EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
21, 1954 Vol. C447
LOCAL
NEWS
A BLAST OF REALITY
East Farewell- The welcomed warmth of last week was just as
brief as expected. On Sunday temperatures dropped precipitously and by Monday
snow had begun to fall. The storm lasted all day Monday and into Tuesday
dropping approximately 5” of snow on the town. While this wasn’t a catastrophic
snowstorm it did slow things up and remind everyone that winter is still in
charge. “This is more like it,” said Mrs.
Mallard, local boarding house owner, “The warm weather was nice but it
through us all off. I mean we are still in the dead of winter, right?”
That is right,
spring isn’t officially due until March 20th and East
Farewell usually doesn’t really see spring weather until April. East
Farewell averages 8” of snow in January and this past storm put us half the way
there. More snow is in the forecast and everyone is expecting the cold weather
to stick around. Rest assured there will be much more cold and snow before we
see the first blooms of spring.
Snow on Main
Street
SPORTS
COUGARS BACK ON TRACK
East Farewell – The Cougars were able
to repeat their winning ways with a sound defeat of the Central Bears on Friday
night, 40-34. The Cougars were coming off a second place finish in the Winter
Tournament and had already beaten the Bears in the first round. The Cougars jumped
out to a 10-2 lead and their very strong defense kept the Bears scrambling for
points. Dan Davis, Cougars center, was very much in control of the center and
the Bears did not have an answer. Davis ended up being lead scorer for the game
with 10 points. At the end of the first half the Cougars led 22-16.
The
second half started with the Bears trying a full court press. That failed and
was pulled off after only four processions. The Cougar backcourt of Tommy Green
and Jimmy Welch made quick work of the press with fast, accurate passing and an
impressive display of ball handling. By the end of the third quarter the
Cougars were in complete control and Coach Wilson put in some subs. Off the
bench Joey Fox, Charlie Cox and Shamus McKean, all sophomores, gave a little
glimpse of the future. They all played well and Fox scored two baskets.
The
Cougars head out on the road next week as they travel up to their dreaded
rival’s home base. They will face the Corning Devils, who defeated them to win
the Winter Tournament just last week. The Devils are very tough at home having
lost only one home game this year. The game will be on Saturday afternoon,
beginning at 1:30PM in the Corning Fieldhouse.
NATIONAL NEWS
MAMIE LAUNCHES NAUTILUS –
MOLOTOV CASTS GLOOM OVER GERMAN ELECTIONS – GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS – HEMINGWAY
ESCAPES DEATH, TWICE - WINTERS THOWS A
TANTRUM – STUDIO- MONROE BETTER GET BACK TO WORK – SINATRA IN A CAR CRASH –
ROACH SAYS NO MOVIE STARS WILL BE TV STARS – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK
In Groton, CT - Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower launches the world’s first atomic submarine - the Nautilus.
Foreign Minister Molotov of Russia - drops a ball of gloom on the opening session of the four-power conference in Berlin. Molotov followed British Foreign Minister Eden, who addressed the conference’s main business of reunification of Germany and the implementation of the Austrian treaty. Molotov seemed disturbed by a closing statement in Eden’s speech in which he reiterated western determination for free nationwide German elections and said the peace treaty imposed by the four powers - nine years after the war was unsuitable. Calling for a 15-minute recess - Molotov then went into a prolonged speech against the western powers.
The
Golden Globe awards are given out:
Best
actor - Spencer Tracy - “The Actress”
Best
actress - Audrey Hepburn - “Roman Holiday”
Best
picture - “The Robe”
Best
supporting actor; - Frank Sinatra - “From Here to Eternity”
Best
supporting actress - Grace Kelly - “Mogambo”
Best
western star - Guy Madison.
World
favorite actress and actor - Marilyn Monroe, Robert Taylor and Alan Ladd.
Walter Pidgeon served as Master of Ceremonies
Author Ernest Hemingway and his wife escape death twice - in two consecutive plane crashes in the wild Upper Nile country of East Africa. First, they escaped uninjured when their chartered sightseeing planed crashed in the bush on the bank of the Victoria Nile River. A launch taking tourists brought them to Butiaba, on the shores of Lake Albert. There, they boarded a rescue plane, which crashed on take-off. Again, they escaped unhurt.
Starting work on her new film “Mambo” in Rome - actress Shelley Winters ends the night throwing a drink at a photographer. The incident occurred at one of Rome’s gayest nightspots at about 2:30 in the morning. She was with actor Farley Granger when a nightclub photographer flashed a picture of the couple. Chasing after him, she said, “I hate photographers. Why can’t they let me alone?”
20th Century-Fox studio says Marilyn Monroe better be back from her honeymoon (with Joe DiMaggio) by Monday or she’ll be suspended again. She’s to begin work on her new film “Pink Tights.”
Frank Sinatra - en route to perform his radio show “Rocky Fortune” from his apartment near Hollywood gets into an auto accident when his Cadillac convertible collides with a small English-made Austin sedan driven by Mrs. Myrna McClees. She was thrown from the small car, suffering a severe concussion and multiple abrasions. Sinatra is OK.
Producer Hal Roach - speaking at the annual board meeting of the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters says television shows must be short and snappy as vaudeville acts were. “No motion picture stars will be tomorrow’s video stars. But TV must learn to protect its stars. There are not enough of them. There never has been” “People won’t stay home and watch now because a program is free. The public is funny.”... “They’ll pay $1.50 to see a first-run movie when three months later they could see the same thing for half price. But people want to see it when it’s new.”
Pop music this week
Oh!
My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Changing
Partners - Patti Page
The
Gang That Sang Heart of my Heart – The Four Aces
What
It Was Was Football - Deacon Andy Griffith
Marie
- The Four Tunes
Woman - Jose Ferrer
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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