Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 2009 Page: 2 of 8
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Cooper Review - Page 2
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Voices
Letter to the Editor
Dear Delta County Residents,
I want to take this opportunity to thank you
for your support and participation in the
Chiggerfest this past weekend. The Lions
Club served at least 300 people, the dozen or
so vendors I visited with all had a good day,
and are looking forward to next year. We were
blowing and going past 4:00 p.m. and it was
great!!
A special thanks to our chairperson Carol
Beth King and all the volunteers and directors
that put in many hours. Thank you, thank
you, thank you. We'd also like to take this
opportunity to Thank the many sponsors of
Chiggerfest, Without your support Chiggerfest
would not be possible!
The spookiest Town in Texas is coming up, the
Christmas Parade, the Chamber of Commerce
Banquet and the Harlem Ambassadors.
We look forward to seeing you at each of these
events.
Herb Brookshire
President
Delta County Chamber of Commerce
In Years Gone By
From the files of The Cooper Review
Ten Years Ago
Foy Burns was sworn in
as County and District Clerk
for Delta County by the 8^
Judicial District Judge Robert
Newsom on October 15^ at
approximately 9:00 a. m.
Mr. Burns is filling the
position left vacant by the
death of former County and
District Clerk, Martha Jo
Loder.
The Cooper Bulldog
Marching Band attended a
marching contest in Elysian
Fields, Texas on Saturday,
October 16, 1999.
Twenty Years Ago
Recipients of Delta County
Chamber of Commerce
awards Saturday were,
Charles Patterson, Farmer
of the Year; Bobby Irvin for
securing industry; Karen
Rushing, civic activities; Fred
Wilkerson, securing industry;
Don Abernathy for leadership;
and Travis Toney for Chamber
work.
Thirty Years Ago
Deposits in the three banks
of Delta County hit an all
time high during the third
quarter of the year, around the
$21,336,000 mark.
Property owners in Delta
County Levee District No.
2 received delinquent tax
notices from the county Tax
Assessor-Collector for taxes,
penalties and interest on
properties in the levee district
for the period 1939 through
1977. The assessments were
accomplished in order to
comply with a court judgment
in favor of Obie P. Leonard,
Jr. and other s who have held
bonds issued by the Levee
District in the 1920’s.
Cooper High School junior
Loretta Grisson was crowned
Homecoming Queen Friday
night at the pre-game activities
at Bulldog Stadium.
Forty Years Ago
After thirty-eight years in
the postal service, including
twenty-two as acting
postmaster in Cooper, J.D.
Hendricks will retire from his
position October 31 having
reached the mandatory age
requirement of 70.
A tribute to the late Odie L.
Bridges highlighted the Delta
County Chamber of Commerce
annual banquet last Thursday
evening. Approximately 117
attended the event held at the
Delta Country Club.
The Cooper High School
band has been invited by
ESTU to present a pre-game
show on October 25. Frank
Garza is director of the CHS
band.
Fifty Years Ago
W.I. Crippen, representative
of the M.M. Naylor Oil
Company, independent
producers, notified the Review
that a well will be drilled in
east Delta County soon and
will be known as the V.R.
Young Field.
About fifty people attended
the meeting in the District
Courtroom Monday night to
form a Cemetery Association,
as the Cooper Oddfellows
have been given permission
by the Grand Lodge of Texas
to deed the cemetery to an
association.
Word has been received
that Cooper High School has
been advanced to Class AA
competition in state athletics
and will be in the district with
Commerce, Rockwall, Plano
and Lewisville.
Delta County Attorney
Cameron McKinney has
announced his intention to be
a candidate for the office of
District Attorney, 8^ Judicial
District.
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Publisher/Editor - Roger Palmer
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Office Manager/Staff Writer - Kimberly Palmer
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Oh thank heaven for desinex
Sharkathon continued: Padre Island has one
way in and one way out. Mile markers every
five miles along the sandy beach give you
some idea of your location. The twenty five
mile speed limit is strictly enforced by rangers
patrolling in four wheel drive pickups. You
better be prepared if you’re going “down in the
fifties”, as it is called past the fifty mile marker.
Imagine driving twenty five miles an hour
along a beach (no road) for over two hours just
to get to your fishing spot. Additionally, there
are stories of ghosts, shipwrecks, and murders
in the fifties. Still, that’s where traditionally
the larger sharks are found.
Saturday, Carol and I stood side by side
fishing in waist deep water. Finger size mullet
were jumping all around us. Suddenly the
water was churning and splashing as hundreds
of two foot long ladyfish fed on the mullet.
Kinda spooky with that many feeding fish all
around you. We were able to catch several of
the beautiful silvery fish before they moved
on.
