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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Voices
Bob Bowman's East Texas
By Bob Bowman
Random notes from East
Texas
A half-dime and other coins:
Like others in East Texas, William
Williams, 73, likes to poke around ghost
towns with his metal detector.
What he has unearthed only inches from
the ground’s surface may surprise you.
Williams once found a half-dime from
1853. Just for the record, a half-dime isn’t a
nickel; it had its own denomination, but it was
considerable smaller than a dime
Williams also dug up a three-cent piece
from 1866, another rarity, as well as a one cent
piece the size of today’s quarter from 1885
and another the size of a fifty-cent piece.
Some of Williams’ discoveries are real
U.S. coins, but others were created for sawmill
towns such as Pine Island, west of Lufkin,
where his father once worked.
The coins were often called “tokens” and
often used by sawmill owners to pay their
employees. The tokens could be redeemed for
merchandise.
The Holy Oak:
Images of Jesus and Mary are always
popping up in strange places, such as a tortilla
in 1977, a grilled cheese sandwich in 2004,
and on a dental X-ray, also in 2004.
But when Timo Bueno, an employee of
a construction company, paused for a lunch
break on Jimmy Ezell’s property at Buffalo in
Leon County, he looked up at a limb which
had been cut.
There, he saw an image of Jesus in the end
of the limb.
Since then, folks have been coming to
Buffalo from all over to see the image and
Ezell regrets that the end of the limb, which
might have contained additional images, was
burned.
After all, a ten-year-old sandwich with the
Virgin Mary’s image recently sold on e-Bay
for $28,000.
An East Texas link with Canada:
When Canada celebrated the 150th
anniversary of its first oil discovery in 2009,
a historic East Texas product became a part of
the celebration.
Lufkin Industries, Inc., of Lufkin, which
celebrated its centennial in 2002, donated a
vintage 1938 pumping unit to the Canadian
Discovery Centre in Devon, Canada.
The Devon facility hosted portions of
Canada’s 150th anniversary celebration.
(Bob Bowman of Lufkin is the author of
more than 40 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
The 7th annual Cooper
Lake Bass Classic sponsored
by the Delta County Chamber
of Commerce is being held on
April 8, 2000. Check-in will
be held at the Pro Tour Tackle
& Fisherman’s Landing
Motel located six miles east
of Cooper on Highway 24 at
the community of Klondike in
Delta County.
The annual clean up week
for Cooper will be April 24th
through April 28th. Each
customer will be entitled to
one free load. Additional loads
will be $20.00 each.
VA North Texas Health
Care System will offer free
health screenings for veterans,
ChampVA, and Tricare
beneficiaries at American
Legion Post #17 located at
4509 Moulton St., Greenville,
TX on March 21, 2000 from
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Twenty Years Ago
The Retail Merchant’s
Association in a recent
meeting set Saturday, May
19 as the date for the annual
County Fair in downtown
Cooper. The fair will coincide
with the Delta Roping Club’s
CCRA Rodeo May 18th and
19th. The RMA will meet next
Tuesday March 20 at noon
at Click’s Cafe to continue
planning for the upcoming
event.
Thirty Years Ago
City election draws six
candidates- Mrs. Jerry (JoAnn)
Preas and J.O. McGuyer for
re-election to their positions.
Also Charlie Watkins, Leonard
Mayes, L.C. Talley and Mrs.
Chock Wanda Talley. The
election will be held April 5th
with Cloyce Adams serving as
election judge.
Seven residents file
for Cooper School Board-
Douglas Blagburn, A.J.
Oats, both incumbents, Mrs.
Wendell (Betty) Slakey,
Clyde Waters, Jr., Mrs. Gary
(Barbara) Anderson, Mrs.
D.D. (Colleen) Lynch, and
Mrs. Larry (Donna) King.
Jesse Wintermute, owner
of Wintermute Industries,
Inc. in Paris has expanded
his operation to Cooper and
began production this week
in temporary quarters in the
700 block of West Dallas
Avenue across the street west
of Chandler’s Grocery.
