Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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Delta Funeral Home
and the
Delta Co. Coop. Burial
Association
Phone 222
Serving Delta County For
The Past Sixty-five Years
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COOPER. DELTA COUNTY. TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1944
Governor
Urges Support
War Fund
Austin — Gov. Coke Stevenson
today called on all Texans to give
full support to the National War
Fund through “generous contribu-
tions to their county and com-
munity war fund campaigns.’’
“Every Texan should exhibit on
\ the home-front the same deter-
Y mination and spirit of sacrifice
* that our fighting men are show-
ing on the firing lines,” the gov-
ernor declared in a letter to
iM Judge Ben H. Powell, president
* 'of the United War Chest of Tex-
as. “It iB our duty to give them
every support at our command.”
“During the next few weeks
we will have the opportunity to
help our Texas fighting men by
contributng to the great war-re-]
lated agencies which serve them
and their allies,” Governor Stev-
enson continued. “Through the
state-wide campaign conducted on
behalf of the National War Fund
by the United War Chest of Tex-
as, every Texan can help bring
earlier victory and peacie. “The
National War Fund deserves and
should have the full support of
all patriotic Americans.
“I call upon all Texans to sup-
port this great effort through gen-
erous contrbutions to their coun-
ty and community war fund cam-
paigns. I am confident that the
response will be typical of the
people of this state: “Sure, I’ll
Give a Texan’s share.”
Through county and community
campaigns to be conducted in
every county, Texas is scheduled
to raise almost $5,000,000 for the
National War Fund, which pro-
vides funds for more than 20
agencies serving American troops,
troops of Allied nations and war-
victims throughout the World.
In England
Alfred Smith
Succumbs To
Long Illness
VOLUME 65. NO. 40
Killed In Action j Sgt. Arthur Allen
Writes From
Southwest Pacific
CPL. JUNIOR COCKRUM
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cockrum
of Cooper, have received a letter
telling them that their son has ar-
rived safely in England, and
would like to hear from all his
friends. His address is: Cpl. Jun-
ior Cockrum, 38432051, Co. G,
APO 15422 Inf., c/o Postmaster,
New York, N. Y.
New York, Oct. 4. — Former
Gov. Alfred E. Smith died at 6:20
a. m. today at Rockefeller Insti-
tute Hospital.
Death came shortly after his
physician, Dr. Raymond P. Sulli-
van reported Smith was “failing
very rapidly.” Smith, governor
of New York state four times
and Democratic candidate for the
presidency in 1928, was 70 years
old.
Smith last Aug. 10 entered St.
Vincent’s Hospital suffering heat
exhaustion. He became a patient
at Rockefeller Institute Hospital
on Sept. 23.
One of the most colorful fig-
ures in the American political
scene, Smith had been in 111
health since his wife, Catherine
Dunn Smith, died last May 4.
A one-time close friend of
President Roosevelt, he “took a
walk” from the Democratic Party
in 1936 and supported Republi
can nominee Alf M. Landon.
Technicians Needed
By Army
The men of Texas are doing
a great fighting job in this war.
But for many of them that job
is finished. They are in Army
Hospitals. And they need care.
The women of Texas now have
an opportunity to give these re-
turning veterans this care. The
Surgeon General needs Medical
and Surgical Technicians, Labor-
atory Technicians, X-ray Techni-
cians, Dental Technicans, and
women with college degrees for
Physiotherapy and Educational
Reconditioning.
For most of these assignments
a high school education is the
only requirement. If you have
this and can qualify for the
WAC you have the opportunity
to become a part of this great |
reconditoning program.
Further information may be I
obtained by writing the Women’s
Army Corps Recruiting Sub-sta-
tion, 310 Jackson Building, Den-
ton, Texas.
Do it now!
Former Delta
County Man Dies
In California
Mrs. Coleman Foster has been
notified of the death of her bro-
ther, Roe Miller, Tuesday, Oct.
3, at his home in Madera, Cali-
fornia, following an illness of
several months. Burial was in
Madera.
Mr. Miller was a former Delta
County citizen, havieg been rear-
ed at Ben Franklin. He was mar-
ried to Miss Stella Bramlett of
Ben Franklin, who survives, with
two sons, one daughter and some
grandchildren, all of California.
Besides Mrs. Foster, he is also
survived by his step-mother, Mrs.
A. B. Crawford of Pecan Gap,
and two brothers.
Cooper School
Opening Postponed
Until Monday, Oct. 9
Cooper schools, which were
scheduled to open Monday, Oct.
2nd, were postponed until Mon-
day, Oct. 9th to enable childien
to pick cotton, this week. It is
ALFRED E. SMITH
During the 1940 campaign he
again opposed the New Deal and
stumped for Wendell L. Willkie,
the Republican standard bearer.
