Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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By Richard Stringfellow
The Delta Roping Club has
been working and making plans
lor months to stage the annual
rodeo in Cooper on July 28, 29
and 30.
This group of peoople in this
county have always put on a
good rodeo which attracts hun-
dreds frcm many miles around.
You might make your plans right
now tc be on hand for this affair.
The big parade will kick off the
rodeo on Thursday, July 28 in
Cooper which will feature hun-
dreds of riders and their mounts,
along with clouns and other
featured attractions.
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No douobt, the Review has been
been critized for not publishing
more information about the re-
sults and standings of the Kid
Baseball games and also the
Girl’s Softball league.
The simple fact is that this in-
formation has not been made a-
vailabfe to the Review. In years
past, the Review has always pub-
lished all the information avail-
able about the Kid liaseball pro-
gram . . . and would do the same
this year if the statistics were a-
vailable.
The youngsters who are play-
ers have probably been disap-
pointed because the batting aver-
ages have not been published. For
this we also apologizle and offer as
a reason, that we have not been
afforded this information.
Each league has, or shouold
have, an official storekeeper to
carry out the responsibilities in-
volved in keeping accurate record
about each game. If this were
possible this year, the Review
could havte been able to publish
the records and standings.
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Cooper’s National Guardsmen
left early Sunday morning for a
two-week’s encampment at Fort
Hood.
Drop these fellows a postcard
or letter while theyT'e down
there. They will appreciate heaer-
ing from you.
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Last week T. V. viewers in this
area, as well as over the nation,
were amused and entertained
with the Demo National Con-
vention. Some weie pleased with
the outcome, while others would
rather things had turned out dif-
ferently.
The fact is, Kennedy and John-
son are the nominees for the pre-
sidency of the Democratic Party.
The choice of Johnson for the
veep spot was a shrewd maneav-
er by Kennedy, in view of the
fact that Southern States were
revolting due o he platform a-
doptied by the convention.
The Republican will have their
national show next week and we
wonder if their platform will dif-
fer to any great extent from that
of the Demo Party ... At least,
the Republicans have a pattern
now, and the Demo’s didn’t.
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We’ve had at least one Review
reader to tell us that we were a
little low in our 15,500 bale pro-
duction estimate for the Delta
cotton crop his year.
Usually we have been too op-
timistic. Could it be that we have
und'erguessed the crop this time?
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Excitement seems to be mount-
ing over he Clarksville-Cooper
football game, long before the
time for it.
With former Cooper coaches
Jce Scott and Tom King coach-
ing the Clarksville team this year,
many local fans are looking for-
ward with confidence in hoping
the Bulldogs can give their form-
er coaches a defeat.
The game is two months away
(September 16) and will be play-
ed m Cooper. With the present
interest of the fans already at a
high point, the tussle is almost
sure to be one of the better-at-
tended games of the season.
Of course, we can’t overlook
the first game with Talco . . . be-
fore we get to Clarksville. The
Troians almost beat us last year
and are sure to give us a fight.
Talco’s coach, Jack Wright, alsa is
a former Cooper football coach.
U.F. Directors
To Meet Today
There will be a meeting of the
Delta County United Fund Board
of Directors today at Parkhill’s
Cafe at 4:30, according to the
president, Mrs. C. A. Hooten.
An annual report will be made
to the directors and also a deci-
sion will be made as to whether
thle drive is to be continued in
t-his county in the future.
Mrs. Hooten urged all directors
to be present for the meeting.
L. T. Hendrix
Funeral Service
L. T. Hendricks, resident of
Terrell, passed away at a hos-
pital there Wednesday. Funeral
services were held from the
Lake Creek Methodist Church at
2:30 p.m. last Friday with the
Rev. Russell Reagan officiating.
Interment was made in the Ev-
ergreen cemetery in Paris.
Members of the Lake Creek
Lodge No. 603 AF & AM were
honorary pallbearers.
Hendrix, a native of Lake
Creek, lived the greater part of
his life in that area where he
op* rated a cotton gin for many
years. Tnree years ago he moved
to Terrell and has served as
Caretaker at the Terrell Club
Lake.
He was a member of the Meth-
odist Church and of the Lake
Creek Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Grace Echols, of Terrell;
one son, J R. (Bill) Hendrix of
Sulphur Springs; one daughter,
Mrs. Bill Skidmore of Terrell';
three grandchildren, Billy and
Marsha Hendrix, both of Sul-
phur Springs, Kenny Skidmore
of Terrell; one sister, Mrs. Anna
Williams of Lake Cre’ek; three
brothers, Archie H. Hendrix of
Dallas; Charley Hendrix, Long-
view; Douglas Hendrix, Whar-
ton; a number of nieces and
nephews; and other relatives.
