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Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014
Cooper Review - Page 3A
Charleston and Lake Creek News
By Vicki Vasco
I heard that Dr. Torance Van-
dygriff of Ben Franklin is to be
the guest speaker at the Denim
and Diamonds Chamber of
Commerce Banquet Saturday,
February 8, at the Cooper ISD
High School Cafetorium at
6:30 p.m., but Abner is going
to help him.
The Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution met Saturday,
January 18, in the home of Do-
lores Jackson in the East Delta
Community. Dolores was in
charge of the program, and
she was the hostess. She spoke
about the life of Caroline Scott
Harrison, who was the wife
of President Benjamin Har-
rison. Caroline was also the
first President General of the
D.A.R. while she was the First
Lady. The next meeting of the
group will be Saturday, Febru-
ary 15, at the Fairlie Commu-
nity Center.
After the DAR meeting,
Shirley Smith attended a book
signing at the Paris Coffee
Company for the Rev. James
L. Larson of Prairiland. He
wrote the book “I Survived
the Holocaust: To Share His
Glory.” It is about the life and
death of Ursula Caffey. It is a
very sad book.
The Lamer/Delta Retired
Teachers and School Employ-
ees Association Executive
Board met Thursday, January
16 , in the Chi sum Administra-
tion Building. We now have
502 members in the Retired
Teachers Group. Among the
things that were discussed
were local unit recognition,
and other awards, delegates
to the State Convention, Lo-
cal Unit Support training, and
Community Volunteer Hours.
Katie Malone, Julie Swaim,
Dawson Hamner, and Destin
Swaim went to the Chisum Jr.
High Thursday evening to see
Jalie Swaim play basketball.
Jalie’s team won.
There will be an East End
Cemetery meeting at the East
Delta Community Center Sat-
urday, Feb. 8, at 9 a.m. Coffee
and cookies will be served.
Eddie Trapp has finished his
9^ book, “E.T. on the River.”
I am sure that it is just as good
as the rest of his books. His
phone number is 903-439-
8110.
Pam Anderson was the Wor-
ship Leader at the Methodist
Sunday, and Jennie Pickering
was the Children’s Time Lead-
er. We had several little ushers,
Lou Jane Brandenburgh sang
a special song, “I Will Be the
One,” and her husband played
the guitar. Gary’s sermon was
titled “Our Calling.” We had a
Church Council meeting after
Church.
Keep these in your prayers:
Juanita Snyder, Chubby Mar-
tin, Varlee Morgan, Jerry Car-
rington, Bobby Carrington,
Mrs. Gwen Pickering Wood,
Corbin Colvin, Lisa Frazier,
Lenora Long, Dean Houchins,
Pat White, William Malone,
and the Rev. Jeff Davis.
Birthdays: Benny Joe Mc-
Coy 1/26; Brenda Stewart
and Keyton Dale Wicks 1/28;
Hunter Lee Maynard and Jim
Harris 1/29. Happy birthday,
folks!
Alicia Thomas of Roxton
sang “Amazing Grace” at
Lynn Woodard’s funeral. She
is Don and Billie Young’s
granddaughter. She did a good
job. The ladies of the commu-
nity had a dinner for the Wo-
odard family at the East Delta
Community Center after the
funeral.
Don and I attended the Fund
Raiser at the Civic Center in
Cooper Saturday for Game
Warden Chris Fried who was
shot Dec. 29. There were lots of
people at that event. The stew
and chili were delicious, as
were the cakes. There were lots
of donated items in the silent
auction and lots in the live auc-
tion. Everyone seemed to have
a good time bidding on those
items. The 3 Rusty Nails band
played for the event. They did
a good job. The 4-H members
served as volunteers. There
were lots of candidates at the
event also.
The East Delta Baptist Youth
Group went out to eat Sunday
evening. Several went.
Have a good week!
Pecan Gap News
By Ale Ida Campbell
Plan on attending the UMW
annual Stew and Chili Supper
Monday, January 27, 5:00-7:00
pm at the Pecan Gap Commu-
nity Center. Stew, chili, corn-
bread and crackers, along with
homemade desserts, and drinks
will be served. Come and en-
joy the food and good fellow-
ship. This is a fund raiser and
donations will be appreciated.
Dona White and John Con-
rad visited over the weekend
with Connie Morris and family
in Stidham, Oklahoma. While
there, they celebrated a delayed
Christmas with family and they
also enjoyed celebrating Con-
nie’s birthday. Dona especially
enjoyed seeing her grandchil-
dren and great grandchildren.
Connie is Dona’s daughter.
Gary and Beth Clark from
Cleburn visited Sunday with
Fredia and James Sidney Clark.
Fredia is doing much better and
is able to be out and about and
enjoys riding with James Sid-
ney as he runs errands.
Pat Cummings has been in
a Tyler hospital after having a
car accident. Pat was checked
out and released from hospi-
tal and then had to return to
the hospital after some serious
problems showed up. Keep Pat
in your prayers.
