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By Richard Stringfellow
Although Cooper has been re-
ceiving repeated rains, the wa-
ter supply in the city lake is
not too plentiful.
However, it seems from pres-
ent indications, that there is no
immediate reason for concern
over the possibility of running
out of water. Before too many
years go by, Cooper should have
ample water for its use, and
more too, in the Cooper Reser-
voir.
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It probably won’t be too many
days before the first bale of
Delta county cotton will be
brought in.
The average date for the first
bale is around August 3. How-
ever, most people feel that it
will be later this year. One rea-
son for the tardy bale this year
could be that no prize will be of-
fered to the grower. Another
reason given has been that the
crop is slightly later than usual.
Anyway, farmers' have been
busy for the past week keeping
a steady watch for insects and
taking measures to get rid of
them when the insect count gets
high enough.
Prospects are still good for a
mighty good crop for the coun-
ty as a whole. The weather could
play an important factor in |
reaching the 25,500 bale crop, as
predicted, or not.
We had one man to tell us
this week that the county would
not make half this amount. Let’s
hope that this man’s prediction
is’ wrong ... we know he hopes
it is, too.
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We’d like to say how much
better the Cooper square looks
since the city employees gave it
a good cleaning this week.
Parking places were marked,
the shrubbery was cleaned and
trimmed in the center and the
gutters around the square were
cleaned.
This is the way we’d like to
see our town look all the time,
although we know that is a prob-
lem when the weather doesn’t
cooperate.
Thanks to our city government
for the fine cleanup job.
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Last Friday night the Kid
Baseball regular season ended
after five successful seasons.
This week the All-Stars will
be playing in the Northeast Tex-
as competition with their first
game being with Mt. Pleasant
tonight.
There are several people who
have worked and are still work-
ing with the Delta county organ-
ized baseball program for kids
Your officers of the league, the
umpires, the boys who fix the
field for games, the sponsoring
organizations who gave of their
money, the fans who come to the
games and give their donations
6 However, the real heros ofthe
league are the managers. ey
receive the praise when they
win (from some fans) and the
thorns when they lose (or don t
use the right pinch hitter when
they should).
As far as time is concerned, it
would be hard to estimate the
number of hours spent by ea
manager of the Kid Baseball
teams. When they aren t actual-
ly working with the boys they
may be planning some Makeup
in their lineup that will click
a little better.
Veteran managers are Jack
Silman and Harry Ward who
have both worked with the lea-
gue for four years. Vernon Mob-
ley and David Harkrider have
worked with the league for one
year each.
Ward and Silman battled it
out this season for the leader-
ship with Silman of the Yankees
nosing out the Indians. In fact,
Silman has won the champion-
ship for the past four years.
In the past four years the Yan-
kee team under the managership
of Silman has won 59 games and
lost 10. His record this season
was 16 games won and two lost
. both of them to Ward’s In-
dians.
This record was not accom-
plished without a lot of work on
the part of Silman and his play-
ers. Other managers have work-
ed in proportion to Silman to
give their players the right
training and leadership.
We salute the managers of Kid
Baseball on their unselfish ser-
vice to the county baseball pro-
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Cooper Review Photo
Champions of the Kid Baseball League in Delta county are the Yankess shown in
the photo above. With a season record of 16 games won and two lost, the Yankees
have won the championship for the past four years under the management of
Jack Silman, shown at extreme right. This year he was assisted by Vernon Stan-
ley, shown at left. Players in the photo a re: front row, left to right, Gary Oats,
Ronnie Morris, Mickey Oats, Chris Calvin, Bobby Willson, the batboy, Scotty Cal-
vin, Jackie Blount and Mike Bartley; back row: Rocky Williams, Wylie France,
J. B. Silman, Edwin Whitlock, Ronnie Morgan, Wynn Goolsby.
Delta Kid Baseball All-Stars To Be J. Rainey Top
In Mt. Pleasant Tonight For Playoffs Season Belter
In Kid League
The Delta County Kid Base- Whitlock, Wynn Goolsby, Billy
ball All-Stars meet their first Thompson, Rocky Williams, Wy-
opponent tonight in the North-
east Texas playoffs when they
journey to Mt. Pleasant.
Game time will be 8 p.m. and
a large number of local fans
are expected to be in Mt. Pleas-
ant for the game tonight. Little
is known of the strength of the
local’s first opponents, but Mt.
Pleasant consistently has strong I
teams entered each year in the I
playoff competition.
