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Phone AN 2-1501 For Home Delivery Bailg Betas-teal! The Greatest Daily Circulation In The Heart Of America's Future WEATH VOLUME 54, NUMBER 28 GRAND COUNTY, TEXAS pair through tonigh fODAY FEBRUARY 1, 1963 BOURSE ANYONE? Sounds like a gourmet special and tf you were a fancier of fine foods you'd probably answer "I'll try It." However looking up the word bourse In the dictionary I find It Is a French word derived by the Paris Board of Exchange and means the buying of, barter, and exchange of gold and precious metals. Bourse Is very familiar to thousands of numismatics the world over. Now what is a 'Numismatic." Again to the dictionary to find it is a term used for collectors of old coins, tokens, bar gold or silver. Tne Grand Prairie Coin Club held its first Bourse last spring with 16 numismatics showing their wares. Another Bourse is planned for March 17 at the Legion Hall.

Already 22 have reserved space and many more coin enthusiasts are expected to make the 2nd Annual Bourse the best ever. Wanting to learn more about "Bourses" a word I've had misprinted because typesetters think I don't know how to spell Waldo and I went to see D.B.Nichols past president of the Coin Club, and one of the mos active numismatics in GP. Although Nichols operates a successful battery shop his traffic in coins is even better. One of his most unusual or rather most talked of coins Is one coined In about 400 A.D. To a layman like me it has the same face as a 1921 American dollar, but to a numismatic is something different.

One of the most Interesting coins In Nichol's vast collection is the "Piece of 8" or "Pillar dollar" unequalled by any other coin in romantic fiction. This time honored piece was the chief coin of the American colonists and the forerunner of our own silver dpllar and Its fractional divisions. From the Piece of 8 came the terms, 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, dollar. When a man bought an item costing half of a piece of 8, the coin was struck in two, making 2 pieces- and so on down the line. At the same time whenever the coin passed through the hands of the Chinese merchant he affixed thereon, in small characters, his mark authenticating its value.

New Hampshire was the first of the states to consider the subject of coinage and William Moulton was empowered to make a limited quantity of coins of pure copper In March 1776. Today a 1776 New Hampshire halfpenny Is worth $1,000. Among Waldo's collection Is an almost complete set of Morgan silver dollars. This coin was last minted In 1921 and what makes It valuable or interesting is the fact that some coins have eagles with only seven tall feathers. Wondering why Nichols became Interested In collecting coins we asked and he answered us with a question, "Doyou have a hobby? Well, so do I.

Where others collect stamps, rocks, shells, etc. I collect coins." Well, I've got a date on March 17 at the Legion Hall to attend a bourse maybe some of that money will rub off. Anyway. I'll never be so close to so much money again. Study Slated on Buildup in Cuba ROYALTY of the 12 senior students at Grand Prairie High elected as candidates for "Mr.

and Miss Geep Hi.ql contest sponsored by the school's annual staff, are (from left) Charlotte St. Martin, Freddy Richards, Diana CoviJle, Benny Shuits, Jaynes Guynes and Johnny Wright. A girl arid boy from the be announced as winners when die annual is released in the spring. -NEWS TEXAN PHOTO Pentagon Denies Cuba Mans Bases WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate preparedness subcommittee was called into session today to lay the groundwork for its forth-coming investigation of the Russian buildup in Cuba. THEY'RE CANDIDATES more students elected by the student body to vie for the 1963 court at Grand Prairie High are (from left) Dorothy Fletcher, David Burks.

Iris Norman, Bill Howze, Sandra McPherson and Billy Bob Stewart. The 12 students receiving the highest number of votes were declared semi-finalists in the competition. --NEWS TEXAN' PHOTO Watson Announces Franklin -f 17 Named to Job tor Position Vernon Watson, owner and manager of the Uptown Theater and currently a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission, filed Thursday morning as a candidate for Place 3 on the Grand Prairie City Commission, Watson, who is making his first try at public office, is the first to file for the post now held by Commissioner Cecil Owens, Owens, in November, announced he will resign when his term expires in April. Three candidates now have announced intentions to seek election to the commission on April 2, Dr. Milling, long-time commissioner and mayor pro tern, is seeking re election to Place 4, and William C.