We welcome Rylee and Co-
rey Baldwin and little 3 year
old Carlee to our community.
They have moved here from
Mississipi into the former
Peggy Yeager Covington home
and the home that once was
Lucy and Lee Morgan Yeager.
Rylee is the granddaughter of
Katy White who lives next door
in the former Annie Billingsley
home. Rylee will be attending
Texas A&M University-Com-
merce.
Bob Cadenhead and Lois
Amundson returned Sunday
from a seven day Carnival
cruise. The ship stopped in
Key West and two ports in the
Bahamas. Enroute to Galves-
tion, they celebrated Bob’s
85^ birthday with his family
in Grand Prairie. They also
saw Lois’ granddaughter in
Dallas who is on winter tour
with her Iowa college band.
They attended a concert and
spent the night with her at the
hotel in Dallas where she was
staying.
February 7t'1 is the date set
for the Commerce Senior
Citizen’s Bus Trip (Parks &
Wildlife) that travels to the Ft.
Worth Stock show and Rodeo.
Should you be interested, the
number to call for reservations,
price, and time of departure is
903-886-1150. Folks may be
weary of going this year be-
cause of the flu outbreak.
Happy Birthday Dewey
Marsh January 29th!
SylDean Davis went through
knee surgery fine and was due
to come home from hospital
Sunday. Continue to remem-
ber him as he recuperates at
home.
Winter is still here as another
cold front is to come in but just
for one day. Stay warm and
dodge the flu.
Klondike News
By John & Elizabeth Hopkins
Last week, I had a close en-
counter that I most sincerely
hope is an once-in-a-lifetime
event. I was in the barn look-
ing for something and heard
some scuffling under some
boards. “Just one of the cats”,
I thought and went on looking.
That is, until a “cat” did indeed
appear - one of the black and
white variety! I had disturbed
a skunk and it was running for
cover in another place. For-
tunately it didn’t take time to
spray because I didn’t have
time to move! Now I am wary
of going back in the bam be-
cause I don’t know if it is still
there or not. And was it a fe-
male? Are there babies? Too
many questions and not enough
answers!
Patricia Blundell visited with
Billy Martin who is still hos-
pitalized. She also enjoyed
a visit with Cassie Gunn who
was there also. Patricia heard
from daughte Rebecca and son
Ricky this week.
Mabel Wheat had a scare
with her pacemaker last week.
It woke her from sleep with
a humming noise. Unable to
stop it she called home health
and eventually went to the ER
to have it checked. Fortunately
it was the pacemaker that need-
ed an adjustment - not Mabel.
Hershal and Bennie joined Jer-
rell and took Mabel to the heart
doctor the next day for a dou-
ble check. They spent the night
before returning home.
Larry George had Travis and
Travis’ friend Cameron from
Tulsa this weekend. They
(the boys) worked on a house
in Cooper while Larry super-
vised. The boys have since re-
turned to Tulsa.
Janet and Jerry Currin joined
a multitude of friends and fam-
ily Saturday at the fundraiser
for Chris Fried. Through food
sales and the auctions (si-
lent and live) they raised over
$27,000.00 to help the Fried
family with expenses. Well
done, Delta County, and thanks
for your giving spirit. Janet
and Jerry are looking forward
to their first babysitting job
with Caden. They will have
him overnight while Mom and
Dad (Jason and Jennifer) go
out to a concert with Rodney
and Heather.
Maggie Thomas told me on
the top of every widow’s wish
list is a handy man/woman.
This need in documented in
the Bible as well. James 1:27
says that Christians are to care
for the widows and orphans
and Ephesians 2:10 says that
we are God’s workmanship
and created to do good works.
Well, a couple of weeks ago a
man in her church asked Mag-
gie to make a list of everything
that needed to be done around
her house so she did. Saturday
Jan. 18, about 23 people from
New Life Baptist Church, led
by pastor Larry Maynard,
showed up at her house, ready
to work. Before they left, they
had raked and mowed leaves
in the yard, trimmed limbs
from the trees, changed locks
Tira and Birthright News
By Jan Vaughn, Special Correspondent, Sulphur Springs News-Telegram
Morgan Joslin, son of Mal-
colm Joslin and Tiffany Joslin,
attended the Civil Air Patrol
(CAP) Color Guard Compe-
tition in Nacogdoches over
the weekend. He was not par-
ticipating in the contest, but
served on staff, as a judge,
along with two CAP Lieuten-
ant Colonels and one Army
Major.
The community extends
sympathy to the family of Ro-
land Harris “Butch” Gregg. I
appreciate Betty Weir send-
ing me the news of his passing
and some of the history of his
family. Roland passed away on
November 28, 2013 in San Di-
ego, California. He was one of
the 11 children of David Boyd
and Due Shirley Gregg. Betty
reports that the Greggs lived in
the Tira/North Hopkins area and
Roland, along with several sib-
lings, including Rose, Junior,
Christene, and Ricky attend-
ed school at North Hopkins.