Should the Delta All-Stars win |
their game tonight in Mt. Pleas-
ant, they will play at home on
Friday night against the Bogata-
Talco team which drew a bye
in the first round of play.
In warm-up practicee games
this week the Delta all-stars
have not set the woods afire in
winning games but have gained
some valuable experience.
Coached by Harry Ward and
Jack Silman, the stars went to
Commerce last Monday night
and lost a close one 3 to 2, even
though they outhit their oppon-
ents.
On Tuesday night, the Delta
stars played host to the Sher-
man stars hit four homeruns
close one 9 to7. At one time, at
the start of the sixth inning,
Cooper was leading 7 to 6. Sher-
man ,atars hit foqlr homeruns
while Cooper’s lone four-baser
was at the hands of J. B. Sil-
man with one man aboard.
Co-managers Silman and Ward
have the following pitchers to
call on in tonight’s crucial bat-
tle at Mt. Pleasant: M. Ward,
J. B. Silman, J. Rainey, R. Mob-
ley, R. Morgan and R. Williams.
Incidentally this group of hurl-
ers is handy with the bat, too.
Their combined batting average
for the season is .347.
Other members on the all-
star team from Delta county this
year are: John Johnson, Ben-
ton Rainey, Billy Allen, Ronald
Morgan, Mark Stockton, Edwin
Henry E. Blackwell
Services Are Held
Henry E. Blackwell, a former
resident of Cooper, passed away
July 22 in Glendale, Calif. Final
services were held at The Litt e
Country Chapel in Valhalla Me-
morial Park, North Hollywood,
Calif., on Friday, July 24 In-
terment was made in Valhalla
Memorial Park.
Blackwell was bom October
28, 1872, in Tennessee, a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Blackwell.
Revival Set By
Enloe Baptist
A ten-day revival at the Enloe
Baptist Church will begin Fri-
day, August 7, and continue
through August 16.
The Rev. Leslie Thompson of
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the messages and Tommy Wilson
will lead the song service.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
lie France and Robert Harrison
who received a slight injury to
his right arm in the Commerce
tilt Monday night. It was thought
that he would be able to see
service tonight in the Mt. Pleas-
ant game however.
Funeral Service
Held Saturday
For Mrs. Gray
Final rites for Mrs. Margaret
A. Gray were held Saturday af-
ternoon, August 1, at 2:30 in the
Delta Funeral Home chapel. Rev.
James E. Jones, Paris conducted
the service and interment was
made in Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Gray was born January
31, 1878 in Cooper the daughter
of Archie H and Sally Ann Sis-
sel Anderson. She passed away
in the Sanitarium of Paris at
11:30 a.m. Friday.
She is survived Dy several
nieces and nephews including E.
S. Anderson, Cooper.
Pallbearers were Ray Wilson,
Ray Banks, Gene Moss, Travis
Toney, Weldon Davis and Paul
Cates.
Miss Dottie Sue Horchem has
accepted a position on the decor-
ating staff of Cagle Bros. Furn-
iture Store in Lubbock. She was
accompanied to Lubbock last
week by her mother, Mrs. G. H.
Horchem. Mr. Horchem, Lou
Ann and Charles joined them in
Lubbock last weekend, returning
to Cooper Sunday.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Cole-
man Foster and Mr. and Mrs.
Opal Preas and family last
week were Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Miller, Des Moines, Iowa, J. Bry-
an Millfer, Tyler.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller,
Bryan Miller and Mrs. Coleman
Foster visited their mother, Mrs.
Eunice Crawford, in the C. C.
Young home in Dallas.
Visiting; Mrs. Lona Miller In
Ben Franklin Saturday were Mr.
and Mrs. Opal Preas and sons,
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Foster,
Cooper; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mil-
ler, DeS Moines, Iowa, and J.
Bryan Miller, Tyler.
Miss Janene McGaha, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. McGaha,
Grand Prairie, and Mrs. Weldon
McGaha and daughter, Cheryl, of
Inglewood, Calif, have been vis-
iting Mrs. Lula McGaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Busillo
and daughter, Delores, of New
Haven, Conn, are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mc-
Carty.
The son bom July SI to LI
onH Mrs Flmer .Toe Hickman.
Honolulu, Hawaii, has been nam-
James Hilliard. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hickman
and Mrs. J. R. Watkins, Cooper.
Winding up the season last
Friday night the players in Kid
Baseball in Delta county have
recognized J. Rainey of the In-
dians as the batting champ.
Rainey had a season batting
percentage of .437 after the final
game. In second place was
Rocky Williams of the Yankers
with .396 and in third place was
J. B. Silman of the Yankees with
.379.
