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COOPER, TEXAS
ol. 98, No. 32
Published at Cooper, Texas 75432
Thursday, August 11 1977
Ten Pages
ity Council Discusses Problems
At Monday Night Meeting
bv Skip Steely
riina|te "’•nblems, the mo-
home ordinance, otfice and
facilities for the city police
Vtment, and a new ordi-
x prohibiting any posters
being placed on Texas
,er and Light utility poles
fd the agenda for the
per City Council, Monday
]h.
A large crowd was on hand in
Lponse to Mayor Odis Wat-
s' appeal to the residents to
lim out drainage problems
avoiding problems this
r. Various locations and
futions were discussed, many
und the school area where
ding of homes has taken
-ce on a regular basis when
ivy rains come. Mayor
atkins said that the cleaning
ditches would begin again
-n, helping the situation.
Junty Judge George Bolger
nmented that the Commis-
Lners Court would assist with
rk also.
The mobile home ordinance
as again discussed with the
-uncil instructing Mayor Wat-
kins to carry the law out to the
letter, fining those who have
violated the regulations. Ap-
parently four in Cooper are not
operating under the ordinance
guidelines. One mobile home is
connected to sewer and water
facilities serving the house next
to it and pays no bills to the city.
All four have failed to pay the
permit fee.
A fine of up to $200 can be
levied on offenders. Police Chief
Claud McBroom discussed the
possibility of renting the old
gasoline station northeast of the
City Hall facilities as an office
and possible jail. He reported
that Quentin Miller would
renovate the building for such
use and charge $125 per month.
City Attorney James Allison
opened a long discussion when
he asked if the city and the
sheriff’s department could not
work together on using jail
facilities. McBroom said that
after viewing the situation at the
courthouse that he felt the city
could not be responsible for the
outcome of one of its prisoners
in that jail facility. The council
agreed that the rent cost
mentioned in the possible
facility would be reasonable and
they would study it further.
On the agenda for a special
Tuesday emergency meeting
will also be among other items,
the passage of an ordinance to
ban Garage Sale Signs from
being posted on utility poles in
town. The nails driven into
these signs are rarely pulled
out, causing injury to TP&L
employees when they work
on those poles during the year.
The Council decided to disallow
all posters or special permis-
sion.
The Councilmen, in other
business, voted to not bill the
Cooper ISD for sewer charges at
the football field since there is
no sewer connection there. They
also discussed the fact that
several houses in town have no
water meters and that keeping
up with the constant movement
of families in and out of some
rent homes causing problems in
collecting the deposits for city
hall services. The council will
look into that matter, hoping to
This Week’s Spotlight
by Angeline Sharp
Jack and Glenna Scott (as
Srvey Riley remarked when
gave their accolade at the
per Civic Center on June
j are underage to have been
med Charleston’s Outstand-
g Senior Citizens. They were
:sen because they are
standing citizens; age was
a factor.
Jack was born at Enloe but
s lived in Charleston since
e six weeks. Glenna was
m south of Charleston on
old Byron Oats homeplace.
e attended the old Charle-
School and remembers
ays walking across the
tches of the business places
the Charleston Square on
rway to school. Jack went to
t Cooper School (after he
"ished the Charleston School)
d boarded with Paul and
la Oats Miller, along with
J Worden and Jay Oats.
Jack started in early helping
ith the Scott family enter-
es. with his sister Lillie,
d brothers Herman, Hubert,
J and Bill, The Charleston
iu,re was his playground (the
home was on the west
Jde of the square...see The
lotneplace). He attended the
iile white church across the
ad when he was a toddler,
fry few days of his life has he
lissed being somewhere on
l|t Charleston Square. He
°ps in daily to the Charleston
fOuntry Store and keeps up
dh the community.
During Glenna’s childhood
*e joined her parents, Byron
nd Susie Nabors Oats, her
,r°ther Arvol, and her sisters,
fuice and Betty, in whatever
ere was to do. She learned to
c“den, to can, to sew, and she
ltced her first quilt before she
tarted to school. Her gift for
lnging was evident when she
"*s no more than four; some
who attended church with her
parents were reluctant to
believe that a “small child”
could sing with such volume,
could know the words, and
could follow the tune so
faithfully.
Not long after they finished
school, their “buggy” court-
ship began in earnest; on April
14, 1937, they were married by
Justice of the Peace J.M.
Rhoades at his home. It was a
semi-elopement (some knew
beforehand, some didn’t). Jack
borrowed a car for a brief
honeymoon trip. They returned
to begin working in the Scott
“conglomerate” in Charleston.
