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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Voices
Bob Bowman's East Texas
By Bob Bowman
Bigfoot in East Texas
For years, people have claimed sightings
of a large, human-like creature in the thick
woods of East Texas.
About 500 people recently gathered in
Tyler for a Bigfoot Conference to share their
personal confrontations with the creature.
Speaker Daryl Colyer, who has had an
encounter with the beast, said he heard the
legends and stories from families when he
was growing up.
Colyer’s own encounter with Bigfoot
occurred near the Trinity River in Liberty
County. He and his wife were walking along
a trail at dusk when they spotted a large, hairy
figure with a musky smell.
Here are some other sightings of Bigfoot-
type creatures in East Texas.
In 2003, a motorist spotted an eight-foot
creature crossing Texas Highway 154 near
Harleton and Little Cypress Bayou.
In December of 2001, a deer hunter near
Marshall saw a seven-foot upright ape-like
figure that was dark brown in color. The figure
was picking up apples.
In October, 1995, a man was looking at
land he was considering buying near Cleveland
when he saw a creature lying on the ground.
The creature rose on two legs and hit the man
in the chest.
In June of 1976 near Vidor, a couple
moved out of their house because they had
enough of Bigfoot sightings in the area.
In the summer of 1976, a witness reported
seeing a twelve-foot tall creature with silver
hair eating ears of corn near Hallsville.
Not all of the Bigfoot sightings have
turned out to be accurate.
In his book, The Search for Bigfoot, Peter
Byrne wrote about a man who claimed to have
seen a Bigfoot creature standing with his back
to the man, streaked in gray and black hair,
huge, broad-shouldered and bent over.
When Byrne investigated, he discovered
that the man had seen nothing but a roadside
stump.
For more than 400 years, people have
been reporting large, hair-covered, man-like
animals in wilderness areas of North America.
Sightings of the creatures and their tracks
continue today.
(Bob Bowman of Lufkin is the author of
43 books about East Texas. He can be reached
at bob-bowman.com)
In Years Gone By
From the files of The Cooper Review
Ten Years Ago
Texas Comptroller
Keeton Rylander has unveiled
guidelines for Texas public
schools to follow when
introducing technology to
their school systems.
Last Saturday, residents
of Cooper responded to the
local efforts of letter carriers
of the Cooper Post Office
during their participation in
the National Association of
Letter Carriers annual food
drive.
On May 1, 2000, the
Children’s Health Insurance
Program (CHIP) was enlarged
as a result of previous action
by the Texas Legislature.
Twenty Years Ago
Vying for the Title of
Rodeo Queen representing
Delta Roping Club during
the 1990 Rodeo season, are
Renea Noble, Misty Mann,
Ginger Black, and Shonna
Sumrow. The winner will be
announced Saturday night at
the rodeo performance.
The 1990-91 Varsity
Cheerleaders selected recently
are Mendy Hohenberger,
Marie Toles, Brandi Calvin,
Mascot, Kristi Lynch, Julie
Rowe, Tracy Jeffery, Shanna
Silman, Raeane McFadden,
and Leigh Ann Slough.
Junior High Cheerleaders
for 1990-91 are Kenda
Patterson, Jennifer
Hohenberger, Adrian Trapp,
JeanieGregory,Hayley Waters,
Leslee Zachary (Captain)
Karla Wray, Heather O’Neal
(alternate) and Merideth
Miller.
Thirty Years Ago
Mrs. Margaret Giltner,
Delta County’s oldest resident
will be honored Sunday,
May 18, at the First Baptist
Church in Cooper, the event
celebrating her One Hundredth
Birthday.
Principal W. T. Burns
recently announced that
John Wolfe is valedictorian
and Delinda Wintermute is
salutatorian of the 1980 Cooper
Junior High graduating class.
Nicole Ewing was named
valedictorian of the 7th grade
class and Geneva Oats was
named salutatorian.
Forty Years Ago
Kelley Newman, Cooper
High School senior, will
represent the Cooper Lions
Club in the district’s Queen
Contest to be held in Marshall
May 15 -16 in conjunction with
the District 2x2 Convention.