Crymes, also a political newcomer, has filed for Place 2 which is currently held by Dr. James Dees, Dees said Thursday he expects to announce his intentions In the near future. Watson, who this year is serving as president of the Grand Prairie Junior Chamber of Commerce, has been In the theater business for five years and is president of Watson-Amusements, which also operates the Lancaster Theater. VERNON L. WATSON He is a member of tlieGrand Prairie Lions Club and was chairman of the New Industry Committee of the Chamber of Commerce In 1962, a group credited, with enticing 12 new firms to the city.

Watson received a B.B.A. degree in business administration from North Texas State University, He is married and the father of three daughters, Kay, 6, Kristy, 4, and Katherine, 5 weeks. The Watsons, who live at 730 Greenland Way, are members of St, Andrews Episcopal Church where Vernon has served on the finance committee, 4 Y' Workers Hit $24,000 In Campaign The YMCA membership enrollment zoomed over 80 per cent of its Thursday night with an additional report of $3,683 bringing the total to just over $24,000. A group of 75 workers came to the dinner report to seethe largest total report ever recorded by the Grand Prairie YMCA, according to enrollment chairman Dr. W.

L. Colip. Seventeen persons exceeded their personal goals to become "Quota Busters" last night. They are; Dr. Har- rlette Stewart, Doyle McKinney, Lloyd Hughes, Bobby Langford, Johnny Sartaln, Jerry Brownlow, Paul Mangrum, Mrs.

Tom Holley, Miss Roberta Baumann, Mrs. Gene Goree, Mrs. Romie Stewart, Harry Icenhower, Troy Wright, Joe Prigmore, Bill Cramer, Robert S. Burton and L. Johnson.

C. P. Waggoner's Division 1 moved into first place among the six "regular" divisions with 90,4 per cent of its goal achieved. H.H. Chambers'Di- vision 4 is close behind with 84.7 per cent of its goal.

WAS MING TON (UPI) president Kennedy Thursday named Franklin U. Roosevelt, son of the late president, to be the No. 2 man in the Commerce Department, After announcing: Roosevelt's appointment as undersecretary of commerce, white House press secretary Pierre Salinger said he knew of no understanding that Roosevelt would become secretary If Luther Ij, Hodges resigns. Salinger made the statement in reply to questions about rumors that Hodges wants to leave. Roosevelt, 48, campaigned hard for Kennedy in the 1960 election.

He will succeed Edward GuUeman, who recently quit the Job. The appointment will be subject to Senate confirmation. Chairman John C. Stennis, scheduled a closed meeting to organize the subcommittee's activities for the year. He said he expected a "roundtable discussion" on the Cuba inquiry.

Stennis said the subcommittee was determined to "get all the facts" about the Russian force in Cuba. He pre viously stated it would first try to compile the best possible inventory of Russian strength on the island and then get testimony on implications for U.S. counter forces. Developments involving Cuba bubbled up again in both the House and Senate Thursday, In the late afternoon the Pentagon denied a charge by Sen. Kenneth B.

Keating, R- N.Y., that the Cubans had -maintained the sites from which the Russians removed their medium range missiles last November, Sen. Carl T. Curtis, also told the Senate he had been advised that a shipload of Czech arms had been sent from Cuba to the "pro-Communist" regime of Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan In British Guiana, Curtis said he had written Secretary of State Dean Rusk to inquire about U.S. surveillance there and to ask about the adequacy of U.S.measures In the light of such exports from Communist Cuba, In the House, Rep, Ralph Harvey, joined colleagues seeking a full-scale investigation of the ill-fated invasion attempt at Cuba's Bay of Pigs in 1961. "Since administration spokesmen choose to keep bringing up the matter, it is only proper to see if the truth can be learned about the Cuban matter before too much history is falsely recorded," Harvey said in a speech.

