EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, September
16, 1954 Vol. C481
LOCAL
NEWS
SCHOOL STARTS FOR BIGGEST
STUDENT BODY YET
East Farewell – School doors opened for all the Regional
Township schools on Wednesday, September 8th. All grades started
but there was a staggered schedule for the openings. The Senior High opened
first at 8:00 AM followed by the Junior High at 8:30 and finally the Elementary
School at 9:00. This was to accommodate the various bus routes and in the case of
the elementary school first day apprehension from the youngest students causing
a bottleneck at the school entrance where reluctant young students had trouble
parting from their parents. Luckily for everyone the teaching staff was both
trained and willing to help the youngsters start their academic career.
The student
body for all the schools is the largest ever. There has been a 10% increase in
enrollment from last year. The school board anticipated the increase and
expects the student body to continue to increase every year until the national
“baby boom” subsides. No one has given any numbers on that, yet. A
new school was built in 1952, separating the Junior High School from the
High School and a new elementary school is planned for next year.
A short
assembly took place in both the Senior and Junior High schools where principals
Owen Prescott and William Baxter, respectively, greeted the students and laid
out a brief summary of the school’s yearly agenda. Everyone was well behaved
and attentive and after the ceremony proceeded to their homerooms to start
another memorable school year.
Regional High
School
SPORTS
TRAVELERS WIN IN SLATE MOUNTAIN
Slate Mountain – The Travelers and
the Miners have no love lost between them. They have been arch-rivals for many
years. The rivalry started with the high schools and as many of the students
stayed in town and became members of the community the rivalry expanded to a
town wide thing, sweeping the beloved baseball teams into the mayhem. The
rivalry intensified this year as both the Travelers and the Miners were vying
for a top place in the baseball league. It came down to the last game of the
season. If the Travelers won, they could possibly tie for the league
championship. If the Miners won, they would have sole possession of second
place, completing a near miraculous comeback from the bottom of the league the
year before. The stage was set. Joe Nagy was on the mound for the Travelers and
Miner’s ace, Mac Mahoney was pitching for the Miners. The weather was
beautiful, cool but sunny. The stands were packed with fans from both sides.
Both teams were excited.
The
pitchers started off strong and it looked like it was going to be a pitchers’
duel. Both aces retired the opposing side in the first, all strike outs. In the
second the Travelers started to hit, Johnny Cloos led off with a double and
Tony Dinero bunted him to third. Joey Brown swatted a single that scored Cloos.
Mahoney settled down but let in another run before striking out Davey Franks.
When the Miners came up they answered back with their own hitting display and
scored 3 runs to take the lead. The game went back and forth with each team
scoring then the other answering in kind. The defense wasn’t sloppy, and the
pitching wasn’t all that bad but both teams were hitting well placed balls, and
they were running the bases very smartly. By the
top of the ninth the game was
tied at 11. Johnny Cloos came up with one out and no one on. He had faced
Mahoney four times so far and had a double, a walk, a ground out and a
strikeout. Mahoney tried to blow his fast ball by Cloos again, but Cloos was
ready and on the second pitch connected with a towering drive over the center
field fence for his 29th home run of the season. The Traveler fans
went wild. Mahoney went on the get Dimero and Brown out and the Miners came up
one run behind in the bottom of the ninth. Joe Nagy dug deep and started to
work. He was able to get Fields to ground out. Then he got Reynolds to pop up
with Watson making the play. The Miners sent up a pinch hitter, Jose Diamond. He
took Nagy to a 3-2 and fouled off an astonishing seven balls before he hit a
shot towards short and Dale Dunham made a leaping grab for the line out. It was
an exciting end to an exciting game. The Travelers fans were ecstatic, the
Miners fans glum. The season ended ironically, with the Travelers and the
Miners tied for second place because the Corning Glass Works had won their last
three games to capture the title.
The
Travelers will start again next year and try to claim the championship.
Hopefully they will have a home field to play on.
NATIONAL NEWS
DULLES SAYS US WILL MAINTAIN POWER IN THE
PACIFIC – US & BRITAIN WANT W. GERMANY IN ATLANTIC ALLIANCE – AFL & CIO
TO MERGE – MARCIANO KOS CHARLES IN 8
Secretary of State John Dulles tells the world that U.S. military plans call for maintaining in the Western Pacific “powerful naval and air force” capable of striking any aggressor – and that a mighty U.S. force will be guarding the Pacific at all times.
The United States and Britain call a nine-power parley on West European defense for on or about September 28. They showed determination to bring West Germany into the Atlantic alliance quickly despite French fears.
President George Meany says the American Federation of Labor will exert every effort in the coming months to bring about unification of the AFL and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
Rocky Marciano scores a knockout in the 8th round in a bout against Ezzard Charles in New York.
Marilyn
Monroe, who jammed New York traffic when she posed for scenes (on Thursday of
this week) with her skirt billowing up from a subway draft, is resting at home
(in Hollywood) with a cold. Marilyn isn’t blaming the breeze on her cold. She’s
just a little overworked.
The
Student Prince – Mario Lanza
The
Glenn Miller Story – Glen Miller
Music,
Martinis and Memories – Jackie Gleason
Music
For Lover’s Only – Jackie Gleason
Swing
Easy – Frank Sinatra
Glenn
Miller Story – Movie Soundtrack
Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers – Soundtrack
Songs
for Young Lovers – Frank Sinatra
Pardon
My Blooper Vol. 1 – Kermit Schafer
The
Pajama Game – Original Cast
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
