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

GRAND VOLUME NUMBER PRAIRIE 306 MONDAY, DEC 26, 1906 111 Deana, one, and Naere, three, daughters of Mr. and CHRIST the Mrs. Eddie Wright. 122 E. Cober.

KATHRYN ALThis poignant scene was caplured on film at in front of city hall. The children are LEN PHOTO. nativity scene PRAIRIE SCOPE By LOUISE GILBREATH GRAND PRAIRIANS can pat themselves on the back and congratulate each other on having the most beautifully decorated city in this area. If you haven't driven through town to see the displays, please do so this week. It's a real treat, especially for the youngsters.

OUR PHOTOGRAPHER, Kathryn Allen, sometimes makes and keeps 25 or 30 appointments in a week's time. She is noted for her promptness, and she rarely misses on a street address, a name, or any other detail. So it was with much hilarity that she and her family were greeted an hour late at the Daily News Christmas party last week when she announced that she had just been to every restaurant in town looking for the group. And she said she caused mild at one place when she panic walked in and asked where the Daily News party was. The restaurant personnel thought they'd forgotten about it.

THANKS to Grand Prairie State Bank, Grand Prairie SavMrs. Willie Dee Richardings, son, Mrs. R. G. Butler, and the olive and raisin industries for the goodies they sent us Christmas time.

A NUMBER OF PRAIRIANS will be among the 90 are a residents who will fly to Washington for the opening of Congress in early January. Patients at the Nursing Home were bers of a Grand Prairie to help them celebrate Bluebirds brought candy for each patient. DAILY EAST MAIN, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS NEWS AN 2-1320; NEWS AN 2-5141 CIRCULATION DAILY 5c SUNDAY 16c N4 PAGES 1 SECTION Air Pollution Seen As Threat To This Region By LOUISE GILBREATH The poet said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. In the same vein, smog by any other name would be just as poisonous. At least that's the opinion of a Grand Prairie industrial hygienist who for the past 20 years has made air pollution his major concern.

But Walter R. Grizzle, 401 Melerine, sees a glimmer of hope in the recent emphasis being placed on air pollution control by federal, state, and local officials. However, the problem is no less acute just because a few cople have tagun to realize it exists. Open air dump grounds where burning takes place is one of the major offenders in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Grand Prairie about a year ago placed a ban on burning at its own city dump, and Dallas and Fort Worth both have started phasing out the dumps where refuse is burned.

It will be some months, however, before all burning can be stopped, Grizzle said, because land must be available for dumping garbage and trash where it can be buried, not burned. Another of the main causes in fact, about 65 per cent of the problem can be attributed to it is the automobile, which almost seems to multiply in number more rapidly than the population. Exhaust fumes from autos, buses, and trucks emit toxic substances into the air to the extent that some health officials foresee a day when a city like Los Angeles may ban all vehicles with internal combustion engines from its corporate limits. "And that's why the major auto companies today are spending money to develop an electric car," Grizzle explained. A federal regulation which, with 1968 autos, will require a device which will reduce 90 per cent of the exhaust to carbon dioxide and water, will help alleviate the problem, but Grizzle said that in future years, even that won't be adequate.

And that requirement won't affect the millions of cars made prior to 1968 which will be in operation for several more years. "That will have to be the state's responsibility," Grizzle said. DOWN $1.2 MILLION- Building Lag Drops Permits Below '65 The construction lag which has hit every city in this area has finally caught up with Grand Prairie. Building permits through the month of November fell $1.2 million behind last year's total for the same period. Most of the drop-off has been in single family residential building.

Permits through November totaled $14.549,595, according to the Chamber of Commerce. business barometer, compared with $15,774,028 for the 11-months' An appearance at a reception by President Johnson has been planned. RESIDENTS in International Estates estimate that an average of 200 cars or more have passed through the area nightly during the holidays to view the Christmas decorations. THOSE LIVING in the arca of Platter and Ruea have decorated their curbs with "hurricane" type lamps on wrought iron stands. Each house has these lights, and it's quite attractive to see.

period of 1965. Other indicators in the business community reveal econom.ic growth, however. Banks and savings and loans report $2 million gained in deposits over 1965. Utility connections all show an increase for the month of November, and postal receipts gained a whopping $16,000 for the month. New families moving into the city were down from last year for the month, however, from 65 last year to 59 this year.

