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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DEC. 17, 1948. Member Audit Bureau Circulation.
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The merchants of Cooper are
to be congratulated on the way
they are lighting up their store
fronts with neon. People who
have been observing the square
at night should be pleased at the
attractive appearance the square
now has at night.
* * *
The Oyler brothers, Melvin and
Weldon, started their neon sign
business a short time ago and
have made most of the signs and
lig- is around the square a"d else-
where. Commerce has many ex-
amples of their work as well as
Sulphur Springs and other near-
by towns.
* * *
To give credit where credit is
due, the neon star in the center
of the square, recently erected by
the City of Cooper was donated
by the Oyler brothers. They do-
nated the materials and made the
star without any cost to anyone,
as a part of their contributions
to the lighting for Christmas.
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Cooper citizens are just now
beginning to catch the Christmas
spirit at home and home decora-
tions have become much more
numerous within the past few
days. While many have up Christ-
mas trees, only a few have put
up decorations on the outside of
their house for the Lions Club
outside lighting contest.
• * *
Hugh Tomlinson was gathering
all the loose ends of the Christ-
mas parade this week and today
promises offers one of the biggest
and best parades that Cooper has
seen in many years.
Right to Vote
Basis of Delmar
School Wrangle
The revered “right to vote” was
the basis of a court wrangle Sat-
urday between the Delmar In-
dependent School District and the
school board of trustees.
Judge A. S. Broadfoot of Sixth
District Court finally granted the
citizens a continuance of an order
restraining the trustees from any
further action toward disposal of
the $115,000 schoolhouse bond is-
sue approved Nov. 20 in a special
school district election.
The group consisted of prop-
erty owning and taxpaying citi-
zens, sought the injunction on the
basis that they had been “denied
the right to vote” on a bond pro-
posal through the lack of proper
notice and publicity of the elec-
tion.
Records presented in court
showed that the proposition on
the bonds was approved by a
53-to-0 vote. The bonds were for
the purpose of financing the con-
struction, repair or equipment and
purchase of a site for new school
buildings within the district. The
levy of a tax sufficient to meet
payment of the bonds also was
included in the proposal.
The application for the injunc-
tion, filed by Joel R. Young, et al,
was based on the contention that
notices of the election were not
properly displayed or publicized,
and that many voters did not
know of the election and did not
vote because of that situation.
A petition signed by about 100
taxpaying voters has been filed
with the board of trustees seeking
an election on a proposal to can-
cel and revoke the bond issue.
The voters group, mostly from
the area of the school district
around Biardstown, Slab Town,
Glory and Broadway, wanted the
injunction continued until the
board decides whether or not to
call the cancellation election, or
until the matter could be settled
in court.
Representatives of the voters
group contend that most of the 53
votes cast in the bond election
were by voters from the Howland,
Midway and Lake Creek area of
the school district, or the western
end of the district, but that suffi-
cient notification of the election
was not made in the eastern part
of the district, including Biards-
town and the other communities
represented by the group.
Jesse Justiss of Howland, presi-
dent of the board of trustees, told
a Paris News reporter that most
of the votes cast in the election
were by voters in the area named
by the voters group.
However, the board head said
that notification of the election
was carried out under advice of
an attorney and “was done with-
in the law” covering such elcc-
tions. . .
Mr. Justiss did not state when
th*» board would meet to act on
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election, but said that it probab y
would be done at a special meet-
ing of the trustees in the near
future.
Delta county seems on its way
to a sound financial position ac-
cording to the county tax servey
issued annually by the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce.
The ETCC survey stales that
continued debt reduction and liv-
ing within its means can even-
tually secure that goal. It shows
that the county marked up im-
provements in almost every phase
of its financial operation during
its fiscal year ending June 20,
1948.
The assessed valuations in the
county inched upwards about
$50,000, a small gain but suffi-
cient to raise the total to the
highest point of the last ten years.
Tax collections, both current and
deliquent, were very good, the
survey pointed out. Nearly 95
cents of each tax dollar was col-
lected from the 1947 taxes assess-
ed before becoming deliquent.
