Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2007 Page: 2 of 6
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Cooper Review - Page 2
Thursday, May 17, 2007
That Wonderful Year 1950
According to the Friday, May 12,
1950 issue of the Cooper Review.
The egg grading team of the Cooper
FFA Chapter was ranked second in the
state FFA meeting at College Station,
Saturday, May 6. Ed Ray Oats, Windel
Lancaster and R. D. Brannon composed
the team which competed with 62 other
teams over Texas. The livestock team
composed of Jeff White, Harold Bettes
and Kenneth Crumbley placed in the
first half of the teams entered but did
not place in the first five places. The
two teams were accompanied by Ira
Black, Vocational Agriculture instructor.
Approximately 100 dogs are being
“shot” each day by instructors of the
Veterans Vocational Agriculture School
in a county-wide vaccination of as many
dogs as can be found. On the first day
scheduled program, 158 dogs were
vaccinated for rabies in the Charleston-
Vasco and Kensing area. Somewhat
fewer dogs were vaccinated Wednesday
as many people were working. Heavy
rains Thursday prevented many persons
from bringing their dogs to be vaccinated
in Pecan Gap, Camp Lake and Yowell.
Cost of the shots is running some less
than was first expected. A charge of 50
cents is being made for one shot for small
dogs, while large dogs while large dogs
that require two shots are getting them
for 85 cents. Persons with two small dogs
can get the two shots for 85 cents as well.
Travis Toney, chairman of the
Clean-up, Paint-up Committee of the
Delta County Chamber of Commerce
state that the annual clan-up campaign
was a successful effort this year.
More than 55 truck loads of trash and
garbage were carried to the City Dump
by truck that patrolled the streets
of Cooper all Thursday afternoon.
In Years Gone By
From the files of The Cooper Review
Ten Years Ago
The 17-AA District
Championship belongs to
the Cooper Bulldogs after
defeating Prairiland Friday
in Paris. The ‘Dogs finished
their district schedule 14-1,
while the Patriots were 13-2.
Cooper’s Jason Rainey took
the win on the mound with
help by Damon Williams
with the save.
Cooper High School’s
Computer Science Team
qualified for the 1996-1997
UIL State Meet held at the
University of Texas at Austin.
The computer science team
has participated in UIL
academics for the past size
years and qualified for the
UIL State meet in 1992-1997.
Qualifiers include: Casey
Clark, Jamie Chambliss, and
Josh Steward. Alternate is
Tara Gross. The computer
science coaches are Rose
Ingram and Jodie Rehm.
Twenty Years Ago
Valedictorian and
Salutatorian for 1987
graduating class of Cooper
High School were announced
this week. Miss Terri Oats,
with an overall average for
the four years of 97.8235 was
named valedictorian, and
Kevin Young with an average
of 97.0851 is salutatorian.
The Cooper Board of
Trustees, in a called session
Tuesday evening, May 5,
accepted the bids of H. E.
Wright & Company, Inc. of
Texarkana, for construction
of the All-Purpose Building
and Fieldhouse.
Thirty Years Ago
Nancy Waters has been
named Valedictorian of the
1977 CHS Graduating Class
and JillBurrowis Salutatorian.
DeDe Carrington and Larry
Goddard were selected as
outstanding senior students
of the 1976-77 school term.
Cooper Junior High
Principal Thomas Skinner
named Dyan Hagan
valedictorian of the Eighth
Grade Class and Bob West
was the salutatorian.
Forty Years Ago
Cooper High’s Benton
Rainey, outstanding member
of the football, basketball,
and track teams has signed
a letter in intent with Paris
Junior College Monday,
primarily to play baseball
with the Dragons.
Fifty Years Ago
John Tarpley and Eutah
Chandler have distinguished
themselves this week by
catching a wolf with a lariat
rope in Wayne Templeton’s
pasture.
