Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Review and Omrier
$1.50 A Year
With Semi-Weekly
$2.00 A Year
Serving Delta County For
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The Past Sixty-One Years
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Phone 109
Lady Attendant
Ambulance Service
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1940
VOLUME 61, NO. 24
Delta County
Population
Only 12,862
NUMBER OF FARMS
IN COUNTY SHOW
STE/*»Y DECLINE.
Filiation figures for Delta1
county took a drop tljis week as
Thomas J. Agnor, supervisor of
the census for this district, an-
nounced that tyhe population for
the county was 12,8*52 as compar-
ed with 13,138 persons in the
county in 1930.
The figures for the Sixteenth
Census were taken up to April 1
and are preliminary and subject to
correction.
) The number of farms in Delta
county took a drop from the 1930
•ount showing only 1,705 farms in
the county as of April 1. During
1930 there were 2,389 farms in the
county while there were only 2,-
192 during 1935.
Figures for Cooper showed that
the population is 2,536.
Rocking Waco
Street This Week
Much Needed County
Line Road Being
Sought By Citizens
D. C. McDonald, merchant at
Jot-Em-Down and A. R. Houchin,
manager of the Co-op gin at that
place were business visitors in
Cooper Thursday.
Jot-Em-Down is on the Delta-
Hunt county line 2 1-2 miles west
of the Winsett corner which is
the end of the rock road eight
miles west of Cooper. This is a
fine black land community and is
badly in need of a hard surfaced
so they can get out in wer.
( ther.
Yowell and Jot-Em-Down com-
munities had representatives be-
fore the Lions Club in Cooper
more than a year ago each asking
for much needed roads and enlist-
ed the aid of the Lions Club mem-
bers in efforts to secure them.
Since that time Commissioner
Oscar Tidwell has succeeded in
building a rock road to Yowell and
it is hoped that he will have avail
able funds to help Commissioner
Will McGaha build a hard surfaced
road to Jot-Em-Down, the location
of the road being on the precinct
line.
Magnolia Station
Opened This Week
The Magnolia Service Station,
operated by E. H. Hickman, was
formally opened this week as the
anost modern Magnolia service
station in this area.
Recently installed In the station
tire modern inclosed grease rank,
an Inclosed wash rack, provided
with vacuum cleaners for the in-
terior of cars.
Mr. Hickman invites his friends
nd customers to come by and see
for themselves this most modern
station.
Delta PeoDle Get
Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued to
the following Delta county people
t over the last week end in Choeta’.v
| county, Hugo, Oklahoma: Clyde
Smauel Porter to Helen Martin.
Chj^&ton; Una Yokum to Ola Tid-
I row, Cooper.
L - _ "—
|kjf- v June 20 is Clean-Up
| Day Cooper. Have your trash
out so that it can be
jbd up Thursday morning.
TOM ROUNTREE, Mayor.
NOTICE
City employees are rocking East
Waco street this week after drag-
ging the gravel out of the way. As
soon as the rocking is completed,
an asphalt topping will be placed
on top of the rock. The gravel
that is not used on the street will
be used on other streets and or,
the City lot one block east of the
old post office building.
’This rocking and topping of
Waco street is the first step in the
improvement of the streets of the
City under a WrA project approv
ed some time ago. Several miles
of streets will be rocked and top-
ped. Some streets will be either
rocked or graveled.
J. H. Tucker
Passes Away
Tuesday
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AT 4:30.
Last Rites
Held For
Crash Victim
MISS MURLIE PORTER
INSTANTLY KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday afternoon at two o’clock
at Charleston for iMiss Murlie
Porter, 22, wiho was instantly kill-
ed) early Tuesday morning in an
automobile accident on the Coop-
er-Paris highway near North Sul-
phur River.
Miss Porter was instantly killed
about 12:30 when the car in which
she was riding with three others
struck the banister of the first
bridge north of Sulphur River in
Lamar county. She died from ai
slashed throat and a broken neck.
Mrs. Nolan Avance of Centra-
lia, 111., was driving the car and,
9he is believed to ji have dozed
while driving. She and her hus-
band were visiting the Porters.
Lloyd Wright of Charleston, along
with the A vances. was taken to n
Paris hospital where they were
released Tuesday morning.