Net debt reduction during the
year reached an approximate $67,-
000, and lowered the ration of net
debt to current valuations from
10.9 per cent at the beginning of
the fiscal year to 8.5 per cent by
the year’s end. Now this ratio
is still much too high, the tax
survey concluded, as evidenced
by the fact that it required 97
cents of the $1,70 county tax rate
in 1947 to service it. But it com-
pares most favorably with a ratio
of 14.6 per cent which existed at
the end of 1941.
In 1941, part of the debt was
made up of overdrafts in the three
major operating funds which
reached a staggering net total of
nearly $105,000. By the end of
1947 only the Road and Bridge
Fund carried an overdraft, and
it had been trimmed to a net of
$12,756. The 1947-1948 reduction
alone amounted to $9,901.
Only the General Fund seemed
to experience difficulty living
within its means during fiscal
1947-48. Even with a $2,600
boost from the Jury Fund, it over-
spent its receipts by $1,738.92, the
survey revealed. It finished the
year with a comparatively small
net cash balance of $809.45. Some
of the increased expenses can be
attributed to higher costs of oper-
ation. Another factor was the fact
that it paid the Commissioner’s
salaries and auto allowances
which had been carried largely
by the Road and Bridge Fund.
Former Resident
Dies in Durant
Funeral services were held in
Durant, Okla., Saturday for Gid
McGuyer, 80. who passed away in
a hospital there. Mr. McGuyer
formerly lived in Delta county.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Dora Nobles, and
three children, Noble McGuyer,
Mrs. Lavereni Critten and James
McGuyer. Two brothers, Rufus
McGuyer and Henry McGuyer,
live in Cooper and a brother,
Frank McGuyer, and a sister, Mrs.
Amos Templeton, live in Charles-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Stubble-
field attended the funeral serv-
ices.
Two Delta Girls
Chosen as ETSTC
Yearbook Beauties
Commerce, Dec. 10:—Two Delta
county girls have been selected as
beauties for the 1949 yearbook,
The Locust, at East Texas State
College. They are Dixie Moody,
Pecan Gap, and Beverly Iglehart,
Enloe.
Eighteen girls were elected by
the East Texas State student body
for the honor of Locust beauties
and they will receive recognition
in a special section of the year-
book. Selection of six girls from
the eighteen for full-page photos
in the annual will be made at a
later date by a group of promi-
nent judges, Val Jim Peery, Lo-
cust editor, announced.
Miss Moody, a junior at the
college, graduated from Pecan
Gap High School in 1946. A bus-
iness administration major, she
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Allen W. Moody, Pecan Gap.
Miss Iglehart graduated from
Enloe High School where she was
on the yearbook staff. A business
administration major and a mem-
ber of the Les Choisites social
club for girls, she is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Iglehart,
Enloe.
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Annual Christmas
Service Set at
Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church will
present its annual White Christ-
mas program in the auditorium
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The choir will present a group
of special numbers and lead the
congregation in the singing of the
traditional Christmas carols. In-
cluded in the program will be a
choir of junior boys and girls
under the direction of Mrs. Ker-
mit Carrington.
The adult choir is under the
direction of Luther Brown with
Mrs. Arthur Stahmer as accom-
panist.
Rev. D. H. Bonner, the pastor,
will tell the story of the Nativity.
Carrying out the theme of
“White Christmas”, a tree will be
placed in the auditorium and each
member is requested to bring a
package wrapped in white, pre-
ferably non-perishable foods. Af-
ter the program, the gifts will be
distributed to the needy families
of the community.
A high light of the program will
be a barrel offering to be used
for the building fund of the
church. The public is cordially
invited to attend this service.
Game, but unsuccessful, in his attempt to win the 1000-lire prize
(about two dollars) offered to any Italian youngster able to sit for
ten seconds on the back of unfriendly “Yo-Yo,” this little Roman
heads for the ground to the amusement of two American cowboys.
The bucking donkey and cowboys are with the Texas Rodeo Com-
oany. first show of its Kind to visit Italy in 40 years.
Patman Urges Six Steel
Mills for E-Texas Area
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Good land
daughter, Dora Ellenor, of Tyler
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Good and Mr. and Mrs. Barton I purposes, including some for small
Good Saturday and Sunday. I businesses, or Congress would be
Washington:— Construction of
six steel mills in East Texas as a
national defense undertaking is
being urged by Rep. Patman,
(D-Tex.).
