2:00 p.m.

Music Stage: SMU Mustang Alumni Band

Screen Stage: Levee Singers
2:30 p.m. Screen Stage: Opening Ceremony
Presiding: Hon. Joel Williams, III, Mayor of
Highland Park
Highland Park High School pipers and the
North Texas Caledonian Pipes and Drums
Color Guards: BSA Troop 68 and Troop 82,
Pledge of Allegiance: Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of
Highland Park
Invocation: The Rev. Mark Craig, former Senior Minister,
Highland Park United Methodist Church
National Anthem: Camp Collins, Highland Park
Honoring Highland Park:
The City of University Park, Hon. Dick Davis, Mayor
Southern Methodist University

County of Dallas, Hon. Clay Jenkins, County Judge
State of Texas, Senator John Carona and Representative
Dan Branch
Meet the Founding Families
3:00 p.m. Music Stage: Hit Parade/Elvis
Screen Stage: DJ Lucy Wrubel
HPHS String Quartet: Classic Car Concourse
Make your Mark in History - handprints in concrete
blocks to be used in parks; add your color to the
community quilt;
3:30 p.m. Philadelphia Place Marker Ceremony
( near the bridge ), hosted by the Park Cities Historic
and Preservation Society
Honoring the Founders

4:00 p.m.
University Park and Hyer schools: " What Life Was
Like in 1913 in Highland Park "
Screen Stage: DJ Lucy Wrubel
4:30 p.m. Screen Stage: Happy Birthday Highland Park
Presiding: Hon. Joel Williams, Mayor,
Salute to a Century of Leadership: Hon, Michael
Rawlings, Mayor, City of Dallas
The HP100 Virtual Choir
5:00 p.m. Music Stage: Hit Parade
Screen stage: Three Fools on Stools
Sign registers that will go in the Time Capsule
HP DPS Night Out department and personnel
Shuttle transportation throughout the town starts Sunday at 1:00 pm. For routes, go to highlandparkcentennial.com. The lake side will be sculpted with fabric and
giant illuminated spheres will be on the lake as well as topping the sound towers. The Screen stage's LED screens will highlight onsite activity plus historical vignettes.
The Music Stage will feature A Hundred Year Hit Parade. Classic Cars of the Century are on display.
HAPPY BI RTHDAY HI GHLAND PARK!
PARKCITIESPEOPLE.COM SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 | 1B
What Makes This Town
Such a Special Place?
The People.
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We are proud to be
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Independent School
District Centennial
Anniversary and
to have served the
Park Cities since 1945
BY DAN KOLLER
People Newspapers
By now, the only High-
land Park residents who
could possibly not know
about the towns 100th
birthday party are those
who never go outside.
On Oct. 12, three small
teams of volunteers began
putti ng si gns promot-
ing Sundays Centennial
Cel ebrat i on i n f ront
of houses in Highland
Park s nort heast and
northwest corners. The
Highland Park Quality of
Life Foundation printed
enough signs to put one in
front of nearly every home
in the town, and they were
all distributed by Oct. 17.
Participation was light
on Day One, because of the
Texas-OU game, the threat
of rain, and previous com-
mitments to various youth
activities. On the east side
of town, Cub Scouts Casey
Fuller and Michael Roever
of Bradfields Pack 71 were
placing signs alongside
their moms, Sharla Fuller
and Meredith Roever. Not
far away, Sharlas hus-
band, Kevin, and older
son, Cody, were represent-
ing Boy Scout Troop 82,
based at Highland Park
Presbyterian Church.
Meanwhile, across the
Tollway, Highland Park
Department of Publ i c
Safety Sgt. Lance Koppa
was working up a sweat
as he put out signs with
help from Highland Park
residents Pat and Wynne
Snoots.
I work for Lance, Pat
said with a laugh. He was
asking for volunteers, and
whatever he wants us to
do, well do.
If you didnt lend a hand
to the signs distribution,
you can still get involved.
Volunteers will be also be
needed to collect most of
the signs at months end.
We hope that people
keep them as souvenirs,
Koppa said.
Email dan.koller@
peoplenewspapers.com
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WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIGHLAND PARK?
Highland Park is a small town in the midst of a big city. Its kid-centric, family-focused, and civically engaged. Highland Park is a well-led city, and its leaders
were strong partners in ending the West Nile Virus epidemic of 2012.
CLAY JENKINS, Dallas County Judge
Party Will Cap Yearlong Centennial Celebration
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Shuttle Location Map
Shuttles will be running continually from
1:45pm - 6:30pm at these pick up/drop of
locations
MAP: HIGHLAND PARK CENTENNIAL COMMITTE
Color-coded shuttle buses will ferry Highland Park residents to Sundays celebration from diferent areas of town.
PHOTO: HEATHER HELEN RAY
Dave Perry-Miller & Associates, Ebby Halliday Realtors, Allie Beth
Allman & Associates, and Plains Capital Bank (represented by COO
Brian Hein) are the presenting sponsors of Sundays celebration.
STAFF PHOTO: DAN KOLLER
Michael Roever and Casey Fuller helped place yard signs.
Event to feature
cars, music, and
fun for all ages
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WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIGHLAND PARK?
Highland Park still represents some of that small town feel where fences do not separate neighbors, and the town village is a common gathering place. Not
only are our schools top-notch, but our small group of police officers keep us safe and sound.
GINA GINSBURG, Dallas Countys representative in the 2014 Mrs. Texas America pageant
Imagination is
Everything
Students at Highland Park ISDs four
elementary schools were asked to imagine
what life in the community was like in 1913.
