The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 17, 1936 Page: 1 of 4
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EMPLOY HOME LABOR
and Trade with
HOME MERCHANTS
and
YOUR DOLLARS
Will Do You Double Duty
delta Conner
A Constructive News And
ADVERTISING MEDIUM
For
DELTA COUNTY
And Vicinity And Service
TO ITS PEOPLE
HART BROS., Publishers
Lions Endorse
Community Chest
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1936
VOLUME 55, NO. 4«
Clothing Available From Com-
munity Welfare—101 Fam-
ilies Must Have Help.
A community chest fund to be
used in aiding Delta County Wel-
fare Relief to aid the needy in
this county this winter was recom-
mended by Cooper Lions club at
the regular luncheon Friday, after
hearing Mrs. Duncan of Paris who
is in charge of the welfare dis-
trict composed of Delta, Lamar
and Hopkins counties.
Mrs. Duncan said the local ad-
ministrator had clothing except
shoes supplied by the government
at her disposal and these were
being distributed as needed but
that children must have shoes to
go to school and that families
must have food through the win-
ter, and if supplied it must come
from local assistance.
There are 101 families in Delta
county who are receiving aid, 31 of
whom live in or near Cooper.
Judge Rountree said that Delta
County was doing all it could af-
ford to do bearing the expenses
of the welfare office set up and
that it could not meet t.he prob-
lem of food. Judge Rountree and
Rev. J. I). Barron were appointed
on a committee to confer with
other organizations looking to a
Pecan Growers
Convention At
Greenville Next July
The 1937 annual convention of
65 WPA Projects
Get Authorization
During Past Week
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 13.—Au-
thorization of 55 Works Progress
Administration projects during the
past week will provide jobs for
4,121 workers State Administrator
H. P. Drought announced today.
Federal allotments of $660,182
and sponsors’ funds of $311,653
make possible the operation of the
the Texas Pecan Growers Associa-
tion will be held at Greenville on
July 23 and 24 and Barry C. Fain
of Commerce is President of the
State Association this year.
There is much interest among
the pecan growers throughout
Hunt County in forming a county
association at this time in order
that the local group may assist in
the proper entertainment of the
state convention and to promote
the common interest of a growing
industry in Hunt County namely,
the growing of native and paper
shell pecans on a commercial basis.
The meeting to he held at the
Chamber of Commerce has been
jointly called by the Greenville and
Commerce Chambers of Commerce ' ville,
projects recently approved.
More than twenty-five hundred
workers will be employed on the
farm-to-market road projects,
covering proposed improvements
of 306 miles of rural Texas road-
way. Approval was granted for 21
road projects in Hall, Hansford,
Tarrant, Wise, Real. Fannin, Col-
lin, Lamb, Schleicher, Milam, La-
Salle, Cherokee, Scurry, Guada-
lupe, Tom Green, Ward and Con-
cho counties.
School building and campus im-
provement projects were approved
in eight Texas localities. Such
work was sponsored by Wharton,
Mrs. Herbert Emery
Gives Book Review
Friday Evening
Mrs. Herbert Emery of Dallas
gave a review of the book "Gone
With the Wind'’ by Margaret
Mitchell, at the First Presbyter-
ian Church, Friday night. The ar-
tist possesses a pleasing and en-
tertaining manner, vivacity and
brilliance that portrayed her char-
acters as life-like and the histori-
cal pomts were kept before her
audience as fitting background
throughout the 1,040 pages of the
i novel of the Old South during the
Civil War and in the reconstruc-
tion period following.
The secencs of the book are laid
In Georgia in 1861.
Centennial Program
Friday, November 20
Turkey Growers
Still Won’t Sell;
Monday Last Day
GONZALES, Nov. 15.—Texas
turkey growers, with a few excep-
tions, continued Sunday to hold
out for a higher price for their
birda for the Thanksgiving market.
Only about 20,000 of the local
crop of 250,000 birds had been sold
at the prevailing 12 cents a pound
j Dedicating Highway Mufcsir
East Of Cooper Auspices
Afflatus Club.
j price, and the local market for
Mrs. Emery’s pictures of char- j pir(ja to be shipped to the East
ITHACA, N. Y. . . . Dr Edmun
E. Day, (above), Darthmouth
graduate of 1905. is to be the next
president of Cornell University, to
X^ill “TT Monday.
uationa and atmosphere of Miss Buyers have asked for state and
Mitchell’s be3t seller novel were
received by an audience who man-
ifested keen interest.
