EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
14, 1954 Vol. C485
LOCAL
NEWS
SCIENCE FAIR & ADDITIONAL
COURSES PROPOSED
East Farewell – The School Curriculum Committee proposed that
additional courses be added to the several levels of the Regional
High School district classes. They include advanced science, including
advanced biology, astronomy and the new field of electro-magnetics, advanced
mathematics, including advanced physics and trigonometry, art appreciation and
advanced world history. The courses will be offered to juniors and seniors in
the high school. The lower schools will be offered beginner levels of these
courses. The Committee also proposed an annual Science Fair be presented
featuring project by any High
School student on any science related topic, from natural science through
physics and the study of outer space.
“We feel the
students today are ready to explore and embrace these new offerings and look
forward to seeing positive results. We are also very excited about the proposed
science fair that we hope will showcase our young thinkers and give them an
opportunity to display their novel ideas.” said Committee Chairman Gerald
Haskell.
The new courses
will be offered at the beginning of next year and the first Science Fair will
be in the spring of 1955. The School Board will begin the search for new
teachers to fill the positions straight away.
1954 Science Class
SPORTS
CANARIES SING AT THEIR HOMECOMING
Slate Mountain- The Slate Mountain
Canaries held their homecoming under grey skies over the weekend but the gloomy
weather did not dampen the celebration of the 24-21 victory over the so far
winless Cougars. The Canaries were able to hold on to their lead as time ran
out and the Cougars were driving. It was a classic case of too little too late
for the Cougars.
After
a fairly extravagant but very well organized homecoming preshow the Canaries
took the field sporting new yellow uniforms. Many in the stands were not in
favor of the color and made off hand comments to the like. “They look silly,”
said one fan, “I can’t really take them serious looking like that,” said
another.
Silly
or not the Canaries came to play and they showed their resolve in the first drive
that resulted in a score. The Cougars have been on the downside all season and
their defense looked confused on that first drive. The Cougars offense did show
some muscle but were not able to score until the end of the first quarter with
a five yard run by “Moose” Boyle. The defense stiffened up somewhat but the
half end with the Canaries in control 14-7.
The
second half showed a tougher Cougar defense and a more robust offense but the
Canaries were still very strong. The Canaries scored once again with a long
bomb to wide receiver, Bertram Buchner, in the third and a field goal in the
middle of the fourth. The Cougars answered in the third with their own McKay to
McMaster bomb and then in the fourth ran a double reverse where speedy
halfback, Jimmy O’Conner took a handoff from Davey Wilson and caught the
Canaries defense completely out of position. O’Conner was able to romp down
thirty yards for a very surprising score. With Charlie Cox’s extra point the
Cougars were within three. There was three minutes left but there was enough
time if the Cougars could hold the Canaries and get the ball back. Well, the
Canaries put into play a time consuming run game that took advantage of their
superior interior line and held the ball until the Cougars forced a punt with
only thirty seconds left. The Cougars McKay threw a beautiful out pass the
“Merc” McMaster and he was able to get out of bounds at the Canaries thirty but
the time ran out as the Canaries put on a massive blitz and McKay was sacked
for a loss. It was a difficult end for the Cougars but the Canaries were able
to enjoy their homecoming win.
The
Cougars come home for their own homecoming next week. They will host the Sun
City Eagles. The Cougars will be trying for their first win of the season. The
Eagles have also started slowly this season but they have won one game. The
pregame festivities will begin at 12 noon on Regional High field and the game
will begin at 1:30.
NATIONAL NEWS
CHURCHILL REOGANIZES – RAIN DRENCHES CHICAGO
– PILOT GEO. WELCH DIES – NIXON DIDN’T SAY IT – DIMAGGIO RETUNS HOME – AL MOVE
ATHLETICS TO KC – SUPERMAN SUIT – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK
Prime Minister Winston Churchill (79) reorganizes Britain’s Conservative government - changing 24 Ministers and junior Ministers - adding seven new faces. Book publisher Harold MacMillan, personal friend of President Eisenhower, is named Minister of Defense. The purpose of the reorganization appeared to be to bring young and stronger men into key posts and allow for the retirement of friends who wanted to step down
Chicago gets hit with the biggest rainstorm in 69 years and engineers avert a major downtown flood by reversing the flow of the Chicago River. Swollen by nearly six inches of rain, the Chicago River managed to spill into the Union Station and basements of dozens of other buildings in the heart of the city. Engineers, fearing more damage, opened the locks at the mouth of the river, causing the water to flow out to Lake Michigan. The river originally ran out to the lake, before it was reversed by construction of the Chicago sanitary and ship canal to prevent sewage from being dumped into the lake. The locks were constructed in 1937 to prevent such a sewer spillage from occurring.
Test Pilot George Welch - an American ace who shot down four Japanese planes during the sneak attack at Pearl Harbor, dies after parachuting from a jet fighter which exploded after a test flight. He was flying an F-100 Super Sabre jet.
Vice-President Richard Nixon denies it was his voice, which said “Who the Hell did that” at the conclusion of a televised speech. Nixon was speaking at a junior college in Los Angeles. Station KTTV (Channel 11 Los Angeles) said that at the time, they were using a wide-angle microphone and at the moment the line was broadcast, the camera view had been changed from close-ups of Nixon to include the Vice-President, two persons flanking him on the speaker’s stand, plus the first two rows of the audience. KTTV says the wide-angle microphone could have picked up the voice of any one of a number of persons. “It wasn’t I who said it. I used no such language,” said Nixon.
Yankee slugger Joe DiMaggio returns to Los Angeles just before the legal deadline for filing a cross-complaint to the divorce suit filed against him last week by Marilyn Monroe. Under the law, the defendant in a divorce suit has 10 days to file a cross-complaint. DiMaggio got in just under the wire – the 10th day. DiMaggio said he would spend a part of the time with his son, Joe Jr., who is a student at a military academy in the area. He is the son of DiMaggio’s first wife - singer Dorothy Arnold.
American League club owners approve of the switch of the Philadelphia Athletics to Kansas City and the deal will become official.
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Pop
music this week
Hey
There - Rosemary Clooney
Skokiaan
- Ralph Marterie
They
Were Doin’ The Mambo - Vaughn Monroe
Skokiaan
(South African Song) - The Four Lads
If
I Give My Heart To You - Denise Lor
Smile
- Nat King Cole
Cara
Mia - David Whitfield with Mantovani
Sh-Boom
- Stan Freberg
Fortune
in Dreams - Kay Starr
This
Ole House - Rosemary Clooney
In
The Chapel In The Moonlight - Kitty Kallen
What
A Dream - Patti Page
Whither Thou Goest - Les Paul & Mary Ford
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