John McGowan, Bradeld Elementary, third grade
Briar-Claire Bundy, Armstrong Elementary, fourth grade
Caroline Bixby, Hyer Elementary, fourth grade
Jack Berger, Armstrong Elementary, kindergarten
Arabella Armanini, Bradeld Elementary, rst Grade
Lindsey Hosch, University Park Elementary, fourth grade
Baker Long, Armstrong Elementary, second grade
WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIGHLAND PARK?
Every year, I see at least three or four groups of kids, young entrepreneurs, selling homemade drinks along the streets of Highland Park. Where else in the world
would you find that? Highland Park is a small town in the middle of a big city. So you get Norman Rockwell with the amenities of a large, urban area.
HARRY HUNSICKER, novelist and former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America
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JUST LISTED:
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CENTENNIALLY
SIGNIFICANT
Jake Kelton, Hyer Elementary, third grade
Jacqueline Clarkson, Armstrong, rst grade Will Romeiser, University Park Elementary, third grade
Luke Clark, University Park Elementary, fourth grade
Caroline Roeder, Hyer Elementary, rst Grade
Max Swartzendruber, University Park Elementary, second grade
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WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIGHLAND PARK?
There remains a developers dream that we can still contribute in creating a unique, worldly, yet small-town-like community, while supporting the entities
and needs of our town, as well as the surrounding city of Dallas. We are not an island but a good neighbor. Thats the spirit!
JENNIE REEVES, co-founder of La Fiesta de Las Seis Banderas
BY DAN KOLLER
People Newspapers
If youre in trouble and
youre in Highland Park,
dont call the police depart-
ment there isnt one. Nor
does the town have a fire
department.
Highland Park has a
Department of Publ i c
Safety. All of its officers
must be certified as fire-
fighters, police officers,
and emergency medical
technicians. Sgt. Lance
Koppa, the departments
spokesman, said Highland
Park is one of 70 munici-
palities nationwide that
fields a force of such triple
threats.
Department of Public
Saf et y of f i cer s wor k
24-hour shifts, going off-
duty for 48 hours before
returning to work. Those
shifts are divided into
eight-hour units (7 a.m. to
3 p.m., 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., 11
p.m. to 7 a.m.). Most offi-
cers will put in eight hours
as a patrol officer, with the
other 16 spent on call as a
firefighter or EMT.
The offi cers change
their uniforms depending
on their primary duties.
Koppa said he was once
in the middle of booking
someone on a warrant or
traffic violation when he
got called out to a fire as
backup. So he had to lock
up the perpetrator, gear up
in his firefighter uniform,
help out on the scene,
return to headquarters,
shower, change back into
his patrol uniform, unlock
the perpetrator, and pick
up where they left off.
Another i nteresti ng
aspect of this arrangement:
When an officer is coming
off an overnight patrol, but
still has duty hours left in a
24-hour shift, he or she is
assigned to the secondary
ambulance, i.e. the emer-
gency vehicle that is least
likely to be activated. That
means the officer is more
likely to get his or her
much-needed sleep.
Email dan.koller@
peoplenewspapers.com
BY DAN KOLLER
People Newspapers
Hi ghl and Park must
be a great place to work,
because the towns em-
ployees do tend to stick
around.
Librarian Bonnie Case
has been on the staff since
1974. Ronnie Brown, the
director of town services,
came on board three years
later. When Chris Vinson
became director of the
Department of Publ i c
Safety in 2008, hed already
been patrolling Highland
Park for 25 years.
This has been a hands-
on job not clouded by
bureaucracy, George Pat-
terson said in 2008, when
he retired after 29 years
as the town administrator.
Here, you get a clear focus
of the community and
what its needs are.
These longtime employ-
ees are usually sent off in
style. Patterson was the
grand marshal of the Park
Cities Fourth of July Parade
the year he retired. When
Harry Lantz stepped down
in 2009 after managing the
Highland Park pool for 34
years, several of his former
lifeguards returned for
Coach Lantz Appreciation
Day. Last month, Mayor
Joel Williams presented
Bill Pollock, who is retiring
after 33 years as finance
director, with framed cop-
ies of the proclamations
approving his first and
final budgets.
M
y friend Don
Smi t h and I
must have been
about 12 years old when
weekends found us fish-
ing in Turtle Creek along
Lakeside, in the stretch
of water below the dam,
which we referred to as
the Big Spillway, forming
Exall Lake, and southward
to the Armstrong bridge.
On this particular Sat-
urday morning, before
we got arrested, we had
waded well above our
shorts through some veg-
etation to a clear chan-
nel with a sandy bottom
covered with spawning
sunfish. Using the top two
sections of some old fly
rods with string rolled up
on their tips, we dangled
wiggling worms we dug
from the creek bank on
weighted bream hooks in
front of the fish.
Don and I could have
wet our pants at the size
of the first fish we caught.
They were large blue-
gill, green with red ears
and blue tips to their fins.
Much larger than the sun-
fish we usually caught,
t hey wer e t r ophi es !
Secured on stringers tied
to our belt loops, they
kept us hopping, trying to
escape while scratching
our bare legs.
I t wa s a bo ut t hi s
time when a uniformed
Highland Park policeman
standing on the creek bank
said, OK, boys, you all
come up out of there. You
know youre not supposed
to be in that creek! Really
scared, we made our way
out the way we had come
in, this time dragging our
heavy stringers, our legs
covered with scratches
and black slimy things we
learned were leeches.
The policeman herded
us into his police car and
drove us the several blocks
to Town Hall, into where
t he f i re t rucks were.
Expecting the worst, we
stood outside in the big
doorways with our fish
as firemen and policemen
started gathering around,
oohing and aahing our
catch. Whered you catch
em? What didja catch
em on? They made over
us and our bluegill pretty
good, and someone took
our picture!
