EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
22, 1951 Vol. C337
LOCAL
NEWS
FULL HUNTERS MOON AND WARM EVENINGS MAKE
MAIN STREET A BIG HIT
East
Farewell – The full Hunters moon and surprisingly warm evenings has made Main
Street the place to walk. Couples, families and even many youths have taken
advantage of the mild fall weather to stroll down Main Street after sunset.
Several restaurants have also taken advantage of the warm nights to set up
tables along the sidewalks and stay open later than usual to offer dining and
drinks. “This is just a wonderful time,” said Mrs. Mallard,
local boarding house owner, “It is very unusual to have the evenings to be
this warm this late in the season but we love it. I think we will be paying for
it later in the month but for now we are going to enjoy it.”
The warm weather is a bit of an
“Indian Summer” that has settled in for the past few days. Most of the weather
forecasters are saying the true fall weather will be returning by the end of
the week. For the mean time, though, many people have found great pleasure in
strolling down Main Street and up Lake Shore Drive. Some have even launched out
onto Lake Charles in canoes to take a romantic paddle across the lake. Most of
the people with motorboats have refrained from running them after dark so the
canoes have pretty free reign.
“I hope the town will make this type
of event a more permanent occurrence,” said Leon Doyle,
local restaurateur, “It would be great if we had a dedicated evening that
everyone could come out and stroll down Main Street. I think it would have to
be before this time but maybe late September or mid-October would be great. I
had a full sidewalk for three nights now and that was great. Just great.”
Main Street at night - 1951
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN BY A WHISKER
East Farewell – The Cougars took on their arch
rivals, the Slate Mountain Miners, on Saturday and the evenly matched teams
played a very good game. Both teams played error free with both offenses and
defenses executing extremely well. The game came down to a last minute extra
point block by Cougars defensive end Shamus McKean that sealed the win for the
Cougars.
The
Cougars started the game with a well-executed drive that fell short at the
Miners 35. Coach Burcowitz thought they just too far away for a Cox field goal
attempt so they gave the ball to Cox for a punt. While Charlie did not try any
punts before the season, he has learned, practiced and really became a fairly
good punter. Apparently, he has not mastered a lot of control and still relies
on pure power. He knocked the ball into the end zone for a touchback. The
Miners first procession ended at the Cougars 40.
The game started to look
like a battle between the 30s but in the second quarter Cougars QB, Billy
O’Conner, was able to find his favorite wide receiver, Phil Flynn darting down
the sideline and laid a perfect 25 yard pass right in his arms and he was able
to go in for the first score. The Miners came right back and with thirty
seconds left in the half the Miners were able to send their best halfback, Ned
Furman, right up the center for a trying score.
The second half was similar
to the first, each time moving a little then punting and the other team moving
back across mid-field but not much further. With one minute left in the third
quarter, Cougar running back, Joey Fox, got a screen pass from O’Conner on the
right side and danced by two would be tacklers and broke out for a 30 yard TD.
The Cougars took their 14-7 lead all the way down to the last five minutes of
the game. It looked good for the Cougars as they were holding the Miners time
and time again but with one minute left, third and five, the Miners QB, Bert
Davis, dropped back and took a big gamble. He threw a long bomb to his
streaking wide receiver, Anthony DeMaio, who made a fingertip catch in stride
and having out run his defender ran in for the score. There were only ten
seconds on the clock as the Miners lined up for a two point conversion. They
were able to convert and it looked like they won the game but before the ball
was hiked one of the Miner guards moved and the play was called back with a
five yard penalty, the first of the game. The Miners lined up to kick an extra
point and tie the game. That is when McKean came blasting in from the right
side, untouched and hurled himself in front of the kicker and smothered the
ball. The Cougars were able to win by a whisker, 14-13.
The Cougars take one last
road trip next week to Corning to face the Devils. The Devils have fallen on
some difficult times since they defeated the Cougars earlier in the season,
21-14. The Devils have been stung with injuries to key personnel, namely their
league leading quarterback, Ken Murphy, and receiver, Mitch Tupper. The Devils
have dropped their last two and the Cougars are hoping for a little revenge for
their hard fought loss earlier. The game begins at 1:30 on Saturday at Corning
High School field.
NATIONAL NEWS
TRUMAN FIRES AG CAUDIE – TRUMAN CHARGES
REPUBLICANS WITH TRYING TO BUY THE ELECTION – WARREN JOINS RACE – NIXON RANKS
CANDIDATES - FAKE DRAFT CARDS IN CHICAGO
– GLEASON SIGNS WITH CBS
President Truman fires Assistant Attorney General T.Lamar Caudie saying he had “engaged in outside activities” not in keeping with his duties as the Government’s No. 1 prosecutor of tax frauds.
President Truman charges that the Republicans will try to buy the Presidency next year in a campaign of “lies and smears.” He predicted that “special interests” would spend more money in “trying to defeat the Democratic Party next year than has ever before been spent in any election in the history of the republic.”
Gov. Earl Warren becomes the second avowed candidate for the 1952 Republican Presidential nomination. He joins senator Taft of Ohio as a declared Republican candidate.
Senator Richard Nixon says that if Gov. Warren (of California) wins the Republican Presidential nomination “He should win handily over Truman or any other Democratic nominee presently considered.” “I would say Sen. Taft and Gen. Eisenhower are the front runners, with Gov. Warren the strongest dark horse.”
In the Chicago area – the unsavory racket of juveniles is becoming widespread – the sale of forged draft cards to high school boys to enable them to purchase liquor and cigarettes. The cards are going as high as $15. Said one teen, “I don’t know where the pupils get them, but I have seen the cards and they look pretty authentic. They are purchased mostly by kids in the better residential districts who have the money and who want to go to nice places. The kids in poor neighborhoods, where the tavern owners aren’t so fussy, don’t need them. Some of the boys also use the draft cards to pick up older girls.”
Jackie Gleason signs with CBS-TV for three years for a reported $300,000 per year. Gleason had been in talks with NBC-TV. Needless to say, he’ll be leaving as emcee of Dumont's “Cavalcade of Stars.”
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