The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 22, 1942 Page: 4 of 4
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THE DELTA COURIER
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1942
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Personals
Miss Louise Yeager is visiting
relr.tives in Clarksville this week-
Miss Thadis Fae Goodwin of
Dallas visited her mother, Mrs.
W. F. Goodwin, last week.
Mrs. D. B. Cantrell and daugh-
ter, Miss Moselle Cantrell, were
Cooper viis’.ors Saturday.
A son was 'born last Tuesday to
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dalton of
Klondike.
A son was born last Sunday,
September 13, to Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Todd of Rattan.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Worthy Winchester of
Cooper, rou'ie 1, last Wednesday.
Mrs. Luther McNeal left Fri-
day for New York to visit her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. -H. H. Taylor.
Miss Katherine Black, who
teaches in Celeste, was home for
the week end visiting her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Black-
Miss Louise Byrns, who has
been visiting Mrs- Welton H.
Jones and family in Longview,
returned home Saturday.
Mrs. W. L. Constable and
granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth
Crippens, of New Braunfills, are
visiting relatives at Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. John Yeager
and little daughter, Tionette, of
Clarksville visited Mr. and Mrs.
Rush Yeager Sunday.
To Meet Again
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I*vt. Hilly Conn, who once came
within a whisker of defeating cham-
pion Joe Louis, will meet the con-
queror on Columbus October |job prjnting for the Cooper
12. Here they are
writers’ committee pow wow, in
New York, to discuss their title
bout for the benefit of army emer-
gency relief. *
♦ PECAN GAP ♦
♦ MRS. C. A. COCKRELL 4
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MEN IN U. S. Hea,th Problem.
SERVICE
AUSTIN, Sept- 20.—Because
of the fact that a venereal di-
sease is no respeotor of persons,
his I,eoP*e °f every class and color,
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our soldier boys. I solicit
j items for publication and
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Gleaner s Cass Has
Meeting September I 7
The Gleaner’s Cla.-s of the
[view.—Mrs. C. A. Cockrell, box
1 114, Pecian Gap.
Mr. and Mrs. B C. Cummings
and daughter, W. H. Cummings,
and two daughters, Muny Cum-
mings and family and Clairine
Cummings, all of Dallas, were
here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Patterson
were in Commerce Thursday-
First Baptist Sunday school held j Trey were accompanied home by
a business and fellowship meeting! Mrs. Emily Cother.
Thursday afternoon, September! Clyde Crawford has accepted
17, with Mrs. W. S. Jones as | the position of manager of the
hostess. Some of the officers j Farmers Gin Co. M. C. Wheeler
were continued in office and j has served as manager for sev-
the following new ones . were
elected: Mrs. Bon Wilson, pres-
ident; Mrs. Rube Wells and Mrs.
W. S. Jones as two of the vice
presidents; Mrs. R. P. Hamilton,
assistant teacher. At the close iGn r0ute to Ladonia.
of the profitable hour, the hostess | Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Cpl. Lyndol E. Hart of Camp
Barkeley, Abilene, visited
parents' Mr. and Mrs. W. D. jrich aad P°*>r, educated and ig-
Hnrt and family over the weekinorant are numbered among the
I victims, asserts Dr. Geo. W. Cox,
_____ | State Health Officer.
“Venereal diseases, of which
are the
among
I have moved the office of
Magnolia Petroleum Agency to
the John Scarborough office
building where I will be pleased
to serve our customers. Please
leave your orders there. Barton
Good, Agent. c38r39
Review and Courier $1.50 a yeat
Capt. Eddie Kickenhacker, Amer-
ica’s ace of aces in the first World
■var. pavs a visit to his old flying
buddy, Maj. It. W. (“Shorty”)
vhi'Oetlcr, now recovering in llines
hospital, Chicago, and exchanges
reminiscences with him. “They
need you now, Shorty,” lie says;
"you can’t keep a good flier down.”