This year’s Sharkathon was athree day event
running from Friday through Sunday. Weigh
in started at 1:00 Sunday next to the Bob Hill
Pier near town. Actually, there was no weigh
in; you just took pictures of your shark with a
digital camera. At the sign in you were given
a special chip or something for your camera
so there could be no cheating. No one in our
camp caught a shark but we wanted to go to
the weigh in where there was a drawing for
nice prizes. First prize for largest shark was
$10,000. As we broke camp a steady stream of
pickups filed by coming from the fifties as they
headed for the weigh in. Hundreds of pickups
rigged with tall racks containing chairs and
rod holders.
To fish for sharks there you wade out neck
deep if the waves aren’t too high. Then cast
your line out as far as you can to get to deeper
water. You do this several times a day as you
put on fresh bait. Have you ever considered
the effects of three days of wet, salty britches
on a person? Let me just say that baby powder,
A&D ointment, and Desinex were much in
demand. You never saw at the like of guys, two
hundred pounds and more, walking around
spraddle legged and in pain. Longest shark
was seven and a half feet but the contestant
didn’t follow one of the strict rules somehow
and was disqualified. Some technicality like in
golf forgetting to sign your score card. A man
with a seven foot shark received first place.
This year there were 670 entrants and over
$30,000 in cash and prizes.
Remember I talked about the little plastic
fish on the back of cars and how the head was
always to the left? At the weigh in I saw one
of those little fish but it was shaped like a
shark. That guy was letting people know he
was a Christian and a shark fisherman. After
five days and four nights away from home we
were ready to head north so we left the weigh
in at 3:00. Just northeast of Corpus Christi on
Interstate 37 we stopped at a rest area where
a sign read, “Watch Out For Snakes.” It was
so funny sitting at the picnic table watching
people pull in, see the sign, and just keep on
going. By midnight we were home after having
a great time at the Sharkathon. Search the
internet for more information on this annual
contest.
Congratulations to my friends, Weldon and
Vera Glossup, who celebrated their sixty fifth
wedding anniversary recently. A reception at
the North Hopkins Cafeteria was attended
by gobs of family and friends. The invitation
carried a neat request for no gifts. “Your love
is a treasured gift; we request no other.”
You may remember the beautiful small
tree called Hearts a Bustin’ that I wrote about.
Friday, October 9, we went to the Mahoney,
Dike, Hatchetville communities for the area
wide, all up and down the road, garage sale.
One stop was at the Patsy Bowman place on
County Road 3512. The yard is like something
on the Home and Garden channel. Jean
motioned me over to see several of the small
Hearts a Bustin’ trees. Maybe it is because
of so much rain but there were more of the
colorful seeds than on any of the trees I ever
saw. These miles long garage sales are fun to
attend. You will see the same folks at several
of them. Sorta like going shopping and seeing
people then seeing them a little later when you
go to a restaurant.
You know the economy must really be bad
when—You get a pre-declined credit card
in the mail. You see a Wal-mart executive
shopping in Wal-mart. Parents in Beverly Hills
start raising their own kids. You see a van full
of people illegally sneaking into Mexico.
Here’s a cute poem someone sent me. It
shows how you shouldn’t trust your spell
checker on your computer.
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That Wonderful Year 1964
According to the Thursday,
October 22, 1964 issue of the
Cooper Review:
The Texas County
Agricultural Agents
Association will honor Troy
E. Kern, local dairyman and
farmer, and five other Texans,
recipients of “Man of the
Year in Texas Agriculture”
awards, at the Association’s
annual banquet scheduled for
October 29 at Texas A & M
University.
With their first district win
under their belts, the Cooper
Bulldogs will have an open
date Friday which should
allow them to recoup strategy
for Pittsburg on October 30.
Ray Banks, chairman of
Troop No. 41 Boy Scouts
of America in Cooper has
announced plans in Cooper
and Delta County, Friday
October 30.
Lieutenant Governor
Preston Smith will deliver
the principal address at the
Delta County Chamber of
Commerce annual banquet
here next Tuesday night.
The affair is scheduled to
commence at 7 p.m. at the
Delta Country Club.
Ballots have been prepared
for Delta County residents
who will cast their votes in
the November 3 election, and
delivered to County Clerk
Raymond Hagood.
A country-wide Home
Improvement Program is
scheduled to be launched
in the near future according
to Troy Kern and Gilbert
Barrow, County Supervisor of
the Farmers Administration,
co-chairman of the project.
An activity filled Friday,
October 30 is in the offing
for students, faculty, and
ex-students of Cooper High
School since that is the date set
for the Cooper High School
Homecoming, according to
Mrs. W. J. Sparks, general
chairman of Homecoming
activities.
Arrangements are being
completed and residents are
preparing to attend Cooper
Day at the State Fair of Texas
in Dallas tomorrow, Mayor L.
M. Anderson, chairman of the
arrangements and members
of the Chamber of Commerce
encourage resident to go to
the Fair whereby Cooper will
have a large representation
present.
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