EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
6, 1958 Vol. C697
LOCAL
NEWS
HALLOWEEN PRANKSTERS TAKE OVER
EAST FAREWELL
East Farewell – Halloween has always been a popular holiday in East Farewell.
The youngsters all get dressed in their costumes and walk through town with
their parents, the children trick or treating while the parents talk with each
other along the route. Even many of the shops stay open and invite the little
ghosts and ghouls in with the hopes that their parents might buy something.
Lately, the demographic of the trick or treaters has gotten significantly older
as high schoolers have taken to the streets perhaps having not quite outgrown
the youthful fun. More and more so there have been pranksters wandering around
town dressed in scary and somewhat grotesque outfits jumping out of the shadows
and scaring the younger tricksters and their parents. They also have been
gathering in the graveyard and telling stories with macabre intent and lighting
candles and some moaning or crying as trying to imitate the living dead. For
the most part the displays are harmless, although somewhat irritating, and no
one cited or detained. The only outcome was talk of an age restriction for
trick or treaters. The suggestion was quickly and quietly brushed aside.
Halloween in East Farewell will remain in the hands of the spirits, ghosts and
goblins for now.
Goblins in the
Graveyard 1958
SPORTS
COUGARS CLAWED BY BEARS
Central City – The Cougars ran into a tough, well-practiced
Central Bears team on Saturday and in spite of a valiant effort and a superior
defense they were defeated, 14-7. The Bears came into the game undefeated and
with very high rankings in the league standings. Led by senior quarterback, Les
Fontaine, and a very fast junior running back, Arnold Atkinson, the Bears
mounted a formidable attack and kept the pressure up all afternoon. The Bears
scored first on a well executed drive that started on their own 15 after a
tremendous kickoff by Cougars kicker, David Galloway. Fontaine drove the Bears
down the field with a combination of short passes and quick runs and on the
Cougars 10 Fontaine slipped the ball to Atkinson who raced around the end for
the score. The Cougars were able to finally able to match the score with a
score of their own in the last minute of the first half. Cougars quarterback,
Kevin Dugan, tossed a screen pass to halfback Joey O’Toole who burst to the
outside and scored from the 23 yard line.
The first half
ended in a tie, 7-7 and the second half looked like the Bears were going to
take total charge of the game by driving down Cougars 15 right off the
kick-off. The Cougars defense tightened up and defensive end, Daniel Green, was
able to block a field goal attempt and thwart the drive. The Bears were
relentless, though, they kept up the pressure and after many back and forth
series and into the fourth quarter Fontaine was able to run the ball up the
center from 4 yards out for another score. The Cougars were worn out and the
offense could not get the ball moving as time ran out. The Bears were
victorious, 14-7. The loss was a hard fought loss and the Cougars were able to
take solace in the fact that they play a very strong game against a very strong
team. This will be chalked up as a “learning experience”
Next week the
Cougars come home and face the Southport Hawks. The game is on Friday evening
and begins at 7:05PM at the Regional High Field. The Cougars will be trying to
get back on the winning track after two tough losses.
NATIONAL NEWS
KHRUSHCHEV WANTS ALL OF BERLIN – U.S.
ELECTION NEWS
Premier Khrushchev demands an end to the four- power
occupation of Berlin and hints that the Soviet Union is ready to free itself of
treaty obligations to the West. State Department Press Chief Lincoln White says
that none of the four powers can walk out on the occupation agreement on its
own and that the Western three powers are prepared to fight to defend the
freedom of West Berlin.
In the elections
to the Senate - here are some of the incumbent winners - Arizona - Barry Goldwater,
Massachusetts - John F. Kennedy; Missouri - Stuart Symington, and
Tennessee - Albert Gore, Virginia – Harry Flood Byrd, Wisconsin - William
Proxmire. All in all, Democrats gained authority in the eighty-sixth Congress
starting in January as the GOP’s strength is reduced in the House… California
elects Edmund G. Brown as its next Governor defeating Senator William Knowland.
In New York – Nelson Rockefeller triumphs over incumbent Averell Harriman for
governorship. Harriman was seeking a second term.
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