John J- Ransom, son of Mr.
land Mrs. J. W. Ransom, of route 1 syPhll,s and gonorrroea
13 Cooper, has been selected for! ™ore commonplace, ar
| training as a naval aviation cadetmo?t vital_health problemsjn
• and will be ordered to active
'duty shortly. He graduated from
the Enloe High School, Enloe, in
1941.
eral years, but resigned on ac-
count of his health.
W. D. Hart and Judge J. E.
Thompson of Cooper passed
through Pecan G:^p Wednesday
served a refreshment plate to
members and one visitor, Mrs.
I,. A. Buck.
Junior Bible Club
Has Meeting
Mrs. Ben D. Martin of Dallas
visited her father, Dr. S. F.
Blair and Mrs. Blair over the
week end.
Mrs. Charles Wright was
hostess to the Junior Bible club
at her home on Thursday. Fifteen
members answered roll call with
“Bible Quotations.”
Miss Paulita Todd has accept- After a brief business session,
cd a place at Corrigan to teach Mrs. Greaver Miller led the les-
in the school at that place. Miss son by reading the devotional
Todd has already gone to Cor- fr°m Corinthians. Those assist-
rigan to begin her work 'there. |in>r her on the program were:
_ Mrs. Florence Fly, Mrs. Handel
Misses Evelyn Hill of Sulphur Pratt- Mrs- Allen Hazlewood, Mrs.
Wright,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wright
were in Sherman recently.
In the column “In Years Gone
By” of last Friday’s Cooper Re-
view we note -that “W. E. Mer-1 week period will be sought
rill has resigned as constable of j drive beginning today and
USS Lexington
Marks Drive By Navy
For Men and Aviators
i Cpl. James L. Wood writes to
have the address of the Review
and Courier changed to Head-
quarter- Battery, instead of Bat-
,'tery A, 439th Sep. CA, BN, Camp j<nown
i Hulen, Texas. He says that he
works in Battalion Headquarters
j bu has been on maneuvers. He
j rays that he is well and likes it
| fine. He sends his regards to his
friends.
the state of Texas today,” Dr.
Cox said. “This state has been
chosen nd the location for dozens
I of army camps, training fields,'
( naval bases, shipbuilding yards, |
airplane construction plants and
other major defense industries, j
, The resulting influx of workers i
i and armed forces has emphasized
the need for exerting every |
means in the control of J
venereal diseases.”
The Stci.e Health Officer
pointed out that self-diagnosis
and self-treatment are extremely
dangerous and advised consulting
a physician for determing defi-
nitely whether or not a venereal
disease is present.
“Only a reputable physician ;
Secretary of the Navy, Frank
Knox, emphasizing the navy’s
need for men as well as ships
and aircraft if the United States
is to win the war at sea, an-
nounced last night that a new j he ir. well and still enjoying
nation-wide recruiting drive will army life. Sgt. Kerbow said that
be conducted in connection with I ore of the Wheat boys from
the new aircraft carrier USS j Cooper is with him. Mrs. Ker- of svphilis requires more than a
Lexington nex't Saturday, Sep- bow doesn’t know for certain blood examination,” declared Dr.
tember 2t>, 1942. | where her son is bu. she is sat- Cox. “Both syphilis and gonor-
He declaied that the enroll- isfied to know that he is well rhoea are almost 100 per cent
ment of 5,000 aviation cadets j and safe. ,cureable if discovered and treat-
and the enlistment of 10,000 ---
bluejackets than are ordi-i Mr. and Mr. A.' R. Echols of
Mrs. G. M. Kerbow received a
let/te’- from her son, Staff Sgt.
Henry J. Kerbow, stating that can properly diagnose such a di-
sease. The presence of gonor-
rhoea is not disclosed by a( rou-1
tine blood tes., and the diagnosis
more
narily inducted during
•Cooper received a letter Satur-
day from their son, Pvt. Clifford
ed in their very earliest stages.