In addition to leading their
teams in the batting department,
all three of the leaders perform-
No Immediate
Danger Is Seen
In Water Supply
Recent rains in this area have
kept the water in the city lake
to a safe level thus far, accord-
ing to Mayor George Bolger.
A guage has been put in the
lake near the end of the suction
pump and will measure the wa-
ter in the lake up to 14 feet. The
spillway level is at eleven feet.
Right now the level is at 8 ft.
2 inches. Before the recent heavy
rainfall, the level of the water
had gone down to 6 ft. 11 inch-
es on July 23. Bolger stated that
the level of the water would
have to go down to about four
or five inches in the guage be-
fore emergency measures would
be necessary for water users in
Cooper.
Peak consumption for Cooper
water users was when 300,000
gallons of water was taken from
the lake on July 23. With a 10
percent evaporation, this meant
that 270,000 gallons was used on
that date.
Recent rainy weather has re-
duced the consumption of water
by Cooper citizens and also
brought the water level up to
8 ft. 2 inches at present.
R. H. Foster
Funeral Held
Funeral services for R. H.
(Bob) Foster were held Satur-
day morning, August 1, at 10
o’clock in the Ben Franklin
Methodist Church conducted by
Rev. Julian D. Thomas, Cooper,
and Rev. W. George Swanson,
Lake Creek. Interment was made
in the Ben Franklin Cemetery.
Born in Texas November 27,
1880, Robert Hunter Foster was
a son of the late William L. and
Matilda (Morris) Foster. He died
in Dallas Thursday, July 30, a-
bout 3 pm. after suffering a
heart attack. He was reported
dead on arrival at Methodist
Hospital. He had been employed
at the Dallas Athletic Club. Mr.
It's Rodeo Time !
Charter Presentation Program For
Cooper Toastmaster On September 7
Members and guests of the
Cooper Toastmasters Club met
Monday night at the First Meth-
odist Church.
Toastmaster for the evening
was S. T. Garrison who intro
duced the TopicmaSter, O. L.
Bridges. Prepared speakers for
the evening were T. C. Wilhite,
Ollie Olson, Travis Toney and
Curtis Pardue. Chief Evaluator
was Truman Ratliff and his
critics were Bill Scarborough,
of the four teams were: 1st,
Yankees; 2nd, Indians; 3rd,
Giants; 4th, Dodgers.
Batting averages of Kid Base-
ball players for the entire 1959
season and having 10 times or
more at bat are:
DODGERS
ed as pitchers during the season, i pOS{er was postmaster here from
Final standings for the season j 1934.38 He was a member of
the Cooper Methodist Church.
He was the last of a family
of twelve children, the only im-
mediate survivor besides his
wife, Ottney, is a grandson, Bob-
by Landers, Cooper.
Pallbearers were Pete White,
Bill White, Wages Foster, D. C.
Moore Jr., Harry Ward and Tom
Foster.
Cooper Resident’s
Mother Passes
Mrs. Ada Anderson, 84-year-
old resident of Sulphur Springs,
died at 2:15 a.m. Thursday at
her home at 116 Goodman St.
Funeral services were held at
10:00 a.m. Friday at the chapel
of Tapp Funeral Home with the
Rev. James H. Westbrook, as-
sisted by the Rev. J. P. Luton,
officiating.
Interment was at Restlawn
Memorial Park.
Born April 22, 1875 in Georgia,
Mrs. Anderson was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tolbert.
She married G. J. Anderson
in 1896 in Delta County. He pre-
ceded her in death.
Mrs. Anderson had resided in
Sulphur Springs for the past 37
years where she was a member
of the Wesley Methodist Church.
She is survived by three sons,
Monroe Anderson of Cooper,
Rube Anderson of Brownfield
and John Anderson of Sulphur
Springs; four daughters, Mrs.
Oma Risner, Mrs. Burke McCool
and Mrs. Dowe Bays, all of Sul-
phur Springs, and Mrs. Charles
Mayo of Ft. Worth; two sisters,
Mrs. J. R. Moore of Paris and
Mrs. Cora Carnutt of California;
eight grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Holiness Church
Holds Revival
The Revival at the Cooper
Holiness Church will begin next
Sunday, August 9, with Bro.
Hugh Tomlinson and Bro. Em-
mitt Gillian conducting the ser-
vices.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend this revival.
