Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1952 Page: 1 of 12
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Serving Delta County For
Cancer Strikes . . .
one in five . . . strike back! When
you’re called on for funds to fight
cancer . . . give! Strike back!
Combined with
\^ The Past Seventy-three Years
The (ilory of Christ’s . . .
Resurrection Calls! (Jo to church
on Caster Sunday and honor Ilim.
The Delta Courier
Sulphur VaHey Publishing Company
Mrs Blacketer
1C t "T A 1T,rs D««»tKeler
I 1 Cl- 1 ^ And Delta Pupil
3LJ I ARY At ETSTC Clinic
By Richard Stringfellow
This past week the Sulphur
Valley has had just about every
type of weather except snow. If
variety is the spice of life, those
of us who live here should be
happy . . . that is, with the weath-
er anyway.
Included in the varying ele-
ments, was a slight tremor on
Wednesday morning about 10:30.
Many residents “felt” the ususual
quake. It is reported that the
chimney at the home of Hib
Click at Charleston tumbled
from the “shake”.
Two hundred Delta county pub-
I lie school students from Pecan
Gap, Enloe, East Delta and West
Delta schools were joined by a
group of teachers and the sup-
erintendents in attending a pub-
lic school music clinic held Tues-
day at East Texas State Teachers
College, Commerce. The Delta
•tudents were in charge of Mrs.
Don Blacketer, director of music
in Delta county public schools.
The clinic was in charge of Dr.
James Richards and Dr. Floyd A.
Hanson of the FTSTC music
faculty. Interpretation and tone
quality were stressed at the morn-
ing sessions. In the afternoon a
program was given by the college
faculty, including choral and
band ensembles.
wmm
According to T. Frank Stew-
art, publishers of the Bonham
Daily Favorite, Sam Rayburn
would accept the democratic
nomination for president if it
were handed to him at the demo- i
viatic national convention.
* # *
By way of better informing the
voters of Delta county on the
1947 Road Bond Law, there will
be meetings held in Pecan Gap,
East Delta, Klondike. Enloe and
Lake Creek next week
Monday night there will be a
meeting at the Pecan Gap High
School; Tuesday night, at the
Community Building at Lake
Creek; Wednesday night, at the
Enloe High School: Thursday
night, at the West Delta High
School, for the Klondike area;
and Friday night, at the East
Delta High School
R. H. Good has been appointed
to select men to hold these round
table discussions at those various
points throughout the county.
Whether the 1947 Road Bond
Law is an economical, practical
measure for Delta county to
adopt will be decided by an elec-
tion to be held on Saturday, April
26, by the citizens of this county. District contracting officer in
Some counties of the state have,1 the Air Force, Birmingham, Ala.,
through several years of experi- T. N. Cutnming, son of Mr. and
ence, found this form of county Mrs. T. B. Cumming of Cooper,
Volume 73. No. 15
Cooper Teacher
Escapes Injury
James E. Jones, Cooper public
! school teacher, had a narrow es-
cape from death on Wednesday,
April 2, when a private plane
he was attempting to take off in
at the Hillcrest Airport in Com-
merce, leaped into the air at the
end of the runway and crashed.
Although the plane was badly
wrecked, Mr. Jones escaped with
only a bruised leg.
Mr. Jones, who saw three years
of service in the Marine Air Force
during World War II, had secur-
ed the plane to fly over the Jones
farm and take some pictures. As
he left the runway, the left wing
of the plane dropped and after
lifting into the air, took a nose
dive into the field. The force
tore the propeller off, separated
the right wing from the plane
and crushed the fuselage.
The Cooper Review, Cooper, Texas
Death Comes To County Meetings
Doctor Ellington, On ’47 Road Bond
Veteran Dentist Law To Be Held
Friday, April 11, 1952
■
District Air Contracting Officer
Addresses Western Air Procurement
A
JISPl
I)K. W. G. ELLINGTON
Southern Methodist University, j
Dallas, and holds a B.S. degree 1
from East Texas State Teachers j
College, Commerce.
The work of Mr. Cumming in |
Birmingham is under Col. Eugene
! Rovegne, chief of the civilian j
'maintenance detachment, Hayes
Aircraft Corporation.
