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COOPER, TEXAS
Volume 88 No. 13
Published At Cooper, Texas, Thursday, March 31, 1966
EIGHT PAGES
ADLIBS
School Elections
Are Important |
Circle next Saturday, April 2 on your calendar. This
advise is for those who might possibly forget that it is
election day in Delta County, when tax paying citizens
will elect members of their local school boards.
School Boards in Delta County and throughout the
State have a tremendous task to perform during the next few
vcars. It will be a period when many changes will have to
be made in the public school system to meet enforced
Federal provisions and regulations. Decisions will be made
bv school boards that will be very unpopular with some, but
at the same time most important to the future of public
education.
This is only one of many important reasons why pub-
lic interest in the school trustee election should be high.
Delta County should have a heavy turnout at the polls
Saturday, and elect the most capable, clear minded, un-
biased candidates on the ballots.
The future of our Youth might easily rest in the hands
of those trustees we elect Saturday. The choice should not
be made by a small minority of the qualified voters as has
been the case in school elections of past years.
The least a qualified voter can do is go to the polls
Saturday, April 2, and vote for the best qualified person
on the ballot.
The Cooper Review is not endorsing individual can-
didates in this election, but would like to recommend to
the voters the following guidelines in selecting a school
trustee:
0 The ideal school board member should be an open-
minded, fair, and intelligent citizen with a deep under-
standing of education’s importance.
g He should have an unselfish interest in the welfare < f
the child, the schools and the community.
$ He should possess the will to represent the school
district as a whole rather than a political clique, a geo-
graphical section or a political cause or party.
• He should have the courage to explain and backup
rulings which are proper but perhaps unpopular.
• Ho should understand the need and have the desire to
work with other board members — even when he is on the
minority side of a question.
• He should be willing to give up liberal amounts of
his own time.
0 He should be able to withhold judgment on critical
issues until all the facts are known.
• He should have the ability to recognize his own errors
and change his mind without considering it a loss of per-
sonal stature or as a sign of weakness.
• He should understand the vital relationship between
high caliber education and high caliber teachers and ad-
ministrators.
Here is the ballot line-up in each of the two Indepen-
dent Schools Districts in Delta County:
COOPER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT - Four
candidates seeking two seats. They are, as their names will
appear on the ballot, Finnell Johnson, Troy Stockton, Paul
Miller, Robert Henson. Voting places will be at Cooper
High School building in Cooper, and at community centers
in Enloe, East Delta, West Delta and Ben Franklin.
FANNINDEL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT -
Five candidates seeking two seats. They are, as their names
will appear on the ballot: Place 1 - Thomas Reel, Billy
Tom Williams; Place 2 - Sam Merrill, Wade Moody, Mal-
colm Woodard. Voting places will be at the City Hall in
Pecan Gap, and City Hall in Ladoina.
Hunt's Store Latest
Victim Of Burglar
The Sheriff's Department has
been busy the past few days
investigation numerous robberies
which have occured in Cooper
the past five months. The latest
burglary which happened some-
time Saturday night was Hunt’s
store on the south side of the
square in Cooper.
The Saturday night robbery
was discovered by Thurmond
Hunt, owner of the store, about
2:30 Sunday afternoon when he
went to his store to get some
papers.
Entry into the store was gained
through a skylight in the roof
and exit was believed to have
been through the same skylight.
Approximately $130 in money
and merchandise was reported
taken in the robbery.
Sheriff Bledsoe reported Wed-
nesday morning that felony com-
plaints have been filed against
a 17-year-old Negro youth for
burglaries on five different busi-
ness houses in Cooper. The sus-
pect is reported to have given
voluntary statements to officers
in which he stated he did all of
Joe Swint Resigns
Lcca! Ministry
Joe D. Swint, minister at the
church of Christ in Cooper since
August 1, 1902, announced his
resignation to the local' congre-
gation Sunday morning. His
resignation is effective on June 1.
Mr. Swint plans to accept the
position of minister of the For-
rest Lane Church of Christ in
Dallas on that date.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Swint and
children, Sharron, Bryan and
Gregg, will move to Dallas fol-
lowing the close of the current
school term.
