EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, March
25, 1954 Vol. C456
LOCAL
NEWS
LOCAL FARM REUSES WASTE OIL
East Farewell- A
local horse farm , the Swinging Gate Ranch, owner by Bob and Diane Taylor
have come up with a novel reuse of waste cooking oil from many of the
restaurants in town. They are burning it in their generators to heat their
stables. They have also reconfigured one of their tractors to burn the discarded
oil greatly reducing their dependence on commercial gasoline, propane and
diesel fuel. “It wasn’t hard to convert the heaters but the tractor took a
little tinkering but once we got the carbonator switched over it worked great.
The diesel operated equipment was almost already there, just a few blending
changes,” said Bob Taylor during an interview. “We noticed there was a lot of
cooking oil being used in the town restaurants and they were just throwing it
out. Well, I knew from my science classes that the oil was almost as combustible
as gasoline, at least as good as diesel, and I figured if I could get them to
sell me, or better yet give me, their waste I could convert some of my heaters
and things on the farm to run on that and save me a bundle.”
As it turns
out, most of the restaurants were paying to dispose of their used oil and
gladly let Taylor pick it up from them. They all agreed and Taylor started
making weekly rounds to the rear of the restaurants in town in his war surplus
tanker truck picking up the oil using a pump fitted to the truck. It
seems like a win-win situation. The restaurants don’t have to pay for the
disposal and Taylor has cut his fuel dependency in half. “The only drawback, if
you can call it one, is that the barn now smells like a burger joint. The
horses don’t seem to mind but the cows are getting a little jumpy, we are
looking into that.”
All things
considered it seems tis setup is beneficial to everyone, except maybe the cows.
Perhaps, if the Taylors used the oil from Jake’s Chicken Shack to heat the cow
barn it would calm down the cows.
Bob Taylor’s Fuel Truck
SPORTS
COUGARS OUT CLAW WILDCATS
East Farewell – The Cougars played a Friday night game against the Riverview Wildcats and had a fairly easy time dispatching the injury riddled Riverview squad. The Wildcats have been plagued with injuries throughout the season most occurring after the last time the two teams met. The Wildcats won the last matchup, 46-44. Since then their center, Ronald Dixon, suffered a badly twisted knee and has been sidelined. Also the star of the last matchup, Gerry Thompson, broke his wrist and is out for the season. The Wildcats also saw a round of the flu hit the team benching so many players that they were in danger of having to forfeit a game two weeks ago. They were able to raise a playing squad but they have had great difficulty generating a winning formula.
Their
dilemma was clear on Friday night. The Cougars were able to control the game
from the start. Cougar’s center, Dan Davis, took control and the Wildcat’s
center, Brian Walker could do little to contain him. Davis had a 2 inch height
over Walker and used it throughout the game. By halftime the Cougars had built
up a 10 point lead and it looked like real trouble for the Wildcats. But, the
Wildcats did not give up. After the half they came out with a new defense
designed to slow down Davis and they started to shoot much better. By the end
of the third quarter they had Davis in foul trouble and Coach Wilson chose to
sit Davis rather than have him foul out. So for about half of the third quarter
and most of the fourth quarter Davis was on the bench. Walker was able to
capitalize on Davis’s absence and score 6 straight points. Backup center,
Shamus McKean took a little time to get into his playing form. The Wildcats
were able to trim the score to 44-42 with four minutes left but Coach Wilson
put Davis back in and the Wildcat run came to an end. Davis did not immediately
start to score but he opened up the lanes for the other Cougars to get some
clear shots. Forwards Gene Green and Billy O’Donnell were dead on from just
outside the lane and scored 6 more points while the Wildcats could only manage
2. The game ended with the Cougars on top, 50-44.
Next
week the Cougars stay at home but play a Saturday game against the Slate
Mountain Canaries. The Canaries won the first meeting, 34-31 but they enjoyed
their home court advantage that has served them well all season. The Cougars
hope to even the series with a home court advantage of their own. The game
begins at 1:30 in the Regional High School gym.
NATIONAL NEWS
MCCARTHY TO APPEAR ON “SEE IT
NOW” – MCCARTHY POPULARITY SLIDES - NEW H-BOMB EXPLODED – QUEEN
ELIZABETH WEARS SLACKS –P SPRING FASHIONS – TEEN TIPS – NATIONAL NEGRO NETWORK
STARTS BROADCASTS - AT THE MOVIES
Senator Joseph McCarthy agreed to appear on Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now” on April 6 to answer the CBS-TV commentator’s attack of last week. McCarthy had previously assigned his friend; author William F. Buckley Jr. to the stump. Senator McCarthy said he needed the breather until April 6 to develop information in his files on Murrow.