T.C. Postpones
July 25 Meeting
President of the Toastmasters
Club of Cooper, Dr. Gaza Janes
has announced that the regularly
scheduled meeting for July 25
will be postponed for a holiday
session.
The next meeting is to be a
ladies’ night barbecue at the Del-
ta Country Club on August 8,
when a special program of con-
vention speaking is to be arrang-
ed by the educational vice presi-
dent, Bennett Jeter.
President Janes announced the
addition of two new members,
Truman Whitlock and Opal Preas
for the month of July.
GIRLS’
SOFTBALL
STANDINGS
Win
Loss
Blue Blazers
3
0
Chiggers
2
1
Cotton Belles
1
2
Ccmets
0
3
The president of the league,
Mrs. McKibebn, has announced
that the softball games on Mon-
day and Saturday nights will
start at 7 o’clock.
Methodist Men
Family Night Set
At Charleston
The Delta County Methodist
Men's organization will meet on
next Monday night at the Char-
leston Methodist Church for a
watermelon supper and family
night program.
Principal speaker for the oc-
casion will be Rev. W. L. Arm-
strong, former Lake Creek pas-
tor.
The Monday night meeting will
start at 7:30 and President V. G.
Olson has announced that the
nominating committee will make
a report for new officers for the
coming year. The nominating
committee is composed of Pete
White, Ray Williams, Alton
Wright, J. E. Perry, Glee Taylor,
T. B. Whitlock and O. T. Wood-
son. Officers tc be named are
president, vice president ana sec-
retary-treasurer.
Olson has urged all Methodist
men to attend and bring their
families to the Charleston meet-
ing on July 25.
Rev. Armstrong is a member
of the North Texas Methoodist
Conference and is a graduate of
Perkins School' of Theology. He
served as a missionary at Paha-
la, Hawii, for five years. He is
married to the former Faye Bak-
and they have three children,
and they have three children,
Jaekite. Beryl, and Calvin.
Armstrong is now the pastor
of the First Methodist Church in
Lorenzo, Texas.
Mrs. W. D. Weir
Services Are Held
Funeral services for Mrs. W. D.
Weir, 51, who died late Friday in
Fort Worth were held Sunday at
4:00 p. m. in the Methodist church
at Tira, where she formerly lived.
The Rev. Bill Weir, Garland, and
the Rev. Harold Weir, Greenville,
officiated and interm'ent was
made in the Tira cemetery.
The former Miss Gladys Lor-
r'etta Chapman, Mrs. Weir was
bom March 31, 1909, daughter of
the late Cal and Mattie (Taylor)
Chapman of Tira. She has lived
in Ft. Worth some time, her death
occuring in a hospital there.
Surviving are her husband, W.
D. (Pop) Weir; two sisters, Mrs.
G. H. Weir, Tira, and Mrs. Mur
ray Glenn, Sulphur Springs.
Older Citizens
Can Be Problem
Old folks at home can be a
problem.
Many have failing eyesight,
deafness, stiffening of the joints
and muscles, diminish sense of
smell and other physical failings.
According to the Texas Safety
Association such failings contri-
bute annually to thousands cf
accidental home deaths.
Nearly 15,000 Americans over
65 years of age die each year in
home accidents. About 11,000 are
victims of falls. Fire burns and
other deaths associated with fires
account for about 1,500 deaths
a year. Accidental poisonings,
tco, are a big prcbliem among
oldsters.
The Cooper Review, Cooper, Texas
Eight Pages
July 21,
Illegal Muffler
Arrest Discloses
Other Violations
A loud muffler and a heavy
foot cn the accelerator resulted
in the arrest here Tuesday of a
21 year old white youth who was
subsequently found to be wanted
by McKinney police department
on a fraudulent check felony
charge.
Deputy-sheriff Charles H. Han-
cock said he arrested the youth,
who was driving a 1956 red and
white Ford convertible, shortly
before 9:00 a. m., when the lat-
ter “blasted off’’ with an illegal
muffler on the public square.
Following a routine police
radio dispatch of the identity of
the youth, the sheriffs office
here was notified by the McKin-
ney police department to hold
the subject for that agency on a
felony warrantt.
A check by local officers with
the Texas Department of Pub-
lic Safety revealed that the
youth’s driver’s license had been
suspended on November 5, 1959,
for failing to carry automobile
liability insurance at the tirrie
of an accident cn August 21,
1959.
Misdemeanor charges of ex-
cessive muffler noise and driv-
ing a motor vehicle while license
suspended were filed against the
youth and he was assessed a
total of $52.15 in fines and court
costs in county and justicte courts
Tuesday morning.
