass up court from the forwards,
drive to the basket and attempt to score. This worked for a while, as long as
the Canaries were playing man to man but as soon as they shifted to a zone and
kept their forwards back up court the plan stumbled. On the other side the
Canaries were doing some speedy ball movement of their own. They would bring
the ball up with their center, Norris, who would dish it off to their forwards,
Reinhardt and Sales, who both had excellent outside shooting abilities. The two
different offenses made for a fast, frantic first half that ended with the
Canaries on top by 2, 20-18.
The
second half was more of the same. Both teams keep up their frantic pace but as
the game wore on the boys started to grow tired and sloppier creating more
fouls. With three minutes left Canaries center, Roosevelt Gains, fouled out and
Cougars forward, Franny Warner had to sit with a twisted ankle. At the time the
game was tied at 36. The last two minutes seemed like ten with turnover
stoppages and timeouts but it came down to the Cougars inbounding with ten
seconds left. Teddy Fitzgerald lobbed a high ball into center, Bill Donahue,
who pivoted and dished the ball off to a streaking Jimmy Welch who took the
perfectly led pass and drove to the basket. Canaries substitute center, Marvin
Flowers was right in his path though forcing him to bounce pass it to a
trailing David O’ Shea who managed to secure the ball, take one dribble and lay
the ball up and into the hoop. Time ran out and the Cougars were able to squeak
out a 40-38 victory.
The Cougars stay on the road next week as they face the Riverview Wildcats again for the second time in three weeks. This will be an interesting game since both teams have so recently faced each other and know the others tactics. The game Friday evening game begins at 7:00 in the Regional High Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
CHURCHILL YEILDS NAVY COMMANDER POST FOR US STEEL AND PROMISES TO DEFEND EUROPE – CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES 1950 TOP CITIES – AT THE MOVIES
Prime Minister Winston Churchill yields to the appointment of an American as supreme allied naval commander in Atlantic waters but won a promise of million tons of scarce U.S steel for Britain. The steel will be exchanged for British tin and aluminum, badly needed in America’s rearmament program. While in Washington, Prime Minister Churchill solemnly promised Congress that Britain will help defend Europe and he cautioned the United States “above all things” not to give up its atomic weapons without an ironclad guarantee of peace. “We stand together under Gen. Eisenhower to defend the common cause against violent aggression.”
The
Census Bureau releases its final 1950 figures of the top cities:
New York – 7,891,957
Chicago
– 3.520,962
Philadelphia
– 2.071,605
Los
Angeles – 1,970,358
Detroit
– 1,849,568
Baltimore
– 949,708
Cleveland
– 914,808
St.
Louis – 856,796
Washington
DC – 802,178
Boston
– 801,444
San
Francisco – 775, 357
Pittsburgh
– 676,806
Milwaukee
– 637,392
Houston
– 596,163
Buffalo
– 580,132
Followed by (ranking) – New Orleans, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Seattle, Kansas City, Newark, Dallas, Indianapolis, Denver, San Antonio, Memphis,
At the movies –
I’ll See You In My Dreams -
Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore.
Death Of A Salesman -
Frederic March
Weekend With Father -
Van Heflin, Patricia Neal, Gigi Perreau
The African Queen -
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn
I Want You -
Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger
Another Man’s Poison -
Bette Davis, Gary Merrill
The Racket - Robert Mitchum,
Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan
A Streetcar Named Desire -
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando
Too Young To Kiss -
June Allyson, Van Johnson
Distant Drums - Gary
Cooper, Mari Aldon, Richard Webb
My Favorite Spy -
Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr
The Model and the Marriage Broker -
Jeanne Crain, Scott Brady, Thelma Ritter
Decision Before Dawn - Richard Bashart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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