EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, October
7, 1954 Vol. C484
LOCAL
NEWS
CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
East Farewell – The world famous Barnum & Bailey Circus,
“The Greatest Show On Earth” rolled into town on Wednesday afternoon and parked
their four train cars along the siding that runs next to the Fairgrounds. They
set up their animal pens and unloaded their prized show stopping famous
elephants, tigers and bears. Then they unloaded the “Big Top”, a huge canvas
tent that was erected in the middle of the Fairgrounds then the Midway followed
and all the stages, booths and stands were put into place in what can only be
called an intricate, synchronized ballet with seemingly hundreds of people
running around, each with their own tasks. The whole performance took only a
matter of hours and by sundown the lights came on beaming like a magical city
calling from the Fairgrounds. The gates did not open, though; the Circus had
its own special way of opening their show. On Thursday morning they gathered
all their fierce animals in open, barred wagons, all their clown cars, all
their jugglers, hoopsters, and high wire artists and lead by Ring Master,
Dwight Bigalowe, paraded down Main
Street and up Lakeshore Drive to the entrance of the Fairgrounds and
ceremoniously opened the 1954 East Farewell Circus Event.
“Welcome to the
show,” announced Bigalowe over a huge megaphone (with the help of an electronic
amplified microphone hidden inside), It is great to be back in East Farewell
and to see all you wonderful people again. We have a tremendous show in store
for you and as always our Midway is full of exciting and exotic items for your
entertainment and amazement. Welcome, come on in and enjoy!”
“We
love this town,” Bigalowe later said when talking with the press, “The
people hear treat us like family and are always willing to help us with the set
up and break down. And I have to thank the Police for being so helpful and
understanding with our parade, not everywhere is so accommodating,” he said
with a smile.
The opening of
the gates was followed by the opening show under the big Top. The shows were
then held Friday evening, and two shows on Saturday and a grand finale on
Sunday afternoon. The entire complex was then broken down, packed up onto the
train and it pulled back onto the main line of the Mighty Keystone Railroad and
was off to its next destination, leaving East Farewell with another very
memorable circus story.
1954 Circus Parade down Main Street
SPORTS
DEVILS PUT A SPELL ON THE COUGARS
East Farewell – The Cougars first
home game was highly anticipated and sold out. The Cougars were looking for
their first win of the young season but they were facing the league leading
Corning Devils. The Cougars put up a great fight but lost on a fourth quarter
time consuming drive by the Devils that not only chewed up the clock but
resulted in a game winning score at the end. The Cougars lost 21-14.
The
game started well for the Cougars. They were able to score first with a nifty
flare out pass into the end zone from quarterback Joe McKay to sure-handed wide
receiver, Mitch “Merc” McMaster. The defense held up surprisingly well for the
first quarter but in the second quarter Devils quarterback, Nathan Hunsburger
was able to use his very strong offensive linemen to push the Cougars down the
field and send his elusive halfback, Jimmy O’Hara up the middle for a score.
The Cougars were able to score again in the third quarter with an end run by
Davey Wilson but the Devils took control with a punt runback for a score to tie
the game. The Devils then proceeded to control the game with their hammering
ground game. They only moved enough the get first downs but they wore down the
Cougars defense and ate up almost the whole fourth quarter. With only three
minutes left Hunsburger handed the ball to his massive fullback, Gordon Fannelli,
who had been the leading blocker for O’Hara for most of the game, and he
rumbled through the Cougar line for the go ahead score. The Cougars attempted
one last long bomb to McMaster but he couldn’t pull it in. The Cougars fell
21-14.
The Cougars
travel to Slate Mountain’s north side next week to battle the Canaries. This
will be the Canaries homecoming and they will be looking to take advantage of
the so far winless Cougars. The festivities start at 12 noon on Slate Mountain
North’s field.
NATIONAL NEWS
USS NAUTILUS, 1ST ATOMIC SUB,
JOINS US NAVY FLEET – MCCARTHY SAYS CENSURE DEPENDS ON IKE - GERMANY MOVES
TOWARD SOVEREIGNTY – IKE HERELDS WESTERN EUROPE DEFENSE AGAINST COMMIES – NIXON
TO KEEP HIS GIRLS IN DC SCHOOLS – OPPENHEIMER REELECTED DIRECTOR OF IAS IN
PRINCETON – MARILYN SUES JOE – GREENSPUN SUE MCCATRHY FOR 1 MIL – GIANTS SWEEP
INDIANS – WILLE CAN PLAY IN PUERTO RICO
The world’s first atomic powered submarine officially joins the Navy as the USS Nautilus is turned over to the Fleet by the electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp.
Sen. McCarthy says that whether the senate votes to censure him will depend in part on “what President Eisenhower will do.”
The nine western Foreign Ministers end their six-day meeting on German rearmament by signing a 4000-word final act of protocol and four annexes which prepare the way for German sovereignty and the federal republic’s entry into NATO with a new national military force.
President Eisenhower says the new Western Europe defense alliance against Communism “May be one of the greatest diplomatic achievements of our time.”
Vice President Nixon says his two daughters are going to remain in Washington DC public schools regardless of integration. The girls will “continue to grow up in an atmosphere where they realize… we have attempted to provide equal opportunities for all citizens. There is “going to be some period of tension,” but integration “is in the American tradition.”
J. Robert Oppenheimer, barred four months ago from the nation’s atom secrets, is re-elected director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, NJ.
Marilyn Monroe sues Joe DiMaggio for divorce while she celebrated bride and groom remained hidden from the public eye on separate floors of their two-story Beverly Hills honeymoon home. DiMaggio was making himself comfortable in a downstairs chair when his wife’s attorney, Jerry Giesler, called at the tree-shaded house on N. Palm Drive to serve notice of the suit on the baseball hero. Ms. Monroe’s complaint was brief – running to only a page and a half – and was based on unembellished charges of mental cruelty. In the eight months and 13 days of their marriage, it charged DiMaggio had caused her “grievous mental suffering and anguish, all of which acts and conduct on the part of the defendant were without fault of the plaintiff.” No alimony and no division of community property was asked. Marilyn Monroe gave up in sobbing collapse when she tried to return to her workaday world before the cameras after Joe DiMaggio had packed his bags and left their honeymoon home forever. She left the quaint two-story house on Palm Drive only 45 minutes after Joe rolled away from the curb in his blue sedan, but two hours later she returned – sent home to bed by her physician.
Publisher H.M. Greenspun files a $1 million damage suit against Sen. McCarthy who, he says falsely accused him of being an ex-Communist.
Leo Durocher’s New York Giants sweep the World Series over the Cleveland Indians.
Willie
Mays gets permission from the Giants to play with the Santurce club of the Puerto
Rican League, which goes into action next month.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
