The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. [56], No. [1], Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1937 Page: 1 of 4
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1937
CUB WOMEN
Gets Wedding Okeh
FUNERAL SET
BEGIN WORK
OF NEW YEAR
Home Food Supply and Bed-
room Improvement To
Be Studied.
TUESDAY FOR
C.C. RHODES
Cooper Man Dies Early Mon-
day Morning After 3
Months’ Illness.
With Miss Genevive Faegin,
new demonstration agent assum-
ing charge of the work, Delta
County Home Demonstration Club
members are preparing for the
coming yearli work, which will
aim tcwnrl txif\ <ron 1M
The second year of home food
supply with particular emphasis
on the making, baking and scor-
ing of yeast breads will be under-
taken wiile the bedroom improve-
ment demonstration will be com-
pleted.
The Delta County clubs and
thedr officers for the ensuing
year’s activities are:
Gough club: Mrs. J. B. Adair,
president; Mrs. Hester Hooten,
vice president Mrs. Haskell Wynn
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Cornelia
Cregg, council
Mm Emmet Holcomb, bedroom
‘ demonstrator and* Mrs. J. H
Affair and Mrs. Cornelia Cregg,
home food supply demonstrators.
Vasco club: Mrs. Sain Russell,
president; Mrs. Z T. Crumbley,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. E. P.
polk, home food supply demon-
strator.
Cross Rdads club; Mrs. Pate
Jack, president; Mrs. Alton
Wright, vice president; Mrs. A. H.
Jack, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. C.
A. Redding, council representa-
tive; Mrs Pate Jack, bedroom
demonstrator; and Mrs. Alton
Wright, home food supply demon-
fcrutor.
Klondike club: Mrs. J. J. Chumb-
ley, president; Mrs. C. V. Foster,
vice president; Mrs. D. E. Bledsoe,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Wesley
Wallp.ce, council representative;
WASHINGTON . . . Myles Stan-
dish (above), descendant of the
Myles Standish in Longfellow's
i Doein, now U. S. Vice-Consul
'England, is the llrst American
diplomat abroad to receive permis-
sion of the State Department to
wed a woman of foreign citizen
ship.
SHAVERS TAKE
5TH STRAIGHT
OFF WILDCATS
Funeral services for C. C.
Rhodes, 64, will be held at
o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the
! First Methodist Church with the
J Rev. J. D. Barron officiating, as-
, sisted by the Rev. R. E. Street-
Jman. Burial will be iade in Oak
■ Lawn Cemetery.
I Mr. Rhodes died at his home
j in Cooper Monday morning at
6:35 o’clock following a three
I month’s illness. A native of
'Johnson City, Tenn. Mr. Rhodes
' came to Texas when he was HI
: years old and for many years
made his home in the Liberty
Grove community where he was
i married in 1906 to Miss Odella
Cyler, who survives. Mr. Rhodes
was a member of the Methodist
■ Church and of the Phillips Bible
Finds Mother
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NEW OFFICERS
START TERMS
FRI. MORNING
New Deputies Named, Hold-
overs Retain Present
. Assistants.
With oaths taken by all officers l
Friday morning, the affairs of
Delta County were running
smoothly Monday as a number of
new hands were assisting hold-
over officers in holding the reins.
With the exception of R. H
iT™ ®"»* C'"bS, T» M“t * ** he i,
-BW’tifr. Gsat -wOOper | uy seven children, Albei t RilixieS,
Gym Tuesday.
NEW YORK . 7".' Wallace Ford
(above), film actor, was placed in
a foundling home In England when
?. -rare old He arrived In Canada v"c r ”* *->-
7-and first went Wallers, ••’’ preen,at
at 15. Now, after a 21 year search, two, an entirely new Commission-
he has found hi. mother itt Bug j governing the af-
land where he is buying a home i 8 6
for her. fairs df the county. They include
John T. Taylor, county judge,
FINAL RUES
FOR FORMER
CITIZEN HELD
Keeping their record of being
undefeated this season and at the
same time stretching their stripy:
of consecutive victories to five
straight, the Shaver cagers, man-
aged by R. J. Bryan, came from
behind to take a hard fought
battle from Jake Adams' Wildcat
All-Stabs at Sulphur Springs Fri-
day night by 30 to 25.
The Shavers snapped iflto a six
point lead in the opening minute
but the Wildcats began using
rough defensive tactics that got
(and George Rhodes, of Amarillo,
jMiss Una Rhodes and Mrs. Rob-
ert Reece, of Dallas, Baxter
j Rhodes, Miss Marie Rhodes and C.
