Grand Prairie Daily News from Grand Prairie, Texas • Page 9

Curvy Marie Now Sings Ain't Got No Body' By JOSEPH FINNIGAN UPI Hollywood Correspondent Hollywood (UPI) Marie McDonald would prefer that everybody forget her figure and think of her as a versatile performer. "Wasn't that awful?" she asked, referring to the days when movie studios turned out thousands of photographs billing Marie as "The Body." "When I passed an automobile repair place called the body shop it made me cringe," said Marie, munching on a ham and cheese sandwich in a dres- room between scenes of her next movie, "Promise Her Anything." The blonde performer was cast in the picture as a replacement for Mamie Van Doren who quit in a dispute over salary. It's Marie's first Old Carousel Gets Merry-Go -'Round WHICH WAY? termed a The West souvlner. happended KItts, a 33-year-old Semtnole contractor, is shown as he views what has been lncident---a license plate with the tag numbers stamped upside down. Texan purchased the plates for his truck recently and prefers to keep them as a However, state officials say that they want the tags back.

The only plates of this have been found in Texas this year, state officials say the accidental stamping when a worn rivot on a stamping machine at the state prtsion at Huntsville caused in the apparatus, resulting in the-numbers being stamped upside down. L'PI TELE- By David Zarkin United Press International Spokane, Wash. One of the nation's oldest and largest brass ring organ-type carousels may be moved from its home of 54 years to a smaller town a hundred miles away because city kids no longer thrill to a simple ride on a merry-go-round. "To my knowledge, there isn't another carousel like it," said Lloyd Vogr.l, owner of the machine and former proprietor of Natatorium Park, where it is located here, Vogel has sold the amusement park to El Katif Shrine, which will convert it to lodge use. Vogel said the 1909 Carousel Is one of the nation's oldest and is exceeded in size on the West Coast only by one in San Francisco, which was built in 1914 by the Loos Co.

of Germany. The Spokane merry-go- Poison Ivy Church School Plans Sunday Smorgasbord The Home and School Association of Immaculate Conception Church School made plans Wednesday evening for a Smorgasbord. The dinner which includes a menu of all home cooked foods --ill be served Sunday, April ".8, from 2 to 6 p.m. Tickets arc SI for adults and 6 cents lor children four to fourteen years. Door prizes be awarded.

The program Wednesday was given by Lt. De Wolfe, assistant police chief, who showed two film, "Safety in the Home" and "Summer Safety for The door prize, three months free tuition, was won by Tommie prize went to Norlne Haler; and room count was awarded the 5th grade. Adair Funeral It is a sad tiling to disillusion those who cherish the myth of their "immunity" to poison Ivy or oak or sumac, but the season of prevalence of these toxi plants is fast approaching and forewarned is forearmed. Botanical scientist say It Ls doubtful that anyone Is absolutely immune to their poisonous substance. More and more authorities agree that susceptibility Is a mere matter of degree, varying with the condition of the individual, the condition of the plant, and the circumstances of exposure.

Texas has its fair share of the 100-plus plants and plant products known to be capable of causing sometimes severe skin irritations. Among them are the parsnip, lady slipper, cultivated primrose (especially when in flower), lily bulbs and stalks, stinging nettle, and vanilla beans. But by far the most common cause of plant dermatitis in Texas and elsewhere in the United States Is poison ivy, known to botanists by the tongue- twisting name of Rhus toxicodendron. A cousin -poison sumac, by name is common to the swampy regions of eastern Texas, and can sometimes produce severe reactions. For all practical purposes, poison fvy and poison oak are the same thing.

Poison oak is simply any poison ivy that grows as a bush rather than a vine. Poison ivy is an unusually inconsistent species of plant. Besides growing as a bush Fending Funeral arrangements are pending today for Mrs. Clara Eva Adair, 69, of 637 S. Center who died Saturday in a local hospital.

Mrs. Adair, a resident of Grand Prairie for 50 years, had been a member of the First Baptist Church here for 3f and was a member the New Zealand Sunday School Class. She is survived by a son, B.M, Adair of Grand Prairie; her step-mother, Mrs. E.C. Brewtcn of Arlington; six sisters, Mrs, H.I, Martin oi Tucumcari, N.M., Mrs.

