Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1937 Page: 1 of 8
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SHOP EARLY
19 More Shopping
Days Until Christmas
Serving Delta County For
oopef
The Past Fifty-Eight Years
Smith Funeral Home
Phone 109
Lady Attendant
Ambulance Service
HART BROS., Publishers
FUNERAL FOR
*C.W. REGAN
ON THURSDAY
Resident of Lake Creek Dies
Wednesday After Year’s
Illness.
COOPER. DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY DECEMBER 3, 1937
Final rites for Charley Wilson
Ragan. 49, of Lake Creek route
one were held Thursday afternoon
at the Methodist Protestant
Church at Lake Creek with the
(pastor, the Rev. V. H. Arnold, of-
ficiating'. Smith Funeral Home
was In charge of the burial which
(took place at Oak Lawn cemetery.
Mr. Regan died at his home two
miles east of Lake Creek at 11:15
o'clock Wednesday night following
a year’s illness.
Pallbearers were Alvin Young,
Louis Regan, LeRoy Irby, Mar-
shall Regan, Ogden Harwood and
J. R. Williams.
A native of Mississippi, Mr. Reg-
an came to this county 30 years
ago. He was a member of the
Methodist Protestant church.
Surviving are two brother.'',
Curtis Regan, and Rush Regal,
(both of Lake Creek, four sisters,
(Mrs. Donna Jackson and Mrs. Bob-
(bie Gamer, both of Abilene, Mrs.
Lucy Birmingham and Mrs. Ora
Young, both of Lake Creek.
Cooper All-Stars
Begin Workouts For
Basketball Season
With plans made for theirniost
active campaign in recent years,
the Cooper all-star basketball club]
Burglars Enter
Reid's! Grocery At
Pecan Gap Tuesday
Between $85 and 90 in silver
was the loot secured by thieves
w'ho made a successful burglary of
can Gap Tuesday night.
10 and 11 o'clock the
forced their way through
som and unlocked the
Between
bux'glars
a tran-
securely
barred back door before searching
the store and finding the two
sacks of coins which had been.
has started practice for what they the A,ndrew Reid Grocery at Pe-
hope will be the best schedule ever
played here. College, junior college
and Dalla^ independent clubs are
being contacted for games while a
series Is certain to be played with
the Carnation Milk Co. team of
Sulphur Springs, old rivals of
Cooper.
The all-stars, still nameless be-
cause a sponsor has not been de-
cided on, will play a practice con-
test next Wednesday night, Dec-
ember 3, as a curtain raiser for
the Emory-Klondike game. Th
contest will begin at the C. H.
gym at 7 o’clock.
Working out for the club this
year are Ernest Hardy, Woodrow
Keahey, Wade Bledsoe, Manton
Pound, Raymond Hagood, Wilbur
Hart, J. T. Bowen, Bill Kent, Hun-
ter Bowen and L. B. Wright.
COUNTY FARM 1
COMMITTEES
TO BE NAMED:
Two Changes Made
In Personnel Of
Po&toffice Group
Elections' of (J o m m u n i
Groups Will Be Held
Tuesday Afternoon.
t Ji
Local Post Office
Is Assured of Best
Business Since '29
hidden. One sack contained nickels Conservation program in this:
A resignation and a trade of
jol s has made two changes in the
pi rsonnel of the local post office
l oth becoming effective on Dec. 1.
Lon White, who has been serving
as substitute village carrier during
:lie illness of Howard Barrett, has the best since 1929. This fact was
• signed and while no appointment assured when the November gross
Community committeemen who j haa been made, his place will be business amounted to $879.97 to
will have charge of the admini - j died by Travis Carrington. Mr. bring the total for the year to
tration of the 1938 Agricultural] Hanett hopes to resume his duties $9,173.21 only $600 less than the
Whether the new post office
building or improved business con-
ditions or both are responsible for
the increase, post office employees
are undecided but they are certain
that this year's business will be
VOLUME 58, NO. 4^
TEACHERS TO
HAVE MEETING
ON SATURDAY
Important Business Slated At
Second Required Meeting
Of Year.
Boy, 16, Is Facing
Reformatory Term
For Cotton Theft
and dimes, the ether quarters and
half dollars to the amount of near-
ly $100.
Sheriff John McKee, Deputy Sam
Martin and County Attorney W.
H. Crunk investigated the crime
S.! and arrested two negro men on
suspicion. One (was released Wed-
nesday but the other, an ex-con-!
vlct, is being held in the county jail.