Thousands of deaths annually!
could be prevented,’ Dr. Cox
said, “if sufficient attention were |
A. Echols, who is in Australia, given to the early diagnosis and
This is the second time they have thorough treatment of syphilis,
heard from him since April 10. Delay reduces the chance of cure
He says he was getting ;.ll their and in many cases is the direct
Springs and Miss Willie Webb of
Hopkins county have accepted
positions at Janes Clinic and
Hospital.
Pecan Gap and Sam Kirby has [ tinuing through October 3.
been appointed to succeed him.” j Secretary Knox added that the
Mrs. Flora Houchin, who hap-j launching of the Lexington,
pen to the misfortune of getting i named for the plane carrier which j letters and was having a good cause of death.”
her foot badly sprained with j added a glorious chapter to ! time and was liking it so far. He ---
two broken bones recently, is im- \mericnn naval history before it asked his parents to send him KEEP RADIOS IN
proving satisfactoi ily. I was lost in 'the Battle of the some cigarettes and razor blade
P. B. Byots and family of . Coral Sea four months ago, would as they wore scarce over there.
Wylie were here Friday. j in itself be a tremendous inspi-1 ' ---
Mrs. H. A. Scoggins is visiting; ration to patriotic Americans who
relatives in the state of Califor- J want to serve their country,
nia. ! Enlisted personnel recruited in
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BrownM!!
Rich Support Shoes
$2.98 to $4.95
Only one of many »tyle* in
“Arch” Support Shoes. Soft
kid leather. All sizes and
widths, AAA to E, 4 1-2
to 10.
BOYD’S
Brownbilt
Shoe Store
Mvs. R. L. Combi
patient at a Paris
ing operated on Saturday morn-
ing. Monday she was resting
satisfactorily.
Odis Williamson, Mrs. Wilson
Riggs, Mrs. Goebel Templeton,
Mrs. Sam Jeter, and Mrs. Hoyle
Winsett.
Following the benediction, the[,Bf°th bf1 at Camp
is a surgicaljll0stess served a salad course. I Mineral e s.
hospital, be- j
Mlrs. T. T. Merrill of Pecan
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Shaw have
moved to Oklahoma City, Okla.
Ralph Gumming has joined the
army and Murray Lee Cumming
will leave Monday for the army.
Wolters,
Aviation Cadet Edwin Earl
Hollon, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. j
D. Hollon of Klondike, writes j
REPAIR
|
Batteries and repair parts plus
guaranteed repairing.
WILLIAMSON RADIO SHOP
ESTRAYED from my place 2
miles west of Lake Creek Mon-1
Virginia Black of route
Miss
3, who was seriously injured I
several weeks ago in an auto-1
mobile accident, is getting
satisfactorily.
| Gap, who hud a major operation
I last week at Janes Clinic and
! Hospital, is improving satisfac-
I torily.
Sam Martin of Texarkana vis-
along 'ted famil>’ over the week end.
Roy Garrison of Camp Barke-
ley was here Sunday.
Mrs. Frank W. Shaw and son, I
the campaign,
plained will
the secretary
be iders ified
ex- that he has been sent to Ran- j day, two red pigs about 6 weeks I
as dolph Field for the
next stage
officer
Dan, of Honey Grove were here
Saturday.
Mrs. Sammye Boyer, member
of Detroit school faculty, was
here over the week end.
j Mrs. Mary Edwairds and son
land Mrs. Mollie Yeager of Wau-
Mirs. Joe C Frobe.se andlrika’ 0kla“ are here visiting rel-1 aviation cadets. Upon qualify-
Jon Thomas Moss, student at
daughter, Sherry, are visiting j
A. and M. College, College Sta-1rclativcs in Tyler this week-
tion, is here this week visiting |
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Paul Deward Miller, son
|atives and old time friends.
C. A. Dickson of Geary was
!here a few days ago as a guest
cf|of his sister, Mrs. A. W. Moody.
