Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1990 Page: 2 of 8
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David Boyd
D
ELTA
BY
ANGELINE SHARP
D
I ARY
SHARPTOWN
(J.S.A.
Early December. Valree Hicks’
home. Son Ron, daughter-in-law Di-
ane and grandson Jason have come
from Richardson to visit Mamaw
Valree asks her grandson, who’s
eight now and a third grader, "Ja-
son, what is Santa going to bring
you?"
Jason, who has never let on he's
learned "the secret", responds in a
tone of mild disgust, “Yeah, Santa
Hicks.”
Jason was here last week - with
his Nintendo game (he and cousin
Jake Weaver played every waking
moment.) Mamaw was headed for
the store for his favorite macaroni
and cheese, a loaf of bread and the
bananas Jason requires.
"Jason, why don't you go with
Mamaw?" asks Valree.
“Well, now, macaroni and cheese,
bread and bananas. That shouldn’t
be too hard," says Jason. (Small
wonder, with his sharp mind, that
he’s been chosen for the third grade
computer program at his school.
Adam Renfroe, from age four,
wanted a pony. When Mom Pat
opened her own business. The Local
Artist, she promised her son she
would get him that pony when she
had her debt paid off. Pat had
borrowed from the Delta Bank (the
only bank in town that would lend
her money).
A year and two months after she
made the promise, Pat marched
'proudly to the Delta Bank and paid
• off her debt. This Christmas she
honored her promise to Adam. The
three Renfroes visited the Randy/
Linda Chadwick spread. Young
Chase showed Adam his pony Knot-
hole. The pony was a perfect fit and
;Adam handled him well. (Chas had
outgrown Knothold.)
; Alan and Pat didn’t tell Adam he
Kas going to get the pony, but sure
enough — on Christmas Eve - the
pony, his saddle, bridle and blanket
were delivered to a surprised and
flelighted Adam on far West Dallas.
I Correction: Dusty Wilson, Suz-
anne Walker’s son, is taking eight-
een, not eight hours in computer-
type courses at Tyler Junior College,
plus holding down a job at Sam's
Wholesale.
On 12-24, the San Francisco 49’ers
played the Chicago Bears at Candle-
stick Park in San Francisco. Mem-
bers of the Ron Morris Fan Club saw
Ron catch a number of difficult
passes.
Celebrities: Rickey Randle of
Country Club Road and Fred Little of
Mount Joy are runners. In ’87,
Rickey and Cliff Krcha, a co-worker
at Kimberly Clark, started training
in January for the December White
Rock Lake Marathon -- 26.2 miles no
less. They stayed together during
the run. They had their cheering
sections and each was awarded a
medal — for Finishing. Rickey said he
got all his guidance and inspiration
from Marion Miller.
Fred Little of Mount Joy ran in this
year’s White Rock Marathon. His
wife, all her family, and his siblings
had signs ready and placed them-
selves along the route to cheer him
on. Fred finished and got his medal.
He says he will have something to
tell his grandchildren. Fred, who
runs 35-40 miles every week, said. "1
just wanted to see if I could do it.”
Letter of the Week: It’s a good
feeling to know the News from
Charleston is read in England. Don-
ette Wheeler Bartley wrote on De-
cember 10:.,."I am writing in re-
sponse to the small article concern-
ing a discussion about the location of
Antioch of Syria in the New Testa-
ment. I think it was erroneously
placed in Syria, when in fact it is in
present-day Turkey.
“I have enclosed a bay leaf, or
laurel leaf, from Daphne, an ancient
Roman site near Antioch. Wealthy
Romans went to Daphne to enjoy the
cooler climate and natural wattrfalls
and escape the heat of Antioch on
the plains below. Most bay leaves
sold in America come from Turkey «
from around modern-day Antakya,
or Biblical Antioch of Syria. A
wonderful soap is made from the
laurel/bay leaves by the villagers
there. Sincerely, Donette Bartley.”
“P.S. My husband and I now live
in England, near Cambridge, but
have a special attachment and fond-
ness for Turkey.”
Donette is married to Lt. Colonel
H. Michael Bartley. Both are Delta
County products. The Bartleys lead
an exciting life in faraway places
with strange-sounding names. (The
discussion about the location of
Antioch took place in Dolores Scott
Jackson’s adult Sunday School class
You’ve heard the story goin 'round
...That here - on this same hallowed
ground...All life's blessings do
abound...Things that keep us all
spellbound...Heavenly music does
resound....Everything that is pro-
found...Can be in Delta County
found.
