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oopcr Review
\pril 10. 1958
T. Toney and Richard
TR VALLEY PUBLISHING Co. J
llow Publishers. East side square, Cooper, Texas. Phone 6'j
as second class matter at the post office in Cooper, Texas,
le Act of Congress March 1897.
d Every Thursday
Richard Stringfellow
J. Travis Toney jsATION: A
Wesleyan Guild
Has April Meeting
Kirby S. True
O’Conna Mora
James Alien
TISING MANAGER
SUPERINTENDENT
’Y EDITOR
TE OPERATOR
"ge is made for publication of notices of church activities
public gatherings where no admission is ch.irt,id
admission is charged or where goods or wares of any UM
IMMI'I 1)1 MINT t’OMPEN
ling a high pri-
stop-gap aid for unem- j
workers exhausting their
the House Ways and
Committee is already
ority t
ployed
benefit
Means
finding the corner”
s, it is a recession;
can be referred to as a
on-depression.”
MILITARY PAY RAISES were
The Wesleyan Service Guild
met Thursday evening, April 3, in
the educational building of ‘the
Cooper Methodist Church, with
fourteen members and three
guests, Mrs. Agatha Maxfield,
For all of i Misses Patsy Bettes and Betty
), properly, Stockton present.
i The meeting was opened with
prayer led by Mrs. Mattie Dancer.
Mrs. Bernice Sparks, president,
'reces-
voted by the House last week for presided. Miss Laura Jo Taylor bn ^L,
proceeding with proposals to both officers and enlisted men. had charge of the program on Mj.
make added benefits available. The bill provides an incentive | "The March of Youth in Mis-1
leader- pay scale for trained experts and
sions.” She was assisted by Miss .
Stockton and Miss Bettes. Mrs. |
Dancer gave the devotional.
During the business session,
Mrs. Patsy Barton gave a report I
on the North Texas Guild Con-
ference held at SMU, Dallas, on
March 15-16. It was announced
that the district meeting of the
Paris District Wesleyan Service
Guild will be held at the First
Mi thodist Church in Paris, April
’4. at 7:30 p.m.
Refreshments were served to
the members and guests by the
Mrs. Mildred Potts and
Mr. and Mr,. Joe McCarroll I Grady Riley, at Trenton last Sun-
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | day.
FRESH DAILY at your grocery . ..
Lola Nell Morgan.
GEORGE'S IiAKERY
’**Js
COOPER, TEXAS
aujiuasiun is i-uaigvu v* ■*••— ■=•------ , j The House Democratic .-------- —,----------, , ,
bred for sale, the regular advertising rates will be charges | hip hag prom.sed that legisla.} -proficiency” pay for enlisted ™rrectly defined the bankers
tion will be expedited. Federal I men. The bill also creates two | proposal to cut required reserves
assistance in a time like the pres- new pay grades for enlisted men ,to 10 percent. He said the plan
sent should not be regarded as and the new' pay scales cover re- amounts to a request to Congress
a reflection on states’ rights. Un-1 tired military personnel, who to ‘ hand ou| to the bankers "on
der the 1946 Employment Act, j were not included in the Admin-1 a_ Sllver PlaUer $9.8-billion of
the Federal Government bears I istration’s plan,
the major responsibility for pre-
riding line between news and advertising is the line whi'
es information of public interest from information dissem -
'or profit. ____
BCKIPTION RATES DELIVERED IN DELTA COUNTY
hs SI.50 1 Year $2.50 - "i ears
SCRIPTION RATES, DELIVERED OUTSIDE DEI TA ( X
to* $1.75 1 Year $2 75 2 * ears
$4 50
$5 00
Editorial Comment
THREE SHIPS COMING IN
u have no debts, this is not for you. If the mortgage
:n paid off. if there are no upcoming payments on the
e TV. the automatic washer or the new baby; if you
iwe the butcher, the baker or the man who lets you
r the blue serge suit while you shine it; you can’t win.
refer to the darndest contest we ever hearu of - a res-
eration for somebody who does have unpaid bills -
omebodies, in fact. The deeper in debt the contestant is,
■re he has to win; thus excitement will be in direct
tion to the weight of the contestant’s obligations. It is
the “Fresh Start Contest” and is sponsored by a na-
food manufacturer. The R. T. French Co. of Rochester,
contest runs from April 1st to May 17th. But do not
ut now’ and order up a few odds-and-ends such as a
ir, new house, new’ equipment for farm or shop or
r even new shoes for all the family. Even though this
be considered very patriotic act in these times, the
rcognizes debts contracted no later than February
just so you’ll know what to expect, the three winners
ve up to $30,000 worth of debts paid - and receive in
:n, a nest-egg that will make the bank account look
oppressive. As we see this glowing picture, it would
iwnright shame to win - and have only 20 or 25 thou-
lollars worth of obligations!
the brokest men (or women) win!
of earning assets”.. The rest of us
! have to pay interest for capital
LIVING COSTS rose again in
venting recessions of this kind. It February to a new all-time rec- 1 V*at we require to do business,
is. in fact, this responsibility ord, while business and unem-!und some, including small bus-
which condemns half-a-loaf plans ployment got worse, caused by a
such as the Administration pro- high-interest depression.