Student Council
Officers Study
Three officers of the Cooper
High School Student Council
attended an officers training
workshop which was held at
Hurst Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday of last week, including
Glenn Hevron, Judy Smead and
Lou Ann Horchem. The train
ing was in preparation for their
work next season.
High School Principal B. L.
Hill accompained the students to
Hurst, and remained for the
training session.
Federal Workshop Clinics
Scheduled For N. E. T. Area
Arrangements have been com-
pleted to conduct two Federal
"Workshops - Clinics” in the
Northeast Texas area according
to a March 26 news release from
the office of Congressman
Wright Patman in Washington.
The first will be held at the
National Guard Armory at Car-
thage in Panola County on April
beginning at 9 a.m. Object of
he meeting is to work out pro-
ems and to consider new ap-
P ‘cations and projects that could
‘ helpful to this part of Texas.
. All agencies involved in var-
10Us Federal projects in the 17
counties of the First Congression-
j1 District will have represen-
ts in attendance.
Agencies represented will in-
c ude the Departments of Agri-
^e* Commerce, Defense,
ealth, Education and Welfare,
Bnri S'nR and Urban Development,
Interior, also the Federal
v>ation Agency, General Ser-
ces Administration, National
^onautics and Space Arminis-
‘on. Office of Economic Op-
jrcrtunity, and the Small Busi-
Ss Administration.. Typical
ograms include loans and/or
tern i f°r water and sewer ***'
ter °ans to business firms, wa-
v, res°urces development, the
nurin^u Pro«r«m.’,> airports,
urs ng homes, farm loans, re-
>°n facilities, and tourism,
just to name a few. It is anti-
cipated that many projects will
be expediated, and it is hoped
that some can be worked out
and approved on the spot, also
new projects can b'e discussed
and actually initiated, stated
Mr. Patman.
The April 14 meeting schedul-
ed at Red River Army Depot
in Texarkana will start at 8:30
and will b'e devoted to a pro-
curement clinic” and conference,
in which representatives of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense
Supply Agency, Small Business
Administration, Commerce De-
partment, General Services Ad-
ministration, and the National
Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration will explain busi-
ness and industrial' opportunities
in connection with our defense
efforts. $30 to 50 million in
contracts now open for bids will
be placed on the table for dis-
cussion and for bids by those in-
terested. It is hoped that this
“procurement clinic” will enable
businessmen in the Gulf South-
west to participate to a greater
extent in defense contracts and
sub-contracts. A number of
prime contractors will be pre-
sent to discuss their sub-contract-
ing requirements.
Congressman Patman stated
that businessmen, civic groups,
county and local officials, ser-
vice clubs, industrial foundations,
chambers of commerce, and in
fact anyone and everyone inte-
rested in improving an agricul-
tural or commercial enterprise
or a community project will be
most welcome at both meetings.
Mr. Patman added that he and
members of his staff will be in
attendance all day on both days
to offer as much assistance as
possible.
Churches Plan
For Palm Sunday
Special Worship
Next Sundy, April 3, is known
as Palm Sunday in religious cir-
cles, and most Cooper churches
will have special worship pro-
grams.
Palm Sunday commemorates
the entrance of Christ into Jer-
usalem when multitudes strewed
palm branches in his path. The
day is annually observed the Sun-
day before Easter Sunday.
Most Cooper churches will also
unite for a union Sunrise Easter
Service at 6:30 a m. on Easter
morning. This year will be held
at the First Baptist Church. A
li«t nf participating churches and
a complete program will be pub-
lished in next Thursday's Review.
the burglaries at night by him-
self.
The first burglary to which the
suspect is charged with occured
in October 1965 at Box Auto
Parts and Garage. Since that
time Leslie Lumber Company has
been burglarized twice, Henslee
Hardware, Allied Dattery and
Chandler Grocery, one each.
The young man, who according
to Sheriff Bledsoe, has no prior
felony record, is now in the
Delta County Jail. His case will
be presented to the next Grand
Jury which normally meets on
the second Monday in June.
