EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, March
28, 1957 Vol. C613
LOCAL
NEWS
PROPOSAL TO CLEAN UP DUMP PUT
FOR AT MEETING
East Farewell – Trash is always going to be around. What to do
with trash is a question that every community has to deal with. From big cities
to the smallest hamlets trash disposal is a never ending quandary that most be
constantly addressed, usually reluctantly. No one wants a trash dump in their
backyard. Last week the Town Council did address the question. Currently the
town dump is located about two miles outside town on a deserted area that has
no known local water sources. The Dump, as it is locally known, has been used
for as long as anyone can remember and is used by both local trash haulers
serving the businesses in town and the local residents who make weekly trips to
dispose of their trash.
The Council
opened up a debate about the need to clean up, enlarge or relocate the dump due
to the expansion of residential lots moving out towards the area. Several
developers have asked the Council to close or relocate the dump. They would
like the ground cleaned up and restored and possibly opened for new construction. The Council was not interested in relocating
the dump but they were very interested in cleaning it up and making it more
secure. They asked for proposals to fence in the area to make it less
accessible to wildlife and define the actual boundaries of the area. The best
idea to come out was a proposal to investigate building a waste management
plant to process the waste. This idea was unanimously supported by all members.
While the dump has been in operation for many years it is reaching capacity and
an alternative disposal process needs to be looked at sooner, not later. The
meeting closed with a proposal to create a committee to look into the expense
and viability of a waste management plant for the town. The committee would be
charged to look at and evaluate existing plants in the area and make
recommendations to the Council for addressing this often overlooked problem.
East
Farewell’s Trash Dump
SPORTS
1ST INTER-LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
STARTS
East Farewell – The first Mid-Central Area Tournament featuring
the top two teams from the Central League and the Mountain League got underway
on Monday with a surprisingly easy win for East Farewell’s own Cougars as they
ran past the highly touted Farmingdale Thoroughbreds, 56-48. The Cougars switched
to their newer fast paced, high pressure style that they previewed towards the
end of the season. The style that involves lots of fast passes, quick movement
up the floor, quick shooting and a smothering press defense caught the
Thoroughbreds off guard and it took most of the game to figure it out but by
the time they were able to work against it was too late. The Cougars backcourt
of Fox and Conner were unstoppable in the first half racking up 26 points
between them (12 for Fox and 14 for Conner). In the center Watson was dominant.
He was able to block seven shots and gather 13 rebounds. For the Thoroughbreds
their leading scorer was Dan Fielder with 14 points and 6 assists. The Cougars
started off fast with a 8-0 run and never looked back. The closest the
Thoroughbreds were able to come was with four minutes left to play they closed
to 48-50. The Cougars were able to turn up their press and defense at that
point and keep the Thoroughbreds off the scoreboard for the rest of the game.
In the second
game on Wednesday the Riverview Wildcats, top Central League team, took on the Hawks
from Lakeview and had a much tougher time than the Cougars. The Hawks went in a
totally different direction as the Cougars and slowed the game down to a crawl.
They used a freeze and pass style to try to thwart the Wildcats usually wide
open style. This worked for a while but the Wildcats were able to maintain
their patience and composure and make enough shots to win in 30-24 dribble/pass
fest. The Wildcats leading scorer with a blistering 8 points was center Frank
Haskert, who also was able to grab 10 rebounds that greatly helped the Wildcats
in trying to gain control of the game.
With wins by
both Central teams’ sets up a much anticipated showdown between the Cougars and
the Wildcats on Friday. The two teams are arch-rivals and the Wildcats have a
2-1 lead in regular season games but the all the games have close and every
game has been exciting. The final game will be played in the Regional High
Gymnasium starting at 7:30PM tomorrow.
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1st Mid-Central Tournament - 1957
NATIONAL NEWS
EARTHQUAKES RATTLE FRISCO – MISSILE LOOSE? –
TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE TAKES CALLS – 29TH ACADEMY AWARDS
A series of earthquakes rattle the San
Francisco area - the highest a 5.5 Richter scale magnitude. About 50 small
fires broke out. A major
snowstorm/blizzard hits the mid-west. At least 30 are dead with travelers stranded.
The New York Daily News says it
believes a runaway Air Force missile, capable of carrying an H-bomb, at “this
moment” is flying aimlessly through the distant skies with no place to land?
The Air Force denies it.
The police make it official - President
Eisenhower isn’t going to get any ticket for hitting 70-75mph on his trip to
Gettysburg. The police say they did not even observe the President’s car going
that fast.
The new trans-Atlantic telephone cable
should last 20 years and some 30,000 calls will go through without any kind of
disruption. Built at the cost of $42 million - it is actually two cables -
about 20 miles apart. Each contains one-way traffic. Since it opened last
September - AT&T says it easily handles 30,000 calls a month. Three-minute
calls from any point in the United States to most points in Europe cost $12.00
weekdays and $9.00 evenings, compared with $75 for three minutes when radio
telephone service opened in 1927. The cables stretch from Clarenville, New
Foundland to Port Lathaiche near Scotland.
At the 29th annual
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Awards - held at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood:
Best Actor - Yul Brynner -
“The King And I.”
Best Actress - Ingrid Bergman
“Anastasia,”
Best Supporting Actor - Anthony Quinn
“Lust for Life.”
Best Supporting Actress - Dorothy
Malone - “Written On The Wind.”
Best Song - “Whatever Will Be Will Be
(Que Sera, Sera) - “Man Who Knew Too Much.”