In his Los Angeles address Mr. \
Cumming spoke of the lack of
■ experienced personnel and the !
( necessary qualifications and ex- 1
perience; selection of contracting
officers; the inexperience of Air
| Material Areas in overall ad-
Dr. William George Ellington,
32, who had practiced dentistry
in Cooper for more than 48 years,
succumbed lust Friday just before
noon at the Paris Sanitarium
where he had been a patient for
more than a month. He suffered _
a broken thigh last November I _
17. and although he recovered PI nnnril
fn m tlic accident as far us the ] V/vl.l."II V^vrllllvll
bene was concerend, complica-
tions developed which took his
Announcement has been made
of five meetings to be held next
week throughout the county to
better acquaint the voters of Del-
ta county with the Road Bond
Law of 1947.
These meetings include: Mon-
dav night. Pecan Gap High
School; Tuesday night, Lake
Creek Community Building; Wed-
nesday night, Enloe High School;
Thursday night, West Delta High
School; Friday night, East Delta
High School
A special election has been
called by the commissioners court
for April 26 for the voters to de-
cide whether or not Delta county
will adopt this new form of coun-
ty government.
R. H. Good has been appointed
to select men who are well in-
formed about the Road Bond Law
of 1947 to hold these various
meetings. The public is cordially
invited to attend one or more
of the meetings throughout the
county, where questions will be
discussed both pro and con as to
Delta county adopting the, some-
times called, unit system of gov-
ernment.
Cooper and Delta County Voters
Name Trustees In Saturday Voting
Adair And Miller n .. ,
Are Re-elected Delta Nahoml
Buys Local Bonds
Totaling $46,000
To School Board
Only 52 votes were cast in the
Cooper Independent District
school board election last Satur-
day, Superintendent Wade T.
Bledsoe states. With only two
candidates up for re-election, un-
opposed, many persons didn’t feel
that it was necessary to vote.
Ed Adair, school board presi-
dent received 52 votes and Man-
tun Miller, school board secretary,
received 51 votes, one voter writ-
ing in the name of his personal
favorite for the office.
Other members of the Cooper
school board, all holdovers, are
Richard Poe, Alton Wright, Eu-
gene Carrington, Fred Newman
and Mancil Mosley.
Warns Farmers
Against Insects
Funeral services were held last
Saturday at 4 p.m. at the First
Baptist Church, of which he was
an ardent member and chairman
. . , ., .... . . (if the board of deacons for many I season ahead is the National Cot-
mimstrative responsibility, detail- The pastor, the Rev. Jim ton Council’s advice to cotton
ing the scope and relationships j Cole assisted by his father. Dr. farmers.
involved;
staff
organization
changes; and technical liaison
Ira C. Cole of Memphis, Tenn., I The Council pointed out that in
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I N. ( I AIMING
officiated. A crowd of friends j most areas the winter has been
and inspec ion teams. and l t,]aijvcs 0f t,be veteran den-1 mild—an indication of a substan-
He also spoke of the distribu- tist completely filled the church tial survival of hibernating boll
tion of publications, the alternate auditorium. McDonald Funeral j weevil. Although infestation in
applicability of publications, I Home was in charge, making in-1 1951 was comparatively light, late
types of contractors and the com- terment in Oak Lawn Cemetery, 'growths of the cotton plant in
bination of procurement districts
and AMA's.
A native Texan, Dr. Ellington the early fall caused heavy build-
was born in Almira, Cass county, i ups of pests in some sections.
government to be successful. The
measure, which is sometimes
called the county unit system, is
designed to streamline county
government.
Another phase for which the
addressed a contracting officers
school for the Western Air Pro-
curement District at Los Angeles,
Calif., on March 4 His subject
was "Current Problems Rising in
the Administration of Mainten-
law is intended is to operate the lance Contracts.”
county on a more economical Mr. Cumming, who spoke at the
*3as*s- command of Lieutenant General
Unless the voters of this coun- Rawlings, was flown to Los An-
ty have been informed prior to Soles in a government plane. Just
April 26 as to the mechanics of j before making the trip Mr. Cum-
this form of government, they ; ming met his parents at Green-
will not be able to vote, for or ' ville, Miss., for a short visit.
against, with an intelligent con-
viction. By all means, every
voter should attend one or more
of these public meetings to be
held next week and ask as many
questions as possible. After that,
make up your mind one way or
the other and, most important of
all, VOTE. When? Saturday.