A
Gallup Poll finds the popularity of Sen. Joseph McCarthy down to 46% and an
uptick in the disapproval vote from January:
Jan
- 50% favorable
Jan
- 29% unfavorable.
This
week - 46% favorable
This week - 36% unfavorable
Military sources say that a new kind of “hydrogen device” exploded recently in the Pacific, saying it was more than twice as powerful as the historic first hydrogen explosion detonated at the Eniwetok atoll on November 1, 1952.
Lockheed unveils two new Navy fighter planes designed to climb straight up and land tail-first straight down. They are the Lockheed XFV-1 and the Convair XFY-1. Both are known as “VTO” fighters for their vertical take-off abilities. Both are powered with turbo-prop engines turning contra-rotating propellers and developing the equivalent of 5500 HP to give the torpedo-like craft helicopter characteristics in take-off and landing.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth makes a public appearance - in slacks! It was the first time she dressed so informally in public. She wore the slacks while she and the Duke of Edinburgh explored Seaforth Island in Australia - an uninhabited coral island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
Spring Fashions - The big collar is big news - it’s youthful and eminently becoming to everyone.
For
teenagers - here are some tips if you are going steady:
...To
go steady too long is unfair to both. By usual standards for going steady, you postpone
outside dating until you forewarn your steady of your wish or intention.
...
Whenever in doubt about whether to continue to go steady, take time out. Let it
be understood both will be free to date others.
...
Keep all dating on a friendly, casual basis until you and your former steady
are ready to come to some definite decision?
...
Set a time limit on the experiment.
... If you decide to continue going steady, you’ll have more to share if you continue to widen your interests. Take time out from twosome dates to enjoy other couples, separate activities and hobbies. With some variety, boy-girl friendships are more fun and are more likely to last longer.
National Negro Network, which began operations a few weeks ago with a 15-minute soap opera starring Juanita Hall, signs Hilda Simms for a second afternoon program, and is in negotiations with Ethel Waters to star in a third. Plan is to get 4 of these kinds of programs on the air by June. National Negro Network programming can be seen on 40 television stations.
CBS-TV debuts “The Morning Show” to compete directly with NBC-TV’s “Today” show. The network says there is something in it for everyone. Walter Cronkite will host. A pair of puppets will also be included. They’ll perform four times daily. Like “Today,” “The Morning Show” will contain a host of features - local, national and international spot news, commentary on current events - interviews from the world of sports, entertainment and industry. The worlds of fashion and science will also be covered. Charles Collingwood will also be part of the broadcast.
At
the movies -
The Long, Long Trailer
- Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn
Man In The Attic (The Terrifying Story of Jack the
Ripper!) - Jack Palance, Constance Smith
The Champion - Kirk Douglas
Little
Boy Lost - Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin
The Glenn Miller Story -
James Stewart, June Allyson, Charles Drake, George Tobias, Henry Morgan, Louis
Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Frances
Langford, Ben Pollack.
Dangerous Mission (Avalanche of Action in 3D) -
Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix, Vincent Price
The Naked Jungle -
Eleanor Parker, Charlton Heston
Hell and High Water -
Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi
King of the Khyber Rifles -
Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie
Rose Marie (I Love You) -
Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas, Bert Lahr, Marjorie Main, Ray Collins
Jubilee Trail - Vera Ralston,
Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Pat O’Brien
Hell’s Half Acre -
Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester
From Here To Eternity -
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed
The Wild One - Marlon Brando,
Mary Murphy, Robert Keith
The Big Heat - Glenn Ford,
Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando
Yankee Pasha - Jeff Chandler,
Rhonda Fleming, Mamie Van Doren, Lee J. Cobb
Beachhead! - Tony Curtis,
Frank Lovejoy, Mary Murphy
Public Enemy - James Cagney
Beat the Devil - Humphrey
Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida
Saskatchewan - Alan Ladd,
Shelley Winters
Duffy of San Quentin - Louis Hayward,
Joanne Dru, Paul Kelly
Little Caesar - Edward G.
Robinson
The French Line -
Jane Russell
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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