Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1974 Page: 1 of 8
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COOPER, TEXAS
95 - No. 50
Published at Cooper, Texas, Thursday, December 12, 1974
EIGHT PAGES
ncerted Services Now In Area
line in population. as a part of the Cnn™.ua
decline in population
iunl industry, lack of
funds and or interest,
|,s, floods, crop failures,
m the recent past
federal
u sources to designate
Countv a depressed area.
[have
Aged some state
such areas, the federal
foment has offered assis-
n varied forms, sueh as
for the Civic Center,
fost loans to farmers and
establishment of or-
Ln,.ri'.^ sic h as R( XrD,
low-rent housing, wcl-
Iagencies and such. As
as last Wednesday,
siate organization was
food to include Delta
> new program, originating
i River County, is called
Concerted Services in
ling and Education”. The
lam is |'! imanly interested
Beating the people of given
in community develop-
jounty-wide public meeting
been set here for next
Lesdas December 18 at 2
■in the Delta County Civic
part of the Concerted
Services in Training and Educa-
tion district with Clarksville as
the headquarter office.
'And be it further resolved
that the Court pledges its full
and total cooperation in further-
ing its future success."
Varlcy met with the Commis-
sioners' Court Monday to furth-
er explain the program stating
that actually CSTE "has no
funds.,.we do the leg work to
tap federal and state funds that
are already available. If the
people want something
happen, we can help them.”
Io assist Varley and his
assistants with the program in
Delta County, a steering com-
mittee composed of ten or
twelve local residents will be
appointed along with a five-
member executive group.
It was pointed out at the
meeting in Clarksville last week,
attended by Delta County Judge
Troy E. Kern, that since the
program was begun in Red
River County three years ago,
Review Staff To Take Vacation
Next week the Review will
publish their annual Christmas
edition containing seasonal
greetings from individuals and
business firms.
Business firms and individ-
uals wishing to be included in
this edition should contact the
Review today (Thursday) and
not later than Monday, Decem-
ber lb.
Cooper Review publisher J.
T. Toney and staff will be on
vacation for one week beginning
December 20, therefore there
will be no December 2bth
edition of the Review.
The Review business office
will also be closed during this
period, reopening on December
27.
forty-four community develop-
ment projects have been initiat-
ed, receiving more than $10
million in federal and state aid.
About $3 million of that
amount went to health care
services; another $1.8 allocated
for public housing; educational
facilities have been built or
improved in three Red River
communities; adult education
programs begun in four towns;
water and sewer projects un-
dertaken in Avery and Clarks-
ville: Hadji?** Clarksville ;nnj
police department acquired a
new communications system.
In the three years, the
population of Red River County
has increased, five new indust-
ries have been brought into that
area, and another industry is in
an expansion program.
Prewett told the group meet-
ing in Clarksville, which also
included representatives from
Lamar County now included in
the program, that the ESTE
program is designed for count-
ies where "outward migration is
a problem, but where potential
growth is still evident.”
Lions Club To
Collect Toys For
Needy Children
I he Cooper Lions Club will
again this vear compile a
selection of toys to be distribut-
ed to children of needy families
in the county for Christmas.
Seth Martin, president of the
club, appointed Rev. Richard
Tatum and Bobby Irvin as
(o-chairman of the project. They
will be assisted by Thomas Barr,
Jim Gregory, Goebel Temple-
ton, Rev. Bart Smith, Frank
Miller, Ronnie Wade, Jim Poe
and Martin.
Persons wishing to give toys
for ‘be needy may leave them
under the Christmas tree in the
Delta County Chamber of Com-
merce offices.
The toy committee, with other
members of the Lions Club, will
work December 17 at the pickup
point packing and labeling
packages and will purchase
extra toys if necessary.
Martin stated that letters will
be sent to parents to pickup
toys, those not picked up will be
delivered before Christmas.
| this meeting Ray Prewett
Texas Department of
bunity Affairs, his assis-
|Ed Johnson, and Mac
of Clarksville, who will
lliiaic ths program, will be
m to introduce the people
leta County to CSTF..
In what the program will
Id how it will work.
foday morning of this
the Delta County Corn-
oners Court adopted a
Ution endorsing the pro-
The Resolution read in
"Be it resolved by the
Counts Commissioners
: in regular session on this
■ December 4. 1974, express
pleasure for being included
Methodists Set
Cantata For
December 15
The Christmas cantata.
