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SAVE MONEiY
WITH
LARK’S
BETTER
LEANING
Etlt side square—Cooper, Texas
Serving Delta County ^or
Mief
The Past Sixty-One Years
Smith Funeral Home
Phone 109
Lady Attendant
Ambulance Service
W. D. HART & SON, Publishers
COOPER. DELTA COUNTY. TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1941
VOLUME 62. NO. 43
jCommittees To
Solicit Funds
For Local Chest
Officers Electrcl For ^ear;
Advisory Committee
Appointed.
Dailey Bros. Circus
Coming Here On
November 8
The local Community Chest met
Tuesday morning and elected of-
ficers for the ensuing year, L. F.
Hooten being elected chairman;
W. I. Bartley, re-elected treasurer;
and Mrs. Rowena Poe, secretary
and dispersing agent.
In the absence of the retiring
chairman, R. E.> Streetman, Rube
Wells presided. After the new
officers were elected, all attend-
ing agreed that the chairman and
the secretary would agree upon a
committee of three to form an
Active Advisory Committee, which
could be called when necessary to
advisei the dispersing agent in the
policies of the organization, and
to approve all expenditures.
The following were named to
serve as the advisory committee:
Judge J. E. Thompson, John T.
Taylor, and Chester McKinney.
The urgent need of Community
Chest funds to relieve destitute
families in Delta county was em-
phasized throughout the meeting.
Ttye facilities of the various state-
federal o' encies were explained
briefly in order to emphasize the
necessity of a supplemental aid
in some cases.
The following committees were
appointed to solicit funds on
Tuesday, October 28, for the local
chest in the designated areas: ,
Business section—south side: W. j
Hazlewood, Walter Brock; west
j: D. D. Dunn, Ed Adair; north
¥e: H. C. Chesnut, Jean Riggs;
east side: Hollis White, Tom
Boyd, Roy Cain; West 2nd Street
to city limits—George Bolger and
Chester McKinney; east end of
city just off business section—
Greaver Miller and John Pratt;
county employees—Judge J. E*
Thompson; city employees—Mayor
Tom Rountree; teachers and
school children—R. L. Stephen-
son and Wade Bledsoe; rural
carriers—Bill Chesnut and Allen
Hazlewood; individuals not other-
wise contacted—Rube Wells and
Monroe Stubblefield.
For representatives in the rural
areas, the following people were
selected: Pecan Gap—Clarence
Cockrell; Enloe—Harry Patter-
son; Camp Lake—Grady Mills;
Lake Creek—Bena White; Yowell
—Lonnie Gilbert; Cross Roads—
A. H. Jack; Klondike—Wesley
Wallace; East Delta—Alvin
Welch; and Ben Franklin—Allen
Kerbow.
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Advertisers In This
Issue
Spark* Theatre* ________Page 1
A. M Howie & Son ______ Page 2
C. A. Cockrell__________Page 3
George’* Bakery________Page 3
Dailey Bros. Circus ____ Page 3
Jeff Woodruff________Page 4
Jane* Cafe____________Page 5
Brock’s, Inc.________ Page 5
Review and Courier Christ-
mas Greetings____Page 6
Bolger Chevrolet Co. ____ Page 6
Anderson Garage______Page 6
J. T. Taylor Abstract Co. Page 6
Hooten Drug Co.______■ Page 6
Texas Power & Light Co. Page 6
Admiration Coffee______Page 6
Whiteside & Whiteside Page 7
Hubert Stewart Transfer Page 7
Joe Crawford, Agent Sin-
clair Products______Page 7
Scarborough, Inc. _ _ Page 7
ins Bros. Co.____■__ Page 8
Boyd’s Shoe Store______Page 8
It will not be* necessary for
people of Cooper to leave town
to see a circus. The Volunteer
Fire Department has arranged
for the Dailey Bros. Three Ring
Circus to give two or three per-
formances in Cooper Saturday,
November 8, on the Wilson Show
grounds on the east side of the
city.
This is one of those three ring
affairs that keeps a person busy
trying to see it all. New in this
section, Dailey Bros. Circus is a
well established show touring
J. A. Womack
Dies Suddenly
01 Heart Attack
Stricken At Work: Burial
With Masonic (Rites
Friday.
J. A. Womack, 07, died sud-
denly Thursday afternoon at 2:45
o’clock at his place of business in
West Cooper. His death was at-
about twenty states annually af-ltr^,u^e<^ a jiear*; attack which
ter leaving its winter quarters at
Aransas Pass, Texas, every spring.