Community Calendar
May 17
Landowners Guide For Successful Feral Hog Control,
Field Day Tour And Program 2:30 PM. To 7:30 PM. At
Pilgrim Farm 1047 CR 1120, Pittsburg Call (903) 395-4400
Ext. 231 To Pre-Register.; Cooper High School Awards
Ceremony Beginning At 8:50; 8th Grade Parent Meeting
6:30 In Cafeteria; Paris Handicapable Rodeo.
May 21
Meal-A-Day Hamburger Supper 5:00 p.m.
May 26
Cooper High School Graduation
May 27
Ben Franklin 51 st Annual Homecoming and Memorial Day
Service
May 31-June 2
4H Club sponsoring Texas State University Ranch Horse
Team Reining & Working Cow Horse Clinic for more
information, call Mike Berry at 903-395-4400 ext. 230.
June 3
Pecan Gap Cemetery Homecoming Day at the Elementary
School in Pecan Gap.
June 4
Meal-A-Day Hamburger Supper 5:00 p.m.
The Community Calendar features events happening in
Delta County. Please send calendar items to the Review
via: email at news@cooperreview.com, fax 903-395-0424
or call us at 903-395-2175. Thank you!
Honor graduates have
been announced for Cooper
High’s 1957 graduating class.
They are Carolyn Wallace,
valedictorian, with a grade
average of 90.18 and Wilma
Strong, salutatorian with a
grade average of 89.13.
Sixty Years Ago
Nine Delta County
students, eight seniors and
one graduate, are among
163 candidates who will
receive diplomas at ETSTC.
The students are Margaret
Estell Burrow, Imogene
Dunn, Betty Jo Lay, William
Perry Moxley, Billie Opal
Oyler, Herbert Smith,
Eugene Thomas Trapp, Anna
Beth Winsett, and Paul A.
Matthews.
Seventy Years Ago
Eight buildings in Pecan
Gap were destroyed by fire
early Thursday morning
when fire swept the business
district causing a loss of
$15,000. Fire fighting
equipment was secured from
Cooper and Ladonia to help
fight the blaze.
Eighty Years Ago
Quentin Miller, grandson
of J. F. Henslee, was painfully
injured when he was run over
by a car in Paris Wednesday.
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While cut and bruised, he did
not suffer any broken bones.
Ninety Years Ago
Directors were elected
for the Cooper Cotton Oil
Mill at the annual meeting
Wednesday. Directors named
were R. K Wooten, C. L
Stevens, J. F. Henslee, T. T.
Garrard, and R A. Norris.
One Hundred Years
Ago
A report from County
Treasurer shows that Delta
County has an outstanding
indebtness of $20,161.
Letters
to the
Editor
Dear Editor
I certainly do appreciate
a newspaper that reports good
news. I truly believe there is
more good than bad, but too
often the good is passed over.
What a wonderful story about
Leo! Keep up the good work
and keep reporting good
news.
Linda Burns
On The River
With ET
KNOCKED MY
SOCKS OFF
As we were leaving
Montezuma’s Castle National
Park, Jean noticed a sign
about a lifetime pass. The
pass is available to anyone
sixty two or older, only ten
dollars, good for up to four
people, can be used at any of
the many national parks, and
remember, it’s for life. What
a deal! They even gave back
our ten dollar entrance fee
and let us use that for the pass.
Nearby was another
National Park called
Tuzigoot which is Apache
for “crooked water.” Instead
of cliff dwellings there are
only adobe type houses. The
yucca plant was used for food
and fiber. There are thirty
known species of yucca and
every one of them depends
on a single moth species for
pollination. The leaves of
the plant were woven into
baskets. That sharp point
serves as a ready made needle,
complete with “thread” after
you mash, twist, and soften
the blade. Hopi still use the
juice from yucca for varnish.
Moving on north toward
Flagstaff, we soon saw
Humphrey Mountain in the
distance. Highest peak in
Arizona at more than 12,000
feet and just outside Flagstaff.
Did you ever go where there
are thousands of people and
see the same person several
times? Sorta like eating out,
seeing somebody, and then
seeing them later at Wal Mart.