The Defense Department conceded Thursday that two large Soviet ships had arrived in Cuban ports in the last week, but said "there is no evidence that either carried offensive weapons." Diefenbaker In Trouble On Policy OTTAWA (UPI) Another serious split in the Western alliance over nuclear weapons policy today carried prime Minister John Uiefenbaker to the brink of a general election which could topple his Conservative government, Diefenbaker, his nuclear policy challenged by the State Department, lashed back at the United States Thursday in an effort to stem a surging revolt by Canada's three opposition In a stormy debate at the House of Commons, Diefenbaker charged that the State Department was gulltyof "unwarranted interference" in Canadian affairs In its recent criticism of Diefenbaker's defense policy. The prime minister and other political leaders here were angered by a State Department attack on Diefenbaker's refusal to permit U. nuclear warheads on Canadian rockets and planes. The dispute, the most serious In several decades of U. rapport, erupted while tempers were still hot over French president Charles de Gaulle's refusal to accept the United States' Polaris missile plan for the defense of Western Europe.

Despite the general uproar, the three-party opposition still stressed the necessity of maintaining close and friendly relations, with Washington. However, theoppositionwas not BO sure about close and friendly relations with Diefenbaker who Ignored the other parties' demands for a full explanation of government defense policy. SURPASS QUOTAS Five of the 17 persons who became "Quota Busters" Thursday night in the YMCA enrollment campaign report. In all, $3,583 was added to the tally to bring the drive to 80 per cent of its $30,000 goal. The total to dace Is $24,000, Quota busters shown above are (from left) Doyle McKinney, Mrs.

D.C. Underwood, Mrs. John Hill, Mrs, Rornle Stewart and Troy Wright. Mrs. Stewart and Wright display the semi-final report figures.

NEWSTCXAN PHOTO, THE TORCH Heart Research, says Mrs. Kenn Thorpe, area chairman for the Dallas Heart Association. February has been designated as Heart Fund Month with Heart Sunday to be observed Feb. 24. Mrs.

Kenn Thorpe Heads Heart Drive A large Heart Fund Flag will fly over city hall throughout the month of February as it has for the past three years, signifying February as Heart Month. Heart Sunday will be observed Feb. 24. Mrs, Kenn Thorpe has been appointed area chairman by the Dallas Heart Association and acting as her co-chairman is Mrs. Roy Hill.

Mrs, Thorpe advises that "dividends from your Heart Dollars equal Research in Dallas and across the nation, making it possible to (l)Speed recovery from heart attack 1,2) Prevent disability and Reduce (nvalldism from stroke 1 (3) Control high blood pressure (4) Prevent Rheumatic fp.ver and (5) Correct Inborn cardiac defects and repair damaged blood vessels through miracles of surgery." (By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL) DUBLIN, Ireland John Cardinal D'Alton, Roman Catholic primate of all Ireland, died today after an illness of several months. He was 80. D'Alton, Archbishop of Armagh, was a shy, retiring man with the reputation as Ireland's greatest classical scholar. He was llth successor to the Emerald Isle's patron Saint Patrick. LANGLEY, AFB, federal space agency said Thursday night astronaut Gordon Cooper will place a small sphere with flashing light in orbit during his space flight in April.

Cooper will photograph the 10- pound sphere, about the size of a basketball, with a movie camera to test a pilot's ability to observe objects while in orbit. LONG BEACH, is for young girls," says 52-year-old Mrs. Clyde O. Marsh. But Mrs.

Marsh has had two sijice she was 50. The American Medical Association said a live birth "Practically never occurs" in a woman over 50, WILKESBORO, N.C. Grover McNeil, 34, pleaded no contest Thursday to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and (assault on a filed by his wife, H. L. Riddle, who gave him a 12-month 'suspended sentence only on the weapon I charge, said, "It's hard for me to understand why a man would want to kidnap his iwife.".