EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
5, 1959 Vol. C710
LOCAL
NEWS
FUN ON THE LAKE
East
Farewell – Lake Charles has been frozen for almost three weeks now and the ice
thickness has been determined to be almost a foot and a half in some areas.
There are some areas up in the lagoons that are still too thin to walk on but
for the most part the entire lake can be used for recreation. The townspeople
wait all year for this to occur and once the ice has passed the tests that the Safety
Committee runs to determine ice thickness, strength and flow they flock to the
surface clearing ice rinks, erecting fishing huts and this year even building a
go-kart race track. The ice hockey games range from structured; almost league
status to neighborhood pickup games. The fishing huts have popped up all over
the place, reflecting each individuals “perfect” fishing spot. In an
interesting social observation several huts have located close to each other
forming a kind of village on the ice. This has led to some raucous shenanigans
late at night over the weekend.
It has not been all fun and games,
though. The Safety Committee has blocked off large sections of the shoreline in
the northern lagoons due to thin ice. In one area two fishermen are reported to
have fallen through the ice while trying to haul their fishing hut onto the
ice. Also, a group of children had to be herded back to safety when their game
of crack-the-whip came too close to a thin ice area. No one was injured in
either occurrence.
The weather forecast for the area is
cold, cold, cold with more snow expected next week so the Lake will stay solid
for a while. The frozen lake has brought a lot of visitors to the area.
Fishermen and hockey players for the most part but figure skaters and lovers of
the beautiful scenes have been seen in on the lake as well as the area
restaurants. Wherever they are they all seem happy to there. Let the fun continue.
Ice hut community on Lake
Charles 1959
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN A BATTLE WITH THE BEARS
East Farewell – The Cougars were able to win a
close game against the Central Bears on Friday, 50-48. The game was a rough and
tumble, well-played game that came down the last shot to determine the winner.
Neither team was able to establish control as the lead went back and forth
almost every series with the biggest lead gained by either team when the
Cougars led 30-26 at the half. The Bears sophomore center, Stuart Drew was
spectacular. He led both teams in scoring with 22, he also snagged 15 rebounds
and dished off 13 assists. He came into the game with high ratings and
certainly lived up to everyone. The Cougars center, junior James Hawkins had
his hands full with the youngster. The two battled under the boards for every
rebound and inside shot. Hawkins was able to get a couple of blocks on Drew and
end up scoring 20 on his own. The game was billed as a real close matchup with
both teams standing near the top of the league and each team had been enjoying
a winning streak.
The
game was tied 17 times which may be league record, and as the clock ran down
the Cougars had a 2 point lead with 45 seconds left. The Bears in-bounded and
took it down court with Bears guard, Bernie Fitzpatrick taking control. He
passed it off to Fran Baxter who was able to drop it into Drew who was able to
fight off Hawkins, turn and hook the ball in for a score tying the game again.
The Bears then put on a press to slow down the Cougars. There was only 23
seconds left and the Cougars called a timeout before the inbounds. They came
back with a surprise; Hawkins took the inbounds responsibility forcing Drew to
guard him. Hawkins was able to get the ball in to a cutting Bobby Fox who
immediately threw it to Don Tasker who was at half court. Tasker was able to
pivot and drop the ball into a streaking Mack Mackenzie’s hands who drove by
Bears forward Ernie Doyle for the score with only 2 seconds left. The Bears
tried a court long inbounds “hail Mary” pass to a running Drew but it was
unsuccessful as Drew was unable to get a handle on the wild pass. The clock ran
out and the Cougars walked off with a 50-48 win. Both teams met at center court
to congratulate each other in a spontaneous exhibition of true sportsmanship.
“This was one of the best games, if not the best game of the year. Both teams
played their hearts out and really showed how basketball should be played. I
really admire Dave (Florence, Bear’s Coach) and wish him all the luck for the
rest of the season. I think we play them again but I’m not sure. I look forward
to playing them again, maybe in the playoffs,” Cougars Coach Wilson said after
the game.
Next
week the Cougars stay home again to host the league leading Corning Devils.
This will be a real test for the Cougars. They beat the Devils earlier this season
but the Devils have improved as the season moved on. The up side is the Cougars
have improved, too. This should be a good game. The game begins on Friday
afternoon at 4:30PM in the Regional High Gym.
NATIONAL NEWS
BUDDY HOLLY, J.P. RICHARDSON & RICHIE
VALENS DIE IN PLANE CRASH - TITAN MISSILE FINALLY BLASTS OFF – CASTRO ON CBS
–TRANS-ATLANTIC TELEPHONE CABLE BREAKS
On
February 3 Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson and Ritchie
Valens perished in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. The four-plane
chartered craft carrying the trio and their pilot crashed within minutes after
taking off in light snow from the Mason City airport. Holly, just 22, was from
Lubbock, Texas; Valens (17) of Los Angeles and J.P. Richardson (24) was from
Beaumont, Texas. Pilot was Roger Peterson (21) of Clear Lake, Iowa. The troupe
had appeared and played before about 1,100 teens and their parents and the surf
ballroom in Clear Lake. The Beechcraft Bonanza, chartered from the Dwyer Flying
Service, was to have taken the three to Fargo, N.D. Authorities blamed bad
weather for the crash. Temperature was 18 degrees and a southerly wind was
blowing at 35 miles an hour when the plane took off. The plane came down about
5 miles northwest of the airport on the Albert Juhi farm. The plane’s left wing
first hit the ground and skidded across the snow for 538 feet. The body of
Valens was thrown 40-feet. Richardson and Holly were found 20 feet from the
wreckage. The body of pilot Roger Peterson was wedged so tightly in the
wreckage, it had to be cut loose with torches. All were not discovered until
long after dawn.
For
the first time a Titan ICBM missile is fired aloft. Twice before, the Titan
ignited and on both occasions, the engine fizzled just before lift-off at Cape
Canaveral. The Titan is the first of a new series of “second generation’
rockets and should be more powerful than the present Atlas missiles.
Fidel Castro
appears on the February 4 broadcast of CBS’ “Person to Person” with Edward R.
Murrow. He and his six-year-old son will be shown in their residence in
Havana’s Hilton Hotel.
An
underwater break in the 2,000-mile transatlantic telephone cable caused a pile-up
of waiting phone-calls between Europe and the United States. The break is
believed to be off Newfoundland. An American cable ship is on route to make
repairs.