Rites for Miss Porter were held
in the Charleston Church with in-
terment being made in the Char-
leston cemetery. Services were
conducted by Bro. Wickersham.
Smith Funeral Home was I in
charge of the arrangements.
Miss Porter, who was born Feb.
22, 1918, is survived by her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Porter,
three sister^ and two brothers.
A daughter was horn Tuesday
at Janes Clinic and Hospital to
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Winchester of
route 1. Mrs. Winchester and,
baby returned to her home Thurs-
day.
Miss Ellene Stanley left Monday
morning for an extended visit at
Pheonix, Arizona, and Los An-
geles, California. Before returning
home she will attend the fair at
San Francisco.
J. H. Tucker died suddenly
Tuesday morning at Janes Clinic
and Hospital, from a heart attack
where he had been taken the day
before for medical treatment.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday afternoon at the Find
Baptist Church at 4:30 o’clock,
conducted by the Rev. R. E. Street-
man, assisted by the Rev. W. A.
Casseday of the Presbyterian
Church and the Rev. Hugh S. Por
ter of the Methodist Church. Bur-
ial was made in Oak I>awn ceme-
tery. The Delta Funeral Home had
charge of funeral arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Clara Tucker, and the following
children: Mrs. George Bigler and
Miss Harvey Marie Tucker of Den-
ver, Col., Mrs. Charlie Snyder, of
Abilene, Mrs. C. C. Alexander, of
Athens, Mrs. Millard Watson, Mrs.
Lowell Lawson, Mrs. Lyndol Cross
and Wanda Ruth Tucker of Coop-
er. He is survived’ by his mother,
E. J. Tucker, and a number of
grandchildren.
John Harvey Tucker was born
in the State of Mississippi on July
22, 1882. He had lived in Cooper
for many years and had been sup-
erintendent of the Cooper Cotton
Oil Mill for twenty years. Mr.
Tucker united with the
Church a number of years ago.
Active pallbearers were: C. C.
Alexander, L owell. Lawson, Millard
Watson, Charlie Snyder, Lyndol
Cross and Dewey Lanier. Em-
ployees of the Cooper Cotton Oil
Mill and intimate friends and asso-
ciates were designated as honorary
pallbearers.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Alexander
of Athens, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie’
Snyder and son of Abilene, Mrs.
George Bigler and two daughters,
and Miss Harvey Marie Tucker of
Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Tucker’s
mother, who was visiting in Cali-
fornia, arrived Wednesday end
Thursday for the funeral, also
Mrs. Tucker’s father of Sulphur
Bluff was among the relatives and
friends from out of town who at-
tended the last rites.
Final Day For
Mattress Program
Drawing Near
Farm families with a gross cash
income of less than $400 for 1939
are eligible to apply for mattress
making materials, but you are
urged to do so at once. Friday,
June 28, 3 p. m. is the deadline for
filing the applications in the of-
fice of Miss Ellen Hooker, agent.
At the present time, 780 appF
cations have been filed, 671 of
which have been approved by the
county AAA committee. Sixty
bales of cotton and 6,000 yards of
ticking have been ordered for
making the mattresses.
The six approved mattress mak-
ing centers in the county are lo-
cated in Lake Creek, Vasco, Enloe.,
Klondike, Pecan Gap and Cooper.
The work at these centers will be
under the supervision of the agent
and Mra. Hardin Noble, county
mattress chairman. A center chair-
man will direct the work at each
center, and these are: Mra. J. D.
Shults, Lake Creek; Mrs. Sam
Russell, Vasco; Mrs. Mack Field-
ing, Klondike; Mrs. L. D. Berry,
Enloe; Mrs. J. L. Reeves, Pecan
Gap; and Mra. L. S. Noland, Coop-
er. Mrs. John Newman is commun-
ity chairman for Brushy Mound,
Mrs. John Greer, Horton; Mrs.
Rush Young, Pacio; Mrs. Waldo
Anderson, Yowell. All the club
women in the county are cooperat-
ing to make the mattress making
demonstration program a success
in Delta county.
Bledsoe Joins
Sinclair Station
Wade Bledsoe and Homer Camp-
bell are now operating the Sin-
elir Service Station on West Dal-
las Avenue, Mr. Bledsoe making
the announcement this week The
station was formerly operated by
Mr. Campbell alone.
