EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
3, 1955 Vol. C761
LOCAL
NEWS
OKTOBERFEST OPENS TO HUGE
CROWDS
East Farewell- The first East
Farewell Oktoberfest opened to huge crowds last Saturday. The event is a “trial” put on by the Town
Council to see if it would generate more late fall tourist travel. From all accounts it has been a very
successful trial, indeed. There were
lines at the gates of the fairgrounds early Saturday. The crowds were anticipating a wonderful time
and were rewarded many times over from all accounts. The fairgrounds had enormous tents set up and
since the grounds back up to the Fun Pier the rides, including the famous
Ferris wheel, were open to the crowds.
The tents housed giant tables and stages and the people were all treated
to fantastic food and, of course, beer as well as other beverages. The local
restaurants offered their signature fares as well as bar-b-q chicken and
ribs. On stage there was a constant
variety of bands from the always popular Hans Snider Polka Band and the Jerry
Tabor Band. Local bands like Big
Roy and the Magnificents and Charlie
Green who was backed up by his new band the Soggy Bottom Boys. The local group of teenagers, the
All-Stars, supplied some of the new sound, rock and roll. The crowds were very excited by the boys and
all the music groups, singing along with the tunes and dancing in the aisles.
Most of the crowd
went over to the Fun Pier during the day and rode the rides and had fun on
boardwalk. The Pier will remain open for
the entire Oktoberfest and the tents will be open every day for the week. The evenings will be filled with performances
from local groups putting on theatrical shorts and there is even a movie
planned to be shown on a huge screen much like a drive-in without the
cars. Everyone is looking forward to all
the planned events throughout the week.
East Farewell
Oktoberfest 1st Day
SPORTS
COUGARS PASS BY SOUTHPORT
South Port – The Cougars took to the air on Saturday and passed
their way to victory over the Southport Hawks, 21-7. The aerial display was
orchestrated by quarterback, Jimmy O’Conner and his receivers, Mitch “Merc”
McMaster, “Long” John Silber and Wayne “TV” Emerson. O’Conner was able to mix
and match his passes both short and long among the three receivers to complete a
total of 20 passes, 170 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. The Hawks had
trouble containing the multi-pronged attack but did mount their own offensive
attack on the ground. Hawks running back, Phil Hayman, was able to rush for a
total of 80 yards and one score.
The Cougars
started off trying to establish the ground game but the Hawks defense was rock
solid. After trading several sets of downs the game looked like it was going to
turn into a slug fest between the twenties but then Coach Burcowitz changed his
game plan and let O’Conner start to air it out. The next series moved the
Cougars down to the fifteen and with a quick snap and a toss across the center
to Silber the Cougars had their first score. O’Conner kept up his aerial
bombardment and the Cougars were able to score at the end of the first half
with a thirty yard bomb to McMaster who raced twenty more yards for the score.
In the second half the Hawks were able to score on a time consuming drive with
Hayman scoring from the seven. While the Hawks put up a formidable defense they
couldn’t stop the Cougars three receivers. When they moved to contain one
O’Conner would move to another and move the ball forward. The final score came
when Silber caught a short pass over the center, eluded his defender and found
himself all alone on the right sideline and only fifteen yards to the goal
line. He headed toward the goal line and at the one he was almost knocked out
by Hawk defender, Frank Gains but Silber dove headfirst into the end zone for
the score. Kicker Charlie Cox was perfect again for all the extra points.
Next week’s
game is against the Coring Devils in Corning. The game begins at 1:30 on the
Corning High field.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE RETURNS TO DC – BIG 4 MEET IN GENEVA -
SARNOFF DEMONSTRATES FREE RECORD
President Eisenhower returns to the
capital. With a crowd of 5000 - headed by Vice-President Nixon, the President
walked unaided down the ramp from his plane after a flight from Denver. “I am
deeply honored that so many of you should come down to welcome Mrs. Eisenhower
and me back to Washington. It has been a little longer stay than we had
planned, but the circumstances you will understand.
Big Four meeting In Geneva - Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov unequivocally rejects western proposals for German
reunification and for security of Europe in such harsh terms as to render
barren all further efforts at an authentic compromise during the remaining life
of the Big Four conference. Later, having suspended their efforts to reunify
Germany, the three Foreign Ministers turn their debate with Molotov to another
quest for disarmament.
Gen. David Sarnoff; chairman of the board of Radio Corp of American (RCA) demonstrates a 50-cent phonograph that could be
the answer to radio jamming behind the Iron Curtain. He said it is the answer
to the need he felt for a device which could bring a message without being
subject either to radio jamming or a source of electricity and which was prices
so “millions could be delivered gratis.” The little machine, said Sarnoff, is
unbreakable and could be dropped by air behind the Iron or Bamboo Curtain. “It
is so simply designed that it could be assembled and separated by the simplest
people.”
At the movies -
Rebel Without A Cause - James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo,
Jim Backus, William Hopper
The Tender Trap – Frank Sinatra, Debbie
Reynolds, David Wayne Celeste Holm
The
Adventures of Quentin Durward -
Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morely
The Big Knife - Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger and Miss
Shelley Winters
Lucy Gallant - Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor, Thelma Ritter
My Sister Eileen - Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty
Garrett
Sincerely Yours - Liberace (his first starring motion
picture!), Joanne Dru, Dorothy Malone, Alex
Nicol
A Man Alone - Ray Milland, Mary Murphy, Ward Bond
Walt Disney’s
The African Lion
The View from Pompey’s Head -
Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell
Trial - Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur
Kennedy, John Hodiak, Katy Jurado
The Desperate Hours - Humphrey Bogart, Fredrick March
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