At a called meeting
Tuesday, May 12, stockholders
of the Delta National Bank
voted to raise the Capital Stock
of the bank from $50,000 to
$100,000.
Cooper High School
administration and faculty
selected as recipients of the
schools Outstanding Girl and
Boy honors, Miss Martha Jane
Shaffer and Sammy Bettes.
The unofficial census total
for Delta County in 1960 is
5,806, however, it was learned
that the census enumerators
could have missed as much
as 20 percent of Delta’s
population this year.
Mrs. Eileen Wright of
Cooper, one the 40 secondary
school teachers of Spanish
who has been selected to take
part in the Foreign Language
Institute at the University of
Oklahoma this summer.
Jimmie Cantrell was
elected president of the Cooper
Lions Club last Friday along
with J.C. Fisher, Jr., vice-
president; Jimmie Hodges,
2nd vice-president; Howard
Rich, 3rd vice-president; L.M.
Anderson, secretary; Manton
Miller, tail twister; Dr. Dean
Wintermute, lion tamer; Dr.
Joe Pritchett, program leader;
J.T. Toney, song leader; Betty
Carolyn Templeton, pianist;
and directors Joe Chancellor,
Rev. R.E. Jenkins, Rev. Julian
Thomas, G.H. Horchem, and
J.C. McKinney
Fifty Years Ago
Retail sale in Delta County
passed the $5 million mark
in 1949, an increase of 233
percent over 1939, according
to preliminary figures from the
Census of Business released
this week by the Bureau of
Census.
Owners - Jim and Sally Butler
JimB@Cooperreview.com
Publisher/Editor - Roger Palmer
Roger@Cooperreview. com
Office Manager/Staff Writer - Kimberly Palmer
Kim@C ooperreview. com
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Stump knockers
Thursday, April 29, 2010. Day two of an
Alabama fishing trip. The wind blew very
hard and rocked a floating boat dock all last
night, making a loud banging noise. At 6:00
a.m. the weather was clear and cool as I
crawled out of my tent at the edge of Pickwick
Lake. Beautiful full moon setting in the west.
Soon I heard a roar in the east. Sounded like a
thousand Harley motorcycles. The sound was
coming from a cloud of fog near the Natchez
Trace Bridge on the lake three miles away.
Soon a boat came out of the fog going at
least seventy and it was throwing up a rooster
tail like I never saw before. Other fast boats
were right behind it. All with motors over two
hundred horsepower. This went on for twenty
minutes and someone in our camp said today
was the start of the four day, Pickwick Lake
Pro Bass Tournament. Contestants left earlier
from McFarland Park twenty five miles away
in Florence, Alabama where the tournament
headquarters were located.
What some colorful boats! Probably
seventy five at least sped by on the way to
their favorite spots near Waterloo and beyond.
All of the little boys were up and watching the
boats zip along a mile away across the lake in
the main barge channel where the water was
deeper. Those little Alabama boys really know
their boats and race cars. Seven year old Babe
Bro told one of the others, “I bet you a million
dollars that red one is a Mercury Razor.”
Throughout the day, to the thrill of the little
boys, the pros would come up in the cove and
fish near us. Each contestant has an observer,
or judge, riding with him to make sure there is
no cheating.
After breakfast we left camp in several
boats to fish for big blue gills and special
bream called shell crackers. High wind kept
us from fishing some of the favorite spots
and the bream did not cooperate. Finally, at
five, the fish started biting and a few of us
caught our limit. Back at camp we filleted and
fried them for supper. The taste is similar to
crappie. The “book name” for a shell cracker is
redeared sunfish. In Louisiana they are called
chinkapins. Other names are stumpknocker,
yellow bream, strawberry bream, and Tupelo
bream. They are similar to bluegills with
a bright orange patch on the tip of the gill
cover. The ones we caught weighed up to a
pound but the Alabama record is four pounds,
four ounces. The name shell cracker refers
to a structure in the throat that is capable of
crushing snails which make up the majority of
its diet.
