EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday,
LOCAL
NEWS
EASTER PARADE
& EGG HUNT BIG HIT
The parade
featured the Regional High School Band as well as many floats that were
decorated with spring themes and the different churches in the area each had a
group or float to celebrate. There was
also a gathering from the Woman’s Club who walked and showed off their Easter
Hats. They were a very beautiful and
extravagant as they paraded gaily down
The
Egg Hunt was a laugh filled bit of chaos that had children running all over the
main lawn of the Plaza collecting all of the 300 eggs hidden for the
occasion. The eggs were donated by
SPORTS
COUGARS FINISH
SEASON WITH A WIN AND A CHAMPIONSHIP
East Farewell- The Cougars finished off their 1955 season by
beating the Slate Mountain Miners, 38-36.
The team had already sealed a League Championship last week but Coach
Wilson did a fine job to prepare the team and avoid a let down due to a
virtually meaningless game. As it turned
out the Miners came to play, the game was anything but meaningless to them. The Miners have suffered a through a
difficult season winning only 4 games.
They were beset with injuries from the beginning of the season and were
only able to field sophomores and juniors and lacked the court leadership the
older, more experienced players bring.
The game was
played fairly close throughout with the Miners throwing up a very strong
defense and an impressive full court press that stymied the Cougars in the
first half. The only offense the Cougars
could muster was some very sharp outside shooting by the guards, Green and Welch. They were able to hit an outstanding 8 for 9
from the outside. The first half ended
with the Cougars up by four, 18-14. The
Cougars figured out the press in the second half and were able to take
advantage of their superior height and experience to control the second
half. The Miners made a run in the last
three minutes and were able to close their deficit to 2 but it was too little
too late as time ran out as Welch put on a dribbling display to close out the
last twenty seconds. The Cougars walked
away with a 38-36 victory and the league championship. This is the second championship for the team
in five years. The previous winner, the
1952 squad, has a surprisingly close relation to this year’s squad. Four players on this years team; Timmy Green,
Joey Welch, Bobby Fox and Wilson Watson have brothers that played on the ’52
team.
“Maybe it runs
in the families, I don’t know,” laughed Coach Wilson, “I gotta love this group,
they played like their older brothers and sometimes they were even better. This was a great team and I look forward to
next year.”
NATIONAL NEWS
EINSTEIN
DIES – SALK WANTS VACCINE PERFECT-
Passing - Dr.
Albert Einstein
(76)
father of
the atomic bomb and relativity. Even after death, the mind
and body of the great genius of the 20th Century were dedicated to science. He died at
Dr. Jonas Salk comes to
A Gallup Poll indicates 4 to 1 that adults across the nation do not think it is a good idea for teenagers to go steady and say that it would be better if they dated different boys and girls.
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contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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