The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. [61], No. [23], Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 9, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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DAVIS CLEANERS
Formerly Dawson Cleaners.
Our Prices Are
Cheaper
Ijooper’s most modern plant.
Yes, We Deliver.
Delta Courier
Smith Fune
Phone
Lady Att
Ambulance
VOLUME
D. HART & SON, Publishers
last Rites Sunday
For Prominent
Cooper Woman
Mrs. Julia Park McKinney
pies Suddenly Friday
At 10 O’clock.
Mrs. Julia Park McKinney
wife of Ed J- McKinney, died
a. ha, home ^ ™
day morning at u-n
from « h™* *““*■
though suffering from a cold,
she spent an active day Thursday
and was taken ill about 9 o clock
Friday morning.
Born ,t Troy. Ala., aho ...
educated «t Peabody <Cohere and
Vanderbuilt University in Nash-
ville, Tenn. She came to Com-
merce and was a teacher before,
being married to Ed J. * c ln‘ ,
ney in 1921 in Commerce. They j
moved to Cooper where she has |
lived since that) time. I
Always active in church work,
Kfting a member of the Method.st
flkjrch since girlhood, -she was
beloved teacher of the
couples class, a large gioup
young married people. She was
active in the civic affairs of the
city and was one of the first
presidents of the Parent-Teacher
Association.
Awaiting arrival of her two
sisters, funeral services were
postponed until Sunday morning
at 9 o’clock at the Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev.
Timothy W. Guthrie, pastor.
Floral offerings paid tribute to
her kindness and affection from
many individuals.
Survivors include her husband,
Ed J. McKinney, one son, Ed-
ward McKinney, and a daughter,
Reports From Ail Sales
Agencies Put Purchases
Above $9,000 Mark.
Filled with water, this tower rep-
resents a deep body of water from
which future underseas crews of the
British navy are trained to escape
bv nse of the Momson lune and
other escape devices. The tower is
at New London, England.
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News From
Men In The
Service
Lyndol E. Hart of Camp
Balrkeley, Abiletoe, visited ^ his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Hart, Sunday.
Rodell W. Moody of Camp
Barkeley visited his parents, Mr.
end Mrs. A. W. Moody, of Pecan
Gap over the week end.
Delta county easily surpassed
the quota of War Bond and
Stamp purchases set for May
with sales) totaling $9,125.40 as
reports from all sales agencies
of the county were received. The
May quota was placed at $8,000
by Frank Scofield, state war sav-
ings administrator.
Greater effort will be neces-
sary to meet the June quota of
$12,700, Quentin Miller, county
chairman of bond and stamp
sales, says. The increase
the May quota figures above 50
pey cent and an additional in-
crease! is expected for the July
quota.
Sales for May by agencies are:
War Savings Bonds
First National Bank $ 843.75
Delta National Bank 1,908.75
Enloe State Bank 150.00
McClain Boys Meet
At New Jersey Camp
After Year in Service
Mr. and Mrs. Roy McClain, Sr.,
of this city, have received an un-
usual letter from their son, Pvt.
Rhoe McClain, 38th Air Base
Group, stating that he had been
transferred from New Orleans,
La., to New Jersey. To his hap-
py surprise he found that his
brother, Pvt. Roy McClain, Jr.,
Co, 814 Engineers BN, had been
transferred from March Field,
Calif., to New Jersey. They are
at the same post about one mile
apart. Rhoe stated his brother
really did look good to him. They
had not seen each other for over
a year. He stated that they would
probably sail overseas together.
l)o<rs Enlist
All Delta Post Offices To
Handle New Tag; Good
For Year.
mm
Americans Chasing
Japanese Navy
The United States, toughened
over | and tried by six months of large-
ly defensive warfare since Pearl
Harbor now seems to have wrest-
ed the initiative from Japan in
the battle of the Pacific, at the
same time readying for active
entry into the battle of Europe. , y
The hard face of Admiral stamps ^st
Isdrbkul Yamamoto, commander
of the Japanese combined fleet,
New automobile use stamps,
good for the fiscal year ending
.June 30, 1943, will be placed on
sale at all post offices in Delta
county June 10. The present
green use stamps affixed to cars
are good until June 30 of this
year but the earlier sales date of
the new stamps was announced
to avoid congestion.