Electric
posal for unemployment benefits
This would tie the assistance to
repayment terms and would help
workers in some states more than
in others. This program will be
helpful but is inadequate; it
would discriminate against un-, {d effort for many years to help
employed workers in some states j translate some of these mpster-
as compared with others, and 1 ions terms so the people over the
would burden the states in fu-
ture years with repayment of
what are emergency funds.
I iness, cannot get it at all. If re-
| serves are reduced as insisted by
SILVER PLATTER: Sil.ee me-1 *!“ Ba"k"s
dievai times, banking has remain- f. 10‘*r. “nt- ,Um wl“ en'
* V ’ . „„ , 'able the banks to lend $98-bil-
ed mysterious to the man on the . ...
* , . ... lion without putting up an extra
street. Banking terms are like H K
nothing else in the English lan-
guage. It has been my determin-
country can know what is going
penny. Only a handful of big
banks are behind this proposal—
the ones that are eager to secure
a nation-wide branch banking
system owned by a few “wise”
men in the East.
the SOIL BANK SITUATION
j , 'i
Cooking
W . :!? /
Heleetn and fresh
on. For example, “lowering bank should bfi straightened out sooin(
BOTTOM INSTEAD OF COR-1 ly descried as a “major8instru- pXTby
a's a spring b feeze!
NEK:
unemployed
farmers
For the over five million | ment of monetary policy”. Actu- j Congress last week
In.wtp] L<tninni,« .»!).» !♦ ie r» K Onrlrtlll rtf f TOO in.
small business, ; ally, it is a handout of free in- ( Thls was necessary because the
home-builders, makers | vestment funds to the banks en- Department of Agriculture misled
and distributors of automobiles, tirely without cost to them. That farmers about lhe deadUne' for
and railroads — we are in a de- is not, of course, the definition i fding applications
COTTON AND PEANUT AL
In Years Gone By
if
HOLES IN THE DIKE
Duld be difficult to name a single industry at this crit-
ne in the world’s precarious balance between peace and
ore essential to national defense than the aircraft and
manufacturers. And yet to this same industry’ that
en called upon for miracles - and delivered them -
ince the Army bought its first plane, whose operations
epersented a fever chart with peaks of national emer-
and slim pickings in between. Uncle Sam gives the
his hand.
y, because of Government policy, these vital produc-
hard put to find the capital they must have to main-
e facilities expected of them and to finance fantasti-
omplex weapons requiring a lead time of 19 months to
d-a-half years. In fact, the Investment Bankers As-
Dn of America has said; “Due to the shifts in Defense
ment policy as much as to historic industry problems,
vestment community has judged aircraft manufactur-
ability inadequate for the risks involved.”
e are harsh words in the sputnik age - when so much
epends on the readiness and capability of these manu-
rs than ever before. President Orval R. Cook, writing
nes, official organ of the Aircraft Industries Associa-
oints out some of the things at which the bankers are
g their heads.
mbursements for costs incurred on ccxst-plus-fixed
tracts have been cut from 100 percent to 80 percent,
ction,” he notes, “is unprecedented in the long history
^ernment-mdustry relations.”
gress payments (not advances, but payment for work
y done) on fixed price contracts, previously cut from
ercent to a maximum of 75 percent, have been further
d to 70 percent. The industry is fast approaching the
f its ability,” says General Cook, “to obtain bank cred-
inance the difference between costs incurred and pay-
received.”
to these fiscal headaches to the second-guessing priv-
of the Renegotiation Board, which is not concerned
ontracts, problems or delivery, and which may revise
ufacturer's profits as much as four years later, and you
mnder why anyone wants to build planes and missiles
; Government.
may also wonder if this is the best way to run a war -
cold one.
pression equal to the Hoover that Webster gives. But Profes-
type. Now we are talking about sor Alvin H. Hansen, monetary loTMENTS wiU be^changed by
•reaching bottom” instead of expert from Harvard University. a bm on which a House Agricul-
ture Subcommittee is holding
; hearings. The bill is intended to
(close a loophole in the law by
which some cotton and peanua
farmers have qualified for acre-
age allotments by planting crops
and paying the penalty.
