Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1958 Page: 2 of 8
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Review
May 15, 1958
kLLEY PUB IISHING Co J T Toney and Richard
Publishers Kast side square, Cooper, Ti \as Phone 86
^ond class matter at the post office in Cooper, Tex a
of Congressj March 1897.
try Thursday
IG MAN ull
RINTENDENT
blTOR
DPKRATi >K
Richard Stringfellow
J. Travis Toney
Kirby S. True
O’Conna Moxa
James Allen
WRIGHT PATMAN'S
WEEKLY
LETHE R
VVillhuns,
Walter
Mr. and Mrs'
Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Bowers and Mr. ami
Thomas of b>ana‘
VICK
TOUR
pro
PRISIUlM NIXONS
jf Latin America will
cost American taxpay
j of investment. The drop from last
year is being estimated at up to
I $ 10-bill ion, which, to have full
at least $2-billion. It is
ex-1 employment, is the gap that must
made for publication of notices of church activities
t»lic gathei.ngs whcie no admission cn.nT
t
Jor sale, the regular a will be chi
line between news and advertising is the line which
formation of public interest from inf rm.it
brofit.
IPTION RATES DELIVERED IN DEI l A COI VIA
$140 1 Yoai $250 2 Years
IPTION RATES. DELIVERED OUTSIDE DELTA CO.
pected to generate publicity in
tins country showing how friend-
$1 76
1 Year
$2.75 2 Years
*ditorial Comment
. THE WATER’S FINE.”
buntry is going to the bow-wows - it looks us i
h be water spaniels or Chesapeakt
Bams, the glamor i Lywood mermaid who has
[the swimming pool business, reports that s » '•
L'k\ ird natatoria (that’s what the Romans
Ker than her helpers can get them constructed
Iderstandabli urse, that the personable Miss
pnght have a certain advantage over a mere male
L especially on a subject she is so well equipped to
levertheles economics raises its impassive
f, . company reports its 1958 first quarter as 150
\ id of the same period in prosperous I9.n.
Je going to add that this is all the more confusing
£t to an investment in Lucullan luxury-but Miss
fcould be prettj upset at such a remark. In her view
hng pool is as essential to the well-equipped home
fbeater .It is, she says, “capital improvement m
[family health, and family relationships.
L words, a pool is great fun for everybody; the kids
Jwim like fishes; you know where they are and whc
■nates art; > i an mighty popular with your neigt -
Vyou put the Joneses in tl
ItTonaf researd itudi. J," says President Williams
| shapely toe into the limpid, filtered, recirculated
one of her pools, “reveal that Americans are eagei
money on anvthing that will give them new expei-
fcl contribute to their growth. And it must be so,
two-year-old company has distributors in e\ei\
ihe union - and Alaska t< <
Studies would seem to prove also that Americans
I money to spend - and suggest that when President
ler gave, as his one-word answer to the so-called re-
\ what he meant was "bell .
here to stay
Lcie - which might well be called the father of the
L and the grandfather of the airplane - seems, in
(ear. to :>• to stay.
ft has undergone some slight modifications and ad-
| refinement 1877. the American bicycle re-
lentiallv the same machine it always was and re
first rank position as the most coveted of all youth-
fhaiTbecome apparent during May - which has been
ri as “American Bicycle Month - this familiar and
vehicle faces up to new roles and missions (as .he
people say) in this age of jets, jukes and floppies.
