EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, April 7, 1955
Vol. C761
LOCAL NEWS
RAILROAD WEIGHS
IN ON HIGHWAY DEBATE
East Farewell-
The mighty Keystone Railroad has weighed in on the Interstate Highway interchange
issue. According to Keystone spokesman,
Allen Leman, the railway will officially ask the Highway Commission to approve
the East Farewell interchange. The
Commission has been wavering on the issue and has not made a final
decision. At last report they were
leaning towards not approving the exit.
The railroad’s announcement came as a bit of a surprise to many. It had been rumored the railroad was lobbying
to have the commission to bypass East Farewell in order to keep its “monopoly”
on the town. Some have suggested that
the railroad’s pro-interchange decision was, in part, to squelch that
rumor. Leman scoffed at that suggestion.
“If we indeed had any “monopoly” over the town, which we don’t, why would we go
to the trouble of saying anything at all,” said Leman during the announcement
interview, “we have no reservations about letting the Highway Commission place
an interchange at East Farewell. In
fact, we will specifically ask the Commission to place an interchange there.
East Farewell is a booming town with the Iron Works and the huge tourism industry
that has developed there. We have no
control over the commerce of the town and although the Keystone Railroad was
instrumental in East Farewell’s founding and development, there is no intent to
control the town in any way what-so-ever.”
The Highway
Commission’s spokesman, Dan Galway, said the Commission will take the request
under consideration and respond at the next meeting. The next Commission meeting is scheduled for June
1st. The main reason the
Commission is not leaning toward placing the exit to East Farewell is in the
initial planning there was to be an exit approximately every 26 miles. East Farewell would fall in the middle of the
exit scheme if it was instituted today, falling between Slate
Mountain and Fort
Lee. East Farewell’s Town Council
has been lobbying for the interchange since the project was announced several
years ago. “How can you travel across
the state and not stop in East Farewell?” asked Council President, Tom Conally
when asked for his position on the exit.
The general feeling in town is with an exit on the Interstate, East
Farewell would only continue to grow and attract more tourists and industry.
SPORTS
COUGARS CLINCH
TITLE IN A NAILBITER
East Farewell-
The 1955 Cougars locked the league championship with a 50-47 win over the
Southport Hawks on Friday. The game was
a battle down to the last ten seconds when senior Timmy Green hit an outside
bomb, was fouled and made the free throw.
If the team wins its last game next week it will end with a 12-4 record,
one of the best in school history.
Playing the Slate Mountain Miners for the second time, the Cougars hope
to repeat their earlier victory where they handled the Miners easily, 38-32.
The Southport game was a true thriller. The tip-off even had drama when both centers collided
and the ball fell untouched to the floor, bounced twice before Cougar center,
Michael Watson, swatted the ball to stunned guard, Joey Welch. Welch turned and in the confusion, shot the
ball from almost half court and made the first basket to set the stage for a
wild game. Things never settled down,
each team scored on every transition through the first quarter. In the second quarter defense took over and
both teams only scored four points.
Halftime score stood at 24-24.
The second half see-sawed back and forth with offensive Cougar highlights
from Watson and forward Tom O’Hare. The two complimented each other with what
can only be described as mental telepathy by anticipating the open spot on the
floor, passing to it and the other magically appearing for the reception and
score. As the third quarter came to a
close the Hawks had a 4 point lead, the largest of the game, but on the last
play of the quarter Welch uncorked another bomb and brought the lead down to
2. The Cougars then went on a four point
scoring run to turn the score around again as the Watson-O’Hare crew took
center stage. In a beautiful display of
teamwork the two traded passes, give and goes and high, setup passes that was a
treat to watch. Even with the superior Cougar
offense the Hawks would not die. They
stayed with the Cougars and even took back the lead with less the 2 minutes
left. The final minute was frantic as
the Cougars had to break a stifling press to even the score. Time was ticking down; the score was tied
when Miner guard, Joe Black, missed a very tough shot from the corner. He was double-teamed by the Cougars because
he had been sharp all night, scoring 20 Hawk points. The ball rattled around and bounced out
allowing Watson to grab the rebound and pass out to Green. Green dribbled out of harms way and across
the line with 15 seconds left. He
dribbled down to the corner but did not pick up his dribble. Looking to pass, Green saw a smothering
defense put up by Hawks. He then dribbled back out to the top of the foul lane,
turned and uncorked a long bomb with only 10 seconds left. The ball swished through. The Cougars were up by 2. On the shot Green was fouled by Black and was
awarded one shot. He made the shot,
putting the Cougars up by three with 3 seconds left. The Cougars pressed the inbounds and the
Hawks were unable to get a reasonable shot off as the game ended.
Regardless of
the outcome of the game next week the Cougars have captured their second title
in four years. This years team showed
they had a complete team by having leaders inside with Watson and O’Hare and
outside with Green and Welch. Balanced
on offense and tenacious on defense this team showed very little weakness in
any area. “This has to be one of the
most balanced and talented teams I have ever coached,” said Coach Wilson after
the game, “I am very proud of these kids.
They worked as a team all season and just kept getting better. By the end of the season you could see they
were communicating by intuition. They
just knew what their teammates were going to do and worked together as a
team. It was a beautiful thing to
watch.”
NATIONAL NEWS
POLIO VACCINE WORKS REPORT PROCLAIMS
- NAVY HAS FLYING SAUCER
Long awaited report -
The world is told that its hope for finding
an effective weapon against crippling polio has been realized. The Salk triple
anti-polio vaccine, administered last year to 40,000 children in 44 states, has
protected a large percentage of the vaccinated children against the paralytic
effects of the three types of polio virus.
Dr. Jonas E. Salk will
receive no royalties from sales of the
polio vaccine on which he worked long and tirelessly. His work was a
contribution to humanity financed entirely with the funds of the National Polio
Foundation. The mass test alone cost $10 million and the foundation has
contracted to spend an additional $3-$9 million on inoculation doses for
children this summer. Dr. Jonas E. Salk who says development of his polio vaccine
came as “no surprise,” said his own children were among the first to receive
inoculations soon after he began his first tests on human beings - in May of 1953.
Wow! - The Navy
discloses successful experimental flights
by a weird looking contraption called a “flying platform” which ascends
vertical and hovers in the air
.
The pilot stands in the center of the platform, which looks like a round
dining room table. To steer the machine, he merely leans in the direction he
wants to go.
