EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, March
12, 1953 Vol. C222
LOCAL
NEWS
FLOWER SHOW A
BIG HIT
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
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN TWO TO GET BACK ON
TOP
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.
NATIONAL NEWS
WARREN
NEW CHIEF JUSITCE – MCCARTHY WITHDRAWS SUIT – MISS USA DIVORCES - GABLE GOES
SOLO
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.”
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of The News.
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