The new stamp will be red in-
stead of green, will be gummed
on the face for placing on wind-
shields and will bear a serial
number. On the reverse there
will be a printed form to record
the make of auto, model and mot-
or number and the state license
number.
1 During* the sale of the $2.09
February a post
District Con
Convenes Hei
Monday, Morni^
Judge Berry ImpaneLsjn
Jury—Hears Non-Jem
Cases.
j jh
■if 15^
Lieut. Gen. Delos Emmons is
shown with Questor, a valuable ped-
igreed blue ribbon winner that was
donated to him for the defense of
Hawaii bv H. K. Castle, a Honolulu
hanker. Military authorities have
appealed to dog owners to enlist
their pets for service with the
armed forces. These dogs will be
given special training.
LATE WAR NEWS
Coo er Post Office 4,983.75 j must indeed be red today for
Pecan1 Gap Post Office ’337.50 I having sent the I'ul^of^hL naval. ^ ca“d~will be required for | fleet and planes^ which had been
The United Nations have a
right to be optimistic over recent
war operations. A naval victory
of greater magnitude than the
stamps ™ — , r - Coral Sea battle has just been
card was furnished to be mailed , fought following a Japanese fleet
with information regarding the attack on Midway island. The
purchase of the stamps and the i attackers were repulsed and
car for which it was intended j tben attacked by the American
Pvt. Cecil Dewitt from Camp
____(power into the destructive
|g,288.751 at Midway Island—a stumble
war saving. Stamp. I that may have recast the balance
Cooper Post Office . $655.00 ! <« naval power in the Pacific.
the new stamps. I shadowing the Japanese Heet
According to Washington news | s;nce the Coral Sea battle and
stories, possession of the new j was prepared for it.
stamp will be necessary to get
Klondike Post Office
Enloe Post Office
over the]r„ Cap Po* Office^
week end with his parents, Mr. ( Ben Fianklin • fensive stratei
week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Foster, and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J-
Edington.
Pvt. Arlie Freeman of Camp
Polk, La., and Pvt. Travis Phillips
of Norfolk, Va., visited their
Ben Franklin Post Office
Lake Creek Post Office
Charleston Post Office
32.501 The powerful Japanese task | j‘ine rationing cards in areas
26.30 force evidently was under orders gasoline is restricted. If
83.051 to occupy Midway Island as a I Hne vationing is later ex-
in eastward of-, K , , _______ ______f!„„ the car
57.00, stepping stone in eanwam oi-, ^ over th<j nation)
18.80 j fensive strategy when combined | ^ ^ win be asked to ,-------
39.00 sea and air forces of the Un.ted evidenC(J that he bought an auto-
' Qta+pa strnp.k it last week and .... * j*____ ^ r*
TOTAL
--States struck it last week ?na , mobile ^.amp before a rationing
$911,651 started running up a score which, j t..m, will be issued him.
ward McKinney, and a daughter, 0{, Norfolk, Va., visited tneir | C’TQTY''
Park McKinney, two sisters, Mrs.' cousin> Miss Evelyn Stunkard, of j Course At L131U
-----— —I Klondike, Monday of last week. -*
--j The Machine Drawing Course
Hollis Askew, machinist’s mate | 0ffered in the evening at the
1 East Texas State Teachers Col-
M. Aubrey of Presidio, and Mrs.
Walker White, of Columbus, Ga.
Intarment took place in Oak
Lawn cemetery by the grave of
her rtiother, who died last year.
Smith Funeral Home had charge
of arrangements.
Pallbearers were: Elmer H.
Hickman, John Houston, George
A. Bolger, T. B. Gumming, John
Silman and Alton Jones.
Relatives and friends from out
of the city attending the funeral
rites included: Mrs. M. Aubrey,
son, Tom Aubrey, of Preaidio,
~ kWalker White of Columbus,
_ rDr. and Mrs. W. W. Mc-
Cuiston, Mrs. Scott Galbreath,
Mrs. Bob Nelson, Mrs. Ed Mc-
Cuistion and Miss Mary Jane
Muse of Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Hal
McKinney of Richardson; Mrs.
Lloyd Ockles of Dallas; Miss Sue
Albright of Austin; Mrs. Mike
O'Neil, Norman Camp, O, P.