He announced Saturday he has
taken the matter up with Presi-
dent Truman, the National Securi-
ty Resources Board and the Re-
construction Finance Corporation.
Detailed information concern-
ing the proposed steel plants, he
said, would be presented “to prop-
er government officials” Dec. 28.
He did not enlarge on this.
Patman said one steel plant
should be constructed at the Lone
Star Steel Co. pig iron blast furn-
ace near Daingerfield, and the
others near various iron ore de-
posits in Eastern Texas.
The Texan, who will head the
House Small Business Committee
after the Democrats take control
of Congress Jan. 3, and in a state-
ment:
“East Texas has sufficient iron
ore to furnish six good - size steel
mils over 75 years. These mills
are needed badly now to produce
one of America’s most essential
products.
"Big steel companies have not
expanded their facilities which is
causing small businesses to go out
of business every day because
they cannot get their basic ma-
terial—steel—although they furn-
ish plenty of steel to their wholly-
owned subsidiaries, their competi-
tors.
“Recently government officials
have been bringing pressure on
these companies to allocate cer-
tain amounts of steel for different
asked to enact a law permitting
compulsory allocations.
“So, in order to keep their own
subsidiaries furnished after these
allocations, they have increased
their production to the maximum.
“However, the present maxi-
mum production of steel is at least
10 million tons per annum less
than is actually needed to pro-
vide for adequate national defense
and save the private enterprise
system.”
Patman said he had urged that
“the government even furnish the
money, if necessary, to commence
construction at once” of the plants
in Texas.
Dr. George Fender
Dies at Arlington
Dr. George W. Fender, 75 year
old retired Presbyterian minister,
passed away at his Arlington
home Monday morning. Burial
was at Arlington Wednesday.
Deceased is survived by his
wife, one daughter, two sisters,
two grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren. He was a cousin
of the late Mrs. C. G. Wright of
Cooper and a second cousin to
Mrs. C. C. McKinney.
He had been a leader in his
church and served as moderator
of Texas Synod in 1926. For a
number of years he published the
Texas Tidings, a church periodi-
cal, at Arlington.
Miss Edwina Miller, who is em-
ployed at the Ford plant in Dal-
las, spent the weekend in Cooper.
Taylor Airs Financial Outlook
Adequate Financing of School
Education
How it Can Be Done
By State Senator James E. Taylar
Texas has taken one long step
forward in financing and ade-
quate system of public schools.
That step was the decision to sup-
ply a large portion of the money
needed out of state funds. The
time has now come when another
long step should be taken.
It is well-demonstrated that the
present system of distributing
state funds for school purposes
does not equalize educational op-
portunity. The systems with the
most local ability are getting the
most state money.
It is also clear from the studies
made by the Gilmer-Aikin Com-
mittee’s advisors that the present
financial plan has little relation
to the quality of the schooling be-
ing provided. Many schools have
been able to provide adequate
programs, while many other
schools can not offer the barest
essentials.
The major weakness in the
present finaftcial plan arises from
the procedure of distributing the
great bulk of state funds on the
basis of the number of children
a system living within a school
district area regardless of wheth-
er or not they are enrolled in
clrrnf ffnnnt nrnnlr-
ness lies in the failure to equalize
local tax support. Some districts
"ride free" on state funds while
others make exhausting efforts to
raise taxes for their schools and
still find their resources inade-
quate to maintain the kind of
schools they want.
A large portion of the study of
the Gilmer-Aikin Committee has
been given over to devising an
equitable plan for financing pub-
lic education in Texas. That plan
is contained in the following pro-
posals:
First, and fundamental, is to
describe the minimum quality of
education to be provided in every
school district in the state. This
is called the minimum foundation
program of education. Every
district will be required, and
guaranteed the funds, to provide
at least tins program. It calls for
such things as a nine-month
school term, classes not over 25
pupils, well-qualified teachers, a
guidance program, a health pro-
gram, and specialized supervision.
It is not elaborate. Many school
systems in the state are already
doing better.
Second is to require every
school district to make some local
effort to support this minimum
foundation program. This effort
is to be equalized in terms of the
tax-paying ability of each district.