After touring the North and West
this season, the Dailey Bros. Cir-
cus is now headed for winter quar-
ters, having left there last March.
Strictly a high class circus, the
Dailey management does not boast
of its magnitude but rather em-
phasizes the high standard of its
performance and the very unus-
ual and unexecelled rites of its
program, presenting many abso-
lutely new features for the first
time in America.
The Cooper Volunteer Fire De-
partment has not been before the
public with any proposition for
sometime and it is glad to be able
to offer a meritorious three ring
superintending
struck him while
some plowing.
Mr. Womack was in his usual
health, exciept for being nervous
the past few days. He made his
home with his daughter, Mrs. Oren
Culp, on East Fourth Street. Fu-
neral services will be held Friday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the I
Methodist Church, conducted by
Rev. Hugh S. Porter, assisted by
Rev. Lj W. Shivers of Lone Oak,
a former pastor, and Rev. J. C.
McClain.
Delta Masonic Lodge will have
charge at the cemetery.
Survivors include four daugh-
ters, Mrs. B.
Grandmaster To
Address Masons
In Dallas, Oct. 29
The Masons of the Fourteenth
i Masonic District will receive the
Grand Master of Texas, Sam B.
Cantey, Jr., of Fort Worth, on
October 29 at the Scottish Rite
Temple in Dallas, beginning at
5 p. m. inspection of the new
Masonic temple, after which a buf-
fet dinner for all present at 6 p.
m. in the Scottish Rite Temple
banquet room. The Grand Master’s
address will follow immediately
in the auditorium of this building.
All Masons of outlying Masonic
Districts who can attend are in-
vited to be in Dallas for the meet-
ing and partake of the buffet
dinner. This is one of a series of
meetings being held by the Grand
Master over the state, and many
prominent Masons including
Grand Lodga Officers are expect-
ed to attend this Dallas convoca-
tion.
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Bulldogs Tackle
Wolves In Third
District Tussle
Outweighed Better Than 10
Pounds, Bulldogs Expect
Toughest Game
$32,500 Bond Vote
Ordered By Board
For School Building
Aged Enloe Citizen
Found Dead
W. B. Chambers, 79, died Tues-
day at his home in Enloe of a
heart attack. Mr. Chambers has
been in ill health for several
Hale, Texarkana, I nionths and spent sometime here
circus as a chance in the amuse-1 °f Cooper.
Mrs. J. R. Johnson, Mrs. Oren
Clup and Miss Veatrice Womack
He is survived also
ment diet and also hoping to re-
ceive a liberal amount for its
share of the profits show day.
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Greenville Woman
Dies Of Car Injury
GREENVILLE, Oct. 21.—
Greenville’s second traffic death
for the year wag recorded here
late Monday when Mrs. Minnie
Thorp, 44, died in a local hospital
of automobile accident injuries.
She was thrown to the pavement
when her dress was said to have
been caught on a rear bumper of
a passing automobile as she start-
ed to cross a busy downtown
street.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Sur-
viving are her husband and two
sons, all of this city.
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SINGING AT KLONDIKE
The regular fourth Sunday sing-
ing will be held at the Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon in
Klondike. Singing will begin at
2 o’clock. Everyone is invited.
Come and be with us. We are
expecting a great singing.
by six grandchildren, two
brothers, Tom Womack of
Mathiston, Miss., W. R. Womack
of Paris; and one sister, Mrs. Mol-
lie Stewart, of Dallas. A num-
ber of nieces survive who live in
Yazoo City, Miss.
James A. Womack was born
March 1, 1864 in Mathiston, Miss.,
and came to Texas when a; young
man. He was married 46 years
ago to Miss Anna Rhodes in this
with his daughter, Mrs Kruger Al-
len, in Cooper.
Funeral services were held at
Baptist Church Wednesday at 2
o’clock by Rev. W. D. Thompson,
assisted by Rev. J. C. McClain of
Cooper. Burial took place in Mt.
Joy cemetery by Smith Funeral
Home. He had been a resident
of Enloe many years and was a
member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Survivors include eight children,
W. O. Chambers, Gladewater; Mrs.
Robert Bailey, Ambia; Mrs. Mack
IT. ._ , _ i Davis, Clarksville; Mrs. John
county His wife preceeded him N Mrs H Evans, Charlc3_
i vi rlnnf Vi II imnro n IV/I »• 1
ton; Mrs. Troy Stockton and Mrs.