C. Rhodes, Jr., all of Cooper; a
sister, Mrs. Florence Girvin, of
Detroit, Mich., also survives.
To Reorganize Golf
P. McAlexarider Dies
Siwirleij Henri Attack
In Dallas.
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AM Senior at the University
Miami, i. the new “Queen v
Club#," elected at a convention v
•ororltlea here.
by with the referee and held the the coming season’s play. Accord-
ing to plans a number of tourna-
ments with nearby clubs will be
score down. The defensive plan
was simple for as quickly as a
Shaver got possession of the ball j matched through the. summer
he was either blocked or tackled
Mrs. I.
J. Irwin, bedroom demon-' 0r else shoved into the brick walls
atrator; Mrs. Chas. Travillion and
Mr#. W. A. Wallace, home food
supply demonstrators.
Cooper Rural club; Mrs. Robert
Singleton, president; Mrs —
Anthony, vice president; Mrs. A. j
Shelton, secretary-treasurer; Mrs.
Hub Jeter, council representative
and bedroom demonstrator; Mrs.
Emmet Foster, home food supply
demonstrator.
Rattan club: Mrs. Russell
Hamm, (president; Mrs. 1%elhia
Gough, vice president; Thelma
Neal, secretary-treasmei. Miss
at either end of the court.
Ernest Hardy with nine points
was the high point scorer and he
(was closely followed by Wright
E. C.! who stacked up eight.
The two teams will meet in a
return grudge battle Tuesday
night in the Cooper High School
John Pennington M cAjexander,
35, died suddenly Friday aftenoon
at hi* residence in Dallas. Funeral
services were held Sunday at
12:30 o’clock at the Forney Ave-
nue Baptist church with the Rev.
, ivw. H. H. Davis, pastor, officiating,
CUlb TilMigK*. assisted by th$ Rev. L. F. Ei^rin.
The body was brought overland
to Cooper where the final rites
were said at the graveside in
charge of the Masonic Lodge.
Mr. McAlexander, a former re-
sident of Cooper, is survived by
his wife, two sons, J. P. Jr., and
Danny Baird, three brothers, G. G.
McAlexander, of McKinney, A. M.
McAlexander and J. L. McAlex-
ander, both of Dallas, and five
sisters, Mrs. R. L. McCletchey,
Mrs. Wilbur Keizer and Mrs. Mil-
dred Mobley, of Holly Springs,
Miss., Mrs. Clyde Clark, of Dur-
ant, Okla., and Mrs. John Hous-
ton, of Cooper.
Mcrnbers of the golf club will
meet Tuesday night in the office
of County Judge John Taylor for
the purpose of reorganizing for
Gives Dinner-Dance
On New Year’s Eve
A,n entertaining social affair of
the holiday season was the New
Year’s eve dinner-dance given
Monday evening by Miss Avon
Janes at the Janes Cafe on Dal-
gymnasium at 7:30 o’clock. Bothjlns Avenue. A red and green color
clubs are looked to battle hard theme was carried out in the
for a win, the Shavers to stretch | table decorations. A three course
their winning streak to s i x j turkey dinner was served to IS
straight and the Wildcats to | guests.
Hiram Clark, commissioner of
precinct one, Eugene Routt, com-
Ynissioner of precinct three, and
D, E. Wood, commissioner of pre-
clhct four, other new officials 1h-
cluded John McKee, sheriff, Clyde
Brackeen, county clerk and Sam
Morgan, treasurer.
Officers who began serving
their eecond terms are: W. H.
Crunk, county attorney, and
Mayrio® g\ Younsr, tax assessor-
collector.
Two new deputies have been
named but a large part of the
old staff of assistants have been
retained. Miss Mary Foster has
been appointed deputy county
clerk and Sam Martin has been
named deputy sheriff. Miss Ethel
Viles and BiU Morgan will con-
tinue as assistants in the office of
Maurice F- Young. Mr&: R*«*sAl
Tucker and Miss Essie GeU#
Rhodes will continue as secretar-
ies in the offices of the county
superintendent and the county
judge respectively..
Mr
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Weldon Cl
ing the hoi!
FUNHtALFOR
MBS WREW
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Resident dt Count^fialf 1
Cemkafy Die*>A«iwL the foj
Shtfrt Bines*.
fered
Miss Florence Moore, 70, tittered,
at her home Sunday at butte I
o’clock following a stroke
alysls which occurred on
mas eve day. Funeral rites._______
conducted Monday a 2 o’clockes____
the Rev. Herbert Dudley of|,______
ing. Interment was in Oak j______
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effee
aam
Albert Williams To
Speak Over Radio
Tues. Afternoon
Survivors include four brd ^
Luther, Less and Pearl Mo^
Campbell, and H. Moore, <
arkana, also a large num
nieces and nephews. Miss.-,
had been a member of tb,
Funeral For Hinsley
Infant Held Thursday
avenge the Friday loss that snap- ' Places were laid for Miss Elaine
council representa-
Nettte ^
live.
