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Volume 81 No. 5
The Cooper Review, Cooper, Texas
Eight Pages
ELTA
IARY
By Richard Stringfellow
Much has’ been said, and will
be said in time to come, about
, the finances of the City of Coo )-
er and how they might be im-
proved.
There is an item, although
small, that could bring in some
money to the city’s bank ac-
count each year. This is the tax-
ation on automobiles. v
On the city’s 1958 tax rolls,
there are some 900 people list-
ed with property and autos.
However, there are only 86 such
listing with cars only. Of the
86 there are 39 who have not
paid their taxes on their cars
for a period of from 1 to 10
years. ,
For the sake of estimate, let s
say that each of these 39 cars
would average $3 each in taxes.
This would be $117 for one year
and for a period of 10 years
would be $1,170 revenue which
the city is not now receiving.
This amount could go a long
way in accomplishing some of
the things’ so badly needed to
be done.
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It seems almost a certainty
for something to be done in re-
gard to maintaining Cooper’s
streets. Many of the streets that
were improved last year are
now in l eed of repairs’.
Unless these repairs are made
as needed, it won’t be long be-
fore Cooper will be in the piti-
Jul shape that we were about
Iwo years ago.
Janiu
Sterling Rattan is Cooper ^n Saturday 6P.m.MayN
.... 4 A J'jre! Could Be Mothers Marc
taxi a river toryears
A. L. CARRINGTON
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A R CARRINGTON
Oldest Twin Brothers In Texas
Observe 76th Birthday Recently
The oldest twin brothers in 18 grandchildren,
the state of Texas noted their This week both men said, ‘‘if
76th birthday here on January J anybody knows of any other
23. They are A. L. and A. B. Car- twin brothers who are older
rington. [ than we are, we would like to
According to their late moth- | know about them.”
er, snow was on the ground!
four inches deep on that day in i
1883 when the two men were
born to the late L. B. and Fan-
nie Arder.cn Car -:, gton. Qq Qjj gaJe QjJ
Car Tags Will
Both men who have lived in
Delta county all their life say
that there might be older twin
sisters' in the state, but to their
knowledge, they are the oldest
twin brothers.
They were born near Mt. Joy
and are both members of the
Baptist Church. A. L. taught
school, operated a store and was
February 2
New license plates for 1959
will go on sale in Delta county
courthouse on February 2, Tax
assessor-collector Wayne Tem-
pleton announced this wtek. The
plates will be the reverse of
1958’s, and will have black let-
Not only do we need money
for street repairs, but it wouldn’t
be out of the question to have a
city law (enforcement force. We
might think that other towns
are out of step who have police
forces', but most of them think
it worth twhile .... so much
worth while that they spend
good money for law (enforcement
every year.
On dhe ofiher hand, many
towns no larger than Cooper
are able to appropriate some
money for a fire department
when needed.
The point we’re making is that
most municipalities do, i» some
way or another, provide these
services for their ^citizens. Not
so with Cooper and the answer
is WHY? is always .. . . w* do
not hav.e the money.
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This answer brings up another
good question ... Why don’t we j WSCS Cirde Meets
have the money? __ _ .
Many people who have lived VVltrl JVlrs. Watkins,
here for many years will have Circle 2 of the Woman's So-
varying answers, but noun that 1 ciety of Christian Service met
will put money into the city’s J 'n the home of Mrs. J. R. Wat-
bank account. In fact, we can’t W™ Monday afternoon January
bow our heads and mourn the with Mrs. Carl Tynes and
postmaster at Mt. Joy before ters and nurnerals on a white
the office was discontinued, has' | background,
been tax-assessor from 1923 to j Templeton stated that four
1927, was chairman of the De'- and one-half million motor ve-
ta A.SC committee, has farmed bide registrations were bought
and was a Cooper merchant for
several years.
He married the former Belle
Smith of Lake Creek in 1903
and they have six living chil-
dren and 11 grandchildren.
A. B. was in the general mer-
cantile business at Mt. Joy, was
a supervisor of the first high-
ways built in this county, hats
farmed and in this endeavor
ra&ed beef cattle and operated
a dairy, a member of the ASC
committee at one time for sev-
eral years, is past master of the
Cooper Masonic Lodge.
