EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, April
9, 1953 Vol. C226
LOCAL
NEWS
MONEY FOUND – SCOUNDREL STILL
MISSING
East Farewell- The on-going and all encompassing scandal that
has gripped East Farewell for the last week has gotten a little stranger.
Recently returned from the front lines of Korea, Bernie Quinn was out of
work and looking for any way to make ends meet, was looking through the town
dump for salvage and came across a leather suitcase. Upon opening it he found $5000.00.
It was part of the money the Town Council had given con-man Gordon Pitts last week to
“expedite” the “Exit Issue” with the Highway Commission. The Council approved
$7,000.00 for the assistance. $2,000.00 is still missing.
A lot of people
in Bernie’s situation would have taken the money and never mentioned it, but it
was still in the Town Council envelope with the details of the project
attached. Bernie had been reading the
paper and was working part time with Police Chief Watson.
“When I opened the suitcase I almost had a heart attack,” said Quinn
in an interview at the Police Station, “I knew right away what it was and I
couldn’t wait the tell the Chief.”
The fortuitous find relieves a lot of pressure on the Town
Council that was at odds on trying to explain the extremely poor choice it made
by giving Pitts the money in the first place.
It seems the focus now will be on finding Mr. Pitts. He is still wanted
for questioning and everyone in town wants to know what his real story is. Mr. Quinn has become a bit of a hero with the
Town Council, who has been very vocal about helping find him permanent
employment and possibly a reward for finding the money.
It was also
rumored that Mr. Pitts was quite the ladies man, perhaps it was part of his
con, but he tried to engage several woman in town, coincidentally Bernie Quinn’s
girlfriend, Sue Logan and local
chanteuse and thespian, Natalie Mallard. “I know my mother said he stole my heart, but
that is not true at all. If anything, I told him I’d think about his proposals.
I had no intention of going anywhere with that bum,” said Mallard from her
front porch. Miss Logan has not
commented at the time of this printing.
The saga will
continue until Mr. Pitts is found or a complete explanation comes out about
this whole embarrassing mess. For now,
things are getting back to normal, the money is back, no hearts are broken and
the town salutes an honest veteran.
Bernie Quinn –
Local hero
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP – NEW WIN RECORD
East Farewell- A game that was much closer than it was expected
to be was played in the Regional High Gym last week. The Slate Mountain Miners came to play and
the Cougars had already clinched the championship the week and were flat
footed. It took the entire first half to
wake up the dozing Cougars. The Miners well positioned offense led by
sophomore, Alton Wilkes, scored almost at will and led the Cougars by 12 at the
end of the first half. Wilkes consistently drove past the sluggish Cougar
defense for a game high of 14 points. It
wasn’t until the second half that the Cougars show any desire to play.
Perhaps it was Coach Wilson’s halftime talk that woke up the
team or perhaps they realized a win would set a record for the most season wins
by an East Farewell basketball team, whatever it was it was tale of two
different games. The Cougars came out
and blazed a 10-2 run in the first three minutes. Guards, Ted Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch ran
around the Miners man to man and were unstoppable from the outside. They
combined for 10 of the 12 points in the run, all long jumpers from the outside.
Center, Bill Donahue, took control inside the lane and finally started to
reject Wilkes and any other Miner attempting to invade. The game came down to the last ten seconds
with the score tied. Forward Billy
O’Donnell knocked a pass from Miner Sam Fowler wide and Gene Green, Cougars
other forward dove to knock the ball back into O’Donnell’s hands. O’Donnell
kept his poise and fired a bullet pass to a streaking Welch who put up a layup
to win the game and set the record.
“Well, a win is a win,” said Coach Wilson after the game, “The
Miners were a great team today and we really had to play our best and have a
little luck to win this one but it is still a win and I’m proud of these kids
for really stepping up in the second half.
These kids might not appreciate what they accomplished this season, but
I’m sure down the road they will.”
There was a brief ceremony after the game honoring the team and
raising a small banner to the roof of the gym.
The East Farewell News salutes the
1952-53 Regional Basketball Champions; the East Farewell Cougars. The team
members are; Center,
Bill Donahue (Sr), Guards, Ted Fitzgerald (Sr) & Jimmy Welch (Jr),
Forwards, Billy O’Donnell (So) & Gene Green (So) and off the bench came
Joey Fox, Charlie Cox, Shamus McKean. Coach Charles Wilson deserves special
commendation for his invaluable contribution to the teaching, coaching, training
and mentoring of these fine young men.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE COMES TO GRIPS WITH KOREA – SITTING BULL
REBURIED – GAS PRICES DROP – HOGAN WINS MASTERS
Reports that the Eisenhower administration is coming to grips with far Eastern peace problems, which may arise following a Korean truce, are topped off, with the Eisenhower administration denying any plan to divide Korea. More reports say the Eisenhower administration is willing to accept a settlement in Korea based on a boundary at the narrow waist of the peninsula. The new line between Communist North Korea and the South Korean Republic would be about 90 miles north of the present battle line.
A group of South Dakotans digs up the remains of famed Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and reburies them on a hill overlooking the Missouri River in South Dakota. Transfer of the old warrior’s remains climaxes a feud between the two States over the grave site that reached into Congress, as well as the Governor’s mansions. The grave-digging party was led by Clarence Grey Eagle, a Bullhead (S.D) Indian who claims to have power of attorney from three is Sitting Bull’s granddaughters to move the body. The new site is within the standing Rock Reservation.
The Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. with 40 filling stations cuts gasoline prices to 19,9 cents a gallon for straight run fuel and 22.9 cents for high test. Gas had been retailing as high as 30 ½ cents a gallon for high-test before a half-cent reduction was announced by several companies.
Sports - Ben Hogan recaptures the Masters in Augusta, winning by 5 strokes.
Actress Gene Tierney divorces Oleg Cassini – New
York dress designer. She’s now linked
romantically with Ali Khan, prince and patron.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
