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Cooper Review - Page 2
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Voices
Dear Editor,
As the celebration of Mother’s Day and
Father’s Day approaches, I’m reminded
again of how fortunate and unique my
family is, thanks to God’s Goodness and
my precious mother and dear daddy. Both
of them are now gone from our lives but
their legacy lives on through their children.
All ten of their children are still alive today.
AMAZING!
Until a few years ago, all ten still lived within
a hundred miles of where we were born and
raised. - Cooper, Texas. The oldest of the
ten retired from Dallas to his “ocean front
property” in South Texas.
The “pecking order” as we “kids” call it is:
Coy Woodall (Jan) - Indianola, Texas
Donald Dick Woodall (Marilyn) - Reno,
Texas Barbara (Woodall) Clements (James)
- Ft. Worth, Texas Jimmy Woodall (Dovena)
- Greenville, Texas Sara (Woodall) Kesler
(Gerald) - Murchison, Texas Jerry Woodall
- Quinlan, Texas Tommy Woodall (Joy) -
Cooper, Texas Ella (Woodall) Petty (Ken)
- Benbrook, Texas Jacky Woodall (Judy)
- Klondike, Texas Judy (Woodall) Brumley
- Plano, Texas.
Between the ten of us, we have 27 children
(2 deceased), plus 35 grandchildren, another
due in August, (2 deceased) and 4 great-
grandchildren; living in Texas, Oklahoma,
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri,Virginia,
Kentucky, Georgia, England and New
Zealand.
Our annual “Get-Togethers” are every Easter,
Halloween and Christmas with occasional
ones during the year for FUN - FOOD &
FELLOWSHIP.
I’m sure Mother and Daddy would be so
happy to know that after all these years we
still love and care about each other as much
or more than ever.
Am I boasting? MAYBE, but most of all,
I’m just praising God for His goodness
and thanking Him for continued blessings
through my parents, Harvey and Etah
Woodall.
Eternally grateful,
Sara (Woodall) Kesler
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n Years Gone By
From the files of The Cooper Review
Ten Years Ago
The annual Cooper Rodeo
will again be sponsored this
year by the Delta Roping Club.
The two day event begins
Friday, May 12 at the Rodeo
Arena in Southeast Cooper.
Cooper advanced another
steps in baseball playoffs by
beating Community in a one
game playoff. The game was
cancelled or rescheduled a
number of times because of
weather or wet fields. For
Example, on last Friday the
game was first to be played
at Paris Junior College, then
at North Lamar and finally it
was played at Mesquite. The
continuing rain had put the
whole playoffs in jeopardy. If
the game had not been played
by Monday it was possible
they would have to flip a
coin to see who was going
to advance. Nobody wanted
to take that chance. The field
at Mesquite worked out just
fine; they had an artificial
infield and a grass outfield.
This made it possible to play
the game despite recent rains.
Twenty Years Ago
The Cooper schools
athletic banquet is scheduled
for Thursday, May 17, in the
New Facility. A barbeque
dinner will be served starting
at 7 p.m. The banquet will
honor this year’s athletic
accomplishments. Tickets to
the banquet, at $6.00 each,
may be purchased from Linda
Waller at the High School or
from Coach Brian McKanny
Thirty Years Ago
Mike Holbert won the race
for Sherriff of Delta County
over his two opponents,
incumbent Benny Fisher and
Joe Kelso. The race for Delta
County TaxAssessor-Collector
ended in a run-off between
challenger Pauline George St.
Clair and incumbent LaVern
Wheat Lytle. In the other two
contested county races, Gatson
Dodd upset incumbent B.J.
Rainey for Commissioner in
Precinct 2 and Mike Goforth
out-polled his opponent Jeff
Goldsmith for Commissioner
in Precinct 1.
Tammy Waller has been
named Valedictorian of the
1980 Cooper High School
graduating class by High
School Principal Harvey
Hohenberger, and Peter Mark
Tatum was named Salutatorian
of the class. Selected as the
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ASSOCIATION
outstanding Boy and Girl
students were Damon Floyd
and Kelly Walker.
