Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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The Past Sixty-Seven Years
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 1946.
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VOLUME 67. NO. 39.
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NEWS
From
All Quarters
Lions To Sponsor AcceATp^torater
Three-day Rodeo Assembly of God
Here Next Week
Wallace Finally Fired
President Truman took a week
to finally make up his mind to
fire Henry Wallace as Secretary
of Commerce. The insiders be-
lieve the President yielded to
pressure from Secretary of State
Byrnes and his Senatorial col-
leagues in demanding the resig-
nation after the apparent friend-
ly compromise had been worked
out in which Wallace agreed to
make no more foreign policy
speeches.
W. Averill Harriman, ambassa-
dor to Britain was named last
Sunday as the new Secretary of
Commerce. Harriman had pre-
viously been our war-time am-
bassador to Moscow. Texas born
Will Clayton is mentioned as pos-
sible successor to Harriman as
ambassador to Britain.
Stock Market Again Waver*
Under pressure of the cabinet
crisis which revived the war scare
talk, the stock markets receded to
new lows for the year. Prices at
weekend showed good recovery,
however.
Wallace To Fight For Principle*
In a radio address after his
resignation, Mr. Wallace declared
that he intends to continue his
fight on foreign policies, which
he fears may lead us into another
war. It is predicted that he will
out of the lirfielight, how-
ever, until after the Paris peace
conference is over.
A completely amateur rodeo,
sponsored by the Cooper Lions
Club, will be held in Cooper Fri-
day and Saturday nights, Oct. 4
and 5, with a performance Sunday
afternoon, Oct 6, at the Cooper
Athletic Field on West First St.
Over $300 will be given away to
contestants in the rodeo in the
nine big events now scheduled.
Only persons who are not rodeo
professionals and live in Delta or
surrounding counties will be allow-
ed to participate.
Stock for the event will be
furnished by Quentin Miller.
Judges for the events are Grover
Pickering, Morris Young and Bill j
Herin. Timekeeper will be Paul
Miller.
The rodeo is being sponsored
by the Cooper Lions Club to raise
money for the municipal stadium
that is being sponsored by the
Cooper and Delta County Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Entry fees for the various
events will paid to Wayne Tern-
Rev. B. L. Hood, formerly of
El Dorado, Ark., has accepted the
pastorate of the Cooper Assembly
of God Church. Having previous-
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ly held two revivals in Cooper,
his ministry is well known among
the people of Delta county.
In addition to the regular ser-
pleton by**Friday afternoon, Oct. j v|ces^ a young^ peoples' service be
5. Mr Templeton will accept the
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Mycteriou* Death Strike*
McLean Family
ie curse of the famous “Hope”
Diamond has hung like a cloud
over most of its owners. Latest
victim was 24-year old Mrs. Eve-
lyn MeLean Reynolds, who was
found dead in bed at her mother's
home by the family doctor who
had been called to attend the moth-
er, Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean.
An autopsey was ordered after a
bottle of sleeping medicine was
found by the bedside of the dead
woman. Former Senator Reynolds
was away from home when his
wife’s death was discovered.
Home On The Range
Cattle buyers and packers were
still bemoaning the lack of beef
cattle coming to market while
butchers either closed shop or
stood idle while customers search-
ed in vain for meat for the fam-
ily table. The consensus of the
market experts is that producers
are keeping the cattle at home
on the ranges, waiting for a bet-
ter price.
fees from the contestants until
2:30 in the afternoon.
A parade will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2:30, beginning on
the City Lot, east of the square.
The Cooper High School Band
will lead the parade. All con-
testants and others participating
in the rodeo will ride in the parade.
Included in the nine events will
be a wild cow milking contest
with contestants limited to mem-
bers of the Lions Club.
Following are tt<e various events
.to be held each day:
No. 1: Grand Entry and intro-
duction of promoters and partici-
pants.
No. 2: Bareback bronc riding.
(Six head to ride.)
No. 8: Calf roping, 1st prize,
average of three shows.
No.4: Saddle bronc riding. (10
head to ride.)