Driving us back to our
bikes with our catch, the
officer explained to us
why wading and swim-
ming werent allowed:
broken glass, tin cans,
runoff water, leeches, and
more. Don and I never saw
the picture taken. No one
thought of calling about it.
Don lived in the 4500
block of Bordeaux, and
I lived at 4405 Westway,
phone number 55750,
later to be Lakeside 5750,
then LA 1-5750 as more
people moved to Highland
Park. Today, Don, an only
child, lives in Tyler. And I,
also an only child, live in
University Park.
That was a long time
ago, and Highland Park
has changed, but t he
people at Town Hall
the policemen, firemen,
librarians, service crews
not all that much.
BUDDY MACATEE
gpm3@att.net
Officers Kept Tabs on us Tadpoles
Safety Officers Perform Multiple Roles
PHOTOS: DANIELLE OLSON
Sporting a variety of uniforms, Highland Park Department of Public Safety of cers perform a drill outside their station on Saturday afternoon.
Patrolmen who
catch burglars
also fight fires
Of cer Jason Greer spent time in his patrol uniform during Saturdays shift, then switched into his reghters gear before his work was through.
COMMENTARY
Towns Employees
Stick With The Job
BONNIE
CASE
BILL
POLLOCK
Front Row (L to R): John Hartig, Gerri Robeson, Yvonne Avina, Litsa Valis,
Gayle Kirby
2nd Row (L to R): Rusty Prewitt, Mike Rangel, Beth Jones, Kristen Kidder
3rd Row (L to R): Bill Lindley, Tom Nguyen, Tempest Thompson
4th Row (L to R): Heath Haselof, Bill Pollock, Jose Reyes, Javier Salas,
Antonio Lopez, Alfonso Palomo, Juan Borja, Martin Reyes
5th Row (L to R): Brad Boganwright, Frankie Melendez, Jim Williams,
Roberto Moreno, Gerald Burroughs,
6th Row (L to R): Tom Devitt, Ronnie Epperson, Ronnie Brown, Ron
Richardson, David Ferguson
7th Row (L to R): Chris Jackson, Alan Aulenbach, Shone Doville
Front Row (L to R): Lisa Bridges, Mary Kuebler, Wendy Santos, Kathy
Hannon, Rene Woods, Rusty Nance
Middle Row (L to R): Janet Sandman, Paul Vermeer, Chief Chris Vinson,
Cody Simpson
Back Row (L to R): Kirk Smith, Don Young, Marc Rossini, Lance Koppa
A Shift: Albert Newhouse, Capt. Tom Wendling, Jerry Remington, Jef
Hightower, Lt. Greg Reynolds, John Barber, Mike Cothern, Sgt. Joe
Garber, Chad Chadwick, Aaron Wallace, Jolanta Gusev and Whit Dale
B Shift: Tim Lednicky, Mike Donahoe, Jason Morden, Jason Greer,
Duane Wade, Sgt. Rodell Byrd, Mark Shearer, Tracy Reves, Stephen
Julian, Rick Koeninger and Mariah Carter
C Shift: Front Row: Brant Ballard, Ryan Pursley, Justin Davis,
Clif King
Back Row: Chad Chadwick, Lt. Chuck McGinnis, Mike Stapell,
Capt. Mike Miller, Zach Sitton, Eddie Avalos, Jr., Alan Miller
Highland Park: What's the Diference?
First: Our Town enjoys a low key but deeply felt democracy.
Citizens care what and how the Town is doing. Resident
participation in municipal government is consistent and efective.
Second: This much-envied citizen involvement is guided
and nurtured by committed elected oficials who view public
service as an honor, not a chore. Town oficials are not politicians,
rather, like our nation's founders, they exercise the responsibility
of citizenship.
Third: All are supported by a skilled, caring, stable staf. Our Town
staf is marked by longevity and low turnover. For many, it's not
just a job - it's a calling. The staf quietly garners awards for its
management expertise and results while establishing day-to-day
solid relationships with residents of all ages.
True, these elements are found in other communities - but they
simply coexist. In our Town, residents, oficials and staf cooperate
and collaborate for mutual benefit, using common sense for the
common good.
That's the diference in Highland Park.
And that's why Highland Park since founding has made a diference
in the community at large - Dallas, Texas and the nation.
THANK YOU, STAFF FOR 100 YEARS OF SERVICE!
Left to right: May Chao, Pam Hatcher, Nancy Ruder
and Bonnie Case
Left to right: Janie Pettus, Esther Gllagher, Sharon
Beran and Rebecca Dellinger
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WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIGHLAND PARK?
I have great appreciation for Highland Parks enduring architecture, green spaces, and generational residency. Or to put it in plain-speak from a rurally
educated Canadian: I like the mansions, trees, lawns, and families. Cant think of a finer community to raise my girls in.
DARYL REAUGH, Dallas Stars broadcaster
BY DAN KOLLER
Staf Writer
H
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of factoids that
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Parks most famous resi-
dents, Dallas Cowboys
owner Jerry Jones. The
man who named the town
was a packer, and the com-
munitys original moniker
was Philadelphia Place.
These are some of the
revelations one finds when
researching the life of John
S. Armstrong. Although he
didnt live long enough to
see it incorporated in 1913,
Armstrong was the father
of Highland Park.
In 1906, the Tennessee
nat i ve and owner of
the Armstrong Packing
Company purchased the
land that would become
the town for a bargain: $276
per acre. Seventeen years
earlier, a group of investors
from Philadelphia had paid
$377 per acre for the prop-
erty that their Dallas agent,
Henry Exall, intended to
develop into a residen-
ti al communi ty cal l ed
Philadelphia Place. But the
financial crisis known as
the Panic of 1893 slammed
the brakes on those plans.