This Week’s Spotlight
BY ANGEUNE SHARP
In early December of ’46, newly-
weds Blue John and Angie Sharp -
assigned to an oil exploration crew in
Texarkana, were living in a small
tental in a back yard (and lucky to
.find that). The Dallas office called to
tell Blue John to come there at once.
I'Shall we pack for a move?" asked
Plue John.
: “Oh no," just come in and talk to
us." Sure enough, as soon as he saw
the brass they told him to hurry
back, pack up ar ' head for Bakers-
field, California, soonest possible.
He did.
Headed for the west coast, Blue
John and Angie stopped to sightsee
near Sulphur Springs. Blue John lost
his sun glasses and they stopped at
the Corner Drug in Sulphur Springs
for a new pair. The Sharps’ home
town is El Campo, down in Wharton
County. They knew little of this neck
of the woods. If they had even
suspected that Paradise lay some
thirty miles north of where they were
gt that moment, they would have
hurried up to bid on 570 plus acres
•n the South Sulphur. Alas, they
hadn’t a clue.
; The Sharps pressed on to Cali-
fornia -- to explore for oil there for
ten years, to be joined by three sons,
Ip spend some months in the State of
Washington, to work in Utah, Ari-
zona, New Mexico, and threc-and-a-
half years in Brazil.
When they returned from Brazil in
January of '61, the orders were to
press on to Canada. Those orders
were changed. Blue John was told to
go to Uvalde. He asked for two days
to study the geology of that area. He
took part of that time to look for land,
in Sulphur Springs, he met a real
estate man named Myrick. Mr.
Myrick listened to B.J.’s request and
said he had just the place. B.J.
checked it out. After calling Angie,
Blue John arranged to buy it. Since
childhood he’d dreamed of his own
cattle ranch. This was going to be it.
After some months in Uvalde, the
Sharps were transferred to Dallas
and to Texas Instruments. That was
late ’62. The next ten years the
family came out weekends. Pud
Elmore leased the place and gave the
Sharps weekend privileges. Blue
John cleared land and studied the
cattle business those years. In May
of '71, at age 61, he took early
retirement from Texas Instruments
and came out to establish his own
herd. Angie got loose from her job
with the State Welfare (Human
Services) and moved out at the end
of ’73.
Son John was responsible for the
name "Sharptown Ranch". One
John Sharp put the land together all
those years back. This little bit of
heaven was called Sharptown.
Blue John built his herd slowly.
He studied, bought second-hantf
machinery, and learned from good
neighbors, good cattlemen. In this
winter of ’89, his small herds are
doing well. Oklahoma Red, an ex-
cellent Limousin bull, is with the
heifers. The other bulls are Simmen-
tal. Mighty Achilles and PT 109 mind
the south herd. Big Tony and young
Terrell rule the east herd. Blue John
Sharp, aka Paul Swenson, looks over
his land and cattle with cortentment'
in his eyes.
Coincidence: Angeline Sharp,
alias Grace Swenson, first learned to
read and then decided she HAD to
write. In grade seven she got her pen
name from her beloved paternal
grandmother, Kaziah Angeline
Sharp Smith. When Travis Toney
thought of the title and idea for Delta
Diary, they used Angeline Sharp at
the head. It seemed fitting that she
should be from Sharptown. Toney
designed the heading. Editor O’Con-
na Mora gave the column a perman-
ent place on page two. Angie was
delighted. (The Swensons have nev-
er got to meet the John Sharp family
and know of no kinship.)
the SOVEREIGN STATE of AFFAIRS
HEARD ANY GREAT
NEW YEAR’S
RESOLUTIONS?
oCVki
YEAH
WHAT’S
THAT?
3
NORIEGA RESOLVED
NEVER AGAIN TO
DECLARE PANAMA TO BE
IN A STATE OF WAR
WITH THE U.S.A.
That Wonderful Year 1931
According to the November 24th
Delta Courier, there were 37,850
bales of cotton, counting round as
half bales, ginned in Delta County
from the crop of 1931 prior to
November 14, 1931, as compared
with 25,183 bales ginned to Nov. 14,
1930.