Joe Boles
.162
Jimmy Wilhite
.282
Fred Carrington
.083
Cody Simpson
.054
John Johnson
.222
Ray Banks
.150
Bill Catanach
.000
Wesley Slough
.096
Brantley
.160
McMillan
.105
Phillips
.153
D. Moore
.181
E. Moore
.000
INDIANS
Thompson
.255
B. Rainey
.317
M. Ward
.340
Allen
.322
J. Rainey
.437
R. Harrison
.364
L. Rainey
.127
Blundell
.162
Atterbury
.000
Ray
.298
Toon
.181
GIANTS
Bledsoe
.125
L. Hoeutt
.065
R. Mobley
.293
M. Stockton
.264
R. Garrison
.181
Smith
.250
Thomas
.068
Bulin
.083
McCormack
.170
Schmitter
.088
Castleberry
.120
YANKEES
Goolsby
.333
Blount
.279
J. Silman
.379
Whitlock
.254
R. Williams
.396
France
.152
Morris
.095
l\:oi gan
.230
Stanley
.162
S.Calvin
.000
D. E. Bell, South Gate, Mich.,
arrived Monday to join his wife
and Donnie Webster and visit
his mother, Mrs. Will Bell, and
his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Brooks,
Klondike. Other visitors in the
Brooks home Tuesday evening
were Mr. and Mrs. Don Zingus
and son, and Hulon Banks, Dal-
las, and Mike Bartley, Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zotgler,
Dallas, visited Sunday with their
aunts, Mrs. May Engel and Mrs.
Florence Wendell.
Citizens Respond
To Payment Of
Pledge Money
A spokesman fo rthe Cooper
Street Improvement Associa-
tion stated early this week that
citizens have responded wonder-
fully to the appeal for pledges
to be paid to the organization.
Letters were mailed last week
and still more are to be sent to
Cooper citizens who hav~ pledg-
ed to pay to the Streot Improve-
ment Association for the pur-
pose of improving streets.
Some of the citizens who had
signed pledges in the beginning
of the organization some two
years ago had stopped their
payments. This action brought
about a shortage of funds for
the organization which had bor-
rowed money from Cooper banks
on the basis of pledges signed by
citizens.
The spokesman for the organ-
ization said that if all pledges
were fulfilled, he thought the in-
debtness could be paid. He urg-
ed all outstanding pledge signers
to pay their committments as
soon as possible.
Mrs. Austin, 79,
Final Rites Held
Services for Mrs. Sally Ann
Austin, 79, were held Monday af-
ternoon, August 3, at 2:30 in the
Shady Grove Church, Lamar
County, Rev. Gale Lewis and
Rev. John Mann, Paris, officiat-
ing. Interment was made in
Evergreen Cemetery, Paris.
Mrs. Austin passed awav in
St. Joseph Hospital, Paris, about
12:20 a.m. Sunday, August 2. She
was bom June 13, 1880 in Ala-
bama the daughter of Bob and
Jennie Stovall Robertson.
She is survived by her hus-
band, E. Z. Austin, Shady
Grove; one son, Charlie Austin,
Dallas; four daughters, Mrs.
Jere Crook, Marvin; Mrs. Alvin
Young, Pecan Gap; Mrs. Henry
Brown, Port Orchard, Wash.;
Mrs. Oscar Anderson, Seattle,
Wash.;;; three brothers, George
Robertson, Plainview; Jim and
Mack Robertson, Huntsville,
Ala.; one sister, Mrs. C. W.
Campbell, Huntsville, Ala.; 12
grandchildren including Norma
Jean Regan, whom they reared;
and three great-grandchildren.
__August 6
Real Summ
Weather He
Follows Ra"
The month of Au
ered in with rains
day but since that
summer weather ha
temperature to 100 o
Farmers in the Sul
Valley were hoping
rains would stop for
Pnd allow the cotton
and prevent a buil
sects. Insect counts
made in cotton fiel
lar intervals and du
were being kept bus
over cotton fields in
Most reports early
indicate that the D
crop has good prom!
areas' of the eountyj
other sections the pr
been lessened some-
past few weeks.
25th Anniv
Meet For P
Here Augus
The First Method!
in Cooper will be t‘
the 25th Annual S'
Meeting on August
ing to J. J. Spence
of the Sulphur Spri
ticn Credit Associati
The location of t
in Cooper was deci
visiting deputy district governor,
L. F. Hooten Jr., Gaza Janes and
Richard Stringfellow. Grammar-
ian for the evening was Joe
Pritchett and Gene Leslie was
the Gruntmaster.