Marshall and W. H. Chadwick of
Commerce. *
Cars Collided North of
Cooper Saturday Night
in the United States navy, of
Charleston, S. C., visited his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. VV. T. As-
kew, routq 1, Pecan Gap, and
relatives in the county. Mr. As-
kew has been in the navy four
years.
j at latest tabulation, added up
1 to the most humiliating defeat in j
I Japanese naval history.
• At least three Japanese ships;
I sunk and thirteen or more dam- ]
I aged as against hits on an Amer-
I ican aircraft carrier and loss of
one American destroyer was the
Hold ‘On The Spot’
Exams At Commerce
For Women Typists
With additional typists
Details of the battle are not
given hut it is reported that after
following the Japanese fleet,
sinking two and possibly three
aircraft carriers with their planes
to produce and damaging one or two more,
sinking a destroyer, damaging
two battleships, four cruisers,
four transports before our fleet
lost contact with the enemy. Our
I loss is given a» a destroyer tor-
1 pedoed, a bomb hit on a carrier
j with some casualties and loss of
j planes.
In North Africa the British are
and j reported to be defeating thi^Ger
Judge Charles D. Berry coT
vened June term of the Eighth’
Judicial District Court in the new
court house Monday morning »t
10 o’clock, with Sheriff D. E.
Wood, Ben H. .Holcomb, district
clerk and J. O. Nicholson, official
reporter.
not have them summoned until
with the following members: H.
D. Stephenson, D. T. Chancellor,
Carmon Stockton, Thurman
Cathey, C. T. Quate, B. M. Ed-
wards, J. C. Moss, R. L. Brook-
mole, G. D. Miller, Quentin Mill-
er, D. D. Oyler, and W. H. Gar-
ner.
D. T^ Chancellor was appoint-
ed foreman; J. R. Watkins, dor
bailiff; Walter Canada and Wii»
lie Wilson, riding bailiffs. »
Two non-jury cases were heard*
Walter Carr vs. Alene Carr, di-
vorce granted. T. O. Vaughan va.
Custody of three year old daugh-
ter was given to the mother tyjp
weeks and one week to the fmot
er, alternating.
The civil docket will be csj*a
Tuesday. Three petit jury 1. in
have been drawn, but Judge Bei^r,
in the interest of economy w
not have the msummoned ur
they are needed. ja_
East Texas State Teachers Col-1 ull last night when Admiral j stenographers needed in Wash- I 0 m*£h'anTtLk^orce.
lege will close about the middle ' Che8ter w. Nimitz, commander i ington, D. C., at $120 per month,, . , Germans
of June and a new group will, -n Clbjef Gf fbe United States Pa-
be organized at 7 p. m., Wednes- j jc fieet, announced that con-
day, June 17, in room 118< j tact with the battered, fleeing
science industrial building. About 1| enemy bad been lost,
twenty-five people have been in j Cha»e Continueg
this course for nearly three rrbiSi however, did not mean
months and some of them are that parsuit had been abandoned,
already placed in defense indus- | ^ rolHng horizons of the Pa-
tries. The course meets two j vieled the COUrse *
- ; Tn Russia the Germans are be-
“on the spot” examinations will | J 1 attacks around Linen-
be held in Commerce on June j mg SevaBtopol. The JaPa-
10,1!, and 12 at the post office ^ repQrted maUing some
building. , headway against the Chinese and
Representatives of the 10th " K of material. Aid
United States Civil Service Com-1 at lieavy
of
mission will be in Commerce for
the exams, W. F. Chesnut, secre-
tary of the local Civil Service
naval air corps. His picture ap-
peared in the State Press with
Gov. Coke Stevenson of Texas
congratulating him as the first
avenger of Abilene to join.
H. L. McCarty received word
from Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McCar-
tv Sr. of Abilene, that their _......._
son, Walter, Jr., has joined the j evenings per week, three hours | chage It was \[^e\y that besides hoard, says, and will give exam
each evening, for a period of 12 | ' j K ship?‘ already on i inations, gnide papers and make our
weeks. The course covers ttae i bottom stm other9 would | appointments on the spot. Any- ( g ha9 reached a
elements of machine drawing and | neyer make p0rt. I one passing the examination and, * ^ R ()()0 a month and that
blue print reading and is design- A„ thig n0 doubt made a bit-1 the required physical test may productjon ig reaching a new
high.
Ship building has reached more
is reaching China through some
undisclosed route, probably by
plane transport from India.
