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The Daily News-Texan from Grand Prairie, Texas • Page 3

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COLLEGE PREVIEW -one high school students who have displayed outstanding aptitude in science are getting a special preview of college physics this summer at Texas Tech. Among them are (left to right) Donald Otis Pederson, 1522 W. Park Row, Arlington, Craig Anderson Sutton, 701 Turner Boulevard, Grand Prairie, and Albert Charles Petrasek 1825 Puritan, Irving. The National Science Foundation is sponsoring the short course to help increase U.S,. scientific potential.

(Texas Tech Photo) ARCADIA PARK BY ROBERT HOLLOWAY With a part of the money left. over from their 1960-1961 budget the P-TA will purchase a stop watch for the school field events that may be held during the school term, The Vacation Church and Bible Schools of the Methodist and two of the Baptist Churches (Arcadia Park and Southside) are either just finished or in progress. There seemed to be a rather large attendance in spite of the rain we have been having. Pair Hurt In Local Accidents Two passengers were hurt in separate auto accidents over the wet week end, according to information taken from police records, Treated by a family physician for injuries suffered in a crash Main and NE 26th was Delia Shoemaker, who was a passenger in a car driven by W.C. Shoemaker, Fort Worth.

The Shoemaker car was in collision with a vehicle driven by C. Wilson, Dallas, who was ticketed by police investigator C. G. Owens for negligent collision by failure to yield right of way. The accident occurred Saturday afternoon.

Taken to Parkland for treatment Sunday afternoon was Troy Raby, 20, CarswellAFB, He was a passenger in a car driven by L. R. Casados, also of Carswell, which was involved in an accident with a car driven by J. Palmer, Dallas. The accident occurred at the 'Y' in east Grand Prairie.

Casados was ticketed by police investigator Mobley for failure to maintain proper lookout, and also for drunk in car. Rain Totals 5.62 Inches When the rain ceased at 6 p.m. Saturday at the central fire station another inch had been measured for the 12-hour period to bring the total for the five -day period, 14-18, up to 4.13, Added to the 1,49 registered earlier in the month, the total for June now stands at 5,62, The same month last year produced only 2.37 against a norm of 3,39, A GENERAL SALES TAX WILL DESTROY JOBS IN TEXAS tax falling on the average citizen who now spends all of his income will cut buying power and cut jobs. Taxing out-of-state companies and corporate profits, will help buying power. BACK GOV.

DANIEL AND SPEAKER TURMAN HELP DEFEAT A GENERAL SALES TAX This public interest announcement paid for by UAW Local 893-The Chance-Vought Local. 20 THE NEWS TEXAN Prairie BY HODGES DALLAS PINKERTON wants to know what's wrong with his wife? Why nothing at all, In fact, she's prize, Well then, says Dallas, she should be included in the Scope's list of people with place names, since her name is Alice. And that's pretty good going for two transplanted Easterners, now naturalized Texans. Also to be included should be the (Ernest) Columbus family, we suppose, and Commissioner, Denver Seale, GOOD TIMES E.B, Reynolds, proprietor of Reynolds Parking Lot across the highway from the plants, astutely observes that business conditions are surely improving -gone 'are those wide-open spaces on his lot, which is filled a little fuller each week. SPOTLIGHT ON Remember all the local names in the recent vocational nurse's graduating class at the Dallas Vocational School? Well, that's only the beginning.

Among your local friends on the program were Mrs. Walter Grizzle, who played the processional; the Rev. Ernest Duncan, who gave the invocation; Mrs. W.L. Buckley who sang '1 Believe," accompanled i by Mrs.

Grizzle; and Mrs. Irene Hilton, who repeated the vocational nurse pledge inher capacity as class president. BIG NEW SOUND The jam what am was in order Thursday night over on Valley View, with a 'way out' jam session involving the hosts, Verna and Joe Edwards, plus her brother-in-law, Jack Miller of Flushing, on horns; Mrs. Miller and Bobbie Taylor on the piano: J.A, Johnson alternating with clarinet, piccolo and guitar, while Ellen, his charming wife, played maracas. Young Lee LaRoche played sax, with his dad, El-.

mer, on the accordion and I Mrs. Mildred Minto vocalizing. Perhaps best of all was Jackie (Mrs. Charles Sawicki, who lined up a lot of partly-filled water tumblers and produced real tunes on her home-made zylophone. All of which calls to mind the Community Band, now rehearsing Tuesday nights at 7:30 in the band room at GPHS, under maestro Charles Vick.

