EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Friday,
LOCAL
NEWS
JOB SEEKERS
FLOOD TOWN - THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE GOES ON
The parade was
a roaring success. It is tradition for
the parade to escort Santa Claus to the Boyles Department Store on
Services in
town which normally are geared up for the parade were exceptionally strained by
the influx job seekers applying for the Iron Works jobs. “We never expected this volume,” said Grady
Smith, employment supervisor for the Iron Works, “but I guess there when there
is a great job offered like this one you get a lot of interest.” It was reported that every room in town was
sold out this week. The parade goers and
job applicants grabbed every room and even went so far as to double up on
scarce rooms. “I had two gentlemen split
the rent on my last room and they had never met before they showed up on my
porch looking for a place to stay for the week,” said Mrs.
Mallard, boarding house owner.
Even the food
services were taxed. “We ran out of almost every special,” lamented Charles
Wentz, owner of the Lost
Oasis. “We managed to get extra shipments in before parade day so we made
out OK.” All the townspeople were in a
very festive mood and it was not uncommon to see families inviting strangers
for Thanksgiving dinner. Some speculated, though, with the huge increase
population, albeit temporary, crime is sure to follow. “We have no reports of any increase in crimes
of any nature,” reported Police Chief, Jeremy Watson, “People were having fun
and enjoying the holiday.”
SPORTS
COUGARS OUT FOX THE CAPTAINS 14-7
The Captains
were not to be out done, though. The
Captains leading rusher, Thomas Reed and senior Jason Bennett lined up deep for
the kickoff. The ball went to Bennett
who started up the field. Then to
everyone’s surprise, he turned and lateralled the ball to Reed who was five
yards behind him and running against the grain of on rushing Cougars. Reed skillfully grabbed the ball and out ran
everyone except kicker, Charlie Cox. Cox
was able to wrestle Reed down at the four yard line after being dragged almost
ten yards hanging onto Reed’s pants. It
only took the Captains two plays to even the score. Reed slipped in from two yards out and
Winston Wilson added the extra point.
The game
see-sawed back and forth, reverses, pitch-outs and even a Statue of Liberty
play punctuated the first half. The
Statue of Liberty was a spectacular attempt by the Captains to freeze the
Cougars defense but went awry when quarterback, Steve Smith, was not able to
hold the ball as Reed came behind to grab it.
The play lost six yards and drew awes and guffaws from the crowd. The half ended with the Cougars O’Conner
completing a pass to Flynn who then tossed it back to halfback Joey Fox. Fox was able to scamper for thirty yards but
was tackled three yards shy of the goal line as time ran out.
There was no
let up in the chicanery during the third and fourth quarters. Both teams showed surprising ingenuity and
resourcefulness coming up with plays that are surely not in any playbook since
the ragtag days of the game. While
sideways hikes and hikes to the fullback were plentiful none produced the
desired effect, a score. It wasn’t until
4:02 in the fourth quarter that there was a change. In what can only be described as a broken
play, O’Conner attempted to handoff to Fox on his right, unfortunately for
O’Conner, Fox was on his left. Realizing
the miscue O’Conner pirouetted around to his left and pitched the ball to Fox
who was able to take advantage of the confused Captains defense and race 22
yards for a touchdown. Charlie Cox was
again prefect on extra points.
“We knew this
was going to be a wide open game. Chuck
(the Captain’s coach) and I go way back to our days at the University of
Pennsylvania. We both played and we both
love the gadget plays and the kids love them too. I would never play any other team this way,
but Chuck and I have a sort of competition to see who can come up with the
wildest play. I loved that Statue of
Liberty, we may try that next year,” joked Cougars coach, Al Burcowitz.
The 6-1 Cougars
take on the Southport Hawks for the last game of the season. The Cougars already own a piece of the league
title and can win it completely with a win on Saturday. The game is home, 1:30 on Regional High
field.
NATIONAL NEWS
FCC SAYS GO TO
TV - STALIN STILL ALIVE – SABRES DOWN MIGS
FCC Chairman
Paul Walker says that the 3 1/2 year freeze on television licenses will be
lifted in two weeks. After the lifting, the commission probably will allow
three months for the filing of applications.
Prime Minister Stalin (72), recently absent from
Russian functions leading to rumors that he was
ill shows up at a session of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the
Korean War News - American Sabre jet
pilots blast six MIGs out of the skies over North Korea, creating a new American jet ace.
A new rotation plan will keep men on
the front lines a bit longer beginning this week. Combat infantrymen, artillery
tank and other supporting units have been returning home after an average time
of 9 1/2 months of duty. That will increase to 10-13 months. A total of 20,000
men are rotated home monthly and that rate won’t change. That’s because some of
the National Guard is being pulled out.
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