EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, September
15, 1955 Vol. C767
LOCAL
NEWS
SCHOOL OPENS AT REGIONAL
SCHOOLS
East Farewell – The school year started this week as all the
staff warmly welcomed the eager students with all new educational supplies and
freshly refurbished buildings and grounds. The school budget this year included
reissuing all new books and completely refurbishing every building with new
paint and new landscaping. The student body has once again set a record for
enrollment. The total student body is now 849. This includes the two elementary
schools, the Junior High School and the Regional High School. This year marked yet
another record enrollment for the district and four new teachers have been
hired, one for each school. New courses have been added to the High School
curriculum. This year the students will be offered three new courses in the
mathematics and science departments.
Advanced mathematics which includes college prep physics, geology and
extended physical science have been added to the high school curriculum.
The High School
will host its largest senior class this year with a total of 157 students in
the class. This is by far the largest class to pass through Regional High’s doors,
but it will be surpassed next year and each year for the next four years if
predictions of estimated student body size hold up. The large increase in
students reflects the population increase in the
East Farewell area. The town is becoming more than just a “Destination
Station” along the Mighty Keystone Railroad. The town has enjoyed
continuous growth for the last three years and it looks that things will keep
moving ahead into a very bright future.
Fifth Grade Class in East Farewell Elementary School
SPORTS
TRAVELERS ONE STEP CLOSER TO TITLE - COUGARS
FOOTBALL BEGINS IN TWO WEEKS
Riverview – The Travelers moved one step closer to the title
when they convincingly beat the Riverview Anglers on Saturday, 5-1. The
Travelers seemed to have gained speed as they come to the end of the season. They are cruising toward a first place position
with the win and with a win next week they win cement their lead position. If
the Travelers win the title it will be the third championship in the last five
years for the team. This is an exceptional record for any team and the loyal
fans are very appreciative.
The game with
Anglers started off as a pitcher’s duel with Travelers ace, Danny Lane closing
down the Anglers for the first six innings and Anglers ace, Joe Finn keeping
the Travelers in check for the first five. The Travelers bats finally came to
life in the fifth with a three run surge capped by a long blast by Johnny
Cloos, his league leading 27th. The Anglers came back in the sixth
scoring their only run with two doubles by Wilson and Heart. That was all the
Angler could muster but the Travelers were not finished, they went on to score
two more in the eighth with four more hits by Francis, Dunham, Brown and
Archibald.
The Travelers go to Mountain View next week to face the Miners and their ace Joe “Freight” Trane. The game begins at 1:30 in Mountain View.
NATIONAL NEWS
DYNAMITE TRAGEDY IN MICHIGAN – NIXON LIKES
TV – IKE WILL NOT CUT MILITARY – COMO DEBUTS AGAINST GLEASON
In Mt Pleasant, Michigan, an angry husband carrying a bundle of dynamite with a sputtering fuse, walked into the farm home of his daughter and dragged his estranged wife into the yard just in time for the two of them to be blown to bits. Versal Dunn, a 50-year old factory worker from nearby Shepherd, had attempted reconciliation with his 39 year-old wife Blanche since Tuesday. A neighbor, Guy Brooks, said Dunn dragged his screaming wife into the front yard and was 10 feet from the house when the dynamite exploded, shattering windows in the house and blowing a hole six feet deep into the ground.
Vice President Nixon predicts that the whistle stop form of campaigning in the 1956 Presidential battle will be “less used and less effective. He said he believes TV technique is most effective when a candidate’s aims and views are presented simply, unrehearsed and spontaneously and in a conversational tone.
The Eisenhower administration “will never put our desire to balance the budge ahead of our determination to maintain adequate military strength,” said Vice President Nixon.
Perry Como makes his debut on NBC-TV
this week. He’ll have competition in a few weeks as Jackie Gleason debuts
“Stage Show” with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and “The Honeymooners” - a 30-minute
pullout from the earlier Gleason sketches. Como’s show is one hour and airs
Saturday nights.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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