EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, February
21, 1952 Vol. C349
LOCAL
NEWS
VALENTINE’S DAY SOCIAL GETS TRIPPED UP
East
Farewell – The third Valentine’s Day
Social was held last Saturday. It was another great success. It was held in
the basement of the town hall as it was last year. This year the guest list was
even larger than last year making some comment that next year they may have to
find a bigger venue. This year local deli-restaurant, Leon’s supplied the main
entrees. Last year both Joe’s and Leon supplied the food but Joe’s has closed
due the untimely death of Joe in November. Leon’s stuck with his tried and true
dish, pasta, meatballs and sauce. Almost everyone who attended brought a
homemade side as is the tradition. Another more exciting tradition is the
sweets that are presented for dessert. In the past years the treats have been
supplied mostly by two locals, Peg O’Malley and Ida Plant. This year several
others joined the “Dessert Club” Sue Underwood, a young pastry maker, Sylvia
Bass, a longtime member of the East Farewell Social Committee and one of the
key organizers of the event and Marie O’Donnell, a young homemaker from town.
In the true sense of competition, a contest was set up to determine the “best”
treat. Everybody attending got a vote and after everyone had had a chance to
taste the treats de facto MC, bandleader
Gus Templeton made the announcement. Peg O’Malley’s Extra Dark Chocolate
Triple Layer Cake took the prize. This is where the story gets interesting. As
Peg was weaving her way through the tables, carrying one of her cakes, she
tripped and fell flat on her face right into her cake! Barely missing a beat
she popped right up, gathered up what was left of her cake and proceeded to the
stage to accept her award. With her face covered with chocolate cake she gave a
hilarious acceptance speech and alluded to the possibility that her main rival,
Ida Plant, had stuck out her foot in front of Peg on her way up. Peg
immediately retracted that proposition but the seed had been planted. Both Peg
and Ida, who are great friends, denied the story but many in the crowd were
still suspicious. We may never know the truth.
Gus Templeton took the MC duties for
the event. He and his swing band are local products and have toured the
country. His most well-known hit is Memories Are Made of These. Gus played
during the newly installed cocktail time, about a half hour before the dinner
as everyone arrived and got settled. During dinner he played quiet dinning
music with his slimmed down trio and after dinner he brought the crowd to the
dance floor for a wonderful set of upbeat dance music and sentimental
favorites.
The Valentine’s Social
is becoming the mid-winter event in town. It gets more popular every year and
is the talk of the town for weeks before. Now that there has been a
“competition” installed even more people may become involved. We will have to
wait until next year to see how the “Sweet Treats” event plays out.
Peg O’Malley accepts her Sweet Treat Prize
SPORTS
COUGARS TROUNCE WILDCATS
Riverview – The Cougars were guardedly confident
when they came into Riverview Friday night. They won the first meeting 42-40
but the score did not show that the Cougars had completely controlled the game.
The Wildcats were able to close the gap when the Cougars sent in their second
team. The Wildcats have improved since that first meeting but they are still
stuck in the bottom half of the league standings.
The
game started with the Wildcats trying to press but that backfired spectacularly
when Cougars guards, Teddy Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch easily shredded the
defense with quick passes and impressive dribbling skills. The Cougars jumped
out to a 10-4 lead before the Wildcats called a timeout and lifted the press.
The Wildcats fought back to tie the score briefly right before the end of the
first half with their backcourt of Reggie Morgan and Frankie Wilson hitting a
combined six baskets from outside. The hometown crowd lifted the Wildcats but
the first half end with the Cougars barely on top by 2, 28-26.
The
second half went back and forth at the start but as the time went on the
Cougars superior passing and play execution started to give the Cougars an
advantage. Center Bill Donahue also started to gain complete control of the
center and was able to control the game. The Cougars pulled away with 5 minutes
left and were able to win fairly convincingly, 50-43.
The Cougars stay on the road next week as they visit Fort Lee. The Captains have turned their season around and have been playing brilliantly lately. They pulled of an upset last week by upsetting the league leading Southport Hawks by four points. The Cougars will have to be very aware of the explosive Captains. The game is a Saturday game and begins at 2:00 in the Fort Lee Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
KING GEORGE VI BURIED - APPLIANCES TO BE CUT
BACK – MORE NEWS ON RADIO – WFDR GOES DARK – AT THE MOVIES
Britain commits the body of King George VI to the earth. Queen Elizabeth II sprinkled red earth on the flag-draped coffin of her father as it sank from sight through the stone floor of St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
The government discloses that production of refrigerators; stoves, washers, radios and television sets will be cut back again this spring to save scarce materials for defense.
Radio news – With the Korean War situation – the radio networks have more news shows on the air than ever before. CBS has some 91 – more than WWII. Revived interest in radio news is attributed to the number of trouble spots in the world and the fact that so many men are in uniform overseas.
New York FM radio station WFDR (104.3) has gone off the air for good. The move affects a staff of 12. Owners – the International Ladies Garment Workers Union had sunk about $400 thousand into the station, which lasted some 2 ½ years.
At
the movies -
Greatest Show On Earth –
Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame,
James Stewart.
Lone Star – Clark Gable, Ava
Gardner
Detective Story –
Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix
African Queen – Humphrey
Bogart, Katherine Hepburn
Via Zapata! – Marlon Brando
Double Dynamite –
Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra
Westward The Women –
Robert Taylor
FBI Girl – Cesar Romero, Audrey
Totter
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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