The speaker presented by the
Tom A. Lambeth Dramatic club
Miss Luclle
Big Crowd Here
For Trade* Day
A large crowd attended Trades and introduced by
Millers view, North Texas Agricul- Day in Cooper the third Monday, j Tendricks, president of the cl lb,
tural College at Arlington, Kings- ’ The trade lot was filled with peo- ] gave a series of book reviews last
Buffalo Springs, Wallis, j pie all day and many people were ( year.
J. F. Green, County Agent,
Barry C. Fain, President of
State Association.
and
the
Somerset and Hull-Daisetta school shopping over town.
In the beginning of her review
district. 1 A string band composed of Jack the entertainer described the book
Community sanitation work was Daniels, Joe Hadaway and Pete as primarily a novel. The history
sponsored by the State Health De- I Stonaker furnished music on the which is presented the reader, is
partmont in Orange, Kirbyville,' lot during the afternoon when En- a minor undercurrent, the main
' Tyler, and Nueces Counties. San loe Carrell was not auctioning off | object of the novel being the nc-
j curate portrayal of people—people
Resident Change*
In Cooper I Augustine and Nacogdoches coun- property for farmers
federal Investigations of what they
call price fixing and uniform mar-
ket prices. Officials of the State
Attorney General’s Department
and the Department of Agricul-
ture are investigating but no con-
clusions have been announced.
Growers here said they will hold
out to the bitter end in the fight
for higher prices for their birds.
Turkeys 11 Cent*
Most Grower* Hold-
ing For Better Price
bought the residence property of J up in ghelby County. idows at 11 a- m- and 4 P- m- for ! life- As outlined by Mrs. Emery,
Mr. and Mrs. Hocutt on East j Improvements and extensions to the public to catch and this creat- j “Gon? W ith the Wind ' deals with
Third street. Mr. and Mrs. Ho-, city water and sewer systems were ed quite a diversion. | the life of a young girl, Scarlett
Mr. Wells says he plans for a O’Hara whose desire it was io
bigger and better program next1 possess completely the things
had ten NY A contracts at $6.00
each to aid needy school children
ties sponsored similar projects and ! Turkeys were thrown out from j that live, and breathe, as surely j Qnly u cent(J ig belng pald by
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hicks have I a malaria control project was set, the second story court house win- as people one meets in everyday Q^pgj. (jeaiers for turkeys. Re-
ceipts were very light, only about
15,000 pounds having been pur-
chased up to Monday morning.
Turkeys are very light this
year and about 25 percent of those
marketed were under weight for
number ones.
Growers are very much discour-
aged at the price and many are
holding, hoping for a better price
for Christmas.
drive for funds to meet this press-
ing need for the dependents. cutt have purchased the residence j approved for Dallas. Crowell,
Supt. R. L. Stephenson said where Mrs. Mark Miller now lives, j Gainesville, Center, and Flores-
that Cooper Independent School Mrs. Miller and daughters, Missesivjj]e City street paving was au-
Mabel and Frances, will move tojthorized for Bonham and a project
one of the new apartments of' for beautification of public prop-
over 16. These had been divided Mrs. Bessie Reed. Mr. and Mrs.: Crty was sponsored by Quanah.
into 15 at $4,000 each to allow jobs Baxter Rhodes will oocupy thej projects to improve and extend
about the school to aid them in j other apartment. j library facilities were made avail-
keeping In school. j Mr. and Mrs. Tom Inglis will
M. K. Thorton, a chemist spec- move to tihe residence occupied
third Monday.
which life In the ‘‘New South" de-
nied her. To obtain her desire,
(mainly a man) she became twice
a widow and thrice a mother; on-
ly to discover that the man she
wanted, she no longer loved.