Mike Larkin agreed to carry the boys
bowfishing Thursday night and they were
excited as they loaded into the boat on the
parking lot for the short ride to the ramp.
Somehow an aluminum boat paddle made
contact with the battery terminals and sparks
were flying everywhere. The boys were really
scared as they tried to get out. Babe Bro
slipped in the dark and fell face down in the
bottom of the boat. Busted his nose and lip.
He looked (and felt) rough for rest of the trip.
Next week: The Trail of Tears.
The James Yonker family lives beside
Wren Creek a few miles from Commerce. For
several years they have kept bird feeders and
see beautiful indigo buntings, painted buntings,
and more. Recently a Baltimore oriole visited
the feeders and they got a close up picture to
verify the identity. Normally the orchard oriole
is more common here. Baltimore orioles have
some of the brightest orange found in nature.
They also have the unusual habit of drinking
at hummingbird feeders which the Yonkers
have observed. Keep up the good work, James
and family.
May 22 find Saturn, which looks like a
bright golden star, just above the Moon. May
24, Spica, brightest star of Virgo, can be seen
just above the Moon at sunset.
Have you ever wondered how Native
Americans made arrowheads? Maybe you
would like to learn to make them. Making
arrowheads, spear points, and such is called
knapping, also spelled knapin. To see modern
man making arrowheads go to You Tube
Knapping 1. There are several interesting
videos.
You may wish to attend a monthly
knapping session at Ed Farmer’s home north
of Paris, Texas on the last Sunday of each
month. You are invited any time between nine
and five. Directions: Take 195 off the north
loop. Go about two miles. Left on Amherst.
Left on Sesame. Left on Whippoorwill. Third
house on left. Ed says this has been going on
for over ten years and as far as he knows is the
only monthly knapping session in the world.
A Rabbi and a Priest attended a July 4
picnic. The Priest was really enjoying some
baked ham and teased the Rabbi about how
good it was. Begged him to try just one bite.
The Rabbi answered, “I will — at your
wedding.”
David Letterman said that three out
of every four people make up 75% of the
population.
Jay Leno said that if God doesn’t destroy
Hollywood Boulevard he owes Sodom
and Gomorrah a big apology. etra327@
embarqmail.com
That Wonderful Year 1965
According to the Thursday,
May 20, 1965 issue of the
Cooper Review:
A favorable reception was given in
Washington, D.C. early this week to a fifteen-
member delegation that joined Congressman
Wright Patman and Senator Ralph Yarborough
in presenting testimony relative to the
proposed Cooper Dam and Reservoir. The
delegation was in Washington asking for a
federal appropriation of $75,000 designated as
construction funds, which were not included
in the 1965-66 federal budget.
Pupils of the Cooper Elementary School
will be presented in a musical program today
(Thursday) at 2 p.m. in the high school
auditorium, including second grade pupils
of Miss Ida Mae Cregg and Mrs. I.J. Ricks.
Fifth grade pupils of Mrs. Henry Kerbow and
Mrs. J. Curtis Pardue will dance “The Virginia
Reel.”
New uniforms, new fencing and additional
bleachers are expected to be ready for the
opening games on June 8 of the Delta County
Little League summer program.
Coaching staff at Cooper High School is
now complete with Roy L. Newsom of Plano,
accepting the position as assistant football
coach.
Fifty-one Cooper Junior High School
students will be graduated in commencement
program next Wednesday, May 26 at 8 p.m.
in the Cooper High School auditorium. The
diplomas will be awarded by Dr. Oscar G.
Janes, president of the school board.
One hundred eighty-six Universities
of Texas students enrolled in the College of
Engineering are candidates for bachelor’s
degrees May 29, the end of the current
semester. Commencement exercises will be
held at that time.
Juli Janes has been named as a counselor
at the Junior Presbyterian Camp, Camp
Mustang, on Highway 19 near Athens, Texas.
The camp will open on June 14.
Play school for children three to six years
of age will open May 31 at Cooper High School
under the supervision of the Home Economics
Department. The school will be conducted for
three days, through June 2.
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Palmer, Roger. Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 2010, newspaper, May 20, 2010; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth805049/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.