Holidays Filled With Activity For Residents At Nursing Home Although the prospect of spending the Christmas holidays in a nursing home may seem a bleak one, patients at local nursing homes have found the season filled with visits, parties, and gifts. Brownie troops, high school clubs, church parties and many others are making trips to the two homes to see the patients and spread a little Christmas at cheer. "Groups of interested people call us in advance and arrange a visit when the patients are most able to appreciate visitors," stated Mrs. William J. Clague, 819 Dorian Way, who is 1 BLUEBIRD Pleasant Dale (from visited by mem- Rhonda Bluebird troop 98, Janice Christmas.

The and 'Kim decorated jars of PHOTO. Pictured are to the ground." lie said the materials which people think they are burning are not really burned. "They are just warmed up and dump- Students Give Ideas On City Clean-Up the ground sooner or later." He said it is important that action be taken to control sources of air pollutants "if we are ever again to have really clean air." "Each city and county should take the necessary action to control local air pollution probJems. The State of Texas is now taking steps to provide enforcement of undesirable emission of pollutants into the atmosphere through standards being established under the Clean Air Act." At the recent Washington, D. conference on air pollution, it was stated that air pollution annually costs Americans $10 billion a year through loss of human life, animal life, and larly damage crops), homes, automoto vegetation (particubiles, and other structures exposed to the air.

Local residents can help solve the problem, Grizzle said, by writing to their legislators, their county and local and officials their voic- deing their concern sire for controls. its limits and my being one of those persons makes that beauty my concern." With equal directness, the seeond winning essay by Carolyn Willis of 234 Stephens, points out that individual concern for natural beauty: "Most everyone likes to think of his town as the beautiful. To attain such a most goal requires much time and effort from everyone, including myself. Different organizations groups often take the responsibility of setting up trash cans along the highways. I must cooperate since this prevents the trashy looking streets seen in so many places today.

"As a student, I might talk ed into the atmosphere." Prairie students have to city employes asking them to Grand burn basic ideas about their commu- have tall weeds on vacant lots Incinerators which can completely or complete the com- nity. Demonstrating that point, cut down. bustion should be used, he said. the recent essay contest (using "If there are several others in Many industries have installed "What I Can Do To Make Grand al neighborhood who are willing these incinerators or a "scrub- Prairic More Beautiful" aS 11 to help, we might do this ourber" system which removes (ox- premise) gleaned numerous re- selves. icity.

James Felty in his statement "I think that I should considWhile the pollution problem is says: "As a citizen of Grand er the appearance of my own not as great here as it is even Prairie, I find it my civic duty house or block. Keeping the in many parts of Texas, the sit- to waist in the beautification of grass cut and leaves and trash uation has progressed to the our city. 'To begin a program raked up will greatly improve action must be of this magnitude, I must be- the appearance my old of place. point where One should never leave an taken, Grizzle believes. gin with the cleaning of my own torn down automobile parked in of slate.

I can start with the beau- the yard or on the street. A health department survey air pollution made here last tification my "If I see others doing these of own home, by spring revealed the air in this making necessary repairs: by things, I should notify the city area is high in particulate painting the house and fence, to remove the objectionable very besides the other tasks which material. On many days and articles. are increasing in number are a part of keeping my home "After all distracting rubbish of clean and attractive. is removed.