Deputy Hancock said the sub-
ject said that his home was at
Princeton. Texas.
At press time, the defendant
was being held in county jail
pending the payment of his fines
and transfer to Collin county
authorities.
SCOUT EXECUTIVE
RESIGNS POSITION
The resignation of Miss Jo
Harvey, Executive Director of
the Red River Valley Girl Scout
Council, to become Executive Di-
rector of the Sooner Girl Scout
Council in Oklahoma with head-
quarters in Chickasha, ia an-
nounced by W. H. Ayers, Jr.,
Council president. The resigna-
tion which becomes effective
September 1, was accepted with
regret by the Board of Directors
at the July meeting.
Miss Hervey canfe to the Red
River Valley Council four years
ago from the East Texas Girl
Scout Council where she had
been a District Director for sev-
eral years. Prior to that she was a
district Director in New Orleans.
During these four years she di-
rected Camp Gambill for three
summers, served on the staff of
the first National Senior Round-
up in 1956, organized Girl Scout-
ing in Broken Bow and Idabel,
Oklahoma and Omaha and Na-
ples, Texas and conducted train-
ing courses for leaders through-
out the entire council in addi-
tion to the regular duties of the
Executive Director.
Kenneth Don Watkins, US
Navy, has informed his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Watkins, that
his ship, the US Carrier Saratoga,
is now stationed in Cuba.
1/Lt. and Mrs. Joe Slban and
children of Little Rock, Ark.,
are spending two weeks with his
mother, Mrs. Dave Sloan.
Mrs. J. H. Guinn and daugh-
ter of Arlington visited her
mother, Mrs. C. S. Ellington, and
her sister; Mrs. Mabel Mcseley
and daughter, Mary Jane. Mrs.
Ellington and Mary Jane ac-
companied them home for a vis-
it.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliffie Hall,
Levelland, spent last week with
Mrs. J. T. Hampton.
siting Sunday with Mrs.
' Sloan were Mrs. Owens and
bunch, Dallas; Mr. and
J. D. Moses and Jessie,
. ^ r . tun nn«t two vears are shown in the photo above. They are
Thr <*>«»■£ ' ;nd Mi.* Carolyn McKee who was queen in 1958
Mim Sue »■■■■■«•. and interested citizens arc meetms tonight at me
K mde^ amL to^Kthc ofticial Rode. Queen lo, the rodeo to .tart on July 28.
Mrs. J. D. Dunn
Most Courteous
Award Winner
The award for the Most Court-
eous Salesperson for this week
in Cooper went to Mrs. J. D.
Dunn, an employee of Poe’s Dry
Goods.
-Mrs. Dunn has been employed
by Poe’s for th'e past six years
and prior to that time was an em-
ployee of Perkins Bros. Prior to
this time she was a school teach-
er.
A native of this area, Mrs.
Dunn has one daughter, Imogene
Springs, who is a teacher at Mt.
Pleasant. She is a Baptist and is
presently president of the Mary
Martha Sunday School Class at
the First Baptist Church.
The Most Courteous Public
employee award is made each
week by a secret committee and
is sponsored by the Retail Trades
Committee of the Delta Chamber
of Commerce.
Funeral Services
Held On Sunday
The funeral of Mrs. Myrtle
Chance, mother oof Mrs. G. D.
Albright, Cooper, was held at
4:00 p. m. Sunday at Coffey Fun-
eral Home in Hugo, Okla., with
burial in the Shoat Spring Ceme-
tery. The Rev. H. Alton Webb of
the First Baptist Church, Hugo,
officiated.
Mrs. Chance, a resident of Dal-
las for the past five years, passed
away there late Thursday. She
was born at Murray, Ky., May
29, 1882.
A widow, she leaves these chil-
dren: Mrs. Albright, Cooper;
James Chance, Tampa, Fla., Mrs.
Scott Ballard, Lubbock; Mrs.
Raymond Lawson, Mt. Home,
Idaho; and Mrs. B. A. Morris,
Casper, Wyo.; si-x grandchildren;
and two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Ken-
nemer, Paris; and Mrs. J. H. Al-
bright, Route 3, Paris.
Wall Caves In At
Local Seed Store
And the walls came tumbling
down.....
At least, that was the situa-
tion as Carl P. Harrison’s Seed
Store on Tuesday. Harrison and
his employees heard a rumbling
sound and when they investi-
gated, they found that the east
wall to his building on West
Bonham had collasped.
The building was used to stode
grain and when the wall caved
in the ceiling on that side of
the building followed suit.
