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Serving Delta County For
The Past Seventy-three Years
Combined with
The Delta Courier
The Cooper Review, Cooper, Texas
Eight Pages
Friday, October 3, 1952
Volume 73. No. 40
Sulphur Valley Publishing Company
Desperado Captured By
Sheriff H. Brantley Here
Students At West
Delta Return To
Classes Monday
ELTA
IARY
By Richard Stringfellow
Supt. R. C. Mills of West Delta
school has graciously offered the
use of that school’s gymnasium
to the Cooper schools until the
new gym is built in Cooper. Supt.
Bledsoe has stated that he cer-
tainly appreciated this offer and
that the girls basketball team will
workout in the West Delta gym
until the new gym here is com-
pleted.
This agreement is evidence of
a neighborly act, and reveals a
very friendly and cooperative
spirit between the two schools.
According to Supt. R. C. Mills,
the West Delta school will open
for classes Monday, October 6.
Students of this school will go
back to classes after a “cotton
picking” vacation since Aug. 22.
Students of this school, located
near Klondike, started attending
classes this year on July 14 in
order that a vacation might be
had to help gather the cotton
crop.
According to Mills, the bus
schedule will remain the same as
last year with the drivers being
Cap Hooten, Clyde Robnett, T. L.
Stunkard, and another yet to be
employed.
The faculty which has been
announced by the school board
of West Delta will consist of R. C.
Mills, superintendent; G. C. Dool-
in, high school principal; Mrs.
Valta Robnett, J. P. Leewright,
Kenneth Johnson, elementray
principal; Mrs. R. C. Thrasher,
Mrs. Martha Oney and Mrs. Val-
rie Ethridge.
Second Time Bandit Is Apprehended
Here - This Time By Western Method
Over 400 Baptist Men And Guests
Hear Dr. Williams Speak In Cooper
liot was in this county.
Wednesday morning Brantley
stopped to talk with Buford Can-
trell, a farmer in the Antioch
community, and Cantrell told
him that the man he was look-
ing for was in his field pulling
bolls, after Brantley gave a de-
scription of the man.
When Elliott saw Sheriff Brant-
ley approaching in his car he
started running. Brantley chased
him across approximately three
farms in his car until Elliot
reached some woods and disap-
peared into them. Then Brantley
had to leave his car and proceed
on foot in the woods.
According to Brantley, he had
been shooting at the bandit to
make him stop and with no in-
tention of killing him, but was
not sure whether he was wound-
ed or not. While he was in the
woods, Elliot managed to circle
around Brantley and was about
to get back to the car, and
| Bi antley had left the keys in it.
Just before Elliot reached the car,
j Brantley saw him and fired a
hot in front of him which caused
I the outlaw to duck back into the
| woods.
After this, one of the many
Antioch residents who helped
Brantley volunteered the use of
his jeep to track Elliot down.
With the use of this jeep and
| some fancy rodeo maneuvers,
Elliot was bulldogged in regular
I cowboy fashion, minus the horse.
He was lodged in the Delta coun-
ty jail until Wednesday night at
which time authorities from Tul-
sa arrived in Cooper to take him
back to Tulsa. However, Elliot
was not heard singing “Take me
back to Tulsa.”
When asked what he thought
about the chase, Sheriff Brantley
said, “It was sorta like hounds
running a swamp rabbit.”
Brantley also said, “I want to
express my thanks and appre-
ciation to the people in the Anti-
och community who gave me-
such valuable assistance in cap-
turing this outlaw.”
Wednesday morning Sheriff C.
Houston Brantley, using many
tactics which would probably be
unknown to the city cop, appre-
hended an outlaw in the Antioch
community.
The outlaw, Alfred Elliot, has
a record of several burglaries in
Oklahoma and Texas as well as
several jail sentenances. Law
officials of the Southwest had
been alerted for his capture.
Sheriff Brantley received a
phone call from the sheriff of
Antlers, Okla., several weeks ago
and was informed that the bandit
was known to be in this area.
Brantley had picked up several
cars here during the past two
weeks that had been stolen which
strengthened his belief that El-
Members of the Baptist Broth-
erhood organizations from far and
wide came to Cooper Tuesday
night as guests of the local or-
ganization of the First Baptist
Church.
Numbering more than 400,
Baptist men and their guests ate
a barbecue dinner served by the
Jetton’s Catering Service of Ft.
Worth.
Following the meal a program
was held in the auditorium of
the church featuring the main
speaker of the evening, Dr. J.
