Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 28, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume 77 No. 39
elta Commerce To invade
iary Bulldog Camp Tonight
The Cooper Review, Cooper, Texas____
Mrs. Priscilla
Gray Services
Held Thursday
Eight Pages
Friday, Sef
By Richard Stringfellow
Too many times we are in-
clined to judge an organization
by the actions of one of its mem-
bers when the organization itself
is not either good or bad by only
one of its several or many mem-
bers.
This is true not only with o -
ganizations but in-corporations
churches, clubs, etc It is evident
that if one apple in a box is bad,
the entire box is not necessarily
bad. .
However, there is one advan-
The Cooper Bulldogs come back
home tonight for a game with
Commerce after their narrow de-
feat. last week to Ladonia.
The Commerce Tigers, slated
to be the winner of their 13-AA
district this year, are reported
to have the strongest squad in
many years. They have defeat-
ed Clarksvi ie, Canton and Quit-
man in Uicii first three games
this season.
The three high scoring back-
field men for Commerce include
Hendrix, McClung and Brown.
COMMERCE
1 Bryant 165 10
! Roundtree 182 20
Murphy 210 30
Blanton 215 44
1 Martinez 170 55
I Shuler 180 70
Stewart 155 65
J Stringer 151 64
J Hpndrix 157 77
1 McClung 163 87
1 Brown
COOPER
J. Wheat
Ramon
Holraes
Davis
Wakefield
Black
McFadden
Wilson
D. Smith
L. Smith
E. McGaha
Members of Delta
Chamber Elect
New Officers
Ballots were sent this week to
Funeral services for Mrs. Pris-j QeRa County Chamber of Com-
cilla Gray, 60, were held Thurs- rrierCg members to elect officers
day afternoon at 2 o clock in the. and ^ix-ectors for the coming year.
Pecan Gap Baptist Church. Rev. Listed on the ballot were: for
Kenneth Gant, pastor, and Rev. j presj£jenti p p Hurt; vice-presi-
Wesley Thompson, pastor of thejdenti T Ratliff; secretary-
Pecan Gap Methodist Church, of- i *reasurer, H. R. Chesnut; for dir-
ficiated. McDonald Funeral Home I ec.torg> Harry Bartley, W. D. Hen-
tage people have over appl^. The | Inddenta]ly McClung who plays ^ J’; 70* Tohnson, 33; Wallace, Miller, 65; D. Rich, 66; Conley.
on the Commerce Tigers is a „„R7. n„ni,s 76: Slakey, 78; Simpson, 90;
165 88
Reserves: J. McClung, 82; Estes, Others on the squad are: Stan-
83; Mobley, 80; Gaylor, 85; Brew- ley, 22; C. McKinney, 33; Rouse, . n.,Q . i **,=-*-
Follis, 73; Hogue, 76; 40; Davis, 44; H. Wheat, ^0; M. rs-^ ■ J‘88ins^ Ari-’ dent Roy Cain. Voting members
had charge of interment in the
Pecan Gap Cemetery.
Mr*. Gray, wife of the late L.
A Gray, was born in Arkansas
February 18, 1896, the daughter
of J. M. and Mattie Higgins.
Survivors include her mother,
derson, Wade Bleasoe, Cal T.
Scott, Drew Hopper, Jack Riggs,
Finnell Johnson and H D. Clark,
Jr.
Members listed on the ballot
were named by a nominating
committee appointed by Presi-
good apples can’t make the bad
ones good again. But, in the case
of people, it is possible that an
organization can be the instru-
ment in righting an individual or
member who might be on the
wrong path.
This remark is made because
so many times we are proned to
say “I don’t want anything to
do with that outfit because so-
and-so (a member) is no good.
Let’s start judging the organiza-
tion for what its aims and pur-
poses might be, then determine
whether that "outfit” is good or
bad.
nephew to the coach of Cooper wiod. 83; McFadden, 95; Gools-
Hi8h T O. McClung., Coo** ft ^ 25; EW by, 96; Kealer, 99; and J. Preaa.
coach has another nephew on the ’
Commerce team, but he is not
listed on the first string.
This week Coach McClung has
been sending his Bulldogs
through strenuous workouts in
preparation for the tilt tonight.
Mistakes which were made in last
week’s game at Ladonia have
been aired and corrected while
offensive drills have been more
| numerous.
McClung stated this week that
| he is planning a shakeup in the
80.
tw*o brothers, L. E. Higgins, An-
tlers, and Elmer Higgins, Cali-
fornia; ane step daughter, Mrs.