Armstrong sired more
than just the town. He also
had two daughters, Minnie
and Johnet t a, whose
respect i ve husbands,
Edgar Flippen and Hugh
Prather, became business
partners with their father-
in-law. Their Flippen-
Prather Realty Company
continued the develop-
ment of Highland Park
after Armstrongs death in
1908.
Highland Park was not
Armstrongs first stab at
residential development.
In 1887, he and business
partner Thomas Marsalis
bought 2,000 acres on
the western banks of the
Trinity River that they
called Oak Cliff. But their
partnership dissolved after
a dispute, and Marsalis
further exploits as a devel-
oper were halted by the
same crisis that derailed
the plans for Philadelphia
Place.
Before they set their eyes
on Oak Cliff, Armstrong
and Marsalis were two of
the businessmen who cre-
ated the Dallas State Fair
and Exposition, a precur-
sor to the State Fair of
Texas. According to Dallas
Morning News obituary,
Armstrong was the fairs
president for two years.
Begi nni ng i n 1888,
when the Fair was new and
in a very shaky condition, it
is said, he opened the exhi-
bition once with his own
financial backing and his
courage was wonderfully
rewarded, the obituary
said. He placed the enter-
prise upon a solid basis and
its credit has never since
been questioned.
Armstrong died at the
age of 57, after he was
attacked suddenly with
a sinking of the heart,
according to his obituary.
Although his residence
was at the corner of Ross
Avenue and Pearl Street,
he died at the Prathers
home.
Mr. Armstrongs last
hours were spent in the
beautiful Highland Park
addition north of the city,
his obituary said, upon
which he was in the pro-
cess of expending more
than $300,000 in making
it one of the most modern
and attractive suburbs.
In 1914, six years after
his death, the Highland
Park Independent School
District opened its first
campus. A painting of the
schools namesake (shown
here) still hangs in the
back of the auditorium.
Oh, one more not-so-
fun fact for Mr. Jones:
Armstrong Elementarys
mascot is an eagle a
green eagle.
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Schools Namesake Dreamt Up Towns Moniker
For a time, this
land was named
for Philadelphia
Parks Named For Noteworthy Figures
CONNOR PARK (5) PRATHER PARK (7) DAVIS PARK (8)
STAFF ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTOS: ELIZABETH YGARTUA
Hackberry Creek, which runs through both Prather and Davis parks, pools as the lake at Connor Park and ows underground via the glory hole to join Turtle Creek.
CONNOR PARK (5)
W.O. Connor served as the
towns second mayor, from 1914
to 1915. The Connor family willed
the majority of its farm to the
town, so this park is a tribute to
its generosity.
PRATHER AND FLIPPEN PARKS
(7, 2)
When Highland Parks founder,
John Armstrong, conceived the
towns layout, he enlisted son-
in-law Hugh Prather to assist
him in attracting Beverly Hills
landscape architect. Although
Armstrong died before he could
see his vision realized, his sons-
in-law Prather and Edgar Flippen
carried his dream out, and a park
was named after each.
DAVIS PARK (8)
Henry Roberts Davis served as
the towns fourth mayor, from
1920 to 1924.
ABBOTT, FAIRFAX, AND
DOUGLAS PARKS (14, 1, 3)
These parks are named
because of their proximity to the
streets that border them. John
Armstrongs wife, Alice, named
Abbott Street after classical
scholar Dr. Frank Abbott, so
the park that borders the street
shares his name, too.
BARTHOLOW SQUARE (9)
This plot of land by Town Hall
is actually a triangle, formed
by Gillon and Eton Avenues.
Its named for former Town
Councilman J.W. Bartholow,
who was inuential in
preventing Highland Park from
being annexed by the city of
Dallas.
LOCKART PARK (12)
This park is dedicated to
James E. Lockart, a councilman
and a master of the Highland
Park Lodge.
DYCKMAN PARK (11)
This small park is named for W.A.
Dyckman, an early civic leader.
CAVE PARK (13)
Dr. Harrison B. Cave came to
Dallas from Missouri in the 1890s
and settled on Abbott Street
in the early 1900s. An active
Mason, he served as a master of
the Highland Park Lodge.
LAKESIDE PARK (4)
This park isnt named for a
historic gure, but the lake that
follows it is. In 1890, Henry
Exall built the dam across Turtle
Creek, forming Exall Lake.
BY MICHELLE SAUNDERS AND
ELIZABETH YGARTUA
People Newspapers
I
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would be filled with lush spaces.
From the towns inception, parks were
a crucial element of the development,
with around 20 percent of the original
townsite designated parkland. Today,
the towns Park Department maintains
22 different locations, ranging in size
from multi-acred lots to tiny slices of
land . Here we take a look at the parks
namesakes.
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4. Lakeside Park
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6. Jester Park
7. Prather Park
8. Davis Park
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10. Hackberry Creek
11. Dyckman Park
12. Lockart Park
13. Cave Park
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LARRY NIXON, Highland Park Town Council member
BY SARAH BENNETT
Staf Writer
W
he n t he ma n
wh o n a me d
Highland Park,
John S. Armstrong, died
of a heart attack in 1908,
his two sons-in-law, Edgar
Flippen and Hugh Prather,
were left to develop his
vision of an exclusive com-
munity. They formed the
Flippen-Prather Realty Co.
and finished out Highland
Parks development.
Once they took over
their father-in-laws proj-
ect, they wanted to attract
classy folks. How would
they do that?
In 1912, they offered the
owners of Dallas Golf and
Country Club 50 acres out
of Highland Parks origi-
nal 1,350 to move the club
from its Oak Lawn home.
The success of the deal
apparently caused quite
a stir, and made buyers
gobble up nearby property
before all the cotton was
cleared or the golf course
was finished.
