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Cooper Review - Page 2
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Voices
Bob Bowman's East Texas
By Bob Bowman
Joe Tonahill of Jasper
When Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated
President John F. Kennedy in 1963, an East
Texas lawyer soon found himself thrust into
history.
Joe Tonahill of Jasper, who by then was
already a noted attorney, became the lawyer
for Jack Ruby, who shot Oswald as he was
being transferred while in police custody.
National news photographers caught
Oswald’s shooting at the instant it happened.
Today, Tonahill’s life and his law practice
has been preserved with a display of his
old office at the Jasper County Museum in
Jasper.
Museum Director Nina Smith had placed
with care Tonahill’s eyeglasses, his papers, a
magnifying glass, and other everyday objects
Tonahill used when he was alive.
But Tonahill’s daughters Anne Tonahill
Smith and Susie Tonahill Hile, piled the papers
and scattered other objects. “Too neat,” they
said, making the office look more like the one
they remembered as children.
Tonahill’s old office had a photo mural
of Jack Ruby’s slaying of Oswald, but the
mural had to be put on the wrong wall in the
museum replica because it was too large for
the replica wall.
Framed sketches from the Ruby trial are
originals from the legal proceedings in Dallas.
And elsewhere are dozens of other sketches
by courtroom artists since photographers were
not permitted in the courtroom.
Some of the original sketches, however,
were destroyed when the CBS offices in New
York became debris as the twin towers went
down on 9/11/2001.
Ruby’s trial made Tonahill
famous, but he was already respected
throughout Texas legal circles.
The Jasper County Museum is open on
Fridays and Saturdays, but will soon expand
to include Wednesday through Saturday.
(Bob Bowman of Lufkin is the author of
43 books about East Texas. He can be reached
at bob-bowman.com.
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n Years Gone By
From the files of The Cooper Review
Ten Years Ago
Kristen Jarrell of Cooper
and Kristina Kennemer of
Kensing both participated in
the 7th Annual James Herin
Memorial Spring and Hymn
Festival at the Texarkana
College on Saturday, March
25th, where they both placed
first.
Miss Yanci Yarbrough
shared experiences in her life
as well as her grandmother’s
wisdom with Cooper
Elementary students on May
15th, at the First United
Methodist Church. Students
in grades 1-5 attended. She
stressed to the students the
importance of staying on the
right path and making good
decisions in life.
As, Miss Texas, Yarbrough
has made a record-breaking
number of appearances. Since
July of 1999, she has made 430
appearances across the state
speaking to young people.
Her platform is “Partnership
& Prevention: Keys to drug
free America.”
Twenty Years Ago
Cooper High School
seniors who will receive
their diplomas Saturday
evening, June 2, in graduation
exercises at the CHS Athletic
Stadium are Rhonda Kay
Whitehead, Stacey Renee
Elmore, Cassandra N. Calvin,
Rebecca Lynn Speulda,
Beverly Elizabeth Gillean,
Barbara Lynn Wright, Jennifer
Shea Philips, Ti Shara Bacey,
Martha Ann Wilkins, Gin
Elaine Anderson, Shelley
Rae Flanary, Teresa Mechelle
Springfield, Jan DeLane
Jones, Diedra L. Petty,
Michael R. Wicks, Jr., Deena
Nicole Houchins, Bobbie Jo
Gunn, LaShonda M. Booker,
Kevin J. Swaim, Johnny L.
Land, Jason Ingram, Kenda
Ann Boles, Coy E. Matlock,
Danny Ray Toon, Jr., Wendy
Renee Larkin, Nathan Bryan
Thompson, Nikki Ra’Chele
Johnson, Bradley J. Toon,
Wesley Jason Haddock,
Jennifer DeeAnn Malone,
Brian Scott St. Clair, Kyle
L. Spangler, Stacey L Miller,
John C. Maddox, Damon Lynn
Toon, Stan R. Szafran, Jr.,
Timothy Dale Brown, Chad
Benton Hohenberger, Ronnie
Dwayne Green, Chad Thomas
Oats, Michael A. Fagan, Jr.,
Christa Grace Sommers, Jeff
Clark, Tommy L. Anderson,
Jason E. Clark, Stephen L.
