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Today's Editorial- REWARD WITH YOUR Page AUTOMOBILE AND FURNTORE LOANS Dalworth Loan and Investment Company 110 Ei FOR UNOEUVKftBD PAPfittS CALL tistabliihed h) Grand Prairie, 6, 1908 Northeast Second Street Weather CLOUDY GttAM) PRAIRIE, DALLAS COtWTt, tfcXAS, SUNDAV, JULY 2fl, 1983 FIVE CENTS PER COPY TEN PAGES TbfJAY AND STAFF We like to have moved KATH- RVN WINFREY off Mountain Creek Lake, she says, when we had SHORTY and STEVE taking their boats to Grapevine Lake. Kathryn says she has boats on the lake, too, and for hire. So, remember her, fellows. Anyway, Shorty and Steve are advertising their business for sale. Account of health of both.

The Belmont Tourist Motel in Dallas the other night threw a big dinner and swimming party that wouldn't quit. Naturally, a Texan reporter was on hand to enjoy the food and the pretty bathing beauties. But that's not for old men anymore. Even heifers seem to be attracted by a different type of green stuff these days. Police received a report about 12:30 p.m.

Friday that a heifer was wandering around the streets near the Grand Prairie State Bank. When a patrol was free to investigate the incident, the heifer had disappeared. Maybe she decided a loan wasn't what she needed. State Bank Few Rotarians gave it any thought, but their speaker Friday at the Lennox didn't tell tell them that he gained a day by traveling east around the world in 99 hours and 16 minutes. That was when HORACE BOREN crossed the international date line in the Pacific.

Had Horace flown back over the route he took he would have taken him 24 hours would have taken him 24 houds longer although he would be going no slower. NtmfBEtt 114 SOARING H. Johnson, a holder of many glider records, poses with his wife and their glider before a flight. Mr. Johnson is a new employee of Chance Vought Co.

The Johnsons have taken up residence in Grand Prairie at 420 Northwest 20th Street. Harvey Ford Received Hurls When Movlnq House Youth Receives Serious From High Tension Wire Harvey Lee Ford, 16-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. C. Ford, of 801 Northeast Eighth street, is in Methodist Hospital, Dallas, today after suffering serious burns on his face, back, hands, arms, and chest when he touched a high tension wire when he Was-sitting atop a house that was beitfig moved from Arlington to Grand Prairie, Friday afternoon. Authorities at Methodist hospital said he was showing Signs of improve- This department will be assumed by capable ED WILSON and MARY MARGARET BROWN Tuesday and possibly Thursday while the titular author is buzzing around over California and the Pacific O.

between now and next Wednesday. Along with a slougli of marine reserves, we'll see how sunny California is and why we like Texas. It has been 23 years since old Buzz saw the Pacific from the Venice, Calif, pleasure pier. Incidentally, on Buzz's return he will further introduce Mr. Wilson to Grand Prairie.

Braniff Man Tells Rotary of Record 99-Hour Flight Around the in 99 hours and 16 minutes! That is the record Horace Boren, employee of Braniff Airways, World War II Air Force major and former newspaperman, established Inst month. All that is history, but Boren briefed Grand Prairie Rotarians Friday afternoon on his trip with a picture chronology of it, all via commercial airliner Braniff to New York, TWA to London, Comet Jet Constellation to Tokyo and TWA from Tokyo to Alaska, Mineapolis and back to New York. "I was kinda tired, but two nights night-clubbing in New York afterwards made me more tired," the flier reported. Boren was six days out of Dallas -another, record. He and his big boss, T.

E. Braniff, trumped up the trip in connection with BA's 25th anniversary of the insuranceman's entry into flying June 20, 1928, in Oklahoma City. Boren flew 21,000 miles and everyone of the flights he took in circling the globe is in airline schedules. The intrepid Braniff employee wore the same coat, shirt and trousers around the world. He wore a nylon shirt he washed daily.

"Travel does one thing for gives you a better appreciation of Texas," he said gracefully. Boren predicted that jet transport planes are a reality. The Comet Model 4 is on the drawing boards. It travels an average of 380 miles per hour at 40,000 feet and the drawing-board model will go 600 to 700 miles per hour, he said. Such a flight would cost an individual $1,700 he said, and he issued an invitation to his Rotarian audience to take the trip, if they have $1,700 for quick traveling.