Basically, it was the
first development built
around a golf course, said
Highland Park resident
Alan Prather, grandson of
Hugh Prather.
Whe n Fl i ppe n a nd
Prat her deci ded t hat
Highland Park needed a
shopping center that could
function as a town square,
most bankers and mer-
chants offered them dis-
couraging words. Business
was expected to stay down-
town.
But with exceptional
foresight, the developers
traveled to Spain, Mexico,
and California to study
the architecture in order
to plan a retail center for
Highland Park. Prominent
architects Marion Fooshee
and James Cheek created
the Mediterranean Spanish
masterpiece, which today
has become the heart of
the town.
The r e we r e s ome
stories told about [my
grandfather] when Hunt
Grocery went into the
Village, Alan Prather said.
He wanted all the alcohol
sold to go out the side door
and not the front door.
After the death of Hugh
Prather in 1959, manage-
ment of the Village was
taken over by his sons, John
and Hugh Jr., until Howard
Corp. acquired it in 1966.
Each of the brothers-in-
law is commemorated via a
namesake park.
Flippen Park was desig-
nated in 1930, at the cor-
ner of Lomo Alto Drive
and Versailles Avenue.
Neighbors often call it
Echo Park because of the
echoes heard under the
gazebo.
Prather Park is across
Euclid Avenue from Town
Hall, between Lexington
Avenue and Drexel Drive.
A tennis court is located
along the creek among the
towering trees.
Fl ippen and Prather
even pl ayed a rol e i n
Highland Parks beloved
pecan tree. Joseph Larkin
Cole, the Civil War vet-
eran who planted the tree,
stipulated in a sale that the
tree wasnt to be disturbed.
The developers laid out
Armstrong Parkway in
order to preserve its lot.
Edgar was more the
finance guy, and my grand-
father was more the idea
guy, Alan Prather said.
And, together, they fig-
ured out how to do it.
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PHOTOS: HIGHLAND PARK VILLAGE
Edgar Flippen and Hugh Prather deed
experts advice about Highland Park Village.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ALAN PRATHER
Portraits of Edgar Flippen (left) and Hugh Prather, sons-in-law of John S. Armstrong, are
in Alan Prathers Highland Park house.
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J
ust a week af ter
Wi l l i a m Pe r r y
Clements Jr. gradu-
ated from Highland Park
High School in 1934, as
the president of his class
and an all-state football
star headed for SMU, he
got a call from his father.
The family had run out of
money.
So he got on a bus to
the South Texas oil fields
within a month after grad-
uating from high school
and started roughnecking
at age 17, grandson George
Seay said.
He learned how to live
on just half of his $200
paycheck, sending the
other half back home to
his family, daughter Nancy
Clements Seay said.
The gruff, intelligent
man, who was honed by
his early struggles, went
on to found Southeastern
Dri l l i ng Co. , serve as
the deputy secretary of
defense, and become Texas
first Republican governor
since Reconstruction.
George Bayoud worked
with Clements for years, as
an advance man for his first
gubernatorial campaign, as
his secretary of state from
1989 to 1991, and lastly as
his business partner.
Im awfully proud that
I had the opportunity to
work for him, Bayoud
said. The governor was
a tough business person,
but he had a lot of young
people who worked for
him, and he gave us plenty
of room to either succeed
or fail, and I appreciated
that very much. ... He had
a wonderful heart.
George Seay got to know
his grandfather well when
he served as his travel aide
during his 1986 campaign
for re-election. He said
he was not the avuncu-
lar grey-bearded type of
grandfather. Clements was
tough on his family mem-
bers, especially when they
were not doing their best.
While he was no-non-
sense, George Seay said,
he was also very loyal to
family under all circum-
stances, and always avail-
able.
Despite founding and
running SEDCO when his
kids were young, hed set
aside time to lead his sons
Boy Scout troop, and he
dedicated at least a month
each summer for a family
road trip, Nancy Seay said.
On the familys tours of
state capitals, Clements
passed on his passion for
history a passion that
would one day lead him to
found the Clements Center
for Southwest Studies
at SMU, which includes
one of the worlds largest
libraries on Texas history.
Although Clements was
not a natural politician,
George Seay said, he liked
being a leader and doing
good things for his state
and his country.
He always said that he
was a Texan, an American,
a patriot, before he was
anything else, including a
Republican, George Seay
said. He told me that in
1964 this was his quote
he held his nose and
voted for Lyndon Johnson
because it was good for
Texas.
Cl ement s never di d
get used to working the
room, his family recalled.
He didnt schmooze well,
George Seay said, instead
preferring to let his actions
do the talking.
When Clements retired
in 1991 as the longest-
serving governor of the
state, until Rick Perry
came along he never
really looked back to poli-
tics, George Seay said.
I dont think people
today understand just how
dynamic, powerful, and
effective he was, because
he didnt talk about him-
self, and he didnt try to
write a legacy for himself,
George Seay said.
Clements continued to
work hard, dedicating his
time to friends, family, and
philanthropy. Clements
would go into the office
once or twice a week,
and Bayoud often had the
chance to have lunch or
coffee with him. Clements
was never too busy to talk.
He was still my mentor,
and although we were no
longer business partners,
I would seek his advice
and counsel in some of
the things I was doing,
Bayoud said. He was like
a father to me.
Whe n Na nc y S e a y
became the executor of
his estate after he died in
2011, she said she found
personal notes filed away,
evidence of who he was:
a person who really cared
about people.
He could be brusque
with people, she said,
but he could also be a real
softy.
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WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIGHLAND PARK?
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BY ELIZABETH YGARTUA
People Newspapers
W
hen Henry and
Joe Lambert Jr.
came to Dallas
around 1933, to add azaleas
to the lawn of a prospec-
tive client, they changed
the landscape of North
Texas.