American war production con-
tinues to increase and it is re-
production of
Sugar Rationing Big
Job At Texas A. & .M
COLLEGE STATION, June 9.
_Texas housewives who must
keep up with sugar ration books
of families of from two to five
or six members probably would
___ i throw up their hands in distress
I M Wells and members of if faced with the job of J. Cliff
hi, family were considerably i Hotard, supervisor of subsistence
his tamny w Rt Texas A> and m. Collgee whose
^rlen hi'by « «r ' driven j con,l.t» of than
Sf ; Dallas man Saturday night I M00 young sugar cou.umors.
ed to give training to people who
wish to get and hold a job in
some defense industry where this
knowledge and skill is desirable.
Men not immediately subject to i dictating peace terms
draft or women who have finish-1 . ,
ed high school and have off two
years of high school mathematics
are eligible for the course.
This course is subsidized by , Ueved tQ be still in progress as a
result of last week’s Japanese
air-sea thrust at Dutch Harbor,
amoto who once cherished the immediately.
dream of steaming triumphantly I Only women are being recruit-
into San Francisco harbor and ed for these places. The mini.
at Wash-
ington.
’ i Battle maneuvers of an un-
I specified nature, subsidiary to
I the fight off Midway, were be-
mum age limit is 18 years. Those
desiring information should con-
tact Mr, Chesnut at the Cooper
post office.
Roland Gidden
Writes His Mother
The longings of a boy on a
American warship on the wide
expanse of the Pacific is protray-
ed in the following letter from
Roland Giddens to his mother.
Roland graduated from Cooper
High School in 1940 and then
enlisted in the United States
navy. Obviously he can give no
information in his letter that
would be of benefit to the enemy.
U. S. S. Colorado, Home Port
San Francisco, Calif.
Dear Mother:
I suppose you thought you
nevei; were going to get a letter
from me, but it was impossible
for me to write you. I can’t
write you a letter every week be-
i cause most times Tj am so far
away that you would never get
them. San Francisco is just my
mail address; I am not here all
the time. I sent you a telegram
OIi,p ---- ------- , as soon as I could. I got some of
than a merchant ship a day, but j your letters since I have returi-
this does not offset ship losses in j ed_
the Atlantic and Carrebean. War
supplies are being transported
under convoy with little loss.
one mile north of Cooper on
highway 24 near the bridge.
Hansberry Goraliouschoar and
wife were in the Dallas car which
Hotard and his staff must col-
lect the war ration books of all
Aggies eating in the A. and M.
dining halls, and it is his job to
the federal government through
the Southern Methodist Univer-
sity and is taught by Prof. L. D-1 Aleutian Island base of the j
Keaton of the Last Texas State i United States far to the north I
Teachers College. The cost to i Midway
those who take it will he about j 0 Admirai ‘ Ernest J. King, com-
mander in chief of the United
‘*.57* tl \i* ’ Qi Delta County ringing
‘W.nTHeWr Sumps Ccnvertion ,g
"° °n Sa!e ln ‘,uly Well Attended
ATTENDS RECITAL IN PARIS
Mrs. Gobel Templeton was in
Paris Friday to attend a recital
at the home of Mrs. R. F. Ed-
wards. Litrelle, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Templeton, was one of
the piano pupils and played as
her number ‘‘Sonata in G”
(Beethoven) and “Valsette”
(Borowski.)
was said to have had but one | see that the sugar not consumed
light. His car was damaged but with cereals and coffee is made
not as bad as Mr. Well’s car. j available for desserts.
The Aggies like their desserts,
however, and when sugar ration-
ing began they voluntarily limit-
ed themselves on the amount of
sugar used in cereals and coffee
in order, that they would have
plenty left for “cush” as all des-
sert i3 called at Aggieland.
The new freshman class regis-
tered June 1 brought their war
ration books along with them in
order to complete registration.
Older -students already knew
about the sugar rationing sys-
tem, but the new boys joined in
____an<l; whole-heartedly with the program
MVs. Homer Giddens of Lnloe. const l ration as a wartime
$3.00 with a valucj of about $50
to those who corrtjilete the
courses. See L. D. Keaton or J.
G. Grove of the industrial educa-
tion department for further in-
formation.
