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COOPER, TEXAS
99 No. 12
Published at Cooper, Texas Thursday, March 23, 1978
Eight Pages
Democratic Committee Selects Ballot Positions
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to support NeighbJ
Camps and oj
or the girls.
JPER’S BRICK PILE-The remains of the two story Stovall Hardware building on the southwest
of the square, has now been reduced to rubble and is a principal eyesore downtown.
arion Ainsworth i
.pending their spm]
n Odessa with
4r. and Mrs. Jl
rea-Wide Project Initiated
'ears Ago, Still Where It Was
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|"Ir our opinion the need for
Development in Delta
ptv is sn great the starting
[in a development program
be hard to determine,
name it and we need it, or
it.
Pie need for area develop-
i is not a recent condition or
and has not been
ght about In actions ot any
Individual ot an\ particular
public officials or private
oked
$1.99
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$1.08
$1.39
$1.69
is the popular belief that
decline in population, in-
fial and economic structure
elta County has been the
Hi ot complacency of the
kns of the county over a
kd of many years."
lund familiar? These three
perns apple today just as
did seventeen years ago
an area development
let was undertaken. And
(happened to that compre-
live plan? It fizzled out just
Blmost every other program
fcted in this county, it died
lack of cooperation among
Ins, because of a "power
fegle", petty jealousies and
^let someone else do it”
Ude.
I true survey of the county’s
pical facilities, past actions
pon-action, what we are
with, and conditions
we allow to exist, reveal
extent ot our complacency,
his county has dropped in
llation from a high of 15,269
I860 in 1%1, when the ADP
initiated to 4,717 current
nate. This decline will con-
unless some program of
hlopment is started.
p°ple say wait until the
per Lake Project starts then
|"ill see a boom. How can
possibly happen when no
ling is available within the
Ph'' especially in Cooper,
Mquate water supply, dc-
fahle streets and roads, a
ary system in Cooper taxed
1^ breaking point, certainly
when it rains, and an overall
seedy appearance.
1 he start of the Cooper Lake
could be in the immediate
future, of course we have heard
that before, but this time it
seems closer to being a reality
than before.
A major redevelopment of the
area would require a tremen-
dous amount of money and a lot
of time, which we do not have,
but the governmental bodies
and the Chamber of Commerce
could, if they would, start now
on programs of rehabilitation. In
the city of Cooper, ordinances
on abandoned, vacant buildings
be enforced, also see to it that
junk is carried to the dump
grounds instead of being left
along the streets, alleys and in
weed infested lots.
Around the square in Cooper,
the brick pile that was once
Stovall Hardware on the south-
west corner is an eyesore. There
are other buildings around and
near the square that are just as
bad, not to mention the beer
cans, whisky bottles and debris
everywhere along the streets.
The Chamber of Commerce
could actively pursue a program
of community development, but
again this would take the
cooperation of all citizens. A
handful of people cannot cure
the ills of the community, it
takes everyone especially the
powers that be, and if they can’t
work together how can the area
grow.
As long as we can remember
there has been at least two
groups opposing each other on
any given project and it has
happened that the two power
groups divided themselves into
a couple more groups crossw ays
with each other. And when you
get that many groups fighting
each other everything comes to
a halt except everyday living.
This county is too small to have
so many chiefs vicing to be the
top dog.
An emergency situation does
not actually exist, but conditions
are becoming more critical each
day. Something needs to be
done now, not ten, twenty,
thirty years from now.
The Delta County Democratic
Executive Committee met Mon-
day afternoon at the Civic
Center to draw places on the
first primary ballot for the
various state and local offices.
With Curtis Hicks, County Party
Chairman presiding, and Opal
T. Preas serving as secretary,
Precinct Chairmen Gladys
Stockton, Larry Vandiver, Roy
Emerson, and W.O. Wallace
and Attorney James Allison
alternated in drawing candidate
positions on the Delta County
ballot. The first primary will be
held May 6.