Meeting Of Farm
Debt Adjustment
Committee Slated
Cooper Homes: Sell
At Paris Auction
Three Cooper homes were bid in
at a property auction sale held
X ursday at Paris. The nou3e,
99Kn as the LeFan place, sold to
D. Todd. A home on Terrell avenue
formerly known as the Kennemer
place was bought by D. D, Dunn.
The former Jim Early home on
West 3rd street was bid in by the
sales company.
There will be a meeting of the
Farm Debt Adjustment Commit-
tee, Tuesday, December 7. at 9 a.
--- m. Anyone wishing to come before
A 16 year old boy who has faced (this committee may see them at
juvenile delinquency charges be-1 the Farm Security Administration
fore is awaiting a .possible term in office or contact them personally,
the state reformatory at Gates- The committee is composed of the
ville as the result of a cotton theft; following: H. D. Stephenson, D. f.
he is alleged to have committed. Miller and A. C. Voyles.
County Attorney W. H. Crunk said
the boy was charged with the theft
of 85 pounds of cotton valued at
$2.12 from Lafe Williams Tuesday
night. Constable Jim R. Watkins
recovered the cotton Wednesday.1 Don t niiss “It Happened In
finding it hidden in a bam owned | Hollj1*’ood'’ by the Junior clasa of
by .the father of the boy. The boyjCooper Hifrh SchOQl at the auditor,
is subject to sentence in the re- ium Friday' December 10. at 7:30
formatory until he is 21 years old °’clock' Admission 10 and 15 cents.
Junior Class Play
Set For Dec. 10
county next year Will be elected
at five community meetings to be
held at Cooper, Vasco, Klondike,
Giles and Enloe nex* Tuesday af-
ternoon at 2 o’clock. Three com
mitteemen and two alternates will
be selected at each of the com-
munities.
Present community chairmen
who will have charge of the meet-
ing are G. T. Anderson, at Vasc.j,
W. S. Slough, at Cooper, Oscar Tid-
well, at Klondike, D. T. Miller, at
Giles, and E. D. Stockton, at En-
loe.
All producers who farmed the
past season or who plan to farm
in 1938 are eligible to attend the
meetings and take pant in the vote.
Delta Co. Sewing
Room Getsi Approval
For 1938 Allotment
on January 1.
Connie Anderson,
months the carrier on route three,
h';s been transferred to Paris
where he will be assigned to a city
delivery route. His place here will
he filled iby Benton J. Dalton, Paris
city carrier, who has been in the
postal service for 15 years.
business of the entire 12 months
for several! of last year. December sales are
Klondike ’Jackets
Card Two Contests
The Klondike Yellowjackets,
seeking to repeat In their chase
for the county basketball champ-
ionship, are playing a tough pre-
conferenoe schedule and have two
games scheduled for the next five
days. The Yellowjackets. coached
by Manton Found, meet Pecan
Cap on the Klondike court Friday
afternoon and take on the strong
still to be added to this year’s total
and with the annual Christmas
mailing rush which makes Decem-
ber the best month of the year
from a business standpoint the
total business Is expected to go
well above the $10,000 mark.
During November the money
order bus'ness amounted to $9,-
367.39 while the total of postal
savings deposits was $81,180. Gov-
ernment savings bonds continued
in a slump with only two small
sales being made.
Supervisors Of WPA
Sewing Rooms Given
Instructions Here
The supervisors of all WPA< sew-
ing rooms in area No. 5, including
Emory High School five in the C.|Delta, Hopkins and Lamar Coun-
ties, met with Mrs. W. T. Stewart
Liberty Grove Man
Held In Co. Jail
On Inctest Charges
MARRIAGE OF FORMER
COOPER GIRL ANNOUNCED
A middle aged Liberty Grove
(fanner was placed in the county
jail Tuesday afternoon on incest
charges involving his 17 year old
daughter after the girl and her
mother complained to County At-
Mrs. Lud Moss has received an
announcement of the marriage of
her niece, Miss Mildred Morris of
Dallas to Clyde Stq.vart. also of
Dallas. The ceremony took place
at the East Dallas Christian
church, the pastor, the Rev. L. N,
D. Wells, officiating. Following
the ceremony the couple left for
San A,ntonio to visit Mrs. Stew-
art’s mother. Mrs. Stewart has
tomey W. H. Crunk and Sheriff been employed for a number of
John McKee earlier in the after-
noon. A statement to the officers
was made by the girl. Formal
charges had not been filed Thurs-
day but will likely be perferred on
Friday.
years with the Dallas Paper Co.
and Mr. Stewart is with the Frig-
idaire Company. The bride was
bom and reared In Cooper and is
a daughter of Mrs. L. C. Shelton
of Greenville.
