EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
1, 1954 Vol. C457
LOCAL
NEWS
AVON CALLING - OFFERING A NEW
TWIST
East Farewell – The Avon door to door saleswoman has been around
since the 1930’s, even before. The company was founded back in 1888 but really
got popular before the war with an army of pleasant woman selling perfumes and
cosmetics door to door. “Avon Ladies” are attractive, intelligent, well-groomed
and very well informed about their products. Many housewives look forward to
their weekly visit from their local Avon Lady.
East Farewell
has the good fortune of having its own local Avon Lady, Mrs. Ester Huddle, who
lives on Lakeshore
Drive with her husband, Rodney. Mrs. Huddle started selling Avon products
in 1939 but was furloughed during the war years for obvious reasons. She picked
up right where she left off in 1946 and has been going strong ever since. She
has established a wide sales area, from East Farewell around Slate Mountain,
down past Riverview and back up through Bear Creek. She has gained almost
celebrity status among the housewives and young single women in the area. Lately,
Mrs. Huddle has introduced a new wrinkle into the door to door sales technique;
she signs up one of her customers up to “host” an “Avon Party” at her house.
Mrs. Huddle then invites as many as ten local housewives and singles to attend.
The hostess is also encouraged to invite guests. The parties have been a huge
hit all over the area. Mrs. Huddle says she has so many hostess requests that
she has had set up a schedule and it is filled for several months.
East Farewell
News female staff member, Emily Erickson, was able to attend one of Mrs.
Huddle’s parties hosted in East Farewell by Mrs. Mallard. Mrs.
Mallard runs a boarding house on Lakeshore Drive and is very active in the
community. Mrs. Huddle and Mrs. Mallard have been neighbors for over 20 years.
Miss Erickson reported on the party where there were eight others all from East
Farewell. “It was a wonderful affair,” reported Miss Erickson, “Mrs. Mallard
has tea and cakes for everyone and Mrs. Huddle showed us all an amazing
assortment of perfumes, lotions, lipsticks and other cosmetics. All were very
enticing and fairly well priced. We were able to sample some of the wares and
Mrs. Huddle was very organized in her presentation. She was able to move around
the room and talk directly to each person in spite of all the chit-chat,
laughter and dare I say, gossip that was going on. It was indeed one of the
most pleasant two hours I have spent in a long time.”
As it turns out
Miss Erickson purchased $5 worth of Avon products from Mrs. Huddle and charged
it to the East Farewell News. Every woman on the staff was pleasantly surprised
with a small gift.
Mrs. Huddle with a happy customer
SPORTS
COUGARS GET EVEN WITH CANARIES
East Farewell – The Cougars came into
Saturday’s game with a chip on their shoulder. The Slate Mountain Canaries beat
them in their first meeting but the game was very close and the home court
advantage for the Canaries (they have won 91% of their home games) may have had
something to do with the win. Saturday’s game was played on the Cougar’s home
court and they were able to turn the tables, winning 50-46.
These
two teams are very similar. They both have excellent centers and very strong
backcourts. They both play an up-tempo style of offense and can create a
smothering defense. All that combined usually makes for a great game and
Saturday was no exception. The Cougars started off quickly with an eight point
run but the Canaries countered right back with a six point run of their own.
The two centers, Maxwell Norlander for the Canaries and Dan Davis for the
Cougars, were superb. They battled each other but did not get into foul
trouble. Neither one was able to establish control but they both made great
plays. Davis ended up as high scorer with 18 and Norlander was right behind
with 17. The back court also played well. Cougars, Joey Welch, directed the
game and matched up well with Canaries star guard, Ronald Jefferson.
The
game went back and forth. Neither team was able get real control. When one team
would make a run the other would match it or surpass it moments later. The game
came down to the last minute when Canary guard, William Jefferson fouled out, a
very uncommon occurrence, his first foul out of the season. That gave the
Cougars an opportunity and they made the most of it. Joey Welch was able to
take a beautiful feed pass from his forward, Gene Green, and drop in a 20
footer in from the left side. The Canaries inbounded the ball but Billy
O’Donnell was able to swat Canary forward, Jeff Rowland’s shot away and into
the arms of Davis. Davis alerted to a breaking Timmy Green by a frantic arm
wave fired a bullet to Green who laid it up for the final two points. The
Cougars walked out with a satisfying 50-46 win over the Canaries.
In a scheduling quirk, the Cougars travel back to Riverview to play a makeup game from a postponed game earlier this season. The two teams met just two weeks ago in East Farewell. The Cougars won 50-44. The Wildcats have suffered a host of injuries this season and will probably not be able to put their first team on the floor. The game will begin at 7:00 on Friday night in Riverview Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
H-BOMB SET OFF IN PACIFIC – IKE SAYS NUKE WAR IS WAY OFF – FRENCH SENDING AID TO DIEN BIEN PHU – VANDENBERG DIES – BRANDO’S MOM DIES
The government announced a hydrogen bomb was set-off in the Marshall Islands. It’s the greatest force ever unleashed by man. Pictures show a radioactive stem surging 25 miles upward and 100 miles across.
President Eisenhower says the Russians will hesitate a long time before starting an atomic war “as long as they know that we are in a position to act strongly and to retaliate with vastly superior power.”
The French launch heavy air assaults of the Indo-Chinese war today in Hanoi, aiding beleaguered defenders of Dien Bien Phu.
Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg (55) died of cancer. . He helped build up America’s power in the air.
Actor Marlon Brando’s mother – Mrs. Dorothy Brando dies after a short illness. She was 54.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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