Forty Years Ago
Lone Star Water Supply
Corporation has been granted
a $62,000 FMHA Loan to
construct a rural community
water system in the Pecan Gap
area. Officers ofthe corporation
are W.G. Lowry, president;
Nelson Ross, secretary; Garth
Yeager; Lawrence Beeler; and
O.E. Walker, directors.
Larry Skinner, Cloyce
Adams, Theolous Wilson and
appointee incumbent Ralph
Hocutt have filed as candidates
for the three places to become
vacant on the Cooper City
Council.
Delta County students
listed on the Dean’s List for
the fall semester at ETSU
included Joan Lancaster, Nan
Olson, and Allen Shannon,
Pecan Gap; Donald Carter,
Lake Creek; Nelma Jo
Dodd, and Paula Henderson,
Klondike; Wesley G. Slough,
Enloe; Mike Bartley, Donnette
Bartley, ElvinN. Bond, Jr., Pat
R. Dillion, Carol Ann Hocutt,
Hollis G. Hurley, Wanda M.
Jackson, and Carrie (Williams)
Watson of Cooper.
Fifty Years Ago
The Cooper Girls
Basketball team came home
Sunday with the Class A State
Championship from Austin
after defeating the best of
their class in the state, Central
59-50, and Moulton 60-51.
Members of the team are
Fredda Newman, LaQuieta
Day, Dixie Mendenhall,
Sharline Garrison, Glynana
Steward, Martha McMillian,
Carolyn Boles, Betty Lang,
Carolyn McKee, Nicki
Newman, Nancy Wilson, and
Simpson K. Toney, Peggy
Wood, Sandra Perry, and Sue
Stanley. The team is coached
by Joe Daniels and Davis
Floyd.
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On The River
With ET
PHIL AND PAT
Years ago Phil Thompson and Joe
Pfannenstein came from Minnesota to hunt
hogs with me. Camped out in our back yard
in a teepee. Even had a small stove in it with
a stovepipe. Because of so much snow in
Minnesota, teepees work better than tents.
Phil has been back a few times and this year
brought Pat Lahr to hunt. They stayed in my
cabin on the river and we hunted Monday
through Friday, March 8-12. They are some
real characters and we had a great time.
Monday we hunted near Charleston.
My dogs, Ann, Zack, and T Garth found one
finally and Pat shot it. After processing the
hog at Dan Pickering’s barn, we placed it in
one of three small freezers they brought. Last
year while they were here I had to speak to
the Noon Lions Club in Cooper. Pat hunted
around my cabin while Phil went with me. The
Lions meet at Cooper High and Jan Lewis’
class had prepared lunch for them. First time
for Phil to ever eat cornbread dressing and he
had to have the recipe. As luck would have it,
this year while Pat and Phil were here I was
to speak at the Hunt County Retired Teachers
at 9:30 Tuesday. Both guys decided to go this
year.
After the program we drove on to
Dallas and Pappadeaux’s where the visitors
sampled their first ever boiled crawfish.
Stopped back by the Bass Pro shop so Phil
could buy some boots. At my house there
was a phone message from Hoyt Kennemer
who had seen some wild hogs and needed us
to come down to Kensing. Changing clothes
quickly and loading my dogs we drove down
there. Seemed funny starting a hunt at 4:30 in
the afternoon. The dogs were soon baying a
two hundred pound spotted boar. I had asked
the Minnesotans if they wanted me to shoot a
hog if I got a chance and they did since they
wanted to take a lot of meat home. The boar
was about to break away and run so I downed
it with my 30-30 just before Pat and Phil got
to the bay. Two hogs in two days.
Wednesday we decided to hunt near
Kensing again but the river bottom was so full
of water, thick with fallen trees, and rough
riding in hog rooted craters we moved out
to some hill woods. Ann found a hog within
seconds after I turned her loose. The hog left
the woods and ran a half mile across open
pasture, the dogs bayed, and Pat downed
it within a hundred yards of where we got
Tuesday’s hog. One hundred eighty pound
spotted boar. Three hogs in three days.