Howard Williams, executive sec-
retary of the Baptist General
Convention of Dallas.
Another highlight of the pro-
gram Tuesday night was the
choir from the First Baptist
Church in Paris under the di-
rection of Earl Ruble, education-
al director for that church.
Representatives of churches in
Delta county and surrounding
towns such as Greenville, Paris,
Sulphur Springs and others were
present in large numbers.- The
Sulphur Springs delegation ar-
rived in Cooper in caravan with
a State Highway Patrol escort.
After the meeting L. A. Mc-
Cormack, president of the Bap-
tist Brotherhood in Cooper, ex-
pressed his thanks to the many
men on committees of this church
who so willingly helped to make
the affair a success.
Shown above Ls the new fire truck added to the Cooper Fire
Department. The City of Cooper paid for the truck as well
as the equipment, and members of the fire department gave
much of their leisure time in helping to make the new truck
possible.
people of
Starting Monday
Cooper are asked to start con-
serving the water supply. Mayor
Hicks has expressed his regret
that the new order to limit the
use of water had to be enacted,
but he also explains that it is
necessary in order that our citi-
zens will have water for domes-
tic uses should the drouth last
for any length of time.
Last Friday night at the Cooper
High and Commerce football
game, the men of the Cooper Fire
Department again came to the
rescue The school officials need-
ed them to direct traffic and
they did in a very efficient man-
ner.
Supt. Bledsoe has publicly ex-
pressed his deep appreciation to
these men who handled the traf-
fic caused by the large crowd at-
tending the game last Friday.
It is hoped that others will tell
these volunteer firemen how
much they are appreciated.
Fighting fires for our citizens
would be reason enough, but
just think of the many added
services they renderc to our com-
munity.
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Cooper merchants expect to
spend a certain amount each year
dfa advertising or toward do-
nations. They want to help non-
profit organizations to increase
their funds in order that their
program of work may be carried
out.
Cooper merchants realize that
every worthwhile organization is
a bonafide contribution, and on
a whole, will do their part.
However, as any expenditure
of a business, the donation and
advertising column can reach a
top-heavy figure. In fact, so
much so that some merchants are
forced to refuse some solicitors
who are raising money for their
non-profit organizations.
Their refusal is not necessarily
a reflect on the organization or
the project for which they are
contacted. The merchants re-
fusal usually means that he or
she has spent more than their
business will warrant for such a
project.
Recently they have been bom-
barded with this and that project
wanting to sell this or that, or
wanting a donation. Of course,
the solicitor is primarily inter-
ested in his or her project and
probably loses sight of the fact
that the merchant might have
several such opportunities in the
same week.
So, if you’re soliciting adver-
tising, or what-have-you from
Cooper merchants, please be pa-
tient if they happen to refuse.
Remember, they have their many
problems that maybe you haven’t
thought about. And also re-
member that they would like to
help the local organizations as
much as they possibly can . . .
and most of them will when they
can.
City Commissioners Ask
For $150,000 Bond Vote
Commerce Beats j j^ePa'rs Rev. Hibbert Is
Cooper, Play General Chairman
...Ljt.1l, As Water Set-Ups a,. »
Estelle McIntosh
First In Series
Lessons To WSCS
Former Kensing
Resident Dies In
Lamar County
Last. Monday night the City
Commissioners met in the offices
or the City of Cooper and voted
to call an election in the near
future to vote $150,000 in revenue
bonds.
According to Mayor H. R. Hicks
the voting of the bonds will not
result in the raising of taxes.
An agreement has been reached
between the city officials and the
M. A. Hagberk & Co., Inc. of
Dallas that, when and if the
bonds are voted by the people,
the Dallas firm will buy the
bonds at 2%.
The services of an engineer
have been secured by the city to
outline in detail just what is
needed both in the water and
sewerage departments of the city
of Cooper.
A few of the items that are
known to be lacking in the fa-
cilities of the city are a new
clear well of 100,000 gallon ca-
pacity which the state insurance
commission has already recom-
mended. This added capacity
would give Cooper users a bet-
ter supply of water and better
pressure in the lines.
Also slated for use by part of
the funds from the bonds would
be the extention of the sewer
lines to all parts within the city
limits. According to members of
the city commission, this is not
j possible until more money is
made available for this purpose.
Another item needed is addi-
I tional fire hydrants in the city
I limits which will be installed if
| the bond is voted and will also
aid in reducing the fire insurance
rate for the city, according to
city officials.
