3/19/1953

                                          EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, March 19, 1953   Vol. C223

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LOCAL NEWS

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RAILROAD TO OPEN REGIONAL OFFICE IN TOWN

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East Farewell- The Mighty Keystone Railroad announced on Monday that they would open a Regional Office in East Farewell early next year.  The announcement was met with a bit of surprise by the Town Council but it was certainly pleasant surprise.  The office will bring about 25 jobs to town and help boost the economy even more.  In a release by the Director of Regional Affairs, Thomas Waddington, it is the railroads intent to open an office in East Farewell to expedite the communication between the railroad and the suppliers in the region.  The suppliers would be; the Iron Works in East Farewell, electrical supplier, Eagleton Supply, in Slate Mountain and the Corning Glass works in Coring.

“Once again, East Farewell has shown it is the premier location in the area to do business and live,” said Tom Conally, Council President, during a hastily arranged news conference Tuesday. He went on to emphasize the importance of the railroad in the town’s development and well being.

“I think it is just great,” said Mrs. Mallard, local landlord, “We need more stable jobs here and this will bring in a higher class of people. Not that I mind the factory workers, but they can be kind of transient. I think some white collars around here will be nice. I have a feeling that with all these people moving in and out something bad is going to happen”

The details of the office have not been released but it is presumed that they will locate in the prime business district and occupy at least a whole floor in one of the main buildings in town.

Train arriving at East Farewell Station

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SPORTS

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COUGARS WIN TWO OVER WILDCATS AND CANARIES

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The Cougars continued their two-game a week revised schedule this week and were able to win two games in spite of the grueling schedule. This week they hosted the Riverview Wildcats and the Slate Mountain Canaries. Both teams played well against the Cougars but both went down in defeat to the current league leader. The Wildcats played a very tough first half scoring an unanswered 10 points during one stretch, but the Cougars rallied after a timeout and went on to win 50-43. The Cougars showed great discipline and followed some superb coaching by Coach Wilson to claw their way back and push past the court-running Wildcats. The Cougars steady backcourt play of Fitzgerald and Welch dominated the second half and cooled the hot run and gun play of Wildcats Burt Wolf and Jerry Fine that was so successful in the first half.  Wolf and Fine worked very well together scoring a combined total of 29 points, 21 in the first half. When the second half started with the Wildcats on top by two, both teams played a very defensive game. Neither side scored in the first six minutes. As the half started to wind down the Cougars came alive inside with center, Bill Donahue, commanding the inside and scoring 12 points inside the last eight minutes.

In the second game last week the Cougars were showing their fatigue but were able to outscore an equally fatigued Canary squad, 45-44.  Both sides were coming off tough games earlier in the week and the squeezed schedule took its toll on the players.  The Cougars shot a dismal 25% and the Canaries did not fare any better, shooting only 23%. Once again Cougar center Bill Donahue controlled the middle and the inside scoring 26 points and grabbing 15 rebounds.  The Canaries were led by the outside shooting of guard, Bill Boyle, who scored 22 points.

“This was a tough week for the boys, with the weather and the tight schedule and all,” said Coach Wilson after the second game, “but they played well enough to win. The Canaries were tough but they were tired, too. It wasn’t our best game but a win is a win.”   

The Cougars go back to a once a week game next week when they host the Fort Lee Captains on Saturday. The Captains have completely turned their team around from last year when they only won two game all season. This year they are competing for first place along with the Cougars. The game is forcast to be a barn burner. It begins at 2:00 PM Saturday in the Regional High School Gymnasium.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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MACARTHUR-NO SUBSTITUTE FOR VICTORY – KHRUSHCHEV REPLACES MALENKOV – EINSTEIN TALKS ATOMS – WILLIAMS TESTIFIES

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In a West Point speech - Gen. Douglas MacArthur told his audience - “In war there can be no substitute for victory.” “Oblivious to the lessons of military history and the American tradition, a new concept has arisen from outside our ranks which tends to disavow victory as the combat objective and to advocate in its stead a new kind of tactic on which to base the battle. The result can be nothing but failure.”

