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Thursday, January 21,2010 Cooper Review - Page 3
Charleston News
Klondike News
By Vicki Vasco
By John dr Elizabeth Hopkins
Today the weather is lovely.
The sun is shining, and I
hope it just stays this way for
several days.
Our candle lighters and
ushers at the Methodist
Sunday morning were
William Watson and Tommy
Shane Ingram. Jennie
Pickering was our Lay
Leader. Sandra Morgan
had the children’s sermon
on rules, and Lynne Long
taught the children’s Sunday
school. Gary Regan came
out of retirement, and is our
preacher again. He preached
Sunday. Our adult choir
sang the beautiful song,
“He Leadeth Me.” Lou Ann
Murray joined the Charleston
Methodist Wednesday
evening at the business
meeting.
The Baptist Men are building
cabinets at the East Delta
Baptist Church Fellowship
Hall. The East Delta Baptist
had the Tony Brothers
Musical group Wednesday
evening. They had a large
group to attend that event.
Wesley Dean Houchins has
been on the sick list. He
is out of the hospital and
feeling better.
Robert Templeton has been
on the list also. He is out
of the hospital and feeling
better.
Lyn Phillips, Jacie and
Brazos, Jacob Vaughn, and
Katie Malone went to Mt.
Pleasant Wednesday to a
District FFA meeting.
Katie, Julie Kay Phillips and
Jalie went to the Rio Grand
Valley Friday. On the way,
the stopped in San Antonio
and picked up our cousin
Rickey Wright. Sunday was
our Aunt Ali Fay Wright’s
birthday. They stopped in
Bishop to see Joe and Helen
Smith. Helen had fallen
earlier that morning and cut
her face. She had been to
the hospital to have several
stitches. She was back home.
Mrs. Mack Larkin is visiting
them. They went on to
Weslaco. Sunday, they went
to church with Ali Fay and
had a big party at her church
for her, and then they went
to Ali Fay’s for lunch and
another big birthday party.
The United Daughter of the
Confederacy Lamar Chapter
met Friday, January 16 in
the Paris Public Library. Flo
Odom was in charge of the
meeting due tot the absence
of our President Cindy
Jarrell. Shirley Smith had the
program. She gave a book
review on “Another Day and
Another Way” by Dr. L.C.
Stout, the retired principal
superintendent of Prairiland.
Pam Underwood was the
hostess. The next meeting
will be Friday, February 12,
at the Paris Public Library.
The Daughters of the
American Revolution,
Captain Charles Croxall
Chapter, met Saturday,
January 16 at the home
of Mrs. Juanita Ridgell in
Sulphur Springs. Dolores
Jackson and Shirley Smith
attended that meeting.
Michael Speluda hosted a
birthday party for his wife
Saturday evening.
I talked with Lavern Nabors
Russell one night last week.
It was her birthday. She had a
bad cold and was not feeling
too good.
Have a good week!
Republican Men's
meeting to be held on
January 28
The Delta County
Republican Men’s Meeting
will be held on Thursday,
January 28th at 6:30 at the
Pecan Gap Community
Center. The guest speaker for
the meeting will be Harland
Harper.
Everyone is invited to the
meeting.
The sun is back!! And
doesn’t it feel wonderful?
After the days of freezing
weather we had last week,
this is a gift and I, for one,
am enjoying it immensely.
Aren’t you glad that, in
Texas, when the weather
turns cold it doesn’t stay
that way long? Go out and
do something in the warm
sunshine - we are!
Phillip and Allie Stone had
daughter Sharon Jordan visit
this week. Roger and his
wife also visited with them.
Glen Stone also made his
regular visits to his parents.
Patricia Blundell heard from
all her children this week.
Daughter Tina Love visited
with Patricia last Thursday.
Patricia also visited with Tina
and Bimbo at their home in
Kensing. Daniel Price visited
several days to help Patricia
put insulation in her attic.
(Anything to help control the
utility bills — right?) They
also picked up pecans from
Patricia’s trees. Patricia
stopped by Stella Martin’s
one day and joined a 42
game.
Cindy and Gary Anderson
had grandchildren spend the
night Saturday. They were
still enjoying them on Sunday
afternoon.
George and Pearl Foster had
Sunday lunch at Gene and
Cindy’s home. Grandson
Daniel was proud of his
successful overnight hunt.
Congratulations, Daniel!
Wanda Helms and Lisa met
in Paris one day for lunch
and then did some shopping.
Billy took Wanda shopping
and she found a dress to wear
at the upcoming wedding
of grandson Nash and his
chosen lady.
Plea§e Remember
Deadline is 4:00
pm Monday!
yoadev SaCaon
2110 Hwy 24 North
Cooper, Texas
903-395-2144
4PM-Midnight Th-Fr & Sunday
4PM-1 am Saturday
2009 Paris Idol Winner
Jeremy Phifer
This Friday
$5.00 cover charge
Mud wrestling Saturday
with live D.J.
Bob Bowman's East Texas
By Bob Bowman
Remembering Skin Tight
BY BOB BOWMAN
In the early 1830s, when
cattle buyer Henry Reeves
and his partner, a man known
only as Ball, built a store on
the Rusk-Henderson road,
visiting customers started
calling the settlement “Skin
Tight” because they were
no match for Reeves’ close
trading practices.