Little League
Organization
Meeting Set
A meeting of all persons inter-
ested in a Little League program
here this season has been called
by Ray Blevins, president of the
Delta County organization. The
meeting has been set for Monday
night, April 4. at 7:30 o’clock
in the courtroom at Delta Co-
unty Courthouse.
The purpose of the meeting,
stated B evins, is to discuss and
formulate plans for Little Lea-
gue activities. These plans must
be completed before a baseball
program can be initiated. Par-
ents of boys between the ages
of 8 and 12, and all interested
persons are urged to attend the
meeting.
UNDER TITLE VI
Desegregation Of Cooper
Schools Adopted By Board
PUBLIC INVITED
Fireside Chat Program Set
At Cooper High School Tonight
Arrangements for a Boy Scout
Fireside Chat to be held in the
auditorium of Cooper High
School have been completed. The
"Fireside Chat” set for Thursday
night, March 31 (tonight), will
begin at 7:30 and has been ar-
ranged to last not over one
hour.
Parents, civic leaders and all
interested persons are invited
to attend the meeting and hear
the story of progress in the Ne
TseO Council, Boy Scouts of
America. The “Fireside Chat”
program was arranged by Quen-
tin Miller and J. T. Toney, Delta
County ’ representatives on the
Council Executive Board.
James Castleman, Bogata lum-
berman and Council vice-presi-
dent, and Charles Layham, Coun
cli Scout Executive, will conduct
the program with emphasis on
merits of the Boy Scout program,
progress of Scouting in the area,
and future plans of the Boy
Student Teachers
Arrive Monday At
Cooper Schools
Three hundred and eight stu-
dents at East Texas State Uni-
versity took their places “on the
other side of the desk” Monday,
March 29, wh'en they went in-
to area schools for stud'ent teach-
ing.
To qualify for a teaching cer-
tificate, each candidate must
spend nine weeks student teach-
ing under the direction of a full-
time teacher, according to Dr.
Jarrell D. Gray, director of stu-
dent teaching.
Six ETSU students will' be stu-
dent teaching in Cooper and in-
clud'e, Linda Hightower, Com-
mercial Department; Linda Jean
Heran, Home Economics; Bobbie
Virginia Humphries, Ellen Leslie
Oats, Glenda Ann Holcomb, Ele-
mentary; and Patrick John
Vacek, Physical Education.
Church of Christ
Gospel Meeting
A Gospel Meeting is in progress
this week at the Cooper Church
of Christ, with Evangelist T. E.
Webb of Refugio preaching each
evening at 7:30 o’clock. The
meeting began last Monday and
will continue through next Sun-
day, April 3.
Joe D. Swint, minister of the
church, is joined by his congre-
gation in inviting th’e public to
attend any or all of the specal
services.
The meeting also feaures con-
gregational singing of hymns,
led by various members of the
church.
Cooper Schools
Easter Holidays
Students of the Cooper In-
dependent School District will
have a full week for Easter holi-
days, states Superintendent
Wade T. Bledsoe. When Classef
are dismissed tomorrow (Friday)
afternoon, students will not have
to return to school until Monday
morning, April 11.
Scout program in America and
in the immediate area. Part of
the one hour program has been
set aside for a question and
answer period.
“Boy Scouts of America has
the finest program that can be
offered our youth, and we want
more parents to become aware
of this fact,” said Quentin Miller
in discussing the program. A
large crowd is expected to at-
tend the Fireside Chat.
7annindel Opens
6 Gaines Baseball
Schedule April 26
Fennindel High School baseball
team will play a six game sche-
dule this season beginning April
26, and will complete with Van
Alstyne, Wolfe City and Whites-
boro.
Schedule of games to be play-
ed by the four teams are as fol-
ows:
April 26 - Van Alstyne vs
Wolfe City at Van Alstyne —
Whitesboro vs Fannindel at
Whitesboro; April 29 - Wolfe
City vs Fannindel at Wolfe City;
Van Alstyne vs Whitesboro at
Van Alstyne; May 3 - Fannindel
vs Van Alstyne at Fannindel;
Whitesboro vs Wolfe City at
Whitesboro; May 6 - Wolfe City
vs Van Alstyne at Wolfe City;
Fannindel vs Whitesboro at Fan-
nindel; May 10 - Fannindel vs
Wolfe City at Fannindel; Whites-
boro vs Van Alstyne at Whites-
boro; May 13 - Van Alstyne vs
Fannindel at Van Alstyne; Wolfe
City vs Whitesboro at Wolfe
City.