N.S. Khrushchev, a fast-rising Ukrainian Soviet politician, appears to have stepped into an old job of his boss, Prime Minister Georgi Malenkov – the leadership of the Central committee of the Soviet Union Communist Party.

In Princeton - Professor Albert Einstein says that his new theory, designed to explain everything from single atoms to the universe, is mathematically correct. But he added - “I have not been able to find out if there are any physical truths in it.” Einstein, who just turned 74, discussed his new theory at a news conference in connection with the announcement that a college, under Jewish auspices, has been named the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The new college will be built in New York.

Music news - Mrs. Billie Williams (20), widow of Hillbilly singer Hank Williams, testifies to a legislative committee investigating narcotics traffic in Oklahoma, that she believes H.R. (Toby) Marshall, an Oklahoma convict paroled from a forgery sentence, contributed to her husband’s death. Toby, who had admitted posing as a doctor, denied he ever conspired with anyone to take the life of the singer. Marshal testified that Williams paid him $300 a week plus expenses to accompany him on a Texas singing tour and treat him for alcoholism. Marshall admitted his medical degrees were false and he only got as far as high school. Mrs. Williams told the committee - “I never will accept the report that my husband died of a heart attack.”

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3/12/1953

                                        EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, March 12, 1953   Vol. C222

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LOCAL NEWS

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FLOWER SHOW A BIG HIT

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East Farewell- The first annual East Farewell Flower Show has been a bona-fide success as it winds up its stay on Sunday.  Over 100 exhibitors crammed into the basement and overflowed onto the first floor of the Town Hall.  The exhibits ranged from simple bouquets to much more elaborate arrangements that involved multiple blooms, ferns and evergreens.  One extremely expansive exhibit presented by East Farewell’s own florist, Sam Frankenburger, had a small staged pond surrounded by beautiful lilies, roses, holly and delicate daisies all in full bloom.

            The event drew huge crowds’ everyday but the enormous crowds were on the weekend and it is expected that this weekend will even be greater.  It has been estimated that there were more than 4,000 visitors so far and it is expected to pass the 5,000 mark by closing Sunday.  All the visitors have brought an added benefit to town; everyone has frequented the local establishments for food and drink and the boarding houses and rentals have been full for the week.  March has traditionally been a very slow month for those establishments.  This wonderful event has completely turned the local economy around and everyone is very excited about the future of the show.  “This has far surpassed our expectations and we hope to make this a permanent addition to the town’s social calendar,” said Tom Connelly, Town Council President.

            Many of the exhibitors were from the surrounding towns and hamlets but news of the event has traveled all the way across the tri-state area.  Exhibitors arrived from faraway places like New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg.  The event received positive and generous reviews from the papers in those cities.

Giant orchards and beautiful blooms seen at the Flower Show

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SPORTS

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COUGARS WIN TWO TO GET BACK ON TOP

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East Farewell- The Cougars got back on the winning track with two wins in one week.  On Friday they controlled the Central Bears winning easily, 50-46.  They only trailed once throughout the whole game.  The seniors, Bill Donahue and Ted Fitzgerald once again led the team by controlling both the rebounding and the often overlooked tempo of the game. “Fitz has really come into his own on the court,” said Coach Wilson after the game, “He is directing the other guys like a pro.  Jimmy Welch has been a great number two man in the backcourt, but Fitz has really showed a rare gift of understanding this game.  It doesn’t hurt that he had Big Billy D. sweeping almost every board during the game. Those kids were just great tonight.”