Reeves moved to Smith
County and, on June 13,
1886, he was shot to death in
Troup.
The unflattering town
name,’’Skin Tight,” was soon
changed to Lone Star when
a post office was established
in 1883, and Lone Star
thrived from cotton and
tomatoes. At one time, the
town had two cotton gins, a
grist mill, several physicians,
and a number of business
establishments, including
three saloons.
Shelly Cleaver, who was
born at Lone Star, recalls that
his father used a Model T
“hoopy” to haul tomatoes to
market. “He could haul more
tomatoes in that ol’ hoopy
than anyone else in Lone
Star,” said Cleaver.
Cleaver and his family later
moved to Jacksonville, but
retained the home of his
father, Henry Clay Cleaver
During its hey days the
town had a Masonic Lodge,
Cherokee Lodge 680, which
was chartered in 1890
with D.L. Murphey as the
Worshipful Master. The
lodge was moved to Ponta
in 1928 and then to New
Summerfield in 1961.
The town also had a two-
teacher school which held
classes on the second floor
of the Masonic Lodge
building. A private school,
the Lone Star Institute,
was established by Colonel
Thomas A. Cache and Rev.
Angus M. Stewart in 1889.
The Institute soon became
so well-known in East Texas
that families often moved to
Lone Star so their children
could attend the school’s
classes, which emphasized
cultural accomplishments in
music and education. But the
school lasted only four years.
Another popular lodge, the
Woodmen of the World, also
stood at Lone Star and met
regularly on the second floor
of J. West’s store.
By 1890, at least three
general stores stood at Lone
Star. But in 1893, a fire that
began in a doctor’s office
destroyed much of Lone
Star’s business district.
The Tipton Black store
and a saloon were the only
commercial buildings spared.
At one time, Lone Star had
three church denominations-
-Methodists, the Church of
Christ, and Universalists.
The town lost its post office
in 1916 when the town began
to lose population. When
the Texas and New Orleans
Railroad bypassed the town
in 1903, many of Lone
Star’s businessmen moved to
newly-established Ponta.
Today, Lone Star is only a
ghost town standing about
three miles from Lake Striker
on Farm Road 35.
But the town site has
been marked by a Texas
Historical Marker standing
on Farm Road 235 about
four miles southwest of New
Summerfield.
The only remnant from
Lone Star’s old days is an
abandoned and weathered
blacksmith shop once owned
by J.B. Cleaver
(Bob Bowman of Lufkin
is the author of more than
40 books about East Texas.
He can be reached at bob-
bowman, com)
Douglas Named to
CSMDeans List
Tim Douglas, son of Steve
and Elise Douglas of Cooper,
has been named to the Dean’s
List at Colorado School of
Mines for the fall semester
of the 2009-2010 school year
with a cumulative GPA of
3.98.
Douglas, a 2007 graduate
of Cooper High School, is
currently completing his
junior year with a major
in electrical engineering.
He plans to work toward
his Master’s at CSM after
attaining his BS.
FISH DAY!
IT’S TIME TO STOCK
YOUR POND!
Delivery Will Be:
Monday, Jan. 25th
Cooper 11:15-12:00
@ Hwy. 24
Lumber & Feed
Paris 1:00-1:45
@ Big Country Farm
Center
FISHWAGOK
To Place an Order Call
Toll Free 1-800-643-8439
www.fi sh wagon, com
The Colorado School of
Mines, located in Golden,
ranks among the nation’s top
schools in math, science and
engineering.
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MON-THURS 1:30 4:35 7:00
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Vote For The
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Democrat
Rickey “Don” Click
For
Delta County Justice
Of The Reace
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Criminal Experience
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Monty Hobbs Announces Candidacy
Monty Hobbs is proud to
announce his candidacy for
Delta County Justice of the
Peace on the Republican
Platform.
Like many young men in the
late 1960’s, I chose to enlist in
the Navy and serve my country.
My military career consisted of
serving four years in the Navy:
12 months in Viet Nam and six
months off the coast aboard a
destroyer. After my four year
enlistment, I worked as an
undercover narcotics investigator/ uniformed patrolman for
two year and graduated from the Missouri State Highway
Patrol Law Enforcement Academy as well as completing 52
hours in the Criminal Justice Education Program in Missouri.
After two years with law enforcement, I enlisted in the U.S.
Army. I remained the Army until I retired from the service at
Ft. Knox, KY. While in the service, I held various leadership
positions for 18 years. This includes tank commander, drill
instructor, branch chief of the Basic Noncommissioned
Officers Course and Ft. Knox Equal Opportunity Advisor.
After retiring from the Army, I spent the next ten years
working in an automobile window manufacturing company.
Seven of the ten years were in mid management, supervising
six production processes and 50 associates. This also
included training employees, developing and implementing
process and cost cutting policies as well as problem solving.
For the last six years I have been driving a truck for
a company based in Wisconsin as well as owned my own
truck.
I have accrued 96 hours of college credit toward a Bachelors
degree.
I promise the citizens of Delta County to bring three things
to the Office of the Justice of the Peace: Integrity, Courage
and Fairness.
Thank you for your support and vote.
Political advertisement for Justice of the Peace Paid for by Monty Hobbs, 550 W. Dallas Ave., Cooper, TX 75432
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Palmer, Roger. Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 2010, newspaper, January 21, 2010; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth805089/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.