But, how shall the ability to pay
taxes be measured? Obviously,
the assessed valuation of real
property cannot be used because
there is too much variation in
rjcer>somr>nt ratios between dis-
tricts. Fortunately, there is at
hand another means for measur-
ing relative ability to pay taxes.
This tool is an economic index,
calculated by counties. Such an
index is already widely used by
business concerns and other state
governments. The committee is
proposing an economic index to
be used in dividing up the local
tax effort between districts, and
is saying that the total local ef-
fort should be 45 million dollars.
Third in the plan is provision
for most school districts to have
ample local tax resources left af-
ter paying their shares toward the
minimum foundation program.
The total amount raised by local
taxes for schools in 1947-48 was
above $150 million. The $45 mill-
ion required to be applied toward
a minimum program leaves ample
resources for providing enrich-
ment locally. Every school tax
dollar raised locally remains in
the district.
Fourth, is the provision that for
the time being the Available
School Fund shall continue to be
distributed on a school census
basis. The Committee expresses
the opinion that only children
who enroll in school chould be
counted in distributing these
funds, but suggests that no change
be made immediately in order to
provide time for local school sys-
tems to make adjustment to the
new basis for state support.
The actual working of the plan
would be as follows: The cost
of providing the minimum foun-
dation program will be calculated
for each school district in the
state. From this cost will be
subtracted the amount which the
district receives from the state
Santa Claus Due to Arrive
In Cooper at 2:30 Today
per capita scholastic apportion-
ment. The balance needed will
be provided from a state Foun-
dation Program Fund.
Some districts will be paid very
little from the Foundation Pro-
gram Fund because they have
relatively high local tax resources.
Others will be paid sizeable sums.
For the first time, if these pro-
posals are accepted, (1) every
child in the state can have access
to at least acceptable education,
(2) school districts can budget
with certainty, and (3) local
areas will be carrying fair shares
of the educational load.
No one can doubt that the peo-
ple of Texas want a system of
education equal to that available
anywhere. They have said so in
unmistakable terms. And. they
have indicated they are willing
to pay for it. The chief task of
the Gilmer-Aikin Committee has
been formulate a minimum foun-
dation program within the power
of Texas to finance, and to devise
a plan for financing it which is
sound from a business standpoint.
The Committee believes it has ac-
complished both of these tasks.
However, the committee em-
phasizes the point that a new
financial plan without local dis-
trict reorganization and without
reorganization at the state level
will not pay very rich dividends.
The three things go hand in hand.
Also, certain other steps are
necessary to assure efficient evo-
lution of a top-level school pro-
gram. Those steps are proposed
in the final article of this series.
Rites for Wife of
John Lee Smith
Held in Lubbock
Lubbock, Texas, Dec. 15:—Fu-
neral services for Mrs. John Lee
Smith, vife of a former Lieuten-
ant Gn^erasor of Texas, will be
held here at 3 p.m. Thursday at
the Asbury Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Tech Memorial
Park. Mrs. Smith died at her
home here Tuesday.
A State Senate committee nam-
ed by acting Gov. Allan Shivers
is expected to attend the services.
The state flag in Austin will fly
at half-staff during the funeral
services.
On the Senate committee Shiv-
ers named Senators Sterling Par-
rish, Lubbock; Grady Hazlewood,
Amarillo; George C. Moffet, Chil-
licothe; H. L. Winfield, Ft. Stock-
ton; Pat Bullock, Colorado City,
and T. C. Chaddick, Quitman.
Mrs. Smith had been ill about
three months. She recently re-
turned here from Houston where
she had been taking treatments.
She served from 1938 to 1942 as
a member of the State Democratic
Executive Committee and in 1940
was a delegate to the Democratic
National Convention.
Mrs. Smith was the first state
president of the American Vet-
erans of World War II Council,
and was an active member of the
Pythian Sisters, American Legion
Auxiliary and Garden Club.
Mrs. Smith was a sister of R. C.
Elrod, teacher in the high school
here. Mr. Elrod left here Wed-
nesday to attend the funeral.
Last Rites Said
Wednesday for
Mrs. C.R. Woodard
Last rites were held Wednesday
at 2:30 p.m. for Mrs. C. R. Wood-
ard, who passed away at the
Methodist Hospital in Dallas
Tuesday at 5:30 a.m.