Through her keen insight, the
Velma Patterson
Murder Case Con-
tinued at Greenville
able at Dawson, Midland, Clayj -
County, Hopkins County, Bastrop] The case of Mrs. Velma Pater- speaker compared events describ-
ialist, with the Extension depart- j by Grover McClain on East sev-jCounty an(j at the Carrolton and I son, charged with murder in the ed in the book with the present
ment, was a guest of County entr street. Mr. and Mrs. Morris - Sca-goville school districts in Dal- ! gth District Court at Greenville times and her comments were In-
Agent Bud Jones. In a short talk I Minnis will move to the residence las county. The University of Tex- j was continued Monday on ac-
before the club he explained thatj where Mr. and Mrs. Inglis lived |as geological survey was extended;count of illness of Lnndon O.
tie specialized in tanning leather and the McClain family will move | Runnels County and an excava- J Moore, chemist and principle wit-
but that he was here to assist j to the MinnLs residence,
syrup makers in increasing their
3yrup, and by treating it they
were able to prevent it from re-
turning to sugar and increase its
market value 10 cents a gallon.
He said that he hoped to return
later and teach farmers how to
Hit By Drilling Tool,
Oil Worker is Killed
tion project sponsored by the West I ness.
Texas State Teachers College atj Mrs. Patterson is charged with
Canyon was authorized. Funds
were made available for a canning
plant at San Marcos.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Nov. 13.
—Ed Saffo, oil field worker em-
take hides that would sell for very : ployed on the Nelson test in the
little and make a very good grade
of leather frann them.
Uncle Bennie Clark announced
a dedication program to be held
under the auspices of the Afflatus
club Friday, November 20 for the
Centennial marker at the junction
of highway 24 and 154 one mile
east of Cooper.
December 4th was designated
as the nexf meeting for the Lions
Club and the second meeting for
December to be held Friday be-
fore Christmas.
Owner Of Perkin*
Bros. Stores Improved
Word has been received hero
that S. B. Perkins of Dallas, own-
er of tb© Perkins Bros. Stores
over this section, is able to be up
after being confined in a hospital
having recently suffered a brok n
limb in an automobile aocldent.
Relative Of Cooper
Citizen I* Princess
Miss Harrolyn Anderson, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carter Ander-
son of Paris and granddaughter of
C. E. Anderson of this city repre-
sented Paris Junior College as
princess to the Queen of the Har-
vest Festival at Marshall Friday
evening.
$840,000 Old Age
Money To Texas
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—The
Social Security Board today ap-
proved the revised Tpt»" old
penslon plan and allotted $840,000
Cor November matching fund*.
Eastern Talco townsite, was kill-
ed Saturday and W. M. Johnson,
oil well boiler fireman, was injur-
ed when a heavy piece of machin-
ery struck them.
Other members of the
working on the derrick floor said
tongs used for pulling pipe slip-
ped and Johnson was thrown
against Saffo, who fell against a
heavy drilling tool known as a cat-
line. His skull was fractured.
Roosevelt’s Lead
Exceeds^ 10,000,000
In 43,000,000 Total
Child Dies After
Failing In Pot of Soap
Charles Edward, two year old'
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Moore,
died in a Dallas Sanitarium where
he was taken after being badly
scalded by falling in a wash pot of
freshly made lye soap at his home
in the Needmore community early
last week.
Burial took place in the Need-
more cemetery Saturday.
Presidential election returns
compiled by the Associated Press
crew I Friday, still incomplete with 8,-
407 districts unreported, showed;
Roosevelt .......... 26,390,606
Landon ............................. 16,168,619
Roosevelt’s plurality 10,221,987
Lemke (Union Party)...... 655,314
Thomas (Socialist) ......... 111,152
Browder (Communist) 57,052
Colvin (Prohibitionist) 15,590
Aiken (Social-Laborite); 6,444
terspersed with wit.
Bulldogs Preparing
To Meet Clarksville
giving poison to her little daugh-
ter while living at Commerce last]
winter. A trial last spring result-
ed in acquittal. Since Mrs. Pat-
terson has resided with her par-
ents at Charleston.
She is represented by C. C. Mc-
Kinney of Cooper and Attorney
Harris of Greenville.