Mr. Bledsoe invitee his friends
to come by and see him.
Methodist Revival
Baptist I Scheduled To
Begin June 23
The Methodist revival which
was first set to begin June 16, will
begin one week later, June 23,
according to an announcement by
the paster, Rev. Hugh S. Porter.
Rev. L. E. Shackelford and his
wife of Tishomingo, Okla., will be
directors of music and Young
People’s work. Rev. Shackelford
is a Texan, having been reared in
Clarksville and attended Wesley
College and Southern Methodist
University. He is a graduate of the
School of Theology of S. M. U. and
also studied in the School of Music.
He has had wide experience as a
song leader and soliat, and being
a pastor, he has had experience
also in young people’s work.
In the morning and evening
services during the meeting, spe-
cial emphasis will be given to the
singing, not only by the choir, but
also by the congregation.
A Young People’s sendee will
be held each day with Rev. and
Mra. Shackelford directing the
work of the young people. All the
members and friends of Methodist
Church arc urged to make their
plans to attend the services.
Officers Elected
For Cotton Oil Co.
Miss Anna Woodruff will pre-
sent a group of piano pupils in
recital at the First Baptist Chruch
Friday evening at 8 o'clock. The
public is invited.
A daughter wa« torn Tuesday
morning to Mr and Mrs. Samuel
Hunter of Charleston at 1 Janes
Clinic and Hospital.
GRAND THEATRE
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
“GERONIMO”
Paramounts great western classic with an all star cast.
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT
“THE FATAL HOUR”
Chills, thrills and creeps.
SUNDAY and MONDAY, JUNE 16 - 17
“TILL WE MEET AGAIN”
George Brent, Merle Oberon and Pat O’Brien. The banner picture of
1940. Plus short reels.
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY. JUNE 18 - 19
“THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. KILDARE”
Lew Ayres, Loraine Day, Lione1 Barrymore and Nat Pendleton. Great
est of all Kildare pictures. Also news and comedy.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, JUNE 20.21
, “JOHNNY APOLLO”
Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold and Lloyd Nolan.
Also news and comedy.
DELTA THEATRE
FRIDAY and SATURDAY, JUNE 14 - 15
“ROARING WESTWARD”
With Tex Ritter and big western cast. Also “RED CIRCLE.”
SUNDAY and MONDAY, JUNE - 1?
“THE LIGHT THAT FAILED”
Ronald Coleman, Walter Huston and Ida Lupino. Also comedy
In a reecnt stockholders and di-
reators meeting of the Cooper
Cotton Oil Co., two Cooper people
were elected officers of the com-
pany.
Officers elected were L. C-
Hutson, Chickasha, Okla.. presi-
dent; Chester M. McKinney, first
vice president; Marvin P. Hol-
comb, Chickasha, secretary; and
Mrs. C. L. Stevens, treasurer.
Miller’si Pharmacy
Being Redecorated
G. L. Miller is redecorating the
interior of1 his drug store this
week, refinishing the walls in a;
lighter shade than formerly.
Mr. Miller is keeping up to his
standard ofj having one of the
most up-to-date pharmacys in this
i section of the country.
Darwin Johnson is taking a va-
cation this week and is visiting his
sister, Mrs. Albert Fry, at Hugo,
Okla.
Della To Get
Highways
Constructed
HIGHWAYS 154 AND
247 TO BE BUILT
DURING 1940, ’41.
Four highways are due to be
constructed in and around Delta
county during this year and next,
according to a report of the Texas
Highway Department. Highways
in Delta county are the cut-off
from the Cooper Sulphur Springs
Highway to Pickens’ Store, No.
154 and No. 247 from the begin-
ning cf the cut-off on the Cooper-
Sulphur Springs Highway to Sul-
phur River.
L. D. Cabantss, senior resident
engineer, stated in a letter re-
ceived here that the two highways
have been completely financed’
and arc earmarked for early con-
struction. Both highways are in
the 1941 Regular Federal Aid
Program.
Highway No. 247 will bo con-
structed for a total of two miles at
a cost of approximately $21,000,
while highway No. 154 will cost
$68,'000 for a total of 3.5 miles.
A long awaited highway wilL bo
constructed in the near future
from Cunningham to near Sulphur
Bluff, a distance of approximately
four miles. The cost for this high-
way will be about $312,000. It will
be built in the 1940 Secondary
Highway Program.