Definite date has not been set
by the city commission for the
$150,000 revenue bond election,
but will be in the very near fu-
ture, according to Mayor Hicks
who is at present awaiting the
arrival of an engineer who will
make note of the most urgently
needed additions to the water and
sewer systems of Cooper.
"Many peaple have asked,
'Why can’t we put a sign on the
edge of town saying ‘Water Ap-
proved’," said Hicks, “and if this
bond issue is approved by the
people of Cooper, it is very pos-
sible that we may be able to put
this sign on the outskirts of our
city,” continued Hicks.
Last Friday night in their first
home game of the season the
Cooper High School Bulldogs
were defeated by the Commerce
Tigers by a score of 33 to 0.
The Commerce team not only
outweighed the Cooper team by
approximately 17 pounds per
man, but with men three deep
in every position were able to
send in reserves to give first-
string men an occassional rest.
Cooper, showing a much im-
proved defense throughout the
game, was able to hold the op-
position to only 14 points during
the first half with one touch-
down being made against them
in each of the first two quarters.
Tonight the Bulldogs will
journey to Leonard to engage the
split-T team in four quarters of
football. Last week this team
defeated Wolfe City by a score
of 34-0. In an earlier game this
year Whitewright defeated Leon-
ard by a score of 24 to 6. The
Leonard team is reported to have
a 190 pound fullback that has
been dealing opponents misery
for the first two games this sea-
son.
Game time will be at 8 to-
night in Leonard and the Cooper
High band under the direction of
Roy Hensley will make the trip,
as well as the pep squad.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 Sunday at the Red Hill
Church near Powderly for Mrs.
Mary H. Vaughn, 83, who died
Friday at the home of her son,
Alton Vaughn, at Powderly. A
former resident of Delta county,
Mrs. Voughn lived in the Ken-
sing community until a few years
ago, when her home there was
destroyed by fire and her hus-
band died as a result of injuries
received in the fire.
Rev. L. A. Tendell of Paris had
[charge of the service, assisted by
the Rev. W. B. Saffell of Powder-
ly. Interment was made at Red
Hill Cemetery under the direc-
tion of the Delta Funeral Home.
Mrs. Vaughn is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Luther
Gray, Arthur City; Mrs. W. T.
Moree, Powderly, and Mrs. John
Lester of Henrietta, Okla.; four
sons, Ilomer Vaughn, Ft. Worth;
Jessie Lee Vaughn, Oklahoma
City, Okla.; Robert L. Vaughn,
Powderly, and Alton Vaughn,
Powderly; twenty-nine grand-
children; forty-four great-grand-
children and four great-great-
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Sam Chism,
Ollie Tippit, J. B. Forman, F.
Preston, Davis Coursey and R. G.
Cochran,
Fire Department
Adds New Truck;
Makes Total Of 3
Last week a new fire truck was
added to the Cooper Fire Depart-
ment equipment. This is a small
REV. J. B. HIBBERT
City Officials agreed several
months ago that equipment of
this type was badly needed.
The new fire truck was made
from a pickup belonging to the
city. The tank and bed were
built by the Ward Body Shop in
Greenville. L. A. Stockton, Earl
Tatum, Bob S. Sartley and other
members of the fire department
have devoted their free time in
doing the other necessary work
at the Bolger Chevrolet shop.
Some of the hose and connections
which are needed have not ar-
rived. However, this truck has
made three calls this week, and
those seeing it in operation have
been well pleased with its per-
formance.
It has not as yet been deter-
mined by the fire department as
to when and how this truck will
be used.
The Methodist Churches in
Delta county will hold a Lord’s
Acre Harvest Day on the Cooper
square October 25 at 2:30 p.m.
The Lord’s Acre movement was
started in the effort to urge
farmers to give something that
was raised or grown on their farm
to the church to auction off at a
public place.
General chairman for the event
will be Rev. J. B. Hibbert, Pecan
Gap, and master of ceremonies
for the auction day affair will be
Goebel Templeton.
Other committees appointed
are: Publicity Committee, C. A.
Cockrell, Rev. James E. Jones
and Mrs. A. B. Crawford; Pro-
gram Committee, Mrs. Hugh Na-
bors, II. C. Young, Miss Estelle
McIntosh and Tommy Tomlinson.
Sale and Auction, E. H. Cherry,
Thomas Cherry and Marlin Bet-
tes: Booth Committee, Mrs. L. T.
Hendrix, Mrs. Jim Early and
Mrs. Bill Berry; Traffic Commit-
tee, Leon Slough, John Cheney
and Donnie Creamer.