We didnt even know
that azaleas werent sup-
posed to grow in Dallas,
Henry Lambert said in an
interview with The Dallas
Morning News in 1971. We
just dug down two feet and
filled up with loam.
That job begat their sec-
ond, at the current estate
of Gene and Jerry Jones,
and their legacy as the
landscapers of Highland
Park was born, according
to Paul Fields, president
and director of design for
Lamberts Landscaping.
The brothers brought
col orful pl ants theyd
used in Shreveport, where
theyd trained with their
father and brother. With
azaleas, boxwoods, live
oaks, Japanese maples,
dogwoods, and camellias,
they set about transform-
ing Dallas cotton fields
and prairie lands into lush
oases.
Through the years, peo-
ple have tried to emulate
Lamberts design, Fields
said, and when you look at
some of these gardens, its
like, Thats the plant pal-
ette that Lamberts uses.
Joe and Henry quickly
cul ti vated thei r busi -
ness and rooted them-
selves. Henry lived with
his wife, Grace, and four
daughters on the corner of
Mockingbird and Fairfield,
surrounded by azaleas and
seasonal plantings, daugh-
ter Susan White said.
Senior foreman Evaristo
Mora Jr. has worked for
the company for 44 years.
He said clients would drive
on Mockingbird and then
request whatever was
planted in Henrys yard.
At home, Henry man-
aged his gentlemans gar-
den, where he grew mini-
roses in suspended boxes.
In the mornings, he
would putter around and
prune a little this, a little
that, and if there was some-
thing in bloom hed bring it
in, and hed ... take the hose
and wash off the walk in
the morning to make it all
presentable, White said.
Joe was an avid arts sup-
porter, world traveler, and
civic leader who helped
save Turtle Creek from
being paved over, which
resulted in Lamberts land-
scaping creek areas.
He lived with his wife,
Evelyn, in a penthouse.
It had way-high ceilings
and was gorgeously deco-
rated, White said. They
tended to go more for
modern art. And we loved
to go visit and just stare at
all the fascinating things.
Joe had a driver and
limo, wore custom suits,
and was friends with peo-
ple such as Sam Wyly and
Rose Lloyd. He was known
to wear a cape to parties,
Mora said.
When I met Mr. Joe and
Evelyn ... I thought I was
seeing a big star, a super-
star, Mora said. There
were all these beautiful
people expecting him to be
who he was.
Joe would host parties
and decorate with pot-
ted camellias or maples.
At the end, hed give them
out as party favors, each
with a small tag identifying
Lamberts Landscaping.
It was one way of cre-
ati ng an open i nvi te,
Mora said. His clients
or his friends would say,
Why would you give me
a camellia? or Why do
you give me maple? and
Mr. Joe would usually say,
Because I already know
where Im going to put that
one if you let me plant that
for you.
Thei r war ehous es ,
where they di spl ayed
chandeliers and antiques
that Joe picked up on his
travels, were legendary
locations for photo shoots,
weddings, and receptions.
They never made any
money, but it was hugely
successful as a market-
ing tool for the company,
Fields said.
The companys yellow
trucks were just as impor-
tant to branding as their
signature Lambert Green
paint was. The color was
so popular it could be see n
on porches and fences
across town, and even on
Neimans products.
I love Lambert Green!
White said. The story I
remember is that Henry
and Joe were having a
party in their backyard and
everyone stood around and
helped mix the color.
Joe died in 1970 of leuke-
mia. Henry sold the com-
pany in 1980, but he would
regularly advise on big
projects until his death in
1993, Mora said. Their leg-
acy of excellent customer
service continues to shape
the company today.
Joe and Henry brought
a real traditional, classi-
cally inspired design influ-
ence with them to Dallas
when they came, and that
has carried through the
decades, Fields said.
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The legend of
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The Hi ghl and Park
junior repeated as Class 4A
state champion and helped
the Scots win their first
team state title in three
years. He put the icing on
the cake by firing a hole in
one on the 144-yard No. 17.
And he did all of that on a
bum ankle.
It feels really good,
said Scheffler, who had
previously fired a pair of
holes in one but never in a
tournament. Im just glad
I get to enjoy the victory
with my team this time.
Schef f l er, who hurt
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ished with a 135 (71-64)
to win by three strokes.
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BY DAN KOLLER
People Newspapers
Highland Park ISDs
enrollment has surpassed
7,000 students for the first
time, but district officials
say they have no plans to
build another school.
The mi l es t one was
announced Tuesday in an
email from Joe Taylor, the
finance officer for the dis-
tricts Board of Trustees.
He wrote that the total
enrollment was 7,022 stu-
dents as of Oct. 4. That
represents a 50-percent
increase compared to the
4,682 children served by
the district 20 years ago.
The biggest campus is
the one shared by Highland
Park Middle School and
McCulloch Intermediate
School , whi ch have a
combined 2,201 students.
Hi ghl and Par k Hi gh
School houses 2,112 teen-
agers. Hyer has the most
elementary students (727)
while Armstrong has the
fewest (581).
Although every campus
is filled to capacity, Taylor
said a new campus is not in
the works.
We want to plan care-
fully and intentionally for
the future. And as more
families flock to HPISD, we
realize the need is imme-
diate, Taylor wrote. We
are not planning to build
a fifth elementary school.
Our goal is to preserve our
historic campuses and the
traditions that are such an
important part of each of
them.
