EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, April
3, 1952 Vol. C355
LOCAL
NEWS
STUDENTS PULL OFF APRIL FOOL’S PRANK
East Farewell – The senior class of the
Regional High School staged an April fool’s day prank that involved
the entire class led by a group of seniors that refer to themselves as “the Video
Rangers”. It seems the Rangers were influenced by the movie series “Captain
Video”. In the series, played at the downtown Lowes Theater, the Video Rangers must stop
the evil Vultura from subjugating the Earth. The East Farewell Video Rangers
enlisted the entire senior class to take part in their prank. The prank was not
a spur of the moment gag but an elaborate stunt that was weeks in the making.
The Rangers recruited all the other seniors to all stand up at 2:30, in class
or in the hall, and march out of the building, forming a procession to the
football field, where the Rangers had somehow towed a giant, round silver
spaceship to the center of the field without anyone noticing, hum-mm. The entire
senior class marched out to the field with the rest of the student body in tow
and stood in front of the spaceship. Then the door on the spaceship opened and
out of the spaceship walked Vultura, the villainous star of the serial movies.
She stood looking over the crowd and as she raised her hand as if to subjugate
everyone, a group of Video Rangers, all clad in uniforms, swooped in and
grabbed Vultura and dragged her back into her spaceship. The door closed and
the ship, which apparently was mounted on a flatbed, drove off the field and
away with much applause from all. The spaceship disappeared up Lakeshore Drive and mysteriously was not
followed by the police. After about
fifteen minutes the Video Rangers reappeared and announced that the whole thing
was an elaborate April fool’s gag on the students and administration. It turns
out that Vultura was an alluring, costumed
Natalie Mallard, a member of the senior class and well known in town
for her acting and musical talents.
“Well, it looks like they really got
us with that one,” said Principal Hunt wryly, there were some rumors that he
was in on the prank but no one is speaking, “I am sure this will be remembered
for a long time. How they got that spaceship on and off the field is just
amazing. You just never know. You just never know.”
This will surely go down as one of
the most elaborate and all involving April fool’s prank that East Farewell has
ever seen. It has certainly thrown down the gauntlet for future classes to cook
up something better. Time will only tell if something better will come along.
April fool’s Senior Prank
SPORTS
Capitol City – The upstart Cougars went into
Saturday’s playoff final with nothing to lose. No one had never expected to get
this far, except for them, and no one expected the top seeded Stars to have any
trouble with the Cougars. They were all wrong. The Cougars played a very strong
game and for a few brief moments looked like they might prevail. The Stars,
however, were all they were written up to be, a very talented, very
disciplined, and very well coached team. They deserved their seating in the
tournament.
The
Cougars came out showing their fast paced game of run and shoot that had gotten
them this far. The Stars showed great discipline and patience relying on their
superior talent to break down the Cougars. Whenever the Cougars missed a shot
the Stars made them pay by working an intricate play at the other end for a
score. This had a detrimental effect on the Cougars strategy, running the clock
down and the score against them up. Cougar’s center, Bill Donahue had his hands
full with Star’s center, Johnny Driscoll, who will probably be named all-state
after the tournament. Driscoll led the game in rebounds with 27 and was second
in scoring with 14. The Stars backcourt also stood out with point guard Frank
Heinz and 2 guard Rodger Smalls controlling the tempo of the game. The Cougars
backcourt of Ted Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch put up a valiant game but were just
not as good as Heinz and Smalls. The senior forwards for the Cougars, Franny
Warner and David O’Shea also had their hand full with the Stars front court of
William Burgess and Devon Williams. Williams was high scorer with 18. The Stars
overpowered the Cougars, 50-42.
The Cougars showed signs of brilliance early on and for the first five minutes led the game with up to a six point lead. After a time out and a regrouping the Stars slowly wore down the Cougars and by the end of the first half held a 2 point lead. In the second half the Cougars abandoned their run and shoot game for a slower, more definite game to try to counter the Stars. That only slowed the decline. By the last minute the Stars held a commanding 48-38 lead. Cougars Coach Wilson saw the writing on the wall and started to put in his subs. In a surprising move of good sportsmanship the Stars coach, Joe Allison, acted in kind. The second teams played out the final minute as if it was a tie game and proved to be very entertaining. The game ended with the Stars as State Champs, 50-42, but the upstart Cougars walking off the court with their heads held high. Next year, maybe next year.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE WINS IOWA – STALIN SAY WWIII IS NOT NEAR
– MR. CHURCHILL PREMIRES IN SATURDAY EVENING POST – EAST GERMAN PRESS LAUDS
STALIN – PHILLIES RIDZIK TOSSES NO-HIT NO-RUN IN SAVANNAH – SUNDAY NIGHT TV –
RICE CHEX MAKES DEBUT AT MARTS
General Eisenhower wins 15 of Iowa’s 26 delegates to the GOP national convention in Chicago this July. Nine of delegates go to Senator Taft.
Prime Minister Stalin assures a group of newspaper editors and radiomen that World War III is no nearer than it was in 1949 or 1950. His views were sent via telegram dispatched in response to four questions sent to him March 24.
This week the Saturday Evening Post published “The Amazing Mr. Churchill” by Robert Lewis Taylor. “He’s impossible! He’s incorrigible! He’s irresistible! “You know him as Britain’s great Prime Minister. You’ve heard his speeches. You’ve read his words. Now you’ll see him as he really is: the most lively, most versatile - and most exasperating - man in the world! He has made the headlines in two centuries. He has been, in turn, the most popular and unpopular man in England. Here is the astonishing, unknown side of his brash, bold and witty career. This Churchill series in the Post is the true story that is truly stranger than fiction. Don’t miss it!”
The East German press takes notice with splashing articles, about the 30th anniversary of World Communism this week. Noted in one of the articles was how Stalin was elevated to the helm on April 3, 1922 with Lenin’s blessing.
In sports (Exhibition baseball) - Philadelphia Phillie’s rookie pitcher Steve Ridzik hurls a no-hit, no run game as the Phillies beat the Cardinals 3-0 in Savannah, GA.
New at the mart - Rice Chex - “The Sensational New Bite-Size Cereal.” “Yum’s the Word!”
Sunday
night television –
CBS
- Gene Autry Show, This is Show Business, Toast of the Town, Fred Waring Show,
Break the Bank, What’s My Line?
NBC
-Showcase, Young Mr. Bobbin, Comedy Hour, Television Playhouse, Red Skelton,
Cameo Theatre.
ABC - Paul Whitman Revue, Foursquare Court, Kings Crossroads, Arthur Murray party, Strength For A Free World, Toast of the Town w/ Ed Sullivan - guests Jackie Gleason, Tony Bennett, Colgate Comedy Hour - Tony Martin, Harpo and Chico Marx, Arthur Murray Dance Party - guests – Florence Desmond, Gary Morton (Rising Young Comedian), Ted Brown (popular Radio and TV comedian).
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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