Members of the above com-
mittees and pastors of the Meth-
odist churches in Delta county
are asked to meet in the edu-
cation building of the Cooper
church on the night of October 6.
ESTELLE McINTOSH
Miss Estelle McIntosh taught
the first in a series of lessons
from the study book “These
Rights We Hold”, by Fred L.
Brownlee, Monday afternoon at
the Methodist Church in Cooper.
Mrs. Paul Miller, president, wel-
comed WSCS members from Ben
Franklin and Lake Creek, who
are joining the Cooper WSCS for
the study.
The following committees were
appointed by Miss McIntosh:
Worship, Mrs. Alton Wright, Mrs.
Paul Miller, Mrs. L. T. Hendrix;
Publicity, Mrs. L. F. Hooten, Mrs.
A. B. Crawford, Mrs. W. L. Arm-
strong; Music, Mrs. Roy McClain;
Books and Literature, Mrs. Glee
Taylor, Mrs. Morris Hays, Mrs.
Alton Wright; Action Committee,
Mrs. Jack Lay, Mrs. C. L. Stevens
and Mrs. L. B. Taylor.
The interest center for the
meeting was an open Bible, a
lighted candle and the painting
entitled “Go Preach.” The de-
votional was the 100th Psalm and
was followed by prayer by the
leader. An organ prelude by Mrs.
Roy McClain opened the meeting.
Miss McIntosh stated this was
a most timely subject for study
"Christians living together har-
moniously.” Study reveals facts
—facts change attitudes.
Following the study a film,
"More Than Words”, was shown,
after which the meeting was
closed with prayer led by Miss
McIntosh.
Thirty - four members were
present for the meeting. Those
attending from Lake Creek were:
Mmes. Anna Williams, Myrtle
Taylor, Troy Kern, Andrew Lit-
tle, L. T. Hendrix. W. L. Arm-
strong, Glee Taylor, Lowell B.
Mitchell, Sam Russell and Walter
DeVaney. Attending the meet-
ing from Ben Franklin were:
Mmes. Jack Lay, C. D. Moore, Jr.,
A. B. Crawford and Morris Hays.
Use Less Water
Asked By City
Officials Here
Effective Monday, October 6,
j the residents of Cooper are or-
dered by the City Council and
Mayor H. R. Hicks to stop wash-
ing automobiles, watering lawns,
washing drives at service sta-
tions, and no water will be haul-
ed except for drinking purposes
and domestic uses.
This is the announcement made
public yesterday by city officials
who also express their regret that
it was necessary to enact the
regulation.
“The lake is not dry yet, but
the water level is much lower
than we like to see it,” said
Hicks. “If we continue to use
water at the present consumption
and receive no rain for the next
six weeks, Cooper would be with-
out water, and this regulation is
a precaution to prevent this from
happening,” continued Hicks.
Burial Rites Are
Held For Veteran
Delta Resident
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. at the Ben Franklin Meth-
odist Church for John Virgil
Flowers, Sr., 67, who died Sept.
26 at his home in Ben Franklin.
Born in East Texas on March 7,
1885, he moved to Ben Franklin
while a small child and had liv-
ed there for the past 65 years.
Rev. R. B. Robnett had charge
of the funeral, assisted by Rev.
Theo Wright of Enloe and Rev.
Bill Bowman of Pecan Gap.
Burial was made in the Ben
Franklin Cemetery under the di-
rection of the Delta Funeral
Home.
Mr. Flowers is survived by his
wife; two sons, J. V. Flowers,
Jr. and Lloyd Flowers of Ben
Franklin; two daughters, Mrs.
Aubrey Morris and Miss Luna
Flowers of Ben Franklin; one
grandchild, Ronnie Morris of Ben
Franklin; one brother, T. S.
Flowers of Gilmer; and one sis-
ter, Mrs. Hershal Waller of Gil-
mer.
Active pallbears were I. E.
Morris, Floyd Thomas, H. C. Mc-
Carrell, Oran Walker, Glenn
Stanley and Sherwood Toon.
Honorary pallbearers were Jones
Waller, Emmitt McCarrell, A. H.
Jack, Tom McFatridge, Oscar
Shirley, Earl Ellis and Homer
Garner.
