EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday,
LOCAL
NEWS
NEW
East Farewell- Sam Lendel announced an ambitious
plan to repair and rebuild the Lake
Front Fun Pier that was severely damaged in the September storm. The pier was 85% destroyed by the hurricane
that tore through the town September 23rd. “We are planning a bigger and better Pier,
but plan to keep the carousel and Ferris wheel because they are the most
popular attractions. This is an extensive
rebuild. We will be adding shops and a
Midway to really add to the family fun experience,” said Lendel at a press
conference held in one of the pier’s remaining structures. “This should revitalize the lake front
area. After the storm there wasn’t much
left but now, with this project, we will see building all around the area.”
Everyone
in town expressed appreciation and excitement about the project. The Lake Front Fun Pier has been a summer
attraction on the lake since 1948 and with this new project Lendel is planning
to keep the shops open year round. “This
could be a huge boom to the town traffic during the winter,” proposed Charles
Wentz, local restaurant owner, ”the
town has always sort of shut down during the deep winter, but with this we
could see people wintering here, skating on the lake and browsing through the
town. This is very exciting.”
The
plan outlined by Lendel calls for a completely new substructure of the pier
with an expansion to the east and out into Lake Charles by about 75 yards. The town council has approved the expansion
and Lendel says he has secured enough financing to complete the project. Construction will begin shortly in spite of
the extreme conditions. “We have lined
up excellent contractors who have assured us the weather will not present any
problems,” Lendel said. Since the lake
front is off Main Street and surprisingly off Lake Shore Drive, traffic is not
expected to be impacted during construction.
The work is slated to be completed by Memorial Day 1953.
The Lake Front
Fun Pier Carousel & Ferris Wheel July, 1952
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN TITLE OUTRIGHT
BASKETBALL STARTS TOMORROW
East Farewell-The Cougars locked up sole possession of the
League Title on Saturday with a hard fought win over the Southport Hawks. The final score was 21-10. The field was cleared off from last weeks
surprise snowstorm and the field resembled a big snow fort with piles of snow
rimming the field so high that the first row of seats was empty because the
view was blocked. The conditions did not
dissuade the fans, though. The stands
were full and the hot coco, coffee and cider was plentiful. The game was played in with a festival feel
and was enjoyed by all.
Originally it
was thought this would be a Cougars easy victory but the Hawks came to
play. Until the last eight minutes the
game was close, 14-10 and the Hawks would threaten every procession. It wasn’t until quarterback Billy O’Conner
pitched a ball to Joey Fox who race 60 yards for a touchdown did the Cougars
take final command. Both sides played
tough defense and the Hawks star defensive rusher, Jimmy Gates, had a standout
day embarrassing the Cougars line by taking down O’Conner four times.
All the Hawks
defensive prowess was not enough to stop the Cougars offense. In the second quarter O’Conner tossed a short
out pass to Phil Flynn who ran 35 yards to the five yard line. It was then up to Johnny “Moose” Boyle to
punch it in for the score. The Hawks came right back with a score with less
than one minute left in the first half.
The score came after a time consuming 64 yard drive highlighted by a 12
yard run and the final seven yard end run by halfback, Clyde Haffenfose. The Cougars came out in the second half and
scored on their second possession.
Another batch bruising runs by Boyle highlighted the drive and he scored
on a center plunge from the two yard line.
The Hawks were held scoreless in the third quarter but got down inside
the 20 twice. The Cougars were able to
block one field goal attempt and take over on downs the second time. In the fourth quarter it was the Hawks turn to
control the pace and they did so quite effectively but were only able to score
a field goal by kicker “Little Jimmy” Corson, whose 5’4”, 125 pound frame belies
his kicking ability. He drilled a 30
yard shot straight through the uprights much to the amazement of most of the
Cougar line. The Hawks continued to
threaten until 8:01 left in the fourth when O’Conner pitched out to Fox and the
game was sealed. Kicker Charlie Cox was
perfect on the day and set a school record for point after kicks at sixteen. It was hoped that injured halfback, Jimmy
O’Conner would play but Coach Burcowitz decided that he was not ready. “Jimmy
is a tough kid but I couldn’t play him today.
I was not completely confident that he had recovered and couldn’t take
that chance, he’ll be back next year stronger and better than ever.”
This win gives
the Cougars sole possession the League championship with a record of 7-1. This is the second year in a row that the
team has either won or tied for the League championship. The whole town is very proud of their
Cougars.
East Farewell-The Cougars basketball team opens its season on Friday
against the Central Bears. The game begins at 7:30 in the gymnasium. Bill Donahue, Ted Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch
will lead the team as they hope to improve on their 9 and 7 record from last
year. “We have a strong core with returning players like Billy, Ted and Jimmy
(Donahue, Fitzgerald and Welch) and some much needed help under the basket with
Billy O and Greeny (Billy O’Donnell and Gene Green). I think this crew is going to really turn
some heads,” said Coach Wilson at a practice last week.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE RETURNS FROM
President Truman defends the foreign policies of his seven years in the White House and declares they have produced “a situation in which it should be clear to the Soviet leaders that they cannot gain their objectives by the use of force.”
Addressing the Freedoms Foundation, President-elect Eisenhower said this week if American is to be strong “We must be strong first in our spiritual convictions.” “And those convictions must be those that appeal to men.” “If we are going to win this fight, we are going to have to go back to the fundamentals. If we can be strong enough to sell ourselves this idea at home, we can win this ideological war.”