Renner Trip Is
Made On Tuesday
Texas Research Foundation is
holding a Field Crop Open House
at its Renner headquarters dur-
ing this week.
Farmers and all other interest-
ed persons are cordially invited
to inspect the Foundation’s nur-
series, experimental plots and
field trials.
Sponsored by the Ag. commit-
tee of the Delta Chamber, there
was a group of Delta farmers
and businessmen who visited the
Foundation on Tuesday.
Foundation scientists and tech-
nicians are available to visitors
for guided tours frcm 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. daily, thru this week.
Reports indicate that most of
the Foundations field craps ade
doing well despite the lack of
moisture.
Dr. John C. Knox
Will Practice Here
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Knox
of Dallas moved to Cooper this
week and are residing at 951
East Waco.
Dr. Knox, who has Ween
practicing medicine with Dr.
Joe DePretis, in Dallas, will be
associated with Dr. Dean E.
Wintermute at Reed Memorial
Hospital.
Public Meeting on By-Pas
For Cooper Set For July 2
There will be a public meeting
regarding the proposed by-pass
of Cooper on Highway 24 at
9:00 a. m. on July 28, in the dis-
trict courtroom in Cooper.
I Preliminary sketches showing
the proposed route of the by pass
are on file at the State Highway
Department maintenance Fore-
I man’s office in Cooper and at the
Delta Roping Club Rodeo Officially
Starts With Parade Here On July 28
Final plans are compltete and
the stage is set for a three-day
attraction which brings thous-
ands of people to Cooper each
year.
It is the Annual Rodeo spon-
sored by the Delta Roping Club
Inc., and will We held at the City
Park, east of Cooper, on July 28
29 and 30.
The three-day rodeo will get
off to an official start with the
parade which will be held on
July 28 at 3:00 p. m. Several hun-
dred riders of horses arie expect-
ed to be on hand to ride in this
parade. Other featured attrac-
tions will be entered in the par-
ade to entertain the many peo-
ple who are expected to be on
hand for the show.
Championship roping and rid-
ing have been the order of the
day for most performances of the
I Delta Roping Club Rodeo in years
j past . . . officials of the organiza-
i tion have promised that this year
| will be no exception.
Clyde Crenshaw, Idabel, Ok-
lahoma, havte been engaged to
supply the stock for the event.
Backers of the rodeo have stat-
ed that this stock will definitetly
be up to, or better than any pre-
vious year.
Yes, all roads will lead to the
Cooper Rodec Arena on the
nights of July 28, 29 and 30. Ca-
pacity crowds will be expected
for each performance which
starts at 8 each night.
“Sleeping Sickness” Carried By
Two Species of Mosquitoes
A daughter was born Saturday,
July 9, at the Wilson H. Jones
hospital, Sherman, to Mrs. James
E. Copher and the late Lt. Ccph-
er. She has been named Darla Lu
Ann. Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Price, Cooper; Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Copher, Board
Camp, Aik.
Summer and “sleeping sick-
ness’’ go hand in hand.
Sleeping sickness is actually a
type of encephalitis transmitted
by infective mosquitoes. The pop-
ular name is derived from the
stupor it sometimes causes
among its victims.
Since mosquitoes abound in
warm weather, sunier ims the
danger season for mosquito-
obrne encephalitis. The State
Department of Health last year
received reports of 57 cases, all
of which occured during the
months of summer and early
fall'.
Altogether there are some 75
species of mosquitoes which have
been identified in Texas, but en-
cephalitis is spread principally
by just two. The experts call
them “cul'ex tarsalis’’ and “culex
quinquefaciatus.” The latter is
sometimes called the household
mosquito because it has adapted
itself to backyard environments.
The time it takes a mosquito to
develop from egg to blood-hun-
gry adult that plagues you on a
summer night depends on the
species, the temperature and the
food supply, say State Health De-
partment entomologists. In Tex-
as it can vary from mour days
to two weeks.
Here are some suggestions on
ways to minimize mosquito pop-
ulations in and around your
home this summer.
Eliminate all possibilities of
water standing and stagnating.
Cl'ean gutters, pick up old buck-
ets, cans, automobile tire and
other objects likely to catch and
rain hold water Make sure septic
tanks or cesspools are covered
with earth.
Evaporative coolers and water
containers fo rpets and livestock
should be drained and refilled
weekly. Tree holes should be
filled with cement or mortar.
Empty and replace the water
in flower vases regularly. Make
sure window and door screens
arb doing the job. If you have
a backyard goldfish pend, put
a few easily-found top-water
minnows in it to control mos-
quito larva,
Proper spraying with a good
residual* spray should be used
cn out buildings and other likely
points of mosquito landings.