The group is not only OPEN to all adult amateur musicians in town--it's BEGGING for them. The regulars say it's more fun than anything, and how will you know 'til you try? TEXAN BRAG A doublebarrelled point of pride: the Jaycees of G.P, and the young lovelies who were candidates for the "Miss Grand Prairie" crown Friday night. Of course this 'Scoper might be said to have had a vested interest in this year's contest. But any year's contest means an extra-special group of young women with talent, charm and beauty worthy to advertise our town or any town, And it's all due to the Jaycees that we have such a contest, THE NEWS TEXAN Published by Texan daily except Saturday at 113 N. E.

2nd St, Grand Prairie, Texas. scription rate S1 per month by carrier. Mall rate depending on mailing distance. Entered as ond class mail matter al the post office at Grand Prairie. Texas der acts of Congress of MarchA, 1587.

Second Class postage paid. Grand: Prairie Scene Drunk Cases Outnumber Local Front Violations Drunks, disturbances, auto accidents and various other infractions kept police on their toes over the week end, with drunks outnumbering all other offenses. Police investigated one case of simple assault, two cases Involving traffic warrant violations, one drunk and disturbance, one abusive language and disturbance, and five cases of plain drunkenness. There was also one case of abusive language, disturbance and carrying concealed weapon investigation, and two drunk in cars, one resulting in negligent collision. A 27-year old.

Negro man was arrested on investigation of illegal possession of alcoholics for sale in dry area. Police took from his car eight half pints of whiskey and two bottles (fifths) of wine. The man admitted that the stuff was acquired for the purpose of sale, according to reports filed by Det. C. R.

Roberts and Sgt. Lynch. MORE VEGETARIANS? WASHINGTON (UPI) Americans are spending less money for meat, The average consumer spent only 4,6 per cent of his income for meat last year, down from 4,8 per cent in 1959 and a postwar high. of 6.3 per cent in 1947. climbed slightly and meat prices edged lower.

A LUCKY WINNER--Virgie Lou McMillen is pictured above as she was cash award by Frank Thomson as part of the -away at the handed a recent Prairie Days event. Meanwhile, the merchants committee chamber of commerce, sponsoring organization, met at the LenGrand of the nox Hotel Tuesday to start plans for the next give -away, set for Jane 24 when $200 in cash will be awarded, -NEWS TEXAN PHOTO. The park is sponsoring several boys' ball teams for various ages. There are hard ball and softball teams. All interested should go to the park to try out.

Bros. and Mrs. Gene Medaris of the Arcadia Park Bap-' tist Church will leave Thursday for Cody Wyoming to engage in Bible School work with Bro. E. W.

Campbell, pastor of the Highland Baptist Church in that city. The Arcadia Park Youth Revival will begin June 7 and continue through the 9th at the Arcadia Park Baptist Church. Lanny Curry will be the evangelist. He recently served as speaker for the sweetheart banquet. Lesson-Sermon Is Announced: The need to follow Christ Jesus' example by healing the sick compassionately through.

prayer will be stressed at.Christian Science churches Sunday, Scriptural readings In the -Sermon on Christian will include (Matthew 9): "And Jesus went about. all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people, But when he saw the miltitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd," A correlative selection to be read from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy states (P. 37): "It is possible, -yea, itis the duty and privilegeof every child, man, and follow in some degree the example of the Master by the demonstration of Truth and Life, of health and holiness." The Golden Text is from Revelation (12): "Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ," NEED VACATION MONEY Combine all your bills into one amal) monthly payment with a low post 10an Allied. arranged your budget. SERE'S HOW ALLIED CAN HELP 12 Mos, 24 Mo, 101.39- 306.07.

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