EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
22, 1956 Vol. C595
LOCAL
NEWS
THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE BRINGS
SANTA TO TOWN
East Farewell – The holiday season was ushered into East
Farewell with the traditional Thanksgiving Day Parade. Once again led by the
Regional High School Pep Band the parade wound down Lake Shore Drive and up
Main Street to Boyle’s Department Store where Santa was “delivered” to take his
seat of honor in the store surrounded by his elves he was ho-ho-hoing all the
way up the stairs. Once again this year Charles Boyle was the Grand Marshall
and prime organizer. He is the owner of Boyle’s Department Store and has headed
up the overall organization of the parade. This is the ninth year of the parade
and its popularity grows every year. Crowds
have been coming to the parade every year and have brought a big boost to the
town economy. It also has created a true tradition in town. Everyone looks
forward to the Thanksgiving Day Parade is commonly heard when asked for an
opinion. This year the crowds were even larger than last year and close to the
largest crowd ever which was back in 1952 when the Iron Works announced it was
expanding and offered many new jobs. No new job offerings this year but that
did not keep the visitors away. They streamed in on Friday and filled the
Lakefront Plaza and Main Street Friday night and lined the streets Saturday
morning. The Parade kicked off at 9:00AM at the head of Lake Shore Drive with
the Pep Band followed by the VFW Vets in full dress uniform, the fabulous,
dancing Super Strutters from Central, the always popular Slate Mountain String
Band, the crowd cheering Flat Rock Twirlers with their lighted batons, the East
Farewell Volunteer Fire Company, the local Scout Troops and the local dogs from
the SPCA who were available for adoption after the parade. In a surprise
appearance, the Cougars Varsity Football team marched much to the delight of
all. The Regional High School Marching Band rounded out the wonderfully diverse
group in the position of honor, last before Santa’s sled which was led by
reindeer that looked suspiciously like horses with antlers. The sled pulled up
to Boyle’s at noon and Santa waved, laughed and headed inside. The RHS Band
continued to play for a half hour as has become the standard while folks
listened, shopped, visited Santa and dined at any one of the number of
restaurants that were open. The afternoon
was turned over to Cougars football as they took the field and celebrated their
homecoming. During halftime while the band played popular Christmas hits Santa
made a surprise appearance with his “reindeers”, sled and a very fetching Mrs.
Claus who was actually local celebrity, Natalie Mallard.
Charles Boyle
with ‘Dasher’, Santa, Mrs. Clause and an elf
SPORTS
COUGARS CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING/HOMECOMING
WITH A BIG WIN
East Farewell- The Cougars had a big day on Thanksgiving. Having
marched earlier in the parade, they made there way over to the field and
prepared for their homecoming game with a Sun City team that has been rising in
the league standings recently. There was no lack of enthusiasm at kickoff and
the crowd would keep it up throughout the whole game. The Cougars gave them
lots to cheer about. Their first drive was capped off with a beautiful short
screen to halfback, Billy Reilly led to the first score. The Eagles came to
play, though and the halftime score was tied at 14 apiece. The third quarter
went scoreless but not for lack of action. Both teams drove the length of the
field but were unable to score. The Cougars were intercepted on the 5 yard line
and the Eagles fumbled on the 9. The fourth quarter saw the Cougars take charge
and score twice in eight minutes thanks to a second fumble by the Eagles. The
score stood at 28-14 with five minutes left and the Eagles quarterback, Gerald
Dunn, was able to unload a forty year bomb to wide receiver, Blake Ferguson,
for a score and a threat. The Cougars were able to run out the clock and walk
away with a 28-21 homecoming victory.
The game was
very entertaining but the halftime show really got the most attention this
year. Being Homecoming the show presented the Homecoming King and Queen (Dave
Wallace and Amy Taylor, both seniors) and a huge surprise, Santa rode on the
field with his makeshift reindeer and Mrs. Clause who was played by local, Natalie Mallard.
A fun time was had by all and after the game the team was able to go home and
enjoy a slightly delayed Thanksgiving Day dinner.
The Cougars go
back on the road next week to face the Riverview Wildcats. The game will begin
at 2:00PM in the Riverview High School field.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE HOLDS TALKS ON MIDDLE EAST – NASSAR VOWS
INDEPENDENCE – RAIL WORKERS SIGN CONTRACT – AMERICANS ON THE MOVE
President Eisenhower held a series of high-level
conferences today to review and coordinate United States policy in the Middle
Eastern crisis.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser vowed today he never
would become the pawn of any power. He said Egypt was determined to maintain
both political and ideological independence.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen today became the first of four operating unions to settle a prolonged
wage dispute with the country's 140 major railroads.
Americans sat behind the wheel of the family car
or flew through the air more than they used trains or buses in moving from city
to city, last year. Altogether they racked up 664,100,000,000 passenger miles
of such travel last year, for a gain of 6.2 per cent over the 1955 mileage,
according to the Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
