EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
25, 1954 Vol. C487
LOCAL
NEWS
COLD SPELL HAMPERS PREP FOR
PARADE
East Farewell – A recent cold spell has put the brakes on
perpetrations for the annual Thanksgiving Day parade in town. Very cold winds,
a surprisingly low of 30 degrees was recorded Wednesday, blew through and a
cold front has stalled over the entire area. The teams that are in charge of
putting up the festive decorations around town have been slowed considerably by
the weather, which has included scattered cold showers. “This weather slows
everything down. We can’t hang the decorations without extra help holding
things and the rain is just a pain,” said local street worker, Nick Strauss,
“We get one streamer up and when we go to the next, the first blows down or
gets too soggy to stay up. It’s difficult but we will get it done.”
That
gung-ho spirit is prevalent throughout the street crews that feel it is
their responsibility to make the town as festive and welcoming as can be for
the crowds that are expected to the 24th annual Thanksgiving Day
parade sponsored by Boyles Department store, a downtown fixture since the
1920s.
The parade will
start at 9:00 AM at the fairgrounds entrance and proceed down Lakeshore
Drive and up Main Street, ending in front of Boyles where Santa will be
welcomed to the store to kick off the Christmas season. The parade will include
the usual entrants, the Regional High School band, fire brigades from town and
surrounding towns, veterans, classic cars, both the Boy Scouts and the Girl
Scouts and a variety of local and civic organizations. The parade has grown
every year and now attracts many, many people from out of town as well as
almost everyone in town who are not participating.
Thanksgiving Day
Parade 1951
SPORTS
COUGARS BASKETBALL OPENS WITH A WIN
East Farewell- Fresh off the Cougars
football win over Southport, Cougars basketball started with a win over a tough
Central Bears team, 47-43. This year’s squad is seasoned and has Michael Watson
returning for his senior year as center, along with Timmy Green and Joey Welch
making up the backcourt. The forwards, Tom O’Hare and Billy Reilly are making
their debuts as forwards, both are sophomores. Coach Charles Wilson is starting
his sixth season as head coach. “These kids look good. We are lucky to have
Michael back this year, his family was planning to move but they didn’t, lucky
for us, and we have Timmy and Joey back, they are going to get even better this
year, I predict and I like the way the forwards, O’Hare and Reilly are shaping
up, they are going to be good,” said Wilson before the game.
The
game started with both teams sizing up each other. They both appeared a little
nervous and team play was shaky at first. The first half did not see much
scoring as both teams missed a lot of shots and there were many bad passed and
broken plays. The Cougars ended the first half with a dismal 16-14 lead.
Whatever
the coaches said in locker room during half time should be bottled and sold as
a Pep drink because both teams came back on the court energized. The second
half opened with the Cougars throwing up a fairly tight press that created
three turnovers and six points. After a timeout the Bears were able to compose
themselves and break the press. Cougar’s center, Michael Watson, had a height
advantage over Bears center, Todd Fisk, and was able to take control of the
center. Fisk is a very seasoned played and played Watson tough, but he got into
foul trouble in the fourth quarter. He had to sit out the first park of the
fourth quarter and Watson went to town scoring eight straight points. As the
clock wore down the Bears made a run but it was too little too late and the
clock ran out with the Cougars ahead 47-43. It was a well-played game by both
teams as they both worked out some early season jitters.
Next week the Cougars go on the road to Corning to face the Devils. This is always a good matchup between two long-time rivals. The game begins on Friday afternoon at 4:30PM in the Corning gym.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE REASSURES US ON SPY STATUS – HISS FREE –
ARMY BEATS NAVY - DIMAGGIO HAS ULCER – MCCARTHY BACK IN SENATE – H-BOMB STRIKE
FORCE GROWS – MUSIC NEWS – TOP ALBUMS
President Eisenhower gives assurance that the government is doing everything “humanly possible with peaceful means” to liberate 13 Americans sent to prison by the Chinese Communists as spies. The 13 dropped out of sight on serial missions against the Communists in the Korean war and were sentenced by a Red Chinese military court to prison terms ranging up to life on spy charges, according to Peking radio.
President Eisenhower flies for a Thanksgiving weekend vacation at the Little White House on the August National Golf Club course.
After 3 ½ years - Alger Hiss walks to freedom, asserting that he was completely innocent of charges that he helped Communist spies. He was seen leaving Federal prison of Lewisburg (PA) with his wife. He was sentenced to five years but won parole for good behavior.
Sports – Navy beats Army 27-20 and accepts a Sugar Bowl bid.
It’s reported that Joe DiMaggio has an ulcer and he’s in the hospital. Even though they divorced recently, DiMaggio was a frequent visitor to Marilyn Monroe’s beside earlier this month after she underwent minor surgery in Los Angeles. Will she now visit his hospital room?
Sen. McCarthy says he will be in the Senate (Monday) for the resumption of debate on the censure resolution. He declared, “There is no possibility of a filibuster” to delay senate action on censure charges against him.
American’s new H-bomb striking force has been upped to 11 planes of high speed – four more than the seven previously announced. And they will be B-52’s which will replace aging B-36’s.
Music news – The talent line-up for the first touring “Birdland Anniversary Show” will include Sarah Vaughan Court Basie Orchestra, George Shearing Quintet, Errol Garner, Lester Young and Candido,
After “Let Me Go, Lover” was played on CBS-TV’s “Studio One” last week, the record is in demand. The song is sung by unknown Joan Webber. Columbia Records says some 600,000 copies have been sold as of the end of this week.
Top
albums this week–
Music,
Martinis and Memories – Jackie Gleason
Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers – Soundtrack
The
Student Prince – Mario Lanza
Glenn
Miller Plays Selections From The Glenn Miller Story
White
Christmas – Bing Crosby
The
Pajama Game – Original Cast
Swing
Easy – Frank Sinatra
Something
Cool – June Christy
Voices In Modern – Four Freshman
The
Crewcuts On The Campus – Crewcuts
Bing
– Bing Crosby
A Star Is Born – Judy Garland
Rhythm
and Blues –
Hearts
of Stone – The Charms
Mambo
Baby – Ruth Brown
I
Don’t Hurt Anymore – Dinah Washington
I’m
Ready – Muddy Waters
You
Upset Me, Baby – B.B. King
Whole
Lotta Love – B.B. King
What
A Dream – Ruth Brown
Bip
Bam – Drifters
Annie
Had a Baby – Midnighters
Hurts Me To My Heart – Faye Adams
Country
& Western –
One
By One – Kitty Wells & Red Foley
More
and More – Webb Pierce
This
Is The Thanks I Get – Eddy Arnold
Loose
Talk – Carl Smith
If
You Don’t, Someone Else Will – Jimmy & Johnny
This
Ole House - Stuart Hamblen
New
Green Light – Hank Thompson
Looking
Back To See – J. Tubb G. Hill
Even Tho – Webb Pierce
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
