Grand Prairie Daily News from Grand Prairie, Texas • Page 1

fit tViX" low In fsteftf 1 iwf Womeitftld Of Improve City Federation Hears City Matinger At Year's First Meet An eight-point program a better community was outlined to the Grand Prairie federation of Women's Clubs by City Manager Dean 1. fiauloy during the federation's first meeting held Saturday in the First National Room. Speaking on "Community Service," Dauley urged the more than SO of 15 of the 20 member clubs to vole ih every election and then support the winning Candidates in their offices, In order to vote' intelligently, 'Which was part (wo of the City Manager's outline, every voter should know the pros and cons of fill vital election issues, he said. "You shoul'd insist your city officials keep you informed on all city activities, you should attend as many city council meetings as possible, and you should read the details of the meetings in the local newspaper," he asserted. Dauley recommended thst each club study a specific city problem.

He nsked that they make recommendations for eliminating problems, and that each member be will- Ing to work for improvements (such ns the sewage disposal plant), and be willing to serve on groups appointed to study community problems. The City Manager was introduced to the group by Mrs. Estelle Chandler, program chairman. His address followed a welcome by Wylie Stuf- flebeme on b'ehalf of the First National Bank. Stufflebeme told the group that the bank would sponsor a book review at the high school auditorium on Dec.

2, featuring Mrs. Herbert Emery of Dallas and other outstanding artists. The bank will also a style show for members of the Federation, with entries from each member club, Stufflebeme offered. Stufflebeme also told the Federation thtt the bank will sponsor an achievement luncheon Oak Cliff Country The club accepted all three of Stufflebeme's proposals during the business session which followed the epeakers'; address, The club elected the Altrusa Club to its membership. Mrs.

Chandler, program chairman, presented program plans for the year and read tribute to Mrs. Evelyn Peterson, who hand painted over 100 programs. OJHTI II8S it-Hf llf fl ll lmlll LUNCH, COMING of the women Mrs. Sarah Hyles, and Mrs. Bessie James.

Sat who each year prepare thousands of mealsr for mon 'croquettes (visible in left foreground) Grand Prairie children at loral cafe MiSre menu fay the picture was Photo by Uptown Studio.) Seamstresses In High Cotton Some Grand Prairie clubwo- man-seamstress will find herself the possessor of a bale of Serving 28,000 Meals School Cafeterias Begin 15th Year Monday Expect to Beach $4,000 GP Goal In Three Weeks The Community Chest Ifl Grand Prairie Will get underway Monday, according to Chairman Jto Neighbors Saturday. Worked will begin to contact employees and "kisiness firms at this time. Thefa ifill be no The drive expected to for about three weeks. Neighbor! confident that the $4,000 goal will be reached in this time. Joe Shelton Is Forty three captains, ftftd chairmen attended a kick-off dinner at Rudy's Friday, It was decided each worker would contact rom eight to 10 business firms.

Burton Knight of Dallas spokt oti what the various agencies of Community Chest do. Special guests were Charles Rut- edge of Dallas and Marvin of Dallas, County Towns Chairman. The captains include J. D. Perkins, L.

E. Boze, Buster Stafldifef, Chester McCrary, and Mmes, Jo Ann Pike, Ray Mayo, Verta Waddell, Pat Cook, Evelyn Hooper and Melba Daniel. teen 5 WjjT style proposed Saturday by Wylie Stufflebeme, Grand Prairie banker. Stufflebeme said the First National Bank would finance such a show if the City Federation of Womens Clubs would sponsor it. The bale of cotton would go to the winner, provided: 1.

Her dress was made of cotton. 2. The material was bought in Grand Prairie. 3. And that the sewing be done by the wearer.

The Federation Voted to take Stufflebeme up On" Ihe offer. Date of the style show will be announced. When the lunch bell sounded at cotton if she enters and wins a Gratui ra irie' 11 schools, Tuesday, cafeteria workers started dishing up food in a marathon food program that will see them serve around 28,000 meals during the 175-day school year. The first meal will also mark the opening of the 15th year of cafeteria service to local school children. Today's modern dining rooms are a "vast change over the first cafeteria, in the old Senior High School Building in 1941, that resembled a little sandwich place rather than a real cafeteria.