This course is expected to ser-
vice a large area around Com-
merce including Greenville, Sul-1
phur Springs, Cooper, Ladonia,
and other centers where people
are interested in this training.
You will assist the war program
:f you give this publicity.
States fleet, said in Washington
that the whole Dutch Harbor sit-,
uation was obscured by spells of |
bad weather after the bombing
there last Wednesday and he was ,
reluctant to call for reports on I
The issuance of a special “Win j
The War” 3-cent postage stamp
has been announced by the Post i
Office Department and will be
placed on sale in \N ashington
July 4. Sale of the new stamps
will be started in Cooper the fol-
lowing day, Wilbur Hart, post-
master, says.
The same size as the National
, The spring session of
j county singing convention
Delta
held
current actions except when nec- Defense stamp being sold
cssary.
BTU PICNIC
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Holcomb
Mrs. H. B. Giddens of Dal-
i .,1 1 w.- :
They returned home on Thursday
in response to a telephone call j
that Mrs.- Delbert Clemmons was
ill. Mrs. Clemmons will be re-1
membered as Miss Billie Gene
Gideons and is a sistev of Mrs.
Holcomb.
measure.
the Win The War stamp will be
printed in purple. The central
design is- a reproduction of the
American eagle with wings out-
stretched in the form of a large
V. Encircling the eagle are 13
stars and on a dark background
is the inscription “Win The )\ av.’
The local Church of ©hr st will, _____
begin a series of gospel meetings j w. Pierce, who is
Mullens, at her home here, will under-
the gb a second operation in a Paiis
Gospel Meeting
To Begin At Church
Of Christ June 12
We do have church service on
tin- shii> every Sunday. I usually,
go if I am not on watch o
something that really has to b
done. You said that you liked u’
read the ship Colorado paper. I
will try and send you one this
week som/etime. I haven’t one at
the present.
I try my best to write you as
often as I can. I hope that you
understand why I can’t write
you as often as I would like to.
. , I I don’t want you to worry about
Home singers carried on the ( ^ ^ Lotg of night8 I lay
Program Saturday night w th, ^ ^ ^ tMnk of yQU and
some good singing and an enjoy- avcryone a() home_ Don-t worry
able time. | fol. \ fec] that I will he coming
The auditorium was crowded ^ day>
Sunday afternoon and singers
at Cooper High School audito-
rium Saturday night and Sunday
was highly successful.
hospital Thursday. Her daughters,
Estep of Lufkin
be with their
I haven’t told you that I
started smoking but have to do
something for past time. \ou
know there are lots and lots of
I do not even get to see a
, i cm HI island I hardlv know what
were visiting talent; also Mr. andj
Mrs. Marvin P. McCoy and a Mr. - 11
from various parts of the state
were in the program. They were
here from several parts of Hop- j
kins county, Paris, Greenville, | ^
j Commerce, and Roxton.
1 W
San
Broo.ks of Houston.
The fall session will
held at Enloe, states
Claud Pickens.
likely be
President
Mrs. C. 1 Stevens of Norman,
Miss Eula Potter left Thurs-
day for Meridian to assist !n
teaching Sunday school training
school for two months.
The Junior Baptist Training,
Union held a picnic at the high-1 on June 12 tp
way park Friday night. Rev. | The minister. Leonard
Loyd Lester, Mrs. Lester and will do the leaching and ........
Mias Irene Anglin, who are in song service w i < " e >j Mm'eSi Wayland P- Moody of
charge of the union, acctompan- j ,Te88 Moxley a'ld * ' . 1 Austin, J. T. Black of Tehucana,
« - -..... »rnic m- v ^ •* *•”"“»
.upper, tame, ,vcro l.layc.l, ! " »Uend the., rerviee,. We will be herd to
—- to mother.
NOTICE TO YOUNG WOMEN want you to come^ i will ■ •
LEONARD MULU - ^ „ Pot.et oi Her^fhi
...........................5 , ,,
p!;,, e», June, CHme
Girls who wish to learn nurs-
ing, bookkeeping. typing, and
shorthand are asked to see J. T.
Rountree at the mayor’s office, c
nice radio that we can play
records on. We always buy some
new ones when we are in port.
The first time that you get a
chance I want you to subscribe
for the Cooper Review and have
it sent to my address. I would
like to read about a few of thjV.
■ I called her.....
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McKinney, » y; l» -
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