EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
7, 1954 Vol. C445
LOCAL
NEWS
FIREWORKS WELCOME IN 1954
East Farewell – For the second year fireworks exploded over Lake
Charles at midnight welcoming in 1954 to East
Farewell. The display has become very popular with local residents who
braved the cold temperatures and the snow covered streets to gather on the
Lakefront Plaza and take in the wonderful display. Many visitors from around
the area made the trip having heard about the festivities from local news
outlets. The display was directly over Lake Charles and was visible from almost
any place around the lake. This seemed to have an almost invitational effect on
many of the lakefront homeowners who are normally only summer visitors. There
were many small parties all along the lake front, on the many docks and private
beaches. The display started precisely at midnight and lasted for 20 minutes
ending in a grand finale that had everyone on their feet, clapping. During the
display upbeat music was provided by local
band leader, Les Charles and his Big Band.
Many of the out of town visitors stayed over and took in the morning menus offered by some of the new restaurants in town. Others were content to relax at their boarding houses and listen to the Rose Bowl football game on the radio.
SPORTS
WINTER TOURNAMENT SET
The Cougars will host the East Farewell Winter tournament next
week throughout the week. The Cougars are not the top seed this year even
though they won last year’s tournament.
The tournament expanded this year. The teams represented along with the
Cougars are; the Central
Bears, Riverview Wildcats, Slate
Mountain Canaries, Fort Lee Captains, Southport Hawks, Slate Mountain Miners
and the Corning Devils. The tournament will have two games a day on Sunday and
Monday with the semi-finals and consolation game on Wednesday. The final game
will be Thursday night at 7:00PM in the Regional High Gymnasium. The games are
expected to be almost all sold out with many folks coming in from other towns
to root for their favorites.
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NATIONAL NEWS
IKE HERALDS PROSPERITY &
ORDERS NEW APPROACH TO MILITARY CALLUPS – PLANE CRASH KILLS 12 – HANDY CAR TIP
– DELANEY TO HELP HODGES WITH BROADCASTS – SIEGEL’S GIRLFRIEND DIES
In a nationwide radio and television broadcast, President Eisenhower says that every legitimate means is being used to maintain the nation’s prosperity and will continue to be used as necessary. The president hit out at “self-appointed” peddlers of gloom and doom and said his administration will not tolerate “a boom-and-bust American” dependent on war or threats of war for prosperity.
President
Eisenhower orders “a new approach” to military reserve policies:
1)
An “immediately callable reserve” consisting of well-trained men who would be
ready for immediate military service.”
2) A “selectively callable reserve” composed of men who would be subject to recall or deferment on the basis of occupation, special skills, age, marital and paternal status, and other factors.”
An Amphibious plane returning from a duck hunt with a group of prominent businessmen, crashes near Shreveport, killing 12 persons, including Tom Braniff, president of the airline which bears his name. Ivy Pool, night manager of the Shreveport Airport, said amphibian pilot Buddy Hudddleston radioed minutes before the crash - that the plane was icing over and he would attempt an emergency landing on Lake Wallace. “I don’t think we can make it,” radioed the pilot. The plane slammed down into an empty camp house alongside the lake, crashed on the shore and burst into flames.
Car tip - If your hood doesn’t look as shiny as the rest of your car, you can probably blame the heat from the motor. Try applying a coat of aluminum paint to the underside. It will deflect the motor heat, which causes wax and polish to melt.
Robert De Laney, who was a sports announcer with the Boston Red Sox, will assist Russ Hodges in broadcasting the New York Giants games next season over WMCA radio and WPIX television in New York City.
Dies - Countess Dorothy di Frasso (66) - famed and wealthy international hostess, intimate of film stars and friend of the late gang leader Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel - is found dead of a heart attack in her roomette aboard the Los Angeles Limited train. Her body was discovered by actor Clifton Webb, who was traveling with her in the same car from Las Vegas.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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