9/30/1954

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, September 30, 1954   Vol. C483

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LOCAL NEWS

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NEW LIBRARY TO BE BUILT ON LAKESHORE DRIVE

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East Farewell – A new library will be built on Lakeshore Drive with construction beginning within weeks. The new building to be constructed on a vacant parcel next to Mallard’s boarding house will replace to current library on Main Street. The new building will be bigger and house additional space for the up and coming “new” media”. Most of the funds for construction will come from the Carnegie Foundation and the Federal and State governments. “We are very excited to commence this project and are thankful for all the generous support we have received from the Carnegie Foundation and the government. We are looking forward to an up-to-date facility that will serve the community for many years to come,” said Library Board President, S. Henry Carson at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

            The library in an integral part of the town’s persona, almost everyone has a library card and it is constantly used by townsfolk for research, entertainment and keeping abreast with current events. There are many students, of all grades, often found among the stacks working on papers or just looking for an interesting read.

            The new library will have a special area designated for “new media” meaning radio and television; a movie section will also be included. Members will be able to research those topics in depth and there will be “viewing areas” available. The size and extent of the “new media” section is still being determined.

            “This new building will be a great asset to the town and everyone in the area,” said Mrs. Mallard, whose boarding house will be located next to, “I can’t wait. I am a big fan of the library.”

Artistic rendition of the new library 

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SPORTS

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COUGARS LOOKING FOR FIRST WIN

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Central City – The Cougars went into Central City to play the Bears on Saturday. They were looking for their first win of an early season. They were disappointed with a 21-7 humbling defeat to a clearly superior Bears team.

            The Bears came on strong from the beginning, scoring on their first drive with a crushing ground attack that consumed the first seven minutes. The drive was completed with a bruising center plunge by Bear halfback Germaine Hunter following fullback Tyson Black. The Cougars had no answer to the Bear ground attack led by Black and Hunter along with quarterback Joe Fulton. The Bears did not pass in the first half. Halftime came with the Bears on top 14-0.

            The Cougars came out in the second half determined to not be shutout. The offense showed some spark with an impressive aerial game using Mitch “Merc” McMaster for continuous gains and finally ending in a score late in the third quarter. Quarterback Joe McKay had his hands full with Bears rush but was able to get the ball off quickly enough to McMaster so he was only sacked twice in the second half, as opposed to four times in the first.

            The Bears wore down the Cougars defense and score once more in the closing part of the fourth quarter bring the final score to 21-7.

            “This wasn’t our best game. I have to give credit to the other team, they played a very strong game and have some top notch runners, but we were off our game and it showed. We will have to get better next week,” said Coach Burcowitz after the game.

            The Cougars fortunes will not look any brighter next week when they face the Corning Devils at home. Corning is currently leading the league in wins and has yet to give up more than 7 points a game. The game begins at 1:30 on Regional High Field.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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US CHARGES RED CHINA WITH AGGRESSION – CEASER RETURNING TO TV – WILLIAMS SPECIAL TRIBUTE – FOUR LADS BREAK DRESS CODE – AT THE MOVIES

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The United States levels new aggression charges at Red China as U.N. delegates gather at U.N headquarters in New York for another general assembly and debate on seating the Chinese Communists.

Sid Caesar will return to NBC-TV September 27, but without Imogene Coca. “It was just a case of being associated too long. We’re still great friends but halfway through last season, each of us agreed we’d probably be better off going our separate ways. Time will tell whether we were right or wrong. Personally, I feel we all made the right decision at the right time.”

In Montgomery, Al – the late Hank Williams is saluted in a special tribute in a two-day affair. Roy Acuff, Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb were the star liners. Also on the bill were Minnie Pearl, The Carter Family, Pee Wee King, Grandpa Jones, Ray Price and Marty Robbins. MGM Records is issuing a special Williams’ album for the occasion.

The Four Lads run into a problem. They were barred from appearing on Maggi McNellis’ WABC-TV show because they showed up at the studio not wearing ties. Somebody offered to lend them one, so at least one could appear on the show. They said no – they all had to appear – so somebody cut the tie into four pieces - and four bowties were made.

