3/22/1956

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, March 22, 1956   Vol. C560

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LOCAL NEWS

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE – BIG HIT

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East Farewell- The 5^th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade was held on Saturday, March 17^th, and by all accounts was a giant success.   Due to an unusual recent warming trend the snow from the blizzard was completely cleared from the streets and sidewalks.  The only remaining signs of the huge snowfall that paralyzed the region were rapidly diminishing “mountains” of plowed and piled snow on some of the corners on Main Street and along Lake Shore Drive.

            The parade kicked off at 12 noon from the Regional High school Parking lot, made its way down Main Street and turned on Lake Shore Drive and end at Lakefront Plaza by Lake Charles.  Leading the Parade was the “Pumper” engine from the fire department followed by engines from several nearby towns, Slate Mountain, Fort Lee and Southport.  Several of the Police motorcycles followed and then the marchers came along.  Civic groups including the Woman’s Auxiliary, the local Pet Shelter, the Men’s Civic Association, both Cub Scout troops and the Boy and Girl Scout troops.  There was a collection of antique cars and even two local Harvesters.  The High School Band was the final highlight in the parade and they played many Irish songs as they marched.  A very interesting arrangement of “Danny Boy” was far and away the most popular.  It was played to a march beat and drew applause once the people recognized what it was.  Sensing the crowd’s enjoyable reaction, they repeated it three times.  The third time it was really in the groove.  Everyone in the parade was dressed in green to honor the holiday and there were many leprechauns running throughout the parade as it proceeded through town.

            The entire parade as well as many of the spectators and all the leprechauns ended up at the Lakefront Plaza where the High school Band gave a free concert.  Many local restaurants set up small booths and offered food and drink for the afternoon and into the evening.   A wonderful time was had by all.

Regional High School Band dressed for St. Patrick’s Day

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SPORTS

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COUGARS WIN BUT COME IN SECOND FOR THE SEASON

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East Farewell- The Cougars finished off their season with a win but were only able to place second in the league because the Riverview Wildcats beat the Fort Lee Captains to win the league title.  All told the Cougars played far above expectations and showed everyone they knew how to stay tough and win the close games.  In the beginning of the season it looked like their inexperience and novice status would make for a disappointing season.  This scrappy group proved everyone wrong by showing an ability to learn quickly and come together as a unit.  “I am so proud of these kids,” gushed Coach Wilson, “They wouldn’t give up even when they were down by 25.  The way Greeny (Timmy Green) and Conner (Fergal Conner) ran the game, I was just amazed.  They just got better and better.”

            The final game was against the Slate Mountain Miners and the Miners came to play.  The game see-sawed back and forth in the first half, with each team trading baskets. The first half ended tied 34-34.  Neither team was able to get a good defensive stand. If the shooting percentage was higher the scores would have been in triple digits.  In the second half the back court of Green and Conner started to take over.  They two boys were able to direct the front court of Wilson Watson, Tom O’Hare and Bill Reilly masterfully, breaking open one or the other forwards for easy scores.  Wilson was able to dominate the boards in the second half, bringing in 12 rebounds and contributed with 7 points in the second half.  While the first half was anybody’s game, the second half clearly belonged to the Cougars.  They ran away with it.  The Cougars prevailed with a very respectable total of 58 points to a very tough but overmatched Miners 48.  

            The Cougars wind up in second place in the league but a very happy with the final standings.  Next year promises to be another strong year with the entire team returning with the exception of Timmy Green who is a senior.  Coach Wilson is already making guarded predictions for next year.  “I think we are going to be very strong next year.”  Was all he would say.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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EXPLOSION IN PHILA – COMMIES MUST PAY TAXES – IKE WANTS PROGRESS – PRICES – GRACE AND ZSA ZSA NEAR MARRIAGE

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In Philadelphia, a granary located at 30th and Market Street explodes like a bomb and is consumed by a raging fire. The explosion rocked and damaged buildings within a 10-block radius. So far, one is dead and 115 are injured. The blast area was placed under police rule. The shock of the blast was felt 25 miles away.

