A Playtime Paradise

PALESTINE — During the 1930s, the Palestine YMCA provided a place for Lamar Muse to have fun as a young man growing up during the Great Depression. As Muse matured into a highly successful businessman, founding Southwest Airlines, he never forgot the place which helped him in those early years, donating thousands of dollars to help the YMCA improve its facilities and programs. Now more than 70 years later, the YMCA continues to reap the benefits as Muse’s daughter, Deborah Muse, owner of Dallas Custom Swings, has donated and installed new playground equipment in front of the YMCA for use by local preschoolers. The playground equipment is the second set donated and installed by Deborah Muse, who also provided smaller scale equipment for use by the Y’s toddlers in May 2007, in honor of her father, who passed away in February... [read full story]