No. 5: 2nd half calf roping.
(Twelve head.)
No. 6: Wild cow milking. (Lion
members only.)
No. 7: Flag races.
No. 8: Wild cow milking. (8
head per show.)
No. 9; Steer riding.
A large number of valuable
prizes will be given away each
performance to the spectators by
the merchants of Cooper during
the rodec.
gins Sunday afternoon at 7 o’clock
which is conducted by and for
persons from the ages of 13 to
35, known as CA (Christ Am-
bassadors). Those having musical
instruments who wish to make
joyful noise for the glory of God,
are urged to be present at these
gatherings.
4-H Club Boys
Win Top Honors
At Swine Show
Two Delta county 4-H Club
boys, Jeff White of Ben Franklin
and Charles Gervers of West Del-
ta, entered their county winning
pigs in the District Pig Show at
Paris Monday, Sept. 23. Jeff show-
ed the grand champion boar and
Charles showed the second place
gilt. Both boys won a registered
Jersey heifer.
The boys showed against strong
competition with 4-H Club boys
from Lamar, Franklin and Red
River ic Texas, and Choctaw coun-
ty, Okla. Only one county could
win two heifers, and Delta county
had that honor.
Jeff’s boar was an outstanding
first, and Charles’ gilt was a
strong contender for first, but
was finally given second place.
According to County Agent L. M.
Hendley, the boys have done an
excellent job of developing their
pigs and have been amply reward-
ed for their labors by winning the
fine heifers.
The show was judged by E. M.
Regenbrecht, Swine Specialist of
A.yind M. College.
Funeral Services
Held Wednesday For
W. T. Walker Here
Delta 4-H Club
Members To Attend
Texas State Fair
v
Is A. & P. A Tru»t?
Decision was finally announced
last week by Federal Judge W.
C. Lindley at Danville, 111. in the
Government’s suit against the A.
and P. grocery chain for violating
the Sherman Anti-trust law. The
decision supported the Govern-
ment’s contention that it is a trust.
The trial lasted 22 weeks and the
record contains 30,000 pages.
The Government prosecuter charg-
ed that the grocery chain com-
bined buying, wholesaling, pro-
cessing and retailing into one
operation, returning savings to
consumers in lower priced mer-
chandise, and the court decided
fcese practices constituted anti-
▼ust violations. Company offi-
cials said: “We cannot conceive
of this decision being upheld by an
appellate court. We shall of course
appeal."
Newsprint May Be Rationed
So acute is the shortage of
newsprint becoming that it may
become necessary to establish
some form of rationing goon.
Canadian output is at a very high
level, but the market demand con-
tinues to exceed the supply.
Saturday, Oct. 5, has been
designated as 4-H Club Day at
the State Fair irj Dallas. State
Fair officials and Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service ex-
pect 150,000 4-H Club members
to attend the fair on this day.
Each club member will pay only
the 10 cejjts Federal tax for en-
trance to the grounds, plus his
transportation to and from Dallas.
Fair officials will provide free en-
trance to the grounds (excepting
the 10 cents tax), free entertain-
ment and a free lunch for each
club member attending on that
day.
Arrangements will be made
with school officials in Delta coun-
ty for school buses iv.r club mem-
bers to and from the State Fair
on the above date. Every mem-
ber in the county is invited and
urged to take advantage of this
opportunity. Those interested in
fcoing should contact the County
Agent’s office within the next few
days, and it is necessary that this
list be completed not later than
Wednesday, Oct. 2. „
Last rites were held at the Delta
Funeral Home Wednesday for W.
T. Walker, 81, who passed away
at the home of his son in Paris
Tuesday. Rev. J. C. McClain and
Rev. D. H. Bonner conducted the
services.
Interment was made in Oak-
lawn Cemetery. Mr. Walker is
survived by four sons, Lee, Les,
and Dave Walker, all of Paris,
two daughters, Mrs. Wallace Rob-
inson and Mrs. Earl Choate of Dal-
las, one brother and two sisters.