irtments, faced with the double problem of traf-
r Jnd juvenile delinquency; educators, confronted
lelomng both wholesome, alert minds and sound
Cd parents who are aware of their over-ndmg and
Responsibility - all turn to the bicycle for construct-
lay as in the past, police departments and school
te joining hands in an increasing number of com-
across the nation to set up traffic schools in which
be filled. The usual idea is that
it must be filled by a Govern-
lv'the Latin American countries I ment deficit - either increased
feel toward the United States, and spending* or the same spending
will thus generate support for the with reduced taxes - since it
Administration’s foreign lend- is not likely that prices will e
me and spending programs. The y that amount. One point that is , lt ls delicious
Vice President is traveling wiwth overlooked is that consumers are SMALL BUSINESS IS VITAL:
Mi Samuel Waugh, Chairman of paying $10-billion more annually , One of the significant findings
the Export-Import Bank,, for jin interest charges as a result of Lf the Rockefeller group - which
which the Administration is re-j the high-interest poney, which Aas not new but cannot be too
questing a $2-billion increase for * the amount of purchasing j often repeated - was that the j
* foreign lending The House Com- power needed to cure the reces - ; luck ol funds available to small j
^ ' mittee on Hanking and Currency sion. bu:- ness is hampering vigorous
of which I am a member, has MILITARY PAY RAISE BII L competition and economic growth I
recommended passage of the Ex-!ian into a snag because of Uif | alike. As tne study pointed out
Im Bank bill, but Members of erences between the Senate j the small company is often com-
Congress actually know very lit- j and the House, but the differences j P*:lcd' for !ack of financial re
MILITARY REORGANIZATION: seen a wave of such mergers,] Mr. ani ^
I personally doubt that the Pres- which are “neither conducive to Lufkin. Mr. and
ident’s plan will get anywhere, j vigorous competition nor to e-1 Perryman, lyh i
One reason is that nobody seems conomic growth”. In fact, the re- [rby Gunter Win‘ls
to know what the plan does, not port goes on to endorse a plan *” " ' '• '*
even the Administration officials for providing capital funds to Mrs. Doyle
I who try to explain it. small businesses, which has some
SESAME GROW ING i> booming features of the plan I have been
I in Texas, which raises 90 per sponsoring in Congress. I was
I cent of this crop. Texas grow- glad that this same report rec-
ers expect to plant 25,000 acres ognized the financing difficul-
I this year, which is 50 percent ties not only have hampered the
more than last year. In 1953, only growth ot small companies but
I 1,000 acres were planted. Sesame also may have reduced the rate
is not only good for cooking oil at which small businesses are es-
und bakery garnish, but these tablished.
seeds are also being made into,
a very tasty new food product, I Rpv- ;,,,d ‘'*rs‘ ^ f **5
I which looks something like Fritos. 'son’ Yantis, visited her aunt, Mrs
J. A. Acker and Mr. Acker last
week.
spent Sunday with W
ter family.
B Gun-
Mrs Alvin M< Larty and daugh-
Hnuston spent the
Della McLarty.
Marie, i
•kend wi
$5.00
tie about how the money is to j are not serious — a pay bill pill
be used or how the $5-billion j soon pass.
previusly authorized for this a- POSTAL PAY INCREASES now
gency has been useJ j seem less certain with the Ad-
SHADES OF THE I930’s came to ministration threatening a veto
Washington this past week, when j •{ anything but its recommenda-
1,300 clerks and other store em-1 tions are passed, including the
ployees arrived -- mostly from s-cent letter.
New York — to stage a “put A- THE SOCIAL SECURITY FUND
merica back to work rally”. They 1 now totals $22.5-billion, and the
besieged Capitol Hill seeking an j Social Security Commissioner
sources of its cwn, to merge with
a larger company in order to get
such resources. The report states
that the past few years have
V
JOE HOLMES
SERVICE STATION
I
OFFICES OF THE
R. H. GOOD
Abstract Co.
Wll.l, BU CLOSED
hrom May 15 until June 2
w
MRS. R. H. GOOD
increase in unemployment bene-
fits, extension of minimum wage
coverage and various anti-reces-
sion measures.
CAUSE OF THE RECESSION is
a debatable matter, but most e-
conomist agree on the sequence
of events. After a long boom in
predicts that by 1975, with the
dollars which employees and em-
ployers are pouring in, the re-
serve will be over $100-billion,
or equal to the cash value of all
securities on the New York Stock
Exchange. The reserve is invested
in U- S. Government securities.
building new plants and other j This means that when the Gov-
business facilities, it became clear j ernment money managers run the
that consumer purchasing power ! price of these securities up or
had not increased enough to buy down, the amount of money a-
all the new plants can produce, Ivailable to pay social security
and business cut back the rate'benefits is changed.
Can You Identify This
1
Y FARM
Ir, Years Gone By
TEN YEARS AGO
A meeting has been called to be held in the district court-
room Friday, May 28. to arrange for a “homecoming” enter-
tainment July 4. This “homecoming” was an annual affair.,
but was discontinued during the war, and it is planned to re-
instate it. , , _ . ,
Forty-six students will receive diplomas from President l
of theCooper Board of Education M. Stubblefield. Seniors;
with an average grade above 90 are Martha Anglin, Thomas j
Carrell, Geraldine Chapman, Margaret Cooper, valedictorian; ■
Dure Cregg, Martha Johnson, Sue Smith, Blaine Taylor, Li-
trelle Templeton, Clyde Waters, and Mary Lou Wester, sa- j
lutatorian. ^ x ,
H R Hicks president of the Delta County Semi-annual .
