The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 51, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 22, 1936 Page: 1 of 4
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ROUND ROBIN
TO DETERMINE
, COUNTY TITLE
Four Teams In Series Of
Games To Be Played In
January.
VOLUME 55, NO. 51
Edward Golfs-Wally Rests
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Pursuing the same plan placed
In operation last year, basketball
teams in Delta County will deter-
mine the 1937 champion with a
round robin tournament and a
three game play-off aeries be-
tween the two high teams.
Only four cage squads, Klon-
dike, Enloe, Pecan Gap and Coop-
er, are entering the round robin
this year. Other teams in the
county have no chance of secur-
ing the championship without
playing in the series games. The
round robin will begin January 7
and is to consist of two rounds
with the second half of the sched-
ule to begin on January 19. All
games are to be played in the
Cooper High School gymnasium
on Tuesday and Thursday of each
week. Dates for the play-off have
not been set but will be arranged
between the two leading teams
The schedule follows:
round;. .Thursday,-January
7, Cooper vs Klondike; Enloe vs.
Pecan Gap; Tuesday, January 12,
Cooper vs. Enloe; Klondike vs.
Pecan Gap; Thursday, January 14,
Cooper vs. Pecan Gap; Klondike
vs. Enloe.
Second round; Tuesday, January
19, Cooper vs. Klondike; Enloe vs.
Pecan Gap; Thursday, January
21, Cooper vs. Enloe; Klondike
vs. Pecan Gap; Tuesday, January
26, Cooper vs. Pecan Gap; Klon-
dike vs. Enloe.'
1129 PUPILS ON RITES FOR MRS.
HONOR ROIL IN WILSON TO BE
GRADEJCHOOL
Students High In Grades
Last Semester Announce-
ed by Wade Bledsoe.
Th honor roll for East Ward,
and West Ward for the second *
semester has been announced by
Wade Bledsoe, principal. A total
of 129 pupils achieved high enough
grades in classwork and conduct
to earn places on the list Thev
are:
Seventh grade; Komiie Bess
Aliurd, lone Chandler, Warren
Chancellor, Margaret Good, Betty
Harcrow, Billy Hooten, Ralph Ho.
HELDTOESDAY
Resident Of County For 40
Years Dies I^ate Sunday
Night.
cutt, Thelma Ruth Inglis Joe
~= K2
othy Spees, Everett Scrimshlr?, I
Funeral services for Mrs. T. A.
Wilson, 62, will be conducted
Tuesday afternoon at the Method-
ist church in charge of the Rev. J.
D. Barron with the Rev. R. E.
Streetman assisting. Interment
will be made in Oak Lawn ceme-
tery.
Pall bearers will be W. W. Ew-
ing, J. M Maupin, Henry Chesnut,
Redmond Simpson, O. J Cregg
and J. A. Brannon.
Mrs. Wilson died Sunday night
an illness
Freed from the strain surrounding his abdication from tfie throne
of England, the Duke of Windsor, former King Edward VIII, in his
self-imposed exile
MARVIN HALL
Co~iparatlveIy unknown a year
ago but forging to the front last
cllt_ .___ , , , summer as manager of Governor
Edith Scrimshire, G. W. Thorn, ber3 Mi * W?„U ® ^ daUR:h‘ { Tames V. Allred’s campaign for
.. ,, , „„ ’, ts“s, Misses Willie and Ima Wil-
Kathryn Woodruff and Bobby'son of Cooper and
Tax Commissioner | SECURITY ACT
IS DISCUSSED
ATUONSCLUB
Chesly M. Adams Makes Priii-
ciiwl Address At Christ-
mas Program.
Wickersham.