Moss, (luring the semester term > Mr' and Mrs’ Paul Miller, had his | Mr*4 JV’.M’ .Mern11’ Sr“ 19 ‘n
which dosed Friday. j tonsils and adenoids removed last Pan Antonto visiting her son,
j Wednesday at Janes Clinic and, onaa Merrill.
Rev. R. E. Porter spent Thurs-
day in Denison at the home of
his son, Rev. Hugh Porter.
Mrs. C. S. Morgan was here
over the past week end visiting
her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Reid.
Mesdames J. T. Carr, L. A.
Mr, and Mrs. T. E. Gunter of |Hospita1’ is &ettinS alon& Satis-
Garlanad visited relatives here j Hn’torily. _
over the week end. Mrs. Gunt-' nry- ■«■—
or wa« called here early Saturday 1 M Y 0*1 Mm ■ I
on account of the critical illness ! I I
of Grandmother Sands. ' j r-__> L__
Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Constable
and children are visiting their
sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Slakey,
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Layer, and
Mry and Mrs. E. C. Mills, of
Charleston.
nosp
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Wren Harold Hart, junior stu-
dent of A. and M. College at !
College Station, arrived home
Sunday to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. .Hart, and fam-
ily this week.
Ty*, _
Mrs. Willie Hudgins, who has!
been in a hospital in Paris, was!
able 'to leave the hospital Mon- |
day and went to the home of j
her daughter, Mrs. L, J^.,. Waller, *
at Brookston-
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IT'S A 6O0D IDEA TO ,
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Campbell, Virgil McCaslin. Misses
Una Walker and Mary Kathryn
Carr were in Paris a few days
I ago.
| J. W. Sandlin and daughter,
I Mrs. Leeman Clark, were in
' Wolfe City Monday.
Mrs. Ruby Wilt and son of
Houston were here last week
| visiting her parents, Mr. and
| Mrs. J. D. Joycie, and other rel-
j atives.
j Mrs. James Sandlin was in
[Commerce Thursday.
Mrs. W. M. Merrill, Jr., was
at Almo City recently.
J. B- Atwell, manager of the
Southern Cotton Oil Co. of Paris,
was a business visitor in Pecan
Gap Thursday.
FLASH - NEWS
TheDal I as M orning News
For the first time in six years has reduced the mail
subscription price.
You can now enjoy the news while it is News.
DAILY AND SUNDAY
3 months $2.15 1 year $7.95
Sec, phone or write your local agent.
CLOVIS HOOTEN
Hooten Drug Co.
“Lexington Volunteers” in tribu'te , in his training to be an
to the fighting men of the form-! pilot in the United States army j
er Lexington, who smashed the air corps.
Japs in the Battle of Bougainville, j -
again in the battle of Lee and I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward of!
Salamaua, and a third time in the Klondike received a letter from
Coral Sea- 1 their son, Jimmie Ward, stating
Men who are at least 18 years that he had arrived at Kearns,
of age and whot have no*, yet at- j Utah after traveling some 3,000
tained their 27th birthday, and miles front Mineral Wells. He
who have at least a high school js jn Die air corps and says he is
education, arc eligible for flight getting along fine.
training. They receive $75 -
monthly, plus meals, lodging, | Albert E. Tatum has been dis- j
uniforms, and insurance, while charged from the army at Fort|
Sam Houston for physical dis- j
abilities and returned home the
He entered:
15. He was
old. Finder
gan.
notify
W. C. Re-
c38r39*
A best-selling laxative
ALL OVER THE SOUTH
J. T. TAYLOR
ABSTRACT CO.
2nd Floor Stovall Bldg.
Abstracts, Loans,
Real Estate and
Surveying
Phone 168
it’s thrifty
and tits most folks needs
ing as ensigns in the U. S. naval
reserve or second lieutenants in I f jrst 0f the week,
the U. S. marine corps reserve the service March
their monthly compensation in-
creased (to $246 and up.