A few miles from Flagstaff
three people entered the
interstate just ahead of us. As
we pulled into a service station
in Flagstaff, there they were.
Later they were at a shopping
center where we stopped.
The Grand Canyon was
calling us so we left Flagstaff
after a short time. Highway
180 through Tusayan and
past Red Butte that was in
the Beavis and Butthead
movie. You know how they
pronounced Red Butte and
made that silly little laugh.
Here’s the entrance to Grand
Canyon National Park.
Twelve dollars per person
entrance fee but we got the
ten dollar lifetime pass and
they just waved us on in.
You talk about confusing!
We decided it would take at
least a whole day to learn
the ropes about how to get
around in there. If you want
to go to one place you get on
a green bus and it will drop
you off where you get on a
red bus and so on. When we
finally found a parking spot
we were near Yavapai (say
yah vah pie) Point on “The
Rim.” There you find a gift
shop that we walked through
to go out the back door where
there’s a sidewalk. This path
follows the south rim of the
Grand Canyon for miles.
Folks, I’ve seen lots of things
in life. Throwed and tied
wild hogs over three hundred
pounds. Stood quietly and
watched the courtship of
cottonmouths. Camped many
times on a Red River sand
bar and watched the sun set.
BUT, NOTHING EVER
KNOCKED MY SOCKS
OFF LIKE WHEN I FIRST
WALKED UP TO THE EDGE
OF THE GRAND CANYON.
You can see pictures
and movies about it. You can
hear about it. But with those,
there’s no depth perception
or impact like standing there
and seeing one of Nature’s
greatest. Zack tugged at his
leash and wanted to visit
with everyone we saw as we
walked east along the path.
Thousands of people from all
over the world. A steady hum
of foreign languages. Many,
many tour buses. While
leaning on the rail at one place
we saw what appeared to be a
tiny cow trail far below. As
we strained our eyes suddenly
we saw movement. Can that
be people so far away? Yes,
it is. How did they get down
there? A map showed them to
be on the South Kaibab Trail.
So far we had had no goal or
definite plan. Now, I knew
that early tomorrow morning
we just had to hike three miles
down and three miles back
up on that narrow and steep
South Kaibab Trail. Next
week, the descent and climb.
May 19 you can see a
sight if it isn’t cloudy. The
Moon and Venus shine
closely together. Pollux and
Castor are just above them.
May 21 Saturn is to the upper
left of the Moon. May 30
Venus is four degrees to the
lower left of Pollux. May 31
we have a Blue Moon, the
second Full Moon this month.
A while back I went
to Dusty Preas’ wedding
followed by the reception at
the East Delta Community
Center. What a refreshing and
lively reception with music
provided by the Too Far Gone
Band. This local area, five
piece band is on the upswing
and making waves. The
members are Billy Jordan,
Cody Chevalier, Tim Lowery,
Eric and Krissi Brunson. They
play Texas country music for
wedding receptions, parties,
Chiggerfest, or whatever.
Another great band,
Glory Bound, will be
performing this Saturday
from 7-9 pm at the Bluegrass
building just northwest
of the old depot at South
Main in Paris. Yall come.
As usual, each spring,
flathead catfish, that we call
aps, are being caught in
Cooper Lake. Dean Houchins
and I have been trotlining
together and had good luck
one morning. I made a heavy
duty line with only ten big
hooks and big swivels.
First we came to a fifty
pounder, then a thirty nine,
and finally a twenty four.
There was one on another
line, giving us a total of four
aps weighing 151 pounds.
Aunt Belle Hargroves
sent me a cute joke this
week. Kinda reminds me of
Jean and me. An older couple
was traveling and stopped at
a restaurant. Twenty miles
down the road the woman
realized she had left her
expensive eyeglasses at the
restaurant. They had to turn
around and go back. The man
fussed all the way, telling his
wife how forgetful she was.
Had her really mad by the time
they got back to the place.
She got out and just as she
opened the restaurant door the
man hollered out the window,
“While you’re in there get
my cap and credit card.”
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