Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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I Review and Courier
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1940
VOLUME 61, NO. 22
County Court
^ Convene
iNexl Week
Candidate
DRAWING OF SQUARE
PROJECT RECEIVED
HERE THIS WEEK.
County Court will convene next
Week with Judge J- T. Taylor on
the bench to hear a large number
of civil and criminal cases. Pleas
of guilty are expected in mo it of
the criminal cases. Court will be
held in the IOOF building unless
something unexpected arises.
Civil cases have been heard dur-
ing the past week by Judge Tay-
lor with numerous settlements l>e-
Mg made. A large number of cases
that have been held over to this
term of court were heard and
■time cases were passed until the
next term.
Square Project
An artist's drawing of the pro-
posed project for the center of the
square has been received by the
oounty judge, the drawing now on
display in the judge’s offices. It
is net known when work will be-
gin on this project.
The ('rawing shows a raised
hexagon-shaped band stand with
light standards between a con
Crete railing. Steps will lead up to
the band stand on four sides.
Earth fill-ins will be made in the
triangles made by the hexagon,
and flower beds will be planted.
The flower beds will make the
imcgect a square.
Work On Courthouse
Plans have been made to start
i orgrtruction on the proposed
house, west of the Cooper
Grain and Grocer Company on or
about June 15. Demolition of the
old jail is rapidly nearing com-
pletion and the foreman expects
it- will be completed in four or
five days.
As soon as the jail is torn down
the full force cf WPA workers
will be turned loose to clean up
Ihp old courthouse foundations
and move the brick and timbers
down1 to the site of the new court-
house. A large amount of earth
from the old courthouse site has
been moved to the new site to
raise the level of the lot.
W. M. Merrill
In Race For
Pub. Weigher
COTTON MERRILL, JR.
CANDIDATE FOR PUB.
WEIGHER IN PRE. 6.
E. T. SELLERS
E. T. Sellers
In Race For
Flotorial Rep.
SULPHUR SPRINGS
MAN ANNOUNCES
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Baptist Revival
To Be Concluded
Sunday Night
The services at the First Bap-
tist Church will continue through
Sunday evening. The visiting
speaker. Dr. C. B- Jackson, an-
nounces the ' following subjects
for the remainder of the meet-,
mg: “Sudden Destruction", Fri-
day evening; “The Magnetic
Christ”, Saturday morning; “Dy-
ing Like a Fool", Saturday even-
ing; “If We Confess Our Sins,”
Sunday morning; and “Choose
You This Day Whom You Will
Serve,” will be the closing mes-
sage.
There have been some ten or
twelve additions and professions
of faith through Thursday morn-
ing. The house was filled to ca-
paoity Wednesday evening. The
deepf spiritual' song service con-
ducted by Shelby Collier of Par-
is is attracting the people to the
services at th opening hour, 7:45
p. m. The pastor, Rev. R. E.
Streetman, and members extend a
0 dial invitation to the people
o. Cooper to attend each of the
remaining serviees of the revival.
Announcing officially today his
candidacy for Flotorial Represen-
tative. E. T. Sellers of Sulphur
Spring?, stated that he would
carry his campaign to the people
in active personal contact and
pledged that if elected he would
devote his sincere efforts to car-
ing for the legislative needs of the
district with a policy of truth,
fairness and honesty.
Mr. Sellers for the past several
months has been working in the
claims division of the United
States Internal Revenue Depart-
ment in Austin. He resigned his
position to begin his campaign for
representative. Prior to beginning
work in Austin he had worked a*
an adjuster for a national bank
iiig concern and as a clerk in *
Sulphur Springs store.
Mr. Sellers is now 27 years old.
He was horn in Sulphur Springs
received his education in the pub-
lic schools and at East Texas State
Teachers College, graduating from
the latter with a B. S. degree in
1937. Tn attending college it was
necessary for Mr. Sellers to earn
his own way, which he did by the
performance of various jobs rang-
ing from table waiting in a board-
ing house to work in a drug store.
During the time Mr- Sellers was
in college he was an outstanding
leader in student government and
many other campus activities. In
his senior year he was elected and
served a? president of the student
hodv, the highest office an under-
graduate may hold*.
For the past several yeara Mr.
Sellers has gained experience
which he feels would be very val-
See SELLERS on page four
W. M. (Cotton) Merrill, Jr., of
Pecan Gap authorizes the Review
and Courier to announce his can-
didacy for Public Weigher of Pre-
cinct 6, subject to the action of
the Democratic primary.
Mr. Merrill was born and
reared in Pecan Gap, married and
now lives in this plane. He is
well known throughout the pre-
cinct as a trustworthy and com-
petent man in whom the public
can impose implicit confidence.
