Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1977 Page: 3 of 8
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EASING INTO HIST01Y-The hand hewned dwelling, built
E 1861 by early settler Billy Beard, is being razed by present
Vners. the Gillean Family. Kemoval of siding revealed the
Lginal togs and stone fireplace.
■st Log House Being Razed
iThf last of the hand hewned Beard, leader in community
T,„,„, in this area is being affairs around Mt. l«v fjy
' down, thus another early land for the Camp bhed
1^artifact passes into history. Cemetery so named because of
■ Situated on a rolling hill in a ‘shed’' near the homcplace
■ 'ylt. Joy community, the which provided a place of rest
'structure was built in 1867 for travelers going between
g earlv day settler Billy Paris and Greenville.
L .j In later years, the logs During Mr. Beard’s lifetime
r* Covered with weather and that of early day physician,
rdina »nd topped with a Dr. Pennybacker, who dc.gh-
Lj, iron roof. The squared- ter was the author of the
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a place of gathering for
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I Thursday, April 14, 1977 who are now tearing down the
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COMBINED WITH THE DELTA COURIER
Ltered as second class matter at the Post Office in Cooper,
txas, under the Act of Congress, March 1897. Published every
Lrsday by The Citizen Publishing Company. Inc., 70 East Side
liuare, Cooper, Texas 75432. Phone 395-2513.
L Steely ............................................... Co-Publisher
Ln Steely .................................................. Co-Publisher
IConna Mora .......................................... Office Manager
Jiervl Wicks ....................................................... Typist
TEN YEARS AGO
I he Cooper Independent
School ] rustee election drew a
very small number of voters to
the polls. With 120 ballots
cast, Dr. Oscar G. Janes and
Jimmie Cantrell were returned
to their respective seats on the
Board of Trustees. The
eighty-one electors in the city
of Cooper who cast ballots re-
elected Roy G. Cain mayor;
Joe Kitchens and Joe Chan-
cellor, aldermen.
J. B. Adair, president of the
West Delta Water Supply
Corporation, was notified las*
weekend that FmHA had given
preliminary approval of a
S19S.590 loan to the corpora-
tion to drill a water well and
install a distribution system to
serve 160 families in the
southwest area of the county.
A 50x105 foot livestock
showbarn is being erected west
of the rodeo arena in the city
park to provide a covered area
for future livestock shows.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Bennett Jeter, head of the
science department at Cooper
High School, has been selected
for a scholarship . to Baylor
University for a two months
course to start June 1.
Thomas Robinson accepted a
position of salesman at Ray
Banks Furniture in Cooper.
The Cooper High School
students Jim Jeter, Wanda
Rouse, Jerry Bettes, Wilma
Strong, Tommy Wilson, Caro-
lyn Wallace, David Pickering,
Kav Cathey, Edna DePoyster,
E. J. Cates, Hassie Skinner
and William Holmes, present-
ed the Senior Class play this
week.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Some 20 farmers and busi-
nessmen of Delta County heard
John M. Guild, head of the In-
dustrial Research and Develop-
ment Department of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce,
at a luncheon Wednesday at
Hotel Cooper.
Announcement was made
Friday by F. M. Davis, District
Engineer for the Texas High-
way Department, that the
department will construct 26-
plus miles of farm-to-market
roads in Delta County immed-
iately.
Mmes. H. W. Oyler, Alton
Wright, Cal T. Scott, D.O.
Hudson, Monroe Stubblefield,
Nannie Preas, John Porter,
Velma Davis. Buddy Jenkins,
W. O, Wallace, Jewel Beeler
and H. R. Chesnut, attended a
school of instruction and
banquet in Greenville Tuesday.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Woodrow Keahey, East Tex-
as athletic star, has been
named coach at Cooper High
School.
Gaza Janes clipped .4 of a
second off the district 220 yard
dash at the Disti ’Ct Interse’ o-
lastic Meet at Commerce
Friday.
Work has begun on the con-
struction of the eastern part of
the new routing of Highway 24
two and one-haii miles east of
Commerce.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Light service was interrupted
here for nearly a half day as
lightning struck a transformer
near John Woodall’s home in
East Cooper.
Continuing wet weather has
held up crop planting this year
as less than three weeks of
sunshine have been recorded
since the first of the year.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Frank H. Kern, John D.
Karney, Hatton C. Perry, J. O.
Carter, M W. Bridges, C.A.
Fletcher, Grady Knight, J. C.
Davidson and John S. Hender-
son joined the Navy following a
recruiting program here.
Delta County students made
a good showing at the District
Interscholastic meet in Green
silk as Cooper took first place
and Pecan Gap fourth.
SEVEN ! Y YEARS AGO
A second meeting was held
at the courthouse in the
interest of the cotton mill for
Delta County. The meeting was
under the auspices of the
Farmer’s Union.
J. F. Kerbow and John Fitts
left Thursday on a hunting and
fishing trip into Indian Terri-
tory.