I can further beauthey every year other tify the city by planting flowers the skylines Dallas and Fort Worth are ob- and trees in my own yard. Takthere are seured by heavy smug or methods of helping 10 ing part in a 'city clean-up further "smaze." this program. If I do not parti- will get fast results. cipate in the littering of the do not want to he a person who The atmosphere streets, school campuses. places pays no attention to the scenery is- polluted to the extent that the natural of business and city parks, oth- around me.

methods of cleaning the air do ers might be encouraged to fol- including "When everyone. not have a chance. he said. low this policy. Participating 111 myself.

does his part to the pollutants re- the planting of shrubs and trees tify. a city, it will look much main at ground level and sel- in unattractive areas can better than if only a few try. add dom exceed 10.000 feet because tracts. "Grand Prairie people have beauly and pride to forgotten of the weight of the material pride: they want to make their and since it all comes down to "Grand Prairie's beauty is the city the most beautiful of all." concern of each person living in $100 CASH COULD COME YOUR WAY Prizes Galore Await New Baby Everything from layettes to savings accounts and food and milk will go to the first new baby of the New Year, courtesy of local and area merchants. Twenty four prizes will be given to the little tyke, first in 1967 born to Grand Prairie residents.

To enter, the attending physician must certify time and day of baby's birth, place of birth, sex, weight, name, and name and address of parents. The child must be born in Dallas or Tarrant County. Entries must be sent to "First Baby," Daily News, Box 1289, no later than midnight, Jan. 5. too at chased this year and will a focal point for Grand DAILY NEWS PHOTO.

How would $100 look to you this week after those Christmas bills start coming in Pretty good, huh? There's a chance you could be the winner of $100 when you receive your Grand Prairie Banner Tuesday morning. The jackpot in the Banner Bonus game has gone unclaimed two weeks, making the total $100 this week. All it takes to win is the issue of the Banner bearing the winning "lucky number." Each week a lucky number is printed on the front of the Banner, and in some issues that number is repeated. It appears in a block in large type and is not "hidden" in any ad or otherwise concealed. If your Banner has the winning number inside, bring the entire issue to the Daily News office, 111 E.

Main. If you're first to bring a winning issue, you'll receive the $100 cash prize. Deadline for claiming the prize is 5 p.m. Wednesday, News Texan, Inc. employes and their farnilies are not eli- in charge of the arrangements for all visits at Pleasant Dale Nursing Home.

A Bluebird troop brought favors for all of the patients. These were decorated jars full of candy which the Bluebirds had made themselves. The Bluebirds visited each patient and paused to say Merry Christmas. The Paramedical Leaders from Grand Prairie High School visited the home and traveled from room to room singing Christmas carols for the patients. Another group from Bowie Elementary School and the YMCA came to sing carols ATTA left) Nan Regers, Jan Rogers, Womack, Mrs.

Mamie Adams Brown, Donna Matheson, Riley. KATHRYN ALLEN to the patients, too. Girl Scouts from Grand "We are using the air about which with us for a garbage disposal," he tion Prairie visited the contended. "Then we breathe home homemade cookies which they materials into our lungs." He for the patients. these local had prepared The air can dissipate a cer- and is A group of small pre- tain amount of these materials Grand children sented a play exclusively for normal conditions the under He the benefit of patients.

wind, rain, snow, et celera of man In addition to these activities, he tee on said. the patients have daily enter- "But it eventually comes back and tained members of their own families who have stopped by to visit or to help decorate the 'rooms of their relatives. "We have six Christmas trees placed throughout the home, the patients really enjoy this bit of Christmas cheer." Since the home has no regular visiting hours, guests are welcomed at any reasonable time during the day. "The home is always open to visitors," Mrs. Clague re marked.

Four parties and caroling groups are scheduled in the next two days and the home administrators are eager to accept visits from any persons who want to wish the patients "Merry Christmas." When a party or visit is scheduled in advance, the patients excitedly await the visit and I become very anxious when de the time nears for fear that the visit has been called off," said Mrs. Clague. "The patients thoroughly enJoy the visits, especially when groups of children arrive," related Mrs. Clague. "'The pa- The beautiful Christmas tients who are best Prairie city hall is shown able to get around, and dress wait in anxiously for which is outlined in glowing their finery visits." ground.

The community the is a member of the Industrial Hygiene Asand the National Physics Association, is concerned with radiasafety. also is a member of the Civil Defense commission new president of the Prairie Safety Council. recently served as chaira citizens study commitsalvage yard operations regulations. CITY tree in front of the Grand above with the building lights serving as a backChristmas tree was pur- gible to participate. ASS.

be used in future years as Prane's holiday decorations..