Since that time cafeteria's have been installed in all schools and this year the newest opens at the Thomas Jefferson Junior High School. cafeterias food Private Title Backers Lay Groundwork for Campaign Approximately 50 Avion Village ment should become a reality and 1 1 A By CHARLES LEWIS Dean Oliver, newly-elected chairman of the committee working for disannexation of the plane plants, told his group "we'll have to fight (or those plants if we want them." Then he corrected himself: take that 'fight' back, we don't want it to seem like we're mad Dallas." "But we are just a little bit mad, aren't we Committeeman M. H. Hampton wanted to know, Mike Peek, Commerce, Tex lad at five, visited us the other day, Mike was wearing ft new coonskin hitt, "When did you get (he Davy Crockett hat, Mike," we nsked, "Day after yesterday," the young pioneer answered, Yep, it wan a new hat, former City Commissioner Sam Frttigrew was up at City Hall the other afternoon to hear the orations ABC Cab's franchise. After the meeting, he predicted Jot of lawsuits" against the city en account of the taxi ordinance's provisions against drivers who have erinvinel recoras.

The provisions, he said, could be construed as unfair to men who have paid their debt to society and trying to "go straight." Awarding to Puriw Parum, Grand Prairie real estate man, the new thift at General Motors being felt OH the iota! luff front. of fawUto of ww are slaying at the and about every luaruiug small fry. residents Thursday night laid groundwork for an education campaign aimed at amendment of csr- poration by-laws which would permit voluntary conversion of the housing units from mutual to private ownership. Presently, the 300-unit development is owned and administered by the Avion Village Mutual Ownership an Indiana corporation. For the last two years, sentiment for private ownership has resulted in numerous crises.

They have included petitions for investigations by the directors to determine feasibility of conversion, an election which was lost by the private osvnerslnp faction, a court action to restrain further private ownership "agitation," and threats to evict private ownership spokesmen. Principal speaker Thursday night was John Green, Dallas attorney who was a factor in the conversion of Dallas Park from mutual to private ownership several years ago. Another invited speaker, William E. Elkins, also of Dallas, was unable to attend because of a business engagement out of state. El" kins was manager of the former Dallas Park Mutual Ownership Cor- be approved by affected federal agencies (FHA) and Indiana officials, under laws of which state the housing development was incorporated.

Basically, the conversion would involve nothing more than exchange of perpetual use contracts for warranty deeds, with accrued funds due the tenant to be applied toward the purchase price principal. Matters such as determination of property lines and factors would follow automatically, Green said, The meeting was presided over by K. Rhinehart, chairman of the Avion Village Individual Ownership Committee and one of nine tenants who were threatened with eviction for campaigning in inter- poration. Elkins also was the respondent for thought at reasonable prices. According to Mrs.

C. B. Lewis, cafeteria director, the 30 and 35 cent charges pay for, a meat or meat substitute, two vegetables or a vegetable and a fruit, bread and butter, one half pint at whole milk, and an extra vegetable fruit or dessert. The 35 cent charge is made to high school students who receive larger, portions. The cafterias are able to serve lunch at these low prices through a government hot lunch program, that helps out as much as five cents a meal.

All supplies and labor expenses for the 46 employees are paid out of the money received from the gov- and the prices charged the students, "Forty six ladies will work In the cafeterias this fall. Mrs. Eula Schroeder will serve her fourth year as manager of the high school lunchroom. She also worked in the Travis cafeteria for two years. Others in the same cafeteria for two years service are Mrs.

Auda Burleson, second year; Mrs. May Robinson, second year; and Mrs. Lois Russell, third year. Mrs. Russell also worked in the cafeteria at Robert E.

Lee Junior High School. Mrs. Hazel Stephens will serve her third year at the high school. She also worked at Lee Junior High School. This will be the third year for Mrs.

Stella Threatt at the high school. She was formerly at Lee and Bowie schools. The new Thomas Jefferson Junior High School will be staffed by Mrs. Virginia Casey, manager, Mrs. Maymie Harrell, Mrs.

Flora Small and Mrs. Ila May Little, a newcomer to the cafeteria business. The first three have had experience at Lee Junior High School. Employees and their years at Rob- Optimists Cited As Honor Club Optimist President B. Lewis Friday announced he had received a special bulletin from Optimist International officially announcing the Grand Prairie Noon Optimist had been cited with the highest of all international recognition, Honor Club Status, for the year 1954-55.

