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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Voices
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
The economic situation in our
Northeast Texas Counties has affected the
N.E.T.Opportunities Nutrition Program the
same as it has affected other organizations
in our area. The cost of gas forced a rise in
utilities, food, and delivery of the homebound
meals. Unfortunately, the rate as set by the
State has not been raised in several years. This
means that the rate we are reimbursed by the
state is much less than the rate it actually costs
to prepare and serve the meals. This has been
the case since 2005 but we have been able
to meet the difference by local contributions
and donations. This past year we lost some
corporate donations. Contributing civic
organizations in our communities are feeling
the same losses we are.
We will be having regular fund raising
events at each of our centers located in
Cooper, Mt.Pleasant, Mt. Vernon, and
Daingerfield to try and offset these costs.
If we do not meet these expenditure needs,
then there is a possibility that NETO will
be unable to continue the nutrition program.
Please note that the program is one program,
not county by county. If one center closes,
then it will affect the entire operation. All
donations raised locally must be sent to the
NETO administrative office. Once a donation
is given to a government funded program, it
becomes government money as well. NETO
is bonded to handle these funds. Funds cannot
be kept locally if raised in NETO name. As a
recommendation for Delta County to consider,
in other counties NETO has been placed on
the list for jury donations, opportunities for
donations through city water departments, as
well as local fundraising events.
I explained this to the Commissioners
Court on February 22. Some of the members
were unaware of our financial problems.
When I returned to the office on Tuesday,
I was contacted by a gentleman who was
sending a check to the meals program from
himself and his wife. They had decided to
donate a dollar for each day of service to the
nutrition program in Cooper. We pray that
their blessings exceed their gift.
If you have questions, suggestions,
or comments, please direct them to me at:
903:537-2256.
Sincerely,
Beverly Logan, Executive Director
In Years Gone By
From the files of The Cooper Review
Ten Years Ago
A Sky Warn Program will
be held by Jim Stefkovich,
who is the Warning
Coordination Meteorologist
with the National Weather
Service in Fort Worth, Friday,
March 10th at 7 p.m. in the
Delta County Courthouse in
Cooper.
Some of the old rivals
will no longer play Cooper
in the upcoming year as a lot
of teams have been moved to
new districts. Cooper will be
in District 14-2A.
The Delta County United
Fund 2000 is on its way to
being a reality and portions
of this fund will go to the
community fire department to
help offset equipment needs.
Twenty Years Ago
Bricklayers began
Monday morning putting up
the fa9ade on the new city
hall and it is expected to be
finished before the end of the
week. The antique brick being
used was once the interior
wall at Miller’s Pharmacy.
Thirty Years Ago
A new automobile
dealership will open in Cooper
by this weekend and will be
known as Whilden-Davis
Ford, Inc.
“Goodbye to the Clowns”
was selected by five judges to
represent CHS in the district
One-Act Play competition.
Junior Danette Cunningham
and senior Curtis Blagburn
was selected as best actress
and best actor respectively.
The all-star cast includes Troy
Potts, Steve Carter, David
Abernathy, Candi Morris,
Donna Hoskison, Monica
Howse, Monty Jones, Loretta
Grissom, and Lisa Helms.
Lt. James Wilhite of Pecan
Gap was recently promoted
during awards ceremonies
at Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Present for the ceremony was
Wilhite’s wife, Emily and their
daughter, Sarah.
Forty Years Ago
Impounding of water
in the Cooper Reservoir
by the last quarter of 1975
was predicted by Colonel
Herbert R. Haar, District
Engineer, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, New Orleans
District, when he spoke to
backers of the reservoir last
Thursday morning at the
dam site on South Sulphur
River below Cooper and at a
luncheon in Sulphur Springs.
Miss Laura Jo Taylor
of Cooper has been named
chairman of the 1970 Easter
Seal campaign in Delta
County.
Fifty Years Ago
Candidates for public
offices, first primary, are
Ralph R. Rash, District
Attorney, 8th Judicial District,
Mrs. C. V. Flanary, Jr., District
Clerk; O.J. Bridges, County
Clerk; R.D. Blakenship, Tax
Assessor-Collector; C.H.
Brantley, County Sheriff; O.E.
Millard, County Treasurer;
Goebel Templeton, County
Superintendent of Schools;
H.E. Bledsoe, C.C. Oliver,
Commissioner, Precinct 1;
Commissioner, Precinct 2; J.L.
Routt, Commissioner, Precinct
3; O.C. Bulin, Commissioner,
Precinct 4; Caldwell Choate,
Public Weigher, Precinct 1, 2,
5; Sam D. Wood, Justice of
the Peace.
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WORKING THE GRAVEYARD
SHIFT ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT
From my ledger. December 26,1981. Left
for the woods to spotlight and call varmints
just after midnight at 12:15 this morning.
Shined spotlight around pasture southeast
of Charleston then parked at the Templeton
gate. Walked southwest to the tree line then
south toward the river. Crossed the river into
Hopkins County at the old net set and turned
on my electronic call in the bend across from
Bluff Bank. The woodpecker in distress sound
works very good usually. South along the east
side of the Will Seay cotton patch of years
ago, now grown up in trees. Called from up in
a couple of my deer stands.
Saw possum eyes shining near T Bo
George Slough. Walked over and shot it out.