Mrs. Woodall
Heads Democratic
Publicity Committee
Dallas, Oct. 4. — Mrs. Rose
Woodall, Huntsville editor, has
been appointed Publicity Chair-
man for the State Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee, so Chairman
GEORGE WASHINGTON LEE I
Mrs. Sam Burrow received a
telegram Saturday morning in-
forming her that her brother,
S/Sgt. George Washington Lee,
was killed in action in France,
September 2, 1944. /
S/Sgt. Lee was inducted at
Columbus, Ohio, three years ago
and was stationed at Camp Wol-
ters, Fort Sam Houston, and
Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, before
being sent overseas in October,
1943. He landed in Northern Ire-
land, went to England in April,
1944, and participated in the in-
vasion of France.
He had received the Purple
Heart for minor wound, suffered
some time ago.
Two brothers, Pvt. Dee H. Lee,
who is somewhere in France, and
I’fc. John Lee, near Little Rock,
Ark., are also serving their
country. They are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. John Lee, who
came to Delta County in 1918,
when George was 3 months old.
“These Pacific Islands are not
only infested with Japs but with
everything else undesirable,” says
Sergeant Arthur Allen as he
brushed the horde of insects off
the letter he was writing.
The Sergeant, son of Mrs. Lula
Allen of Cooper, has been 13
months in the Pacific. As a mem-
ber of the 37th Division he has
seen service in Guadalcanal and
action on Bougainville where he
was among the first army troops
to land on the beachhead.
A driver in the artillery, Allen
has driven under fire many times.
He wears the American Defense
and Asiatic Pacific service rib-
bons and the Good Conduct
Medal.
A former cotton farmer in the
Lake Creek vicinity, he was in-
ducted in July, 1941, spending
two years at Camp Roberts, Cal-
ifornia, before going overseas.
He is a graduate of Lake Creek
High School.
In France
On Furlough
lost ti.ue, states Superm- to thc Dalias convention. She has
War Prisoner
Contributes To
Local Red Cross
S/Sgt. John Anderson, prison-
er of war of the Germans since
last May 27, has written his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Ander-
son, of Sulphur Springs, to con-
i tribute $25 of his money to thc
M American Red Cross. He states
jJF that the Red Cross has helped
him in so many ways since he
. . has been a prisoner of war that
hi he would like to make a contri-
bution to their work.
.He was top turret gunner on
a B-17 bomber when he was forc-
ed to bail out over enemy terri-
tory. He was stationed in Eng-
land, where he had been since
November, 1943. He has been in
the service since April, 1942.
He is a brother of Monroe and
Anderson of Cooper and
worked in the garage with them
before entering the service.
Roundtree Appointed
Finance Chairman
Tom Roundtree, secretary of
the Democratic Executive Com-
mittee of Delta County, has been
appointed chairman for Delta
County for the Democratic Fi-
nance campaign.
The quota for Delta County is
set at $400, and Mr. Roundtree
is appointing the pricinct chair-
man and others as helpers in rais-
ing this fund.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Riggs
and daughters, spent Sunday in
Dallas.
Mrs. Juanita Olive of Dallas,
apent Tuesday and Wednesday
with Mrs. W. S. Jones.
tendent R. L. Stephenson.
Sgt. W. T. Chandler
Honored By Sisters
Mmes. Enon Cates and J. J.
Smiddy entertained with a sup-
per Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the
home of Mrs. Cates, honoring
their brother, Sgt. Walter Chand-
ler, of Coffeyville, Kansas, who
has been on furlough, visiting
his parents and family here.
Members of the family enjoy-
ing the occasion included: Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Chandler, Miss
Geres Chandler, Mr. and Mrs.
John Sloan and son, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Calvin and sons, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerle Smiddy, Mrs.
Merle Smiddy, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Chandler, Mr. and Mrs.
Cates and children and the hon-
oree.
been prominent in Texas politics
for some years. Her offices will
be in the Hotel Adolphus, Dallas,
for the duration of the campaign.
Dahl Hurley
Badly Wounded
Dahl Hurley is in a critical
condition at Janes Clinic and
Hospital, suffering from two
charges from a 20 guage shotgun
self inflicted, which entered his
left breast and left shoulder.
The tragedy occurred in the
garage at his home and he had
gone into his bathroom and was
attempting to remove his cloth-
ing when Mrs. Hurley returned
from taking her child to the fam-
ily doctor. She had him removed
to the hospital w'herp she and
his mother are at his bedside.
Virgil McCaslin Dies
Suddenly At
Pecan Gap
\ irgil McCaslin, 65, died sud-
denly Thursday afternoon about
six o’clock, at his home in Pecan
Gap. He had been picking cotton
in the afternoon and was taken
to the house after becoming ill.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed Thursday at 3 p. rn. at the
Methodist Church in Pecan Gap,
with Rev. R. E. Porter, pastor,
officiating. Burial was in the
Pecan Gap cemetery, under the
direction of the Delta i Funeral
Home.