April 26.
* * *
For some enterprising young
man in Cooper there is a golden
opportunity for him to start rais-
ing hogs. Hardly a day passes
that some person doesn’t say, “I
wish 1 could get somebody to pick
up my garbage.”
Not only could this young man
pick up $15 or $20 per week
(after school, maybe) but he
could also feel that he is con-
tributing to the sanitation of the
town and doing his part to keep
polio from attacking this com-
munity. By the way. the hogs
would sell for a profit, too.
• * *
There was a time when this
good land of ours in the Sulphur
Valley didn’t need (or get) much
fertilizer. Things have changed
now, and one feed and seed deal-
er estimates that 500 times as
much fertilizer is sold now than
was sold only five years ago.
* » *
The beautiful state flower, the
Blue Bonnet, put on a new Easter
coat at the home of Robert
Singleton this year. Instead of
the traditional blue, many of
these flowers were found to be
pink and were growing in with
the blue ores. Well, anybody
wants a new coat with a bright
new color, but who would have
thought the “Blue" Bonnet would
do such a thing?
II. E. Thornberry of Dallas,
formerly of Cooper, spent Thurs-
day in Cooper visiting his son,
E. G. Thornberry. Mr. Thorn-
berry left Delta county in 1943
and is now employed as a carpen-
ter in Dallas. He came into The
Review office to enter a year’s
subscription to the paper.
A native of Cooper and a grad-
uate of Cooper High School class
of 26, Mr. Cumming has worked
for the U. S. Government for the
past 18 years, lacking only nine
years of being eligible for re-
tirement. He is an ex-student of
They’ll do it
Every Time
A little 50c Want Ad in
The Cooper Review sold a
quantity of sheet iron in
three hours after the paper
came out, said Judge New-
man Phillips when he came
to The Review office to pay
the bill. “Even before I
saw the ad in the paper my-
self, people began calling,”
Judge Phillips said, “and I
found that it really pays to
advertise in The Review.”
Nov. 1, 1869, a son of the late
T. S. and Nancy R. Ellington. He
was graduated from the high
school at Almira and immediate-
ly entered the dental college of
Tulane University, New Orleans,
La. Although he came out of
that college without credits suf-
ficient for a degree, he opened
a dental office in his home town
of Almira where he remained for
only a few months.
Dr. Ellington came to Cooper
Nov. 8, 1896, and opened a dental
office. He took off long enough
to attend Louisville Dental Col-
lege, Kentucky, receiving his
dentistry degree in 1904. Ex-
cept for a brief period when lie
practiced in Texarkana in order
Donald Funeral Home. I to be with a younger brother
Mrs. Edwards had been in fail- who was blind, Dr. Ellington has
ing health for some time and had been engaged in his profession
been a patient the past 16 weeks ^In Cooper. The blind brother,
at the Sanitarium of Paris where J- H. Ellington, has resided with
death occurred April 3 at 9:35'the dentist in Cooper for several
p.m. I years. Dr. Ellington had long
A native Texan, Mrs. Edwards | been a member of both the Texas
as Maggie Golden Tennyson, was ar|d American Dental Societies.
Funeral Service
For Mrs. Edwards
Is Held In Cooper
Last rites for Mrs. L. A. Ed-
wards, 50, a resident of the Mt.
Joy community, were held last
Saturday at 2 p.m. at the First
Baptist Church of Cooper. The
pastor, the Rev. Jim Cole, was
assisted by the Rev. A. O. Wright
of Paris and the Rev. Leslie Cole-
man of Enloe, in conducting the
service. Interment was in Oak
Lawn Cemetery directed by Mc-
These insects went into hiber-
nation in fairly good condition
and unless extremely cold wea-
thei prevails during the next lew
weeks, spring counts of boll wee-
vil and other insects are ex-
pected to be high.
Review Foreman
Missed As Paper
Goes To Press
The hand of a master crafts-
man was missed when the cur-
rent issue of The Review was in
process of publication this week.