Services were conducted at the
Baptist Church by the Rev. D. H.
Bonner with Rev. Joe McClain
and Rev. Rube Bennington as-
sisting. Interment was made in
Oak Lawn Cemetery by McDon-
ald Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Claud Pickens,
Roy Emerson, Earl Hooks, Ray
Wilson, Buddy Hendrix and Noel
Conley.
Mrs. Woodard was born Beulah
Crowson, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dave Crowson, July 3, 1880,
in Fannin county, Texas. She was
a life-long member of the Metho-
dist Church.
She was married to C. R. Wood-
ard March 20, 1902, and to this
union were born five children,
two daughters, Ruth and Gerdie,
are deceased. Surviving are two
sons, Pete and Ray Woodard of
Cooper, one daughter, Mrs. Jolly
Peters, Dallas; two step-children,
Robert Woodard, Cooper, and Mrs.
Jack Winfrey of Evansville, Ind.,
and 12 grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Miller and
daughter of Atlanta visited their
parents here over the weekend.
Mrs. Preston Reynolds of Dal-
las spent the weekend with Mrs.
J. D. Miller.
Santa Claus is expected to come into Cooper on schedule as
last minute arrangements are being made for the annual
Christmas parade to officially usher in the Christmas season.
The parade will begin exactly at 2:3U from the starting
place near the Delta Funeral Home on West First Street.
No request is being made for business houses to close for
the parade.
In order that the parade will
go off smoothly, Parade Chairman
Hugh C. Tomlinson is requesting
that all entries in the parade be
in place about one o’clock. Spot-
ters for the parade will be on
hand to place all entries.
All cars are to be cleared from
the center of the square and as
few as possible will be permitted
at the curbs on the square. The
street one block south of the
square on West First Street will
be cleared at one o’clock as well
as one block east on East Dallas
Avenue.
The parade committee is asking
that all people viewing the pa-
rade to keep on the sidewalks in
order that the marching lane will
be kept as open as possible.
A tenative list of the marching
order has been released. How-
ever, it is expected that some
more entries will be made in the
parade before actual parade time.
Marching Order
The first unit will be led by
the American Legion Color Guard
followed by the Paris High Band,
and entries from Sigma Delta Chi,
Boyd’s Shoe Store, Perkins Bros.,
Riggs Grocery and Market, An-
toine Motor Co., and Stovall
Hardware.
The second section will be led
by the Sulphur Springs Band
followed by Anderson’s Hard-
ware, the Cub Scout troop, Pecan
Gap Chamber of Commerce, Delta
Farm Store, Lions Club, and Jones
Bros. Motor Co.
The third section will be led
by the Commerce Band followed
by the Chamber of Commerce,
Millers Pharmacy, Bullington
Motor Co., Charles Wright, Alex-
ander Motor Co., and R. V. Free
Furniture.
The fourth unit will be led by
the Cooper High School Band fol-
lowed by the Boy Scouts, a High
School entry, Poe Bros. Motor Co.,
Bolger Chevrolet Co., Anderson
Auto Store, the Methodist Church,
East Delta School, and last, Santa
Claus.
Nelta Wildcat
at 4,450
The wildcat oil test well, Davis
No. 1, Clark survey, being drilled
on the 44-acre tract just south
of Nelta in Hopkins county, is
down to 4,450 feet, according to
a report received in Sulphur
Springs Wednesday morning.
Activity in the Como field
found a new starter. It is the
Texas No. 3 M. L. Kendrick,
Nacogdoches survey 703, 830 feet
west of No. 2, a recent completion.
Two completions are listed for
the Merigale-Paul area in Wood
county. Magnolia No. 1 Curry,
Morrison survey, flowed 301 bar-
rels daily through 24-64 choke
from perforations between 4,722-
800 feet. Ration was 255 to 1.
Burden & Kemp No. 2 McKnight,
J. Yarbrough survey, pumped 160
barrels daily from holes between
4,746-836 feet. It was on the
southwest end of the Megigale-
Paul area in Wood county.
Postoffice to Aid
In Christmas Rush
Postmaster Dave Hendricks an-
nounces that the Cooper post-
office will remain open next Sat-
urday until 6:00 p.m. to afford
people service in mailing their
Christmas packages and other
matter.