The Committee also discus-
sed the election ballots, which
for the first time do not require
the voter’s signature to be
affixed to the reverse side of a
ballot stub. This requirement
was recinded during the last
session of the Legislature and
went into effect on September 1,
1977. The committee reviewed
the new Texas Election Laws
manual; set the times and
place of the county convention;
as 2 p.m. on the first Saturday
following the primary; precinct
conventions as 2 p.m. on
election day at the polling places
throughout the county.
The first race on the Delta
County Democratic ballot will be
that of U.S. Senator with Robert
Krueger's name first and Joe
Christie second.
U.S. Representative: Sam B.
Hall. Jr.
The ballots will continue with
office of Governor, candidates
listed in order of appearance;
John Hill, Preston Smith, Dolph
Briscoe, Ray Allen Mayo and
Donald Ray Beagle.
For Lieutenant Governor:
James L. McNees, Jr., John H.
Westbrook, Troy Skates and Bill
Hobby.
For Attorney General: Price
Daniel, Jr. and Mark White.
Comptroller of Public Ac-
counts: Bob Bullock.
State Treasurer: C.R. San-
derson, Warren G. Harding,
Harry Ledbitter.
Agriculture Commissioner:
Joe A. Hubenak, Regan Brown,
Don G. Sewell.
Railroad Commissioner: (full
term) Mark Wallace, John
Thomas Henderson.
Railroad Commissioner: (un-
expired term) Jake Johnson,
Jerry Sadler, Ray Lemmon,
John Poerner.
Chief Justice Supreme Court:
Joe R. Greenhill.
Associate Justice Supreme
Court Place 1: O’Neal Brown
and Franklin Spears.
Associate Justice Supreme
Court Place 2: Sam D. Johnson.
Associate Justice Supreme
Court Place 3 (unexpired term):
Charles W. Barrow.
Associate Justice Supreme
Court Place 4 (unexpired term):
Robert M. Campbell and T.C.
Chadick.
Court of Criminal Appeals
Place 1: Wendell A. Odom.
Court of Criminal Appeals
Place 2: Sam Houston Clinton
and Jim Vollers.
Court of Criminal Appeals
Place 3: W.C. (Bill) Davis and
Marvin Odell Teague.
State Board of Education:
E.R. (Bob) Gregg, Jr.
Chief Justice of Civil Appeals:
Williams J. Cornelius.
Associate Justice Court of
Civil Appeals: Bun L. Hutchin-
son and Claude B. Hodge, Jr.
State Senator: George Pres-
ton, Ed Howard, Joe Joiner and
Charles McFatridge.
State Representative, District
9: L.P. (Pete) Patterson, Jimmy
Burch.
The county offices to be voted
on are:
Delta County Judge: Carl E.
Adams, George A. Bolger.
Delta County Attorney:
James Allison (unexpired term).
County and District Clerk:
Patsy (Pickens) Barfbn, Jaunell
(Brantley) Lawler, Linda (Kille-
brew) Young.
Delta County Treasurer: Mrs.
Ruth Echols.
Commissioner, Precinct Two:
C.R. (Robert) Anderson, B.J.
Rainey.
Commissioner, Precinct Four:
H.D. Clark. Jr.
County Democratic
man: Curtis Hicks.
Chair-
Justice of the Peace, Precinct
5: Joe D. Maynard, L.M.
(Monroe) Anderson, Wendell
Alley, Flossie Martin.
Constable, Precinct Two: Sam
H. Clark.
Constable, Precinct Three:
Larry Braley.
Constable, Precinct Four:
Johnny Patterson.
For Party Precinct chairmen,
the drawing went: Precinct 1 •
Gene Roan and Joe Blackwell;
Precinct 2 - Frank Miller and
Larry Vandiver; Precinct 3 -
Opal T. Preas; Precinct 4 •
Raymond Hagood and Roy
Emerson; Precinct 5 • Wesley
Wallace; Precinct 6 - J.B. White
and Don Cauley; Precinct 7 -
Gladys Stockton and Chris Bai-
ley; Precinct 8 - H.C. Young and
Ted Carrington; Precinct 9 Roy
Lee Jackson; Precinct 10 -
Alfred Conley.