As Kirby S. True, foreman of the
Get ready to fight pests in the mechanical department lay in a
hospital bed in Paris awaiting
major surgery today, his asso-
ciates were struggling to do not j
only their own work, but that
of the veteran printer whose
genial personality and construe-1
five suggestions have gone a long |
way in getting out a good paper.
The trite old saying “We never
miss the water till the well runs j
dry," has been particularly ap-1
plieable this week as the Review
staff worked lung hours to wo-
duce the usual weekly publica-
tion. Mr. True has done so many
things during his more than 30
years as a Review printer that he
might have been taken for grant-
ed. His absence has revealed the
major part he plays in publishing
the paper.
Mr. True entered the Sani-
tarium of Paris last Monday noon
in preparation for surgery this
morning. lie was given a blood
transfusion Wednesday.
Among those who are giving
blood for Mr. True are the pub-
lishers for whom he works, name-
ly Richard Stringfellow and J. T.
Toney; Loyd Tolleson, Review
pressman and stereotyper; and
Attesting their faith in Cooper
and its Independent School Dis-
trict, the Delta National Bank of
Cooper has purchased school
bonds totaling $46,000, J. R. Wat-
kins, bank president, said Wed-
nesday.
The bonds were purchased from
Columbian Securities Corporation
of San Antonit who purchased
the entire $225,000 issue recently
voted by the school district for
the construction of a new grade
school and other buildings and re-
pairs to the high school. The
San Antonio company bought the
bonds on a low bid of 3.08 per
cent.
The Wyatt C. Hedrick archi-
tectural firm of Dallas, which is
drawing up plans for the school
building program, told Superin-
tendent Wade T. Bledsoe Wed-
nesday that the plans .are coming
along fine and a conference with
the school board and Mr. Bled-
soe will be arranged at an early
date. The special committee of
Dallas has passed on the need of
new school construction for Coop-
er and has given the go ahead
sign to bond purchasers and
architects, Mr. Bledsoe states.
County Schools
Elect Trustees
Ten schools in the Delta public
school system held school trustee
elections last Saturday, naming
a total of 16 trustees, with Ken-
sing in the extreme eastern part
of the county unheard from.
Total number of votes cast was
451. A. H. Jack and W. H. Igle-
hart, unopposed, were re-elected
to the county school board.
The following trustees were
elected: Enloe, T. C. Maddox,
Lain Young and Lee Cregg; Yow-
ell, W. D. Smith; West Delta,
Sam Brown and Grady Moore:
East Delta Jolly Boyd, Cecil
Basham and W. W. Patterson;
Ben Franklin, D. R. Black. Jr.;
Race Track, Roy Nabors; Horton,
C. T. Busby; Simmons, H. C. Mc-
Carrell; and Pecan Gap, Jack
Willmon. O. G. Olson and Joe
Dawson.
Pecan Gap cast the largest num-
ber of votes, with a total of 153.
Enloe was second, with 97 votes
cast, and East Delta third, with
72 votes cast.
Cancer Crusade
To Open Monday
In Delta County
born Oct. 21, 1901, daughter of J.
L. Tennyson of Ft. Worth and the
late Mrs. Eddie Foster Tennyson.
On Jan. 19, 1899, Dr. Ellington
married Miss’ Minnie Mae Mc-
Michael, daughter of the phy-
Surviving in addition to her 1 sician who delivered him. Mrs.
husband are two sisters and two Ellington died in 1946. His sec-
brothers, Mrs. Lilly McGee of ond marriage was to Mrs. Lo-
Ft. Worth, Mrs. Mattie Williams raine Williams of Ft. Worth, who
of Paris, and Roscoe and Jesse i survives him, along with two
Tennyson of Ft. Worth. Her brothers, Dr. Charles S. Elling-
father, J. L. Tennyson of Ft. ton with whom he was long as-
Worth, also survives. sociated in practice of dentistry,
Pallbearers were D. E. Wood, and his blind brother, both of
Bob Viles, Elmer Bolton, J. H. Cooper. He also leaves a sister,
Landers, Bill Berry and Pierce Mrs. J. H. Blankenship of Tex-
Thompson. arkana, and a number of nieces
- I and nephews.