Circled back toward the pickup. Drove to
Eutah Chandler’s pasture and checked coyote
snares but no luck. Home at 6:30 this morning
and to bed. Larry Trapp and Billy Poteet came
by and asked me to go predator calling with
them about 8:00 but I stayed home. Up at
noon and watched Oklahoma beat Houston in
the Sun Bowl 40-14. Then to Cooper to meet
the fur buyer on the square. Sold two coon
skins from the freezer for $24 and $18. Last
night’s possum brought $1.50, not much pay
for working the graveyard shift.
Now back to 2010. Recently while reading
the Lake Fork News I came across a list of the
top twenty five largemouth black bass caught
in Texas. Seven of the top eight came from
Lake Fork. Local area fisherman Barry St.
Clair still holds the top spot with his 18.18
pounder. Here’s the other four of the top five.
17.67 - Mark Stevenson, 17.64 - Stan Moss,
17.63 - Jerry New, 17.29 - Larry Barnes.
More “favorites” from my 1981 junior
high basketball team. Do you remember any
of these? Freddy Roberts’s favorites in various
categories were Carol Burnett, Robin Williams,
Stir Crazy (author’s note - I really laughed
when they put Richard Pryor and his friend in
a holding cell with some tough looking guys.
Richard strutted in saying, “Yeah, we bad, we
bad.”) Drivin’ My Life Away, Eddie Rabbitt,
Cool and the Gang, Bubba Yum, Kareem
Abdul Jabbar, and Billy Sims.
From the past: A crowd of fully five
thousand persons was gathered here last
Tuesday to witness the balloon ascension. It
was the second attempt and also the second
failure. The public square was jammed with
the mass of humanity. The tops the business
houses, the second and third story of the city
hall, and every advantageous position was
crowded with eager sight-seers who wanted to
see the balloon go up with the aeronaut and
Jennie Yan Yan, the monkey, dangling from
the trapeze. The balloon didn’t rise and Jennie
didn’t dangle. A report went out that a big
hole had been knocked in the balloon and that
statement knocked the hopes out of the crowd.
A Mr. Thompson who lives south of town was
seriously hurt when one of the guy ropes broke
and a heavy pole fell, striking him on the head
and rendering him insensible. Several more
were injured in the general stampede which
ensued. (Ladonia News - April 6, 1900)
R. B. M. was shot and killed instantly at
Paris Monday night by Sam B. a young man
reared in that city. The trouble occurred in the
saloon of the Merrick Hotel, where M. was
employed as bartender. Several men were
engaged in a game of dominoes, playing for the
drinks. The one who lost was broke and could
not pay. B. told the loser to borrow the money
and then cussed the bartender for not giving
the loser credit. Both men began cussing and
B. left the saloon but returned with a shotgun
and began shooting at M., hitting him in the
stomach. M., after being shot, opened fire
on B., hitting him twice but not hurting him
severely. M. then dropped to the floor dead.
(Honey Grove Signal - May 23, 1902)
Remember that Daylight Saving Time
begins Saturday night (early Sunday morning)
March 14. Spring forward. March 16, Venus
begins its tour of duty as the “evening star”
and that night will be to the left of the crescent
Moon. Notice it in the night sky over the
coming weeks.
Head scratching quotes: Some cause
happiness wherever they go; others, whenever
they go. Oscar Wilde. He has Van Gogh’s ear
for music. Billy Wilder. I’ve had a perfectly
wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it. Groucho
Marx.
Martha Stewart’s Hints for Redneck
Weddings: Livestock is generally a poor
choice for a wedding present. Kissing the
bride for more than five seconds can get you
shot. A cummerbund does not go well with a
bowling shirt and a leisure suit. If you run out
of gas on your honeymoon it is not nice to ask
your wife to also bring back a six pack when
she goes after gas.
A visibly nervous man on a plane told the
man he sat by that he had been transferred
to Detroit and was scared to death since it
was such a rough town. The other guy said
he lived in Detroit and it wasn’t so bad; just
live in a good neighborhood and mind your
own business. The first guy was very much
relieved and after thanking him asked what he
did in Detroit. The second guy said, “I’m a tail
gunner on a Budweiser truck.”
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That Wonderful Year 1965
According to the Thursday,
March 4, 1965 issue of the
Cooper Review:
Cooper Chapter of the Future Farmers of
America has received a Gold Emblem, the
highest award that a FFA chapter in the state of
Texas may receive. Marshal Neil, vocational
agriculture instructor at Cooper High School
is the Cooper Chapter advisor.
An insect control short course for adult
farmers will be held April 5-8 under the
sponsorship of the Cooper High School
vocational agriculture department, according
to Marshall Neill, Teacher of Vocational
Agriculture.
Twenty-eight members of the Cooper
Lions Club were joined by five guests for a
luncheon program last Friday at the Delta
County Club, when Miss Jo Blanche Hubbard
of Richardson told of her attendance at the
inauguration of President Lyndon B, Johnson.
With an increasing number of wolves
reported seen in the rural acres of Delta
County, the Commissioner’s court this week
recruited the services of a federal trapper to
eliminate these predatory animals.
A two-alarm fire, which started Tuesday
at 10:50 a.m. completely, destroyed the frame
cottage home of Mrs. Wayne Robinson on East
Marshall Street. City Fire Marshall Paul Cates
said the fire started from burning grease on a
gas range. Cooper Volunteer firemen worked
several hours to keep the fire from spreading.
The 1965 Southwest Sports and Vacation
Show, oldest, largest and most successful
of its kind in the South, will begin an 8-day
engagement Sunday, March 7, at the Dallas
Memorial Auditorium.
Recently the Gulf States Telephone
Company announced reductions on long
distance rates on certain classes of calls to
points outside the state. The new rates and
changes went into effect February 1. 1965.
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