Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1974 Page: 2 of 8
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EDITORIALS
PEATUi
WINTER, 1974
V> ho can ever forget the warm glow of a winter
no upon the hearth or the lonesome sigh of the wind
on a crisp, moonlit night? The official arrival of Win-
er this December 1’? will bring back many such fam-
iliar sights, from icicles and skiers to Christmas dec-
orations and children clamoring for a steaming hot
cup of cocoa and cookies. It will be a time to retreat
indoors with books and television, a time to re-evaluate
>et another passing yeai in terms of what we have
accomplished--, r have n. t. as the case may be.
Hopefully we, the American people, will be able
to face tne new season with confidence and the know-
ledge that problems of energy scarcity, inflation com-
munity improvement and the like can be solved if
each of us will but dedicate himself to the task “Unit-
ed we stand, divided we fall’1 has never been a more
appropriate rallying cry.
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A harried mother says that at Christmas her kids
hang up their stockings - and then it’s a full year be-
fore they hang up anything again.
AMUSEMENTS
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In Years Gone By
Taken From The Cooper Review Files
TEN 1 EARN ACiO
The Cooper National Guard,
SE Co. a, 3rd Bn., 144th Infan-
try 49th Armored Division, un-
derwent their annual General
Inspection on December 9.
A house belonging to Mr. and
Mrs. Redmond Chessher near
downtown Charleston was com-
pletely destroyed by fire last
Friday.
John Waggoner, manager of
Rockwall Manufacturing Co. in
Sulphur Springs, Gerald Howard
District Manager of Lone Star
Gas Company . and J. T. Toney,
publisher of the Cooper Review ,
were installed as District Com-
missioner, Chairman and Vice-
Chairman, respectively, at the
Sulphur District Boy Scouts an-
nual banquet Thursday night.
Lloyd Garrison has been made
manager of the new Goodrich
store recently opened in Paris.
there and was
or ‘
. ««d was a busino
urn vi aiis ago
J. A. Hooks, HI, died at the
home of his son, J. R. Hooks,
Tuesday night.
561 poll taxes were paid up to
December 17.
W. S. Kirby, prominent pro-
perty owner in Ben Franklin,
has sold his farming interests
and
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DATES ANO EVENTS FBQ, YESTFpyt
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I I By Michael A. Guido. Metter. Georgia
Have A Light Bright Holiday
Glow,ng yule logs and flam- Use onlv li.hts that h»v, ____, ,
This morning a college stu-
dent said, ‘Tm mixed up,
Whats right ' What's wrong’
Is there any absolute criterion
tor truth?" His friend sighed.
"I wish 1 could find a trust-
worthy court of final appeal."
Man. even as a man. needs
a guide. But still more, man
asa sinner needs an authority
Ultimately one must be-
lieve himself or someone else.
Either he believes what he
thinks and says and writes,
or he believes what someone
else thinks and says and w rites.
Whether he believes him-
self or someone else, he must
have faith - faith in himself
or another. Man must make
a choice.
't ears ago I made my
choice, and I have not been
disappointed. It was not self,
but Another - the Lord. Psalm
II4 160 describes it "Thy
Word is true from the be-
ginning every one of Thy
righteous judgments endureth
for ever."
I have met and heard many
wise men I have read their
books. But 1 have never met
one I would rather trust than
the Lord and His Word,
What is your final author-
ity’ Why not try the Bible’
Glowing yule logs and flam-
ing candles are long standing
L hrtstmas traditions, but today
the holidays are even brighter
and safer with electric lighting.
The first Christm?- tree lamp
in 1905 opened up new horizons
for color, imagination and light.
Today, entire homes glow with
these bright spirits, a symbol of
hospitality.
Light is the symbol of hope
and life, the spirits of Christ-
mas. This year, at Christmas
time, we will all want to
conserve extra electricity when
we decorate for the holidays,
using fewer lights, putting them
up later (you may want to revive
the custom of putting the
Christmas tree up on Christmas
Eve), and turning them off
sooner. You may discover a
simple scheme is more attract-
ive.
As you plan your decorating,
remember a few simple sug-
gestions for a safe, festive
mood.
First, the Christmas tree, the
Use only lights that have been
tested for safety. Identify these
by the “UL” label from
Underwriters’ Laboratories.