Elizabeth Duvall of Paris visit- For the past 25 years Dr. Ell-
ed The Review office Wedensday. i ington had specialized in pros-
C. of C. Contest
Dates Extended
Announcement was made this
week of the extension of the con-
test dates of the agricultural con-
tests sponsored by the Delta
County Chamber of Commerce for
farmers of Delta county.
Those contests which have been
extended are: corn, pasture and
soil conservation. Guy Ray is
chairman of the Agricultural
Committee of the C. of C. and in
announcing the extension, stated
that now the deadline would be
May 15 instead of the fifteenth
of this month as previously an-
nounced.
According to Gene Leslie, man-
thetics, the science of making and
fitting artificial teeth. He main-
tained his own laboratory where
he did all the work except partial
dentures, which were sent out of
town.
Nephews of Dr. Ellington serv-
ed as active pallbearers, and
honorary pallbearers were mem-
bers of the board of deacons of
the First Baptist Church, and
Pete Purkhill, G. L. Miller, L. F.
Hooten, Manton Miller, George
Love, Howard Dawson, Alfred
Garner and W. I. Bartley.
Jack Dunlap, manager of thej
Cooper plant of the Texas Power j
and Light Company. Blood tak-
en from the Paris blood bank was j
used and the Cooper men are
giving blood to replace it. Al-
though Mr. True’s blood type is
RH-O, any type of blood is be-
ing uclepted by the blook bank
in lieu of the blood used.
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TROY BREWER
Beginning next Monday, Delta
county will launch a week’s in-'
tensive Cancer Crusade tinder the
direction of Troy Brewer, co-
ordinator of the Delta County
Vocational School for Veterans.
___crn Jefferson ■ Mr. Brewer will have the assist-
I once of a large group of workers,
ager of the DCCC, increased in-J including Mrs. Hugh Tomlinson,
terest has been shown in the past j chairman of publicity, and Dr.
few weeks in the various con-1 Osier Janes, medical adviser,
tests sponsored this year by this “Cancer Strikes One in Five,
organization. Strike Back” is the theme of this
yeai's Cancer Crusade which is
Tlic Wesleyan Service Guild,
business and professional wo-
men’s division of the Cooper Wo-
man’s Society of Christian Ser-
vice, has been offering pecan
candy for sale for the benefit of
the church building fund. Up to
being held throughout Texas
during the month of April. The
Delta county quota has been set
at $539, and Mr. Brewer and his
workers are hopeful that the
drive can be brougrt to a success-
ful conclusion in one week.
Christ Triumphant Delta Church Theme Easter Sunday
By Fern Jefferson
It was on Wednesday before
Easter that the Sanhedrin com-
posed of 71 priests, scribes and
elders, presided over by a high
priest, began to plot the actual
death of Christ on the cross.
They were inspired to the black-
est deed of all history by personal
greed and the fear of losing their
own high places—much as many
today reject Christ’s teachings for
the pleasures and cash of the
world. •
And today, Good Friday, is the
anniversary of the Savior’s death,
when the world was in darkness
as He hung on the cross which
He, himself, had labored to carry
up the long hill.
But on Easter Sunday, three
days after His crucifixion and en-
tombment, the triumphant resur-
rection of Christ took place, and
Two Klondike girls were in- Christians throughout the world
stalled as officers of the Baptist
Student Union of East Texas
State Teachers College, Com-
merce, last Sunday evening. Muss
Iris Chancellor, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Chancellor, was in-
stalled as vice president in charge
of social service, and Miss Ann
Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Orville Brooks, was installed as
vice president and devotional
chairman
will rejoice next Sunday, Easter
Day, that through the supreme
sacrifice of Jesus Christ, they are
assured of life eternal.
Holy Week of 1952 has been
filled with special devotions as
men, women and children from
all walks of life have engaged in
special religious devotions
throughout Delta county in prep-
aration for Faster worship. The
county’s Baptist churches have
been busy with simultaneous re-
vivals, and revival services have
been held each night at Cooper
Methodist Church where the pas-
tor, the Rev. James E. Jones, has
taken for his theme “Back to the
Carpenter.” Opening Holy Week
the high school choir of Cooper
sang an Easter cantata last Sun-
day afternoon.