Delta Line club: Mrs. Earl Reg-
an, president; Mrs. D.,W. McCur-
dy, secretary-treasurer; Maurine
Gilbert, council representative;
Mrs. N. C- Gilbert, bedroom rep-
resentative; Mrs. M. J. Neal home
food stipply demonstrator.
Enloe club: Mrs. T A. Mosely,
president; Mrs. Grafton Moore,
vice president; Mrs. Carl Cregg,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. C. E.
Cregg, council representative;
Bernice Douglas, bedrorm demon-
strator.
Lake Creek club: Mrs. O. N.
Williams, president; Mrs J. D.
Shu Its, vice president.; Mrs. Lowell
Mitchell, secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
Roy McClaii), council represent.a-
tative; Mrs. J. D. Shulls, bedroom
demonstrator; Mrs. Glee Taylor,
home food supplv demonstrator.
Milam club: Mrs. E. J. Box,
ped short their string of victories; Miller, E. L. Pharr, Miss Mery
at five straight. I Stevens, Leslie Smith, Miss Mal-
___| veme Baker, Man ton Miller, Miss
Margaret Woodruff, Weldon Cum-
'ming, Miss Lillian McKinney,
James Fulton, Miss Mary Louise
Smith, Sam Bartley, Miss Mildred
Change Residences
Since First of Year
The transition of the old intojLowry wombs Stell, of Sulphur
' the new year brought with it the j Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Lundy
usual number of changes of resi- ^ Hooten, Jr., and Dr. and Mrs. Olen
dences. *Q. Janes.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Clower have! . ----
Funeral services for Bonnie Lou
Hinsley, 7 months old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hinsley of the
Hickory Grove community were
conducted Friday at the home ofj
her parents, with the Rev. R. E..
Streebman in charge. Smith Fun-
eral Home was in charge of the
arrangements. The girl is survived j
by her parents and a sister. Burial1
Albert C. Williams, president of.
the Federal Land Bank and gen-
eral agent of the Farm Credit As-
sociation with headquarters in
Houston, will be heard in a special
broadcast Tuesday at 8 p. m. over
station WFAA and the Quality
Network. The broadcast will ori-
ginate at Houston.
Mr. Williams was reared in
Cooper, where he has many
friends. He visited his mother,
Mrs. Jennie Williams in Cooper
during the holidays.
Christian church at Cooper--
years.
She was born in Collirj _
November 18, 1866* but j)'
a resident of Delta Coan___
years. Mr. and Mrs.’Luth.
Pearl Moore and Mr. ant
P. Stanley, of Campb#*-
here for the funeral Mond^----
Red River Co. Man ^
Wins Marshal’s Post
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run betwwis.
way of Will
was first
definite acton
According t»1
Dividend Is Paid By
Delta National Bank
WJ ____,r____________________ Checks for the semi-annual
was made in the Hickory Grove | dividend of five per cent have been
rri' - - ■ --- th®
cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Yeager j few days. The cheeks
i mailed to stockholders by the
! Delta National Bank .the past
bring the
moved to the residence vacated by
Mr. and Mrs. John McKee, who
have occupied the jail.
Mrs. Buna McCullough and
mother have moved to the resi-
dence formerly occupied by the
Clowers.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Inglis have1
moved to the residence on east
7th street vacated by Mr. amii
Mrs. Grover McClain. Mr. and
Mrs. McClain moved t0 West First J
Street to the home formerly oc-1
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Combs
and daughter Cora Frances and
Miss Helen Boyd were in Paris
Monday night to attend a piano
recital of Mrs. Mae Rodgers Smith
at the Gibralter Hotel.
had as their guests during the
holidays Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Whittington of Paris, Miss Janice
Whittington of Tyler, Mrs. Wilbur
Rhodes and mother Mrs. M. E.
Whittington of Dallas and Mr. and I
Mrs. Guy Yeager and sons of Ty-
j ler.
total dividend paid during the
year to ten per cent as the usual
dividend was declared in June.