‘‘Rejoice O Earth” by Joe E.
Parks will be presented Sunday
evening. December 15, by First
United Methodist Church chan-
cel choir. The program wJl
commence at 6 o’clock.
Mrs. Ben Fowzer will direct
the presentation with Mrs.
Travis Tonev accompanying at
the organ. Soloists will be Miss
Rosanne Hendrix, Mrs. Bart
Smith. Mrs. Seth Martin, and
Ben Fowzer. Rev. Bart Smith
will read the narration.
Everyone is invited to come
and hear this Christmas mes-
sage in song.
AGAINST “KIDNAPPED’’ VICTIM
Theft Charges Dropped
dta Eligible For Disaster Aid
Bta County attained new
ction last week when the
was designated by the
Irnor's office for both
ph and flood disaster assist-
Rvernor Dolph Briscoe's
announced last Wednes-
hat the U.S. Department of
(culture had designated
i' "unty eligible for low-cost
and other federal assis-
• Delta County was the
I county in the state to be
Jded on both the drouth and
lists.
Coke, Concho, Deaf Smith,
Hartley. Jones. Kent and Mit-
chell Counties were declared
eligible for drouth assistance.
Elected President
Dr. Don Smith of Paris, was
elected president of the Red
River Valley Girl Scout Council
at the annual meeting held
December 5 at the First
Christian Church in Paris. Dr.
Smith, a Cooper native, is the
son of Mrs. Raith Smith of
Cooper.
After five hours of testimony
in a habeas corpus proceeding
here Friday afternoon. Eighth
Judicial Judge J. Kearney Brim
dismissed charges, brought by
Delta County, against burglary
suspect Elie Mays Waybourn.
The court’s decision to dis-
miss charges against Waybourn
were at the recommendation of
District Attorney Jack Neal.
Waybourn had been charged
and indicted by the Delta
County Grand Jury on one count
of burglary, one theft over $50,
and an attempted jail break.
Neil’s recommendation was
based on grounds that com-
plaints against Waybourn bore
dates subsequent to the dates
on warrants for the man's
arrest. It was brought out in the
hearing that the warrants for
Waybourn’s arrest were dated
eight days prior to the filing of
charges.
According to testimony given
at the hearing, short form
complaints were prepared as a
basis for the arrest warrants,
however these original forms
could not be found during the
hearing. Later, it was noted,
formal complaints were prepar-
ed and filed, these bearing the
“delayed” date.
Neal, in explaining his rec-
ommendation for dismissal, said
that the incorrect sequence of
complaint-warrant filing made
Waybourn’s confinement in jail
illegal and invalidated a confes-
sion he made to officers during
his dention.
The habeas corpus proceed-
ing was first prompted by
Waybourn and his attorney W.
T. Allison II of Sulphur Springs,
charge that he was returned to
Delta County from Oklahoma
illegally. It was reported that
Waybourn claimed he “was
kidnapped” by H. E. Bledsoe, a
local bondsman, and off-duty
Deputy Sheriff Joe Maynard.
Waybourn at the time of his
return to Delta County, was
being held in Wilburton, Okla.
on charges of receiving and
concealing stolen property and
one of possessing a prohibited
weapon. Wilburton law officials
had on November 15 informed
Delta County Sheriff Benny
fisher that they had appre-
hended Waybourn with about
000 worth of stolen mer-
chandise from Aztec, New
Mexico. It was reportedly on
this date that Waybourn was
brought back to Delta County.
Waybourn was scheduled to
go on trial here on November
18, but his attorney failed to
make an appearance on that
date, according to local officials.
No new trial date has been set
prior to the Friday hearing
which resulted in the dismissal
of charges against Waybourn.
Waybourn was released from
the Delta County jail Monday
according to Sheriff Fisher, and
placed in the custody of a Fort
Worth bondsman who posted
two bonds in the amount of
$2500 each and another in the
amount of $1500. Justice of the
Peace Carl Adams issued these
bonds for Oklahoma authorities
Friday night after all charges
here were dropped.