The grunt award went to Hoot-
en and Truman Ratliff won the
goof award. Members voted oth-
er awards to Travis Toney, best
prepared speaker; Bill Scar-
borough, best critic; Richard
Stringfellow, best topic speaker, j ]ast annual meeting
Visitors of the dub include1 holders voted to hoi
Scarborough, Perrin AFB, and
district governor, and Larry
Cunningham, area governor, of
Perrin AFB. Both men met with
the executive committee of the
club following the regular meet-
ing.
For the next meeting to be
held on August 21 at Hotel Coop-
er, Gaza Janes, acting in the ab-
sence of the educational vice-
president, assigned speakers and |
ing here.
Being the 25th An
ing, special emphas
placed on the Silve
sary of the organiza
to many fanners in
east Texas area as P
Taking part on t
will be W. N Stoke
dent of the Feder
1 diate Credit Bank o
Expected to atten
position to various members of ’ jng on August 12 in
the club. be about 500 to 6
In the executive session, it was ! stockmen and dair
decided to inform Toastmaster j Hopkins, Delta, Lan
International that the charter and Titus counties, l
night program, with ladies in-
vited, will be held on September
7 at the Delta Country Club.
Dignitaries from throughout
Northeast Texas in Toastmaster
will be present for the charter
presentation program on that
date.
T. C. Wilhi , field
tive for Delta count
An urgent plea h
sued to all members
to attend the 25th A
ing at the First
Church next Wednes
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Slough at-
tended the m ar r i a g e of their
granddaughter. Miss Sandra
Myrle Hicks, to Leo Gary Chrane
in Abilene last weekend.
Mr*. J. P. Mayes and Johnny
Dow of Lake Creek spent last
week in Dallas with Mr. and
Mr*. Ned Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
Houston Craig.
Delta People
Asked To Buy
SCD Stamps
On August 26, a commemora-
tive Soil Conservation stamp will
be issued by the post office de-
partment, according to F. F.
Hurt, Delta chairman.
The stamp is to be issued at
Rapid City, S. D., at the annual
meeting of the Soil Conserva-
tion Society of America and will
be on sale at the local post of-
fices on the following day.
The stamp will be in three
colors, in a 4-eent denomination,
will depict a modern conserva-
tion farm.
The Delta Soil Conservation
Board has urged all citizens of
this county to purchase these
stamps in observing the pro-
gress made by SCD over the na-
tion. Members of the board are
Hurt, W. O. Wallace, Oarlton
Grant, Dale Stockton and Gro-
ver Pickering.
Technical assistance is furn-
ished by the Soil Conservation
Service with J. R. Rouse in
charge. Other SCS men in the
Delta district include H. C. Mc-
Daniel and J. P. Roling.
ATTENDS FUNERAL
Those attending the funeral
Services of Mrs. Margaret A.
Gray Saturday, August 1, from
out of town were Mrs. R. L.
Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Max West,
Bordon Gray, Snyder; Mr. and
Mrs. Blaine Anderson, Dallas;
Billy Gray, Plainview; Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Aikin, Austin; Mrs.
J. D. Inzer, Weldon Davis, Mis*
Dorothy Daugherty, Roy Gil-
more, W. P. Morris, Mrs. Clark
Estes, Sr., Miss Mattie Justice
and Mrs. T. P. Berry, all of Par-
is.
Mr. ail Mr*. O. W. Day aad
Teresa visited in Commerce Sun-
day.
William H.
Services T
William Henry A
long time resident
county passed away
Tuesday afternoon in
morial Hospital af
months illness. Fune.
wil] be held this m
gust 6, at 10 o’clock i
Baptist Church, Re/.
Jenkins, pastor, and
Robnett officiating,
will be made in
Cemetery under the
McDonald Funeral H
ews will be pallbeare
Born in Georgia No
1878, he was the son
Mr. and Mrs. Jim All
Surviving are his
Cora Mayfield Alley;
John Alley, Deport;
Alley, South Carolina;
ghter, Mrs. J. G. ee
City; five grandchil
sister, Mrs. Iona Rob
bock; one brother, J.
Greenville.
Taylor A. Waller
In Armor Traini
Army Pvt. Taylor
19, son of Mrs. Mary
Franklin, is schedul
plete eight weeks of
individual Armor tri
gust 22 under the
Forces Act program at
Ky
Waller is receiving
ir» driving the Army*
tank and is becoming
in firing the .30 and
machine guns and til
imeter tank gun.
He is a 1938 gradua
er High School Before
active duty, he was a
Mr. aad Mn
Jr. ana Kay oi
Ethe] Mills, Wichita
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