Easter Sunrise Hour
Two Easter Sunrise services
have been announced in Delta
county—one to be held on the
west side of the Pecan Gap school,
the other to be held at Delta
Country Club by Cooper Metho-
dist young people. Paul D. Mill-
er and Kendall Wright will ap-
pear as trumpeters opening this
service on the greens near the
clubhouse. Benny Joe Clark will
lead the program, presenting
Hugh C. Tomlinson, chief speak-
er, whose subject will be ‘‘The
Living Christ.” The opening
hymn will be “He Arose” and
before the benediction "He Lives”
will be sung by the entire as-
sembly. Pat Conley will read
Matthew' 28:1 10 03 a scripture
lesson Olen Janes, Jr. will read
the poem “An Easter Morning”
and Jimmie Van McClain will
play a saxophone solo. Jimmie
Roman will say the benediction.
Before returning to Cooper the
young people will be served cof-
fee and doughnuts.
Christian Church
“Jesus Calls Us to Life Eternal”
will be the subject of the Rev.
Charles W. Reader’s Easter morn-
ing sermon at the First Christian
Church of Cooper. With Miss
Frankie McKinney at the piano,
the choir will sing the anthem
“He Lives.” Members of the
choir include Mrs. Kirby S. True,
Mrs. Lud Moss, Mrs. Page Ander-
son. Mrs. O. L. Talley, Mrs. J. H.
McKinney, D. R. Scott, T. P.
Harwood, Mrs. C. C. Taylor and
Mrs. H. E. McKinney. At 7 pjn.
the Rev. Mr. Reader’s sermon
subject will be "A Man Who
Loved Glitter.” A children’s
program was given on Palm Sun-
day at this church, and a candle-
light communion service will be
held tonight at 7.
Cooper Baptist
The Rev. Jim Cole, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Coop-
er will deliver an Easter message
at 11 a.m. Sunday. At 7:30 p.m.
the choir under the direction of
Luther H. Brown will present an
Easter musicale entitled "Christ,
The Victor.” The program in six
parts includes: “Blessed Is He
That Cometh”, “The Cross of Cal-
vary”, “He Giveth His Life for
the Sheep”, “In The Garden”,
“As It Began to Dawn” and “Tis
Easter Day.” Mrs. Arthur Stah-
mer will be at the organ at both
Sunday services.
This church Thursday night
closed a revival with the pastor’s
father, Dr. Ira C. Cole, Memphis,
Tenn., as evangelist. Twenty-
five additions were made to the
church.
Cooper Methodist
“The Victorious Carpenter” will
be the theme of the Rev. James
E. Jones’ sermon Sunday at 11
a m. at Cooper Methodist Church.
This sermon closes a week’s Holy
Week service at this church with
the Rev. Mr. Jones preaching
nightly on the general theme
“Back to the Carpenter.” The
choir directed by Mrs. Kermit
Carrington will sing the anthem
“He Lives” (Rev. A. H. Ackley)
at the Easter morning service.
At 7:30 p.m. the choir of 35 voices
will present an Easter cantata
“Hail, King of Glory” (Keating),
with Mrs. J. T. Toney as organ
accompanist.
Church of Christ
Norman W. Cavender, minister,
will preach at 10:45 a.m. and 8
p.m. Sunday at the Cooper
Church of Christ. Subject of the
morning sermon will be “Believ-
ing a Lie”, and the evening “Je-
Thursday afternoon $40 had been thodgh if it takes longer they
made through the project. are prepared to continue their
efforts.
The American Cancer Society
| lists the following danger signals
of cancer that call for prompt
attention: Any sore that does
„ , . not heal, a lump or thickening in
sus-The Answer to Human Prob- j the breast or elsewhere, ususual
, bleeding or discharge, any change
in a wart or mole, persistent in-
digestion or difficulty in swallow-
lems.
Many Worship Easter
Churches of Horton, Klondike,
Antioch, Enloe, Pecan Gap, East
Delta, Charleston and Lake Creek
all are planning to give special
attention to the Easter message.
Many of these churches have
been holding revivals and have
added several members to the
church rolls. The East Delta
church is planning to start a re-
vival on April 20, with the Rev.