Charles Bledsoe, Enloe; and Mrs.
in death 30 years ago. Mr.
Womack was converted and unit-
ed with the Methodist Church
when in his youth. He had been
a member of the Masonic lodge
for more than 40 years and held
a certificate from the Grand
Lodge of Texas. He was well
known over the county and it can
be truly said that every citizen of
the town and county was his
friend.
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HALLOWE’EN PARTY AT
RATTAN
A Hallowe’en party will be held
at Rattan school Wednesday night,
October 29. Admission 5 cents.
Everyone invited. Sponsored by
4-H club girls.
K. It. Allen of Cooper.
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SPARKS
At The Sparks
THEATRES
Baptist Zone Meeting
Held Tuesday
The Delta county Baptist
zone meeting was held at Cooper
park Tuesday night. A sing song
was conducted by Jeff Woodruff.
Rev. J. C. McClain and Ray Wil-
son were the speakers of the even-
ing. Ciuud Elliott and Addie Sue
Edwards sang. Misses Eula Pot-
ter and Rita Carrington directed
numerous games.
Following the program, refresh-
ments were served by Mrs. Roy
Emerson, and Misses Nida Bobo
and Louise Engle. The date and
place Of the next meeting will be
announced later.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
“BAD LANDS OF DAKOTA”
A western epic, with Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Ricihard Dix,
Frances Farmer and cast of one thousand. Also comedy.
SUNDAY-MONDAY, OCTOBER 26-27
“LADY BE GOOD”
Show world’s greatest song and dance extravanganza with Elinor
Powell, Ann Southern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, John Car-'the late Dr. J H. Hannibas. She
rol, Red Skelton, Virginia O’Brien, and one hundred Hollywood ! died at her home Monday. Her
beauties. The show of shows. Also “Minstrel Days” with Eddie Cantor 1 husband and an only daughter,
and A! Jolson taking you back to the days when they were both i Miriam, died a number of years
Former Resident Of
Cooper Dibs
Word was received in Cooper
Thursday of the death of Mrs.
Kate Hannibas of Snyder, wife of
Slowed up by injuries and ill-
ness, the Cooper Bulldogs will
engage in their third district tus-
sle Friday night, meeting the
Wolfe City High Wolves at Wolfe
City.
Against a bulky enemy eleven
that outweighs them an average
of 10 pounds in the line and 12
pounds in the backfield, the Bull-
dogs are looking for one of their
two toughest games of the season.
The other will be the Honey Grove
Warriors, conquerors of the
Wolves this season by a 7-0 count.
Cooper prospects will be better
than at the first of the week
when it was thought Elwood Rob-
ertson, stellar running back,
would be unable to perform be-
cause of illness. Robertson, who
spent the week end in Janes Clin-
ici and Hospital, recovered suffi-
ciently to work out some Wednes-
day and is expected, to play about
half the game Friday night. King,
an excellent defensive center, will
' start the game, although handicap-
i pod by H leg injury.
The Wolves have more to offer
than the fact that they are the
I district’s heaviest team. Barker,
I a 128 pound quarterback, is re-
puted to be a speedy and danger-
ous runner, while Mullins, 195
pound halfback, plunges, passes
and kicks with equal facility.
A victory is important to the
Bulldogs’ plans for the season as
one will be necessary to keep them
in the running with Honey Grove.
The Wolves will be out to redeem
themselves after their* one district
set-bacik. Those facts promise an
excellent scrap.
With fair weather, several hun-
dred Cooper fans are expected to
follow the Bulldogs to witness the
Friday night battle.
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Wild Geese Going
South Visit Cooper
Wild geese going south portend
cold weather, says local weather
l prophets. Wild geese circled
| Cooper much Of Wednesday night,
j Two or three flocks visited the
| town in the early part of the
j night or the same flock left and
j then returned and between three
and four o’clock others were
honking about town. Some say
some domestic geese on Dr.
Engle’s place in south Cooper an-
swered them and that some times
wild geese are tempted to light
with the tame geese.
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Pecan Gap Girl
Honored At TSCW
Testimony Finished
In Damage Suit
Testimony was finished Thurs-
day afternoon in the R. L.
Rainey vs. J R. Jones damage
suit, in which the plaintiff is
seeking judgment for alleged
damage to his farm by water
from a drainage ditch.
