EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, October
29, 1953 Vol. C435
LOCAL
NEWS
ANOTHER PARADE FOR THE
TRAVELERS
East Farewell – It was hastily organized and short but it was a
parade and it honored the League Champions; East Farewell Travelers. The parade
began Saturday morning at 10:00, ran down Lake Shore Drive past the
Lakefront Plaza and out to the Regional High School where the Homecoming game
began almost as soon as the parade ended. All the Traveler players were given
front row seats and cheered the Cougars on to victory. The team also stayed for
the party, dinner and some stayed for the dance which was a huge hit with the
students.
The parade was led by the Regional
High School Marching Band and had two flatbeds that carried the team and the
coaches. The flatbeds were followed by two fire trucks, a couple of tractors and
a police car. That was it. Regardless, the fans lined the street and followed
in after the parade passed. The crowd was quite sizable by the time it reached
the field and the trucks were able to drive right onto the sidelines but the
crowd was detained at the gate. Once the fans had worked their way through the
gates the seats around the Travelers filled quickly. The team took the
adoration in good spirits and freely gave out autographs and signed mementos.
They also went down to the field at halftime after the scheduled programs and
were presented with the key to the city by Council President Tom Connally. The
Cougars were treated to a quick pep talk right before the second half by
players Johnny Cloos and hero of the championship game,
“Mean” Richie Lane.
“I was surprised, he wasn’t mean at all,” said quarterback, Sam
Jones after the game, “Every time I have seen him at the plate he looks like he
is gonna kill the pitcher, but when he was talking to us he got us all revved
up about playing to win. He was worked up about the game and very excited about
our play but he wasn’t mean to us at all. He was just a great guy.”
The Travelers have attained a certain celebrity status around
town and since almost all live in or around the town it is not uncommon to see
them around town shopping, dining or just sitting at the Lakefront Plaza
enjoying the view.
1953 Champs on
Lake Shore Drive
SPORTS
HOMECOMING FOR THE COUGARS A DEFINITE WIN
East Farewell – The Cougars Homecoming game was quite the event
on Saturday. The beginning of the game was delayed for almost an hour while the
fans streamed into the field after the Travelers championship parade. The delay
was hardly noticed because the marching band had preceded the crowd and put on
a tremendous pre-game show. The show included a dazzling display by the baton
twirlers and the band forming its traditional “C” but then moving into a
tribute “T” in honor of the championship Travelers who were in attendance.
The game started off with a bang when the Cougars senior
running back Joey Fox ran the kickoff back to the Corning fifteen. Quarterback
Sam Jones made quick work of the Corning defense with a short run and then a
wide screen pass to sophomore receiver Dave Walker who scampered in for the
score. The drive was only two plays, took only one minute ten seconds and it
looked like the Cougars were going to have a great game. The Devils were not
going to let that happen, though. After going back and forth for the rest of
the first quarter and three minutes into the second quarter they worked their
way down the field and were able to tie the game.
The second half
started after the Cougars had an impromptu pep talk on the sideline by several
Travelers and that seemed to bring them back to life. They went out and stopped
the Devils on their first three possessions without a first down. Although the Cougars
did not score in the third quarter they controlled the tempo and held the field
position. The Cougars finally broke out in the fourth quarter opening the
quarter with a field goal by Cox and then scoring two more touchdowns. The game ended as it started with an eighty
yard, end around run by Joey Fox. The final score was Cougars 24, Devils 7.
After the game
the field was transformed into a giant picnic area and hosted about 300 people,
students, parents, fans and even some Travelers for a cookout dinner that
preceded the Homecoming Dance in the gymnasium. A few of the Travelers stayed
on to chaperone the dance much to the delight of the students.
NATIONAL
NEWS
CHURCHILL SAYS LESS CHANCE FOR NUKE WAR –
HELEN KELLER MEETS IKE – ANDY DEVINE SAVES A LIFE – AT THE MOVIES
Prime Minister Churchill declares the danger of war has lessened because now the Russians - along with the rest of mankind, fear the annihilation an atomic conflict would bring.
Helen Keller (73) meets President Eisenhower for the first time. Blind and deaf since she was 19 months; Keller said, “I felt a fine face. I felt the courage and the thought that has carried him through such great years in the word’s history.” Keller has also met Presidents Cleveland, Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson, Harding Coolidge, Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Cowboy actor Andy Devine is credited with saving the life of an Air Force airman after the airman’s car flipped into an irrigation canal in California. Pulling him out of the car, Devine happened to be in the area duck hunting.
At
the movies –
The
Joe Louis Story - Paul Stewart, Hilda Simms
How
To Marry A Millionaire – Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall
Mogambo
- Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly
So
Big - Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Olsen
Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for contributing to this
section of The News.
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