Jack Tankersley, Mrs. Franklin Foster and Mrs. Shirley Foster, all of Arlington, Mrs. Floyd Crittenden of Fort Worth, and Mrs. Piercejones of Mansfield.

Also surviving are three brothers, arl and Bur- nlceBrewton, all of Arlington. Local Seaman On Princeton Jimmy W. Cole, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W.

Cole, Jr. of 829 Canadian Circle, Is serving aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Princeton, currently operating In the Western Pacific. The Princeton, homeported at Long Beach, is on a nine-month assignment with the Seventh Fleet, San Juan is the a i a 1 of Puerto Rico. By WILLIAM D. LAFFLER United Press International New York (UPI) Russians claimed they invented Dixieland Jazz, but make no such boast about the modern stuff.

That's because Khrushchev and Joe Stalin before him openly denounced modern jazz as decadent and immoral. Yet me Russians planted the seeds of modern jazz. If you have any doubts listen to Andre Previn's fine recording of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1, which occupies one side of an LP (Columbia MS 6392). This is a light-hearted, winy composition written by Shostakovich before World War and undoubtedly inspired by George Gershwin.

It has a combination of polyphony and dissonance as Previn's piano Is set against William Vacchiano's trumpet In a lively musical duel. Those who dislike classics should not be frightened away from this record because it is a concerto. It is set up In concerto form, with four movements, but die resemblance ends there. This Is one of the compositions that got Shostakovich Serge Prokofieff and Aram' Khatchaturian in Dutch with Stalin. And rev in, a leading American jazz pianist, does nicely with It.

For Saxophiles "Pres Is Blue" by LesterYoung(Park- er PLP-405) is a thought- provoking bit of magic on the tenor sax. Young spreads only six compositions over the two LP sides, including two good arrangements of "Stardust." Selected Singles "I Got. What I Wanted" by Brooks Ben ton (Mercury 72099), "Grab This" by Johnny Grlf- 'fln (Riverside RF-45476), "She'll Never Love You" by Teresa Brewer (Phillips 40095), "Coming Home" by The Townsend Boys (Tabb 9128), "The End of the World by The Mills Brothers (Dot 45-16451), "Sunday Lover" by Gia Maione (Capitol 4906), "Bella Nina" by Sergio Franchi (RCA Victor 47-8149). LP's of the Week Mono: "George Wein The Newport All-Stars" (Impulse A-31). A wllk jazz session led by Weln on piano and celeste with some great trumpet work by Ruby Braff and Inventive clarinet reo: "Movin" On" by BlgTlny Little (Coral CRL 757425).

Services Held For C.A. McClurg Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday in Greenville for Charles A.Mc- Clurg, father of Mrs. E.R, Burnett of Grand Prairie.

Sorrells and Son directed the service and burial was in McWright Cemetery. McClurg passed away Thursday morning at his home In Greenville. He was bom August 19, 1873 in Batesville, Arkansas. He is survived by wife, four sons and five daughters. and a vine, the size of its berries and the outline of its leaves often vary widely.

Its leaves are characteristically egg-shaped and pointed, but the edges may be smooth and unbroken or saw-toothed. Moreover, these variations might occur on a single plant, or the leaves on an entire plant may be similar. But in one matter, poison ivy is" almost invariably consistent its leaves practically always grow in clusters of three. Thus ivy poisoning is best prevented by learning to recognize the plant and avoiding it. And, of course, it is always prudent to wear protective clothing such as leggings and gloves when going into areas where poison plants are known to flourish.

Once exposed, immediate washing with laundry soap and water helps to remove the resin. Asa final world of caution: Never bum poison ivy vines 1 The smoke can be just as venomous as the leaves. Bright Ties Identify Geese Knoxvllle, Term, (UPI) What does the well dressed goose wear? In East Tennessee they're wearing bow ties in eye-catching colors, according to Bob Burch of the Knoxville office of the Shute Game and Fish Commission. "In the Paint Rock refuge they're wearing blue bow ties and in the Hiwassee refuge they're wearing yellow," Burch said. Game and FishCommission officials In Tennessee decided the new garb will help them identify the honkers.