Shower Given For
Mrtsf. A. C. Ahlburg
Mieses Frances and Mabel Mil-
ler entertained Monday evening F. church held its regular
M. P. Church Ladies
Auxiliary Meets
with a miscellaneous shower in
honor of Mrs. A. C. Ahlburg, the
former Miss Pauline Luckey, who
[ was married to Mr. Ahlburg in
Dallas on November 22. The living
room was decorated In van-color-
ed chrysanthemums.
Various games were played dur-
ing the evening, ending in a treas-
ure hunt, which led the bride to a
chest of beautiful gifts from her
many friends. The hostesses assist-
ed Iby their mother, Mrs. M. B.
.jner, served a refreshment plate
/Awh guests.
The bride for several years ha*
(made her home with her brother-
| in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Wylie France. Mr. Ahlburg is a
highway engineer and makes his
home in Dallas where the
will live.
_ i H. iS. gym Wednesday night. As a
approval of the. cuttain raiser f°r the Emory game,
room project for the Co°per all-stars will play their
I first practice contest of the season.
In two games played Tuesday
afternoon Klondike humbled the
strong Midway quintet of Lamar
County by 27 to 23 while the Klon-
dike B team defeated Pecan Grove
by 31 to 8.
Presidential
WPA sewing
1938 in Delta County has been
given, according to Judge John r.
Taylor. Mr. Taylor received a
letter to that effect this week
ENLOE METHODIST CHURCH I
TO HAVE BANQUET DEC. 3
from United States Senator Mor-
ris Sheppard. A total of $6,894
has been alloted for maintenance
of the project for the coming 12
months.
The sewing room will be main-
tained on the same basis as dur-
ing the past year with 28 women
employed including Mrs. W.
Lake Creek Harmony
Club Plans Meeting
The Methodist church of Enloe j at«,vart, supervisor. Judge Taylor
will have a banquet Friday night,
December 3. A prominent speaker
has been engaged for the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Young
have bought the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. John Campbell on East
Seventh street. Mr. Young is hav-
ing a new bam built and making
other repairs. Mr. and Mrs. Camp-
bell will move to. their residence
at Posey in Hopkins County.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the M.
bi-
monthly meeting Monday with the
president Mrs. Ode Thomas, pre-
siding.
Mrs. John L. Land led the de-
votional with Mrs. John Stratton I
leading in prayer. Mrs. Howard
Russel! led in the lesson discussion,
taken from the missionary record.
Eight members answered roll
call (with one new member. The
next meeting will he held Decem-
ber 13th.
Worth Allard, who has been In
the U. S. navy, stationed at San
Pedro, Calif., left Tuesday for the
navy yards in Bremerton, Wash-
ington, after being at home on fur-
lough visiting his parents and oth-
er relatives for nearly 30 days.
Mrs. Earl Waller of Pecan Gap,
visited her mother, Mrs. Willie
Hudgins, Wedncrday.
I 'Hie Lake Creek Harmony club
i will meet December 7 at the home
• of Mrs. L. B. Taylor and with Mrs
said enough funds are on hand now, , , , ,
. .. 1 W. H. Donaldson as hostess,
to operate the room until Feb 15, i ™ . ... . .. .. ..
ig38 The club will honor the birth-
! days of Miss Bena White and Mrs.
„ I Essie Beckham. Each member is
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Beeler of I . , . . ,
. (equested to be present to make
route three, have completed a new , ., , _. ,
K plans for the annual Christmas
six room residence with modern' „ . . , , . ,. . . . !
_ tree and six oclock dinner which:
conveniences. The old house,..__. ... . . , ... l
, , the members will entertain their
was razed and a greater part, of ] hll9bands
the lumber was salvaged for th-
Monday afternoon and were given
special instructions on the new
year’s work by Mrs. Evelyn Nash
McKinney, district supervisor of
womens iwork of Dallas.
Graveyard Working
At Shiloh Tuesday
There will be graveyard work-
ing at Shiloh next Tuesday, Dec-
ember 7. Come and bring tools to
work with. Bring well filled bask-
ets and stay all day. A business
session will be held at 2 o'clock. —
Committee.