A. B. Carrington was a direct-
or in the First National Bank at
Hnloe and atoo operated a gar-
age and new car business.
He married the former Rosa
DeWitt of Mt. Joy in T904 and
they have 10 liviing children and
by Texans in 1958. ‘‘Don’t be at
the end of that long line. Get
your vehicle registered early,”
Templeton urged. “The registra-
tion deadline is April 1, but we
hope car and truck owners will
put on the new plates as soon as
possible.”
Templeton stressed the im-
portance of registering all auto-
mobiles and trucks in the home
county of the vehicle owner.
“Take your certificate of title
and your last year’s registration
receipt to the tax collector in
your home county. Penalty for
improper registration of a ve-
hicle can be as much as $200.
Don’t risk an illegal registra-
tion.. Remember, too, that a por-
tion of all registration fees stays
in your home county to benefit
your local community.
mistakes made in the past, but
we should project our plans in-
to the future with a purpose in
nind
This purpose should include
the improvement of our city’s
finances by whatever means are
available.
On the eve of what appears to
be an increase in the population
of Cooper, there are many pro-
grams that need to be initiated.
One of these could be the zoning
of various districts in the city
limits. To designate localities ardshjp.”
Mrs. Nannie Preas as co-hcstt.s-
SOS.
Circle leader, Mrs. D. Todd,
opened the meeting with the
call to worship. Mrs. J. P. Oats
read the minutes.
Program leader, Mrs. M. F.
Young, used John 10:1-18 for the
devotional and discussed “God’s
Answer To Prayer.” Mrs. Alton
Wright, secretary of Spiritual
Life, pes’ented the lesson on
“Stewardship.” Mrs. Owen Hoot-
en and Mrs. L. F. Hooten Sr.
gave a dialogue entitled “Stew-
Only one accident in driving
his taxi durng the past 42 years.
That is the record compiled
by Sterling Rattan, Cooper’s
only taxi operator at the pres-
ent time. This one accident hap-
pened several years ago when he
had made a trip to Paris and was
on his return to Cooper.
Rattan was born in the Long
Taw community in 1878, the son
of the late Volney and Adelaide
Bradley Rattan. In 1897 he mar-
ried the former Pinnie Sisseli
who is’ also a native of Delta |
County. They moved to Cooper
in 1906 and later sold their farm ;
in the Long Taw community.
After moving to Cooper, Rat- |
tan worked for the Magnolia Oil
Company drove a dray wagon ,
lor the Lyon Gray Lumber Com- i
pany, worked for J. F. Henslee
Hardware, was employed by his
brother, Blaine Rattan, in his j
grocery business.
In 1916 he drove a car for Dr.
E. E. Woodruff in making his
calls throughout Delta County.
It was in 1917 that Rattan start-
ed his taxi business when he
purchased a Model T Ford. He
now owns and drives a 1953 J
Chevrolet.
The longest taxi trip he has
made in the past 42 years was
taking a passenger to Dallas’. He
has had only one illness in that
time, which was in 1951 when
he was confined to a hospital
for 53 days.
For many years he was em-
ployed by Congressman Wright
Patman to deliver campaign ma-
terial throughout the county in
his taxi in election years'.
Rattan recalls that he has had
three generations in some Del-
ta families as his customers. He
has several customers whom he
carries to the doctor’s office at
regular intervals. Incidenitally
he waits for them and carries
them back home.
Most people know that he can
be found parked near the bus
station or near Hooten Drug
when they need a taxi. For night
trips, which he doesn’t make
many of now, he can be reach-,
ed at his' home by phone.
He and his wife live at 750 S
W 6th Street in the home they
built after they moved to Coop-
er in 1917. They had two chil-
dren, the late Merrill J. Rat-
tan, and a daughter, Mrs. Bon-
nie Moss, who has been employ-
The Mothers March in Cooper
will be announced by the sound
of the siren at 6 p.m Saturday,
January 31.
It is when the residents of
Cooper hear the fire siren at
this hour that they have been
asked to turn on their por.’h
lights and reach for their pock-
et books, because it won’t be
too long before a March of
Dimes worker will be knocking
on their doors for donations to
this fund.