SMALL BUSINESS will get a
break if we can pass the Small
Business Capital Bank bill, which
I introduced. The House Bank-
ing Committee has now agreed to
1 hold hearings on the bill in mid-
f i
Keep your kitchen a» fresh as
the fragrance of spring. With an
odorless electric range there is
no smoke or soot to smudge your
kitchen walla or curtains. Your
pots and pans stay bright and
shiny too. In electric cooking the
clean, flamelesa heat goes into
the food being cooked and givea
DEPRESSION-STRUCK RAIL
ROADS are losing more money
than in the 1932 depression. A
report on 20 railroads serving
the East shows that their losses
in the first 2 months of this year
were six times as great as in the
first two months of the 1932 de-
pression. The January-February
loss this year was $43 5-million.
MORNING BECOMES ELECTRIC
oks from here as if the good old straight razor or fold-
vord has gone out of style. In fact, we can’t think of
outside of the barber shop - who uses one any more,
sad commentary on our toimes, the decline in human
and the virtual disappearance of daring, bravado and
jourage in our midst.
re was something about that trusty blade that made |
ng an adventure rather than the routine matter it is
Stropping it provided setting up exercises, a drill in
Snation and pleasant sound effects that should be re-
el before they are completely lost to prosperity. And
a close shave you could get! In fact, it was a never-
!g thrill to come out of this matutinal exercise with your
se modern mornings, the average American bathroom
s as if there were bees hiving in it while Poppa is clip-
his whiskers - “dry shaving” they call it. In fact, one
we know, who has to get up pretty early, takes his buz-
wn to the basement so he won’t wake all the family
he’s de-whiskering.
at is, he used to. These electric shaving addicts are
like kids at a soda fountain They’ve got to try out all
avors. His latest is a new one, built on a new principle.
a real electric motor in it, he says, that goes round
ound, instead of a vibrator that flaps back and forth. It’s
f like the difference between a horse-clipper and a chain
But what delights him most, he says, is that it’s so
he can mow his face in the nice warm bathroom, or
in bed, instead of that cold cellar.
has a trick name too. It’s called the Norelco, which
s for: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of
stays these couriers from the swift accomplishment of
appointed routes.” And this means that the little woman
Jet you shave with it in the house.
; we still miss the folding sword There was the silence
oaring gull, the hush that follows the crash of cymbals
symphony, the stillness of a schoolroom when you’re
in”. But we could never learn to hone ours properly,
rothy Thompson looks at education: “Most American
do not want their children to be educated. They want
to be trained for a specific function, iney despise
» knowledge. So our high schools are forced to teach
TEN YEARS AGO
Car and truck registrations in Delta county in 1948 exceed-
ed by more than 200 the same period last year. Assessor- Col-
lector O. E. Millard announced this week.
In trustee elections held April 3 in Delta county, A. H.
Jack and W. H. Iglehart were elected county trustees; T. R.
Bishop. J. B. Black and George Vandygriff were elected at
Ben Franklin; Leeman Clark and E. K. Mock, Pecan Gap; L.
D. Berry and T. D. Stockton, Enloe; Coda Simpson, Hickory
Grove; j. L. Cregg, Clark; Hugh Nabors and Cecil Toon, East ^ _______________
Delta; Frank Cooksey, Giles; R. O. Thurman, Antioch; Tom I April. The Senate Banking Corn-
Ray and Clarence Click, West Delta, Harold h4oore, Horton, mittee will also hold hearings
Austin Brantley and Irvin Sandridge, Cedar Creek, Curtis shortly on the same bill, which
Walker, Craig-Tranquil; Dennis Jeter, Perkins, Pete Madlin,'gen£dor Lyndon Johnson intro-
Post Oak; O. H. Gough, Rattan; W. B. Smith, Yowell; Tom|duced in the Senate
Isbel, Gough; R. L. Sansing and W. O. Giddens, Liberty
Grove; Harold W’est, Cross Roads; and Clifton Gillean, Mt.
Joy.
TWENTY YEARS AG0
The Baptist Church set a new record for Sunday School
attending Sunday. Previous high was 405 set in 1934.
Merchants closed their doors Tuesday for the first home
game of the season between Cooper apd Sulphur Springs
Ramblers. The Cubs won their first game 7-1 but were defeat-
ed in Sulphur Springs Wednesday afternoon 9-1.
The Cooper Volunteer Fire Department held its annual
stew at the Lyon-Gray Lumber Co. yard Monday with 75
present including Game Warden Gus Cothran and Rev. R. E.