Mr. Merrill has had considerable
experience working on the local
cotton yard! and is familar with
the) duties and responsibilities of
a public weigher.
In making his announcement as
a candidate for this office Mr. Mer-
rill is mindful of the responsibi-
lities of the office and in solicit-
ing the support of the voters of
this precinct promises if elected
to give the public the best ser-
vice at his command.
He plans to make an active
campaign and to try to see every
voter but if he fails to see you.
he asks that you take this as your
invitation to stipport him which
he will very much appreciate.
Band To Sponsor
Personality And
Other Contests
Plans for a popularity contest
to, select a Miss Cooper for 1940
got underway Thursday as the
Cooper High School band through
Luther Brown, the director, an-
nounced that the band is spon-
soring the contest to raise money
tq' purchase much needed instru-
ments.
The winner of the contest, each
of whom will be sponsored) by a
business firm, will be named at a
show in the auditorium of the
Cooper High School Friday night.
June 7. Beside the popularity
contest will be a contest to select
a “Mr. and Mrs. Parade" from
children from the ages of 4 to 10
inclusive.
Eight vaudeville acts will be
staged in the auditorium Friday
night. Individual persons may
enter the acts or a group com-
posed of three or four may enter.
Persons that wish to participate
in the contest either in the Per-
sonality contest, the Mr. and Mrs'.
Parade or the vaudeville acta can
enter with either Mr. Brown or
Mrs. Wilson Riggs.
Mrs. Johnnie 'Hargrove and
baby, Rex Don, of Tira spent last
week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Watkins.
BUILDING TABERNACLE
The Fundamental Baptist con-
gregation is building a tabernacle
at the (omer cif West Fourth
street and Fort Worth avenue.
The structure is 40x40 feet and
will soon be completed. The pas-
tor, Rev. Howgley, plans a meet-
ing to begin June 17.
Alvin O. Welch, county snper-
ntendent, made the commcnce-
nent address at Midway, Lamar
Kmnty, last Friday night far the
graduating olaas.
GRAND THEATRE
SATURDAY. JUNE 1
“PAROLE FIXER”
From J. Edgar Hoover's "Persons in Hiding.” Also “Phantom Creeps.”’
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT
“LET’S PRETEND WE’RE SWEETHEARTS”
Lola Lane and an all-star cast. * *
SUNDAY and MONDAY, JUNE 2-8
“STAR DUST”
Linda Darnell, John Payne, Mary Healy, Roland Young and Mary-
beth Hughes. Plus short subjects.
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, JUNE A - 5
“GOLDEN BOY”
Barbara Stanwyck, Wm. Holden, Adolph Menjou and big vast of
prominent players. Also news and comedy.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, JUNE 6 - 7
“20 MULE TEAM”
With the one and only Wallace Beery. Also cartoon and aomedy.
DELTA THEATRE
FRllDAY and SATURDAY, MAY 31 - JUNE 1
“MESQUITE BUCKAROO,
With Bob Steele. Also "RED CIRCLE." >'
SUNDAY and MONDAY, JUNE 2-3
“MUTINY ON THE BLACK HAWK”
Witb RVhard Arkm and Andy Devine. AW> eonaedy.
Announces
700 Expected
For Singing
Convention
WRIGHT PATMAN
Patman Asks
For Reelection
To Congress
PERSONAL STATEMENT
IN ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR RE-ELECTION.
OUTSTANDING
SINGERS TO BE
PRESENT SUNDAY.
Review And Courier
Cooking School Will
Open Here June 4
Between 600 and 700 people are
expected here at the Cooper High
Schciol auditorium Saturday night
and all day Sunday as the annual
Delta County Singing Convention
gets underway. Preisdent O. L.
Bridges will open the convention
at 8 o’clock Saturday night.
Plans for the convention1 this
year are to make it the beat and
biggest that Cooper and Delta
county has ever seen. The con*
vention will be run entirely by
Delta county people with several
people from outside of the county
as outstanding attractions.
All the singers in Delta county
have been invited to attend this
convention and participate In the
program-
To the people of the first con-
gressional district of Texas:
We are all thankful that we live
inf a great country that is ruled
by the people—a democracy. Pos-
sibly a dictatorship is more effi-
cient in some ways, but no one
would give up the liberties guar-
anteed by our United States Con-
stitution for a more efficient form
of government.
In this wonderful country of
ours, it is right that representa-
tives of the people in congress be
required to receive the approval
of their constituents every two
years. In this way the people
have charge of their government
and can completely change it
every two years if they desire.
This is as it should be and I now
request your endorsement for an-
other two years.