Forty Years Ago
Members and Teachers
of the 1920 Ben Franklin
High School graduating class
held their fiftieth reunion last
Sunday at the Ben Franklin
E&R Center. Teachers
present were Mrs. C.I. Mora,
Cooper; Mrs. I.E. Wallace
Greenville; Mrs. N.H.
Robertson, Klondike; Mrs.
Jack Lay, Ben Franklin; Mrs.
Morris Minnis; Miss Pauline
Musgraves, superintendent of
the school in 1920 was unable
to attend. Class members who
attended included W. Marvin
McMillian, Dallas; Mrs. John
Waller, Ben Franklin; Mrs.
Roy Himes, Paris; Oscar
Rorie, Tyler; Mrs. PR. Winn,
Farmington, New Mexico; and
Aubrey Moon, Fort Worth;
Mrs. W. H. Sockwell was not
present.
Fifty Years Ago
Frank Garza, Cooper
school band director, will be
in charge of the Lions Club
program Friday and will
present the following students
in musical numbers: Gail
Lowery, Barbara Barrow,
Martha Shaffer, Nelda Rainey,
Cathie Williams, Judy Hocutt,
Kelley Newman, Becky
Conley, Judy Allen, Netti
Mitchell, Sail Lowedermilk,
Merrilynda Jeter, and Patricia
Dennis.
Official results of the
Democratic First Primary
Saturday put Sheriff T. L.
Hopkins and H.E. Bledsoe in
the Secondary Primary run-off,
as will be C.C. Oliver and T.J.
Watkins for Commissioner,
Precinct 1. 2027 of the some
2300 eligible voters went to
the polls and cast ballots in
the election.
The Cooper Junior and
Senior High School Band,
under the direction of Miss
Mari Ann Cook, presented
their annual formal Spring
Concert Tuesday night,
One of the highlights of the
concert was the presentation
of the John Phillip Sousa
Band Award to Betty Carolyn
Templeton, a sophomore
student.
BABY BRO
Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Continuing
toward Florence, Alabama on a fishing
trip with brother in law Junior Larkin. Left
Memphis about 1:30 and by 3:00 pm we were
passing through some places with lots of Civil
War history. April 6-7, 1862 at nearby Shiloh,
occurred some of the fiercest fighting of the
war. Here was the famous Hornets Nest where
dead men were piled like firewood. Each side
had 45,000 men and lost 1700 with the South
retreating. The Confederates next desperately
defended nearby Corinth, very important since
two railroads intersected there. The Mobile
and Ohio crossed the Memphis and Charleston
line. The one controlling Corinth would have
the huge advantage of transportation. The
Confederates were under siege for a month,
April 29-May 30, finally having to escape
by railroad during the night. The South
regrouped in nearby Iuka, Mississippi, only to
be defeated there on September 19. Becoming
desperate, the South tried to take Corinth back
on October 3-4. Each side had about 23,000
men and the South could not regain the city.
History seemed to scream out to me since
my great, great grandfather and his family
stopped near Iuka after the war while on the
way to Texas. They got off the train here
and farmed for over ten years in the small
community of Eastport, now under water in
Pickwick Lake. Later they continued to Texas
and got off the train in Paris.
East of Corinth we came to the Natchez
Trace, a north-south, 440 mile, Native
American footpath along the ridge tops.
Today the Natchez Trace Parkway follows
roughly the same path and connects Nashville,
Tennessee with Natchez, Mississippi. An
eroded road is called a sunken road where
you can see a “trace” of the old path. In some
places you can park your car and see the trace
of this prehistoric trail.
At 4:30 we arrived at Brushy Creek
Campground where we met Junior’s kinfolks
and spent a couple of days. By the entrance a
red fox crossed the road as if to welcome us.
Right by the Waterloo, Alabama Volunteer Fire
Department. Such an unusual campground.
Wild Canadian geese walking around, some
followed by their young. Beautiful tall pines.
No fees. No sign in. Showers, restroom, and
boat ramp. Who finances this?
From camp we could look back to the
southeast and see the Natchez Trace Bridge
across part of Pickwick Lake. This long and
narrow lake was formed by damming up the
Tennessee River. Just a few miles west of our
camp are downtown Waterloo and underwater
Eastport. At camp we met Junior’s kinfolks,
Larry, Janice, Scott, Cole, Cade, Mike, Jill,
Michael, and several of their friends. Cole is
seven years old and when a baby, his brother
Cade called him Baby Brother. Over the years
that got shortened to something like Baby
Bro. Only at school wifi he answer to his real
name.