Year Ends With Cooper Fire
Loss Lowest In Two Decades
Seniors of 1936
I lave Class Reunion
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4 —
Senators Morris Sheppard and
Tom Connally announced Satur-
day they have recommended Stan-
ford C. Stiles of Detroit, Red
River County, for appointment as j Clarksville, one*'
tlnited States Marshal for the sponsor#, Delta fl*
Eastern District of Texas, sue- j the project and tS
ceeding Ed L. Taylor, serving (farm to market
temporarily by appointment of be taken over by
Judge Randolph Bryant since the! partment as a part
recent death of United States j Mr. Guest toellew
Marshal Ponder of Daingerfield. gatlon should appea *
Stiles is deputy United States j Highway Oommlsstft!
Marshal in charge of the Paris It meets and present?
division of the Eastern District of j ing the advantages
Texas and the Texas Senators | route-
pointed out his appointment comes
in the nature of a promotion.
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The Cooper High- School senior
class of 1936 met in a class re-
union and watch party Thursday
night at Hotel Cooper. Dinner
was served at 7:30 o’clock and
Many Licenses Are
Issued In December
rupied bv Mr. and Mrs. Allen Poe.
Milam Ciup; D/Ll a. rj. .f. ------ r s , , .u
'president; Mrs. Cleo St. Clair, vice Mr. and Mrs. Poe moved to
president; Mm R. R. Toon, secre 1 hv Mr-
tary-treasurer: Mrs W. B. Can-
trell, council representative; Mrs.
Loy Gant, bedroom demonstrator;
Mrs. Cleo St. Clair, home food
supply demonstrator. v
Giles culb: Mrs. Ila Ann Moon,
president; Mrs. T. W. Lowry,
vice president; Mm Gladys Mc~
Whirter, secretary-treasurer; Mrs.
Ha Maroney, oouncil representa-
tive; Mr#. Bernice Sullivan, bed-
Holdlng fire loss, covered by in-
( surance, to an unpr^cendented low
and Mrs.; f|pur(>i the Cooper volunteer fire
records of
As a result
now
home vacated by Mr.
Allen Hazlewood who moved t° | department smashed
the Dr. M. A. Estep residence on | more than 20
years.
West First Street. Mr. and Mrs. | a reduction of the penalty
Morris Minnis have occupied the piacetj on payers of fire insurance
residence formerly occupied by] premiums is expected at the end
' 0f this month when the announce-
Mrs. Walter Chandler, Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Inglis.
•rent of the penalties and credits
for all towns in the state is made
Mrs. Lewis Chandler and Miss by the State Fire Insurance Com-
Ethel Chandler of Elk City., Okla., j misaioners.
tlve- Mr#. amiKie ou,,,,™. --- who was here for the holidays, Getting -through the holidays
’ Jen atrator; Mrs. Joe Gray visited their daughter and sister, usually a dangerous period, with-
and Mr# Luclle Thompson, home Mrs. Blackie Calviil and husband'out a singie loss that was covered
ftood supply demonstrators. in Graham. ; by insurance, the year’s losses
it
will reach a total of only
according to Fire Chief Hubert
Stewart. The losses have been cut
in previous years as follows:
1935 .$3,736; 1934- $7,194; 1933—
$13,736; 1932—$20,779.
Penalties and credits were fig-
ured last year on a four year
average, jump thig yea* to. ^ five
year average. Even retaining the
bad record of 1932, the average
for Copper is reduced. by more
than $2,00...The four' year
age was $11,361 while the
age loss for the past flvo ytj
on which this year’s penalty
be based is approximately $9
Besides providing
road to Dallas and Fo
Mr. Guest points out .1
new territory would be
that at present la witl
way facilities.
Two Cage Coni
Set For T1
Opening the first ro
r-ound robin toumamer
The usual holiday rush for
marriage licenses took' place in
Delta County again last year.
Bennett Jeter, of Lake Creek, wasIMisg Jennie Robey, county clerk,
'toastmaster for the evening. Miss issued licenses to the following:
t n v>®iii emnnaor of the IC. T. Quate and Lena Holland .,unt. ---------—
class 'was present for the occas- ] Bowen; George Allison and Gla d^epn^e the wbmer o!
ion The program was in charge Ainsworth; L. M. Stephens an---31 champion
of Miss Naomi Maynard. Donnie Cooper; Delmer Le^nd.
sing and Eunice Little; Vtyr I
ron and Bonnie May I Ther# wji, ”
rence Lain and Bonnie ” °P~ I tioch vl11
Curtis B. Bruce at hom« / January 7 K
1 r-« Johnson, |Jr, ^
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Seniora who are now attending
colleges and universities as well
ns the class members who stayed
at home all were called on for
talks of their accomplishm**'’-
the past year. Ann**-
planned for
battle TMjj
ier High.
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The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. [56], No. [1], Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1937, newspaper, January 5, 1937; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth983905/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.