EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
11, 1954 Vol. C450
LOCAL
NEWS
NEW STREET LIGHT PLAN PROPOSED
East Farewell – The street lamps that have illuminated the
streets of East Farewell for more than half a century may be in for an upgrade.
Town Council has taken up a proposal that was put forth by the Business
Association that would refurbish or replace all of the 75 street lamps that are
currently in use along the roads. They are referred to as lamps because in
their initial configuration they were alcohol based that had to be lit every
evening. Giant candles, if you will. For the first five years of the town’s
history these lamps were maintained by a team for four “lamplighters” who would
light, extinguish and repair the lamps. The leader of this group was a
legendary local, Jackie
Quinn. He would send the group out daily, rain or snow, to make sure the
lights were lit. He was often seen after dark walking around town inspecting
their work and making adjustments where needed. To honor his memory the Town
Council named the street that runs parallel to Lake
Shore Drive Quinn Street which has devolved through the years to be called
Quince Street. The only official record of that change is in 1939, a decade
after Quinn’s death, the Streets Department posted a new street sign on the
street naming it Quince Street. A possible clerical error is mentioned as the
reason for the change. It was never changed back. The alcohol based lamps only
lasted for five years and were replaced by electric lights but Jackie was seen
every evening inspecting the lamps and reporting any problems with those, in
his words, “new-fangled monstrosities”. Still everyone in town remembers of the
legacy of Jackie Quinn.
Town Council
will review and either approve or deny the request for street lighting
improvements by the end of the month. There obviously not be any work done
until at least the spring.
Jackie Quinn, the original lamplighter and his replacement
SPORTS
CANARIES
SING OVER COUGARS LOSS
South Slate Mountain – The “Canary
Nest” is a formidable location for any team to play. The home team, Canaries,
have won an astounding 91% of their games there. Last week’s game was another
statistic for the record books. The Canaries won their 20th straight
game on their home court by beating the Cougars 34-31. The game was by no means
a run-away. In fact, up until the last minute game was up for grabs. The lead
changed hands 27 times throughout the game and it came down to a brilliant play
by the Canaries guard, Ronald Jefferson, who threw a pinpoint bounce pass
through Cougars forwards Billy O’Donnell and Gene Green to his center, Maxwell
Norlander, who took the pass and laid it in drawing a foul for Cougars center,
Dan Davis, fouling him out. The bucket was good and Norlander made his foul
shot giving the Canaries a 3 point lead with only 5 seconds left. The
subsequent in-bounds pass and court length shot attempt by Joey Welch fell
short as the buzzer sounded.
“This
was a good game and a tough loss,” said Cougars coach, Charles Wilson, “The
boys did all they could but it wasn’t enough. The Canaries have a very strong
team and they played an almost flawless game. Still we came close to beating
them at home, which would be huge, maybe next time.”
The Cougars come home next week to host the Fort Lee Captains. The game is a Saturday afternoon game beginning at 1:30 in the Regional High School gym.
NATIONAL NEWS
WINTER HEAT WAVE – GLEASON FILES FOR DIVORCE
– EAGAN FIRED OVER ON-AIR KISS – BRANDO SUED – MINNELLI MARRIES – GETZ IN JAIL
A winter “heat wave” hits the northeast. It was warmer in New York (65) and Chicago (69), then Los Angeles (61) and Phoenix (53).
Jackie Gleason was in the hospital with a broken leg. He got into a triangle of a squabble between his estranged wife and dancer Marilyn Taylor. His wife dropped by his room, but Taylor was already there. “Do you love my husband?” “I do very much. And I want you to know I didn’t start going around with him until you had separated.” The New York Mirror says that Gleason was so mad - he demanded a divorce from his wife. They’ve been separated for 18 months. Taylor is a dancer on his CBS television show.
Television station WBKB-TV (channel 7) in Chicago fires comedian Jack Eagan who does a live show on the station - over a long kiss on the program. Eagan had starlet Cleo Moore on his show - wanting to find out “how they do it in Hollywood.” The pair kissed for more than 2 minutes. The station received hundreds of protests, charging the host with “vulgarity, “coarseness” and “bad taste.” “I have no guilty conscience. I have been very happily married for 18 years to a very wonderful little lady who knew what I had planned for the program. If she had thought there was anything unladylike or rude in it, she would have told me.”
Twentieth Century-Fox brings a $2 million suit against actor Marlon Brando for walking out of the picture “The Egyptian.”
Married- Vincente Minnelli - former husband of Judy Garland - to Georgette Magnani.
Musician Stan Getz (27) is arrested at his hotel in Seattle after attempting to hold up a nearby pharmacy. A police officer said the musician admitted orally going here to get narcotics. Later in his jail cell, detectives found him unconscious in what doctors later described as “acute heroin intoxication.” His condition is critical but improving.
At
the movies –
The Eddie Cantor Story -
Keefe Brasselle, Marilyn Erskine
Taza, Son Of Cochise -
Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush
Ride Clear Of Diablo! - Audie Murphy,
Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot, Abbe Lane
Wicked Woman - Beverly
Michaels, Richard Egan
The Long, Long Trailer -
Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn
The Glenn Miller Story –
James Stewart, June Allyson
Top Banana - Phil Silvers,
Rose Marie
Walt Disney’s “Rob Roy” – Richard Todd,
Glynis Johns
Money From Home -
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar, Pat Crowley
The Command - Guy Madison,
Joan Weldon
The Bigamist - Joan Fontaine,
Edmond O’Brien, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn
King of the Khyber Rifles - Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