Eddie Trapp rode herd on
twenty-five members of the
Cooper high school basketball
and football teams on Wednes-
day (4-6) when they camped
out at Bluff Bank. Afternoon
games resulted in Dale and
Roy Hinsley, Kevin Ham,
Terry Alexander, and Carl
Porter winning the log throw-
ing contest. The runner-up
team (Jerry Melton, Bill
Beierle, Tommy Morris, and
Jim Landers) switched to a
lighter log near the finish line
(thereby defaulting).
On Thursday morning the
fire building contest was won
by Carl Porter, Donald Casey,
and Brent Burns. Completing
the roster of brave campers-out
were Mark Robinson, J. C.
Morris, Denny Hagan, Tim
Lowery, David James, David
Muses, James Roan, Billy
Young. Curtis Blagburn, David
Preas, Tim Johnson, Rick
Pederson, Berk Mitchell, and
Bill Adams.
NETO Meeting
Set Friday
A public meeting will be
held Friday, April 15, at 10
a.m. in the NETO office in the
Delta County Courthouse.
Purpose of the meeting is to
nominate persons to serve on
the NETO Board of Directors.
The election of the nominees
will be held April 58 at the
Civic Center in Cooper. Every-
one is encourage to vote
ears
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machinery running She doesn't
bring up her church work, her
work in music, or other help to
her fellow Delta Countians. You
know by his matter-of-fact tack-
ling of the problem at hand and
her smile that goes way down
deep they you have found
down-to-earth-no-put-on folks.
You want to catch onto them and
hold on tight.
Softball League
To Organize
An organizational meeting
for a Men’s Softball League in
Delta County has been sche-
duled for Thursday night, April
14. at 7 p.m. in the Boy Scout
hui in the city park.
The meeting is open to all
men who wish to play or help
organize the league.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Skinner,
Kenny, Kevin and Susan,
Garland, spent the Easter
holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
Rome McKee. Also visiting the
McKees were Mrs. Faye West-
erman, Lake Creek, Tim Taylor,
Sulphur Springs, B. J. Rainey
and Steve.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Of M"
NOTICE
Cooper Independent School District Tax
Office Will Be Closed April 18-20. Will Be
Open As Usual Thursday morning, April
21 I will be attending CTA School #310 in
Austin, Texas.
Thanks
Eugenia Carrington
Tax Assessor-Collector
Cooper Independent School District
Lamar County Electric Cooperative
SATURDAY, APRIL 15,1977
2:00 P.M.
Paris High Schovi Auditorium
SPEAKER
Sam B. Hall, Jr.
Ul Representative
First Congressional District
A useful door prize will be given to each member registered. Only members wil be eligfcle.
Drawings lor additional prizes will include the Grand Prize - a portable color television set.
All Members and Public Invited
WHAT WILL
YOU NEED
TO KEEP
THE WHEELS
OF PROGRESS
TURNING
IN YOUR
COMMUNITY?
......................
Communities that have
built a strong, healthy
economy know what they
must have to keep the
wheels of progress turning
in the years ahead. Al-
though each community is
different, the basic require-
ments will be the same:
A labor force known
for its productivity. Munici-
pal water supplies that can
outlast a drought. A good
transportation network.
Diversification of industry,
just to be on safer ground.
Cultural and recreational
attractions. Favorable tax
structures. Strong leader-
ship.
And energy to power
assembly lines. Energy to
heat, cool, process foods,
lift, spin, dry, pump, drill,
press, shape, compute or
to use however industry
needs it to create products
that create jobs.
Meet the Changing Times.
The cheap and abun-
dant energy available here
in years past is one reason
this area emerged from the
recent recessions with one
of the strongest economies
you'll find in the nation.
Few others have a business
outlook as optimistic or an
employment level as high.
The days of cheap en-
ergy are gone, of course.
The cost of producing and
distributing energy of al-
most every type has in-
creased dramatically. This,
with the demand that ex-
ists for energy, has forced a
sharp increase in the prices
that you and people every-
where are having to pay
for it.
But the availability of
an abundance of energy to
keep the wheels of prog-
ress turning in this area still
holds true.
You Can Have What You
Need.
Natural gas, for exam-
ple. Lone Star's pipeline
system now extends into
basins that contain 50% of
the remaining onshore gas
reserves in the United
States. And this puts us in
an excellent position to
buy enough new gas re-
serves to last all of our cus-
tomers for many decades.
Securing these reserves
will be essential to the fu-
ture of the communities
served by Lone Star. Be-
cause gas not only meets
your energy requirements
directly, but indirectly as
the primary fuel for gener-
ating most of the electric
power you use.
The new gas will cost
more, and Lone Star will
have to recover the actual
cost of it on a timely basis.
A bargain, even so? Yes.
Because these long-term
supplies will help your
community build job se-
curity through business
growth.
And that's a bargain in
anybody's economy.
Lone Star Gas Company
Working energetically for your area's future.
AY
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