Rotary guests enjoying the color movie and talk were Gene Pierce of Abilene, Fred Peterson' and Claude Cain of Dallas, Charlie Doehler of Shreveport, Pop Poppinwell of Fort Worth, Rev. James A- Farrar, Doug- Ins Pope Laza and Bill Ellis, all of Grand Prairie. Anson Brundage was program chairman. For Carrier Call NO2-1501 before 5:30 p.m, MOJ-4208 after 6 p.m. Champion Entered 'arly in Life-Flew by Seat of His Pants When Richard H.

Johnson, of 420 Northwest 20th Street, was a lad of 15, he managed to accumulate $75 to a used glider and start himself on an aeronautical career that today includes three national glider meet titles and five glider records. His first glider, which he used for two years and learned to fly by the "seat of his pants," also influenced him in seeking an aeronautical education that includes a master's degree in aeronautical engineering. And, this month, he came to work with Chance Vought as a flight test analyst. Johnson, a native of Canada who has spent most of his life in California, has covered a lot of aeronautical ground in past 15 years. For six years, during World War II, he was a co-pilot for Pan American Airways.

Among the titles he holds as a glider pilot are the two- place distance record, national distance record, 100-kilometer course record, and the international distance record, established by a Russian girl in 1938 and held by the Russians until Johnson broke it in 1951. He also set a new record in the national goal flight competition, but this since has been broken. After learning to fly his first glider, an open type primary craft, he invested $385 in an Albatross glider kit and assembled the craft himself. "I was about 17 years old when 1 completed the craft," he said, "and a month after I finished it I headed for the National Glider Meet in Elmira, New York. Although I had only four hours' flying time in it, I took third place in the meet on total One Fine, 2 Scares Work Water Wonders Only one man has been fined for using excessive water during a shortage which caused the city to enforce water emergency restrictions.

Two others appeared before Judge Hubert Wills, but were not fined. With rains doing part of the lawn watering for Grand Prairie the resvoirs have een kept to standard fullness, but all restrictions arc still in force for the remainder of the indefinite emergency period. Polio Hits Mother As Fourth Victim Here This Year Fourth 1953 polio victim from Grand Prairie is Mrs. John Rendon, 1063 Myers Road, who was stricken on July 20 and hospitalized at Parkland in Dallas on July 22. This 24-year-old mother of five Vic Ballowe Gains Toastmaster Award Vic Ballowe, a director of the local Chamber of Commerce, won the award of the week of "Mr.

Toastmaster" in a regular scheduled meeting held at Ware's Grill Tuesda'y evening. The Shamrock Bakery owner spoke on the art of selling in comparison to the science of indulging in sports. He called his speech "The Game of Selling." Other speakers of the evening were: I homo; Borden Naylor, 22, 810 Bon- R. B. Clark, with a discourse on the I ham Street, who entered Parkland "Art of Throwing a a sub- i July 1 and was released July 5.

Although other cases have been reported in Grand Prairie, they are not confirmed from the polio center files. is reported as having non-paralytic type polio by the Dallas Polio Center. Other victims this year have been Pamela Lut-as, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Lucas, Route 2, who was released from Children's Hospital June 20; Curtis R. Lamber, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lambert, 2701 East Main Street, who was released from Parkland June to come ect on which Mr.

Clark threw the club a curve by not telling them any p.art of the science of the baseball prowess. Art Clifton leaned toward the philosophical side with a speech on "You Can't Be Fair." Norman Gipson, Grand Prairie Minister and Civic Leader, enlightened the club to a very high degree on the science of giving a book report. His impressive references on the type book best suited for reviewing were "How to Stop Worrying and Start by Dale Carnegie, and ''The Mature by Hal Overstreet. W. S.

(Bill) Barnett spoke on the application and the increasing of one's vocabulary in an educational speech called "What Did You Say?" A guest from the Big Toastmaster Club, Joe Shirley, acted as Master Evaluator for the program and called on Leroy Jones, C. O. Moore, Bob Struwe, Burns Parum, Jimmy Schmidt, as Critics and Henry Templeton.lls Grammarian. Orlan Jenkins provided Table Topics and called on Jones, Struwe, Gipson, Clark, Lonnie Ross, Parum, Shirley, and Barnett for two minute speeches on such varying subjects as "Are Crime Movies, Comic Books, Television and Radio Contribut ng Juvenile Delinquency?" to 3 Definition of "Do Women Dress to Suit Their Husbands or Someone Eke's Husband?" Bob Struwe led the invocation wi Burns Parum officiating, in the 1st Assembly of God Church Will Start Revival Tonight Surprise will be presented throughout a week of revival starling Sunday evening at the First Assembly of God Church. The Rev.