The brightly colored bands are used to check the movements of geese to and from the different refuges. The birds used to be marked with little metal bands around their legs, "but with the bands we didn't know about their movement unless they were shot and the bands returned," Burch said. "With these colored bow ties. It's easy to Identify them with a pair of binoculars," he said. WEDDINGS PORTRAITS COMMERCIAL AND ILLUSTRATIVE PHONE AN2- 3332 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY GRAND PRAIRIE.

TEXAS round with its 54 hand-carved wooden horses ranks high among the nation's thoroughbred machines. The Central Park carousel In New York city boasts 57 horses and San Francisco's has 56 moving animals, 6 stationary ones, two carriages and two chariots. The Natatorium carousel, like the other great hand- carved beauties, is a remnant of another era, a symbol of the turn-of-the-cen tury amusement park that provided a Sunday outing for many families. Vogel hopes to take his merry-go-round and other rides from Natatorium to Pasco, Washington, where he hopes children in the smaller town will enjoy them. The merry-go-round was hand crafted by Charles I.D.

Looff, Vogel's grandfather, in 1909 at, his plant in Providence, R.I. He presented it to Vogel's grandmother, Emma, as a wedding present, Mrs. Vogel operated it at the park site for many years. Her husband, Louis, bought the park in 1929. Looff was an old-world artisan from Germany who made the first merry-go-round for New York's Coney Island in 1876 and built Luna Park at Alkali Point in Seattle in 1907.

He hand carved the hollow horses for the carousel in sections from Chinese elm and balsam wood them glued the parts together. Every horse is jeweled, painted brightly and made almost life-like with the addition of a horse-hair tail. The carousel's center pole outer rim are crowned with mirrors trimmed in gold leaf and decorated with Victorian art work. picture in three years and she's determined not to wear any eye-appealing bathing suits. "They had it in mind," she said.

"But I think I deserve my service stripes for that sort of thing. I earned them for cheesecake and leg art. Now I deserve to graduate." Marie costars in the picture with Tommy Noonon, Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay. In a typical Hollywood casting decision, she was paired off with Ing his wife. Muscleman Mickey's real wife, Miss Mansfield, is Noonan's spouse in the film.

That might not make sense to anybody outside of Hollywood but that's the way things are done in filmland. Marie said she had been confining her professional career to night clubs In recent years because of unsatisfactory parts offered her by film producers. Lepenski Conducts Initial Meet Bill Lepenski, Texas Electric Service Company official and newly-installed President of the Grand Prairie Toastmasters Club, presided at the Thursday evening meeting in the Golden Triangle Cafe. Other members of his staff now in office are; Bob Lynch, Educational Vice President; Emmett Ahems, Administrative Vice President; Louis Thompson, Secretary; Dave Randolph, Treasurer and Nate Tarrant, B. Sherrell won the Speaker's Award.

His speech was entitled, "Speaking for Change" in which he urged fellow members not to be satisfied with "nicelittleSun- day School talks" but rather graduate to speaking with feeling and thus appeal to his hearers' emotions. "Talking is a poor substitute for speaking," he said. Bill Owen was named the evening's best speech critic. Table Topic speakers were Bill Lepenski and Mel Crandall, Jim L. Bellamy of Irving, Texas, was guest of-the- evening and became the club's newest member.

Mr. Bellamy- is a graduate of Texas His degree Is in engineering. Sunday, April 14,1963 EASTER SHINER Sporting two authentic shiners and a son 1 forehead, Barbara Ortiz, 2, dejectedly tries on nev, II aster ourfit while awaiting start of Good Friday church service. 0 pretty," was all she had to say about greeting Krv K.T vith such an un- lady like appearance. WARNING! another SIZZLING SUMMER'S almost here! Be sure to get your riedrich room air conditioner installed in timel See us now and avoid the rush! Furniture ARLINGTON SERVING GRAND PR-AiRIE 116 S.

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