The rest of Highway No. 24 In
Lamar county is due to be com-
pleted during 1941. Nearly 12
miles of the highway will be con-
creted and asphaltic shoulders
built.
Services Held For
Birthright Man
F’uneral services foi J. W. Rush-
ing of Birthright were held Sun-
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at
the Birthright church with Hugh
Thompson in charge Mr Rushing
passed away after a short illness
Thursday.
Burial was made in the family
cemetery on their farm near
Birthright. Services were in charge
of Smith Funeral Home.
Father Of Etex
Coach Passes
Away In Paris
PARIS, June 13.—Robert Par-
rish Berry, father of Bob Berry
of Commerce, passed away Wed-
nesday morning at 10:115 o’clocki
at the Paris Sanitarium. Mr.
Berry, assistant secretary of the
City of Paris, had been in a crit-
ical condition for the past few1
days. He was 69 years of age.
Funeral | services were held
Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock
at the Brown-Roden Funeral Chap-
el at Paris, conducted by the Rev.
C. D. Montgomery, pastod of the
First Methodist Church, assisted
by the Rev. Charles Dickey, pas-
tor of the Central Presbyterian
Church. Interment was! made Ini
the Evergreen cemetery. Pall-
bearers were Dr. O. F. Kerbow,
V. McClin, Ralph Walters, Joe
Williams, Clark Estes, and Frank
Fuller.
lfr. Berry is survived by hia»
widow, the former Ella Henley;
one son, Bob Berry- East Texas
State Teachers College coauh; and
one sister, Mary Berry Johnson,
of Paris.
Mr. and Mra. J. E. Nelson were
in Paris Tuesday to see Mr. Nel-
son’s brother-in-law, E. M. Powell,
who is seriously ill.
Home Grown Seed Provides
Big Yield At Little Cost
E. V. AiKin was taken ill oli
Sunday afternoon and was con-
fined to his room Monday.
LOUISE ENGEL
Home Supervisor
Year after year many a family
spends $5 to $10 a year on garden
seed. This is a very little bit com-
pared to the amount of feed that
can be produced from this little
amount of money. However, even
much less can be saved if garden,
seed are produced at home.
There are other advantages in
having home grown seed other
than the saving of money. Seeds:
become adapted to different kinds
of soils and thus produeto more as
wt.ll as become climated to the
temperature. Frequently garden
seed produced in a different lo-
cality will blight and mildew’ thus
cutrail production.
Many people think that one can
not save their garden seed. Sav-
ing these sccJ ir the •am'’ n« •sw-
ing cotton, corn, or any other
field seed. Select the very best
and most prolific stalks. Do not
pick any of-the fruit hut let them
all mature and then save the most
mature and largest of the seed.
Alw'ays let the seeds dry thorough-
ly on the stalk, gather and dry
them, wrap in paper or put in
small containers where a little air
can get to them. Be sure to lr’bri
all seeds. Sealing seed in an air-
tight container causes them to go
through e.heat, thus destroying the
germ of the seed.
These garden seed can be plant-
ed in the fall of the year or the
next spring. They keep indefi-
nitely. Protect all beans and peas
from weevils by treating them
with “highlife.”
Seeds can,1 he saved of English
peas, mustard, spinach, lettuce,
radishes, tomatoes, squash, pum-
Wn*. okrn. hot and sweet pepper,
sweet corn, onions, all bean seeds,
canteloups 'and watermelons.
Grand Jury
Returns 33
Indictments
County Ready
For Hopper f
Infestation*
MIXING BATCH OF
POISON IN SEAMAN-
EAST BUILDING.
Mixing of poison to spread over
Delta county fields will begin to
day with the initial amount of
poison going to farmers in the
east end of Delta county where
infestation from grasshoppers Is
reported to be as heavy as ever
seen before in the history of the
insects in the county.
Fourteen sacks of bran and a
quantity of poison that was left
ever from last year will be used
by County Agent W. H. Jones in
mixing the first batch at the Sea-
man-East building near the depot.
The poison on hand will be free to
everyone that wants it and will
only be asked to help in the mix-
ing. Thereafter there will be a
small charge of 50 cents per 100
pounds.