The International Bulletin read: "We are extremely happy to inform you that the Grand Prairie Noon Optimists have successfully reached or exceeded the establishec -work activity, at- iti-i pril HANDICAPPED BUT WORKING The Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind is one of the agencies which benefits from donations to the Community Chest. Shown inspect' ing the Lighthouse are two Grand Prairie Chest workers, Melba Daniel (left) and Vice-chairman Joe Shelton, at a loom in the foreground is Margaret Fulkerson. Her seeing eye dog, Fltckd, is in the right hand corner. (Texan Staff Photo Uptcttcn Studio.) Pr. H.

H. Milling sporting some kandsome bruises on his erms and Shoulders, but they panve in a way. The blue marks are the result of a hunting expedition his $alo pinto County ranch. WhUf fte shotguns were kicking, b's foreman were tagging 1m tow Ji ogainst whom the Avion Village directors sought a restraining order in district court on grounds he was counseling Avion Village tenants to favor private ownership. On hearing June 11, Dist.

Judge Sarah T. Hughes denied a restraining order on grounds of free speech. Green outlined legal aspects of conversion, in which he said the first s' would be to generate port of other tenants to amendment of existing corporation bylaws, by which those who wish to purchase their quarters could do so. He emphasized that individual conversion would be a voluntary matter, and support of by-laws amendment would not bind the supr ported to converting his property against his will- Jn reply to questions on the subject, he asserted that any tenant, as a stockholder in the Avion Village Mutual Ownership Corporation, pould obtain financial pr other data frwj corporation records and USB that information to enlist support for private ownership. On other matters, including the questions of utilities metering, drain- paving, and related subjects, Qreen suggested that if such, in- fonnstion 'wore deemed vital to an election ment, it could be had from private ests of private ownership, Sears Called Metropolitan And Suburban Final preparations were bein? mafle Saturday for the formal opening next Thursday of the imposing, $583,870 Sears Roebuck and re.

tail store midway between Grand Prairie and Arlington. Located at' 3403 E- Ahrams Arlington, just west of the Grand Prairie city limits, the store will will be Mrs. Bertha Reid, second serve a considerable clientele in the year; and Mrs. Grace Mohundro, metropolitan areas of both Fort previously at Lee. membership, and over all club activity for the year 195455.

"Your club not only fulfilled al honor club requirements to become eligible for the Honor Club Medal lion, awards for each activity, and Honor Club attachments for member's lapel buttons, but by establishing and maintaining such a keen interest for boys work activity in your area, the President will receive an Honor C'ub Watch, symbolic of the work of the entire membership Other information in the bulletin lauded the work of the club and indicated the local organization was among a very small percent of clubs ever bestowed such an honor. Lewis said the watch would be presented to Past President Joe Myers, President of the Club during the 1954-55 year, and the individual lapel button awards, to the members as soon as they are received from International. "Naturally, we are happy to receive the most coveted of all awards presented by Optimist In- ternational," Myers commented. The other officers and myself are happy Blood Pledges Still Welcome for B-Day' A final appeal was made Saturday charge other than the technician's for persons to register to donate a i fees. pint of blood Wednesday toward a The donations will be taken at Grand Prairie Community Blood Central Fire Station.

ert E. Lee Junior High School are to have had the privileges of just ridirg along on the crest of this Bank. Creation of the blood bank will make it possible for any Grand Prairian needing emergency transfusions to obtain them without In Research Lab Prairian Takes Look Into Future To date, approximately 125 prospective donors have registered, but Mrs. Kay Spradling, president of the Altrusa Club, co-sponsor of the community project, said more donors can be accepted for donations between 2:15 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.

"We hope to realize a blood bank of at least 100 pints," Mrs. Spradling said. "But because there always is a possibility that an applicant may be rejected, it is necessary to have as many donors as possible." a Highway Dallaa Couflty five years if vdtcri I pfove tha dL registration designed to buy That was a warning morning at City pubiia meeting to tlf''( tober 1 tax ttation. The warning -I Pelt, Oak Cliff delegation of tax visited Grand Prairia to buiW port fot the levy, Pelt's warning a mild warning front Mayor" C. Sargent, himself an Ar car tax.