Delta Funeral Home was in
charge of funeral arrangements.
ARC Home Service
Cuts Service Time
The Home Service office of the
American Red Cross, located in
the courthouse, will be open only
on Tuesday and Wednesday after-
noons of each week, according to
an announcement made Wednes-
day.
The office has been open for
four afternoons each week includ-
ing Monday and Thursday. Mrs.
C. C. Taylor, local Home Service
Official, asks that persons who-
have emercency requests tele-
phone 31 at anytime.
Boy Scout Troop
To Reorganize
Here Monday Night
A reorganization meeting of the
Cooper Boy Scout troop will be
held Monday night at 7:30 p.m.
at the Scout Cabin on West 1st
Street.
Wayne Wright, scout executive
from Sulphur Springs, is sponsor-
ing the reorganization of tht
troop. He stated that some 30
boys had indicated ah interest in
the troop and will be present for
the meeting.
Any boy, 12 years old or older,
can become a scout and all boys
in this age group are urged to
attend. All fathers of these boys
are cordially invited to attend the
meeting.
Cotton Coming In
Slowly At Yard
Cotton is coming in slowly at
the Cooper cotton yard as re-
ceipts totaled only 2,404 bales late
Thursday afternoon. The biggest
day so far at the yard has been
300 bales.
Due to the continued good
weather, receipts should pick up
during the next week. During the
first week that the yard was open
less than 500 bales were received.
Seven New Teachers
Begin School Term
in Cooper System
Cooper Public Schools got un-
derway Monday with seven new
teachers added to the faculty of
28 members.
Miss Etha Stokes is the new
principal of the grade schools
while R. L. Stephenson, is super-
intendent, Bennett Jeter, princi-
pal of high school, and C. J.
Graves is. principal of the colored
school.
New teachers added this year
are Curtis Pardue, Elton Bridges,
Mrs. C. M. Hendley, Miss Maurine
Creed, Miss Margaret Moore Mrs.
Carrol Carrington, Miss Nell Jean
Taylor. Rev. D. H. Bonner is
acting as instructor for the Bible
course.
Following are the teachers in
the school system: High School:
R. L. Stephenson, superintendent;
Bennett Jeter, principal; Luther
Brown, Curtis Pardue, Elton
Bridges, Harold Brock, Misses
Chrystelle Paul, Lillie Carrell,
Ellene Stanley, Mrs. C. M. Hend-
ley, Mrs. Louise E. Adams, Miss
Gladys Dunn, secretary; and Rev.
D. H. Bonner.
Grade School; Misses Etha
Stokes, principal; Annie Lee
Drummond, Bonnie Bell Jack,
Mabel Harrison, Maurine Creed,
Margaret Moore, Mrs. Louella
McClanahan, Mrs. Clara F. Slough,
Mrs. C. E. Whitlock, Mrs. Carrol
Carrington, Mrs. Clyde Price and
Miss Nell Jean Taylor.
Colored School; C. J. Graves,
principal; Misses Fannie Mae Mays
and Ellen Marie Avery.
Lake Creek Sailor
Among Six Dead As
Explosion Rips Ship
Among the six dead sailors
brought into Wilmington, N. C.
-on the fire-torn 10,000 ton tanker
Bennington was Lewis D. Will-
iams, 18, of Lake Creek.
Williams, son of Mrs. Lewis
Williams of Lake Creek, succumb-
ed while fighting fire and explo-
sion in the tanker off the Carolina
coast Tuesday night.
The Bennington made port Wed-
nesday with a gaping hole in her
bow.
According to word received here
Thursday morning, his body will
be sent here within the next few
days. Funeral services will be held
at Lake Creek and interment will
be made in Evergreen Cemetery
in Paris.
He is the son of the late Lewis
Williams who passed away a few
years ago.
Cooper Included In
Nation’s Airport Plan
J. T. Dunlap Named
Local Manager For
Texas Power, Light
John W. Carpenter, president
of the Texas Power and Light
Company, this week announced the
appointment of Jack P. Dunlap as
Twin daughters were born Fri-
day, Sept. 20, to Mr. and Mrs.