The jury will be charged and
argument begun today, Friday.
minstrel men,
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28-29
“UNDERGROUND”
An authentic story of the hushed revolution now going on in Ger-
many under ground. The most amazing, most exciting piece of enter-
tainment ever flashed or the/ screen. Also News and comedy.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30-31
“ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS”
Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall, stars of “Hurricane,” filmed in the
most dazzling technicolor you have ever looked at. Also News and
comedy.
SPECIAL HALLOWE’EN SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 31.
STARTING AT 11 p. m.
“THREE GIRLS ABOUT TOWN”
Men, hold on to your wallets, women, hold on to your husbands,
everybody, hold on to your seats. Joan Blondell, Binnie Barnes and
Janet Blair, three bewitching beauties on the loose. Also selected
shorts.
At The Grand
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24-25
“TRAIL BLAZERS”
With 3 Mesquiteers. Also “Junior G-Men.”
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT
“YOU’RE THE ONE”
Orin Tucker and Bonnie Baker. Hear Bonnie sing, “Oh, Johnny.”
SUNDAY-MONDAY, OCTOBER 26-27
“BLONDIE IN SOCIETY”
Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake and Baby Dumpling. Also comedy.
ago. Her mother, Mrs. MeClinton,
died only a few months ago.
Surviving are three sisters and
two brothers. A sister, Mrs. Daisy
MeClinton Gaylon, lives in Com-
merce. The MeClinton family liv-
ed in Cooper many years ago and
will be remembered by the older
residents of this county. Mrs.
Hannibas, the former Miss Kate
MeClinton, taught her first school
at Unitia 44 years ago.
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ATTENDS MUSIC PROGRAM
Mesdames Clarence Walls, F. P.
Salmon, Misses Sue Dawson, Park
McKinney, Tommy Lee Boyd,
Jane Smith, Mary Lou Wells,
Catherine Woodard and John Le-
land Jack attended the first pro-
gram of the C’vic Music Associa-
tion Wednesday night. Luboshutz
and Nemenoff, Russian duo pian-
ists, were presented.
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James Poe, freshman student at
ETSTC and son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Poe of Cooper, has been
pledged by the Artema Club, pop-
luar boy’s club of the campus.
DENTON, Oct. 24.—One of the
57 high school valedictorians at-
tending Texas State College for
Women, who will be honored at a
tea given by president and Mrs.
L. H. Hubbard Sunday afternoon,
October 26, will be Miss Ann Scott
of Pecan Gap.
A scholarship equal to a year’s
tuition was awarded Miss Scott
for her high school scholastic
achievement when she enrolled at
TSCW. She is majoring in mu-
sic education at the college and is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton Scott
Deciding Game In
Conference Race
Unreeled Tonight
WOLFE CITY, Oct. 24.—Wolfe
City fans are looking forward
with interest t<| the Cooper-Wolfe
City game to be unreeled tonight,
Friday, at the Wolf Stadium in
Wolfe City. This is to be a de-
ciding game in the conference
race a3 far as the Wolfe City
team is concerned. They are out
to win this game and remain in
the race and although beaten by
the Honey Grove Warriors, they
feel the Bulldogs will outplay the
Warriors. 1
A special section of the stad-
ium will be reserved for the Coop-
er band and fans. The Wolfe
City fans are expecting to see a
large number of the Cooper fans
on hand for this tilt.
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Enloe Man
Succeeds In Farming
Bob Viles, for many years con-
nected with Smith & Viles Drug
Store, has made more than good
this season raising cotton as a side
line, reports his friends, J. C.
Berry and D. Todd. He had in
101 1-2 acres of cotton this year,
they say, and has made 100 bales
of cotton, has picked 19 bales and
has 81 yet to pick. And besides
the cotton he i\as raised 500 bales
of hay on the land. They attri-
bute his success in his knowledge
as a pharmacis in compounding
poison for the insects.
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Four Negroes Leave
Tuesday For Army
Four negro selectees left Tues-
day for Da'Ias to be inducted into
the United States army. They
were: Hardy Younger, Cooper,
route three; Tobie Pollard, Jr.,
Cooper; Andrew Hooker, Pecan
Gap, route two; and George Mar-
tin, Cooper.
The local hoard has received its
quota for November, one negro
and three white men. U. S.
White, colored, has been selected,
but as yet the white men have not.
