EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, February
26, 1953 Vol. C220
LOCAL
NEWS
GROUND BREAKING FOR NEW NEWS
BUILDING
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 Most of the town’s historical documents and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
SPORTS
COUGARS LOSE ON THE ROAD
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.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE WILL MEET STALIN – COMMIES KILL WOMAN
REFUGEE IN BERLIN – MARILYN PIX CAUSES STIR
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.
Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for contributing to this
section of the East Farewell News.
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