            The second win came on a rare Tuesday night game played against the Corning Devils.  The Cougars were able to defeat the Devils in a hard fought contest, 38-35.  The game was decided in the last minute by a beautiful rebound and outlet pass by Donahue to a streaking Fitzgerald who made the layup, was fouled and made the last free throw.  The Coring Devils forward Sam Laird was high scorer for the game with 14 but that couldn’t match the Cougars even spread with 5 players scoring at least 7 points each, Donahue had 8 and Fitzgerald had 9.  The game seesawed back and forth and the excitement reached a crescendo in the last minutes. Laird was forced outside and took a 15 footer from the baseline.  He had made the same shot twice earlier.  This time the shot hit the back of the rim a bounced almost straight up and fell to the side. Donahue leapt across the lane to snag the rebound and in the same motion flung the ball down court to Fitzgerald who was already at half court. Devils guard Willie Armstrong tried desperately to catch Fitzgerald but to no avail. Armstrong hit Fitzgerald’s arm on the way up but Fitzgerald was able to complete the play and make the basket.  Fitzgerald completed the three point play by making the foul shot with only 10 seconds left on the clock.  The Cougars then went into a lock down defense on the inbounds play and were able to stifle the Devils as time ran out.

            Due to the early winter storms that caused postponements of several games the Cougars will be playing two games a week for the rest of the season.  This coming week they will be hosting the Riverview Wildcats tomorrow and on Wednesday the will visit the Slate Mountain Canaries.  Both games start at 4:00.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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WARREN NEW CHIEF JUSITCE – MCCARTHY WITHDRAWS SUIT – MISS USA DIVORCES - GABLE GOES SOLO

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Former Gov. Earl Warren of California is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.

Senator Joseph McCarthy withdraws the $2 million libel and slander suit he filed two years ago against former senator William Benton of Connecticut. Senators Joseph R. McCarthy and Everett M. Dirksen suggest “disagreeable” labor camps for armed services personnel who were Communists or who invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about Communist associations.

President Tito warns Americans that the actions of Sen. McCarthy may undermine American government prestige abroad.  President Eisenhower speaks out against “disregard of fair play” in words aimed unmistakably at Sen. McCarthy.

Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Puerto Rican fanatics who shot five Congressmen is seized after he and four aides shot it out with police and American military policemen in a two-hour gun battle in the heart of downtown San Juan.

In a Gallup Poll – 58% say they favor the right to vote for persons between 18 and 21. In his state of the Union address, President Eisenhower said that if these people are good enough to fight for the country, “They should participate in the political process that produces this fateful summons.”

Jackie Loughery, Miss. U.S.A in 1952, divorces singer Guy Mitchell. “I really loved Guy and tried to hold our marriage together despite our disagreements. But he just wouldn’t co-operate.”

Clark Gable quits MGM after 20 years “In order to avail myself of the opportunity of entering the free-lance field.”

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3/5/1953

                                    EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, March 5, 1953   Vol. C221

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LOCAL NEWS

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NEW IDEA TO BEAT THE WINTER BLUES

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East Farewell- The idea that Phil Alessie, the local florist, presented to the Town Council was farfetched at best.  He suggested that East Farewell host a mid-winter flower show to break the bleak, dreary cold of the season and bring some bright, sunny happiness to town.  Surprisingly, the Council loved the idea and immediately put it on the event schedule. The obvious question was, where will anybody find plants blooming in the middle of winter?  Greenhouses were the answer.  Mr. Alessie has contacted a number of his fellow florists from all over the area and state with the challenge.  The response was phenomenal.  Over 100 florists have contacted him and have signed up to show forced bloom flowers and exotic plants in the 1^st Annual East Farewell Flower Show to take place March 7^th thru March 14^th in the Town Hall basement.

“This is a very exciting and novel idea,” said Town Council President, Tom Connelly, “The town will love to come out and see beautiful flowers and plants.  This is a wonderful way to beat the winter blues, have some fun and get some great ideas for the spring.”

“I can’t wait; I am really tired of all the snow and wet weather we have been having lately.  It is winter, but even the snow lovers will appreciate some color and fresh smells right about now’” said Mrs. Mallard, a local boarding house owner and prominent East Fareweller.