H. A. Stautzenberger, San Anton-
io; and two grandchildren.
Fit:
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were asked to select five mem-
bers to serve as dirctors. For of-
ficers they were instructed to
either vote for the nominated
names or write in their voting
choice.
A self-addressed envelope was
enclosed with the ballot for
members to mail their voting
choice to the Chamber offices be-
fore October 1.
Water Expecte
Well By Sunda;
The water picture for Cooper
took on a brighter glow this week
with the prospect of the water
well south of town being comple-
ted and ready for use by Satur-
day.
"Although the supply of water
thus far is as low as it possibly
can be,” stated Mayor H. R. Hicks,
“we do have hope of being able
to pump water from the new well
by Saturday and not later than
Sunday.
Meanwhile, two large trucks
have been busy this week haul-
ing water for the Cooper citizens.
One of the trucks had a 5300 gal-
lan tank and has been making
Centennial Is
To Be Noted By
Rehoboth Group
72
ft
, j I starting eleven against Corn-
Last Thursday, this county had He would not explain his
ginned some 12,100 bales o co “) changes but stated that he
ton thus far this season. thought they would improve the
The pre-season estimate ol tms
writer was 13,500 which means
that if we’re going to be lucky
enough to get close, about 1,40
more bales will have to be ginned.
Many people don’t believe that
we ll reach this figure, but time
will tell. Let’s hope so, anyway.
There are rumors that the hous-
ing development in southwest
Cooper is about ready to get un-
derway
team from both offensive and de-
fensive standpoints.
The Bulldogs will be outweigh-
ed on the line by Commerce to
the tune of about 12 pounds per
man. The two backfields will
average about the same accord-
ing to available weights.
Game time tonight will be at 8
o’clock and bands from both
schools are expected to provide
a colorful show at halftime for
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_____■ | the fans who attend the annual
Clearing through FHA has beeni baUle between the Bulldogs and
attained and all that is lef 1 131 Tigers
several details which just a ej fjrst string line-up for
Cooper Review Photo
The 1956 Cooper Bulldog football squad is shown in the photo above. They are: bottom row,
left to right C McKinney, T. Ramon, J. Wheat, H. Wheat, J. Goolsby, L. Conley, T. McClung M.
Miller second row W Wood, L. Smith, W. Miller. R. Jackman, V. Stanley, E. Nance C. McFadde< ,
E MabZ R. Rouse. J. Be..k D. Rich. 3 Wnkeficich W. SUkey G P-JJL b"s'
w. Holmes, G. Kesler, M. McClain, F. Simpson. J. Preas, J. Black, T. Wilson, J. loon, B. Da
and D. Smith. __________
time. ,
There seem to be several pros-
pects who are justing waiting for
the go ahead signal on the de-
velopment, because they are rea-
dy to build their own home on
thThtSteproject will mean much
to ease the housing shortage in
Cooper when actual building is
started. There exists a very d re
need for more housing racUities
in Cooper at the present time.
As more and more people who
are renting houses now, become
home owners, this will create
more rent property for those who
are not now able to secure ac-
comodations.
# • •
By the way, for many who do
not know it, a word might be
said here regarding one of the
many phases of work taken on
the Delta Chamber of
Commerce includes the following;
Rites For Mary
Pursley Are
Held Tuesday
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Pursley,
82, a resident of Cooper until a-
bout two years ago w*hen she
moved to Dallas, passed away in
Duncanville about 6 a.m. Tues-
day, September 25.
Mrs. Pursley, the wife of the
late B. A. Pursley, was the daugh-
ter of John and Dora Vandiver
and was born in Mississippi,
February 25, 1874.
Final rites were held in the Tira i
Good Turn Day
Set On Sunday
The date of Good Turn Day in
Cooper has been set for Sunday,
September 30, according to an an-
nouncement from Truman Whit-
lock and Bennett Jeter, co-chair*
men.
This annual event, formerly
known as Smile Day, this year
will be designated as Good Turn
Day, in tribute to the outstand-
ing good turn the Scouts perform
for handicapped people.
On Good Turn Day Scouts will
collect used clothing from homes
throughout the community. The
clothing will then be sent to
Goodwill Industries, the rehabili-
tation agency that serves handi-
Results Of 4-H
Swine Show Told
Development
Com-
by
merce.
Even tho the
Company is a private concern
there were many jobs needed to
be done locally to expedite the
realization of the housing project.
There will be still more jo
tion of McDonald Funeral Home.
Grandsons were pallbearers.