The ballots will also include
two Referendums.
For or Against? The 1979
Legislature’s authorizing higher
interest rates on loans under
five thousand dollars ($5,000).
For or Against; Do you favor
the proposition that the next
session of the Texas Legislature
should enact a law to permit the
parimutuel wagering on horse
races by load county option.
Community Hearing March 31
The City of Cooper will on
Friday night, March 31, at 7
o’clock in the city hall, hold a
public hearing on a proposed
Community Development Block
Grant Program. The meeting is
open to all residents of the city.
The first step in making
application for such a federal
grant program is receiving
citizen input - ideas of how and
where the proposed funds
should be spent.
Scot Mitchell Receives
“Rural Heroism” Award
Quick action by a 12-year-old
northeast Texas boy is credited
with saving his mother's life
when her clothing caught fire in
an incident that occurred at
their home August 7 of last
year.
Scot Mitchell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. LaFray Mitchell of Lake
Creek in Delta County, received
the Texas Farm and Ranch
Safety Council’s "Rural Hero-
ism" Award for 1977 at the
annual meeting of the Texas
Safety Association in Dallas, the
council is the farm and ranch
section of the Safety Associa-
tion. Ben Bullard, assistant
safety director, Texas Farm
Bureau, is president of the
council.
hospitalized for 18 days.
Asked if he felt panic,
replied, "No, but 1 sure was
scared."
Scot
Total amount of funds which
could be made available under
this program is $250,000 al-
though many more communities
will submit applications than
can be funded, therefore sub-
mission of an application is no
guarantee that the project will
be funded.
granted include housing re-
habilitation and construction of
new community facilities such
as water, sewer, streets, and
storm drainage in low-to-
moderate income areas of the
community. Activities may not
be carried out with these funds
which primarily benefit upper
income areas of the community,
nor may general purpose public
buildings be constructed.
ted to the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. Cities with successful
pre-application will be asked to
submit a full application at a
later date.
A Citizens Participation Plan
is being developed to insure
adequate citizen participation
from all sectors of the Com-
munity.
Activities which may be un-
dertaken should the program be
Based upon input at this and
future hearings, the City Coun-
cil will formulate a project and
prepare a pre-application. The
pre-application will be reviewed
publically before being submit-
A second public hearing, also
for the purpose of discussing
participation in this program,
and for the purpose of approv-
ing the citizen participation plan
will be held on April 11, 1978 at
7:00 p.m., at the City Hall.
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SCOT MITCHELL
Presentation was made by
Millard Shivers, director of rural
development for Blue Cross /
Blue Shield of Texas and
chairman of the council's a-
wards committee.
Scot was cited for his action
when his mother, Mrs. Mary
Dee Mitchell, caught fire from
an exploding jug of flammable
liquid as she was attempting to
light a charcoal grill. Mrs.
Mitchell by mistake used gaso-
line to ignite the fire and the jug
exploded, engulfing her in
flames.
"1 was inside the house and
heard her,” Scot related. "1
tried rolling her on the ground,
but that didn’t work.” Some of
her clothing was of a synthetic
fiber that would not smother
when ablaze. "I grabbed the
water hose and put the fire
out,” young Mitchell continued.
He then placed his mother in
a car and drove her some two or
three miles to their dairy where
his father was working. ‘‘Even
at this point, Scot had the
presence of mind to realize that
he must obey traffic safety,"
Mrs. Mitchell recalls. She was
Easy Money” Addressing Costly
Republican Committee
Chooses Ballot Slate
$1.79
aseball Meeting Set
ID'
County Kid Baseball
iation will meet Monday
*' March 27, at 7 o'clock at
Lumbur Yard, 651 East
as Avenue in Cooper, to
ln plans for the upcoming
on.
year will also be elected. Other
discussions will include plans
for the 1978 season, financial
reports and fund raising.
meeting is open to
F.vone interested in Little
HUCl Junior Girls Softball
I Pee Wee League. The
r opment ol new baseball
*°nhe present leagues and
Urc leagues will be discus-
• along with Adult Slow Pitch
Fball (male
py League, _ wii
|jha|l. and Adult Baseball.
n application has been made
Pph the City of Cooper to
four new fields with
5* on two of them.