The exhibitors will have an open invitation to use their creativity and artist ability to make their own arrangements.  There were discussions early on about making it a competition but that was voted down by the council.  “We just want to have fun and let these exhibitors do their own thing,” said Connelly.

If the show is a hit, and by all the excitement that has already been generated it seems like it can’t miss, the Council plans to make this an annual event.  There is talk of making a suggestion to the Mighty Keystone Railroad to establish a special train excursion from the bigger cities.  Who wouldn’t love to get a little taste of spring in the middle of winter?

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SPORTS

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COUGARS LOOK TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH CENTRAL BEARS

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East Farewell- After two tough losses in the past two weeks to the Southport Hawks and Slate Mountain Miners, the Cougars are looking to get back on track with Central Bears on Friday in the school gym.  The losing streak is unfamiliar to the team who had showed great poise in the early part of the season.  Now the season has moved to the midway point and the Cougars have seen every other team in the league at least once.  There is a lot of anticipation for the second half of the season and even talk of a league championship.  That type of talk is irritating to Coach Wilson and he makes it clear to anyone who brings it up that the team is young and they need to play every game.  “We can’t have these boys getting big headed. It will just take their minds off the job at hand, which is to win tonight,“ Wilson said at the beginning of the Slate Mountain game.  It seems the boys were a bit distracted that night as they went down in defeat, 34-35, on a last second, half court buzzer beater thrown up by Slate Mountain’s Billy Grahmn.

The game was in the Cougars hands for most of the game. Seniors, center Bill Donahue and point guard Ted Fitzgerald took command and it looked like an easy win for the Cougars.  They led 32 to 25 with only four minutes to play.  That is when the Miners came alive and rattled off eight straight points to take the lead 33-30 with thirty seconds left.  Donahue took a beautiful backhanded pass from Fitzgerald to retake the lead and an apparent win, 34-33.  With only seven seconds on the clock Grahmn took the inbounds pass and dribbled to half court and let loose a bomb.  As time expired the ball bounced straight up off the back of the rim and dropped through for the win.  The Slate Mountain fans exploded as the Cougars stood on the court dumfounded.  “That was a tough loss,” said Wilson after the game.  An understatement at its best.

The Cougars game on Friday begins at 5:00PM.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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STALIN DIES – RUSSIA MORNS - IKE HONORS MARINE - WARNER DOES 3-D

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The Soviet press appeals for unity after the death of Premier Stalin. The regime of Georgi Malenkov is acting swiftly to assure security after shift of power.  “Intensity of Grief” - Moscow radio begins relaying a description of the funeral of Joseph Stalin, broadcast from the Hall of Columns on Red Square, where Stalin’s body has been lying in state.  In Moscow - The body of Joseph Stalin is laid beside Lenin as the communist world morns the death of the premier.  Premier Georgi Malenkov hints in a peace plea, that he would view favorably a meeting with President Eisenhower. 

In a Gallup poll, few believe that Stalin’s death has improved the chances for world peace.

President Eisenhower awards his first Medal of Honor. This one went to Cpl Duane E. Dewey, who flung himself on an enemy hand grenade and smothered its explosion in Korea.  Making the presentation, President Eisenhower told the Marine: “You must have a body of steel.” 

Warner Brothers is offering a new sound system, which the studio says is the result of nearly 30 years’ of research.  “House of Wax” will be the first picture to introduce “WarnerPhonic Sound.” The system is formed by a series of sound tracks in addition to the original basic sound track which accompanies a picture. The Paramount Theater in New York City where “House of Wax” will be presented in a world premiere April 10 is installing some 25 special speakers to achieve the best possible value from the expanded sound system. Also, “House of Wax” is a 3D movie, so this premiere should be one-of-a-kind.