This indicated the largest crop
raised in Delta County since 1901,
when approximately 42,500 bales
were grown. It was predicted that
1931 might exceed that number.
The following wedding announce-
ment appeared in this issue: "An-
nouncement has been received of the
approaching marriage of Miss Car-
roll Cox. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roscoe Edmund Cox of Stephenville
and Joe Ewing Estes of Fort Worth
and Tyler. The wedding will take
place Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the First
Methodist Church of Stephenville.
"The bride-to-be formerly attend-
ed Southern Methodist University
and is a member of Pi Beta Phi
Sorority.
"Mr. Estes attended the Univer-
sity of Texas and was reared at
Commerce. He is well known in
Cooper, having worked on the Re-
view and Courier staff in 1926.”
Human interest story: "Myrle
Mathews, age 9 years, passed away
at 1:15 at Paris Sanitarium Sunday
morning following an operation for
appendicitis and other complications
ten days ago. The body was brought
to Cooper Monday morning in Smith
Bros funeral car and taken to the
funeral home where services were
held at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev.
O. P. Kiker, pastor of the M.E.
Church. Interment was in Klondike
Cemetery.
"Little Myrle had made her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Ed McKinney and
was attending school in Cooper. She
was a very frail child, without moth-
er, and Mrs. McKinney knowing of
her condition, the mother love went
out to her and she asked that she
might take her into her home and
care for her as her own. She had not
enjoyed the blessings of this home
many days until she became ill with
appendicitis and was taken to Paris
for treatment. The physicians insist-
ed that an operation was necessary
which was performed, but complica-
tions arose from which it was feared
that she would not recover and she
quietly passed away Sunday morn-
ing. She is survied by her father and
three brothers.
"Myrle was an attractive child,
obedient to her foster parents, and
had many traits of character that
drew her to them. Her little mound
was covered with beautiful flowers
sent in by sympathizing friends."
Legion benefit basketball game
reported • "The Loreco Lions of
Cooper will play their first basketball
game of the season Thursday night
with the Sinclair Oilers of Ben
Franklin.
"The game will be played at
Cooper school gymnasium and the
proceeds will go to Red Henderson
Post. American Legion, which is to
be used in erecting a monument on
the court house square to the mem-
ory of men who made the supreme
sacrifice in the world war. The game
begins at 7:30 p.m. and an admission
fee of 25c will be charged.
"The line-up of the teams is as
follows: Loreco Lions • Bailey. Har-
dy. McMillan. Bond, E. Hagood. H.
Hagood. Morgan. Wheeler, Bean,
Allard and Cumming; Sinclair Oilers
• Johnson, Routt, Brackeen, Waller,
McMillan. Clark, Moss, Thurman
and Hurst."
Several persons from the First
Baptist Church attended the annual
State B.Y.P.U. Convention in Waco
at this time.
The convention opened on Thanks-
giving morning in Waco Hall on the
campus of Baylor University.
Those who attended were the Rev.
Grady W. Metcalf. Mrs. Joe D.
Garland, Misses Eula Potter, Maur-
ine Chancellor, Hazel Collard. Irene
Anglin, Maude Ellington, Mabel
Ellington. Anna Woodruff. Julia
Woodruff, Edith Higgins and Wilma
Wilson.
Also reported - Mrs. S. E. Parker
of Dike announced the marriage of
her daughter. Miss Emory Nelle
Cooper, to Mr. Yandell Jeter of
Cooper. The ceremony was perform-
ed by the Rev. Hearn, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Hugo
Oklahoma, on August 23, 1931.
WEEKEND CROSSWORD
THIS WEEKS
PUZ7.LE ANSWER
ACROSS
1 "Kino
5 Nabokov novel
8 Leave the job
12 Construction
component
13 Actor Barker
14 _ no good
15 Opera soloist
16 Abner’s Daisy
17 Mommy
kissing..."
18 Former "TonlQht
Show" host
21 Urge
22 "Miss Multett
__tuttet"
28 Ho_Mlnh
29 Sitdown result
31 Submit payment
32 Classic villain
34 Mller Sebastian
36 _-clock scholar
37 Tempest
39 been to
London..."