The government seizes Communist property from coast to coast for back taxes. The party’s newspaper, The Daily Worker is padlocked. A government spokesman said, “The party apparently thought it was exempt from taxation. However, political parties are required to file income returns and the Communist party, has never done so.”

President Eisenhower declares that the entire South should show some progress toward racial desegregation. “I am for moderation, but I am for progress. Let’s don’t try to think of this as a tremendous fight that is going to separate Americans and get us in a nasty mess. Let’s try to think of how we can make progress,” said the President.

At you market - 7-up - six regular bottles .45 (you like it – it likes you) ... Welch’s grape jelly - 20oz jar - .49 ... V-8 -12oz can - .10 ... Kraft Cheese - (Swiss or American) - 8oz package - .29. The average price for gas - 27.9 cents (regular) and 31.9 cents (premium).

Actress Grace Kelly, who recently completed what could be her last picture, arrives in New York where she’ll sail for France aboard the SS-Constitution April 4. She will marry Monaco Prince Rainier on April 18.

Hedda Hopper reports that Zsa Zsa Gabor will wed Los Angeles contractor Hal Hayes. “I know he’s the right man. Mama thinks he is the right man and my sisters and I think he is vunderful. Mama wants me to be married in a double ceremony with Eva, but I don’t vant to do it, so I won’t get married for at least a month.

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11/18/1954

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, November 18, 1954   Vol. C486

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LOCAL NEWS

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ARMISTICE DAY HONORED IN EAST FAREWELL

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East Farewell – There was a ceremony held at the newly refurbished War Memorial yesterday honoring all the veterans that fought for the country.  The High School Marching Band played several numbers by the Memorial. Flowers were placed at the memorial by grade school students from the second and third grades. A list of the soldiers from town who gave the ultimate sacrifice was read by Tom Connally, Town Council President, and there was a moment of silence observed. The ceremony concluded with a twenty-one-gun salute and a moving solo rendition of Taps by senior student bugler, Rory Tasker. 

            All 21 surviving Korean War vets as well as 39 WWII vets and 1 WWI vet were on hand to take part in the ceremony. The four sons who never returned from the Korean War were solemnly remembered: Frank Norris, Billy Doyle, David Washington, and Ricky Reynolds had their names engraved on the Memorial and their families were presented with special bouquets from the Town Council and the all the people in town. The names of all of the fallen are immortalized in the memorial and each Armistice Day they are honored by a grateful community.

Rory Tasker plays Taps at Memorial

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SPORTS

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COUGARS WIN AS McKAY SHINES

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East Farewell – Young Joe McKay was sterling in an exciting win on Saturday, 24-21. The Cougars were able to win their last game of the season and end their season with a respectable 5-3 season. This game was extra satisfying because it was over their arch-rival, the Slate Mountain Miners. The rivalry goes back to the twenties when both towns were just developing, and their schools had just been established. The schools have played each other every year since 1925 except for 1945. The record stands at close at 14 wins for the Cougars and 13 for the Miners.

            The game started badly for the Cougars with a kickoff return by Miners, George Dingle. After they kicked the extra point, the score was 7-0 and only two minutes had elapsed. But the Cougars were not to be defeated in front of their hometown crowd. They took the next kickoff and McKay drove the team down the field like he had been playing for years.  They drove down to the Miner’s seven but were held there and Charlie Cox had to kick a field goal. The drive set the tone for the Cougars, though, they continued to play like a well-oiled machine and the game went back and forth between the two teams. The half ended with the score 14-10 Miners. Scoring for the Cougars was tight end Shamus McKean and both scores for the Miners were by Dingle. In the second half both teams battled up and down the field, but the third quarter was scoreless, not until halfway through the fourth quarter did the Miners score again with a center plunge by fullback, Gerald Hines. Then, with only two minutes left, McKay started a drive on his own 35 and with a brilliant display of short passes, runs and a very impressive display of pose and grit he took the team down to the Miner’s five. Then with what has to be one of the seasons best plays called by Coach Burkowitz, McKay dropped back and looked over the middle, looking for Walker crossing. Walker was covered but McKean was running the same route but deeper in the end zone. McKay faked to Walker and then tossed a floater to a wide-open McKean for the score. Cox kicked the extra point as the game ended.