First order of business was setting up our
tents before dark. Mine was put a few feet
from the north shore of Pickwick Lake and
from the door I could see the Natchez Trace
Bridge. A mile or so south rose the high hills
on the south side of the lake and river. Venison
hamburgers were great for supper. Next week:
A Roaring in the Fog.
Fox News: (Not like the television
channel.) Saturday afternoon a little before
sunset Jean and I went to our ten acres south of
Charleston. Years ago we found a rattlesnake
swallowing a squirrel and its tail was sticking
out of the snake’s mouth. Some folks have
fancy names for their places. Like Rosemont,
Oak Alley, Ormond, and The Myrtles. We
just call ours “Two Tails.” One snake with
a tail at each end. On the way to Two Tails,
in downtown Charleston, three half grown
red foxes crossed 895 and went into a small
culvert right beside the highway. Mayor Dean
Houchins says this is the second year for the
mama to raise young in that culvert. Who’d a
thunk it? Turning at the store we drove down
1170 toward Two Tails. Standing in the sandy
road a hundred yards ahead were two gray
foxes. Sunday would be Mothers Day but
maybe Saturday was Foxes Day.
Chris Calvin once lived in our area and for
twelve years has lived near Terlingua on the
brink of Mexico. During those years he has
seen many whirlwinds, or dust devils, but last
week the granddaddy of them all came through
his horse lot and hen house. About fifty feet
wide. Picked up feed troughs and everything
not nailed down. Two chickens went up about
a hundred feet high and got spewed out the
side. Fluttered and tumbled to the ground then
took off for parts unknown. Hold on to your
hat, Chris.
Thanks to Dr. David Black for sending me
this one. First year veterinary students were
taking an anatomy class at A&M. They were
gathered around a dead cow on the surgery
table. The instructor told them there were two
very important things to remember as a vet.
First, don’t be disgusted by anything about an
animal’s body. He stuck his finger inside the
dead cow then placed his finger in his mouth.
Told everyone to do the same. Some of the
students freaked out but finally all did as he
asked. Then he said the second important thing
was to be observant. “I put my index finger
in the cow and them my middle finger in my
mouth. Now learn to pay attention.” etra327@
embarqmail.com
That Wonderful Year 1965
According to the Thursday,
May 13, 1965 issue of the
Cooper Review:
Public Housing Administration regional
office in Fort Worth has notified the housing
Authority of the City of Cooper that its
application for additional housing unites had
been cancelled as of May 4. The proposed
units were to provide adequate living
accommodations for elderly persons.
Two Cooper High School students placed
in State Interscholastic League contests, which
were held in Austin last Friday. In Class 15-AA
speech contests, Carrol Kern, a 1965 senior,
received second place in extemporaneous
speaking, and Mike Bartley, a junior student,
was third in persuasive speaking. Kern is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Kern, and Bartley is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bartley. Their
speech coach is Davis Floyd.
FFA and 4-H member from Delta, Fannin,
Hopkins and Lamar Counties brought a total
of seventy-one entries to the Delta County
Livestock Show last Saturday, competing
for trophies and prizes in one of the most
successful such production staged here in
recent years.
The Cooper High School gymnasium
was transformed into a beautiful Hawaiian
Island last Friday evening when the Cooper
High Juniors entertained the seniors at the
traditional formal prom.
“With 1,300,000 Americans now cured
with cancer, we have every right to be
confident that the battle against cancer wifi
be won. But we must keep the fight going
in every possible way to bring the victory as
soon as possible,” said Mrs. T.B. Carrington,
president of the local unit, in announcing the
Annual Meeting of the Delta County Unit of
the American Cancer Society which wifi be
held on Tuesday, May 18 at 3:30 p.m. in the
Board Room of the First National Bank.
The Cooper High School Band and the
Stage Band wifi present their annual spring
concert next Monday night, May 17, in the
high school gymnasium at 8 p.m.
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Palmer, Roger. Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 2010, newspaper, May 13, 2010; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth804974/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.