A barrel of poison and 50 sacks
of bran are forthcoming from
Lamar county in the near future,
Mr. Jones stated and set the dates
for mixing the poison for every
Tuesday and Friday as long as
there is any need for it.
Infestation in the county dhi3
year is mostly confined to the east
end of the county extending from
Charleston to Lake Creek on the
north along North Sulphur River
and along South Sulphur River
east from Charleston. Most of the
grasshoppers are still in the mea-
dows and haven’t yet moved into
the fields.
The grasshoppers are seemly
making a migration along the two
Sulphur rivers. In 1935 when
grasshopper infestation was first
noticed in Delta county, the 'hop-
pers were In the extreme north
and southwest comers of the coun-
ty and have moved eastward each
year. Poison has killed the "hop-
pers out of the Infested plaees
each year but they have moved on
presumbly with overflows. It is
thought by authorities that the
’hoppers came into the county thin
way.
MORE EXPECTED TO
BE RETURNED
THIS WEEK.
A total of 33 indictments wevw
returned during the week by the
grand jury for the 8th District
Court and continued their session
late Thursday afternoon. It is ex-
pected that they will recess tor
Friday and meet again sometime
during the three weeks 1 terra of
court.
Jury notices were sent out thi»
week to 28 men to appear Moiufaqr
when Judge Charles D. Berry wtt
convene the court. Court will few
held in the I. O. ©. F. buildusM
during the three weeks [term.
Of the 33 cases that will turn
the petit jury'during the threw
weeks of district court will ho
eight cases of forgery, seven cnOMr
for passing, five cases for burgUu*-
ly, five cases for driving while in-
toxicated, and eight cases for
theft, four of these were for ear
theft.
Foreman of the grand jury for
this term of court is R, N. Sto-
vall. Other jurors are M. Stub-
blefield, T. C. Wilhite, C. B. Win-
ters, W. C. Jones, L. H. Weat,
Wynes Templeton, S. E. Polk, A.
H. Jacks, Homer Beasley, H. M.
Moon, O. C. Brooks, D. A. Pardue,
Russell Regan. Carmon Stockton,
and Luther McCullough.
Blacksmith Unit
Installed In
NYA Workshop
In addition to the woodworking
shop that has been in operation for
some months, the National Youth
Administration has built an exten-
sion to the shop that is to be used
ror a unity in blaeksmithin, mould-
ing and nattem-making.
In this unit, the boys engaged
>n NYA work of this nature wMI
have an opportunity to learn the
fundamental principles of blade-
smithing. The unit was made poa-
sible through the efforts County
Judge J. T. Taylor, W. N. McGaha.
Oscar Tidwell, D. E. Wood sad
Jack Johnson, commissioners.
In the woodworking shop, thw
vouths employed are building IS
primary reading tables and repair-
ing and refinishing the school,
desks for the East Delta Hidb
School.
The shop expects to servo OK
many Delta county schools aa h»
possible in the near future.
Piano Student*
Receive Award*
In Audition
Piano students of Miss Anaa
Woodruff received many awards
at the annual meeting of the Jun-
ior Van Kntwijk Club in Dallaj
Saturday. The meeting is an audi-
tion that is held every year for
students in the McFarlin Audi-
torium.
Students winning honor* in the
auditions wore: Jean Harper, (Hin-
du Rae Hooten and Litrclle Tem-
pleton. pold pin: Mary Lena Ray,
Mary Jim Watkins, Litrelle Tem-
pleton. Olinda Rae Hocten and
Jean Harper, blue ribbon; Mary
Jim Watkins, Betty Jean Stephen-
son, Mary Lena Ray and Olinda
Rae Hooten, red ribbon; Gladys
Stubblefield, Betty Jean Stephen-
son and Mary Lena Ray, white
ribbon: Olinda Rae Hooten, Mary
Jim Watkins, Mary Lena Ray,
Litrelle Templeton, Betty Jean
Stephenson, Gladys Stubblefield
and Jean Harper, green ribbon.
NOTICE OF MASONIC
MEETING MONDAY
Monday evening at 8 o’clock
there will be a Masonic meeting.
Work in the E. A. degree. Mem-
bers requested to be present, and
visitors welcome.
R. E. STREETMAN, W. M.
J. M. EARLY, Secretary.
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