At the movies –

Broken Lance – Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Robert Wagner

Crossed Swords – Gina Lollobrigida, Errol Flynn

Betrayed – Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature

Rogue Cop – Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George Raft

Brigadoon – Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse

Living It Up – Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis

Sabrina – Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden

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9/23/1954

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, September 23, 1954   Vol. C482

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LOCAL NEWS

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RAILROAD TO BUILD SHORT LINES

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East Farewell – The Mighty Keystone Railroad announced Monday that they were planning to build two “short” lines from East Farewell to the neighboring towns of Bear Creek and Riverview. These would add new rail traffic to both towns and connect them with East Farewell for shipments of goods and supplies. “This makes a lot of sense,” said Tom Connally, Town Council president, “The more traffic we have the better. We still have people delivering stuff on horse carts and pickup trucks, we need to upgrade. This will also help with the booming tourist trade to has sprung up lately.”

            The two lines would originate at the Main Station and branch off in basically opposite directions, one going south to Bear Creek and one going north the Riverview. The total length of new track will be 29 miles, 17 miles to Riverview and 12 miles to Bear Creek. Construction is proposed to start next spring.

            “When we got the ‘Destination Station’ title a lot more people started coming into town,” said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, “That was fine. Now we are getting all the folks from Bear Creek and Riverview. They will be commuting to work in the Iron Works. I guess that will be ok, I probably won’t see a big jump in room rents. I still get all the summer traffic and people for the festivals and so on. That’s fine for me.”

Train pulling into East Farewell station 

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SPORTS

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COUGARS FOOTBALL STARTS SLOWLY

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Slate Mountain – The 1954 Regional High football season started last week with the Cougars visiting arch-rivals, Slate Mountain Miners. The Cougars squad is a young squad with only 3 seniors. The returning seniors are Jimmy O’Conner, halfback, Johnny “Moose” Boyle, fullback, and defensive end Shamus McKean. The quarterback this year is Joe McKay, a junior. He took over for the last two games of last year after Sam Jones got hurt. Jones has since moved out of town and McKay has moved into the starting position permanently. Al Burcowitz is the coach again this returning for his ninth year.

            The game was played at Slate Mountain field and the weather was gorgeous. There was an opening ceremony with the Slate Mountain Marching Band putting on a tremendous show for a sold-out crowd. Many fans from Regional High made to trek and both sides of the field were packed. The rivalry goes back to 1925 when both towns were developing. They have grown into arch-rivals and the last time they met was last year’s last game of the season with the Cougars winning 24-21 on a touchdown pass by McKay.

The Miners won the toss and elected to receive. The Miners offense has many returning players and were able to start where they left off last year. They were very disciplined and methodical in their first drive. They took the ball right down the field and senior quarterback, Jake Wisniski was able to complete a quarterback draw for eight yards right up the middle for a score. The drive took a very long eight and a half minutes. The Cougars offense was slow starting on their first possession. They were able to get one first down with a sweep by O’Conner, but they were forced to punt from their forty. The Miners controlled the first half and went into the locker room with a 14-0 lead at the half. Whatever was said in the locker room at halftime lit a fire under the Cougars and they came out blazing in the second half. Davey Wilson took the kick-off back to the Miners forty-five and on the first play from scrimmage McKay launched a long bomb to a sprinting freshman, Mitch McMaster for a touchdown as McMaster ran away from two defenders. Charlie Cox added the extra point. The Cougar defense showed signs of improvement but were unable to stop Wisniski and his running backs, Halter and Smith. Smith was able to score on a two-yard plunge after a tough drive. But the Cougars offense was still in high gear, and they scored again with Jimmy O’Conner breaking trough the center for a ten-yard run into the end zone. The third quarter went back and forth with the Miners scoring again to make the score 28-14. The fourth quarter was a grinding deadlock as both teams’ defenses really tightened up. Finally, with only three minutes left McKay hit McMaster on a post route and McMaster, who teammates have been calling ‘Merc’ (short for Mercury), outran his defender again. Unfortunately, it was too little too late and the horn sounded with the Miners ahead, 28-21.