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Seven Boys Enlist
In CCC, Go To Wolfe
City October 21
Mrs. Rowena Poe, local worker
of State Department of Public
Welfare, announced Thursday
that four white boys and three
negroes had been sent to Wolfe
City, the reception center for CCC
enrollees.
The white boys were: Ernest
Orr Duckworth, Ollie Ray Jack-
son, Horace Vernon Mobley, and
Cecil Lloyd Neil. The negro
boys were George Washington
Brigham, Junior Lee Finch and
Ozie White.
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HOLINESS ASSOCIATION
MEETING
Election Called On Nov. 4;
Complete Tax Rate Will
Be $1.18.
On October 22 the Board of
Trustees of the Cooper Indepen-
dent School District met in a
called session for the purpose of
considering a petition signed by
Quentin Miller and 86 other res-
ident tax payers.
The said petition was asking
that an election be held in Cooper
for the purpose of voting $32,-
500.00 worth of bonds for the
construction of a grade school
building for the Cooper Indepen-
dent School District in the town
of Cooper. The tax rate complete
will be $1.18, 50 cents for main-
tenance of our school and 68
dents for bond purposes which in-
cludes $95,000.00 present indebt-
edness and $32,500.00, the pro-
posed issue.
After due consideration, the
board voted unanimously to call
an election on Tuesday, November
4, at the Mayor’s office. Only
resident property tax payers may
vote in said election. The board
is composed of the following men:
D. M. Fisher, president; C. A.
Hooten, Ed Adair, George Bolger,
C. H. Magee.
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Dramatic Club
Presents “Tish”
Remember the annual meeting
of the Holiness Association which
convenes at Cooper, which began
Thursday night, October 23, to
continue throughout the 26. The
business session will be held
Friday, October 24. All invited.
PROBABLE COOPER-WOLFE CITY LINE-UPS
wt.
Bulldogs
No.
Pos.
No.
Wolves
Wt.
142
Moss
19
LE
41
Monroe
150
175
Adair
17
LT
32
Whirley
155
150
Boles
18
LG
22
Gunn
165
147
King
13
C
14
Taylor
160
139
Wakefield
16
RG
20
Atherton
155
151
Hocutt
14
RT
36
Goins
190
162
McVay
15
RE
44
Green
160
142
Landers
36
QB
60
Barker
128
139
Bennington 33
LH
66
Mullins
195
150
Robertson
12
RH
63
Reeves
140
140
DeWitt
37
FB
64
Argenbright
144
The Tom A. Lambeth Dramatic
Club will present a three acit com-
edy on Tuesday, October 28, at
7:30 p. m. in the high school au-
ditorium, sponsored by the stu-
dents of Cooper High School.
“Tish” is a gay and exciting
comedy which will make you hold
your sides in laughter as these
local actors come to you: Chry-
stelle Paul as Tish, a middle-aged
spinster craving excitement; Ethel
Henson as Lizzie, who tires so
easily; Hibernia Turbeville as Ag-
gie, who suffers intensely from
hay fever; John Stockton as
Charlie Sands, who possesses a
breezy and buoyant personality;
Jeff Woodruff as Luther Hopkins,
who often gives vent to his anger.
Add to this group Lucile Bledsoe,
Audrey Pinkston, Wilma Keahey,
Jack Taylor, Tommy Bennington,
Samuel Ratliff, Gladys Dunn, and
Ann Albright, and you’lll want to
be present to give brave and
dauntless “Tish” a rousing hand
and three hearty cheers.
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Methodist Woman’s
Society Meets
The Methodist Woman’s So-
ciety of Christian Service met
Monday at the church. Mrs J. A.
Haddock gave the devotional and
taught the third lesson in the
study book, “A Christian Impera-
tive.” A story from “The Seed
and the Soil” wa3 told by Mra
J. H. Scrimshire.
After special music by the
quartet, Mrs. C. D. McKinzie dis-
cussed “Justice and Security For
All.”
During the social hour, the
hostess, Mrs. C. C. McKinney, and
co-hostesses, Mesdames Ross
Hooks, John Stratton and C. D.
McKinzie, served refreshments.
The week of prayer program will
begin at 10 a. m. Monday, October
27, at the Wesley building.
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NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS
We are going to kill all dogs
running at large. If you do net
want your dog killed, keep it up.
TOM ROUNTREE, Mayor
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Miss Erroleen West, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. West, who
graduated from Cooper High
School last year, has accepted a
position in Dallas and will make
her home with her brother, Har-
old West, who works in the air-
plane factory.
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