Mr. Wes had plenty of work
for all his children and others;
Glenna and Miss Bessie’s
dependable right hand. Miss
Bessie and Glenna proved a
mother-in-law and daughter-
in-law can get along. They
worked together in the large
Scott home in harmony for
some thirteen years and re-
mained close until Miss Bes-
sie’s death.
Dolores was born in 1939;
she had four uncles, an aunt,
and her parents and grand-
parents doting on her in the
home, besides assorted rela-
tives who came in.
Jack and Glenna have been
in the dairy business all their
married life. In fact Jack put
the first jug of milk on the first
milk route out of Charleston
(Chris Brookmole’s route) in
1935. Glenna has milked her
half of the cows when that was
necessary. One of the good
stories is about the “arrange-
ment” Jack hooked up during
times of power failure. A
Model T Ford was pressed into
service as a source of power
and Glenna “drove" it while
the milking machines were
running.
The Scotts moved to their
present home when Dolores
was ten; she finished the East
Delta School, went to ETSU for
her degree and teaching
certificate (has since earned
her M.A.), married Roy Lee
Jackson of Enloe in the
Charleston Methodist Church,
went with him to Grand Saline,
taught, (they returned to
Charleston to go into dairying,
farming, and ranching) sup-
plied Jack and Glenna with two
fine grandsons, Jerry (12) and
Johnny (7), and has been a joy
to them.
The Scotts and Jacksons are
the chief reason Charleston has
the First United Methodist
Church. It was the first church
in the community and was for
many years the only church.
These two families have helped
the congregation keep the
church going.
In 1959 the community was
offered the cafeteria building
(when the East Delta School
was moved). The Scotts helped
with the establishment of the
Community Center and have
worked to maintain it.
Whether it’s helping a
bereaved family by taking food
and running their household
during the crisis, getting the
church ready for a funeral and
organizing a choir for the
funeral service, supporting
community activities, or doing
the hard work required to keep
a community going, the Scotts
will be found in the thick of it.
One thinks of Jack and
Glenna together, not separate-
ly; this goes back a long way.
This year, on April 19, they
marked forty years as Mr. and
Mrs. Scott. Through their
dedication to the community
they have become Mr. and
Mrs. Charleston.
RRC Denies Hearing Motion
. lexas Railroad Commis- deems necessary. The addi-
!IOn 'as* week denied a motion tional adjustments could mean
®r a rehearing filed by Lone even higher natural gas bills
*r Cas Company concerning for local consumers. The 73
‘rate increase authorized by percent increase represents an
at agency in June. The rate
""ease allowed by the RRC
w° months ago was not a high
^°ne Star Gas had request-
lt^e denial for rehearing
*ves Cooper natural gas
Comers with a 73 percent
|ntrease, p|us additional ad-
Us,ments when the company
Asked By Lone Star Gas
immon equity.
$8.65 jump in price to
customers who use 10,000
cubic feet of gas a month. The
new rate went into effect July
1.
Lone Star Gas in their earlier
increase request sought rates
that would yield an eight
percent return on fair value
and 18 percent on book
The rate
approved by the Commission
allowed a return of 6.82
percent on fair value and 14
percent on common equity.
Fair value of Lone Star Gas
property in the Cooper distri-
bution system is listed at
$262,274. The company stated
that they will incur annual
expenses of $148,720 and
would need $175,400 in gross
revenues to experience a 6.82
percent rate o. return to tne
rate base.
solve it H_, • : ing the landlords
to be responsible for the
deposits of $20.
Bids on a tractor for the
landfill area were opened with
four companies being in com-
petition for the sale. However,
the council voted that the
decision be postponed until a
Tuesday night meeting to give
time to study the bids and their
specifications. The totals ranged
(rom $31,650 (for a demonstra-
tion model) to a high of $40,499
(on a larger model).
On the agenda also Tuesday
would be more discussion on the
possibility of expanding the
Cooper City limits, making it
more uniform instead of so
unpredictable as it is now.
Councilman Marion Miller
commented that most living on
the edge of the city would
probably welcome the oppor-
tunity to be included into the
limits. The annexation rules
governing Cooper require that a
majority vote of those living in
the unincorporated area be
taken before the city can annex.
The Council also briefly
discussed the possibility of
regulating the pass-through
charges by Lone Star Gas
Company. However, Attorney
Allison said proof that the
pass-throughs are unjustified
must be made, which would be
difficult.
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SCENE OF SHOOTOUT—Shortly after 12 noon last Tuesday,
August 2, two blackmen, suspects in the robbery of First State
Bank of Roxton, were chased by Sheriff Benny Fisher and
Highway Patrolman James Barnard into a wooded area north of
FM128. The first suspect, Goodman, was apprehended in the
wooded area and Franklin, who shot it out with Sheriff Fisher,
was captured a short while later laying in the cotton patch just
right of the wood area.