H. H. Price, pastor of the church, is keeping everyone, his congregation included, in suspense on the identity of those to participate in the week's services. Services will begin at 7:45 every night except Saturday. Local Lady Injured Mrs.

Vera Beroth, 762 Southeast? Eighth Street, suffered lacerations on her right arm and both legs at 12:30 o'clock Friday afternoon when she was struck by a car driven by P. Pruett, of Dallas. Mrs. Bero'h was crossing the intersection of Jefferson and Southeast Fifth Streets, when she was struck points. However, there wasn't the competition in those days that there is today." While attending the national meet in Elmira in 1941, Johnson sold his Albatross and bought a 'Schweizer two-place craft which he and his older brother used to win fourth place in the meet, again on total points.

"I flew a lot better that year," he said, "but so did everyone else." With the outbreak of the war, Johnson sold his Schweizer to the government "The Army said the glider was necessary in the glider pilot training program and we could either sell it or give it away," he said. the first year, ofitlie war, Johnson was an instructor at Twenty- Nine Palms, California, teaching young airmen the art of handling troop-carrying gliders. That assignment ended, he joined Pan American Airways. In 1946, while still with the airline, he and a friend set a new national two-place distance record of 314 miles over the Painted Desert in Arizona and New Mexico, "That record still stands," he said. Johnson said he probably would be flying with Pan American yet except that he decided he wanted a college education.

So, in 1948, he left the airline and enrolled in Pomona College, Claremont, California, where he stayed for one year. He still retained his interest in gliding, however. During his last year with Pan American, he built a glider which he named the "Tiny Mite" and flew it in.the Elmira meet in 1948. Although the craft still is i MORE on Page 5) Grand Prairie Rodeo Pick-Up Man Hurl During Friday Show Pick-up man for the Grand Prairie Rodeo, Roy Phillips of Dallas. suffered a compound fiac'ure of the left leg and dee)) lacerations on the left ankle niijht when his hor.se fell back on him during the introductions.

He is now in Baylor Hospital of Dallas. in last night's contest, in order of their placing, were roping, Bobby Stepp, Fort Worth, 11.5; Bob Bowen, Grapevine, 11.6; Bill Crowder, Piano, 11.6 Punch Oglesby, By MARY MA1UJAKET BHOWN Cranfill Gap, 11.0. The last three Sarn and Joan danced gaily on the ment Saturday noon, and special nurse on the case said he had had a comfortable night when a reporter from The Texan talked to her Saturday. "My brother was sitting on top the house we were moving to Grand Prairie. He was to lift the wires so the house wouldn't snng them as we passed underneath," said Robert Ford, of Arlington, member of the C.

H. Ford House Movers Company. "Suddenly there was a bright flash and a pop like a giant fire cracker. "I jumped out of the truck (Robert was driving) and saw Harvey lying on the roof unconscious. Ho had turned black.

"I rushed to a phone and called an ambulance and before I could walk back into the road they were there. They saved my brother's life." The ambulance was that of the Moore Funeral Home, 504 East Main stret. It was manned by Robert Moore, member of the funeral home firm, and G. C. Pike, 1506 Cottonwood Street.

"He was sprawled face down across the roof when we arrived. We eased Prominent Local Woman's Father Died On Thursday Wiley Thomas Buchanan, 4308 Beverly Drive, Dallas, the father of Mrs. Clcndon 1. Hall, Sunnyvale Rond, Grand Prairie Road, Grand Prairie, died at Baylor Hospital, Dallas at 5:15 o'clock Thursday evening, following a long illness. Mr.

Buchanan, a retired real estate broker, moved to Dallas 31 years ago from Grand Saline, Texas. A life-long member of the Methodist Church, Mr. Buchanan took a prominent port in chuVok.affairs bot hin Grand Prairie and Dallas, where he was a member of the First Methodist Church for many years. He also was a member of the Masonic Lodge. Mr.

Buchanan had been ill for a number of years suffering a heart disease, and his condition became serious in 1952, thus limiting his activities in affairs in his community, He also is survived by his wife, Mrs. W. T. Buchanan; two sons, Wiley T. of Washington, D.

C. Washington, D. and Avon, of Dallas, who was touring Europe at the time of Mr. and Buchanan's death, and two daughters, Mrs. D.