Teachers of Delta County will
meet at the Copper High School
auditorium Saturday morning at
9 o’clock for the second required
meeting of the year when an Im-
portant business session will be
held.
The general assembly will begin
at 9 o’clock with a song followed
by a short talk by the Rev. J. C.
McClain. The roll call of teachers
will ibe made and R, L. Stephenson
will present an account of the Tex-
as State Teachers Convention
which was held at Houston last
week.
Three sectional meetings of
teachers will be held. Mrs. Mattie
Dancer, rural school supervisor of
Lamar County, will have charge
of the primary and intermediate
teachers, R. n. Sandin, deputy
state superintendent, will be in
charge of high school teachers and
County Superintendent Alvin O.
Welch will conduct the session of
principals and superintendents.
Afi important business session is
bo follow the sectional meetings in
which reports are to (be heard from
the committee in charge of the 7tJx
grade county wide examinations
and graduation exercises, the Ir
teracholastic League committee
and from (the Christmas program
committee. A meeting of coaches
with Wade Bledsoe, League direc-
tor of Class B athletics, in charge
will follow the teachers meeting.
BPW Club Organized
Monday Evening
Lions Club Regular
Meeting on Friday
new structure.
SMITH-ELSER MARRIAGE
TAKES PLACE AT HUGO
The regular luncheon of the
Cooper Lions club will be held
(Friday at Hotel Cooper at 12:15
j o’clock. Lions Page Johnson and
Clyde Brackeen will be in charge
of the program.
Mr. and Mrs. T. iM. Sarising an 1'
family have moved from Pecan; Ja<jk ^ of DeQueen Ark
Gap route one to Cooper route two. j ^ ^ Mae Elger ^ near
Mr. Sansing and two sons were in' .. , .
, . er were united in marriage with
Cooper Wednesday and had his'.. D „ _ . _ f. .
„ . . _ . . . . . I the Rev. C. R. Pole, Baptist mtn-
Review and Courier changed to hlsi, . . . , . •
,. ister, officiating at his home at
new address.
__*__I Hugo, Okla Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
__ . Elser of Ben
Mrs. Clarice Poteet was in Dal-i .
, .. „ .. the couple.
•as the first oi the week buying
Franklin attended
holiday menchai ’ise for the Poteet |
Snoppe.
CAVANAUGH-WRIGHT
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED]
Singing Convention
At Long Taw Sunday
A singing convention will
held at Long Taw Sunday after-
noon at 2:15 o'clock. Everybody is
invited to attend.
STATED MEETING OF
DELTA MASONIC LODGE
Stated meeting Delta Masonic
lodge Monday night, Dec. 6. Mem-
bers are asked to attend. Visitors
welcome.
TOM INGLES, Secretary
Mrs. Wm. Parkhill had her ton-
sils removed Monday at Janes
Clinic and Hospital.
AT THE QRAND
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4
“HELL DIVERS”
W ith Clark Gable, Wallace Beery and a cast of thousands. Great,es
air picture ever produced. Also chapter 4 “RADIO PATROL.”
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT
“THINK FAST MR. MOTO”
With Peter Lorre, the man who sends chills up your spine.
SUNDAY and MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 - 6
“MOUNTAIN MUSIC”
While going through some old! WUh B°b BurnS’ Ma,thil Ilayc and a11 the Arkansas Hill Billies. A Is
, . , ° T musical shorts,
papers last week C. L. Stevens
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 - 8
“WEE WILLIE WINKIE”
With Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen. A(lso news and comedy.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 - 10
THE SHOW OF SHOWS
“THE GOOD EARTH”
With Paul Muni and Louise Rainer. Two of the greatest stars of stage'
and screen in one of the most masterful productions of thl3 or any
year. Ajso comedy.
the marriage in Hugo, Okla., on
November 27 of Willie Wright and
Miss Glenna Faye Cavanaugh jf
i the Cedar Creek community, with|Sh J’'’
| County Judge T. W. Hunter offi- j Mathews, of Sherman. Charles
| eiating. Miss Iva Good accompan-! hooper
ied the couple.
found three saving stamp cards
partly filled with saving stamps.
These cards were issued in 1918,
one each to Mr. Stevens, Mrs.
Stevens and their daughter, Mary,
couple | Each card has space for 16 25c
stamps and were payable in 1923
when filled at face value of $5.00.
While 15 years past due Mr. Stev-
ens will send the cards in for col-
lection.
_ __ __ __ , , , Mrs. Roy Franklin, Mrs. Donnella
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McBride have. .