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2/26/1953

                                      EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, February 26, 1953   Vol. C220

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LOCAL NEWS

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GROUND BREAKING FOR NEW NEWS BUILDING

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East Farewell- Snow covered the ground and a pick was needed to officially break the ground for the new East Farewell News building on Tuesday.  Town Council President Tom Conally swung the pick as a team of construction workers looked on with mild amusement.  Also in attendance was Young Builders President Bruce Walker, other members of the Town Council and Mighty Keystone Railroad Vice-President, Charles Logan. The area dedicated was the lot of the former building that burned to the ground last year. The area has been cleared, removing the severely damaged Distribution Center and adding two lots to the parcel.  The fire totally destroyed the building and warehouse and put publication of the News in a precarious position.  Without the generosity of printing facility in Slate Mountain and all the people that put in the extra hours of travel to bring each issue home since the disaster, the whole rebuilding project would not have been possible not to mention the very existence of the paper itself.

The new building will house not only the paper’s main business office; it will also be the home of the editorial and sales offices as well as a new home for the East Farewell Community Office, the de-facto home of the East Farewell Historical Society. Most of the town’s historical documents and early pictures were saved from the fire because they were stored in a fireproof safe.  The Printing and Distribution Center will be built behind the new building and serve as a central distribution for not only the East Farewell News but also the Fort Lee Times that is also owned by News owner John Robb.  The new building and printing presses will feature state of the art technology and modern conveniences for the workers and staff. Some of those conveniences include an ultra modern cafeteria and air conditioning throughout the whole building.

“We are excited and looking forward to our new home.  This will bring the News back to East Farewell and be able to serve our customers with a wonderful paper and an important part of our community,” an excited Robb said at the ceremony.  

Artist’s Rendition of the new East Farwell News Building

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SPORTS

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COUGARS LOSE ON THE ROAD

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Southport- The Cougars did not travel well last week. They took the long road trip to Southport and never really got into a rhythm during the game. After a back and forth first half they seemed to lose steam and ended up losing to the Hawks, 32-28. In the first half the lead change seven times and at the end of the first half the teams were tied. As the second half went on the Hawks, led by lead scorer, Sam Wilson, were able to build a five point lead and hold the Cougars at bay for the rest of the game.

            Center Bill Donahue and forwards Gene Green and Billy O’Donnell played a strong first half controlling the center and continually pressuring the Hawks but in the second half they seemed lost and tired.  Donahue ended up with a respectable 10 points and Green and O’Donnell contributed 6 points each. Surprisingly, the league’s best backcourt team of Ted Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch were pretty much a non factor in this game. They were only able to get 6 points between them.  The Hawks, on the other hand, looked sharp and disciplined. Along with Wilson, who had a game and personal high of 19 points, forward Joe Flack had 8 and guard Phil Ralston 3 and Ralph Jones scored 2 coming off the bench.

            “It was a long ride home. The boys were tired and upset, they didn’t play their game and those Hawks were sharp.  We will just try and put that one behind us and move on to Slate Mountain next week,” said Coach Wilson the next game back at school.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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IKE WILL MEET STALIN – COMMIES KILL WOMAN REFUGEE IN BERLIN – MARILYN PIX CAUSES STIR

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President Eisenhower says he is willing to go halfway to a meeting with Russian Premier Joseph Stalin if it will increase the changes of world peace and if the American people approve. Foreign observers believe the Russians would welcome President Eisenhower’s willingness to discuss peace face-to-face with Premier Stalin. Their best guess is that Berlin would be the meeting place.

Berlin - Communist police kill a man and wound a women fleeing across the border into the American sector, West Berlin. At the same time the Red Gestapo was reported making hundreds of arrests in the Soviet Zone.

The rather nude photo of Marilyn Monroe on the famous calendar has cost at least one shop owner a $50 fine. He was fined a Hollywood city ordinance forbidding the display of nude pictures visible from a public sidewalk. The camera shop operator had been selling the Monroe calendars at $1 a copy.

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