            “Joey was just terrific today, I was very proud of him as well as the rest of the team. They just went out a played a great game, the best game of the season. It was very exciting, and I just can’t say enough about that team and that young kid, McKay,” said Burkowitz after the game.

            Even though the Cougars did not repeat as league champs this year they did better than most people expected. They were able to win some very exciting games and their losses were hard fought. Quarterback Sam Jones is expected to return next year as a senior, but he may have some competition from the young but talented Joey McKay.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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MENDES TALKS WITH IKE – DULLES WARNS COMMIE CHINA - NAGUIB OUT IN EGYPT – RAMAR TO LEAD MACY PARADE – LIONEL BARRYMORE DIES – ABC TO TAKE OVER DUMONT - MORE MAMBO – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK

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French Premier Mendes arrives for talks with President Eisenhower, saying the whole free world “is making steady progress on the road to peace.”

Secretary of State Dulles gives Communist China a stern new warning that an attack on Formosa would mean hostilities with the United States.

Egypt’s governing revolutionary council deposes Maj. Gen. Mohamed Naguib as President and council chairman. It accused him of being implicated in a plot by the fanatic Muslim Brotherhood against the life of his rival, Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser.

First Lady Mamie Eisenhower made a quick trip to New York aboard the President’s new airplane on a shopping trip. She selected 12 new hats, fitted two ball gowns and examined some of the latest fashions. 

Jimmy Carter regains his world’s lightweight championship, battering Paddy de Marco into a TKO after 14 seconds of the 15th round in San Francisco. 

CONELRAD (Control of electromagnetic radiation) – a means by which AM radio stations broadcast civil defense information during a wartime alert without navigation aid to the enemy – is tested this week in the New York City area. Fifteen AM stations, twelve FM stations and all seven New York City TV stations went off the air during the three-hour test. All the AM stations came back, but broadcast the same programming either on 640 or 1240 Khz. 

Entertainment news – Actor Jon Hall, who portrays Ramar in “Ramar of the Jungle”, will lead this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Don’t miss it!!

Art Carney of the Jackie Gleason show has a new Christmas record out called “Santa and the Doodle-Li-Boop” but no one knows what a “Doodle-Li-Boop” is. On Columbia Records. 

Hollywood News – Passing - Lionel Barrymore – patriarch of the famed family of actors and himself a veteran of stage, radio, and movies. He was 76.

Hollywood said goodbye to Lionel Barrymore. Attending the funeral mass were names such as Jimmy Durante, Buster Keaton, James Stewart, George Cukor, Sam Zimbalist, Red Skelton and many others. Some sent regrets – David O’Selznick from New York, Dore Schary, ill and Louis B. Mayer in San Francisco for a checkup due to illness.

There are strong rumors that ABC-TV may be taking over ailing DuMont. 

Radio news –

Some radio programmers are getting irritated about all the movie title songs hitting the marketplace over the past year or so. The objection to the title songs is pegged that they’re considered a plug for the movies they’re part of. Resentment to title songs came to a head earlier this year with “The High And Mighty.” Many radio stations thought it was an outright plug for the movie. Other songs that stirred radio managers/programmers – “Three Coins In the Fountain,” Woman’s World,” “Song From The Barefoot Contessa” and “The Adventures of Hajji Baba.” Record companies are now taking notice and shipping songs with several titles. For example – “The Song From Desiree” - from 20th-Fox’s picture “Desiree” has an alternative title – “We Meet Again.”