Seven branches of the naval
service are open to enlisted men,
comprising 49 different classes
of jobs—or ratings. Enlisted
ratings are open to men between
the ages of 17 and 50 and their
monthly base pay ranges from
$50 to $138 plus uniforms, food,
rentals, dependents’ allowances,
and other allowances.
j afflicted wih flat feet and they
j gave him so much trouble that
, he was given an honorable dis-
I charge.
Are you entitled to wear a
“target” lapel button? You
are if you are investing at
least ten percent of your in-
come in War Bonds every pay
day. It's your badge of pa-
triotism.
YOU
Save on Quality
Cleaning At
CLARK’S
Better Cleaning
E. Side Sq. Cooper
Aj son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Neff McBride of Klondike.
Mrs. Clyde*, Gillean of Ml- Joy
is under surgical treatment at
Janes Clinic and Hospital.
Mrs. Weldon Thomas of Dal-
las, who was operated on last
Tuesday at Janes Clinic and
Hospital.
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS: Fu-
neral sprays and cut flowers. We
send flowers anywhere. Mrs. W.
D. Hart, phones 83-86.
Miss Luciile Black of San An-
tonio was called here last week
on account of the illness and
death of her brother, Jame^
Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Black.
T. M. Collutn of Greenville
visited his brother, G. C. Collurn,
here Monday. He specializes in
tuning pianos.
BRING YOUR HATCHING
EGGS
We are now operating our in-
cubators and will pay you a
, premium for your hatching eggs,
or we will hatch them at regular
custom rates.
HOME HATCHERY
C. E. Fulton, Mgr.
Ten per cent of your income
in War Bonds will help to
build the planes and tanks
that will insure defeat of Hit-
ler and his Axis partners.
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE, six white pigs, 6
weeks old. Buddie Hendrix c38r39
FOR RENT, furnished apartment,
Mrs. H. E. McKinney. c38r39
FOR RENT, twoi room furnished j
apartment, West Fort Worth |
Street.—Mrs. Wm. Johnson. c38* I
FOR SALE, good milk cow,
young and gentle. Apply at Re-
view Office.
School Supplies
We have a complete line of
School Supplies, Including:
FOUNTAIN PENS PENCILS NOTEBOOKS
INKS MUSIC BOOKS MUCILAGE
WRITING PADS PENS ZIPPER NOTEBOOKS
In fact Everything Needed
SEE US FIRST AND GET THE BEST
Hooten Drug Co.
We Deliver
“The Itexall Store’
Cooper, Texas
Phone 51
FOR SALE, small upright piano.
Terms to responsible parties.—
Mrs. T. W. Guthrie. rc38
FQ^yiCTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
tWBONDS
AND
FOR SALE, used bicycle, good I
condition. Cost $45, priced at
$35.—M- J. Thomas.
MULES FOR SALE, plenty of
good work mules; also hay.—La-
mar Truck & Tractor Co. rctf
FOR SALE, plenty of work mules
and good brood mares. Also good
milk cows.—Hanna and Young, f
FOR SALE, pair small mules,
harness, wagon and some farm
tools-—Mrs. G. W- Carroll, south
of Cooper on Riggs place. rc38*
FOR SALE, 40 acre farm, 3
miles southeast of Pecan Gap,
well impt^ived, good house and
barn, 35 acres in cultivation, 5
acres in Bermuda pasture. $551
per acre, terms.—See S. D. Clow-^
f,,- rc38*i
ATTENTION!
Piano Owners
"Here Is Good
I’m back in Cooper on my regular route, tuning and
repairing pianos for a few days only. I will be glad to
look your piano over free of charge, and give you the
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. All work absolutely
guaranteed. Thirty years’ experience with reference.
Phone 287
T. L. COLLUM or
G. C. COLLUM
HOTEL COOPER
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