Singing Convention, has announced that the spring meeting j
of the convention will be held at the East Delta Church Sat-
uradv night, June 5, and Sunday, June 6.
TWENTY’ YEARS AG«
Forty-nine Cooper Ward School students received diplo- j
mas Thursday night at the high school with Prof. J. G. Smith
of ETSTC in'Commerce making the commencement address.
Helen Louise Hooten was valedictorian.
Over 100 4-H boys and girls from all parts of Delta county
attended a rally at Harmon Park Saturday. County Agent
W H Jones awarded pins to the outstanding boys and girls.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Fifty-one graduates will receive diplomas from Cooper
High School with J. H. Newton conferring the diplomas. Miss
Maurine Lancaster is valedictorian.
Handel Pratt, Osier Janes, and Courtney Whitlock were
painfully injured when the car in which they were riding
overturned south of town.
The McKinney-Lain furniture stock has been purchased
The merchants listed
on this business direc-
tory will be happy to
serve you.
AMBULANCE
McDonald Funeral Home
Phone 109-493
AUTO INSURANCE
McDonald Insurance
East side square
J. C McKinney Insurance
Comprehensive, Liability
lCross the nation to sex up udint iuiwia m ™ me , , / ,
e riders on specially designed courses encounter b a Terrell firm which expects to continue in business here.
, traffic. Here, traf- FORTY YEARS AGO
lazards and obstacles of modern traffic. Here, traf-
I - and especially bicycle safety rules - are drilled
Iyoungsters who must learn by doing, and who re-
tcial “licenses” from the police department for suc-
bmpletion of both the study course and the riding
pnaliy, scnoois unu —v ,7----=
Lbs and bicycle safaris on photographic, camping and
tpeditions; bike-maintenance clinics, safety
Ins and bike circuses in schoolyards and on Sundays
i shopping-center parking lots. Back
Officials are the pan 1 uncles and aunts who
Couragement and enthusiasm at home and provide
fcs for the demonstrations. And many an attic will
Id up a Gay Nineties tandem - on which Mom and
I still cut a figure on “a bicycle built for two.
L, th< Bicycle Month supporters will be the
If Henry Ford, CoL Alfred Pope (ot Pope-Hartford
khe Wright brothers and Glen Curtiss, whose interest
Cort began with the two-wheeler . . and whose con-
to the art of pedalling remain significant in these
lassult upon the moon!
AUTO PARTS
Hardy’s
South side square
BANKS
First National Bank
Member F. D. I. C.
Delta National Bank
Member F. D. I. C.
If the farmer living on the farm picture d above will call at the Cooper Review of-
fice before Saturday noon he will receive a
of his
Farm
FORTY YEARS AGO
J. W. Hargrove is tearing down the old Buck Hotel pre-
paratory to building a modern 26 room hotel. He hopes to
complete it in two months.
uiiiuicuun ww...........^ - Thrift stamp committees have been organized over the
county with S. G. Rogers, R. D. Humphries, C. B. Anderson
anally schools and police both are encouraging bike- and j j Hunt heading the community organizations.
..Ca safaris on Dhotographic, camping and w g jones bas purchased J. W. Wallace’s interest in the
City Garage and Rubber Shop and will continue to conduct
the business.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Miss Etta Sharp, assisted by Miss Buna Tillman, entertain-
ed the members of graduating class Saturday night. In at-
tendance were Mabel Cabeen, Willie Yeargan, Myrtle Ratliff,
Corrine Culver, Clyde Hardy, Lona Fields, Lillian Bryant,
Willie Rattan, Marshall Walker, Elmer Moss, and Ed McKin-
ney.
H. Thomas, C. E. Terry, and M. G. Sharp, candidates for
state senator, began a speaking tour of Delta county this
week.
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CULF STATES.
BUILDING
MATERIALS
Foxworth - Galbraith
Lumber Company
We deliver Anywhere
BUTANE GAS
Automatic Gas Company
Phone 355
COMMERCIAL
PRINTING
The Cooper Review
Phone 86
CONTRACTORS
Foxworth - Galbraith
Lumber Company
Repairs & New Building
FREE AERIAL PHOTO
Plus One Year’s Subscription to Cooper Review
FROZEN FOOD
LOCKER
Wilson Food Company
Butchering & processing
FURNITURE
Hardy’s
South side square
GROCERIES
Adair Grocery & Market
West side square
Wilson Food Company
The coo- olete Food Center
MILLINERY
The Fashion Shop
West side square
MENS APPAREL
Poe’s Dry Goods
Arrow - E & W Shirts
Gene Moss Man Shop
Famous Lines Men’s Wear
SHOES
Roy G. Cain
East side sqaare
TAILORING
Barrett Cleaners
Alterations & fittings
NEW CARS
Blount Chevrolet Co.