Sixth grade: Tommie Lee Boyd,
Miss Onic
and Bonnie Faye Wilson of Paris;
four sons, Doke Wilson, of Mis
self-imposed exile is at the castle of a fritnd, Baron Rothohild, In C V Fionarv at* f°Ur SOnS’ Doke Wilson, of Mis-
Austria. There he Is playing golf daily. Meanwhile in Cannes, France, France ,nv' a horyn j sion, Pierce Wilson, of Taylor,
Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson is restimr at the hom^ nf Mr u.,a u» ’ ... • Truman j Kelly Wilson, of Tavior »hh
Hooten, | Harmon Wilson, of
Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson is resting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
II. H. Rogers, while waiting for her divorce decree to become final.
Friends of both predict Edward and Wally will be married immediate-
ly ?*lerH,<LBnai dl.yorce decreeJA rece)ved. which. ulll .be. Jn. Apn)_____
Mrs. Royce Sutton
Injured In Wreck
Mrs. Royce Sutton of Fort
Worth, was painfully injured Sun-
day when she was pulled out of
the car when sh: opened the door
between Greenville and Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. Sutton were on their
way to Valliant, Okla., where Mrs,
Sutton was to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs Eob Wilson. Mr. and
Mrs. Sutton drove on to Cooper
and spent the day with Mrs. Sut-
ton’s uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Wilson, where she received medi-
cal attention.
CITY TO MOVE
OFFICES TO
Harvey, Helen Louise
Dorothy Jean Jones, James Jones,
Helen McDonald, Cameron Mc-
-IBRoeyr-Edward- -M-cKtancy; --Mary
Nell Moss, Mary Reynolds, Ellie
j Robinson, Gwynn Sandlin, Tom
| Sissell, Lee Ray Trent and Imo-
gene Wakefield.
MORRILL BLDG.
Mrs. J. C. Tyne3 received a j
message Sunday morning notify- j
bou >)«n4V, L ... I
***b “V* wx V1V. U UL U1 iiCi iatTicI , I
the Rev. M. C. Wilson, 88, at Lo- j
meta, Texas who passed away at j _
midnight Saturday night. | Fire Department To Be Hous-
Fbmeral rites were conducted at
3 p.m. Sunday with interment atj ed In Fr°nt Part °f
Lampasas. Survivors include
two sons, and two daughters, Mrs.
W. D. Biggs of Lometa and Mrs.
J. C. Tynes of this city. ,
Rev Wilson was one of the | ^'hiding owned by J. p. Morrill to
pioneer preachers in the early; PrePare th? first floor for occu-
days of circuit riding pastors and by the City of Cooper. City
... -- •- officials say the move will be
made as scon as the building is I
ready, probably before the first of'
the year.
, According to present plans, the
fire department will bc housed in
the front part of the building and
the front part of the building will
be changed
Taylor, and
Cooper; two
brothers, Jack Burk, of Musko-
gee, Okla. and John Burk, of Glen-
wbod.' Ark.; and tw0 grandchil-
dren.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Ala-
bama, June 19, 1874 and moved
renomination, Marvin Hall, 37-
ycar old attorney, has been pro-
moted to the office of State Tax
' ommissioner. Hail was previous-
ly chief counsel of the Tax Board.
Building.
Workmen started Monday irr.orn-
ing making repairs to the Masonic
, _ .. „ , * ith her family to Texas 40 vears
Fifth grade: Ruth Boyd, Ewing .
J H ago. She was married to T a
Burgess, Dorothy Jean Barrett I \xr-i
* Wilson m 1900. Mrs. Wilson was
nit Qua
I a iTrnmhnn . ir n. it
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Church.
was pastor of the Methodist Pro-
testant church of Cooper for sev-
eral years.
East Delta County
Volley Ball Loop
Formed Wednesday
Mary Cantrell, Ross Chesnut, Sue
Dawson, Cora F. Combs, Billie
■I an Edwards, Mary M. Early,
Thomas Ewing, Geraldine Frazier,
Willie M. Gatlin, Jean Harper,
Jeane McClain, Opal Oyler, Rds-
coe Simmons, Martha Sissell,
Anabeth Wdnsett and Kathleen
Woodall.
Fourth grade: Bob Scott Bart-
ley, Edna Burnett, Haskell Bur-
nett, Dora Fae Hocutt, Olinda
Rae Hooten, Drexel Jones, Carl
Marshall Mora, Park McKinney,
Lefalco Rcbinson, Mary Jim Wat-
kins, and Pamelia Van Scoy.
Third grade, East Ward: Joyce
Faye Dixon, Mary Guinn, Martha
Jo Kern, Titus Earl Adams, Jua-
rita Arthur and Frances Cham-
bers; West Ward: Mary Lena Ray,
Nova Jeaij< Moore, Mary Elizabeth
Parent-Teacher Ass’n
Meet Held Tuesday
T. E. L. Class Has
Meeting Tuesday
Mrs. Hoyle Winsett and Mrs.