Thursday we moved our hunting
operation to northwest of Cooper. As we
moved into the wind so the dogs could smell
a hog we approached a thicket. Zack and T
Garth went in the thick bushes and soon we
heard a large group of hogs make their “rattle”.
A group of hogs is called a sounder. Reckon
it’s because they make a distinct sound when
predators approach? The three of us spread
out to take shots when the hogs scattered.
When the smoke had cleared, six hogs had
been harvested and two of my dogs, Bad Eye
and River, were gone after more. I couldn’t
call them back. Nine hogs in four days.
Bad Eye and River wouldn’t come back
and we had to go process hogs. I went back
after dark and they were still baying. Again,
they wouldn’t come to me and I didn’t have
permission to go on that land. Friday morning
we drove back and found the dogs walking
near the highway. A thirty mile west wind was
aggravating as we rode four wheelers from
one area to the next.
Bad Eye had apparently slept some the
night before because he was ready to go again
and soon struck a big boar. It was bayed in a
thicket and Pat walked in to get a shot. Little
Zack was my only dog to hunt all five days
as I alternated the others. He came running
out of the cedars, looked at Pat as if to say,
“Here he is. Come on.” Pat did slip in and saw
fifteen pound Zack was nipping the boar on
the rear end. Pat’s .308 made it ten hogs in five
days. When they left for Minnesota Saturday
morning they had two and a half freezers
stacked with meat. Hope to see you two next
year. Wonder if I’ll be speaking to some group
again?
Spring begins this year at 12:32 pm on
March 20 as the Sun crosses the equator on its
way north.
Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians
decided to have a revival together in their small
town. After it was over the Baptist preacher
was happy because he had gained four new
families. The Methodist preacher was also
happy because he gained six families. The
Presbyterian preacher was the happiest of
all as he told the other two he got rid of ten
trouble making families.
High tech mix up and a simple solution:
A woman started getting a lot of calls because
a big company got a number the same as hers.
She called the company to complain, saying
that had been her number for thirty years. The
big company said they couldn’t do anything
about it. She thought a minute then said, “Ok,
when somebody calls about their bill I will
just tell them it is paid in full.”
The pasta diet: You walka pasta the
donut shop. You walka pasta the candy store.
You walka pasta the refrigerator. You walka
pasta the ice cream shop.
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That Wonderful Year 1965
According to the Thursday,
March 18, 1965 issue of the
Cooper Review:
Preparations are being made for the annual
Fannindel High School athletic banquet to be
held April 2 in the high school gym.
Delta County Chamber of Commerce
committees in meetings this week set dates for
the annual Stock Show and business holidays,
and voted to participate again this year in the
Sulphur Springs Dairy Festival.
A 200-foot TV reception tower has been
erected in Southwest Cooper to provide local
residents with TV Cable service.
Fifty-one students were named to the
Cooper High School Principal’s List for the
fourth six weeks of the 1964-65 school year,
having maintained am average of 90 in all
academic subjects and made “A” in conduct.
Under the direction of Robert Chapman,
the Cooper High School Band will present a
concert tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the
high school gymnasium.
Easter Seals were mailed Monday to
residents of Delta County, opening the
1965 fund drive, sponsored annually for the
Crippled Children and Adults, an affiliate of
the Junior Afflatus Club.
The annual dinner meeting of the Delta
County Farm Bureau, which was held last
Friday evening at the Delta Country Club,
drew 117 members.
The first loan under President Johnson’s
Economic Opportunity Loan Act was made in
Delta County this week, according to Gilbert
Barrow, county supervisor for the Farmers
Home Administration, to Darrell D. Echols
and family.
Joe D. Swint, Cooper Church of Christ
preacher, has announced that a week’s gospel
meeting will be held at the church, starting
next Monday, March 22, with Carl A. Allen
of the South Side Church of Christ in Mount
Pleasant as the evangelist. He will preach daily
at 7:30 p.m. through Sunday, March 28.
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