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12/18/1952

                                    EAST FAREWELL NEWS


Thursday, December 18, 1952   Vol. C125


LOCAL NEWS


EAST FAREWELL WINTER SOCIAL IS A BIG HIT


East Farewell- The annual East Farewell Winter Social was held on Saturday and was a resounding success.  The social was held in the Town Hall basement that had been decked out to resemble Paris, France.  A 20 foot mock up of the Eiffel Tower was placed outside the entrance and was decorated with over 300 lights.  Replicas of the Arc de Triumph, the Louvre and the Champs Elysees were all part of the fabulous decorations inside.  The room was lined with sidewalk cafes and there was Can-Can Review that did four spectacular shows.  Dance music was supplied by the Jerry Tabor’s Swing Band.  The band featured vocalist Carla Livingstone.  The party was catered by the Lost Oasis Bar & Restaurant.  The menu was an assorted buffet of roast beef and turkey sandwiches, a tossed salad and, of course, French Fries.  The dessert table was filled with pastries, cookies and candies.  

            “This is just a wonderful event, all the lights, the music and dancers, the scenery and, oh, the food was great!” gushed Natalie Mallard.  She was attending with decorated Korean veteran Bill Burger. Other attendees were Town Council President Tom Conally and his wife, Brenda, Bernie Talent and Sue Arnold who had recently announced their engagement. “Most of the town seemed to be in attendance and a swell time was had by all!” laughed Talent. 

The dance floor was full for every selection and there was even a group participation in the last Can-Can show. The crowd stayed for the entire party which lasted until after 1:00 in the morning.  The Winter Social has been the premier winter social event of the town since 1947. The evening was a magical blend of music, dance, food and fun.

East Farewell Winter Social December 13, 1952


SPORTS


GUARDS FITZGERALD AND WELCH LEAD COUGARS TO FIRST WIN


East Farewell- The Cougars opened their basketball season on Saturday with a win over the Central Bears, 58-53. The game was controlled by the Cougar backcourt of Ted Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch who combined for 28 of the Cougars total.  More importantly, they displayed a great command of the floor and directed the other team members like they had played together for many years.  In reality, this is only the second season that the two have played together.  “We did work together over the summer,” Welch said after the game, “we worked on our communication and some signals, but Ted has such a great understanding of the game, I mean he really knows the floor.”

            The Cougars jumped out to a 10-2 lead quickly with almost perfect outside shooting by the two guards.  Fitzgerald and Welch hit five of their first six shots and the games tempo was set.  With a dizzying display of ball handling and smart passing the two continually confounded the Bears defense.  It wasn’t until the second half that the Bears were able the claw their way back to tie the Cougars at 40.  The lead see-sawed back and forth for most of the second half, but at never got beyond four points difference.  With three minutes left in the second half the Cougar’s forwards, Billy O’Donnell and Gene Green, really took charge and scored ten straight points and put the game away.

            “This was a great win.  We needed to start off strong and start to build some confidence.  This is a long season and these boys are really committed to improving over last season,” said Coach Wilson after the game.  The Cougars are looking to improve over their 9-7 record from last season.  Next weeks game is against the Corning Devils in Corning on Wednesday at 4:30.

 


 NATIONAL NEWS


MONROE SPEAKS TO GRAND JURY – 20th CENTURY-FOX TRYING TO LURE FANS BACK TO THEATERS


Los Angeles-Taking the stand under oath in Los Angeles, actress Marilyn Monroe denies knowing two men who are later convicted on charges of sending come-on letters in efforts to sell lewd photographs purportedly made of Miss Monroe, of unlawfully using Miss Monroe’s name “for the purpose of selling nude and indecent pictures represented to have been posed by Marilyn Monroe.” The pretty actress examined some of the prosecution evidence including handwritten letters supposedly written and signed by her. One of them read in part - “A short time ago, two friends of mine and myself got together and took some pictures in almost every pose imaginable ... I feel that these pictures ... are worth more than the price I have found ordinary pictures are selling for.” The actress said her true name is Norma Jean Dougherty and that she took her professional name when she was signed by the studio in 1946.

20th Century-Fox proposes a double feature of movies and color television in its theaters as a way to lure fans out of their living rooms and back to the box office.  The television portion would feature Broadway hit plays, sports events and special productions. The system would use a new system of color television known as the Eidophor (Greek for image bearer). The system, developed by Swiss scientists, uses the field of sequential color wheel developed by the Columbia Broadcasting System for its version of domestic color-TV. The studio says the production of the Eidophor projection machines is under way and should be available for use in about 18 months.


Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for contributing to this section of The News.


 


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