Mr. McCaslin is survived bfcr
his wife, Mrs. Gertie McCaslin,
CPL. ELBERT D. CONSTANT
who has been spending a 30-day
furlough with his mother, Mrs.
H. T. Constant and grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Culp, has re-
ported for duty at Charleston, S.
C. He recently returned from 42
months overseas duty.
East Delta School
Starts Oct. 9
SPARKS THEATRES
At The Sparks
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
“CALL OF THE SOUTH SEAS”
Sizzling with South Sea Sweeties and Throbbing Music!
Janet Martin, Allan Lane, and Bill Henry. Also Comedy.
SUNDAY-MONDAY OCTOBER 8-9
“SENSATIONS OF 1945”
Never in your wildest dreams such entertainment. Starring
Elinor Powell, with Dennis O’Keefe, C. Aubrey Smith, Sophie Tuck-
er, Woody Herman and His Band, Cab Calloway and His Band.
Also “March of Time”
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10-11
Here is a picture that adds a new chapter to the history of the
screen’s great love stories. Ida Lupino in her first picture sincic
winning the critics award as the year’s best actress, and Paul Hen-
ried, the gallant lover in “Now Voyager” in
“IN OUR TIME”
Also News — Comedy
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12-13
Mighty adventures, mighty loves of a man who had a date with
destiny. Gary Cooper in
“THE STORY OF DR. WASSEL”
in giorious Technicolor, with Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis
O Keefe, Carol Thurston, Carl Edmond, Paul Kelly, Elliott Reid.
Also News — Comedy
At The Grand
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6-7
_ “RIDERS OF THE DEAD LINE”
with William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, Andy Clyde and Frances
Woodard. Also Cartoon.
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT
„ . . „ “THE LADY AND THE MONSTER”
iEnch Von Stroheim, Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen. Also Cartoon.
East Delta School will open on
Monday next, October 9th.
The bus routes will be as fol-1
-----, ----- lows: (1) From East Delta School
one grandson, Thomas A. Phil-1 through Pacio to the west bound-
lips of Pecan Gap, and one sis- ary line of John Youngs, thence
ter, Mrs. F. P. Green of Pans. | to Long Ridge. (2) From East
Delta to Kensing. (3) From East
Delta through Brushfr Mound,!
Prattville, Perkins School, Pick-
ens Store and down the new road ]
back to East Delta.
Text books will be issued Mon-
day and regular classes will be-
gin Tuesday.
PVT. ZOLLIE R. CRUMBLEY
Mr. and Mrs. Zollie Crumbley
have received word that thefo son,
Pvt. Zollie R. Crumbley, has
landed safely, somewhere in
France.
Pvt. Crumbley entered the ser-
vice in March, 1944, and receiv-
ed his basici training at Camp
Wolters and Fort Meade, Md. He
reports that he and Fred Layer
of Charleston, are still together.
Teen-Canteen To Be
Established Here
At a meeting held last Friday
evening at the High School, un-
der the sponsorship of the Lions
lub and other clubs of the town,
The canteen will open at an
early date, in the W. A. Tynes
building on West First St., with
Harry Bartley as manager. It
will be open two evenings a week
and mothers will act as chaper-
ons.
The following committees wTere
I appointed: Membership, Miss
i Juhe Phillips, Marilou Jack, Bet-
ty Winfrey, Laura K. Riggs,
i Johnnie Mae Pollard; Furniture:
j Mrs. Wilson Riggs, Dorothy
I Riggs, Betty Allan, Billy Brack-
een; Arrangements, Mrs. Dewey
hoate, Reginia Patterson, Billie
Simms, Mary Jo Boyd; Special
Occasions: Miss Jayne Magee,
Bobbie Joyce Choate, Mary Lou
Wells, Bill Crunk, Jr.; Finance:
Tom Cummings, Betty Jane
Stephenson, Sue Smith and Clar
issa Pickering.
To The Seniors
Of 1944-1945
Contractors
Improving
E. Delta Roads
Campbell & Kay Hare Co*,
tract for 17 Miles
Asphalt Road
Work began last week asphalt
ing the rook road from Charlem
ton to Ratliff Store, junction with,
highway 154. Trucks were oper-
ated night and day hauling ao-
phalt from Mt. Pleasant and thig
section of the road hae been
about completed.
The aontraet for improving
about 17 miles of road in the
east end of Delta County wan let
to Campbell & Kay for $27,460»
and provides for improving the
roadbed on 6^ miles of rock
road from Ratliff Store to Wil-
liams corner and 10.55 milen of
dirt road from Williams aorner
to Lake Creek. Delta County to
supply a tractor and grader and
to load the channel grayel into
the trucks. One-fourth gallon
cut-back asphalt is to be put on
each square yard on the dirt road
and .4 gallons on the rock bed
road, properly worked into the
material. The surface of the
road is to be 14 feet wide.