Don’t overload-either the
tree or the circuit. Use no more
than three sets of lights per
extension cord. Christmas lights
for indoor use are rated at 7
watts each. So the maximum
number of lights that should be
connected to a single outlet is
85. Use proper size fuses.
One formula for figuring out
the number of lights to use on
the tree is: multiply the height
of the tree by its width (in feet)
and multiply that number by
three. This is the maximum
number of lights the tree should
have. One half this number is
the minimum.
If you have extra lights
remaining after decorating the
tree, try stringing them along
the staircase or loop them from
the mantel.
When completing the decora-
tion of the tree, make sure paper
or metal ‘‘icicles’’ or any other
charged with electricity from
faulty lights and cause electro-
cution. To avoid this danger,
use colored spotlights above or
beside - tree, never fastened
onto it.
Outdoor lighting requires
careful planning too. Don’t
overdo it. A simple, tastefully
executed scheme is usually
more appealing. Choose a
central theme and carry it out by
highlighting two or three select-
ed features.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Public spirted citizens and
merchants of Pecan Gap are
staging a Christmas parade this
afternoon which will feature
four live reindeer.
J. B. and Ella Hudson Allard
celebrated their 65th wedding
anniversary last week at their
home of East Waco.
Mr, and Mrs. Sherwood Toon
announce the engagement and
approaching marriage of their
daughter, Bonnie Lou, to Bobby
Kent Johnston, son of Mr. and
E. W. Johnston, Mangum, Okla.
December
Rhine River
December 14,1911—Norwegian
sen discovers the South Pole.
pr 13, 1918—America's Third * ^
at ( oblenz, Germany _ World ilCrs,*i
*r 14,1911-Norwegian exploit 1
Ronald
December 15. 1791—Virginia ratifies o. ... 1
the term applying to the first ten amendmP®\* R*J
tution — making it official “ amendm<*nts of n, q
Belgium's Ardennes Forest — Battle'«r 1uCO!lntfro»«l
December 17. 1903—Orville Wright a,!-.
Wilbur, makes the first airplane flight in ff* by k
Hawk \..U" Carolina, ,n hi«0r>
CROSSWORD PUZ7ii
THIRTY YEARS AGO
A tenant house on Mrs. J. A.
B.Vims’ farm was destroyed by
fire Friday . The house was built
nearly 70 years ago and was
one of the few landmarks left
in the Enloe community.
lurner Miller has purchased
the residence property of Carl
Adams in Southeast Cooper and
will move here with his family
to make their home. .Mr. Adams
has purchased ahome inGreen-
ville and plans to move there
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L heck labels of outdoor lights this week.
oo .u„. ---- . Herbert Chamberlain has been
transferred to Cooper by Texas
Power and Light Company to
succeed Mr. Powell aselectnan
for the company .
Cooper BUrtiirtD
. . . iviucs ur any ouier
focal point of any holiday flammable materials don’t hang
decorating scheme. Lights are directly on light bulbs.
DELTA COURIER
COMBINED WITH THE
J. T. TONEY, Publisher
Subscription Rates: In Delta, Hopkins, Hunt Lamar and
Fannin Counties - One Year - $4 00
One Year elsewhere $5.00 including tax.
the first step in its decoration.
Ornaments can then be placed
for most effective lighting and
cord concealed by the other
decorations.
Go over your strings of lights,
both new and old, before vou
mount them and tighten loose
sockets. Check for broken or
cracked sockets, frayed or bare
wires, loose connections and
broken or burned out bulbs.
Discard damaged sets or repair
them before using.
Read the labels on all
decorations carefullv--angel hair
and sprav-on snow alone won’t
burn, but snow sprayed on
angel hair might.
Lights should be suspended
from tree branches by the clips
provided on most strings of
lights. If they need to be tied,
use ribbon or string.
As you should never use
candles on a tree, never use
electric lights on a metallic tree.
Metallic trees could become
to see that lights are weather-
proof. Don’t use indoor lights
outside or outdoor lights inside.
Before putting them up, test
all outdoor lighting inside, away
from damp or concrete surfaces.
Hang lights from insulated
screw-in hooks or secure with
insulated staples. Bare staples
could crack the plastic insulation
and cause a short.
When installing or changing
outdoor lighting, be careful of
standing on damp surfaces.
Always use a wooden ladder,
not a metal one.
Regular outdoor Christmas
lights are rated at 10 watts per
light. This means that the
maximum number of lights that
should be connected to a single
outlet is 50.
Turn off all lights on trees and
other decorations when you go
to bed or leave the house.
Special lighting is part of the
holiday spirit, so enjoy it. But
remember to install and use it
safely for many joyous Christ-
mases to come.