She is survived by one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dora Hatfield, Grand
Prairie; four brothers, Will Van-
dever, Phoenix, Ariz., Tom Van-
t J be done, and the chamber will dever, Oklahoma City, Okla., Er-
be ready to do its part as it has j nest Vandever, Route 1 Sulphur
in the past.
During the past two weeks,
many wild rumors have been cir-
culated regarding the water well
prospects that the city has un-
dertaken.
In fact, some of the tales which
have been told (for what purpose,
we don’t know) are fantastic.
Anyway, if you should hear a
report about the well, before you
repeat it, why not check with
some city official to see if it is
true. If they know, they will be
glad to tell you and it will eli-
minate the circulation of rumors
which might cause people to be-
come upset.
# • •
The Cooper Bulldogs play at
home tonight when the strong
Commerce eleven comes here for
a game at 8 p.m.
The fastly improving Bulldogs
will have their hands full tonight
against the undefeated Com-
merce team which is tabed to win
their Class AA district title this
year.
It’ll be a good fracas for fans
tc see, so saddle up and come out
to the game tonight.
Springs and Lon Vandever, An-
tlers, Okla.; ten grandchildren
and thirteen great-grandchildren.
capped men and women from
I throughout this area. At Goodwill
Church Conducted by*Rev* Hugh] [he discarded material collected
Tomlinson. Interment was made ^ the Scouts will help to pro-
in Tira Cemtery under the direc- v‘de {°*s and wages for more
than 285 handicapped workers
who earn a living and learn a
trade by repairing discarded ar-
ticles.
Advance preparations for the
Good Turn project got under way
recently when Scout and civic
leaders met to lay plans for dis-
tribution and collection of the
Good Turn bags. Well before Sep-
tember 30, Scouts delivered em-
pty bags last Sunday. Citizens
are requested to fill the bags with
discarded clothing and shoes and
to place the filled bags on their
front doorsteps before 2 p.m. on
September 30. Whitlock pointed
out that if you did not receive
a bag, contact him and facilities
will be arranged to receive your
discarded clothing and shoes.
Scouts will pick up the filled
bags and take them to a central
collection point for shipping to
Goodwill.
The discarded clothing collect-
| ed by the Scouts in their corn-
born munity-w'ide Good Turn plays a
vital role in Goodwill’s program
of rehabilitation for the handi-
capped. It provides a backlog of
materials that enables Goodwill
Graveside Services
Are Held Saturday
Graveside services were con-
ducted Saturday morning, Sep-
tember 22, at 10 o’clock in the
Oak Lawn Cemetery for Cary Joe
Brackeen, infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Brackeen, Wichita
Falls. Rev. Glenn Hayden, Coop-
er, and Elmer L’Roy, Paris, of-
ficiated. McDonald Funeral Home
had charge of arrangements.
Cary Joe, a twin, was
Thursday morning, September 20,
at 6 o’clock and died about noon
Friday, September 21.
Surviving besides the parents
are his twin, Gary Don; a sis-
ter, Karle; grandparents, Mrs.
Vera Brackeen, Cooper, Mr. and
Mrs. B. K. Bryant, Roxton; and® material are light. For the handi-
great - grandmother, Mrs, J. M. j capped men and women who
Huguod, Cooper. j benefit from the Scout’s good
._.- j turn, this material is the best
1 type of job insurance.
In the annual County 4-H Club
Swine Show held in Cooper,
Tuesday morning, Richard Can-
trell won first place on his gilt
in the Delta County Farm Bu-
reau sponsored group while Jesse
Moses won a first place on his
gilt in the Sears sponsored 4-H
program. Richard received as an
award $12.50 from the Delta
County Farm Bureau as well as
a sack of protein hog feed from
the Cooper Feed and Supply. Jes-
se received an award of $8.00
and a sack of protein feed from
Hopper-Brewer Feed Mill.
Other placings and awards
went to the following 4-H boys:
Farm Bureau sponsored — 2nd
place, Jodie Preas, $10 and a
sack of protein from Stubblefield-
Johnson; 3rd place, Sonny Mar-
graves, $7.50 award. Sears spon-
sored — 2nd place, Wilbur Preas,
$7.00 and a sack of protein feed
from Carl P. Harrison Feed and
Seed; 3rd place, Larry Cummings,
$6.00 and a sack of protein feed
from Cooper Feed and Supply;
4th place, Ray Robnett, $5.00 a-
ward; 5th place, David Calvin,
$4.00 award; 6th place, Jondell
Grizzle; 7th place Wendol Can-
trell and 8th place to Jerry Rob-
nett.