English, and Mrs. C. W. Tennison, both of San Antonio. Relatives revealed that Avon Buchanan had been contacted in Florence, Italy, and that, he will fly homo Sunday night.

Funeral will bo held at 10 a.m. Monday in the George A. Brewer Funeral Home, 3G03 Ross Dallas. Bishop H. H.

and tin- Hev. W. A. Criswell will officiate Burial will bo in Hillcre.sl Ceme- leiy in Dalla.s. him down off the steep rdof to level portion of the roof.

We gave him artificial respiration immediately," Pike said. Harvey Lee was rushed to Methodist Hospital by the ambulance after ho was examined at the scene by a doctor, The doctor, who preferred to re- main anonymous, said the lad received burns over 30 percent of his body. Pointing out the fact that electrical bums nre always serious, the doctor said that nt this time he believed the youth had very good chance lo recover, "Barring untorseen complication, he should recover," the doctor said. Marine Reserves Off To California One hundred sixty seven NAS- bascd Marine Air Reservists reported hero midnight Inst Friday (technically 0001 yesterday morning) to begin their pnrt in the Flying Leathernecks' largest-scale summer maneuvers since the outbreak of the Korean War. Before the sunrise became an eye- slriiin, they were airborne and on their way to El Paso, first atop and refueling location before the final leg to the Southern California scene of maneuvers.

Glenview's Marino Air Reserve Training Command headquarters issued a press release predicting the Flying Leathernecks could look ahead to two weeks of service as strenuous us actual combnt. "The only thing reservists ate fond of the old "Screaming Death;" and they point out that if its still good enough for Korean combat it's still good enough for training. The OhTwos will be augmented by 50 Marine Air Detachment officers and men nt El Toro. Only skeleton force will remain here as Navy whilehnta assume the watch at the Main Gate. Known to be going from Grand Prairie will be -Maj.

Earl N. Bodine, 722 West Church; Pvt. Charles G. Minter, 109 Bnlchen; Pfc. John T.

Rodgers, 1822 Dallas; Pfc. Lawrence T. Sherlock, 2.101. East Main Street; Pvt. James A.

Wnlker, 3516 Trible. Major Bodino is executive officer of the 1st 4.5 rocket battalion of lacking will bo an enemy shooting the Marino Corps Reserve. back." 'PVlA m-nnn Fifteen Fighting Squadrons and Five Ground Intercept Squadrons from stations west of the Mississippi River will rendezvous from July 25 August 8 at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Calif. All in all, approximately 3500 Marine Air Reserve officers and mon belong to the reserve component which trains at 25 U.S. Navnl Air Stations.

No NAS has more Marine Reserve sundrons than the local station. To Use Corsairs The weekend-warriors will be, for the most part during these training exercises, utilizing a type of aircraft now off the production line and "obsolete." The combat-proven Corsair fighter will be the principal plane for all training phases. The Prairie Headliner ('hamlx'r Commerce Manager Hob Ballon will -peak befon- a Girl Implicates City Man In Prostitution Piles Charge Charges of contributing lo the de- linuency of a minor hnvc been filed against Leslie M. Mitchell, 33, 1209 Coleman Street, by the district attorney in County Criminal Court No. 2.

He is being held in Dallas on warrant indued afte rthe filing Friday morning. Tilt; arrest wa.s the result of a statement made by a 1.6-year-old girl. In earlier she also had implicated a 17-year-old Grand Prairie boy as her contact in prostitution in Dalla.s. She came to the Grand Pralrio The group will return Saturday, Aug. 8.

(Editor's Note: The Grand Prni- ric Texan will have one of the only two newspapermen in this area attending the El Toro maneuvers. The Texan editor and Ken Hand of the Dallas News will cover the maneuvers for four days in the first week, returning probably next Tuesday or Wednesday. The Texan editor will send back a story for Tuesday's edition and plans to be here for a round-up in Thursday's paper). Impressive Rites End "Boot" Training For 3 City Marines No prouder event nt their age, hns marlced the lives of three Grand Prniriunn and 24 other North Texas marine reserves when they were recognized at graduation exercises Friday morning at Marine Air Reserve boot cnmp. From Grand Prairie were Pfc.

B. C. Cormny, 510 Grand Prairie Road; Pvt. J. D.

Pierce, 1705 Cherry Street; and Pfc. G. G. Gray, route 2, box 57. On hand to witness the proud ceremony wore M'r, and Mrs.