Music news – Birdland, NY the famed jazz nite spot – preps another concert package for a three-week tour beginning in February. Featured in the tour are Sarah Vaughan, George Shearing, Count Basie, Erroll Garner and Lester Young. Tour will be tagged “Birdland Stars of 1955.” It all kicks off in Philadelphia on February 11 and moves into Carnegie Hall the following night.

More Mambo – Decca records signs Bebo Valdes – conductor, arranger and composer, known as “the Glenn Miller of Cuba. Decca was among the first record companies to seize on Mambo artists several years go with Sonny Burke’s “Mambo Jambo” package a few years ago.

She’s on the hottest streak ever – Rosemary Clooney. Orders for her current singles are coming in at 60,000 a day. She’s riding high with “This Ole House” back with “Hey There” and another single – “Mambo Italiano.” Her etching of “Sisters” and “Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me” is beginning to sell.

Also, from the movie “White Christmas” – Columbia is releasing her version of “White Christmas” and “Count Your Blessings.”

Pop music this week

I Need You Know – Eddie Fisher

Mr. Sandman – Chordettes

This Ole House/Hey There – Rosemary Clooney

Papa Loves Mambo – Perry Como

Teach Me Tonight – DeCastro Sisters

Mambo Italiano – Rosemary Clooney

If I Give My Heart to You – Doris Day

Hold My Hand – Don Cornell 

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10/8/1959

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, October 8, 1959   Vol. C745

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LOCAL NEWS

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INDIAN SUMMER MAKES AN APPEARANCE

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East Farewell – Indian summer made an appearance in East Farewell last week as temperatures soared into the 80s for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The usual temperatures for this time of year in town average in the upper 50s or low 60s. The weather service said this weather anomaly is not uncommon but this one was more extreme than expected. “This event sort of caught us off guard with its very high temperatures,” said local weatherman, Sean Walker, “We got caught in a stalled high pressure zone and while usually wind from the west moves it right along this time the wind was not there and the temperatures just hung around.”

            The hot weather was not completely unwelcome. Some folks enjoyed the late summer by going down to the beach and taking a dip in the lake. The lake water was still chilly, about 58 degrees but most of the bathers did not seem to mind, “It was really refreshing,” said a swimsuit wearing youth still dripping from his dip.

            The restaurants took advantage of the very mild evenings by opening up their outdoor dining and people spent more time strolling through town even as the twilight came early and by 7:00PM the restaurants had turned on their outside lights that had been brought back out of storage. For the most part people took the heat in stride. “Sure it is hot but it is kind of nice. We get one last blast of summer and it was a great summer,” said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, “I was sold out for almost every week this summer. I had to have my daughter, Natalie, to help me out. She is older now and some of the young men staying over had to be told to watch their steps,” she laughed.

            Technically, the Indian summer was only an inversion but it did spark a lot of late evening activity and a lot of talk on the street. By Thursday and cold front had brought some cold rain and a drop in temperature making the memories of summer memories once more.

Indian summer stroll 1959

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SPORTS

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COUGARS HOME OPENER A BIG VICTORY OVER RIVERVIEW

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East Farewell – The talk of the town was all about the new, strong Cougars football team. The home opener just seemed to reinforce the talk. The Cougars walked onto the Regional High Field on Saturday and picked up where they left off last week. The Riverview Wildcats are not as strong as the Miners were and they have many underclassmen in their starting lineup. They have a lot of enthusiasm but are a little short in the teamwork department. The Cougars won the toss and took the ball. On the kickoff Joey Neil was able to race through most of the Wildcats and get down to the Wildcat 18 yard line. The second play of the game was a center plunge by big Robbie Blackman who knocked three Wildcats over as he rumbled 18 yards. The next play he kept the ball and carried the whole Wildcat line into the end zone. Regalia and his unusual style kept his perfect extra point string intact. It looked like the Cougars were going to have a wonderful home opener.

