9/13/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, September 13, 1951   Vol. C326

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LOCAL NEWS

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SCHOOL STARTS FOR EAST FAREWELL STUDENTS

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East Farewell – The Regional School District opened its doors to students on Tuesday. Welcoming students from first to sixth grade in the Elementary School, students from seventh through ninth in the Junior High School and students from tenth through twelfth in the Senior High, the doors were opened and many of the teachers were at the front doors. The junior high and the senior high schools are housed in the same building making for a somewhat hectic beginning and end of the school day. But after assembling the auditoriums all classes were greeted by their respective Principals, Mr. Owen Prescott for the High Schools and Mr. David Cornell for the Elementary School, then they heard from some of the staff describing the curriculum that they will be following this school year. Some of the first graders needed a little extra attention and some of the seniors stood in the back but for the most part the student body was disciplined, respectful and attentive.

This year more students than ever enrolled in the elementary school and both the junior and senior highs saw increases. The school board has brought the fact that the if the increasing enrollment continues, and it is expected to, there will be a need to build a new elementary school and divide the junior and senior high schools into separate buildings. This is only on the horizon but the schoolboard was pointing this inevitability to put people on notice that changes are down the road.

             Academics are the top priority in the district but sports has long been an integral part of the curriculum and has served as a spirit builder within the student body. The football team, the Cougars, is the heart of the fall sports program and they will soon begin their season. The basketball team is also a huge part of the school’s identity as are the baseball and track teams. The school band and cheerleading team are other very popular activities. The band and the newly formed Pep band, a smaller version of the full marching band, are featured in all local parades and have traveled to neighboring towns to partake in their parades.

            For the most part the students seemed excited about starting school as well as the teachers and administrative staff. “We are all excited about teaching the students and sharing in the Regional High spirit with all the sporting and social events on the calendar,” said Doris Herne, elementary school teacher.

Doris Herne works with one of her students.

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SPORTS

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COUGARS CLAW TRAVELERS

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Ondita – The Travelers are starting to show some weariness of the road. They have played almost every game this season on the road and have an excellent record, near or in first place for most of the season. Eventually, though, any extended road trip is going to take its toll. After losing to the lowly Bears last week the Travelers came into Ondita hoping to grab a win and put them back in first place. The Cougars are right behind the Travelers in the standings and there is nothing they would like more than to beat up on their rival.

            The game started slowly as Cougars pitcher, Jimmy Torrance looked sharp and kept the Travelers bats quiet until the fourth inning when Joey Brown squeaked a single past first baseman, Francis Dunn and then Arty Archibald bunted him over to second and in a rare Cougar error, Torrance bobbled the toss to first and Archibald got there safely. Billy Sweet then came up and took Torrance to a 3-2 count and fouled off three balls before he drove a long fly ball back to the fence. Only a spectacular, leaping, over the fence grab by center fielder, Cecil Sedgwick that kept the Cougars from falling into a 3-0 hole. Sweet did drive in both Brown and Arthur but was out. Torrance regrouped and struck out Green to end the inning. The Travelers were on top 2-0 for only an inning when the Cougars got a hold of Billy Green in the sixth and quickly scored four runs on seven hits. Green was finally able to stop the rampage by forcing Cougars slugger, Joe Granite, into a double play.

            The Travelers were not able to get back on track as Torrance racked up a total of 9 strikeouts and keeping the Travelers off the board except for the fourth. Billy Green was also able to keep the Cougars quiet after the disastrous sixth inning but the damage was done and the Travelers took their second loss in a row. Fortunately for the Travelers the Bedford Bears also lost which means the Travelers and the Bears are still tied for first place and will settle the score next week at Bedford Stadium. The winner will probably win the league race. There are two games left on the schedule but this next game will most likely determine the champion. The game is the last night game, too, and will start at 7:00 in beautiful Bedford Stadium. 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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SAVAGE FIGHTING IN EAST KOREA - MACARTHUR BLASTS TRUMAN – SINATRA DID NOT TRY SUCICIDE – KING GEORGE SERIOUSLY ILL – NEW YORK TIMES IS 100 – THIS WEEK AT THE MOVIES

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Korea – The allies seized two heights, were jolted off a third and held on grimly against Red threats to others in savage fighting for East Korea’s fog-shrouded hills. 

Gen. MacArthur blasts the Truman administration and says there is a “steady drift toward totalitarian rule” in the U.S. and said this tendency, if continued, could lead to a dictatorship.”

Crooner Frank Sinatra did not attempt suicide. He admitted he took two sleeping pills and broke out in a rash because he is allegoric to them. Rumors had persisted that Sinatra took an overdose of pills after a quarrel with Ava Gardner in Lake Tahoe.

Doctors say King George is seriously ill, that “structural changes have developed” in one of his lungs.

The New York Times marked 100 years, receiving congratulations from President Truman: “I congratulate the Times particularly for consistently maintaining the highest journalistic standards. Your great newspaper has given its readers wide news coverage and reporting which has been generally fair and accurate. The Times is a newspaper serving well both its own community and the country as a whole. Of course, on this anniversary special credit is due Adolph Ochs for making the Times the outstanding newspaper it is. I wish the Times continued success.” 

This week at the movies –

A Streetcar Named Desire – Vivien Lee, Marlon Brando

Flying Leathernecks – John Wayne, Robert Ryan

Captain Horatio Hornblower– Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo

His Kind of Woman – Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell

The Big Carnival – Kirk Douglas

Happy So Lovely – Cesar Romero, Vera Ellen, David Niven

The People Against O’Hara –Spencer Tracy

The Great Caruso – Mario Lanza

A Place In The Sun – Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelly Winters

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Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.