Bowen, Terry Don Palmer,
Robert Jeremy Anderson,
Shawn Bartley Silman, Byron
J. Bonds, Byron L. Morris,
Duane Philip Thompson,
Bret Williams, Jerry W. Petty,
Jason P. O’Connor, and Ursula
Annette Roberts.
Thirty Years Ago
The Texoma Chapter of
Bank Administration Institute
met in regular session May
20 at the Gordon Country
Club in Paris and installed
Tim Gregory of Cooper as its
President.
Official opening of the new
tennis courts in Harmon Park
has been set for Saturday, June
7, the event to be highlighted
by a tennis tournament.
The Tom A Lambeth
Club installed the following
officers foe the new year:
President, Mrs. Ruth Scoot;
Vice President, Mrs. Mary
Williams; Treasurer, Mrs.
Pauline Hooks; Recording
Secretary, Mrs. Lucille Toon;
and Reporter, Mrs. Joyce
Silman.
Forty Years Ago
Lundy Hooten III,
graduate student at Southern
Methodist University, received
the Degree of Bachelor of
Divinity from Perkins School
of Theology on Sunday
afternoon, May 24, at Moody
Coliseum.
Mrs. David Coble, the
former Bab Janes, spoke to
the Spanish II Class and Davis
Floyd’s American History
Class May 21 on language
and customs of the people of
Sicily.
Among those receiving
degrees at East Texas
University were these from
Delta County: Harry Michael
Bartley, Danny Michael Poe,
Jo Donnette Wheeler Bartley,
J.M. Daniels, Marlia Jean
Bettis Shiver, Nelma Jo Dodd,
and John M. Ray.
Fifty Years Ago
A heavy vote is expected
in the Democratic Second
Primary Saturday. The reason
is the run-off in the sheriff’s
race between incumbent T.L.
Hopkins and H.E. Bledsoe.
Also of interest in Precinct
One is the runoff between the
incumbent C.C. Oliver and
T.J. Watkins.
Rainfall here, to date,
totals 14.25 inches.
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MEMBER
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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
On The River
With ET
Syd Newman
They say if you get a job doing something
you like, you’ll never have to work a day
in your life. Syd Newman apparently has
never worked. Recently I attended a very
informative field trip led by Syd on his family’s
ranch west of Roxton. Syd identified many
plants and showed us those edible as well as
poisonous. His love for the outdoors began
as a Boy Scout and continued to grow. After
graduating from Texas A&M with a degree
in Environmental Engineering he worked for
the USDA Soil Conservation Service. Now
he is an engineer for the Texas Department of
Transportation and is responsible for advance
planning and design of projects in the Paris
District. This job includes involvement with
the environmental compliance process which
requires expertise regarding the impacts of
development on ecological and archeological
resources. Recently Syd completed training
to become a Texas Master Naturalist and he
continues to devote time to Lamar County
4-H as well as presenting programs on many
various and interesting nature topics.
Here’s a portion of the things we saw on
the field trip: The boxelder tree of our area is a
type of maple which can be tapped for sugar.
This information was passed to us from the
Native Americans. Bois d’ arc apples have
seeds in the very center that may be eaten. You
may have noticed squirrels tearing into the ripe
“horse apples” to eat the seeds. For years I have
picked caterpillar looking tops off a barley or
wheat type plant. If you place your hands side
by side with palms up, you can move them
back and forth to make the seed head crawl
along like a caterpillar. These should never
be placed in the mouth or they could work
on down due to the spikes pointing all in one
direction. These plants were identified as little
barley.
For several years I have seen bushes with
large white flowers at the top and tried to find
them in field guides. Some were seen on the
trip and Syd identified them as elderberry
bushes, known for tasty jelly and wine. Native
Americans used the stems for arrows and flutes.
Tall fescue is similar to Johnson grass and can
be poisonous to livestock due to a fungus that
lives on the grass and causes horses to abort
and cattle to go crazy.