Dallas Interesta favoring cial car tax would get port in this part of they backed Grand Prairie's to Chance Vought and Temca plants, Mayor Sargent aaid, The Dallaa group wai composed of Commissioner Denver Pelt; ''Jimmy Dycus, Oik Cliff banker; C. A. Tatuni of Dallas, Power and Light anil Wherry, Oak Cliff real estate Sargent declared that 'while 1 personally endorsed the tax, support of the measure' in' this had been jeopardized bV'the Dallaa City Council's recent refusal to 'dbf- annex the two aircraft He also said virtually ftothirig In the way of highway improvements Is One, authorized, for this he felt that "Grand is on the begging "In the past, Grand Prairie "has just gone along with whatever. its way," the mayorsafd. "iStiw.vth* time has come lef the' whole (sWnty we are a part of it." (Of 18 major the only one affecting is U.

S. 80, which "is to to arterial "As we see it, this county plan of highway development everything into Sargent observed. "If the cities could get say one-half, of this special "tax -for providing right-of-way through their incorporated areas, 'l believe you would get more support, Pelt declared that i( the can tax proposal fails, the in Dallas County will be set back' five years" and he added 'that the some $14,000,000 held at Austin in" state highway funds for' this county might be allocated to other areas. Tatum pointed out that if the car tax is authorized, the county then can issue revenue bonds sornewhere in the neighborhood of $20,000,000. It also was pointed out that if Mrs.

Susie Thompson, manager; Mrs. Bess Day, second year; Mrs. Lokey Bason, second year; Mrs. Mary Hubbard, fourth year; Mrs. Sarah Hyles, third year; Mrs.

Deisie McCarty, seccnd year; and Mrs. Virgie Ms- Millen, fifth year. Also Mrs, Lurline Heed, third years; Mrs. Ruth Tinsley, two years; Miss Fay Spradling, second year; Mrs. Grace Waller, fourth year; and Mrs.

Lazelle Chapman, newcomer. Mrs. Ruthie Smith will serve her fourth year as manager of the Stephen F. Austin cafeteria. Assisting her club's success during the past year.

a was one of four Texans who I There is where the credit belongs, go a 5-to-10-year look ahead into to the individual efforts of each i the electronics future during the member of our club, not to any one I week just ended individual Worth and Dallas, C- M. Ross, store manager, asserted. Another Sears executive, C. D. Troyer of Dallas, store group man.

ager, labeled the new unit as being both "suburban and metropolitan" in character, because of its proximity to the large group of small communities in this area and also to downtown Dallas and Fort Worth. Troyer emphasized also that the store's proximity to Sears' Dallas re. gional headquarters would make it possible for the store to carry all merchandise items and. provide all services offered by the company, Moreover, Troyer said the vast facilities of the Pallas mail order experts in tbflse further described the aer to whisk conversion would be te the Mrs. Alyne Britton will continue as manager of the James Bowie pafeteria.

This is her fifth year to serve, in this capacity. Others here are Mrs. Bina Word, second year; Mrs. Willie Stanley, second year; and Mrs. Lorene Ballard, first year, kadies at Sam Houston are Mrs.

gula H'nes, fourth year; Mrs. Cora Witherspoon, fourth year; and Mrs. Gopher Band Elects Irviiv President New Gopher Band Officers at Grand Prairie High School were elected Friday by about 65 band members. New officers are George Irvin, president; The actual donation takes only about eight minutes and is painless Afterward the donor will be asked to rest for 15 minutes, during which time he can have assorted refresh- A Grand Prairie electrical techiu- ments wh ch win be contributed by business houses, Mrs. Spradling said the Waclley Blood Bank, at which place the Grand Prairie deposits will be stored, will send Its mobile wit here and that donations will begin at 11 a.m.

and will continue until 6 p.m. Wednesday. As a guest of the Radio lion of America, Roger Dickey I ed RCA's David Sarnoff Research Laboratory at Princeton, N. Ji Dickey, of the Grand Prairie firm, Floyd and Dickey, returned home by plane Thursday night. "There's just nothing like it," clared Dickey in describing the huge RCA Service Co.