CHS Cagers Enter Tournament
At Winnsboro This Weekend
ElRfiRATES 93RD BIRTHDAY - Mr. Will S. Slough, right, °^vodhl* b^
^ Tuesday December 3, with his family and some one hundred friend
Nt.on held in the Delta County Civic Center Pictured wthM. Sloug^are
|s children, from left, Mrs. Willie Mae Morgan. Mrs. Georgia N
1 Cooper; Chester Slough of Odessa; and Mrs. Lorene Hicks of Aziknc.
The Cooper High School
basketball teams who have
played a string of games during
the past week will enter the
Winnsboro Tournament this
weekend, beginning today.
Prior to the Wolfe City and
North Lamar tournaments last
weekend, the girls varsity and
“B” team and the boys varsity
took three games from Lone Oak
here on December 3.
The Girls varisty handily
defeated their opponents 56 to
22 with DeDe Carrington lead-
ing the scorers with 19 points.
JoAnn Brackeen and Cheryl
Wicks added 14 each.
The Girls "B” also took an
easy victory from Lone Oak 40 to
24. Lynda Choate dropped in 20
points for Cooper and Debbie
Goates netted ten.
A rout occured in the Boys
varsity game. Cooper winning
81 to 24. Five Bulldogs got into
the double figures. Rodney
Rainey netting 24 points; John
Wigley 16; Leslie Johnson. 13;
Keith Ivy, 12; and Mark Lynch
ten.
The Cooper girls entered the
North Lamar tournament and
came home with the consolation
trophy.
In their first game of the
tournament Thursday night, the
Cooper girls fell to Rivercrest.
eventual champions. 29 to 52. In
this game DeDe Carrington
scored 19 points for Cooper;
JoAnn Brackeen. six; Vicki
Blevins and Jane Dotson two
each. Tippit led the Rivercrest
team with 16 points.
On Friday afternoon, Cooper
downed Atlanta 68 to 42. JoAnn
Brackeen dropping in a record
40 points. Vicki Blevins netted
12; DeDe Carrington, ten and
Jane Dotson six.
Then Saturday afternoon, the
girls won the consolation match
from North Lamar “B”, 57 to
33. Again Brackeen led the
Cooper scorers with 29 points
followed by Carrington with 24
and Vicki Blevins added the
other four.
In the Wolfe City tournament,
the boys varsity dropped both
their games, losing first to
Whitewright 73 to 43 on
Thursday and to Wolfe City on
Saturday 51 to 39. Tony Bettes
was leading scorer for Cooper in
the Whitewright game with 13
points, and Richard Reynolds
led in the Wolfe City game with
12 points.
The two girls teams divided a
pair here Monday night with
Princeton, the varsity winning
54 to 31 and the ”B” team
losing 37 to 48.
In the “A” game, Brackeen
led all scorers with 39 points.
Carrington added seven; Dot-
son, four. Blevins and Kim
linton two each. Wilborn was
high for Princeton with 15
points. Containing Princeton
were guards Evelyn Morris,
Jana Woodall, DeAnn Prcas,
Rene Sampson and Lisa Rainey.
Lynda Choate led the Cooper
‘ B" in scoring with 16 points.
Vcnita Roberts added eleven
and Debbie Goates ten.
VISITING WITH SANTA - Saturday youngsters from throughout the area
talked with Santa in the Chamber of Commerce offices. Shown sitting on San-
ta’s lap is Joey Vicars, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Coy Vicars of the Tira
Community. Awaiting his turn is Robert Parker, three year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marian Parker of Cooper. Review Photo
Don Partain
church of Christ
Minister Here
NET0 Services Varied
DON PARTAIN
Don Partain and family have
moved to Cooper where he is
serving as minister of the
church of Christ.
Originally from Sinton, near
Corpus Christi. Partain received
his AA degree from Florida
College at Tampa in 1970 and
his Bachelor of Science degree
in Psychology from Stephen F.
Austin University in 1972. For
the past two and one-half years,
Partain has been preaching in
Alto. Texas.
Partain. his wife, the former
Marilynn Roach of Corpus
Christi, anu their two sons, Jon
David. 20 months old, and Joel,
two months, are residing at 1120
South West Sixth Street.
Delta County residents now
have an official organization
from which they can receive
varied services. The organizat-
ion is known as the North East
Texas Opportunities and offers
free social services under the
guidance of Outreach Worker
Sue Lloyd.
According to Mrs. Lloyd
“There is no problem too large
or too small for N.E.T.O.
workers to give it their profes-
sional and skilled attention.”