W. H. McDonald were hostesses
to the T. E. L. class of the Bap-
tist church Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Winsett. Eigh-
teen members were present.
Following a short business ses-
sion, Mrs. E. O. Millard and Mrs.
IG- W. Bond conducted games, and
gifts were exchanged from a de-<
at the home of John Porter at
j Vasco. Games will be played each
Tuesday afternoon until the first
of April. Attending the meeting
were: R. M. Vaughn, of Charles-
1 ton, Ira Hathcock, of Pacio and
1 Shannon Hefley of Kensing. Mr.
Vaughn was named president and
director and Mr Porter, reporter.
The loop will end on April 1 at
Charleston when all the teams
meet there.
Pennants will be awarded for
first, second and third places at
the end of the competition. The
corated Christmas tree. The host-l schedule follows.
esses served sandwiches and hot December 29, Pact0
fruit punch. Santa Claus candies
were used as plate favors.
i De cnanged to provide an exit for t ■----- ---------
the engines. Quarters for the paid ‘ Geverett, Herbert Selph, Floyd
t!-----—. . . . . Hale, Charles Turner Wicker-
sham, Gaylon Watson and Bob
Poteet.
Second grade, East Ward: Lou
A,nn Adams, Betty Brackeen, An-
Organization of the East Delta 1 „ . , . ,
County Volley Ball league was ™ main a‘ned by merchant*
» * ^ I ^ Cooper will be provided in
coxpieted last Wednesday night jrear of ^ bulldin^
nah Fred McGuire, Helen Earl havin„ .. , ‘
t nii* t___havin5 “« most mother’s
FuneraJ Rites For
Mrs. Owen James
Held Thursday
Mrs. Myrtle James, wife of
Owen James, died Tuesday night
at her home in thePric? commun- ni iiu lju|a
it,v. Mrs. Jamea had been in 111 j Morgan, Irpogene Jones, Wanda
health for some time and had been Ruth Tucker and Dot Riggs,
Lair, Bonnie Jean Odom, Bobbie
Ruth Shaffer, Valgene Simmons,
Jana Smith and Bill Brackeen;
West Ward: Oscar Reynolds, Bill
Crunk, Paul DeBoo, Martha Lee
Bridges, Louise Banks, Anna Lou
Choate, Altha Hale, Lola Nell
The Cooper Parent-Teacher As-
sociation met Tuesday afternoon
at the high school auditorium, the
president Mrs. Tom Boyd, presid-
ing.
Miss Elizabeth Tillman’s room
entertained with a short skit “A
Broadcasting Station at Christ-
mas Time.” Miss Anne Woodruff,
teacher of public school music,
told the story of the "Nut Crack-
er Suite;” Miss Lucile Hendricks
discussed the state and national
president’s message. Rev. R. E.
Streetman, Baptist pastor spoke
on "Parents, Children andi
Schools."
A social hour was held and re-
freshments were served to 75
members and gue6ts. Miss Till-
man’s room won the prize for
pres-
RIG COMPLETED
FOR NEW TEST
NEAR KLONDIKE
McGee No. 1 Is Shut Down
Awaiting Repairs To
Machinery.
Chesley M. Adams, secretary-
manager of the Greenville cham-
ber of commerce, was a guest
speaker at the bi-monthly lunch-
eon of the Lions Club Friday at
noon. Introduced by Henry Pharr,
of Greenville, also a guest, Mr.
Adams gave a comprehensive talk
on the Social Security Act and its
requirements of employers and
employes.
A sextette composed of Mes-
dames John Anderson, R. j. Har-
per, W. T. Bartley, Tom Inglis,
Howard McKinney and W D.
Hart sang two numbers ‘‘Miedley
of the South” and hAlI Through,
the Night.” Mrs. Clarence Walls
was accompanist.
Christmas gifts, given by mem-
bers according to names drawn,
were distributed from a tree ^
Santa Claus who appeared at th,
close of the program.
Harry Patterson of Enloe
a guest at the luncheon.
The next meeting of the club
i was postponed from January 1 to
I January 8, when Oscar Jones of
‘ Greenville, will make an official
visit. Ladies night will be observ-
ed January 20. The table appoint-
ments wery in keeping with the
Christmas motif.