The heavy holiday mail this
season will tax the postal de-
partment to the limit and he
public is urged to mail their
packages and cards early, es-
pecially those going long distances
to insure delivery on time.
Christian Church
To Have Pageant
The First Christian Church will
present a Nativity Pageant on
Sunday night, Dec. 26, at seven
o’clock at the church.
The public is invited to come
and join the worship of "the hour.
A number of Christmas songs will
read to introduce and amplify the
be sung and scriptures will be
three scenes.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Nicholas of
Sweetwater will assist in the
music.
Christmas Offering
For Methodists
A Christmas offering will be
taken up at the Methodist Church
for the annual gift of the church
to the orphan home at Waco. The
Cooper church has given $500 or
more each year to this cause.
Rev. C. D. Reynolds, pastor of
the church, said that the offering
went to the 425 orphan children
at the home and he expected the
offering to exceed that of past
years.
SPARKS THEATRES
At The Sparks saturday dec ig
The tougher they come the better he likes it!
“BODY GUARD”
Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane. Also Comedy.
SUN.—MON., DEC. 19-20
Nobody can make love like the gal who invented it! Just be-
tween us the Venus in a genius.
“ONE TOUCH OF VENUS”
Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes, Eve Arden, Olga San
Juan, Tom Conway. Also Selected Shorts.
TUE.—WED., DEC. 21-22
A risk of thrills — Round up of action!
“NIGHT TIME IN NEVADA”
Roy Rogers, Trigger, Adele Mara, Andy Devine, Bob Nolan and
Sons of the Pioneers. Also News—Comedy.
THUR.—FRI., DEC. 23-24
Once was a * man—A married man—Who couldn’t see the
danger until one day, one fateful day along came a tall dark stranger.
“RACHEL AND THE STRANGER”
Loretta Young William Holden, Robert Mitchum. Also News—
Comedy. _ _
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT AT SPARKS THEATRE
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT AT SPARKS THEATRE
“CASBAH”
The wickedest city in the Orient. Also News.
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“ ,.,v FRI—SAT., DEC. 17-18
“CALIFORNIA FIREBRAND”
Monty Hale, Adrian Booth. Also Superman and Comedy.
Funeral Services
Set for Today for
Oren L. Nelson
Funeral services for Pvt. Oren
L. Nelson are being held here
today at 2 p.m. at the First Bap-
tist Church with Rev. D. H. Bon-
ner conducting the services. In-
terment will be made by McDon-
ald Funeral Home in Oak Lawn
Cemetery.
Pvt. Nelson, who was killed in
Italy on Sept. 24, 1943, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Nelson.
He was born in Hugo, Okla., and
entered service Jan. 30, 1941.
Surviving besides his parents
are two sisters, Mrs. Opal Boles,
Houston; Mrs. Jewel Carson, Lub-
bock, and two brothers, Troy Nel-
son, Houston, and Dewey Nelson,
Cooper.
Former Resident
Succumbs in Paris
Mrs. D. Z. Shewmaker, 95, a
former resident of Cooper passed
away in Paris Monday at 3:15
p.m. at Lamar Hospital in Paris.
She was making her home with
her son, W. M. Shewmaker in
Paris.
Mrs. Shewmaker was formerly
Miss Sara!} Jane Baker and was
born in Illinois in 1853, the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ra-
ker. Services were held here
Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock
at the Delta Funeral Home. In-
terment was made in Oak Lawn
Cemetery.
Survivors include, besides her
son in Paris, these children, C. D.
Shewmaker, San Marion, Calif.;
Mrs. Jud Nicols, Chickasha, Okla.,
and Mrs. E. P. Watson, Cooper;
besides a number of grandchil-
dren and great-grandchildren.
NAMED SERVICE OFFICER
Opal Prcas has been notified
that he has satisfactorily com-
pleted the training course pre-
scribed by the Veteran’s Affairs
Commissioner of Texas and meets
qualifications set out by the
statutes of Texas to serve as Vet-
eran’s Service Officer for Delta
county.
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Mr. and Mrs. Randall Lain have
moved from Kersey, Colo., to
Post, Texas.
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Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1948, newspaper, December 17, 1948; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth885665/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Delta County Public Library.