W. Dallas Ace.
NEWSPAPER
Ph. 220
SPARKS THEATRES
THURSDAY - FRIDAY. MAY 15 - 16
The story of the atomic scientist — The woman who loved
him - - - and the unwanted child who came into their lives:
“GIFT OF LOVE”
LAUREN BACALL ROBERT STACK
Technicolor and CinemaScope
Comedy
SATURDAY, MAY 17
The amazing story of a man who found a way to break into
prison
“HOUSE OF NUMBERS”
actually filmed inside the walls of San Quentin Prison
JACK PALANCE BARBARA LAND
Comedy
SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 18 - 19
They’re more than a match for each other - - from that first
kiss to the wild and wonderful end:
“THE LADY TAKES A FLYER”
CinemaScope and Color
— LANA TURNER JEFF CHANDLER
Selected Short Subjects
TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 - 21
Raw facts told by the damn citizen himself — Col. Francis
Grevenbcrg, former Superintendent of State Police. It lifts
the lid on the most corrupt, vice-ridden state in the union
“n A MM PTTTTFN”
KEITH ANDES MAGGIE HAYES GENE EVANS
LYNN BARI JEFF STONE ANN ROBINSON
See it, It’s a damn good picture!
COSMETICS
Mi1ler Pharmacy
rhone 199
DRUGGISTS
Hooten Drug Co.
Registered Pharmacist
Miller Pharmacy
Prescriptions compounded
DRY GOODS
Emerson’s
South side square
Roy G. Cain
East side square
Poe’s Dry Goods
New shipment of
goods
piece
DRY CLEANING
Barrett Cleaners
Phone 414, Free Delivery
Gene Moss Man Shop
Phone 497 Free Delivery
FEED & SEED
Stubblefield - Johnson
Farm Supply
Phone 83, Nlte 337
FERTILIZER
Stubblefield - Johnson
Farm Supply
Phone 83, Nlte *37
HARDWARE
J. F. Henslec Hardware
Headquarters for Tires
HATTERS
Barrett Cleaners
North side square
HOSIERY
Emerson’s
South side square
HOSPITAL
INSURANCE
James L. Hodges
Reliable policies
HOTEL
Hotel Cooper
Nell & Rob Chapman
INSURANCE
J. (’ McKinney Insurance
Fir;-, personal property
crcphall
James I.. Hodges
All kinds of insurance
JEWELRY
Gunter’s Jewelry
Southwest corner square
LAWN MOWERS
C. B. Landers Shop
Wklpper-Clipper Mowers
The Cooper Review
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PAINT & BODY
REPAIR
Blount Chevrolet Co.
W. Dallas Ave. Ph. 220
PAINTS
Foxworth - Galbraith
Lumber Company
200 Bonham Street
PETROLEUM
PRODUCT'S
Howard L. Rich
Sinclair Agent
Texaco Petroleum
Products
C. D. Thomas, Consignee
ROOFING
Foxworth - Galbraith
I.umber Company
Cooper, Texas
SAVINGS
Delta Nntional Bank
Member F. D I. C.
SERVICE STATIONS
Paul Cates Service
Station
Sinclair Products
Foster’s Service Station
Humble Gas ft Oil
THEATER
Sparks Theatre
Best movies at 25*
TELEVISION
liardy’s
South side square
TIRES
Paul Cates Service
Station
Goodyear Tires
Foster’s Service Station
Atlas Tires ft Tubes
USED CARS
Poe Motor Co.
See Us for a better deal
Blount Chevrolet Co.
W. Dallas Ave. ph. 220
WALLPAPER
Foxworth - Galbraith
Lumber Company
Phone 100 for delivery
WASH ATERIA
Davis Washateria
Last Waco Street
WATCH REPAIRING
Gunter’s Jewelry
Southwest corner square
SEED CLEANING
Stubblefield - Johnson
Farm Supply
Phone 83, Nit
weeding
* . D. Landers Shop
l hone 137 - 800 W. Dallas
WOMENS APPAREL
Tlia Pm.L! . . ty•
i* w * onop
est side square
Poe’s Dry Goods
Ready-To-Wear Arriving
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Stringfellow, Richard. Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1958, newspaper, May 15, 1958; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth978916/m1/2/?rotate=180: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.