***** for the
Lions Club
To Meet
Friday Noon
The Delta County Republican
Party Committee with J.B.
Burden, chairman, presiding
met at the Civic Center Monday
morning to draw names for
placement on the Republican
First Primary ballots.
Ray Hutchison, one of two
candidates vicing for the nomi-
nation of Governor on the
Republican ballot, will appear
first on the list, with William
Clements as second.
Other races on the May 6th
Republican ballot include:
United States Senator - John
Tower.
U.S. Representative
Hudson.
Lieutenant Governor
Marshall.
Attorney General
Baker.
Fred
Gaylor
Jim
By Blue John
and Angeline Sharp
A few weeks ago, consumer
columnist Sylvia Porter warned
against several types of fraud.
One was the old "make money
at home by addressing enve-
lopes ‘come-on". Ms. Porter
outlined the technique as fol-
lows: an ad appears in the
classified columns promising
information about how to earn X
dollars a week ($75 to $250) for
addressing, stuffing, and mail-
ing envelopes. "No experience
is necessary. You can do this
all cozy at home. You are
requested to send a stamped
return envelope for details."
Then, continues Sylvia Por-
ter, the reply comes asking for X
dollars ($5 to $15) for complete
details and materials. If you
send this amount you receive an
instruction manual which tells
you to take out an ad claiming
"earn $125 (or some amount) a
week stuffing envelopes".
We decided to see what one
such company had to offer.
Their address is a post office
box in a large bustling city
(that's nice and anonymous).
We invested a total of twenty-
six cents in a reply to them plus
a stamped return envelope.
By return mail came a one
page flyer complimenting us on
our intelligence; there was a
handy mail order form. They
offered a brief kit that "give
complete step-by-step ‘know-
how’ you need to turn your time
intoquck cash!" They promised
to send their most current list of
"dozens of firms" who need
homeworkers because they have
"millions of envelopes" to mail
every year. They apologetically
asked for a small fee, five
dollars, for the promised mater-
ials. They enclosed a return
envelope to them (not stamp-
ed). They enclosed a small
shocking pink slip stating: “Just
a note...You must choose...
Throw this invitation out, and do
nothing, or give yourself a
chance to succeed. Take this
important step to prosperity and
a fulfilled life. You have little to
lose, and so much to gain.”
Their return envelope was
addressed with the same rubber
stamp they used for the return
address they placed on the
envelope we provided. Get the
picture? Their investment to
this point has been the cost of
the ad (which could possibly get
a number of replies), the cost of
a one page flyer, the small pink
slip, the return envelope, the
rubber stamp, and an inked
pad. Our stamped envelope
has brought their message to
us.
We have not sent them the
five dollars; we do not want to
address envelope, but if we
did, we do not believe the
"dozens of companies with
millions of envelopes to mail"
would want to send them far out
in the country to have it done. In
these days of computers and
machines that address enve-
lopes, open envelopes, and seal
envelopes, we are pretty sure
these firms would not need our
help for any amount of money.
Another ad appeared in an
area paper last week; a classi-
fied ad offered details for
earning a goodly sum weekly for
merely sending a stamped re-
turn envelope and a dollar to a
post office box in a small town in
a neighboring state. We have
resisted this offer. We felt it
wasn’t worth a buck to learn
what would be next. There may
not be any "next” with this one.
His visible investment was the
ad only. What would come
back? Something? Nothing?
This Week’s Spotlight
Title I Funds Released To Schools
and female),
Teenage Girls
upcoming
The Cooper Lions Club will
meet Friday noon at the Delta
Country Club for their bi-
monthly luncheon.
Noel Bailey, program leader
for the day. has arranged a
musical program featuring Gary
Kcsting and Dr. Kent Zicgcn-
bein.
All members are encouraged
to attend the meeting.