FORTY YEARN AGO
VV. H. Jones, county agent, and
Miss Louise Ramsey, demon-
stration agent, attended an
agent’s convention in Houston
this week.
Former District Governor
George Jordan was speaker at
the LionsClubChristmasparty.
COURTHOUSE SQUARES
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10 African
republic
11 Peaceful
12 Cupid
13 Cut
cuspids
and such
14 Continuous
16 Dramatist
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17 Attack
(2 wds )
18 Skirt
style
19 Never
(Ger.)
20 “— more
unto the
breach..
21 Leaf
division
24 Airman’s
O.K.
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priest
26 Jr.
27 Florida
county
28 Stringent
31 Discontinue
32 Having
bounds
34 Consult
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36 Field
mouse
37 Relaxed
(2 wds.)
38 Equalize
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40 Landlord’s
due
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Kelley,
for one
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of boxing
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18 Henry
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Bandsmen Win Junior High Girls Win Tournament F* on, u
Two First Chairs ™A Are. y,
At District
All eight Cooper High School
Band members who entered the
The Cooper Junior Hign Girls
Basketball team defeated Honev
Grove here Monday. December
2, 28 to 16 with Lisa Davis
leading the Cooper scorers with
I uesday the boys defeated
Leonard in their first game 29 to
II with David James and J. C.
Morris scoring 10 points each.
Thursday they were eliminated
...emuers wno entered the -----* borers witn ihursdav they were eliminate!
District Band Contest December 15 pom,s Kellye Manes added when they lost to Savoy 23 to 36
2 at Red Oak won a berth in the mnc and Debbie Early four. Morris was again high coin
Guards for Cooper
All-District Band, with two first
chair winners and four second
chairs.
Diane Wintermute received
first chair - bassoon; and Joe
Price, first chair - trombone.
Second chair positions were
awarded to Sue Nan Preas.
clarinet; Sherri Abernathy, cor-
net; Jim Price. French horn; and
Robert Douglas, tuba Jana
Woodall made fourth chair
comet; and Judy Potts, eleventh
chair clarinet.
Twelve chairs for each divi-
sion were selected
Band Director Gary Resting
accompanied the students to
Red Oak
. were
Melody Holmes. Paula Wilker-
son, Leslie Morris and Angela
Wilkins.
The Cooper Puppies also took
an easy victory from Honey
Grove by the score of 31 to 12. J.
( Morris was leading scorer in
the game with 22 points. David
lames dropped in four points,
David Moses and Scott Petty
two each, and Kent Stephens
one.
I he Junior High teams enter-
ed the Fannindel Tournament
December3-"\ the girls winning
the championship trophy while
the boys dropped out in the
second round.
FFA Team Wins Second In State
The Cooper Future Farmers Bobby Wigley, Chapter ad-
of America Chapter Conducting visor, accompanied the students
Team won second place in the to Huntsville
State Chapter Conducting Con
test at Huntsville, Saturday,
December 7.
Members of the team were
John Wigley. Tony Bettes, Jim
Price, Joe Price. Kevin Alley,
Robert Douglas and Robert
Stegall.
Mid-Term Exams - Dec. 19-20
I st. 3rd. 5th period exams will
b( given on December 19th.
2nd, 4th and 6th period exams
on December 20.
8:30 10:00 I st A 2nd periods
10:15 11:45 3rd & 4th periods
1:00-2:00 Sth & 6th periods
Morris was again high point
scorer for Cooper with 13.
In their first game of the
tournament, the Cooper girls
beat Sam Rayburn in a thriller
26 to 25 behind the scoring of
Lisa Davis who dropped in 17
points.
Thursday, the girls defeated
Savoy in a barn burner 52 to 50.
High point went to Debbie
Parley with 31 points, hitting 15
out of 20 field goals.
Friday the girls played Roxton
and won 31 to 20. High point
was Lisa Davis with 21 points.
The big game came Saturday
night when the girls met
Commerce for the champion-
ship. A defensive battle all the
way, the Cexiper girls finally
pulled out a 24-20 win for the
first place trophy.
Lisa Davis was high point
scorer with 11 points.
Lisa Davis. Kellye Manes and
Debbie Farley were named to
the All-Tournament Team.
Others playing for Cooper
were LaTrcia DuVall, Melody
Holmes, Leslie Morris, Paula
Wilkcrson. Janet Wigley. Rita
Love. Tonya Reynolds,
Other schools represented
were North Hopkins, Celeste,
Tom Bean, Honey Grove, Win-
dom, and Fannindel.