Coincidentally, on the
same day that Taylors
Trustee: There are no plans to build a new school
See ENROLLMENT, Page 10A
Special-needs students flourish at football games
BY SARAH BENNETT
People Newspapers
A r e s o l u t i o n wa s
finally reached on lights
City OKs
Lights at
Softball
Stadium
Vote also allows
tennis team to
play after dark
THEY SAY ITS
YOUR BIRTHDAY
Park Cities People
214.739.2244 PARKCITIESPEOPLE.COM
For 32 years, weve served the Town of Highland Park.
Happy Birthday from Texas Best Weekly Newspaper.
BY KARLEY KIKER
Special Contributor
R
o b e r t B o b
Cullum and his
brother Charles
didnt sell success at the
flagship Tom Thumb store
that opened on Lomo Alto
in 1948. But they certainly
stocked the store with the
ingredients to create it.
I cannot define it pre-
cisely, Charles was quoted
as saying in Tom Thumb:
The Li ttl e Gi ant. But
some of the ingredients
were faith, mutual trust,
sharing, high aspirations,
a pinch of creativity, and,
of course, the old reliable,
hard work.
And, perhaps, just a dash
of good luck.
When [the Cullums]
started the company, they
competed with the three
largest grocery chains in
America, which were A&P,
Safeway, and Kroger, said
Bobs son Brooks, who
began his own grocery
career working a package
boy. They thought that
if you gave better service,
took better care of the
customers and employees,
that you could compete
with these giants. And they
competed very success-
fully, until they became the
largest [chain] in Dallas.
On the road to creat-
ing a booming business
out of a small store, how-
ever, the Cullum brothers
and partner J.R. Bost were
often confronted by a bit of
the bizarre. Consider the
chains cinematic begin-
nings, when the owner of
Toro supermarkets the
biggest customer at the
A.W. Cullum & Co. grocery
supply firm skipped out
on his bill, not to mention
the United States.
The man that ran Toro
ran off to South America
and l eft [A.W. Cul l um
& Co.] holding the bag,
recalled Brooks sister,
Sally Holmes. They were
owed so much money by
[Toro] that they ended up
buying the [six] original
supermarkets and renam-
ing them Tom Thumb.
A but cher st ri ke at
Safeway would go on to
introduce a new wave of
unexpected customers .
And then there was that
surprisingly fortuitous
accident on Lomo Alto.
A car came along and,
instead of putting it in
reverse, [the driver] acci-
dentally put it in drive and
smashed into the front of
the store, Holmes said.
What could have been
a nightmare turned into
a dream thanks to a bit of
ingenuity.
My father was a very
creative guy, Brooks said.
He took a picture of it
and ran an ad in the paper
immediately after that. It
said, We know you love
Tom Thumb, but please
dont go this far.
Customers loved Tom
Thumb so much, in fact,
that by the 1950s the chain
had expanded to 20 stores.
The openings were a
great festival, said Lee
Cullum, Charles daughter.
Often, people would line
up in the morning to get in
the door because the spe-
cials would be terrific.
For Lees father, success
was most often measured
by the sale of a very spe-
cific product: bread.
I m sure Bob would
have had other measures,
but for my dad, it was a
matter of checking the
loaves of bread, Lee said.
If the bread shelves were
pretty well empty, that was
a good sign that business
had been good that day.
Through the years, the
Cullum brothers went on
to shelve as many acco-
lades as they did apples,
thanks to their deeply held
personal and professional
commitment to civic lead-
ership and philanthropy.
The legacy, of course,
is a standard of excellence
in the business they did,
not only in the service
and products they pro-
vided, but also their busi-
ness practices and also
enormous involvement
in the community, Lee
said. They were of a gen-
eration that believed that if
Dallas grew, their company
would grow.
In 1992, the company
merged with Houston-
based Randalls. The origi-
nal Tom Thumb stores
have all since closed, and
that neighborly feeling is
harder to come by at one
of todays expansive super-
markets. Which is pre-
cisely what makes the Tom
Thumb in Highland Park
Village so special.
Thats where I shop,
and thats where my phar-
macy is, Holmes said. Its
small, but its a friendly
place where you see every-
body you know. So it still
has that kind of hometown
feeling.
Cullums Grew Tom Thumb Into Grocery Giant
PHOTO: CHARLES CULLUM ARCHIVES
Charles and Bob celebrate topping $500 million in sales in 1976.
WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIGHLAND PARK?
It reminds me of a small town surrounded by a big city: friendly and safe environment, wonderful place to raise children, with a great public school system.
Also, the beautiful flowers, such as the azaleas our town plants every year, are awesome!
GERALDINE TINCY MILLER, State Board of Education member
Every store in
chain was held
to high standard
PHOTO: SUSAN WHITE
Joe and Henry Lambert, who of cially opened their franchise in
1935, sculpted the look of North Texas by landscaping homes,
parks, and even Six Flags Over Texas.
Lambert Brothers Changed Towns Landscaping
Duo designed
classy yards
with azaleas
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Ballpark
817.226.4920
Dallas
214.350.0400
Ranch and Land
214.353.6600
Southlake
817.801.3030
Uptown
214.353.2500
JEAN BATEMAN
214.912.9288
jbateman@briggsfreeman.com
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214.707.1142
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JOAN ELEAZER
214.537.5923
jeleazer@briggsfreeman.com
theeleazergroup.com
MOLLY HURT
214.394.1234
mhur t@briggsfreeman.com
mollyandmar tha.com
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CATHY ORR BARTON
214.202.9537
cbar ton@briggsfreeman.com
PENNY TOWER COOK
214.384.2847
ptcook@briggsfreeman.com
pennytowercook.com
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CAMILLE BRENNAN
214.707.7788
camille@briggsfreeman.com
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TIFFANY JACKSON
214.236.0775
tjackson@briggsfreeman.com
tiffanyjacksonrealty.com
SUSAN BALDWIN
214.763.1591
sbaldwin@briggsfreeman.com
noblesbaldwin.com
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I Remember...