Sheriff, Robber Have Shootout
Just Like On Television
It was like one of those
television programs where the
lawmen and criminals shoot it
out. but this time it was for
real. The shoot out happened
shortly after noon last Tuesday
north of Cooper and involved
Delta County Sheriff Benny
Fisher and Justice Lee Frank
lin, suspect in the daylight
robbery of the First Bank of
Roxton.
According to Larry Vandiver,
investigator for the Delta
County Attorney’s office, She-
riff Fisher heard the police
bulletin of the robbery and set
out for that Lamar County
town. Near the Monsanto
Agriculture Center on FM128,
Sheriff Fisher met a car fitting
the description of the get-away
Cooper Schools To Open
Friday, August 26
Only a couple of weeks of
summer vacation remain for
school students, however this
is a week longer than originally
scheduled.
The first day of classroom
instruction at Cooper schools
will be Friday, August 26.
however teachers will report on
next Monday for three-days of
in-service training and again
August 22 to begin high school
registration.
High School Principal Jerry
Dulin lias scheduled registra-
tion of senior students for 9
a.m. on Monday, August 22;
junior enrollment at 1 p m.
August 22; sophomore registra-
tion for 9 a.m. August 23; and
freshmen will report for en-
rollment at 1 p.m August 23. A
special enrollment period has
been scheduled for students
who work or are unable to
attend the designated registra-
tion periods. This will be held
at the high school at 7 a.m.
Tuesday evening, August 23.
And Students new in the
district, regardless of grade
standing, must register with
the Principal on Thursday,
August 25. This also applies to
Kindergarten pupils, (new in
the district) who must be five
years old before September 1.
The Home Place
by Angeline Sharp
The house is no longer
standing, so we will “take
you” to it. Enter the front yard
on the north (Miss Bessie has
an abundance of flowers and
shares cuttings with all who
ask). The porch of the two
story white frame structure
extends along the west, north,
and east sides. Open the front
door to a wide hall; the
stairway and the parlor door
are to your right. Go straight
into the dining room; the hall
you see on the left leads to the
master bedroom (which shares
a double fireplace with the
living room). Those two rooms
open to the east porch and look
out onto the Charleston
Square. On your right a short
hallway goes to the farm-sized
kitchen (with a large wood cook
stove); there is a capacious
pantry. You can step out on
the west porch to draw water
from the underground cistern.
The presence of closets in the
house in a “modern” touch.
From the front entry hall the
stairs lead up to the upstairs
hallway, which is ten feet wide
and runs the width of the
house (north to south). Four
upstairs bedrooms, each six-
teen by sixteen, sometimes
hold two double beds each;
they put a bed or two in the
hall when traffic is heavy (as it
was the memorable Christmas
Eve when twenty five slept
there).
The above described home
u.is built In 1916 by Mr. Wes
Scott for Miss Bessie (Watson),
their daughter, and four sons
(Jack was a baby; Bill arrived
later).
Not only the Scott family
enjoyed the home and felt
secure there, but all whom
their boundless hospitality en-
compassed. It was the rule
rather than the exception that
extras were present for meals,
for overnight, for short visits,
and for extended stays. Both
grandmothers, (Mr. Wes’ mo-
ther, Mrs. Druscella Presley
McCury and Miss Bessie's
mother, Mrs. Sarah Howard
Watson) lived there after they
were widowed.
Mr. Wes usually had a
hired hand or two living in.
Sons and wives were welcome
(in fact expected) to live there.
Thelma (Bates) and Hubert
lived there for a year or so.
Mr. Wes’ nieces, Doris and
Lola Bowman, who lost their
mother when they were very
young, found in their visits
with the Scotts a comfort which
helped them bear their loss.
Miss Bessie is remembered by
them and by many others as an
exceptional person.
Mr. Wes was an entrepre-
neur (one who assumes the
management and risk of
business) of Charleston. Be-
sides the farming operations,
he built a large general store
in 1927, and always had a
business going on the Square.
He put in a barber shop, where
a number of barbers “went to
school" (Wayne Templeton,
Paul Miller, Hubert Scott,
Ernest, Peter, and Homer
Viser, Hib and Jim Click). In
those days you learned to be a
barber by cutting hair free for
a while. To pay the rent of the
barber shop the barbers cut
the hair of the Scott family
members (who always came at
off hours for their haircuts).
In 1920 the Scotts set up
their own Delco plant and had
electric lights in the house, one
in the barn, and one outside.
(Charleston had to wait until
1939 for electricity.) The
batteries for the Scott’s radio
(with a large horn speaker)
which sat on the library table
in the parlor were charged with
this Delco plant. Visitors came
in the evening to listen to the
radio (no child was allowed to
touch it, for fear of getting it
out of tune).