Pierce, parents, and another son, Joe; Mr. inci Mrs, Gray and daughter, June, tnd Miss Oneta Talbert, girl friend jf Cornumy. With 24 other North Texas "boots," the Grand Prairie trio ended 30 days of recruit indoctrianation and received certificates from the Ma rim; Air commandant, Lt. Col. W.

E. Crowe, nnd heard encouragement nii-c-tmi' of the Garland Cham- police Mation to make a from him and Capt. Stanley C. bi-r ol Commr-rco Thursday even-j Tuesday afte rthe al- Strong, USN, commander of tlu; ''i-'" 1 her Naval Air Station. 150 relatives and friends The Splendor That Marked The Bagdad Is But A Memory split second place money.

floor of the unique structure and Ribbon roping, Dave Morgan, Fort laughter tinkled down the corridors Worth, 11; Weldon Young, Grape- I in 1929. vine, 11.3; Charlie Colwell, Coppelle, Japanese, Persian, Turkish and 11.7. Bareback, Dan Brewer, Arlington; Red Whjtsell, Farmerviile; Elmer Kruger, Fort Worth. Bull riding, Arvel Kellaems, Irving; Charles Newsom, Arlington. Cutting horse, John Miles, Cre.s- Chinese antiques arid artcrafu.

rested solemnly on the floors and silence reigned through the corridors in 1952. Smoke, fire and doom dashed on the floors and crashing thundered in the corridors on April 19, 1953. shows that a sonior class banquet was among the 1929 festivities. Through its years of disuse until purchased by Dr. F.

H. Now ton and his wife, Dr. Cosette Faust Newton, many legends grew around the mys- had reserve Keats lo the brief but impressive ceremony. W. D.

Thomason of 2213 Manor, Grand Prairie, wrs in charge of the group. David Landers Has Off Garage Rafters David Landers, 11, son of Mr. arid Mrs. A. C.

Landers, 316 Southeast 5th Street, suffered a concussion Monday morning when he fell from V. i ,1 Wll I 4 ung lonn Only the gutted facade of the gay rexa that they wish ZorpU and Bagdad remained to taunt ft' son; Crew, Fort Worth. Junior bull riding, Kenneth Bates, and hazard the many who had watched it in every stage. Dallas; Gene Cummings, Dallas. Ladies' barrel racing, Naray McHood, Fort Worth, 13.3; terious, almost forbidding structure.

the rafters of their garage, landing Included in these was a tale of on his head. After spending Monday in an unconscious state and Tuesday in a semi-conscious one, David began improving Wednesday in Methodist Hospital of Dallas and was released to return home Thursday. He will be confined to bed one week and Dr. F. II.

Newton and JUs wife, I)r. Court te Faust Newton, told by the auto which was traveling Brown, Dallas, 13.5. West on Jefferson Street at the time he accident occurred. Mrs. Beroth was treated at Gaines Clinic and returned to her home.

PRAIRIE Mrs. Maggie Malona 226 West absence of V. G- Marshall, over the Church is in Ft. Worth this wek entire program. visiting her sister Mrs.

Mary Tucker. Prairie Headliner Mayor and Mrs. John Daugherty and their daughters re'urned Thursday from a trip to San Antonio. They originally had planned to travel Now that Ls gone. With lasting that begun Monday Nancy i 'be brick, mortar, piaster and paints 'hat went to make the semblance of Turkish temple fell.

Only the iron supports remain to Mayor John Uauglwsrty, the Grand Prairie Fire Department, the Grand Prairie Police Department, the City Council and neighbors ol the Bagdad club for Uw-'ir alion. show that once the Bagdad lived matured and died. These soon will join the other cells of this unique being. Constructed during the prohibition to Mexico, but decided it was too era as an exclusive night club, the much of a journey for three days. first local record of the Bagdad Club i construction by Al Capone, Chicago ganiter, who presumably fitted the site with a maze of secret channels.

The Bagdad sat and austerely laughed So it was one- day when spotted by Dr. F. H. Newton who (MORE an 5) restricted in actions for two more weeks. David is the grandson of Mr.

and Mrs. J. R. Corpier, 221 North Street. Fire Hits Griddle Slight damage was done to the interior of the Griddle Sys'em, 325 East Main Street, at 8:25 p.m.

Friday when grease on the stove caught fire. One truck from Cen'ral answered the call and quenched the blaze..