. _ - . ... ... .. . Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. C. V.
returned from a visit with their
The organization of a Cooper
Business and Professional Women’s
Club was completed and officers
were elected at a meeting held
Monday evening in the district
court room. The organization will
be further perfected at the second
meeting which will be held at Hotel
Cooper Monday evening, December
13, at 7 o'clock when permanent
committees of the group will be
named.
Miss Miriam Coleman, state ex-
ecutive secretary, Mrs. Edith An-
derson, Misses Verlinda Yates and
Lucy Osborne, ail of Paris, were
present at the meeting to explain
^ j the objectives of the organization
I and to assist in the adoption of the
constitution and by-laws.
Officers selected were Miss Gen-
evieve Feagln, president, Mrs. C.
C. SaMers, first vice president,
Miss Bonnie Rattan, second vice
president, Miss Irene Hart, cor-
responding secretary, Mrs. Russell
Tucker, recording secretary, and
Miss Ethel Viles, treasurer.
Charter members of the club
other than officers are Miss Aline
Martin, Misses Jean George and
Faye Pound, both of Lake Creek,
Carter, of Lubbock, Mrs. Mrg viola Cmvejl Misg Hazel
George ^<izer and J^ D. Pun-ell, . Meadlin, Mrs. Troy E. Kern, Mrs.
Holmes. | Lucille Van Scoy, Mrs. Ruby Mid-
Relatives and friends from out
of town who attended the funeral
__ services for J. A. Purcell Monday
Announcement has been made of! afternoon included Mrs. George
Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. John Edens
and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Oliver,
of Bells, Mr, and Mrs. Claude
of Savoy, Mrs. Marvin
I Hollis, Okla., Rev. C. W.
Dr. C. C. Taylor will feel sure of
good luck with his car now. He
and Mrs. Taylor have returned
from a visit in Wichita Falls and
on taking his car to a garage for
greasing, a tiny horseshoe was
found hanging on one of the rods,
an omen of good luck.
son, (Mr. and Mrs. Herman Mc-
Bride and family. While in Hous-
ton (Mr. and Mrs. McBride aittend-
I ed a breakfast given by Judge and
Mrs. Joel H. Berry, former resi-
dents of Cooper, honoring East
Texas teachers, attending the
teachers state convention in Hous-
ton.
AT THE DELTA
FRIDAY and SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 - 4
“THE CALIFORNIAN”
•With Ricordo Cortez. Also chapter 6 “JUNGLE MENACE.’’
* WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 - 9
“THE GREAT O’MALLEY”
’With Pat O’Brien and Sibyl Jason. What a show.
Coming to GRAND Sunday and Monday, December 12-13. ‘ THE
SINGING MARINE’ with Dick Powell and Thursday and Friday. Dec-
ember 16-17 “STELLA DALLAS.”
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Nabors of
Charleston, visited in Cooper Wed-
| nesday. Mrs. Nabors was the for-
mer Miss Golden George before ’-er
marriage on November 14 and held
a position with George's Bakery.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fletcher
and eon, Charles Fletcher, Jr., were
Thanksgiving day guests of Mrs.
Fletcher’s mother, Mrs. Lou Pres-
ley of Dallas.
er, Mrs. John iA. Gelino, Miss Wil-
ma Wilson, Mrs. Richard Poe and
Mrs Howe, Miss Helen Boyd. The list of
charter members will be kept open
until January l for further addi-
Miss Hinton Crawford of Hous-! tions.
Bruton and Mr. and
all of Overton.
ton, arrived home Wednesday and
left in the afternoon for Paris
where she underwent an operation
for appendicitis at St. Joseph In-
firmary. She was accompanied to
Paris by her mother and sister,
Mrs. Crawford and Miss Jean
Crawford. Mrs. Crawford will re-
main with her for several days.
Dr. and Mrs. James Thomas
Darwin and son, J. T. Jr., of De-
catur, spent Thanksgiving with
his mother. Mrs. T. M. Darwin and
aWH*iv.lffr8. Nora Adelle Bashaw.
•Mrs. H. H. Le eman of route two,
was a Cooper visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. Wilson Riggs and children
and Mrs. Lud Moss visited in
Paris Thursday.
REVIEW CHRISTMAS
ISSUE ON DECEMBER 10
1718 Review’s annual Christ-
mas edition will be issued next
week, December 10th, carrying
Christmas stories and sugges-
tions, and offerings of local
merchants for Christmas gifts
Bvary family in the county will
receive one of the papers.
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