Eastern gamma grass is also similar to
Johnson grass but with larger seeds which may
be eaten when mature. It was noted Singletary
peas had a twisted pod and cube shaped seeds
while similar vetch had straight pods and round
seeds. Plantain leaves lay close to the ground
while cat tail shaped objects rise upward. One
of the main milkweeds in our area is antelope
horn milkweed. The leaves are edible when
young and tender. Willow leaves make nice tea
for drinking and can be used to dry up poison
ivy when applied to the skin. Spike rush looks
like tiny cattails. The beautiful Indian blanket
flower is also called fire wheel.
All parts of cattail are edible but are more
palatable when young. Before the “corny dog”
top forms, yellow pollen may be stripped from
the top and eaten. Before the “corny dog” top
gets too mature it may be boiled and eaten
like corn on the cob. The roots have layers
that strip off like an onion pulled from the
garden. Just keep peeling off layers until you
get past the mud and to the tender center. To
be continued.
Bright Venus continues to dominate the
western night sky. June 14-15 Venus will be
near the Moon with Pollux and Castor, main
stars of Gemini the Twins, to the right. June
16-17 the Moon passes by Mars and Regulus.
Saturday night at a cookout we observed Mars
and Regulus seeming to almost touch. June 18
Saturn will resemble a golden star above the
Moon.
More tidbits from the Memphis stop on
the way to Alabama: From the B.B. King
Blues Club menu, $15.99 will get you Cajun
Carbonara which contains apple wood smoked
bacon, sauteed onions, cream scallions,
crushed red pepper, Parmesan cheese, and
ziti pasta tossed together and topped with a
blackened chicken breast and served with
grilled garlic toast.
Ways to deal with telemarketers: If they
want to clean your carpets, ask if they can get
out blood stains, chicken blood, goat blood,
even human blood. Listen to their entire speech
then ask them to marry you. Tell them you are
busy and if they will give their number you
will call them back. If they won’t, ask for their
home number. If you get lucky they might say
something like, ‘‘Well, I don’t want to get calls
at my house.” That’s when you say, “Yeah, I
know what you mean.”
When they tell you their name interrupt
them and loudly say, “Linda, is it really you
after all these years? How have you been? Did
you ever get married?”
When they give their name, ask them to
spell it while you pretend to write it down.
Spell it back to them and intentionally get it
wrong. Do that with several words like name
of company, etc. etra327@embarqmail.com
That Wonderful Year 1965
According to the Thursday,
June 10, 1965 issue of the
Cooper Review:
Four education meeting, third set in a
series especially designed for farmers, have
been set up in Delta County Thursday, June
10, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Pecan Gap Gin,
then at 11 a.m. at the Enloe Gin; 1 p.m. at Jess
McAlister’s farm one mile wet of Cooper, and
3 p.m. at Lake Creek Gin.
Forty-nine students have been named to
the PrincipaFs List at Cooper High School for
the final six week of the 1964-65 term. These
students maintained an average of 90 in all
academic subjects and made “A” in conduct.
Delta County Little League teams opened
the 1965 season Tuesday night with the Indians
and Giants as victors in hitting duels.
An address by Texas Attorney General
Waggoner Carr will feature the program when
the Cooper Lions Club observes Ladies Night
and installs new officers at a dinner meeting
Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Delta Country Club.
Carr will be introduced by B. Truman Ratliff,
Delta County Attorney. Reservations for the
dinner should be made with Jerry Holcomb,
phone 84.
The state draft quota for June is 695,
compared to 639 in May, Colonel Morris S.
Schwartz, state Selective Service director,
announced last week.
The Texas Highway Commission has
approved the expenditure of $60,000 for
construction of new Farm to Market Road
mileage in Delta County as part of the 1965
FM Road Program. The announcement was
made by District Engineer, L.D. Cabaniss of
Paris last week.
The NeTseO Trails Council received top
honors at the 55th National Council Annual
Meeting of the Boy Scouts of America. The
NeTseO Trails Council which includes Delta
and 11 14 other counties of Northeast Texas
and Southeast Oklahoma, was honored as Blue
Ribbon Council “for outstanding performance
in extending Scouting to rural boys during
1964.”
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Palmer, Roger. Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 10, 2010, newspaper, June 10, 2010; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth805187/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.