EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June 14,
1951 Vol. C313
LOCAL
NEWS
SURPRISE SPEAKER AT GRADUATION
East
Farewell – The
Regional High School Class of 1951 paraded down the aisle of the school
auditorium and received their diplomas on Friday evening. 103 students graduated, 64 gentlemen and 39
young women made up the class which was the largest class in school history.
The school population has been rising every year for the last four years due to
the ever increasing town population. This year, for the first time, more
students were going on to higher education than taking a job. 25 of the young
men chose to enter the military but in the first time ever more than half the
woman (19) enrolled in a higher education program.
The auditorium was standing room
only. The ceremony started with the students marching in a duel line and taking
their seats in the front. Principal Hunt gave the opening greetings and a brief
“history” of the class. He started when they first started and followed them
through the scholastic careers. After he finished he introduced the graduation
speaker. In the past the speaker was a class member, the valedictorian or a top
athlete, but this year the entire class reached out to the business community
and asked the president of the Mighty Keystone Railroad, Sidmonds Franklin, to
give advice and reflection to the class. Franklin is widely admired and
respected and since the MKR has an oversized influence in East Farewell, the
town was basically founded by the railroad and almost three quarters of the
town’s population either works for the railroad or at the Iron Works, formally
owned by the MKR and still very closely affiliated with it. The distinguished
Franklin spoke of the bountiful opportunity available to all the students in
the American workplace whether they choose a management, a professional or a
technical path the road is wide open for those who chose to work hard and
persevere. Franklin received a standing ovation when he concluded his speech.
Awards were given for Valedictorian
Scholastic Achievement, Kevin O’Hara and Ellen Morley, the Lendel Community
Involvement Award, Francis Donahue and Darlene Delgado and the Dennis Defoe
Sports Achievement Award, Vince Halligan and Mary Monroe. After the awards the
High School orchestra played three numbers and concluded with the High School
Anthem. The students surprised the audience with a spontaneous hat throwing,
catching many off guard and sheltering their heads from the falling
mortarboards. “That was so much fun,” exclaimed Doris Malloy after the event,
“I don’t know if I got my hat back or not but I don’t really care. I have one
to turn in so that is fine.”
There was a reception in the
gymnasium after the ceremony but many of the graduates chose to leave with
their families and celebrate elsewhere. Hearty and well deserved
congratulations to the class of 1951.
The Class of 1951 toss their hats in the air
SPORTS
TRAVELERS SOAR OVER THE EAGLES
Erie – The Travelers have had great success with
their evening games so far this season. Not only have they won everyone, the
weather has been wonderful and the venues nothing less than spectacular. Last
Saturday’s game was no exception; the Travelers beat the Erie Eagles, 5-3 and
the beautiful Erie Ballpark overlooking Lake Erie was in all its splendor with
the well-lit field and multi-colored lights shining on the outfield wall. The
comfortable temperatures invited many boaters to sail around beyond the right
field wall in hopes of retrieving a homerun ball. The boaters were granted
their wish by both Johnny Cloos and Erie’s own slugger, Johnny Regale.
The
game started slowly but heated up in the third inning when the Eagles got ahold
of Danny Lane’s fastball and scored two of their three runs. The Travelers had
been held off base for the first three innings but in the fourth, perhaps in
response to the Eagles rally, they got five straight hits climaxing with a
long, Erie bound three run homer. The Travelers scored another run in the
seventh and the Eagles added one more run, Regale’s blast, in the ninth but it
was too little too late for the Eagles. The Travelers prevailed 5-3.
Next
week the Travelers will do something special. They will play a home game. The
game will be played at the Regional High School baseball field. Extra stands
will be set up to accommodate the crowds and outfield fence will be moved out
and raised. The field is in excellent condition and fits all the league
standards. Regardless, expect a high scoring, competitive game when the
Travelers meet their arch rivals the Slate Mountain Miners. The game will begin
at 1:30.
NATIONAL NEWS
TAXES UP 20% - SARNOFF OF RCA SAYS BLACK
& WHITE TV HERE TO STAY – CBS TO DEBUT COLOR TV BROADCASTS – SATURDAY NIGHT
RADIO
The House Ways and Means Committee voted for a 20% withholding on dividends, interest and royalty payments at the source, to insure payment of income taxes by those who receive them. The Committee was busy this week. It also gave final approval to higher taxes on cigarettes and liquor. The tax on a pack of cigarettes moves to eight cents, from seven. Whiskey, gin, brandy, rum and other hard liquor, from $9 a 100-proof gallon, to $10.50, Beer, from $8 a barrel to $9, Wine, up an average of 12 1/2%.
General David Sarnoff, chairman of the Radio Corporation of America says black & white telecasts will remain the backbone of the television industry for years. “The public has a big investment in television (black and white). By the end of the year, there will be at least fifteen million sets in use. It is unfair to urge on the public an incompatible system that would force people to spend a lot of money to adapt present sets to receive a picture from color television.” Rival CBS’s color television system is not compatible with present black & white televisions - but RCA does have a color system that can be received in black & white and any television.
CBS says it will begin transmitting regular color programs with its system on June 25. The first program will feature Arthur Godfrey. The CBS color schedule will run from 10:30am to 11am and 4:30pm to 6:15pm weekdays. CBS color programs cannot be viewed on present black & white televisions - so CBS is only transmitting color programs on a limited basis to minimize any loss of an existing audience. CBS color sets are expected to be on the market later this summer. NBC also plans color telecasts, but before 10:30 in the morning. In New York, the color telecasts will be seen on experimental station KE2XJV on the UHF band. WNBT-TV (channel 4) will continue with regular programming.
Saturday Night Radio –
CBS - The Gene Autry Show, Hopalong Cassidy w/ William Boyd, Gangbusters, Broadway’s My Beat, Sing It Again
NBC
- Musical Merry-Go-Round, The Magnificent Montague with Monte Woolley, Your Hit
Parade with Snooky Lanson/Eileen Wilson, Dennis Day, The Judy Canova Show, The Grand Ole Opry
(Red Foley guests).
ABC
- Cavalcade of Music
Mutual - Comedy Of Errors, Twenty Questions, Take a Number, Hawaii Calls, Guy Lombardo Orchestra, Theatre of the Air Concert.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