I am profoundly grateful for
the opportunity of serving you in
congress since 192!). It is, dur-
ing these trying times, a matter
of great importance and deep
concern to you that you have a
representative in congress, who
will do everything within his
power to keep us out of war and
cooperate with our great Pres-
ident in his preparedness pro-
gram; one who will support ef-
fective methods of ridding our
country of foreign “isms” and
especially preventing “trojan;
|horse" or“fifth coin mu" tactics;
one that has the information and
knowledge to insist upon proper
social and economic rights for
the people and has the courage
and) ability to demand, fight for
and obtain them; andl particular-
ly, one who is 100 per cent ir>
sympathy with the unemployed
and will work unceasingly toward
a solution1 of that problem.,
Honor To Have Opposition
It is no dishonort for m*e to
have opposition. In fact, it is,
an honor. It shows that I have
actually done some*-h;rtg. Your
representative in congress cannot
he effective and cannot accom-
plish anything for you unless he
makes enemies. It is expected
that these enemies will oppose
him. 1
You do not expect greedy, self-
irii men, who have unlimited
funds, to give up their special
privileges and monopolistic pow-
ers without a struggle.
Money can hire brains. You
expect. them to hire the best
brains in the country for the pur-
pose of cooperating with those
who are trying to destroy one
who is making them divide their
privileges and opportunities w*th
other people.
You expect them to present
•illy, ridiculous, untruthful, un-
four.ded and fantastic arguments
against one who refuse* to bow
Quota For Red
Cross Doubled;
Only $200 Raisled
A check-up on the first returns
from volunteer workers for the
Red Cross drive in Delta county
to aid refugees in Europe revealed
that less than $200 has been rais-
ed with more than $600 mere to
go since the quota for Delta coun-
ty has been raised to $800 by the
Red Cross.
Complete returns are unavail-
able to date but the total will be
published next week as the drive
will end Saturday. Chairman of
the drive, E. G. Pharr, has asked
that all workers make their final
report by Saturday.
An urgent request for more
people to respond to the drive is
asked by Mr. Pharr and all the
workers. Persons that have not
been seen by workers are asked to
bring, send or mail their donations
to either the First or Delta Na-
tional Bank. Names of donors will
be published in the Delta Courier
Tuesday.
Fol'cwing is a telegram from
Norman Davis appealing for
double the first quota;
“When American Red Cross ask-
ed minimum war relief fund ten
million dollars no one could fer-
see that in two short weeks great-
est tragedy in all history would be
unfolded. Impossible to describe
nitiful plight millions refugees in
France. Sick, wounded, hungry
and homeless. They cry out to us
for help. Will need much more
than ten million dollars therefore
quotas originally assigned should
be regarded only as minimum im-
mediate objectives. Chapters
should then go on and where pos-
sible double their quotas. Tn fact
only limitation should be the max-
imum generosity of American
people. We should complete this,
campaign within shortest possible
time.
NORMAN H. DAVIS.”
Safe I’ATMAN on pago four
Workers To Meet
At Hopewell Church
Worker’s meeting of the Hop-
kins County Baptist ssociation
wilt meet with the Honewell Bap-
tist Church Sunday, June 5. On
the program for the day are T
R. Bennington, Bro. A. J. Al-
ford. Bro. Clvdle Smith, Rev. T.
J. McClain, Bro. Frank Shirley.
Bro. Roy Alford, Bro. L. A- Stid-
ham and R. E. Fergeson.
A song service and lunch will
he held at the church’ in connec-
tion with the meeting. Everyone
is cordially Invited to attend this
meeting.
MRS VERA PHILLIPS
Cooper Scouts
Re-register For
Tenth Year
' The re-registration for Troop
1, Cooper, has been received at the
council office in Paris from Elwyn
Byrns Cooper Scoutmaster. Un-
der the fine leadership of Scout-
master Byrns this troop has been
able to register one month before
it was due The troop charter ap-
plication was not due in New
York until June 30
This is the tenth year of regis-
tration for the Cooper troop. The
troop is sponsored by a group of
citizens and the troop committee
is composed of W- I. Bartley, C
C. McKinney, and M. F. Young.
Serving with Byrns as leaders of
troop 41 are C’. M. McKinney, Jr.,
and John D. Stockton.
Through the cooperation of the
citizens of Cooper, a Scout Lodge
has just been completed and is
now being occupied by the troop.
The troop meets at the lodge every
Tuesday night.
A complete program of camping
and activities is being planned for
1940-41 which includes a summer
camp, numerous overnight hikes,
courts of honor and various other
Scouting activities.
Although the troop registered
one month early, the same number
if Scouts were registered for 1940-
41 that were registered last year.
Boys registered include Ewing
Burgess. Leeman Cates. Thomas
Ewing, C. V. Flanary. Don Flan-
nry, Edwin Fly, Wylie France, Jr..