laboratory, "It is complete in itself." Dallas County were to benefit from the $14,000,000 held at Austin, representing this county's share of the state gasoline tax fund, and didn't have the car tax revenue for right- of-way, it might be necessary to hike property taxes, Wylie Stufflebeme pointed out that even though right-of-way funds become available through the special car tax, the final approval- of the highway projects will be made hy the State Highway Department on the basis of their own engineering studies. That was admitted by Arrangements will be made at the gargent reiterated his fire station so that four donations endorsement of the on can be taken simultaneously. Rest! grounds that more and better high' facilities also will be supplied by W9ys are needed and that they will the fire department. Coffee is being contributed by About 20 percent of the lab's pro- Hood's Restaurant, and the man- are closely guarded secrets, agement of the Dairy Queen, S25 ye I perimcnts are open to the general i ilks to every donor. Other refresh- public.

me nts will include donated soft cost money. The tax wguld reach, a lot of non'property owners who own cars but who do not pay any tax other than the state jegteiratipa lee, he said. president; Norman secretary; Haywoi'th, second year. Those at William B. Travis are Miss Jewell Medearis, 13th year; Mrs.

gstelle Caldwell. second year; Georgia Edwards, third year; and Mrs. Jetty Farmer, first year. The cafeteria a Lamar SWIiool and Ben Watkins, reporter. Band members are as busy as ers learning new novelty num- marches and other musical se- for the first football game detached from its compact controls, facilities of tiie paiias man oiaer wi)l be Ml Dt Alva Mason, plant would facilitate deliveries of Mrs lKll Roderick, mail order jtams to the new store The huge installation covers 92,730 square feet of floor space, and the entire structure is and acoustically treated to minimize noise.

line with Sears' policy on sonnel, most of the sales stall will rwuited from fad Arlington residents. cations, will be taken legally at ISftJ Houston Btti third year; Mrs. Fay Allumbaugh, third year. The Fannin cafeteria will be ated by Mrs. Lora Pcderson, third first third year; end Abbie Himelrigbt, year; 'Mrs.

Yelma Blodgett, year; Mrs. Stella Ferguson, at Dalworth cafeteria lola. Smith, fourth according to Band Director Leon JJreeden Saturday. Football fans will find themselves tapping their two feet to lively novelty tunes, "Hail, Hail The Gang's All Here" and "Concerto For Finger." Breeden is the originator of the arrangements (which at 8 p.m. 1U.3.N, xtuie a mQdem home The controls can be located anywhere the viewer desires.

2. A car radio which, through the substitution of tiny transistors for tubes, uies only one-tenth the electrical current an ordinary radio docs an.i can be left on indefinitely with- Four'gleaming new Sousaphones out running the car battery down. bass horns will be used this year. 3. A sound synthesizer, comb, and M.

York. Drum majors are taWanda Moon nations of punched tapes, which can create all the sounds of a symphony orchestra without the benefit of recordings or actual musical ments. 4. A machine can print meeting of i 000 words or figures a minute. A Vought workers in UAW- main for this machine would be to translate card-puath data recorded by mechanical "brains" into Membership Meeting Today Saiullin Adult Classes R.

N. Ssndlin, a teacher at the Grand Prairie High School, will be director of the adult education classes, according-to Principal L. E. The adult classes are in the PI.Q has been set for this after- ftt 2 o'clock at the Union Hall. will be announced in the future.

The classes will meet, however, two nights a week at the high school. Interested adults may contact either Boze or SapdUn Boze already has received about 12 WeU W- Duy tolUldy I who toJin, ant, said Saturday Season ticket ealei Witt Monday. The of the seasoa fet tfei varsity, will ha School Stadium Yell Named at made the tour. Jlere are some of do er as to call Either Shirley Rogers thf the things they saw, according to Mrs Spradling at AN2-2GR1, cheerleader at JeRejson the Grand Prairie representative: Rpedi hairman the Altrusa I School. received 1.

A perfectly flat television screen, affai COTOraU tfce. at AN2- more votes than 6Hy fl thp eajtfi, or Fire Chief J. C. Swadley, in the cheerleader elfction at the school Friday- Approximately 550 students voted- The other new cheerleaders, are Jatne Judy Glovsf, Palt banks and Faye NeU, alternate is Barbara Tsggert, Individual Tickets Go On Sale Tuesday Individual reseived Wftt for the Prairie football will ga sale Tuesday planning stage. The date for them Drug, R.

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