Fred Carncross
Funeral Service
Fred Carncross, a former re-
sident of Delta county, passed
away in a Waurika, Oklahoma,
hospital. Funeral services were
held there in the First. Baptist
Church Thursday.
A retired rancher, Carncross
had lived in Waurika many years
He is survived by his wife, the
former Sallie Bell Woodruff, sis-
ter of the late Dr. E. E. Woodruff
of Cooper.
Mrs. E. E. Woodruff and Miss
Anna Woodruff of Dallas were
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Carncross
at the time of his death.
COOPER LIONS
will meet Friday
Resident Engineer’s offi
Paris.
The by pass will invol
construction of State Hi
24 extending from 0 2 mile
cf the north city limits of
er to 1.0 mile west of the
city limits.
County Judge L. M. An
has urged that all interest*
zens attend this public h
on July 28 in he courtroo
voice their opinions regardi
bypass.
Lions Sponsor
An Appreciati
Night Tuesday
The Cooper Lions Club
be sponsoring the “Henry S
Appreciation Night’’ at
Sparks Theatre on next Tu
night, July 26.
Members of the Lions Clu
conduct an advance sale of
ets for the feature show on
day and Wednesday nights,
26 and 27, which will be
Gras”. The movie features
well known performers as
Boone, Gary Crosby,
North, Tommy Sands, and
On Tuesday night m«rr.
the Lions Club will opera
theater by selling tickets,
ing, etc.
Mardi Gras” has the a
phere of thle Virginia M'
Institute and toe noisy, ga
colorful New Orleans
Gras with deluxe color and
mascope.
The Tuesday night appre
affair is the climax to a pr
at a recent Lions Club pr
in which Sparks was featu
a “This Is Your Life” pro
Tickets may be purchased
Lion members or at Hoote
Miller Drugs or Delta and
National Banks.
Guests in. the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Grover McClain this
week are Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Hicks and son, Billy Lloys,
Wingfield, La.; Mrs. Glen Kee-
line, Vicki and Jeff, Lubbock;
Garland Jr. Harvey, Greenville;
Lt. and Mrs. Jimmy Van Mc-
Clain, Wichita Falls.
Mrs. S. F. Blair has returned
home after a six weeks visit
with her son. Dr. J. Weldon
Carter in Palestine.
PROCLAMATION
WESTERN DAY
The State of Texas,
County of Delta.
WHEREAS, the Delta County Roping Club, Inc., has designated
July 28 as the date for the Annual Rodeo to begin; and,
WHEREAS, this event is one of the public highlights of activi-
ties in Cocper each year; and,
WHEREAS, a parade will be held at 3 p.m. on July 28. with
scores of riders and their mounts along with other featured attrac-
tions to herald the three-day Annual Roping Club Rodeo;
NOW. THEREFORE. I, George A. Bolger, Mayor of the City
of Cooper, Texas, do hereby issue this proclamation declaring
Thursday, July 28. 1960, as WESTERN DAY: AND request all citi-
zens to wear some item of western wear on this day and to aid in
the successful promotion of the parade and rodeo to the best of
their ability.
WITNESS MY HAND, This 20th day of July, A.D., 1960.
GEORGE A. BOLGER, Mayor of
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Mendenhall W'
Play For Nort
All-Star Team
Miss Dixie Mendenhall,
High basketball star of la
son, was to arrive in Hu:
today where she will wv
until Saturday night. She
to take part in the S
Coaching School All-Star
Miss Mendenhall will p
the north squad along witl
other forwards, among
Mary Parish of North 1
fame. Among the guards
north team is Janev Lav
North Hopkins.
The North (earn is to c
by B. E. Duggins and thi
will be played Saturday
July 23 at 8:00 o’clock. La
the south took a victory fr
North All-Stars at the cc
school'.
There is to b5! a presents
medals to the all-.-dars p
the Saturday night game
Coach Joe Daniels of
Hopkins will accompany
bove mentioned players as
Sandra Fuller of Salti
Huntsville.
Delta Roping Club
Will Meet Tonight
There will be a mee
the Delta Roping Club
at the Rodfeo Arena, v
permitting, according b
president, Oren Walker, ai
be held in the courtroom
weathler is bad.
He urged all members
terested citizens to att«
meeting as important 1
will be transacted. Onfe :
the agenda is the select!
Rodeo Queen for the fo
ing rodeo on July 28, 29
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Slot
returned after visiting
and relatives in Holl
Mangum, Okla., and W
Texas. They were f____
by Mrs. Mollie Gervera
Callie McClanahan.
Mr. and Mrs. ■any
and son. Michael,
visiting his mother,
Thomas.
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