            The Wildcats were not going to let that happen. They took the kick off and buckled down to a determined, somewhat haphazard drive that took them down to the Cougars 20 yard line. Then with third and six they brought out a small player, by far the smallest on the field, to attempt a field goal. The Cougars sideline was buzzing and some wise cracks were heard. The ball was snapped and this small kicker approached the ball. The kicker’s foot struck the ball and it launched with the force of a rifle and sailed through the uprights and past the end of the field over the fence and onto the baseball outfield. It traveled at least 45 yards in the air. The stadium was stunned and silent. The Wildcats were jumping around like they won the game. The kicker jogged to the sideline and took a seat on the bench as players congratulated the kicker who did not remove their helmet. It wasn’t until almost halftime that the kicker finally removed their helmet and revealed he was a she! The kicker was a girl. Once she had revealed herself, Rachel Zorn, there was quite a bit of commotion on the Cougars sidelines. Coach Burcowitz was frantically looking through the rulebook to see if there was anything about girls being able to play in the league. “Apparently there is no rule against it. There is nothing in there that says girls can’t play in this league. I don’t believe it but it is, I mean isn’t in there,” said the Coach right before halftime. “They really pulled one over on us, that girl can kick. But you aren’t going to win a lot of games if you don’t score touchdowns,” he added.

            There was still a full half to play in the game and after things had calmed down the Cougars regrouped and were able to drive down the field right before the half and Joey O’Toole was able to run a sweep around the left and score with only 10 seconds left in the first half. Sammy Regalia kicked the extra point and was obviously trying to kick it as far as he could. He almost missed but luckily nipped the inside of the goal post and went through. The half ended, 14-3, with the Cougars on top.

            In the second half the Wildcats came out with renewed energy, unfortunately their talent did not match their energy. They were stopped at the Cougar forty three and even their new superstar, Rachel Zorn who was officially introduced at the half, could not kick one that far. The Wildcats punted and once again Joey Neil threaded his way through the Wildcats and made his way down to the 12 yard line. This time Dugan went to the air and found his young tight end, Albert Dillon crossing the center just across the goal line. After Regalia’s extra point the score was 21-3. Both teams went back and forth in the middle of the field until late in the fourth quarter when Dungan tried a shotgun snap from the Cougar’s own forty, but usually very reliable center, Daniel Green let loose a high, wild snap that flew over Dugan’s head and bounced down to about the thirty where a dashing Wildcat defensive end, Ned Dunlap, picked up the loose ball and returned to the goal line. He was 5 yards ahead of the nearest Cougar, Dugan, who made a valiant effort the stop him to no avail. Dunlap scampered into the end zone for the score. Zorn blasted the extra point as both sides applauded. The game ended, 21-10, Cougars but a new era of Regional Football had been born with the first female played to ever play in a game. She did very well.

            The Cougars will face the Corning Devils, who by the way are all male, next Friday at 4:30 on the Regional High Field. 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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STEELWORKERS UNION MAY STRIKE AFTER 80 DAY TRUCE – GROUP OF SCIENTISTS WANT TO SOLVE DISARMAMENT PROBLEM – WEATHER BUREAU NIXS H-BOMBING HURRICANES – IKE’S POPULARITY HITS NEW HIGH – ENGLAND’S MACMILLAN SWEEPS TO VICTORY

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Declaring it will not be beaten, the United Steelworkers Union says a court order may force an 80-day truce in the record steel strike, but their leader indicated they might strike again, after a Taft-Harley truce.

A group of scientists wants the government to set up an agency for - scientists - to keep the peace. The group - including two Nobel Prize winners, would help solve “technical” problems such as disarmament.

The Weather Bureau respectfully rejects, for the time being at least, suggestions that it try to knock out hurricanes with H-bombs. In the first place it knows of no reason for believing the attempt would succeed. In the second place, it is conceivable that an H-bomb explosion, instead of killing a hurricane, would make it worse.

In a Gallup Poll, President’s Eisenhower’s popularity has risen to its highest point since May 1957 as 66% like the way he’s doing his job.

Prime Minister Macmillan and his Conservative party win a sweeping election victory.

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