Sam D. Bartley at / Methodist
Hospital in Ft. Worth. They have
been named Julie and Jana. They
are granddaughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Smith and Mr. and Mrs.
W. I. Bartley.
RAISES LARGE PEARS
Walter Lane, who lives on
Cooper, Route Two, brought in
a dozen large peirs to the Re-
view office this wtek. All of the
pears weigh over half a pound
ecah, the largest weighing more
than a pound.
local manager for the Company
at Cooper, replacing Denver Joe
Walker, who has been made mana-
ger of commercial sales in the
Terrell District.
Mr. Dunlap comes to Cooper
from Paris, where he has ,been
employed by TP & L since his
discharge from the Army about
a year and a half ago and where
he received special training in the
various departments of the Com-
pany.
“This experience and training,”
said W. E. Whittington, Paris
District Manager, “qualifies Mr.
Dunlap in every respect for his
new duties and responsibilities in
Cooper."
He is a native Texan, born in
Paris and educated in the Paris
public schools. As Lieutenant
Dunlap, he served in the Army
Air Corps during the war and
flew 68 missions over France and
Germany as Bombardier.
He is a member of the Ameri-
can Legion, the Junior Chamber
of Commerce and the First Metho-
dist Church of Paris.
Confirmation has been received
from the Civil Aeronautics Ad*
ministration by Dr. O. Y. Janeji
that Cooper has been definitely
included in the National Airport
plan.
As Cooper is included in the
National Airport plan, it also be-
comes a member df the Federal
Airway System. A representative
from the CAA, Carl L. Kuentz,
District Planning Engineer, look-
ed over the site for the airport
Monday.
Approval of the site and allo-
cation of funds for construction
of the airport are expected to- fol-
low in a few days. The airport
is located about one mile north-
east of Cooper on Highway 24
on what is known as the Lambeth
place.
Under the National Airport
plan, the local airport project will
receive 1-4 of the cost of the
lsnd and 1-4 of the cost of the
hangers from the Federal govern-
ment, local government paying
the remainder of the costs.
Provided that adequate facili-
ties are provided at the airport
and qualified instructors are avail-
able, all veterans will have the
opportunity to qualify as pilots
at government expense. The vet-
erans will be able to take the
pilot training under the GI Bill
without any cost to them.
Superintendent
Asks Parents To
Think Of Children
James W. Poe Is
Pledged At Texas
Mr. and Mr*. J. T. Bennett, Mr.
and Mrs. Troy Wallingford and
son visited relatives in Patton-
ville Tuesday
Mr. and Mr*. Ray Goodrow and
daughter have been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Mc-
Kinzic.
Bill Bartley left Sunday for
SMU after visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Bartley.
E. C. Fletcher of Houston !•
visiting relatives and friends in
Cooper and Sulphur Springs. He
is the only living brother of the
late J. W. (Uncle John) and P.
B. (Uncle Pleas) Fletcher, former
I residents of Delta county.
Austin:—Fall rush period for
fraternities at the University of
Texas closed this week with 492
pledges added to the 23 fraterni-
ties, ,
According to official informa-
tion from the office of dean of
men, James W. Poe was pledged
to Sigma Nu.
VISIT IN OKLAHOMA
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cauley and
children and Leland Jones have
returned from Boswell, Okla.
where they visited their brother,
Claude Jones, and family. This
was the first time they had been
together in six years. Mr. and
Mrs. Cauley visited a number of
old friends and relatives in Bos-
well and Hugo before riturni-.t
home.
W. A. Tyne* of Dalle* visited
Cooper Wednesday.
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SPARKS THEATRES
At The Sparks
SATURDAY, SEPT. 28
Bill Elliott—Constance Moore. Comedy.
“IN OLD SACRAMENTO”
Drama of the raw and roaring west!
SUN.—MON., SEPT. 29-30
Turn away! Turn away! You can’t stop loving him.