41 Butter
42 "_ a Crowd"
44 Actress Arden
46 Albert-Gabor
TV series
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kids m&rnm
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51 Leaning tower city
54 Meyers ol 28
"Kate and Allie" 30
55 Mrs. Chaplin 33
56 Poetic black
57 Yutang 35
58 Superman's girl
59 Gameot chukkers 38
60 Droop 40
61 Roush and 43
Byrnes 45
47
DOWN 48
1 Ribs 49
2 Passing notice 50
3 Cathedral part 51
4 Meat sauce 52
5 "Poor Richard’s —” 53
Distribute cards
Skaters' moves
Five of a kind
_ and downs
Call _ day (retire)
Kind ot truck
Smorgasbord tish
Jug lug
Heb measure
1492 ship
Energy source
Sacred basket
"What _ God
wrought?"
Prince ol opera
Taro paste
Spaghetti sauce
spice
"Some Enchanted
Debussey's sea
Topsy's friend
Circus animals
Place for elves
Assam producer
Crucifix
Author Bagnold
Lip
Energy
Nigerian tribesman
Costa del
1 8
9
10
11
14
17
51
52
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56
59
In Years Gone By
Taken From The Cooper Review Files
TEN YEARS AGO
Delta County students receiving
degrees from East Texas State Uni-
versity, December 21. 1979 were:
Edward Basil Bond. BBA: Deborah
Basham Coffey, MBA; Linda Fu-
entes Freeman. BS; Dinah Ann
Good, MED; Esther Gail Hohenber-
ger, BS; Keith Edward Shiver, BS;
John Thomas. Pecan Gap. BS.
16-A All District Selections includ
ed David Preas, Honorable Mention
Offensive Tight End; Gary Glossup.
Honorable Mention Defensive Cor-
nerback; Roy Hinsley. 1st Team
Defensive End and 1st Team Offen-
sive Guard; David Shaffer. Honor
able Mention Offensive Quarter-
back; Curtis Blagbum. Honorable
Mention Defensive Linebacker; Ken
neth Johnson. 2nd Team Defensive
Linebacker and Honorable Mention
Offensive Running Back. Randy Rey-
nolds. 1st Team Defensive Safety,
2nd Team Offensive-Running Back
and Most Valuable Defensive Back:
Kenneth Neal. 2nd Team Offensive
Tight End and Honorable Mention
Defensive Safety; Bud West. 2nd
Team Defensive Tackle; and John
Janes. Honorable Mention Defen-
sive End.
Dr. Dan Toney. Tyler surgeon, has
been promoted from clinical faculty
rank of clinical instructor to clinical
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngol-
ogy at the University of Texas
Southwest Medical School in Dallas
TWENTY YEARS AGO
James G. Harrison, plant super-
visor of Allied Batiery here, present-
ed service awards to ten employees
on Christmas Eve. They were James
Woodall and Harold Robertson, fif-
teen year awards; C.W. Day, Verdis
Foster, Calvin Preas, ten year pins;
Boyd Rasberry. Floyd Smith. Junior
Thomas and Barbara Rasberry . five
year awards. Harrison also received
the fifteen year award.
Recipients of Student of the Month
awards at Cooper High School are
seniors LaNell Oats and Jerry Heald
D. Todd and his daughter, Mrs
Louise McDonough of Dallas, are
spending the Christmas holidays in
Hawaii.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
A blanket of snow covered the
Sulphur River Valley Tuesday morn-
ing. A light snow fell on Thursday of
last week but did not stick and then
again on Monday snow and sleet fell
but melted as it fell.
Eight indictments for forgery were
returned against four defendants
Monday by the grand jury of the 8th
Judicial District Court and one of the
accused was sentenced to a two year
term in the penitentiary.
Cameron McKinney announced
his candidacy for the office of District
Attorney in the 8th Judicial District
after serving Delta County as county
attorney seven years.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Marvin Wyatt Hagemeier of
Bryan was chosen Thursday night as
new manager of the Delta County
Chamber of Commerce to succeed
Nick P. Craig who resigned to
become manager at Marlin.
Seven Delta men were called as
jurors during the session this week of
the United States District Court,
Eastern District of Texas, meeting at
Paris. Jurymen from Delta county
are Roy G. Cain, Douglas Albright,
E. G. Hardy, Cooper; Walter DeVan-
ey. Lake Creek; H.E. Nabors, Char-
leston; Max Scott, Yowell; and Oscar
Yeager, Pecan Gap.
