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10/16/1952

                                       EAST FAREWELL NEWS


Thursday, October 16, 1952   Vol. C118


LOCAL NEWS


NEWSPAPER TO REBUILD BUILDING


East Farewell- The East Farewell News has committed to rebuild their home on Main Street.  The announcement was made by publisher John Robb on the site of the burned out shell.  “This town has been very good to our family and I feel it is that we must make every effort to keep the news service available to the great citizens of this town.  The paper has been fortunate enough to have enjoyed an almost ten year span of uninterrupted publishing in East Farewell.  We are very proud of that.  Even as the town suffered through the disastrous weather and the terrible fire I felt we grew in our understanding and compassion.  That has been displayed time and time again with the committees and groups that have banded together to offer help and support to anyone who needed it.”

            Rebuilding is scheduled to start early next year.  Robb said the building will be rebuilt in the spirit of the original edifice but will incorporate new technologies and updated communications.  Being the largest building on Main Street, there is expected to be substantial traffic delays during the construction.  Since the only possible detour would route traffic down Lake Shore Drive and back to 2nd Avenue, it is expected that no detour will be put in place and traffic will be controlled by marked lane redirections.

            “I think it is wonderful that the newspaper has decided to stay,” said Mrs. Mallard, local resident, “we need a newspaper in this town and the Robb’s are such family, they are really part of this town.”  Other townsfolk voiced similar opinions and many have offered help and support to the family and the paper.  The old building was also the home of the often overlooked East Farewell Community Office.  The office was responsible for keeping the town’s historical documents and photographs.  A fund has been set up to rebuild that office.  Fortunately, most of the documents and photos were kept in a fireproof safe that was part the bank that occupied the building for a short time in the late 1920s.

Shell of East Farewell News building


SPORTS


REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL KICKS OFF SEASON


East Farewell- Local High School football started off with fanfare and a band extravaganza on Friday afternoon at the High School field.  The Cougars were victorious, 14-7, over their arch rival, the Slate Mountain Miners.  The game was hard fought on both sides but the Cougars were able to score in the fourth quarter to take the lead and hold off a last minute drive to win the game.  Senior Quarterback, Billy O’Conner, led the Cougars with strong, sharp passing to the ends and clean, crisp handoffs to the backs. 

            The game see-sawed in the first half, each team scoring on their first drive.  The defenses then took over and confined the game to between the 20 yard lines.  O’Conner was able to move the team with a combination of short passes and end runs but was not able to capitalize on the consistent efforts of his halfbacks, Joey Fox and his brother Jimmy O’Conner.  Even his fullback, Johnny “Moose” Boyle was unable to break through the Miners line for a score.  It wasn’t until six minutes into the fourth quarter that O’Conner was able to hit wide end, Phil Flynn on a down and out pattern that Flynn was able to turn down the sideline and scamper in to the end zone for the go ahead score.  The extra point was kicked by sophomore, Charlie Cox.  The Miners made a last drive well into Cougars territory but time ran out before they were able to score.  So it is 1-0 for the Cougars this season.     

 


 NATIONAL NEWS


US CALLS FOR MORE UN HELP IN KOREA – IKE SAYS COMMIES POSE A “DEADLY CHALLENGE”


Korea - Chinese Reds try and fail to drive American and South Korean troops off Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge. Also, a United Nations front officer reports that more than 7,500 Chinese Reds have been killed or wounded in round action alone in the week since October 14.  Still the U.S. called on the United Nations for more help in Korea.

Speaking in New York - Gen Eisenhower said the Soviet Union has posed a “deadly challenge” before the United States, its main target. At the same time, he expressed the certainty that the free world has the strength to meet it.  Speaking at the Alamo in San Antonio, Gen. Eisenhower pledged himself to create such strength, that the Soviet Union will not dare to create another Korea.


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