Presbyterian
Will Hear Three
Guest Preachers
Three out-of-town Presbyter-
ian preachers wilf be heard in
a Series of PreEaster services
next week at the First Presbyt-
erian Church of Cooper, it is
announced by the pastor, the
Rev. Edgar Hubbard.
Next Sunday at 7:30 p.m. the
Rev. Julian Hendren, pastor ot
the Trinity Presbyterian Church
of Sherman, will deliver the ser-
mon. At 10:50 a.m. the Rev. Hub-
bard will discuss “Voices From
Palm Sunday.”
The Rev. Edward Wadill, pas-
tor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Clarksville, will
preach Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., and
on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. the
Rev. Rob Coffman, pastor of the
Main Street Presbyterian Church
in Honey Grove, will preach.
On Thursday, Maundy Thurs-
day, at 7:30 p.m. the Rev. Hub-
bard will conduct the worship
service in connection with a
Communion service.
The Board of Trustees of Coo-
per Independ'ent School District
in a caled session Monday night,
March 28, considered the revised
statement of policies for school
desegregation plans under Title
VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1934 and authorized school of-
ficials to proceed according to the
revised policies.
The Cooper district, along with
other school districts in the state
were directed early in March by
the Office of Education of the U.
S. Dcparlment of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare, to proceed
along the new guidelines for
4-H Club Meeting
The 4-H Club of Enloe will
meet Saturday night, April 2,
in the First Methodist Church
educational building in Enloe.
Projects will be discussed, also
the forthcoming District 4-H
meeting in Commerce in April',
and the Delta County Junior
Livestock Show. Plans will also
be made for a hay ride and
weiner roast to be held in the
ndk future.
Fannindel Schools WiiUncorporate
Title VI Provisions Next Year
In a recent meeting in La-
donia, tha Fannindel Independent
School District Board of Trustees
approved a plan to operate only
one high school in the district
and two elerrenary schools.
Attendance to the elementary
schools, one at Pecan Gap and
one at Clark School in Ladonia,
will be based on freedom of
choice in compliance with the
R'evised Statement of Policies for
School Desegregation Plans un-
der Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964.
School' Superintendent F. C.
Burnett stated this week that
letters have been mailed to par-
ents of children in elementary
grader, a. king for a reply as to
selection of school they wish
their children to attend in 1966-
67 school year. Parents have a
30-day period, April 1-30, in
which to make their selection
and reply to the school of their
choice.
The high school for all students
in grades 9-12, will be maintain-
ed at the Fannindel School facili-
ties in Ladonia.
Texas Draft Quota For April
Lowest Since August Last Year
State draft boards will b'e call-
ed upon to furnish 979 men for
the armed forces in April, the
lowest monthly quota since Au-
gust 1965, stated Colonel Morns
S. Schwartz, state Selective Ser-
vice director last week.
Monthly calls in the period
from September through March
ranged from a low of 1,068 to a
high of 1,523.
Colonel Schwartz also announc-
ed that 3,005 men would be sent
M. F. Young And Wife
Return To Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Young
have returned to Cooper after
living at Midway, dear Pitts-
burg, Texas, for the past four
years, and are now living at 651
SE First St. They plan to build
a new home on SW Seventh St.
in the near future.
Mr. Young is parts manager
for Young’s Tractor and Equip-
ment.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Young are
natives of Delta County, and he
formerly served as County Tax
Assessor and Collector, and is
widely known as a business man.
lor dr^ft mental-physical exam-
inations in April, a reduction
from 5.515 in March.
He also said state Selective
Service had received p quota for
105 physicians to enter the Army.
Navy, and Air Force in July,
August, and September.
A call for 31 male nurses to
enter the Army and Navy in
April, May, June, and July ar-
rived at the same tim'e as the
quota for physicians.