The Mother’s March on Satur-
day will climax a month-long
the results of the
respective commun
as possible. Miss
stated that worke
reach her to mak
donations in the F
Bank.
Neighborhood c'
the Saturday nigh
Cooper have ann
workers who will b
various neighborho
city.
Mrs. L. F. Hooter!
nouneed her commit
arc: Miss Laura jo
Robert Schmitter,
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drive for the March of Dimes
with Miss Frankie McKinney as j Chancellor, Mrs. Da
the county chairman. i ses Dot and Jo
Community workers through- | Mrs. Joe Kitchen an
out Delta county have been ask-
ed by MisS McKinney to report
Cooper Review Photo
Shown seated in his taxi, just as he has been thousands
of times in the past 42 years, in the photo above is Ster-
ling I. Rattan. He has operated his own taxi service here
since 1917 continuously with the exception of 53 days
when he was confined to a hospital.
ed at Hooten Drug Company for | er and Delta county the wonder-
many years. They have one
grandchild, Mrs. Robert Os-
borne, and one great-grandchild.
Rattan has had some cattle for
many years. He never fails to
make a trip to the pasture every
day, many times not even get-
ting out of his car, but just to
'ook at the cattle from a dis-
ance.
Cooper and Delta County may
well boast of having a taxi driv-
er with the best accident record
as compared to length of ser-
vice that can be found any
where.
It is men like Sterling Rattan
who, in their devotion to their
jobs and to the people they
serve, that help to make Coop-
Stockholders Of
Development Co.
To Have Meet
There will be a meeting of all
stockholders of the Cooper De-.
velopment Company in the dis-
trict courtroom Saturday, Janu-
ary 31, at 10 a.m., according to
the president, Quentin Miller.
A progress report and finan-
cial statement will be given to
those attending the meeting. A
director will also be elected to
fill the unexpired term of J. R.
Watkins.
President Miller urged all
stockholders to be present Sat-
ful place in which to live that , urday morning for the meeting
as important business will be
it is.
R. S.
discussed and transacted.
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ism ’!
Mrs. Mary Watson £< Delta, Cooper
Funeral Services Win Tournament
for business and do the same for
residential areas.
As the situation stands now,
as we understand it, a homeown-
er has no protection against an
undesirable business being es-
tablished virtually in his front
door. The citizens who are home-
owners, and those who rent
houses, should be provided this
protection by our city, we think.
Again this wouldn’t seem to be
an unreasonable request since
many towns do provide this pro-,
tection
All of these needs of the City
of Cooper cannot be accomplish-
ed overn ght regardless of how
badly they are needed. How-
ever, a program could be set in
motion for the eventual accom-
plishment of some of these pro-
jects.
Only the citizens of Cooper
can get the ball rolling. Our
city government will attempt
the projects which the people
want .... if they want them
bad enough.
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We’d Ilk* tn a new-
comer to Cooper and hope he
is able to w/v * family here
from Greenville in the near fu-
ture.
The hostesses served refresh-
ments to nineteen members.
Charles Jeter, Alva, Okla.,
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Jeter, this week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Speaks Is con-
valescing at the home of her
son, O. M. Roling, in Rowlett
and is reported improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rayburn,
Bonham, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. W. I. Bartley and Mrs.
Oscar Scott.
Mrs. Della McLarty Is visiting
in Dallas this week.
Mrs. Roy Cain and Mrs. Jack
Silman were in Dallas Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. Julian Thomas,
Fred and Judy, visited in Tyler
last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L .Miller,
Dallas, visited friends and rel-
atives in Cooper Thursday.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary E. Watson, 77, were held !
Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock in the Delta Funeral
Home Chapel, Basil D. Shilling
and David Harkrider officiating.
Interment was made in Oak
Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Watson was born August
24, 1881 in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.,
tre daughter of John Wesley and
Mary Alice (Locke) Cross. She
passed away January 26 in Aus-
tin, where she made her home.
Surviving are two sons, J. W.
Watson Jr., Ft. Worth; and Has-
kell G. Watson, Austin; one
daughter, Mrs. Luke Robinson,
Austin; one brother, Clint Cross,
Cooper; and one sister, Mrs. Cora
Wilson, Arkansar
Pallbearers were Luke Robin-
sen Jr., Joe Robinson, John
Thompson, Henry Gordon, Ben-
nett Watson and Woodrow Pow-
ers.
