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Today's Editorial- REWARD WITH YOUR PRESENCE -See Page 2 AUTOMOBILE AND FURNITURE LOANS Dalworth Loan and Investment Company 110 E. Main-NO2-2696 UNDELIVERED PAPERS CALL V02-1501 M02-4208, FORTY- -FIFTH YEAR GET hE RONT? by Buzz. AND STAFF We like to have moved KATHRYN 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. that's not for old men anymore.

Even heifers seem to be attract. ed 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 strects 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. Stale 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 24 hours would have taken him 24 houds longer although he would be going no slower. 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 slough 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 world in 99 hours and 16 minutes! That is the record Horace Boren, employee of Braniff Airways, World War I Air Force major and for- mer newspaperman, established last 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, and back to New York. "I was kinda tired, but two nights night-clubbing in New York wards made me mora tired," the flier reported.

Boren was six days out of Dallas 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 ers around the world. He wore a nylon shirt he washed daily. "Travel does one thing for yougives 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 Worth, Rev. James A.

Farrar, Douglas Pope Laza and Bill Ellis, all of Grand Prairie. Anson Brundage was program chairman. For Carrier Service: Call NO2-1501 before 5:30 after 6 p.m. Grand Established in Grand Prairie, GRAND PRAIRIE, 'SOARING TITLIST-Richard 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. Texas, November 6, 1908 -113-115 Northeast Second Street DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1953 FIVE CENTS PER COPY TEN Prairie Texan FOR: UNDELIVERED PAPERS CAL NO2-1801 OR PAGES TODAY NUMBER 114 City Youth Receives Serious Burns From High Tension Wire Harvey L. Ford Received Hurts When Moving House Harvey Lee Ford, 16-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs.

C. H. Ford, of 801 Northeast Eighth street, is in Methodist. suffering Hospital, serious Dallas, today after 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 being moved from Arlington to Grand Prairie, Friday alternoon. Authorities at Methodist hospital said he was showing signs of improve- National Glider Champion Entered Game Early 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 buy 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 the 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 twoplace 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 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 Tuesday 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: R. B. Clark, with a discourse on the "Art of Throwing a a subect on which Mr. Clark threw the club a curve by not telling them any part of the science of the baseball prowess. Art Clifton leaned toward the philosophical side with on "You Can't Be Fair." "Norman Gipson, Grand Prairie Minister the and Civic Leader, enlightened 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 applica- tion 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, Grammarian. Orlan Jenkins provided Table Topics and called on Jones, Struwe, Gipson, Clark, Lonnie Ross, Parum, Shirley, and Barnett for two minute speech. es on such varying subjects as "Are Crime Movies, Comic Books, Television and Radio Contributing to Juvenile Delinquency?" to a Definition of Nothing" and "Do Wumen Dress to Suit Their Husbands or Someone Else's Husband?" Bob Struwe led the invocation: wi Burns Parum oificiating, in the absence of V. G. Marshall, over the entire program.

Weather CLOUDY STUFFY ment Saturday noon, and a 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 snag them as we passed underneath," said Robert Ford, of Arlington, member of the C. H. Ford House Movers Company. "Suddenly there was a bright a pop like a giant fire cracker.

"I jumped out of the truck (Robert was driving) and saw Harvey lying on the roof unconscious. He had turned black. "I rushed to a phone and called an ambulance and before I could walk back into the rond 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, 8 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 lather of Mrs. Clendon 1.

Hull, Sunnyvale Road, Grand Prairie Road, Grand Prairie, died at Baylor Hospital, Dallas al 5:15 o'clock Thursday evening, following a long illness. Mr. Buchanan, a retired real oslate broker, moved to Dallas 31 years ago from Grand Saline, Texas, A life-long member of the Methodist Church, Mr. Buchanan took a prominent part in church affairs bot. hin Grand Prairie and Dallas, where he was a member of the First Methodist Church for many years.

He also was 11 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, who D. and Avon, of Dallas, was touring Europe at the time of Mr.

and Buchanan's death, and two daughters, Mrs. W. 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 home Sunday night. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the George A.

Brewer Funeral Home. 3603 Ross Dallas. Bishop H. H. Boaz and the Rev.