When T.J. came home from
the service, he pushed the
installation of indoor plumbing.
A downstair bedroom was
converted to a bath; the
number three oval washtub
and other arrangements were
“retired”.
Miss Bessie passed away in
1954, after thirty eight years in
the house; Mr. Wes and
Herman continued there until
Mr. Wes’ death in 1959.
Herman, who never married,
lived alone (looked by the other
family members) until his
death on September 12, 1965.
On Christmas Night, in 1965,
an unexplained fire completely
destroyed the lovely old house,
leaving almost half a century of
memories to the many who
loved it.
vehicle, turned
gave chase.
The chase continued on to
SH24 in a westerly direction
for a short distance before the
suspects turned directions
crossing the median strip and
headed east. In trying to get
back on FM128 the suspects
lost control hit a sign and ran
off into the ditch. Sheriff
Fisher, stopping 40 to 50 yards
from the car, called to the two
Black men in the automobile to
“Come out”. One man, later
identified as Franklin, age 25
from Paris, did come out with
a 7.7 mm rifle, firing four or
five times at Fisher. The
Sheriff returned the fire with his
service revolver, shooting six
times. Neither man was hit in
the exchange of shots.
Hearing the call for assis-
tance to “an officer under
fire", Highway Patrolman
James Barnard, off duty at the
time, was the first help to
arrive at the scene and just
behind him was Cooper City
Policeman Stan Dimitroff.
The chase then continued on
foot as Sheriff Fisher and
Barnard followed the suspects
into the woods north of road.
There they captured and placed
under arrest, John Henry
Goodman, 38, of Bonham.
During this time, Dimitroff
remained at the suspects'
vehicle.
Between forty and fifty law
enforcement officers - Texas
Rangers, FBI, Lamar County
Sheriff’s Department personnel
and Highway Patrolmen from
Sulphur Springs and Patrolman
around and Jerry Hagan arrived at the
scene. The officers made a
sweep of the area capturing
Franklin as he lay in a cotton
field.
City Police Chief Claud
McBroom took position at the
Sheriff office handling the
arrest papers on the first
suspect captured.
Of the $27,000 taken in the
robbery, $1265 was found in
Goodman’s boot, a sack con-
taining a large amount was
found at the scene and about 6
p.m. Tuesday, another sack
containing about $9000 was
found in the car. After a call
from the FBI Wednesday
morning, informed Sheriff Fi-
sher that $600 was still
missing. Barnard went back to
the place where Goodman was
arrested and found $500 in one
dollar bills, leaving only $100
unaccounted for.
From the time of the robbery
to the capture of the suspects
was also similar to a television
program, it took one hour to
complete the drama.
Sheriff Fisher commended all
enforcement officers involved
for the excellent cooperation
given him. especially by the
new City of Cooper policemen.
The suspects were arraigned
before Justice of the Peace
Carl Adams then transferred to
the Lamar County jail. They
have been charged with bank
robbery and auto theft. Char-
ges of attempted murder are
also expected to be filed
against Franklin.
School Board Accepts Bids
Sets Budget Hearing
The Cooper Independent
School District Board of Trus-
tees, in regular monthly ses-
sion Wednesday night, August
3, accepted bids for products
for the upcoming school year,
set the date for the 1977-78
proposed budget hearing; and
changed the tax assessment
ratio.
In the relatively brief ses-
sion, the Board accepted the
bids of Mrs. Baird’s Bakery for
bread products; Borden’s for
dairy products; and Good Oil
Company for motor vehicle
products.
The new school budget will
be presented to the Board, and
to the public, next Wednesday
night, August 17, at 7 p.m. in
the high school building.
According to Superintendent
Fred G. Wilkerson, a recom-
mendation was made to change
the present form of property
assessment from 30 percent to
60 percent while at the same
time lowering the tax rate from
$1.75 to 87'/i cents per $100
assesses valuation. This would
not be a tax revenue for the
district, said Wilkerson, but
would enable the school to use
monies heretofore delegated to
debt service, for maintenance
and operation.
In other action, the Board
accepted the resignation of
Marva Sansing as high school
science teacher; and approved
an amended school calendar
for the 1977-78 school year.
Faculty members will begin
a three-day in-service session
on August 15; registration for
high school students will begin
on August 22 and class room
instruction will commence on
Friday. August 26.
Student holidays for the
year will be: Sept. 5, Labor
Day; Oct. 14, teacher in-service
day; Nov. 24 25, Thanksgiving;
Dec. 22-30, Christmas; Jan. 2,
teacher in-service; Jan. 13,
teacher in-service; Feb. 26,
teacher in-service; March 13-
17, spring break; April 14,
teacher in-service; May 25, last
day of instruction; May 26,
high school graduation.
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