V
Mrs. Clisto Blevins
Is Shower Honoree
at Vasco;
January 1, Kensing at Charleston;
January 5, Charleston at Pacio;
confined in bed for three weeks.
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday afternoon at the Baptist
church at Rattan by the Rev. R.
W. Sanslng with interment in the
Rattan cemetery. Funeral ar-
Flrst grade, East Ward: Ben-
nett AdsiTs, Freddie Bashaw, Jo
Ann Boyd, Clara Bess Cantrell,
Evelyn Cates, Haz l Cates, James
Doyle Morgan, Daphne Rhea Har-
vey, Johnnie Mae Pollard, Lindy
Vasco at Kensing; January 12, |Torn Inglis Funeral Home,
rangements were in charge of thej Schultz, Vemita Skinner,’ Lundy
Charleston at Vasco; Kensing at
j Pacio; January 19, Charleston at
_ | Kensing; Vasco at Pacio; Feb-
_ . |ruary 2, Pacio at Charleston;
Mrs. Lewis Williams, assisted Kensing at Vasco; February 9,
by Misses Clara Bryan, Celia Vasco at Charleston; Kensing at
Donaldson, Bona White and Fay Paolo
Pound of Lake Creek, entertain-
ed Friday evening at the homP of
Mrs. Williams, honoring Mrs
Clisto Blevins, who before her re-
cent marriage, was Miss Latanae
Taylor.
Misses Clara Bryan, Fay Pound
and Mrs. J, D. Shulls were in
charge of the games.
BuIJdosrs Lose Close
Tilt To Greenville
lowing a ten days illness.
D, D. Moss of Rattan, is a pat-
ient at Jino, Clinic and Hospital
"or treatment.
Playing on the Greenville High
School Court, the Cooper High
School Bulldogs dropped a close
> decision to the Lions by 22 to 21
After the gifts were presented | last Thursday night The gam-
refreshments were serv'd to fifty was c]ogo al] tbo v,ay nnf1 Coanh i
Xuests. House decorations were in Wftyn<( g, , ..... !
keeping with the Christmas motif, o-ood part of the wav Th ' 1ott and son’
,oou part of the way. The half: Chas. Edward, of Paris, visited
fh 1 ? and at th0 Cn<1 0tlMra- Rfcw Wednesday,
the third period th? score was;
still tied 18 to 18. Marshall Rob-i Mrs, Cecil E. Moore who accom-
nett with 9 points was high scorer pan led Mrs. C. C. Moore of Green-
» l°r ! 1 Bu,,do^ whil; Coamer, | ville to Port Arthur for a visit
aunt, giant Greenville center, led tfeejwith relative, returned
Lions with 10 points. ‘Thursday night
Ward, Bob Streetman, William
j Claud? Sutton, Mary Lou Wells,
CHRISTMAS PLAY j Betty Ruth Wester, and Fred
- (Williams; West Ward: John Bar-
A white Christmas celebration' ron- J- G- Chandler, Herbert Guf-
with the play, "The Meaning of|^ey> ■I°e Jeter, Harry Thomas.
Christmas,” will be given at the I Jew.1 Braddy, Mary Jo Bdyd,'
Methodist church at Enlo? on Bobbie Joyce Choate, Jane DeBoo,
i next Wednesday night. Special J Patsy Krauskopf, Mildred Lever-
Chrlstmas music. | efcf,. Betty Jane Stephenson and
------- j JOIMll Winsett.
Walter Brock was able lo 1iP up j ----
town a short w*ile Monday, fol- §eek Qf w&y
For New Highway
Columbus G. Evans;
49, Dies At Vasco
Columbus Gaston Evans passed
away at the family home at Vasco
Sunday morning. He had been ill
several weeks and developed pneu-
monia a week ago.
Funeral servic:s were held at
the home Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock, conducted by Rev Mack
Malone.
Deceased was 49 years, 6
months and 14 days old, and had
resided in the Vasco community
many years. He is survived by his
wife, eight children and four step
children.
Construction of the derrick for
the Estes No. 1 McGee oil test
near Klondike was completed
Monday afternoon while work was
proceeding rapidly on a dam to
provide sufficient water for the
drilling operations. Machinery has
not been moved to the test.