Jesse Moses will take his first
place gilt to the District 4-H
Show in Paris. Also Vernon Stan-
ley will enter his registered boar I
in the District competition in
Paris. ,
Stanley Shaffer, president of]
the Delta County Farm Bureau
presented the cash awards to the
boys placing in the Farm Bureau
sponsored group.
Tommy Whitlock, 4-H Club
member from Enloe acted as
secretary to the 4-H group and
assisted with arrangements for!
the show.
Funeral Service
For Mrs, Tina
Hendley Held
Mrs. Tina Hendley passed away
at the St. Joseph Hospital in
Paris, at 2 a.m. Tuesday, Septem-
Changes Made In
Relief Program
The volume of approved appli-
cations for assistance under the
Texas Emergency Roughage pro-
gram has exceeded the estimates
of demand made when this pro-
gram was negotiated so it is nec-
essary to reappraise the actual
cash requirements.
The agreement between Secre-
tary Ezra Taft Benson and Gov.
Allan Shivers provides for an al-
location of one million dollars of
Federal funds for the roughage
programs must be allocated a-
mong all disaster designated
states where such a program is
needed.
Mr. Walter T. McKay, Texas
State Director of Farmers Home
Administration, has been instruc-
ted by K. L. Scott, Director of
Credit Services, U, S. Department
of Agriculture, to immediately in-
struct all FHA County Offices
in the designated areas to with-
hold further approvals of rough-
age purchase certificates. The
The Baptists of Rehoboth As-
sociation will celebrate 100 years
of active continous service on
October 15-16, 1956, at Mt. Ver-
non. This association consists of
and
Delta, Hopkins, Franklin,
part of Wood County.
There are 50 churches with a
membership of 10,065 in this as-
sociation. The program will be
held at the First Baptist Church (
of Mt Vernon, where the associa-i 1 ^ p‘pe £®j
tion met 100 years ago to or-
ganize.
Dr. J. Howard Williams, Presi-
four load)
other has
has been
loads per
Thii toM
Ions of w4
sumption
mounts tc
day. This
Ions per d*
the dwir.dj
city has h*
Mayor
be particul^
and to rep^
lv upon di|
at this tir
terous if
control, kel
The wel|
veloped on I
Old Peerlsl
ed by an
200 to 300 |
minutes tod
Drillers
cleaning t!
expected tq
Wednesday!
gravel put
City eml
day on th|
pipe from
to the road
th< new w<
ed that al
available
Hicks all
hauling of|
from near!
dent of Southwestern Seminary j quite
in Fort Worth, will deliver the as waj5 fir
She was the wife of the) County Offices are authorized to
continue to accept and hold on
file applications for assistance un-
der this roughage program, but
are instructed to take no action
on these applications. Daily re-
Cooper, conducted by Rev. Ho-! ports on the tonnage require-
ber 25.
late T. M. Hendley of the Post
Oak Community.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
in the First Baptist Church,
ward Marsh, Tyler, and Rev.
Glenn Hayden, pastor. Burial was
in the Oak Lawn Cemetery under
the direction of McDonald Funer-
al Home.
Mrs. Handley was born in Del-
ta County July 15, 1884, the
daughter of J, A. and Lue (Hazel-
wood) Clark.
She is survived by two sons,
Gaylon Bendley, Dallas, and Leo-
nard Bendely, Cooper; three
daughters, Mrs. Jack Winning-
ham, Durant, Okla., Mrs. J. D.
McGuyer, Commerce, and Mrs.
Harry Nimo, Lake Creek; one sis-
ter, Mrs. White George, Sham-
rock; one brother, J. T, Clark,
Route 1, Cooper: and four grand-
children.
Pallbearers were Joe Cregg,
Bennett Mosley, Alton Goolsby,
Drew Hopper, J. D. Bettis and T.
J. Watkins.
keynote sermon.
Rev. Glenn Hayden, Pastor of
First Baptist Church in Cooper,
will preach the annual sermon,
October 16 at 11 ;00 p.m.
Rev. Franklin Swanner, of
Plainview, will deliever the doc-
trinal missionary sermon, October
16 at 2;30 p.m.
The Baptists of this section and
their friends have been invited to
take part in this celebration,
ever, he
the water
sumers to
New
Girl
Orgai
ments covered by such applica-
tions are to be made daily to
the State FHA Office.
The assistance of the Texas US
DA Drought Committee and the
Office of the Governor in making
a careful reappraisal of the de-
mand for assistance under this
Emergency Roughage program
including financial requirements j
has been solicited.