“This was a tough game, I feel if we had another few minutes we would have caught them, but we didn’t and they were better this time,” said Coach Burcowitz after the game, “They are a very good team, but we got better as the game went on. This is a young squad and we have to grow together. We will and I think this is going to be a fine season.”

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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NIXON TALKS OF DISCREDITED TRUMANISIM – FEDERAL BUDGET 4.7 BILLION IN THE RED – DISNEYLAND DEBUTING 10/27 – BUFFALO BOB SMITH HAS HEART ATTACK – FREED THREATENED OVER ‘MOON-DOG HOUSE’ – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK

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 Vice-President Nixon tells a crowd of Kansas Republicans that to return a Democratic Congress to Washington would mean a return of “discredited Trumanism.” “We are on the eve of an election that poses the alternative of continuing President Eisenhower’s program of integrity, firmness and moderation or admittedly restoring a program of discredited Trumanism,” said Nixon.

Top administration experts take a second look at the 1955 Federal budget and estimate a deficit of $4.7 billion as a result of reduced tax revenue. That’s more than twice the amount President Eisenhower estimated back in January.

A 35-man crew moves into the Great Smokey Mountains to prepare for shooting on the three Davy Crockett films being produced by Walt Disney for his ABC-TV series “Disneyland” debuting October 27. Shooting on the first of the trilogy, which will be presented under the “Frontierland” segment of the show (first airing December 8) begins next week and will wind-up October 18 in Nashville. Disney is budgeting the trio at $500,000.

Buffalo Bob Smith is out of circulation following a heart attack. There’s talk of Paul Tripp doing some of the fill-in on “Hoody Doody.”

Alan Freed, who just began doing his Rock ‘n’ Roll show on WINS, New York, is threatened by his old station – WJW, Cleveland. Seems they don’t want him using the copyrighted title of “Moon-Dog House.” WJW still owns property rights to the trademark name. 

Pop music this week

Sh-Boom – Crew Cuts

Hey There – Rosemary Clooney

Little Shoemaker – The Gaylords

Skokiaan – Ralph Marterie

This Ole House – Rosemary Clooney

In The Chapel in the Moonlight – Kitty Kalen

Skokiaan – Four Lads

I Need You Now – Eddie Fisher

High and the Mighty - Victor Young

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9/16/1954

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, September 16, 1954   Vol. C481

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LOCAL NEWS

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SCHOOL STARTS FOR BIGGEST STUDENT BODY YET

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East Farewell – School doors opened for all the Regional Township schools on Wednesday, September 8^th. All grades started but there was a staggered schedule for the openings. The Senior High opened first at 8:00 AM followed by the Junior High at 8:30 and finally the Elementary School at 9:00. This was to accommodate the various bus routes and in the case of the elementary school first day apprehension from the youngest students causing a bottleneck at the school entrance where reluctant young students had trouble parting from their parents. Luckily for everyone the teaching staff was both trained and willing to help the youngsters start their academic career.

            The student body for all the schools is the largest ever. There has been a 10% increase in enrollment from last year. The school board anticipated the increase and expects the student body to continue to increase every year until the national “baby boom” subsides. No one has given any numbers on that, yet.  A new school was built in 1952, separating the Junior High School from the High School and a new elementary school is planned for next year.

            A short assembly took place in both the Senior and Junior High schools where principals Owen Prescott and William Baxter, respectively, greeted the students and laid out a brief summary of the school’s yearly agenda. Everyone was well behaved and attentive and after the ceremony proceeded to their homerooms to start another memorable school year.

Regional High School

 

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS WIN IN SLATE MOUNTAIN

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Slate Mountain – The Travelers and the Miners have no love lost between them. They have been arch-rivals for many years. The rivalry started with the high schools and as many of the students stayed in town and became members of the community the rivalry expanded to a town wide thing, sweeping the beloved baseball teams into the mayhem. The rivalry intensified this year as both the Travelers and the Miners were vying for a top place in the baseball league. It came down to the last game of the season. If the Travelers won, they could possibly tie for the league championship. If the Miners won, they would have sole possession of second place, completing a near miraculous comeback from the bottom of the league the year before. The stage was set. Joe Nagy was on the mound for the Travelers and Miner’s ace, Mac Mahoney was pitching for the Miners. The weather was beautiful, cool but sunny. The stands were packed with fans from both sides. Both teams were excited.