R. E. Streetman of Coleman,
formerly of Cooper, as evangelist.
The Klondike Church of Christ
tonight will close a revival which
has been conducted by Paul
Brftck of the Mt. Vernon Church
of Christ. The Antioch Baptist
Church Sunday will conclude a
revival, with the Rev. Howard S.
Kolb of Pine Bluff, Ark., preach-
ing, assisted by the pastor, the
Rev. Eugene Johnson.
Calvary Baptists
A revival will begin Easter
Sunday morning at the Calvary
Baptist Church of Cooper, East
1st. The Rev. Dick Woodard of
Saltillo will preach for the re-
vival Sunday and dally at 7:30
p.m. throughout the coming week.
The public is being Invited to
attend.
ing, persistent hoarsness or
cough and any change in normal
bowel habits.
“The 1952 Cancer Crusade goal
of $16,000,000 is needed to finance
nation-wide research, education
and service for patients through-
out the American Cancer Socie-
ty’s 61 chartered divisions,” Mr.
Question-Answer
On ’47 Road Law
Several questions which have
been asked those men in the
county who have seen the 1947
Road Bond Law in operation are
listed below, as well as the an-
swers that were given:
Q. Where did the Optional
County Road of 1947 originate?
A. It was written and con-
ceived by Curtis Morris, Taxa-
tion and Legislative specialist,
employed by the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce.
Q. What is the basic advantage
of the law?
A. It promotes efficiency in
county government thereby re-
ducing cost and making your tax
dollar go further.
Q. Does the precincts lose
their identity?
A. The precincts still will
elect their own commissioner and
he represents his precinct on the
commissioners court but as far
as maintainence is concerned
there are no precinct lines.
Q. Is it necessary that a coun-
ty engineer be employed?
A. A county road engineer
must be employed and he must
meet the qualifications of the
State Highway Department.
Q. How much will the en-
gineer's salary be set at?
A. This matter is left to the
commissioners court to hire the
person best qualified to fill the
needs of the county. The start-
ing salary for the State Highway
Department is $240 per month
or $2,800 per year. Falls and
Limestone evunties have been
paying $5,000 per year for their
engineer but they are several
times the size of Delta county.
The maximum salary that can bo
paid is $7,200 per month.
Q. Does the county engineer
run the county’s business?
A. Absolutely not. He is
strictly an executive employee of
the county subject to the direc-
tives of the commissioners. The
commissioners approve all hiring
and firing of personnel as set out
in Section 9 of the law. The en-
gineer makes up the operating
budget, supervices the county
road department, prepares plans
and specifications and carries out
other directives as set out by the
commissioners court.
Q. Does the county operate on
a budget system?
A. Yes. As the county buys
all material on a bid basis it is
necessary that a budget be pre-
pared and approved in advance
on such items as gasoline, oil,
tires, machienry and other repair
parts. If at the end of the year
a part of the money set aside for
gasoline is not used up it may be
transferred to some other item
upon approval of the commission-
ers court as set out in section 13.
Q. Will this system take most
of the politics out of the county
load and bridge work?
A. Yes. Under this system
Biewer said, adding that since there would be no sudden in-
1945 the society has awarded 1,-
217 gi ants to scientists to investi-
gate the cause of cancer and to
find means of controlling the dis-
Red Cross Fund Short
A total of $1,183 has been col-
lected in the 1952 Red Cross cam-
paign in Delta county to date,
states Gene Leslie, campaign
chairman. With a few points yet
to be heard from the amount will
probably be increased some, Mr.
Leslie said. The campaign of-
ficially closed March 31, but the
Delta leaders are continuing in
the hope of attaining not only the
quota of $1,320, but $190 addi-
tional quota assigned after the
recent southern tornadoes.
creasing of payroll just before
primaries, work on private prop-
erty would stop and buying ma-
terial for political support would
stop.
y. Would the roads and bridg-
es in my precinct get as much at-
tention under this county road
system as now?
A. More. It has been proven
that under this law $2,00 will do
the work formerly tnat would
have cost $3.00.
Mrs. Aster Whiteside of Burk-
burnett is visiting her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
John Griffin.
Mrs. L. E. Foster fa at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Ver-
lee Morgan
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