The teams will enter the
Roxton Tournament today both
teams meeting Bogata. The
girls will play at 7:30 and the
boys at 8:45. Fourteen teams
are entered in the tournament.
The Cooper girls have a 6-0
season reacord and the boys are
3-1 for the season.
Named To 16-A Group Meets
District Teams
Moss Home
Scene Of Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Moss
entertained the second year
Homemaking class with a can
dlelight dinner in their home
Monday. December 3 at the
climax of a study unit “Extend-
ed Learning Experiences” (a
study of dinner service.) In-
structor for the project was
student teacher, Mis:, Shelia
Baxley from Sulphur Springs
The guest list included the
hosts' daughter. Karen, also
Judy Thomas. Paula Shook,
Donna Gessnian, Kay Dotson.
Nancy Waters, Michelle Alley,
Cindy Guffey. Miss Baxley. Mr
and Mrs. Hollis Williams.
District 16-A football coaches
met last week at Honey Grove to
name the All-District players.
Five Cooper Bulldogs were
selected to the All-District
teams for this season.
Named to the All-District
offensive teams from Cooper
were Joe Bob Shaffer, guard,
and Blake Shaw, running back.
Selected for the All-District
defensive teams were Danny
Gaddy, lineman; Ronal Ken-
ncmer, linebacker; and John
Wigley, secondary.
Joe Kervin received Honor-
able Mention on both the
offensive and defensive teams.
Other Bulldogs on the Honor-
able Mention list were - Offense
Donal Kennemer, guard;
Rodney Rainey, quarterback;
Clint Stephens, back; and
Kervin, tackle. Defense - Mc-
Donald Janes, end; Kervin,
lineman; Randy Reynolds and
Steve Rainey, secondary.
The Harvest Festival Com-
mittee met Friday, December 6,
at the Elementary School and
selected seven projects to study
and obtain estimates of cost
before deciding on one or two to
use the $2759.70 which was
made from the Festival.
The projects include
1. Playground improvements
such as paved area to play on
when wet.
Officer Hosts
Christmas Partv
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Cooper
School Meni
Monday. DecemberH
2. Covered walkway to lunch-
room, also east and west of
school building.
3. Sidewalks - add to length
and width.
4. Porch in front of kindergar-
ten and main building, east and
west.
Menus to be served M
- Cooper School lunchroom 1
Area VI f-uture Homemakers ing the week of December
"f America president, Carolyn include:
Robinson, entertained Area of-
ficers with a Christmas party at
her home in Quitman Wednes-
day, December 4.
Rrior to the party, the
presidents led a discussion on
area involvement in the Bi-cen-
tennial celebrations.
Attending from the Cooper
Chapter were Area IV Ser-
geant-at-Arms DeDe Carring-
ChaPter President, Diane
Wintermute, and Advisor, Mrs.
Hollis Williams.
C’orney Dogs
Lima Beans Whole Kernel
Sliced Peaches
Milk
Tuesday, December I7
Barbecue Meal Balls
Pinto Beans
Garden Salad
Milk Hot Rolls
places where
5. Fill in low
water stands.
h. Repair present playground
equipment.
7. Sidewalks from restrooms
to streets south of building
Nothing To It
The class assignment
describe ‘nothing.’ "A
with its skin off,” read
the best.
Wednesday. Decemb«M
was to
balloon
one of
turn ons
Attends Region Advisory Meet
&
Even Split
court decided
Angela
Wilkins, Carolyn Biggcrs, Diane Divorce
Sampson. Pcnnv White and of the house
Tammy Shaw. took th'e Tutatde.
Mrs. Ronnie Sansing was at
the Region VIII Service Center
at Ml. Pleasant Tuesday, Dec-
ember 3. to attend an Instruct-
that a 'onal Advisory Committee
would meeting. The committee con-
inside, he sists of sixteen teachers from
eleven counties in Region VIII
I he purpose of the meeting
was to hear reports of on-going
instructional programs, to re
view new projects, and to make
suggestions for improvement of
the total instructional program
for students served by the
Region VIII Center.
Turkey-Dressing-GiBW
English Pc»s
Cranberry Sauce
Fruit Salad Whipped1^
Milk
Thursday, Decemb* >’
Beef Noodle Casserole
Blackeyed Pe*s
Dill Pieces
Vanilla Wafers - Pe*'"'1
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