Henry Edwards, 65,
Editor, Author And
Civic Leader, Dead
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
The stock left from cooked i
The Cooper High School Bull-
dogs are working hard this week
preparing for their third district
game of the season. Having had
hard luck all season and being de-
feated by close scores by the other
TYLER, Nov. 13.—Henry Ed-j two district opponents the Pups
wards, 65, know as the father of j are anxious to break into the win-
East Texas journalism, died Fri- j ning column in the district stand-
day ,morning at his home. Funeral ling. ‘1
services will be held Sunday at) Clarksville on the other hand
2:30 p. m„ at the First Christian .will be trying to defeat a team
church, the Rev. George F. Cuth-1 which has roundly trounced them
rell officiating. Masonic bodies will I the past two seasons. Due to a
have -charge of the services at the! more impressive record the Clarks-
gra.ve. 1 ville team will be a slight favorite
Friday night game
The Centennial program foe*
Delta County, centering around
the dedication of the marker, pre-
sented to the county by the Stats
Highway Department of Texas),
will be held at 3:00 o’clock on Fri-
day, November 20th in the Triaa-
g1® Park, where highways 24 and
154 join, a mile east of Cooper.
This program ia dedicated to thtf
future of Delta Comity and ia a
memorial to its past. The public ia
cordially invited to attend the pro-
gram and it is hoped that repre-
sentatives from every locality iA
the county will be present and
make this a memorable afternoon.
Master of ceremonies for this
occasion, Judge Rube S. Wells.
Program
Memorial Address—Uncle Ben-
nie Clark.
Dedication of the Marker—Al-
vin Welch, county superintendent.
Invocation—Rev. J. D. Barron.
Song: "The Eyes of Texas—Au-
dience, led by R. H. Foster.
The History of County Marker
—James E. Fine, Division Engi-
neer for the State Highway De-
partment.
Four minute talks by the fol-
lowing: Judge J. T. Rountree,
Mayor J. H. McKinney, Dr. C. C.
Taylor, ,W. H. Jones of Cooper;
Melvin Smith, Enloe; Justice Har-
vey McIntyre, Ben Franklin; C. A.
Cockrell, Pecan Gap; C. W. Bled-
soe, Klondike; Tom Miller, Shiloh;
Wm. (Uncle Bill) Skelly, Horton*
Elmer Thompson, Lake Creek; A.
W. Templeton, Charleston; R. L„
Hefley, Kensing; Albert Gamer,
Cross Roads, and W. D. Hart*
Cooper.
Quartet—Arranged by R. H.
Foster.
Benediction—Rev. D. E. Oox.
The audience shall repeat th*
county motto:—“Let us not forget
to be Kind."
Afflatus club committee: Mrs.
James Patteson, Mrs. R. Wells and
Mrs. Robert Singleton.
---- ------ ---- Edvards was born at Antioch,, in the B----- —
spinach will add valuable food I ^ mileg wegt of Tyler> the son Clarksville, but the Bulldogs will
properties and flavor to vegetable ( Qf Mr and Mrg j Q Awards, j be in good shape and a victory for
soup- j He married Miss Joe Noble, Dec- | the Cooper team would not be con-
* . ember 22, 1895, at Omen. j sidered an upset.
A cracked egg can be boiled if j
the shell is first rubbed with
lemon juice. The acid
ember 22, 1895, at Omen.
He entered the publishing bust- j
"oazuiates ness at Troup 111 1903, cstabllshin£ W. Lloyd Garrison
.oaguiai-ea _____ ________ ___ _
the albumin and prevents it from
cooking out the crack.
the Troup Banner, which was
awarded the A. H. Belo Cup three i
Wins In Tire Contest
! times for the most outstanding
Dramatic Play
Is Postponed
The Dramatic Club members
who were to have presented a play
on November 19th have postponed
the time until November 24th.
Total vote ......................... 43,464,777
Complete returns, available on-
ly after the canvass of the vote,1 f°re beating makes it
probably will increase the total to easier to beat,
more than 45,000,000.
A little salt added to an egg be-
light and
weekly newspaper in
1925 he established
Journal and with that publication
[won the Belo Cup in 1926.
Edwards was elected president
Texas. In, A former Cooper man, Lloyd
the Tyler j Garrison, manager of Paris Tire
and Battery Co., Inc., located in
Paris has been notified that he
won one of the principal awards
25,142 Bales/Cotton
Ginned In County j
Exceeding estimates of most
The flavor of boiled ham may|<)f the Texaa pregS .Association in in the recent ‘‘Round Up" sales
be improved by adding a teaspoon j He w&g a m,ember of the contest conducted among the nat-
of vinegar and a little brown sug- i National E(jitorial Association and ion-wide sales organization of the
ar to the water in which it is ^ coauthor of a book on the, B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company.