February 3 Is
Date For Cotton
Meet In Cooper
The meeting for farmers and
fan.' owners has been set for
February 3 in the district court-
room for the purpose of discus-
sing the cotton program for this
county in 1959. Time will be at
2:30 in the afternoon.
It was erroneously published
as February 2 .n last week’s is-
sue of the Rev w.
. . . On hand for the session will
before winning over Windom in , „
thn fi„-i oo m. . , . be C. B. Spent er, representative
the finals 23 to 21. The defeat ■ . ,, „ c , . .
I-™ nr;„ j „ .» ... ... of the Cotton Seed Crushers As-
for Windom was the first of the
In a Junior High basketball
tournament at Pecan Gap last
weekend, the East Delta girls
and the Cooper boys won first
place trophies.
The E. D. girls had defeated
Pecan Gap, Bailey and Cooper
16 games
the new Texaco consignee for
this area. We hope he will be
cfurressfnl Jn hl« business en-
deavor here. We’re also glad
that his predecessor will con-
tinue to be connected with the
firm and continue to be ono of
Dramatic Club Has.
United Nations Program
Mrs. J. C. McKinney was hos-
tess to the Tom A. Lambeth
Dramatic Club Tuesday night,
January 27.
Mrs. Harry Ward, president,
called the meeting to order.
Roll call on “Current Events of
National and World Interest”
was answered by fifteen mem-
bers. The minutes of the No-
vember and December meet-
ings were read and approved
and reports were given from
•the committees.
Mrs’. Wade Bledsoe presented
the program on “United Nation*”
and a film entitled ‘Tour
Around the World” was shown.
h» served - salad
plate to the members present
Mrs. C. A. Hooten will be hos-
tess to the February 23 meet-
ing and Mr*. Charles Wright
season, having won
prior.
The Cooper Junior High boys
won over Cunningham and Bail-
ey before taking Honey Grove
in the finals to the tune of 20
to 18. But not before a struggle
and overtime, in which Moore
hit for two free throws to give
the locals the two point margin
The Cooper Junior High girls
were defeated by one point by
the East Delta girls last Satur-
day morning.
Both Cooper teams entered a
Junior High tournament in Hon-
ey Grove early this week .
News of Reuben E.
Thornton Death Told
Word has been received here
that Reuben E. Thornton died
in Houston on October 11, 1958.
Thornton was born and rear-
ed in Cooper, the son of the late
Capt. J. J. Thornton who operat-
ed the old Thornton Hotel where
the Delta courthouse now stands.
Reuben Thornton had been a
resident of Phoenix, Ariz. for
the past 40 years and was in
the grocery business.
MYSTERY FARM
IDENTIFIED NEXT WEEK
Due to composition difficul-
ties in the Review this week,
the Mystery Farm published last
week tv not in this issue. It
sociation, and well known as an
authority on the cotton program.
Spencer will discuss and ex-
plain programs A and B for cot-
ton allotment which will be of-
fered to farmers in 1959. Farm-
ers in this county will be able
to sign up for the program of
their choice soon after Febru-
ary 1, according to Joe McCar-
roll, supervisor of the ASC of-
fice here.
He further stated that if a
farmer fails to sign up for the
program at the appointed time,
they will automatically be put
into the program A.
The February 3 meeting is be-
ing sponsored by the Delta
County Chamber of Commerce,
the ASC office, the County A-
gent’s office, and tthe bankers
and ginners of Delta County.
Mel Brackeen underwent sur-
gery Saturday at Markham Hos-
pital, Longview, and is reported
recovering satisfactorily.
Hulbert Holcomb has returned
from McKinney VA Hospital af-
ter being a patient there for
three weeks. He is reported im-
proved.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Anderson
visited Mr. and Mr*. Rene An-
derson and children in Long-
view last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Sham T. Cun-
ningham, Wichita Fall*, and
Mrs. George A. Sullivan, Mar-
Cooper Review Photo
Shown seated at desk and receiving the “Young Wo-
man of the Year” in Cooper award in the photo above is
Miss Laura Jo Taylor. Others in the picture from Paris
are: seated, Mrs. L. A. Rawlings; standing at left, Mrs.