            The pitchers started off strong and it looked like it was going to be a pitchers’ duel. Both aces retired the opposing side in the first, all strike outs. In the second the Travelers started to hit, Johnny Cloos led off with a double and Tony Dinero bunted him to third. Joey Brown swatted a single that scored Cloos. Mahoney settled down but let in another run before striking out Davey Franks. When the Miners came up they answered back with their own hitting display and scored 3 runs to take the lead. The game went back and forth with each team scoring then the other answering in kind. The defense wasn’t sloppy, and the pitching wasn’t all that bad but both teams were hitting well placed balls, and they were running the bases very smartly. By the

top of the ninth the game was tied at 11. Johnny Cloos came up with one out and no one on. He had faced Mahoney four times so far and had a double, a walk, a ground out and a strikeout. Mahoney tried to blow his fast ball by Cloos again, but Cloos was ready and on the second pitch connected with a towering drive over the center field fence for his 29^th home run of the season. The Traveler fans went wild. Mahoney went on the get Dimero and Brown out and the Miners came up one run behind in the bottom of the ninth. Joe Nagy dug deep and started to work. He was able to get Fields to ground out. Then he got Reynolds to pop up with Watson making the play. The Miners sent up a pinch hitter, Jose Diamond. He took Nagy to a 3-2 and fouled off an astonishing seven balls before he hit a shot towards short and Dale Dunham made a leaping grab for the line out. It was an exciting end to an exciting game. The Travelers fans were ecstatic, the Miners fans glum. The season ended ironically, with the Travelers and the Miners tied for second place because the Corning Glass Works had won their last three games to capture the title.

            The Travelers will start again next year and try to claim the championship. Hopefully they will have a home field to play on.

 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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DULLES SAYS US WILL MAINTAIN POWER IN THE PACIFIC – US & BRITAIN WANT W. GERMANY IN ATLANTIC ALLIANCE – AFL & CIO TO MERGE – MARCIANO KOS CHARLES IN 8

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 Secretary of State John Dulles tells the world that U.S. military plans call for maintaining in the Western Pacific “powerful naval and air force” capable of striking any aggressor – and that a mighty U.S. force will be guarding the Pacific at all times.

 The United States and Britain call a nine-power parley on West European defense for on or about September 28. They showed determination to bring West Germany into the Atlantic alliance quickly despite French fears.

 President George Meany says the American Federation of Labor will exert every effort in the coming months to bring about unification of the AFL and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

 Rocky Marciano scores a knockout in the 8th round in a bout against Ezzard Charles in New York.

                                       

Marilyn Monroe, who jammed New York traffic when she posed for scenes (on Thursday of this week) with her skirt billowing up from a subway draft, is resting at home (in Hollywood) with a cold. Marilyn isn’t blaming the breeze on her cold. She’s just a little overworked.

 KTHE – An educational UHF station operating on Channel 28, suspends transmissions after just nine months on the air. The reason – several factors: financial affairs, plus a wide diversity of opinion among people concerned with the station about how it should be operated and supported.

 MGM Records is putting out the soundtrack album of “Brigadoon” in 78rpm form as well. The record company says many living in rural areas still only have older playback systems.

 Top albums this week

The Student Prince – Mario Lanza

The Glenn Miller Story – Glen Miller

Music, Martinis and Memories – Jackie Gleason

Music For Lover’s Only – Jackie Gleason

Swing Easy – Frank Sinatra

Glenn Miller Story – Movie Soundtrack

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Soundtrack

Songs for Young Lovers – Frank Sinatra

Pardon My Blooper Vol. 1 – Kermit Schafer

The Pajama Game – Original Cast

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