The state draft director point-
ed out that the number of men
in the state’s 1-A pool was re-
duced from 100.000 at the end
August 1965 to 51,000 at the end
of February 1966.
During the same period, he
said, the number of men classif-
ied as students rose from 85,000
to 104.000. At the end of January,
there were 106,000 men classified
in 2-S as students, the first ma-
teriel reduction in the pool since
October 1964, when the number
was 74,000.
“From October 1964,” Colonel
Schwartz said, “to January 1966,
the student pool rose steadily
from 74,000 to 106,000. Then, this
pool was reduced by 2,000 in
one month.”
school desegregation. An explana-
tion of the guidelines or policies
was given to school officials by
representatives of the U.S. Office
of Education at a recent meeting
in Tyler.
The revised policies generally
require a School Board to furn-
ish a plan which will assure
tsignificant progress in the dese-
gregation of schools where a dual
system exists. The voluntary de-
segregation plan, based in whole
or in part on freedom of choice,
must assure that all student as-
signments are determined by free
choice.
A 30-day ireeuom of choice
period, beginning March 31 and
ending April 30, was designated
by the board to allow each stu-
dent cr hi: parent, or other adult
acting as guardian, to choose the
school to which the student will
attend next year. This choice
is required by every student who
will attend school in Grades 1-g
in Fepterobe: 1966. High School
tudents, Grades' 9-12, will not
nfeed to sign a request as there
will be only one high school in
the Cooper District next year.
This action "-as approved by the
School Board in a meeting on
March 2.
School officials, in the near
future, will send a letter of ex*
anation of the revised policies,
along with an enrollment form,
to parents of each pupil in
Grades 1-8. The parents may re-
turn t'-.'e completed choice form
to any school, or mail it to the
superintendent’s office at any
time during the 39;day registra-
tion period.
The school officials stated that
no assignment to any school can
be mad'e unless a choice is made
first. Once a choice has been
submitted, it can not be changed
even though the choice period
has not ended. All school con-
nected services, faciliti'es, athel-
tics, and programs are open to alR
on a desegregated basis. Trans-
portation furnished by the school
system will be operated on a
desegregated basis. Faculties will
also be desegregated and no re-
gard to race, co’or. or national
origin will be considered in the
employment or staff assignment
of any member of the faculty.
Cooper schools operated a free-
dom of choice plan for the 1965-
66 school year. Twenty-one
Negro students, representing ap-
proximately ten percent of the
1964-65 Negro school enrollment,
chose to attend the formerly all
white school. There were no
white students who chose to at-
tend the formerly all Negro
school.
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KINGS AND QUEENS OF ClfoWN CHOIRS
Six members of three choirs
from the Youth Department at
First Baptist Church in Cooper
were crowned King or Queen
of their respective choirs in
ceremonies following revive!
services at the church.
These children - Ricky Ble-
vins and Karen Stotts, at left
in the above photo, king and
quteen of the Primary Choir;
Steve Rainey and Shirley
Early, at center, from the Jun-
ior Chou. Duviu Johnson arid
Jeni Harrison, at right, from
the Beginners Choir - were
crowned on the basis of re-
ceiving the most stars in their
crowns. Stars were given for
being present, bringing visit-
ors to the services, having
their parents in the services,
bringing absentees back to
their Crown Choir.
Approximately fifty child-
ren sang in the combined
choirs each evening last week
during the revival services.
Atiuiio WQii ili| with the
Crown Choirs included. Jun-
iors - Mrs. Roscoe Blackwell,
Mrs. Larry Conley, Mrs Floyd
Little, Mrs. Eutah Chandler
Mrs. Stanley Shaffer, Mrs.
Jimmie Cantrell. Primaries:
Mrs. Art Davis, Miss Barbara
Rainey, Miss Judy Smead,
Mrs. Ray Blevins, Miss Sadie
Emerson, Mrs. Sam Braswell,
Mrs. Joe Burchell. Beginners:
Miss Linda Bridges, Mrs. Ben-
ny Davis, Mrs. Delbert John-
son, Mis. JcMii Ham am! Mi—
Patricia Dennis.
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