Dabney Hodges, and Mrs. Neil Coker. The award was
given by the Xi Alpha lota chapter of the Beta Sigma
in Paris.
Miss Laura Jo Taylor Selected The
‘Young Woman of the Year in Cooper’
Miss Laura Jo Taylor has’ been
selected as the “Young Woman
of the Year in Cooper” and will
be honored by a dinner at the
Nicholson House in Paris on
March 5.
The selection was made by
the Xi Alpha Iota chapter in
Paris which is a social, service
and cultural club of women.
In Cooper last Saturday from
Paris to notify Miss Taylor of
her selection were Mrs. L. A
Rawlings, Mrs. Dabney Hodges
and Mrs. Neil Coker. The ex-
tension officer, Mrs. Jake Coker,
could not be present for the
meeting last week.
The dinner which will be held
on March 5 in honor of Miss
Taylor at the Nicholson House
in Paris will include a program
where she will receive a lifetime
membership in the club and a
pin will be presented to her.
Her selection was made by a
secret committee of five people
who made nomination* for the
honor. Miss Taylor was the u-
nanimou* choice of the group.
She is the daughter of Mr*.
tivities include active member
ship in the Cooper Methodist
Church such as teacher in the
nursery department, s.cretary
of commission on Education,
member of t’-1 church choir, tor
three years sponsor of World
Friendship Group, is now presi-
dent of the Wesleyan Service
Guild, has been conference
chairman of Supply Work, North
Texas Conference Service Guild
since 1955, and served in various
offices in the local guild.
She is presently a director of
the Delta Chamber of Com-
merce, a past-president of the
Junior Afflatus Club, and a
member of the advisory com-
mittee for the Delta County So-
ciety of Crippled Children and
Adults. She is a former Girl
Scout leader and has been ac-
tive in finance drives for the
Girl Scouts and other organiza-
tions.
Since December she has been
employed as administrative
clerk in the Cooper near Estate
Office, U.S. Army Engineer Dis-
trict, New Orleans. Prior to that
time she was
ie Elount.
Mrs. Peyton Gla
nouneed the mem
group as Mrs. Do
Mrs. Bennett Jeter,
Box, Miss Ruth G
Mrs. Charles McKin
Neighborhood w
nouneed by Mrs.
are Sallie Wright,
Brice, Mrs. Ray Ban
Thomas Skinner.
Mrs. Patsy Bart
the following n
workers: Mrs. Coler
Mrs. Alton Jones,
Waters, Miss Betty
Miss Betty Edwards,
Rosemound, Mrs. Jes
One community wo
county that was
omitted from a pre
story is Mrs. J. H.
roads, who has alread
report to the county
Cooper Tea
To Play Her
Friday Nigh
The Cooper boys
first district defeat
night at the hands of
ville 35 to 28. The loc
by 1 point at halftime
unable to catch up
cold shooting. The
their sixth game Tue
for a perfect district
the halfway mark of
Friday night in the
the Cooper High t
start playing the sec
the district 13-A play.
They will play host
Grove with the gi
starting at 7 p.m. and
game following, In
vious meeting the 1
had little trouble win
so, however, with the
In their last encount
ey Grove, the locals v
ing at one time during
by 11 points, behind
time by 5 points and
to win the game by onl^
Their second gam
night here should proi
just as close and exciti)
first game proves to b"
cation.
Other games on th
schedule for Cooper
February 3, open; Fe
Celina there; February
wall here; February 1
there; February 17, Pi
here; February 20, Far
here.
Beat Pilot Point
The locals were in Pil
last Friday night and bo
chalked up their fifth
win.
The girls won 66 to
Day high with 18 and
Newman had 17 and
Newman had 14. Top re
for Cooper was McMilla'
Floyd stated that M.
played bv far her m
standing game thus far.
son was high for Pilot
In the boys’ game, it
tussle for the locals to
the cellar Pilot Point
the score of 49 to 32.
trailed at halftime 19 to
had a 33 to 29 lead at th
the third quarter. Wood
with 14 points with St
low hitting for 11 poin
Knney was high for Pil
with 12.
Patsy Bette* mad
returned to TWU in
Monday after spending
«uu wiui mr. a
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