“DRAGONWYCK”
Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glen Langan. Comedy
TUE.—WED., OCT. 1-2
Somewhere in his mind—the memory of a night of terror—an
unfinished kiss—a forgotten shame.
“SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT”
John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Loyd Nolan. Also News—Comedy.
THUR.—FRI., OCT. 3-4
For her demands a man had but two answers—complete surrender
or death!
“THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS”
Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott. News—Comedy.
At The Grand
FRI.—SAT., SEPT. 27-28
“CODE OF THE LAWLESS”
Kirby Grant—Fuzzy Knight. Also “Scarlet Horseman".
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT
“SMOOTH AS SILK”
Kent Taylor—Virginia Gray. News.
By Je*t E. Moxley
Many of our schools have begun
and others will start soon. 1 can
think of no more appropriate
words for all of us to- think upon
than the following, which I would
like to contribute.
"The Greet Wealth Of Our
Nation”
“Let us see the child in our
midst as our greatest wealth and
our most challenging responsibil-
ity. Let us exalt him above in-
dustry, above business, above pol-
itics, above all the petty selfish
things that weaken and destroy
a people. Let us know that the
race moves forward through its
children and by the garge of al-
mighty God, setting our faces to-
ward the morning, dedicate our-
selves anew to the service and the
welfare of childhood.”—Joe Elmer
Morgan.
Also I would have you think
on this:
“Ah! what would the world be
tc us if the children were no more?
We should dread the desert be-
hind us worse than the dark be-
fore.”—H. W. Longfellow.
So let us work, work our best,
to help our children.
Funeral Services
Held Friday For
Former Cooper Man
Funeral services for Roy L.
Yokem who passed away at Lot-
hair, Mont, of a heart attack on
Aug. 26 were held last Friday at
the First Baptist Church here.
Revs. D. H. Bonner, J. C. Mc-
Clain and James Fox officiated.
He was born at Blevins, Ark.
on August 19,' 1897, and had been
away from Cooper a number of
years. He was employed by a
Railroad Company in Montana
and did not carry sufficient identi-
fication papers when he succumb-
ed and was identified through the
Veterans Administration by Anger
prints and his relatives located.
He was a veteran of World War
One and served in France with
a Cavalry detachment.
He was the son of the late Mr*.
Rosie Yokem who passed away
last October, and W. Y. Yokem
who died in 1922. He is survived
by these brothers and sister*t
Mrs. Louis M. Taylor, Houston;
Mrs. Ben F. Jones, Abilene; Mr*.
Annie Bruce, Hot Springs, Ark.|
Mrs. Cora King, Los Angeles,
Calif.; Mrs. Earl Tyner, Cooper;
Eunie Yokem, Littlefield; Ode
Yokem, Blevins, Ark.; Harve
Yokem, Hayworth, Okla.; J. I*
Atterberry, Cooper; and Will At-
terberry, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Pallbearers were Wesley Wal-
lace, Berthal Adair, Elbert Hol-
land, Bogue Craig, John Lancas-
ter, and Marvin Hornsby.
Other than brothers and sister*,
out of town attendants were Lee
and Brice Atterberry, Dallas; Mr.
and Mrs. Monroe Yokem, and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Yokem, Blevins,
Ark. ' !*
Delta Funeral Home had charge
of funeral arrangements.
Pecan Gap Youth
In Austin College
Registered among the more than
five hundred students at Austin
College, Sherman, is Claude V.
Parrish, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Parrish, of Pecan Gap.
Parrish, after twenty-three months
in the Navy, is studying Business
Administration.
Graveside Rites
Held For Infant
Graveside services were held at
Oaklawn Cemetery Sunday after-
noon for the infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blundell of
Lake Creek, Route 1.
She is survived by her parent*,
one brother and two sisters. Del-
ta Funeral Home was in charge
of funeral arrangements.
Don Miller Jeter, son of Mr<
and Mrs. Sammy Jeter, is home
from the Army, receiving his dia-
charge this week in San Antonio.
He spent 10 months in Wiesbaden,
Germany with the Army Air
Forces Band.
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