'history of the Texas association. |The sales performance of the
boiled.
! in 1921 he was made a thirty- store’s personnel, under Mr. Gar-
reliable men in Delta County last' To blanch almonds, cover with j (hlrd degroe Mason, having joined I rison’s leadership was responsible
summer, Delta County had ginned; boiling water and let stand twolCanton Lodge No. 9g at Omen in fur the award In the contest,
25,142 bales of cotton prior to minutes. Drain, put in cold water , ^ ^ afflUated with Dixie1 which was based upon the round
November 1st this year. This com- ( and rub off the skins. Dry between
pares with 8,661 bales ginned in ] towels,
the county at that time last year.
Mrs. J. W. Watson of Roxton
and Mrs. Neil Newton and child-
ren of Dallas were week end
gu ests of Mrs. A. D. Stockton.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Roberson of
Sherman were week end guests of
Mrs. W. N. Rogers.
lAdoral Ferguson and Newman
Rhodes visited in Sulphur Springs
Sunday.
A. M. Smith living in the West
part of Delta County was In Coop-
er Friday and renewed his sub-
scription to the Review and Cour-
ier. He said his father, Tom
Smith, prominent citizen and far-
mer, had suffered two light strokes
recently and is confined at home.
His friends over Delta County will
regret to hear of his ill health.
To enhance the flavor of butter-
ed carrots, scrape a bit of garlic
and add to mixture.
Lodge in Troup. In 1911 he re-
ceived his thirty-second degree at
Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Morgan have
moved to the home of Mrs. Mor-
Warm Brazil nuts in the oven
before cracking them. The heat
makes it possible to crack th®
shell without breaking the meat.
When making chicken soup, try-
adding a grating of nutmeg Just
before serving.
Wesley Wallace of Klondike was
Miss Fae Rattan has returned
from several weeks visit with her
brother, Major W. V. Rattan and
family at Stillwater, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson
and daughter, Billie Margaret
were jn Commerce visiting friends
Wednesday evening.
up of unsafe tires on automobiles
and replacing them with safe
ones.
Mr. Garrison is a former resi-
dent of Cooper, being manager of
the Main Filling Station and sold
Goodrich Tires while in Cooper.
Mrs. Janice McKinney of Tyler
spent the week end with her sis- j Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wheeler and
daughter, Miss Wylene of Pickton
visited friends In Cooper over the
ween end. Mr. Wheeler is still or
i crutches, recovering from an in-
i jury t© his limb several weeks ago.
WRl Oervers of
gan’s father, J. W. Pickens on! transacting business In Cboper ters, Mrs. O. Y. Yeager and Mrs. i Pm-ia were guest* of Mr. an* Mrs.
Fort Worth Avenue 1 M. a Whittington. 1 John Stahmer Monday.
Saturday.
Parent-T eacher
Program Tuesday
November 17th
Assembly—Singing. «
Parent-Teacher Prayer.
Business.
Special music.
Childrens quarter hour—Direc-
tor, Miss Stokes.
High points of state and nation-
al president’s message—Miss Sue
Albright.
Children and community re-
sponsibility—Alvin O. Welch.
Drilling May Be
Resumed In 2 Days
Drilling will be resumed in the
deep test southwest of Cooper in a
couple of days, states H. W. Mc-
Gee who has returned to Cooper
after an absence of several daySL
He says they are unable to secure
fuel oil and may have to bum nat-
ural gas for heating their boiler*.
To Speak In Paris
R. N. Sandlin, deputy State
School Superintendent will be the
principal speaker at the second
Lamar County rural school teach-
ers meeting In Paris, November
21. The past week Mr. Sandlin ha*
been visiting schools and speaking
to school children in Laimas
County.
Henry Couch and eon, Andy of
Suiphur Springs route four were
In Cooper transacting bus In see
Monday.
Miss Lena Bowen vWt®d tm
Dallas Saturday.
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The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 17, 1936, newspaper, November 17, 1936; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth983215/m1/1/?q=GOODRICH: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Delta County Public Library.