Highland Park Village was built in 1931 and
was Amerlca's rst planneo sbopplng center
wltb a unleo structure ano stores |aclng
towaro an lnterlor parklng area.
In 1862 the Caruth
|amlly, wbo came
to tbe area |rom
Kentucky to open
a retall operatlon,
purcbaseo 492 acres
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eventually become tbe
|lrst parcel known as
Hlgblano Park.
Celebrating Our Community
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JUDY SESSIONS
214.354.5556
jsessions@briggsfreeman.com
G
rowing up in HP, I remember riding
my bike to Highland Park Village on
Saturdays with my friends. We would
shop at Halls Variety, have lunch at Los
Vaqueros and stop by Valentino Furs. Mr. Valentino
would give us mink scraps whenever he had them
and would say, Just remember me when its time
for your husband to buy you a lovely coat one
day! I remember you Mr. Valentino!
Ballpark
817.226.4920
Dallas
214.350.0400
Ranch and Land
214.353.6600
Southlake
817.801.3030
Uptown
214.353.2500
ROBBIE BRIGGS
CEO and President
rbbriggs@briggsfreeman.com
I
remember moving into the Park
Cities about ten years ago and being
welcomed with open arms by our
neighbors. The amazing sense of
community in which we are raising our children
from the block parties, football games and
July 4th parade are memories my family will
cherish for years to come.
ALEX TRUSLER
214.755.8180
atrusler@briggsfreeman.com
trusler-seale.com
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rs. Coxs Santa Claus,
DCC Bingo Night, Pats
Sandwiches, Skillerns,
Worthingtons, being
stuck in the Sanger Harris elevator,
Los Vaqueros, KVIL & POW bracelets,
S&S Tearoom, Dunlap-Swain &
charge it, Toy World, Salihs,
Ashburns, Swensons, the original HP
Cafeteria, tandem riding with A,
8rccfe|c: Luller {wilh ccrnLrecc),
Music Class Free Day, Dick
Chaplain Step-clap, Gymsuits,
square dancing with
Coach Bevers.
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e all share memories of this
great neighborhood we call
the Park Citiesriding bikes
to Skillerns in the Village to
gel c mc|l cnc recc ccmic Lcck: cn lhe fccr.
We put pennies on the railroad tracks where
the Dallas North Tollway is today and walked
the rails across Lemmon to spend Saturday
afternoon at the Delman Theater. We climbed
the cedar trees in Versailles Park
and were stung by wasps, caught
tadpoles in the pond and
lrcppec frefie: cl nighl.l ccu|c
go on and on.
DIANE DUVALL-ROGERS
214.725.1451
dduvall@briggsfreeman.com
DEBORAH MASTERSON
214.507.5888
dmasterson@briggsfreeman.com
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e moved to University Park when
our three daughters were all two
and under. Our oldest daughter
loved going to Curtis Park to feed
lhe cuck: {cnc :lcy c|ecr cf lhe gee:e). Cur ncw
ten-year-old twins love the Fishing
DerLy cnc hcve ccughl f:h frcm 2-17
inches!
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eralding from
Batesville, Arkansas
in '78 c: c fre:hmcn
at SMU, I came in
my casual Ark style. Soon to
learn the real style was Harolds
preppy at HP Village - Mom had
to make an emergency trip to Big
D fcr lhe fr:l cf mcny HF Vi||cge
shopping trips!
BECKY FREY
214.536.4727
bfrey@briggsfreeman.com
beckyfrey.com
DAVID BURGHER
214.213.8715
dburgher@briggsfreeman.com
I
grew up in a small town in the
middle of a big city. My family
{pcrenl:, me cnc my kic:) wenl
to HP schools. The librarian at
8rccfe|c enccurcgec u: lc gc lc
church, we prayed before school and
athletic events and were parented not
just by mom/dad, but all their friends
and teachers. I am grateful for the Park
Cities Village raising
me and my family.
KAY WOOD
214.908.5442
kwood@briggsfreeman.com
kaywoodhomes.com
I
will always have a special place in my
heart for McCulloch Middle School, where I
met my husband in Mrs. Melvins 6th grade
hcmerccm. We hcc cur fr:l ccle whi|e cl
Highland Park High School, and he
proposed to me on Lakeside Drive.
KARLA TRUSLER
214.682.6511
ktrusler@briggsfreeman.com
trusler-seale.com
JENNIFER FERGUSON
214.769.8099
jferguson@briggsfreeman.com
O
ne of my fondest memories was walking to Highland Park
Village to meet friends on Saturdays. We would lunch at
Pats delicatessen and go to Halls Five and Dime where
we always found something fun to buy with our
allowances. It was also fun to check out the latest fashions at
Mondays Child and Pappagallos.
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ns at
I Remember...
the cedar
and wer
tadpole
lrcppec
go
The first street to be paved in
Highland Park was Maplewood.
In 1906, Wilbur David Cook, who
had just laid out a community named
Beverly Hills, was commissioned to
create a master plan for Highland Park.
Cook completed the plan in six months,
using 20 percent of the land for parks
and green space. The new residential
development was named Highland Park.
SMU's rst presloent, Pobert Stewart Hyer, selecteo Harvaro
crimson and Yale blue as the school colors in order to associate
SMU with the high standards of Ivy League universities
Celebrating Our Community
T
he Park Cities community is unique because
everyone invests in the experience of raising our
families here. It is through that common interest
that we create great memories every single
day through sports, band, academics, civic involvement,
volunteerism, or simply spending time with
neighbors at a block party.
WILL SEALE
214.707.9707
wseale@briggsfreeman.com
trusler-seale.com