The Estes test is located two
miles southwest of Klondike 400
fec,t from the east line and 1,000
feet from the south line of a 207
acre tract in the J. G. Oliver sur-
vey.
Meanwhile the McGee No 1
Miller deep test drilling has been
shut down because of machinery
trouble. A water line to the test
was completed Friday morning
but development of boiler troublci
forced a further postponement of
activity.
New County Agent
Visits In Cooper
Miss Genevieve Faegin of Tyler,
arrived in Cooper Sunday and will
be here several days preparing to
assume her duties as county honaei - --------
demonstration agent. Miss Faegin! Prov*dcd th? irowd with plenty of
will return to Tyler Thursday to °ntertainment in proving difficult
Doyle Cumming New
A. & P. Manager Here
Succeeding Smith
Doyla Cumming, manager of
the A. & P. store at Rockwall, has
been transferred to Cooper and
assumed the management of the
local A. & P. store Saturday. Wil-
son Smith, former manager, re-
signed to accept a position in a
Rockwall variety store. L. W.
Bassett, of Commerce, began work
here last week as assistant store
manager.
Big Crowd Attends
Trades Day Event
Attracted by the special events
planned by Rube S. Wells for the
regular third Monday trades day
event, hundreds of Delta County
citizens thronged the streets of
Cooper Monday.
The big feature of the day was
the turning loose of guineas from
the second floor of the courthouse.
The fowls with money attached1
spend the Christmas holidays and
will return here on December 30
to take charge of home demon-
stration work. Miss Faegin is suc-
ceeding Miss Louise Ramsey who
received a prornotion and will go
to Kountze as agent there.
to captur?.
CARD OF THANKS
Trappers Licenses,
Fur Tags Available
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS
Bob Billy Waterman, who is
attending Allen /Academy at
Bryan, arrived Sunday to spend
the holidays with his grandmoth-
er, Mrs. C. G. Wright and
Mrs. C. C. McKinney.
ex-
and
any
We take this method of
pressing our thanks to each
everyone who help;d us in
way during the illness and death
of our loved one
We thank Dr. Woodruff for the
efforts he put forth to relieVei
her.
We especially thank those who
sent In the dinner and the ones
who sent th" beautiful flowers
For the convenience of the pub-
lic, trappers licenses and fur tags
have been placed for sale with
th(> R. N. Stovall Hardware by
Gus Cothran, game warden.
CHRISTMAS OPERETTA
County Judge J. T. Rountree
and Commissioner R. H. Wallace
were working Monday on one
mile of right of way for straight-
ening highway 24, one mile from
Bam tt’s Creek to Hunt County
line. The now course will be
ptraight and will necessitate the
moving of bridges on Barnett’s
and Pecan Creeks. Work on this
In the ad of Thurman Beauty
Salon in last week's Review the
price on permanents read $1.59
------------when it should hsv« read S1 95
home. „ew rout? which extends to Com- j The Courier i» glad to make a cor-
mere* will start soon. I reotlon of this inadvertent error.
DENTON, Dec. 21 Four Coop-
r girls arrived home last week
from Texas State College for Wo-
men fCIA) to spend the Christ-
mas season with relatives and __________
friends. The young ladies, includ-1 that bore their silent message.
Ing Misses Mary Virginia. Allen,'
Nell Lowry, Lucile Ratliff and
Lynn Woot n, v ill return to Den-
ton on January 4 to resume their
college work.
CORR1 CTION
W? also thank Re. R. W. San-
‘ ing for his consoling words, and
the singers for rendering the
music. We hope when th? death
angel visits your homes the same
kindness will he shown vou.
cot* W. O. Jamea.
Mr. anti Mrs, D. A. James.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. James.
The Enloe High School will pre-
sent a Christmas operetta "When
Toys Come to Life” on Tuesday
night at 7:30 o’clock, if the weath-
er is favorable. There will be no
Emission charge.
The five year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Coker Wells of Lake Creek,
route one, Is seriously ill at his
parent* home.
REVIEW TO BE ISSFED
DAY EARLY THIS WEEK
Publication of the Cooper
1’ view will be moved up a day
this week because of the near-
ness to Christmas. Th? edition
will be printed Wednesday
night in ordi r to catch Thurs-
day morning mail delivery as
the regular mail service will be
suspended cm Friday, Christina*
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