Harold Hart, Neal Humphries
Dayton Jackman, Don Miller Jet-
er, Robert 'Kern, Donald Landers.
Gene McDonald, Cameron iMcKin-
ney. Ed McKinney, John McKin-
ney, T. E. Nelson, A. W- Poteet.
Chris Rhodes, La Falco Robinson
Everett Sohrimshire, Paul Schmit-
ter, Robert Spivey, W. H. Stew-
art, Dealon Thompson, J. C. Win-
frey, J. P. Allen. Bob Bartley.
Clyde Choate, Weldon Ewing.
Curtis Humphries, Dale MoGuyer.
Charles Robert Poteet, Coy Sen-
sing, C. T. Wickersham. Charh*
Craig, Ed Lowe Routt, ar.d Shan-
non Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pinkston
of Fort Worth visited Dr. and Mrs.
C. C. Taylor over the week end
end attended the baccalaureate
ailili'ose and commencement pro-
gram at Commerce on Sunday and
Monday. Their daughter, Mis*
Audrey Pinkston received her de-
gree om Monday.
Boles Home To
Present Program
Twenty chldren from the Boles
Orphan .Home in Quinlan will
present a program at the Church
of Christ Sunday morning from
10 o’clock until 11 o’dock.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this service. '
STATED MEETING OF
THE MASONIC LODGE
Opens At Two
O’clock Tues.
The Delta Courier and 000par
Review will open their third Ma-
nual cooking school in the D«|t»
Theatre June 4 at 2 o’olock wMv
Mrs. Vera Phillips, home eaatuu-
mist for the Texas Power A Ugbi
Company, as the demonstrator.
The school will be continued few
three days ending on Thursday,
June 6.
All cooking in the school will W
done by electricity with th* most
modern electrical equipment now
demonstrated by the Texas Power
and Light Co. Such standard qual-
ity merchandise as Town Talk
Coffee, Mrs. Tucker’s Shortening,
Robin Hood Flour, Tea Tima Tea
and Patterson Cannery Product*
will be demonstrated by Mm
Phillips.
Hundreds of prizes will be gtV—
all during the three days of tha
cooking school with a $4 cash
prize to be given for the first
place winner of the cake baking
contest sponsored by Mrs. Tuck-
er’s Shortening. Free Co-ia-ColaV
will be served to everyone os
Thursday.
Many Cooper merchant** are co-
operating in sponsoring the 000k-
ing school- Such reliable firms a*
Silman Bros. Grocery, Hootao
Drug Co., J. E. Adair and Son
Grocery and Market, The Chicago
Store, Ray Wilson Grocery and
Market, Brock’s, Inc., Smith Bros.
Furniture, J. F. Henslee Hard-
ware Co., Boyd’s Brown-Bilt Shoo
Store, Clark Cleaners andi many
others will participate in the three-
big days.
Admission to the cooking 3cho*>I
will be free to everyone that
wishes to attend. Different menu*
will be prepared every day by
Mrs. Phillips.
There will be a stated meeting
of the Delta Masonic Lodge Mon-
day nig*ht, June 8. Officers of
the lodge are to be elected. All
member* are urged to atfo.id.
Visitoro are welcome.
R. E. STREETMAN. W. M.
i. M. BARLY, Secretary.
Red Cross Work
Program Organized
Here Monday
Organization of a Red Crosa
Work Program for Del|ta county
was perfected Monday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. C. C. Taylor
for the benefit of refugees k»-
Europe.
Mrs C. C. McKinney was elect-
ed chairman of the program to
be assisted by Mis. R. J- Harper,
vice chairman; Mrs. Wade Bled-
soe, secretary, Mrs. L. F. H00ten,
Jr., assistant secretary. Work In
the program will consist mainly
of knitting garments and making
dresses and layettes-
Anyone wishing to join in thi*
work i.q asked to get in touefc-
with either Mrs. Harner or Mrs.
McKinney. Work will begin am-
soon as materials are available.
Jail Man Arrested
For Car Theft
A man is being held in jal
charged with car theft and
dru.nkn driving following a spree
Thursday night when he wbv
seen walking away from a oar
that he admitted that he wreck-
ed and later waa arrested by
Sheriff J. G. McKee and pleade#
guilty to drunkenness.
The car, owned by T J. foot*,
was trker from it* parking pMe»-
in front of J. E. Adair and Soar
Grocery and driven east in fn>nk
of Rome McKee's residence
where it waa run into a Wght-
pole.
NOTtCB
The Second Annual 9ptk|f
Roundup and Rodeo which wua »
have been June 7 and 8 ha* bee**
postponed to tits last weak it*
June.
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