W. A. Criswell will officiate. Burial will be in Hillerest Cemetery in Dallas. Prairie Headliner Chamber of Commerce Manager Bot, Batten will -peak before genoral meeting of the Garland Cham-: br ot Commerce Thursday evenping.

him down off the steep roof to a level portion of the roof. We gave him artificial respiration immediately," Pike said. Harvey Lee was rushed to Methodist. Hospital by the ambulance after he was examined at the scene by a doctor, The doctor, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the lad receive ed burns over 30 percent of his body, Pointing out the fact that electrical burns 'are always serious, the doctor said that at this time he believed the youth had very good chance to recover. "Barring unforseen complication, The should recover," the doctor said.

Marine Reserves Off To California kit and assembled the craft himself. "I was about 17 years old when I 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 shorlage 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 cen kept to standard fullness, but all restrictions are 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 Myel's Road, who was stricken on July 20 and hospitalized at Parkland in Dallas on July 22, This 24-year-old mother of five is reported as having non-paralytic type polio by the Dallas Polio Center. Other victims this year have been Pamela Lucas, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Lucas, Route 2, who WELS 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 home; Borden Naylor, 22, 810 Bonham Street, who entered Parkland July 1 and was released July 5.

Although other cases have been reported in Grand Prairie, they are not confirmed from the polio coniter files. 1st Assembly of God Church Will Start Revival Tonight Surprise speakers will be presented throughout a week of revival starting 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 participale 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. Beroth was crossing the intersection of Jefferson and Southeast Fifth Streets, when she was struck by the auto which was traveling West on Jefferson Street at the time he accident occurred. Mrs. Beroth was treated at Gaines Clinic and returned to her home. PRAIRIE HEADLINERS Mrs.

Maggie Malone 226 West Church is in Ft. Worth this wek visiting her sister Mrs. Mary Tucker. points. However, there wasn't competition in those days that there is today." While attending the national meet in Elmira in 1941, Johnson Albatross and bought a Schweizer two-place craft which he and 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. For the first year. oftlie war, Johnson was an instruotor at TwentyNine Palms, California, teaching young airmen the art of handling troop-carrying gliders, That assignment ended, he jolned 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. Allhough the craft still is (MORE on Page 5) Grand Prairie Rodeo Pick-Up Man Hurt During Friday Show -up man for the Grand Prairie Rodeo.

Roy Phillips of Dallas. suffered compound bac'ure of the left leg and deep lacerations on the left ankle last night when his horse fell back on him during the introductions. He is now in Baylor Hospital of Dallas. Winners in last tught's contest, in order of their placing, were roping, Bobby Stepp, Fort Worth. 11.5; Bob Bowen, Grapevine, 11.6; Bill Crow-! der, Plano, 11.6 Punch Oglesby, Cranfill Gap, 11.6.

The last three split second place money. Ribbon roping, Dave Morgan, Fort Worth, 11; Weldon Young, Grapevine, 11.3; Charlie Colwell, 11.7. Bareback, Dan Brewer, Arlington; Red Whitsell, Farmerville; Elmer Kruger, Fort Worth. Bull riding, Arvel Kellaems, Irving; Charles Newsom, Arlington. Cutting horse.

John Miles, Cresson; Devou Pugh, Dallas; 0. H. Crew, Fort Worth. Junior bull riding, Kenneth Bates, Dallas; Gene Cummings, Dallas. Ladies' barrel racing, Naray McHood, Fort Worth, 13.3; Nancy Brown.

Dallas, 13.5. Prairie Headliner Mayor and Mrs. John Daugherty and their daughters returned Thursday from a trip tu San Antonio. They originally had planned to travel to Mexico, but decided it was too I much of a journey for three days. One hundred sixty seven NASbased Marine Air Reservists reported here midnight last Friday (technically 0001 yesterday morning) to begin their part in the Flying Leathernecks' -scale summer mancuvers since the outbreak of the Korean War.