At present special efforts are
being made by the local
N.E.T.O. workers to give every
available help to area senior
citizens whether they are in
nursing homes or living in their
own residences. “There is help
for other sources," stated Mrs.
Lloyd. Aid with housing and
Savings Bond
Sales Now At
70% Of Goal
United States Savings Bond
sales in Delta County totaled
$1,859 during the month of Oct-
ober. Sales for the ten-month
period were $42,114 which re-
presents 70 percent of the 1974
sales goal for the county ac-
cording to County Bond Chair-
man O. T. Preas.
October sales in Texas totaled
$21,154,479 compared to sales
of $16,634,914 during the same
period of 1973
Bi-Centennial Commission Named
The Delta County Commis-
sioners’ Court meeting Monday
morning, named forty-four resi-
dents to the Delta County
Bi-Centennial Commission as an
outgrowth of a recent public
meeting held to discuss the
possibility of a coordinating
celebration here in 1976.
On a motion by Commissioner
J. L. Routt, seconded by
Commissioner H. D. Clark, Jr.,
Wade Bledsoe was selected as
chairman of the local commis-
sion to plan and coordinate
activities of the event.
Others named to the commis-
sion were James Allison, vice-
chairman; Mrs. Bob Preas,
secretary; John Silman, Joe
Blackwell, Travis Carrington,
Odis Walser, Mrs. Horace
Durham, Mrs. V. G. Olson.
Sherry Workman, Magnolia
Roscman. Mr* Clovis Hooten.
Curtis Pardue, Mrs. Dessie
Carter. Charles Green, Mrs.
Ronald Mobley, Mrs. Robert
Henson, Mrs. Bart Smith,
Leonard Mays. Jerald Boles,
Travis Toney, Morris Partain.
Also, David Moses, Mrs.
Wesley Wallace, Mrs. Wanda
Helms, Mrs. Avis Whitlock,
Mrs. Cleo Brannon. Mrs. C. C.
Oliver, Maurice W'eatherby,
Theoleous Wilson, Annie Hub-
bard, Mrs. l.aErav Mitchell,
Terry Burns, Dale Stockton.
Mrs. Quentin Miller, Edward
Bond. Judy Potts, Diane Win-
termute, Douglas Blagburn,
Mrs. Paul Swenson, Mrs. D. C.
Moore, Mrs. John Waller, Mrs.
Dudley Robnett, Mrs. Mildred
Heflin and Herman Kennedy.
The Commissioners Court
gave the chairman the preroga-
tive to name additional commis-
sion members.
transportation are also among
the services offered.
Another service offeredby the
local N.E.T.O. office, located in
the Delta County Courthouse at
Cooper, is a list of all available
jobs of this area. Anyone may go
into the office and check this
list.
Also available is information
and assistance to veterans and
their families; and to people
with drinking and drug prob-
lems. The N.E.T.O. worke- : can
obtain information and help
through the Red Cross, Cancer
Society, GED and many other
help-giving organizations.
There are still many other
services offered by the N.E.T.
Opportunities and a list of these
is available to the public. “A
person with a problem is invited
to stop by our office and see
what is available in their special
case”, concluded Mrs. Lloyd, or
they may call 395-4189.
Postmaster
Urges Holiday
Mailing Now
Cooper Postmaster J. C.
Hendrix today urged immediate
mailing of all domestic Christ-
mas cards and parcels. All
customers are encouraged to
help expedite delivery bv using
ZIP Codes.
“Although most of the sug-
gested mailing dates for domes-
tic holiday mail have passed,"
he said, “all cards, gifts and
other holiday mail deposited in
accordance with our local stand-
ards and hearing Zip Codes will
be delivered by Christmas Eve.
“In view of the excellent
cooperation received from early
mailers so far this year, we are
confident that holiday mail
deposited immediately will be
delivered in time for Christ-
mas,” Hendrix continued.
At the Cooper Post Office, the
postmaster is adding four hours
of window ‘^rvice on Saturday,
December 14, from 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p m.
Earlier this year, the Postal
Service reminded the public to
mail as early as possible and
announced a series of recoin- (
mended mailing dates to ensure
delivery in time for Christmas.
The last of the suggested
mailing dates is Saturday,
December 21. for mailing do-
mestic airmail greeting cards
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