Roland’s older brother, For-
rest Gregg, is well known for
his football career, as a player
and a coach. Betty comments,
“Junior and his wife, Sandy,
have a ranch in Como, where
they raise and train mules.
Classmates and friends who
attended memorial services on
January 11, 2014 at Fellowship
Baptist Church, Como were
Nancy Wynelle Lawson Belz,
Virginia Price Miller, Catheron
Smith Camper, Jo Nell Crow-
son Willis, Betty Weir, Ronald
(Red) Ferrell and his son Cody,
Jo Marie Palmer Neal and Jes-
sie Price.”
I guess not much is going on
in our community. I hope to
have more news to report next
week.
I always need and appreciate
input from my friends to help
keep me informed of news in
our community.
If you have any news per-
taining to Tira residents, past
or present, please contact
me, Jan Vaughn, at 903-945-
2190 or 903-438-6688 or jan-
vaughn7 3 @gmail. com.
Ride 'Em Cowboy
All of my experiences with
horse riding have been bad.
Maybe my lack of interest in
horseback riding dates back to
a Sunday afternoon in 1935. I
was four years old.
Somebody came by the house
riding a small horse. The horse
was not as tiny as a miniature,
but he would classify as being
well undersized. He was also
as gentle as a lamb.
I don’t recall who’s idea
it was, but the decision was
made that I should ride the
horse. That was fine with me.
Since I was only four, it is safe
to say that I had never ridden
a horse before. They put me
in the saddle, and somebody
led the little horse. Off we
went at a slow walk with me
bouncing in the air every time
the horse took a step.
I had a small matchbox of
pennies in my shirt pocket,
and they began rattling.
That startled the horse. I
don’t remember exactly
what happened next, but I do
remember that the horse laid
down and rolled over with
me under him.
The family was terrified. My
grandmother Walker almost
fainted as she went to her
knees praying to the Lord to
save me. My life was spared
by freshly plowed ground.
When the horse rolled over,
I was in the furrow and
protected by the beds. I was
Jean Boles celebrates 94*^ Birthday
On Sunday, January 12L^,
family and friends gathered
at the Klondike Community
Center to celebrate Jean
Bole’s 94°1 birthday. A pot
luck lunch was served to
the following: Jean Boles
(the honoree), Bobby and
Carolyn Irvin, Mike and
Becky Boles, Runt and
Peggy Dill, Brent and Katie
Beshear and Hayden, Keith
and Linda Beeler, David and
Dannie Phillips, and Kathy
Erwin from Cooper; Ronald
and Linda Mobley, Shelia
Brown, Edward and Barbara
Moore and Mckenna, and
Steve Moore from Sulphur
Springs; Jackie and Maty
Boles, Jackie Jr. and
Britnee Boles, Jacie and
Mattie, Jerry Crawford,
Kelli Boles, Natalie and
Cason from Posey; Keith
and Sandra Boles, and
Michelle Springfield from
Henderson; Randy Mobley
and Reese from Paris; Carey
and Kenda Willingham, and
Mollie, Mattie and Ty from
Tyler; Kevin Boles and
Grayson from Allen; Scott
and Kim Jordan from Royce
City; Joe and Shaunda
Knight, Kristen Boles and
Jordan Poe from Greenville;
Dennis and Becky Maynard
from Garland; George
Howse and Patricia Blundell
from Klondike; and Shirley
Shaw, Amanda Turner,
Grayson and Greenlee from
Commerce.
untouched as the horse rolled
over.
It was a long, long time
before I ever got on a horse
again. I’m not sure it was fear,
but I just didn’t want to ride
a horse. Perhaps that healthy
respect for horses, and what
could happen, was prompted
by that day in 1935 when. I
came so close to death.
I did get on a horse again
when I was 12. I was sitting
there with the horse standing
still. Another horse nipped my
mount on the behind, and he
jumped. Off I went. My left
arm was broken.
on her doors, replaced lights
in the closets and cleaned all
the ceiling fans in the house!
Youth Pastor Lonnie Sand-
ers has been teaching his
group from the book “How
to Be a Kingdom Man” and
he put “feet to his words”.
He brought 15 boys, mostly
7th graders, and led them by
example. Maggie also called
Brad Hanson and told him she
needed him to come be “The
Boss”! The ladies brought a
big pot of soup, chips, iced
tea, desserts and Blue Bell
ice cream. They are a true
example of the saying that we
are saved to serve, not to sit.
As God blesses us, we are to
bless others and Maggie didn’t
have to wait long for her turn.
As the group was leaving, she
got a call from Clara Adair
who is confined to a hospital
bed. Clara needed Maggie
to visit with her while Lynne
went grocery shopping and so
she did. Maggie enjoyed the
visit, too.
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