Streetman.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Claud Kinard Sunday
by Rev. G. W. Sanders assisted by Rev. Nicholas and Rev.
Shawver.
The County Democratic executive committee with Henry
Sparks, chairman; H T. Chesnut, H. D. Stephenson, and D.
W. Jackson met Saturday and named Tom Rountree secre-
tary.
S. S. Dotson and C. W. Bledsoe were elected county school
trustees Saturday with J. A. Gamer and A. A. Pierce as
holdover members
FORTY YEARS AGO
The Third Liberty Bond Drive of $200,000 is over the top
according to an announcement by County Chairman R. M.
Walker.
J. H. Allman of Commerce has been secured as secretary
of the Cooper Chamber of Commerce.
Herman Sparks and Douglas Hendrix will represent Delta
County at Greenville in District tennis doubles and James
Albright and Hobson Crook will represent Cooper in Junior
tennis doubles.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Attorney J. L Young has announced that Delta county has
finally won judgement in the county school land case and will
receive money amounting to $10,600.
Election officers named for this year are H. E. Cabeen, J.
R. Leeman. Lee Alexander, L. Pritchard, N. R. Redus, George
Anderson, Ed Hendricks, and W. A. Cockrell.
you a cooler, fresher kitchen.
These advantages, plus auto-
matic time and temperature
controls will give you more time
to enjoy modern living the elec-
tric way. Follow the kitchen
trend—see your electric range
dealer soon.
Texor Fowir A Light Company
Tl
th* Ford Show
on NBC-TV
Tennessee Ernie Ford tells you why
FORD STATION WAGON LIVIN'
IS THE LIFE!'
SPARKS THEATRES
THURSDAY - FRIDAY, APRIL 10 - 11
The heart-warming story of six brothers and sisters, without
parents or home -- but with the courage of the very young
they walked a street where strangers live to find a oright
new future of their own!
“ALL MINE TO GIVE”
from the novel “The Day They Gave Babies Away” in beau-
tiful technicolor and starring GLINIS JOHNS and CAM-
ERON MITCHELL and six of the sweetest kids ever on the
screen!
Comedy
SATURDAY. APRIL 12
“THE HARD MAN”
Technicolor
GUY MADISON, VALERIE FRENCH, LORNE GREEN
Comedy
SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 13 - 14
A Blockbuster if ever there was one
“THE PRIDE ANI) THE PASSION
Vista Vision & Color
CARY GRANT. FRANK SINATRA, SOPHIA LOREN
and a cast of thousands
also Comedy
TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 - 16
“TIP ON A DEAD JOCKEY”
Ton can have Thunderhixd
V-8 GO, up to 300 mighty
horsepower, In any P’ord
wagon you choose. Or select
the thrifty Mileage Maker Six.
Or make yours the 2-door
Ranch Wagon. With all of its
advanced styling it’s still the
lowest -priced* wagon you’ll
find in the low-price three.
To make an impressive
arrival, choose the Del Rio
Ranch Wagon. This 2-door
wagon has a high-style air
that will gather envious
glances wherever you drive.
■this 4-OOOft ranch wagon handles as easy as a
EE WALKIN' HORSE.
sweetheart’s WHISPER.I1
rides quiet as a.
'•room »?C>R TEN LITTLE INDIANS OR NlNE BIG CHIEFS
IN THE COUNTRY SEDAN J*
B under the sun, typing, home economics ROBERT TAYLOR, DOROTHY MALONE, GIA SCALA
thood, and many other things that young people) JACK LORD
• A a 1 nBi nnl lill ortK rtrtl n OQ l|T\f\PpD* I
Nine fit fine into this hand-
some 4-door wagon. And its
equally big brother, the
Country Squire, features
mahogany-like side paneling
... a Ford styling exclusive!
There’s nearly nine feet
of level floor space in the
6-passenger Country Sedan.
And its wrap-around liftgate
operates with one hand!
Ford sets the pace in wagon
styling . .. outsells its nearest
competitor nearly 505f. And
Fora wagons are the lowest
priced* of the low-price three.
on comparison of nuinufactunrf
Higgestmd mad prtctm
SPECIAL OFFER
FROM FORD
guida
to the latoit
wrlnkUi in
UUwro-Kour fun
A $7 95
SOOX FOR
JUST $1.00
TAKE THIS COUPON TO YOUR FORD DEALER
FILL THIS IN
LIAVI THIS BLANK
Nam* _____ _____
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Stringfellow, Richard. Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1958, newspaper, April 10, 1958; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth978507/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.