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6/28/1951

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, June 28, 1951   Vol. C315

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LOCAL NEWS

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MOTORBOATS TO BE ALLOWED ON LAKE CHARLES

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East Farewell – The City Council has passed a directive that will allow motorboats on Lake Charles starting July 1^st. The directive was pushed heavily by several members that own lakefront properties and was backed by the local auto dealership and by the owner of the only boat shop on the lake. “There have been a lot of advances in the outboard motor department. They are smaller and more powerful than ever before. They are also more full efficient so you don’t have to carry a whole lot of fuel which is much safer,” said Tom Dwyer, the owner of Lake Charles Marina, “I am seeing more people buying and bringing bigger boats to the lake and I just started stocking outboard motors and am working on getting a fuel dispensing operation in place. That should be ready by the middle of the summer. I think motorboats will be fine on the lake, it is pretty big. A lot of folks have said they want to try waterskiing which should be interesting to see.”

            Not everyone is in favor of the motorboat rule. Ward James is a local that sails on the lake in his sailboat. He thought the addition of motorboats would only cause problems with the existing status quo. “We don’t need all these new city guys running their big old motorboats all over the lake,” he said at the meeting, “The Great Race of 1930 is a perfect example of what happens when you have too many boats on the lake”

            The “Great Race” he was referring to was the first big lake event and it turned into a local tragedy. That year the town was very small and just beginning to establish itself as a summer resort destination. There was a massive sailboat race set up and it turned out to be too big and too poorly organized. A strong breeze also played into the problem. With more than 25 boats crowed onto the lake and there was a huge pile up after the second lap with 19 of the 25 boats involved. Luckily, no one was severely injured but many of the boats had to be sent in for serious repair. After the fiasco there was an order put in place that set the size and number of boats allowed on the lake. The limits were loose enough to not impact locals they only sought to keep people from bringing big sailboats in. In 1930 the motorboats that were on the market were too large and too expensive to make it to “unknown” Lake Charles.

            It remains to be seen how many and how big the new boats will be. The Council did leave open the ability to impose (improve) requirements on the boat traffic on the lake. For now, Mr. Dwyer and the lakefront owners are looking forward to a new sound on the lake while Mr. James may have to invest in some ear plugs.

Tom Dwyer takes a test spin in a motorboat on Lake Charles

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS SKIN THE BEARS

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Bear Creek – The Travelers rolled into Bear Creek coming off a wild, exciting win last week over the Slate Mountain Miners. They wasted little time showing if they were still hot. The Travelers scored two runs in the first inning off Bears starter, Jimmy Regel. Right off the bat, Ralph Francis hit a single and Dale Dunham followed with another single. Regel was able to buckle down and get Bobby Watson out but then Johnny Cloos came up and slapped a long single into the corner, scoring both Francis and Dunham. Regel was able to stop the bleeding and retire the side but the damage was done. The Travelers had Joey Alfred on the mound and he was sharp. He retired the first six Bear batters and finally walked Bear slugger, Dave Crew, but he left him stranded by striking out the rest of the side. The Travelers scored again in the sixth with a three run homer by Joey Brown. Alfred led the team with a dazzling display of fastballs, curves and his own signature pitch, some sort of sinker. The defense was very strong, completing two double plays and kept any infield hits from getting through. The Bears were kept off the board completely and the Travelers earned their first shutout of the season.

 “I don’t know what Joey is doing with that sinker but the bottom just drops out and makes it almost unhittable. I like it,” said manager, Sam Fowler after the game.

The Travelers travel to Ondita next week to try to extend their three game winning streak. The game will begin at 2:30 in Ondita Park.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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MACARTHUR ACCUSSES TRUMAN OF SILENCING WITNESSES IN KOREA DISMISSAL – WATER SHORTAGES ADDRESSED BY INTERIOR DEPARTMENT – REDS LOSING STRENGTH IN FRANCE -  ATOM BOMB OBSOLETE – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK

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Gen MacArthur whiplashed the Truman administration on the domestic front by charging the high cost of government is rapidly making the American people “servants of the state.”  He also accused President Truman of “silencing” key witnesses and thus clouding the full facts in the controversy over his dismissal as supreme commander in the Far East. 

The House Interior Subcommittee opens hearings on a $25 million proposal that water shortages could be solved by desalting sea water and by rainmaking. Present methods of sweetening salt water are impractical, but research and increasing water shortages could make them practical. 

Reds losing strength in France. Returns from French election show Gen Charles de Gaulle’s new political party, the Rally of the French People (RFP), emerging as a powerful new force in returns. The Communists, maintaining their place as the largest single party in France on the basis of popular vote, are losing seats in the National Assembly.

A scientist at the Atomic Energy Commission says the atom bomb is obsolete and that new information on the understanding of the hydrogen bomb had been obtained in tests.

Pop music this week–

HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford

TOO YOUNG - Nat “King” Cole

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers & Terry Gilkyson

MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL - Patti Page

SOUND OFF (The Duckworth Chant)- Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra

JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine

I APOLOGIZE - Billy Eckstine

MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Patti Page

ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine

UNLESS - Eddie Fisher

OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE - Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra

THE SYNCOPATED CLOCK - Leroy Anderson 

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