Before the sunrise became an eye. strain, they were airborne and on their way to El Puso, first stop and refueling location before the final leg to the Southern California scene of maneuvers. Glenview's Marine Air Reserve Training Command headquarters issued a press release prodicting the Flying Leathernecks could look ahend to two weeks of service as strenuous us actual combat. "The only thing lacking will be an enemy shooting back." Fifteen Fighting Squadrons and Five Ground Intercept Squadrons from stations west of the Mississippi River will rendezvous from July 25 August 8 nt Marine Corps Air Sta. tion, El Toro, Calif, All in all, approximately 3500 Marine Air Reserve officers and men belong to.

the reserve component which trains al 25 U.S. Naval 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 -proven Corsir fighter will be the principal plane for all training phases. The Girl Implicates City Man In Prostitution -DA Files Charge Charges of contributing to the delinuency of a minor have 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 El warrant issued afte rthe filing Friday morning. The arrest was the result of a statement made by it 16-year-old girl.

In earlier statements she also had implicated it 17-year-old Grand Prairie boy n.S her contact in prostitution in Dallas. Sho came to the Grand Prairlo police to make a statement Tuesday night afte rthe suspect al. legedly beat her. The Splendor That Marked The Bagdad Is But A Memory By MARY MARGARET BROWN Sarn and Joan danced gaily on the floor of the unique structure and laughter tinkled down the corridors in 1929. Japanese, Persian, Turkish and Chinese antiques and artcrafts rested solemnly on the floors and silence reigned through the corridors in Smoke, fire and doom dashed on the floors and crashing thundered in the corridors on April 19, 1953.

Only the gutted facade of the gay and sad Bagdad remained to taunt and hazard the many who had watched it in every stage. Now that is gone. With lasting that began Monday the brick, mortar, plaster and paints wend to make the semblance of a Turkish temple fell. Only the iron supports remain to show that once the Bagdad lived and matured and died. These soon will join the other cells of this unique being.

Constructed during the prohibition era as an exclusive night club, the first local record of the Bagdad Club 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 Oh'Twos will be augmented by 50 Marine Alr Detachment officers and men at El Toro. Only a ton force will remain here as Navy whitehnts 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 Balchen; Pic. John T. Rodgers, 1822 Dallas; Pfc.

Lawrence IT. Sherlock, 2101 East Main Street; Pvt. James A. Walker, 3516 Trible. Major Bodine is executive officer of the 1st 4.5 rocket battalion of the Marine Corpa Reserve.

The group will return Saturday, Aug. 8. (Editor's Note: The Grand Prairie 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 "Bool" Training For 3 City Marines No prouder event at their age, marked the lives of three Prairiona and 24 other North marine reserves when they recognized at graduation exercises Friday morning at a Marine Air serve boot camp.

From Grand Prairie were Pfe. C. Cormay, 510 Grund Prairie Pvt. J. D.

Plerce, 1705 Cherry and Pfe. G. G. Gray, route 2, box On hand to witness the coremony were Mr. and Mrs.

parents, and another son, Joe; and Mrs. Gray and daughter, and Miss Oneta Tulbert, girl of Cormuny. With other North Texas "boots." the Grand Prairie trio ended 30 of recruit indoctrination and coived certificates from the Marine Air commandant, Lt. Col. W.

Crowe, and heard encouragement from him and Capt. Stanley Strong. USN, commander of Naval Air Station. About 150 relatives and friends hud reserve seats to the brief impressive ceremony. W.

Thomason of Manor, Grand Prairie, wes in charge of the group. David Landers Has Concussion--Fell Off Garage Rafters David Landers, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.

Landers, 316 Southeast 5th Street, suffered a concussion Monday morning when he fell from the rafters of their garage, landing on his head. After spending Monday in an unconscious state and Tuesday in a serni-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 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 System, 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. has Grund Texas were Re- B. Road; Street; 57. proud Pierce, Mr. June, friend days re- E.

C. the but 2213 shows that a sunior class banquet was among the 1929 festivities. Through its years of disuse until purchased by Dr. F. H.

Newton and his wife, Dr. Cosette Faust Newton, many legends almost grew around the terious, forbidding structure. Included in these WAS a tale of Dr. F. H.

Newton and his wife, Dr. Cosette Faust Newton, told The Texan Friday that they wish to express their appreciation to Mayor John Daugherty, the Grand Prairie Fire Department. the Grand Prairie Police Department, the City Council and neighbors of the Bagdad Club for their cooperation. construction by Al Capone, Chicago ganster, who presumably fitted the site with a maze of secret channels. The Bagdad sat and austerely laughed.

So It was sitting one day when spotted by Dr. F. H. Newton who (MORE on Page 5).