In keeping with the policies and
the desires of Secretary Benson,
the Department will continue to
work closely with Governor
Shivers and leaders in the State!
and give all assistance possible
within the authority and funds
available to the Department in
providing assistance to drought
stricken farmers and ranchers in
Texas.
FRANKLIN SWANNER
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Cooper PTA To
Meet Tuesday
The first meeting of the Cooper
Parent-Teacher Association will
be held Tuesday evening, Octo-
ber 2, at 7:30 in the high school
auditorium. An open house will
be held following the meeting.
Musical entertainment will be
furnished by Roy Henslee end
; the High School Orchestra. Room
I count will be made after the pro-
to keep its handicapped workers' Delta School to be October 8th.
steadily employed during periods J He also stated that the school
when voluntary contributions of plans to take a bus to the State
east delta opens
Supt. G. R. Price has announc-j gram
ed the re-opening date for East Hostesses for the meeting will
be Mrs. Jack Riggs, Mrs. Peyton
Glaspie, Mrs. Richard Poc and
Mrs. Goebel Templeton.
RCA Victor Signs
Nancy On Records
After appearing on the Grand I
Ole Opry TV program last Satur-
day night, Nancy Castleberry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Castleberry, was signed for a re-
cording contract by RCA Victor.
On the program last Saturday,
she sang “Don’t Be Cruel” with
background music by the "Jor-|
donaires,’ a popular young quar-|
tet on radio and TV from WSM, i
Nashville, Tenn. Nancy also ap-i
pcared on the Ernest Tubbs Show|
last Saturday night. She is a re-
gular performer on the KRLD1
TV feature, Big D Jamboree eachj
Saturday night.
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With th|
school yea
are also
again. Ne^
ganized f<j
A Grouj
Course fo|
Septembe^
sessions
9, 16 and |
Cooper.
The col
Miss Jo
Bonham,
serving thj
Scout Coi
In addit
cal volunl
portunity
en by M|
advisor o|
the U. S.
2 and oth|
planned
Servingl
Girl Seoul
Team are
Chairman|
Troop
Hooten, s|
ed membt
pleton, M|
A. Chat
Wood, Mi
Cloyce
Mrs. Cla|
Echols, *_
]| j George c{
1 Mrs. M. '
Jackson,
Gene l^es
Thel Gar J
V.’
DR. J. HOWARD WILLIAMS
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Mr. and Mrs. Clayton E. Shu-
mate, Hermleigh, Texas, observ-
ed their thirty-second wedding
anniversary Thursday. Clayton
Shumate and Giadys Itouc were
married September 27, 1924, at
the Baptist parsonage in Cooper
by Rev. Kidd.
( III R( II ATTENDANCE
Assembly of God 85
First Baptist Church 334
Bethel Baptist Church 53
First Christian Church 25
Methodist Church 344
PV*n»v»H 3n
X ll<9VJ Wl w•*•*“ “**
Church of Christ 167
Calvary Baptist Church 34
Church of God in Christ 46
Fair in Dallas Ocober
pupils planning to make the trip About 10:30 Thursday morning
are requested to routart Joe Dan- the Cooper Fire* Department ans-
iels or R. H. Vaughn beforelwered a call to Hopper Gin in
; Thursday night, October 4. The east Cooper. The fire destroyed a
I bus will leave the school at j cotton house containing some un-
Thi.s week marks the twenty-! 7:30 a.m. October 6. ginned cotton and planting seed.
eighth aniversary of Rev. C. H.
Pierson at the Love’s Chapel
Church of Christ on North West
3rd Street in Cooper. Bro. A. R.
Polk pulpit conductor, and Mrs.
Beatrice Rhone, mistress of cere-
mony, at services held from
*0E Jaqiuatdas °l Jaquxajdas
Mr. and Mrs. Casto Stricklen
and Mrs. G. M. Kerbow, Cooper,
and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Ker-
bow and Marsha, Greenville,
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Blevins and family in Greenville
Sunday.
An estimate of the damage was
not known at press time.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob R. Brewer
and children, Jocelyn, Jeffrey
and Jeanine. Arlington, and Mrs.
Joyce Vaughn and son, Mike,
Dallas, spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brewer and
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Brewer.
Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson
recently moved to Cooper from
Ft. Worth and are now occupmg
the Arvie Brice Apartment. Jack-
son is a highway engineer.
Mrs. J. D. Doss is a medical
patient at Janes Clinic and Hos-
pital.
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REV. GLENN HAYDEN
Mrs. Fern Jeferson has been
dismissed from Janes Hospital
after medical treatment.
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was visiting in Delta county last | • |
week.
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