DELTA COUNTY
GIN REPORTS
Cooper Custom Gin 1,374
Stubblefield-Miller Gin 1,235
H. C. Hurley St Son 908
Cooper Farmers Co-op 3,375
Enloe Gin Co. 577
Enloe Farmers Co-op 1,440
Lake Creek Farmers Co-op 974
Charleston Gin 240
Vasco Gin 550
Ben Franklin Gin 748
Pecan Gap Farmers Gin 925
Pecan Gap Gin 995
Jot-em-down 391
TOTAL - Oct. 9 1952 13,732
TOTAL - Oct. 5, 1951 8,588
Mrs. Tom English of Sulphur
Springs visited with Miss Nida
Bobo and Mrs. Rube Wells Tues-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wester and
family of Pleasant Mound, near
Dallas, were in Cooper Tuesday
in connection with business.
Mrs. Margaret Giltner spent
the weekend in Gainesville visit-
ing her brother.
Cooper Lions To
Sponsor Auction
Credit Group To
Add New Service
The Delta County Merchants
Retail Credit Association has
added a new service for the bus-
iness men and women of Delta
county, according to manager
Bertha Edwards.
As explained by the manager,
the credit association will start
a collection service which is a
follow-up system, based on tried
and tested procedures developed
over a period of years.
“Our service has two aims,”
stated Bertha Edwards, “to re-
cover your money on accounts
where your own efforts have not
produced results and to help
transform your debtors into good
paying customers on a firm
financial basis,” she continued.
B. Truman Ratliff, president,
has announced that the Cooper
Lions Club will sponsor an auc-
tion to be held in the center of
the public square in Cooper on
November 22. Proceeds of this
auction will go to the Community
Chest fund. Each member of
the club will donate merchandise
to be sold, and according to Rat-
liff, donations from merchants
other than those belonging to the
Lions Club will be appreciated.
Ratliff is urging complete co-
operation in this undertaking, as
there will be no regular Com-
munity Chest drive in Delta
county this year.
Entertainment in the form of
music and prizes will be featured
in the afternoon at 3:30.
Graveside Services
Are Held For Infant
Graveside services for the in-
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond McVay of Cooper, who died
at birth Monday at St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Paris, were held Mon-
day afternoon at 2:30 at Oak
Lawn Cemetery. The Rev. Jim
Cole, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, conducted the service;
burial was made by McDonald
Funeral Home.
The child is survived by his
parents; one brother, Ronny Mc-
Vay of Cooper; grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. D. McVay of Cooper
and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McNeal of
Paris; great-grandfather, Rus
Hurst of Cooper; and great-
grandmother. Mrs. A. S. Hubbert.
Former Cooper
Man Dies Monday
Weldon McClanahan
Is Post Commander
At a special meeting of the
VFW Morgan-Loftin Post 8535,
last Thursday night at the VFW
building, Weldon McClanahan
was elected at post commander.
Other officers elected for the
coming year were: Quentin Al-
len, senior vice-commander; Hol-
lis Slakey, junior vice-command-
er; L. C. Burrow, adjutant; Wal-
ter Chandler, quartermaster; and
Truett Lovelady, chaplain.
LEGION MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
L. B. Klein, Legion Command-
er, has announced the annual
membership drive for the Ameri-
can Legion to begin October 4.
A booth will be erected on the
Cooper square in front of Perk-
ins Bros, store, to promote Legion
activity and receive dues for
1952. Mr. Klein urges the public
to register at the stand for the
grand prize, which is an all wool
blanket, to be given away at 8:30
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Turbeville, Jr.
of Dallas spent the weekend with
their parents, Mrs. Ed Turbeville
and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Carring-
ton.
Shown above is Rev. Jim Cole, at right, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, presenting a check for a special Western mis-
sion drive to Dr. J. Howard Williams who spoke to the Baptist
Brotherhood and their guests Tuesday night.
In the center of the picture Ls L. A. McCormack, president
of the Baptist Brotherhood in Cooper.
With a quota of a little more than $600, the local Baptist
Church raised $1,300 for the Western Missions which is the
amount of the check presented to Dr. Williams.
Seaman George Posey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Posey, is
home on 30-day leave from the
Navy. He has been in Japan
for five months, and is to report
to San Diego, Calif, for rotation
duty.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Steward and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Alley and daughter have return-
ed from a 10-day vacation spent
in Houston, Galveston and other
points in South Texas as well as
Carlsbad, N. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Gene Mc-
Donald of Mexia spent the week-
end with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Pollard and Mr. and
I Mrs W. H. McDonald.
Mr. and Mre. C. P. Castleberry
and family visited in Ft. Worth
Sunday.
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