The ciounty is using its drag
line to load gravel onto the
trucks.
A road district in the east end
of the county recently voted
$30,000 for this road improve-
ment.
No Interruption Of
Food Parcels To
Prisoners Is Seen
No interruption in receipt of
food parcels by American prison-
ers of war in German camps is
anticipated, accordng to Basil
O’Connor, Chairman of the Am-
erican Red Cross. The present
disruption of traffic through
southern France and Switzerland
into Germany had been foreseen
by the American Red Cross and
alternate plans were made weeks
before the trains ceased to run,
O’Connor said.
Precautions taken by the Red
Cross to keep prisoners supplied
with American food inclded dis-
patching some weeks ago from
Geneva a three-month stock of
food parcels for most of the
camps where Americans are held
prisoners. In June, 264,914 food
parcels were sent to American
Seven Year Old Boy
Pulls 104 Pounds
Dalton Ray, little 7-year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Odis Mc-
Kinney of the Hickory Grove,
community pulled 104 pounds ofj
bolls Monday in Oscar Morris’ j Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wright
field on the Billie Wilson farm. | and daughter, Sally, s|pent the
This is a record that will be hard | week end in Gainesville, with re-
to beat. latives.
All of you who have made de-
posits on rings purchased by the
senior class are asked to bring I .----- — ~ mucuvou
your money Monday so that stu-! prisoner of war camps from Gen-
dents may receive their rings. ] eva- and in July, in spite of trans*
The rings are here but can not I portation delays, 137,196 were
be handed out until the money *
is collected.
R. L. Stephenson
Mrs. J. D. Bass and children,
Sandra Sue and Joe Dan, Mrs.
Colquitt Craddock and children.
Laquitta Joy and Charles, of
Winnsboro, spent the week end
sent.
A million and a half American
Red^ Cross food parcels arrived
in Goteborg, Sweden, on Septem-
ber 6 and 7, aboard the two
Swedish ships Mangalore and
Travancore, chartered by the In-
ternational Red Cross committee,
and the diplomatic exchange ship
Gripsholm. An American Red
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gripsholm. An A
Custer Lemmond. Cross representative was sent to
____Sweden, fl’fnnnnr c
Six Former Veterans of Aleutian Campaign Are Re-united Again
Re-united at Hunter Field after completing their tours of combat duty overseas are six for-
mer veterans of the Aleutians campaign who served together on the Island of Adak. Left to right,
Capt. James L. Ragan, pilot, of Lake Creek; Capt. Alfred Williams, chaplain; Sgt. Fletcher G.
Franklin, photographer; Capt. David S. Carter, adjutant; Cpl. Ben Klainburd, photographer; and
Capt. Herbert G. Spees, Wing photographic officer for the Third Air Force taging wing. All six
men are now serving in the same dutiee they were assigned to in the Alaskan theatre.
A Savannah, Ga. paper carried a column story on five service men now located at Hunter Field
near Savannah, who have been re-united there in the same sac tion of the air force after shar-
ing the rigors and dangers of the far north in the Aleutians, they can swap reminiscences of
* l camP*l*n *n the fw north. J. L. Regan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Regan of Lake Crook,
"[J1® OB* °f *he five, was home on leave several months ago and was guest speaker at the Lions
Club whaia ke told of his experiences in which ho took part in bombing and sinking throe Jay
destroyers.
i Sweden, O’Connor stated, to as-
sist the delegate of the Interna-
tional Committee of the Red
Cross in forwarding the supplies
from Goteborg to the camps in
Germany.
Fifty American trucks which
will each carry five- to seven-ton
loads have been sent to Barce-
lona. the first shipment of 26 to
( arrive about September 11 aboard
’ the Red Cross ship Caritas I.
These trucks are consigned to the
International Committee of the
Red Cross and will carry prison-
er of war supplies now ware-
housed in Barcelona to American
prisoners in Germany.
Convicted On Rape
Charge At
Sulphur Springs
A verdict of guilty with a five
year penalty was returned Wed-
nesday morning by the jury‘in
the cose of Wylie France, Jr.,
charged with rape and tried in
8th Judicial District Court in
Sulphur Springs. The case went
to the jury Tuesday afternoon.
Sells Service Station
To Toon Bros.
And Joins Navy
Curtis and James Toon have pnr<
chased the service station of Don-
nie Landers, west of town on
the highway, and James will op-
erate it, handling Texaco pro-
ducts, while Curtis continues to
drive an oil truck for C. D.
Thomas, Texaco agent.
Bonnie Landers has gone to
Dallas with intention of joining
the navy.
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