Schools in Delta County will
receive approximately $85,049
in Title I funds for the 1978-79
school year, according to Con-
gressman Sam B. Hall. Jr.
The Office of Education of the
Department of Health. Educa-
tion and Welfare released Title I
funds set by the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of
1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended,
Assistance for Educationally
Deprived Children, on March
13.
Schools in the twenty-three
counties within the First Con-
gressional District of Texas will
receive a total of some
$6,012,006 in Title I funds.
ranging from a low of $22,049
In Rains County to $658,900 in
Harrison County. Delta County
received the third smallest
amount. Franklin County’s por-
tion amounts to $62,443; Fannin
County, $227,354; Hopkins -
$196,039; Hunt - $348,535;
Lamar - $421,355; Red River -
$244,586.
Delta Countians know Roxie
Nadine Young as Nadine Bur-
den, because Jonathan Bramb-
lett Burden (J.B. to his friends)
got up the nerve to "ask her
dad" when she was barely
sixteen and he was not yet
twenty. His folks, John William
and Molly (Daughety) Burden,
were from Morgantown, Ken-
tucky; his dad was a Baptist
minister. Her parents were
Charlie Young from Tennessee
and Floy (Grayson) from Hop-
kins County.
In Orangeville, in Fannin
County, young J.B. Burden was
a rodeo star; his speciality was
riding Brahman bulls; he had a
horse that did tricks (counting,
playing dead, begging etc.,).
Nadine Young was among the
spectators to whom he tipped
his hat from the rodeo ring.
The wedding was on January
6, 1936 at the home of Reverend
J.D. Flemings, after they had
convinced reluctant parents (1)
that six weeks was sufficient
time for a courtship, (2) that
since Nadine's mother had
married before she was sixteen,
Nadine was old enough. (3) that
J.B would rather marry Nadine
than have the "pair of good
mules" his dad had promised
him if he stayed single until age
twenty one, and (4) that their
fathers should go with them to
get the license since they
refused to lie about their ages
and elope.
The next ten years were busy
ones; their seven children were
born during the first ten years
(they lost their sixth child). The
six young families are: Ruby
Faye (Price), husband Denny,
Billy Glenn, Ricky, and Janice of
Dallas; J.B., Jr. and wife Linda,
Kim, Brad, J.B. HI, Terry,
David and Jimmie of Austin;
Mollie (Plocher) and husband
Doey, Teresa, Karen. Gayle,
and Angela of Quitman; son
William, his wife Paulette,
Michelle, Nicole, and William,
Jr. of Grand Prairie; son Billy
Wayne, Billy Wayne, Jr., Alisa
and Charlotte of Pecan Gap;
daughter Lue Dene (Roberts),
Tammy, and Michael of Green-
ville. There are six great
grandchildren as well.
The Burdens moved to Jot
‘Em Down in December of 1946.
Their children did their growing
up there. J.B. continued farm-
ing and raising cattle. In 1973
they built the nice home they
now occupy.
Nadine is a famous cook; her
butternut cake and chicken
casserole are two specialities
the young people enjoy when
they come. Nadine started out
by treating J.B. pretty well; she
shaved him until fifteen years
ago when she became too busy
with grandchildren. She has
See "Spotlight” Page 5
Farm Bureau Moves To
East Side Of Square
The Delta County Farm
Bureau and Delta County Retail
Merchants Credit Association
moved their offices this week
into the Sulphur Valley Publish-
ing Company building on 70
Fast Side Square, next door to
The Cooper Review and The
Print Shop,
Mrs. Ruby Cregg, secretary
for the Farm Bureau, will also
serve as collection agent for
TelcPrompTcr Cable TV former
tenants of the office space.
James Davis, Farm Bureau
agent, will be available to
clients at the new office.
Delta County Farm Bureau is
headed by H.C. Young, as
president; A.H. Young, vice-
president; V.G. Olson, secre-
tary; Directors are LaFray Mit-
chell, Dee Jackson, Harry Nim-
mo, Frank Crawford, Roy Lee
Jackson, Don Cauley, B.J.
Rainey and Tommie Maddox.
ft.
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