Eighth district court was opened
here Monday morning by Judge
Charles D. Berry. Jurors included:
Guy Ray, Troy Kern, Earl Hooks,
A.O. Echols, A.A. Brice, W.A. Hen-
son, W.A. Sansing, Glee Taylor, Joe
Miller, H.B. Beeler, R.N. Stovall, Jr.
and O.C. Brooks.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Eleven indictments for forgery
and one for driving while intoxicated
were made by the Eighth District
grand jury now in session.
Football awards have been made
to the following Cooper High School
gridmen: Duane Robertson, Buddy
Gilmore, Charles Ray Morgan. Ran-
dall Young, Billy Hocutt, Carlton
Grant. D M. Holcomb. Joe Kitchens.
Paul Ray Scott, El wood Robertson.
Jake Carrell. Tommy Joe Wheeler,
Cletus Sanders. Jack Taylor. George
Clay. Jack Boles. Carlock Black and
Neal Shepherd.
Miss Nita Fly has been named a
beauty at East Texas State Teachers
College at Commerce for the school
annual.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Funeral services for J.E. Bobo
were held in Paris at the home of his
daughter. He is survived by his wife
and four daughters, two of whom are
Mrs Rube S. Wells and Miss Nida
Bobo, both of Cooper
Cooper High School Bulldogs are
pointing for a district title this year
as Coach Joe D. Garland has four
regular lettermen left from last
year’s squad. They are Ernest Har-
dy. Carl McMillan. Lee Roy Bailey
and Raymond Hagood
Judge Grover Sellers convened the
Eighth District Court here Monday
and a petit jury was selected.
SEVENTY VEARS AGO
Marriage licenses were issued
this week to B B Brewer and Essie
Fulser; Floyd Chesnut and Kate
Morrill; George Jackson and Mrs.
Rosa Tucker. I B Hill and Miss
A A Riley; J.C Bradford and Miss
Mittie Hawthorne; Jim Summers
and Irene Watkins; James Roseman
and Naomi Pollard; L.S. Edwards
and Maggie Thennison, B.F. Henry
and Mrs Myrtle Russey.
Funeral services were held in
Pecan Gap for Mrs Fannie Cockrell
She is survived by her husband. W
A Cockrell, and one son, Clarence.
EIGHTY YEARS AGO
Directors selected for the Coop-
er Board of Trade for the present
year were J R Albright. H. H
Cooper. T J Snell. M.C. Wilson.
J.L. Ratliff, Dr. J.H McKinney.
R M Walker. W J. Harris. J. A.
Smith, C.L. Stevens and L.J. Smith.
Library Corner
Memorials for Betty Baker were
given by David Kenstein of New'
Orleans; Lula Mullins of Paris; Ruth
^rrKK of Enloe; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Allen of Grove; Rath and Alison
Duckworth and Ron Allison and
George Brady of Brcnham; Gary and
Sharon Anderson of Commerce; Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. Avers of Oklahoma
Lily; Jack, Billy Jack, Linda. John
Bartley and Judy Silman, Opal and
Mary Preas. and Sherwood and
Lucille Toon of Cooper. Opal and
Mary Preas and Paul and Grace
Swenson gave memorials for David
Henry,
Rash: The Birthday Calendars are
ready. Pick yours up if you can. Get
'em while they’re hot. Call if you
need yours delivered.
Karen Wheat and her volunteers
resumed Story Hour January 2.
Report next week. There’ll be learn-
ing/fun for small ones each Tuesday
at ten.
Adult Education. Regular classes
resumed January 2.
Story Hour: Tuesdays at ten.
Adult Education: Tuesday-Wed-
nesday. 9-3; Thursday, 1-8.
Telephone 395-2260.
Library: Monday-Tuesday, 9-4;
Wednesday, 9-5; Thursday, 9-8.
' Telephone: 395-4575.
THE COOPER REVIEW (USPS
131940) is published weekly, except
the fourth week in December, for S8
in Delta County; $9 in Fannin,
Hopkins, Hunt and Lamar Counties;
$10 elsewhere by the Cooper Review
70 East Side Square. Cooper, Texas,
75432. Second-class postage paid at
Cooper, Texas. POSTMASTER:
Send address changes to The Cooper
Review. P.O. Box 430, Cooper. TX.
75432.
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