Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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COOPER, TEXAS
Volume
87 NO. 41
Published at Cooper, Texas, Thursday, October 14, 1965
EIGHT PAGES
Cooper Schools Commended
By Evaluation Committee
l Southern
Membership in
v^iting committee corn-
ed of thirteen superintend-
i ’T and two college professors
the Cooper Schools Wed-
October 6. to evaluate
the program of the school to
determine if the committee
(iUld recommend the Cooper
Spools for membership in the
Association of Schools.
this association
yaS no bearing on the actual
accreditation status of the school.
fVver than three hundred of
the approximately 1100 Texas
cchool districts belong to this
association. Accreditation of the
Texas pubic schools is the re-
sponsibility of the Texas Educa-
tion Agency.
The visiting committee was
composed of the following: Dr.
Allen Kavanaugh and Dr. Webb
Tones East Texas State Univer-
sity: C C. Miller, Dallas; W. H.
Bud, Mt. Pleasant; Norris Tan-
ton, Commerce; W. C. Wool-
ridge. DeKalb; Caryl' McAllister,
County Superintendent of Gray-
son County; Sidney Wasson,
Wolfe City. W. M. Stribling, Mt.
Vernon: Tom P. Linam, Sulphur
Springs: F. C. Burnett, Ladonia;
S. T Montgomery, Whitewright.
D. E. Brooks. Honey Grove:
Travis Hale. Rivercrest; Thomas
Justiss. Paris.
This committee visited the
schools throughout the day. Cer-
tain members were assigned to
visit the various departments
and to check policies, curriculum
guides, lesson plans, etc., to de-
termine if the overall program
of the school' was satisfactory
for recommending them to be-
come members of the Southern
Association of Schools.
At the close of the day’s visit,
the committee made a report to
t ie faculty and later to the
School Board as to their findings
and recommendations. They
xv' re unanimous in recommend-
ing Cooper Schools for member-
ship in the Southern Association
of Schools.
The general tone of the report
was very commendable. The
only criticisms received wore on
the facilities and equipment.
Several superintendents, in re-
ports to the Eoard, stated that
the greatest need they found
was more money.
This committee’s reconvrend-
aion will be made to the Com-
mittee of District IX, of the
Southern Association of Schools.
Should they approve this com-
mittee’s recommendation, then
the recommendation will be
made to the State Executive
Committee which meets in Aust-
in; then their report will bo
made to the Executive Commit-
te of the Southern Association
of Schools, which meets in At-
lanta. December 1. Final reports
will be made to the superintend-
ent of schools by this association
on oi- before December 15.
GIN REPORT
Cooper Co-op Gin 3,561
Stubblefield-Miller Gin 2,540
Cu-op Gin, Lake Creek 1,765
Co-op Gin, Enloe 2,542
Ben Franklin Gin 1,090
Pecan Gap Gin . . 1,450
TOTAL BALES 12,948
Rate Increase Squabble
Delays Dial Telephones
Parade To Kick-Off
CHS Homecoming
to an agre-
a stalemate con-
A bigger and better parade
will kick-off activities for the
1965 Homecoming at Cooper
High School, Friday, October 15.
Led by he Cooper High School
Band and Pep Squad, the parade
is st h du ed to leave the school
at 2:30 p.m., with students of all
grades, one through twelve, parti-
cipating. Homecoming Queen
nominees will ride on individual
floats and one section of the pa-
rade will be devoted to students
riding three-wheeled vehicles.
When the parade reaches the
square, there will be a pep rally
to which the public is invited to
participate. Following the pep
rally, the parade will proceed
back to the school.
Highlighting the day’s events
will b ■ the football game be-
tween the Cooper Bulldogs and
the? Commerce Tigers.
At half time during the game
1965 Homecoming Queen will be
crowned, her identity not to be
be revealed until this time. Nom-
inees for the queen include
Kathy Ainsworth, freshman;
Jana Hocutt, sophomore; Lyn
Newman, junior; and Karen
Rowe, senior.
Another feature of half-time
activities will be the recognition
of graduates of Cooper High
School in the years, 1903-04,
1913-14, 1923-24, 1933-34, 1943-44
1953-54, and 1963-64.
To round out homecoming ac-
tivities, a reception will be held
in the school' cafeteria for stu-
dents, ex-students, and friends of
Cooper High School, followed by
a dance in West Gym.
# V V
Pecan Gap Sets
Date For Annual
Lord’s Acre Sale
Saturday. Nov. 6, is the date
set by the Pecan Gap Methodist
Church for its annual Lord’s
Acre sale and dinner, according
to Tom Woodson, chairman of
publicity.
A. H. Young is serving as gen-
eral chair, an of the event which
"ill be held in the dining room
of the chi::rh where dinne” will
h served from 11 n.rn to 1 p.m
Many unusual and interesting
items will be offered in the sale.
The traditional event draws
trany members and visitors of
the area annually, and the funds
are used for many' projects of
the church.
Cooperating in the event is the
**ev' Walter L. Zimmerman, pas-
t°r of both the Pecan Gap and
Ladonia Methodist Churches.
Bulldogs Open District Play
Friday In Homecoming Game
Cooper Bulldogs will begin
15-AA District play here Friday
night against the Commerce Tig-
ers, who are ranked second in
the district. The game will also
highlight Cooper Homecoming
activities.
The Tigers start conference ac-
tion with a 3-2 season record
compared to Cooper’s 0-3-2. Both
teams were defeated by Clarks-
ville in their season openers,
Commerce 0-34, Cooper 0-27. Af-
ter losing to Clarksville, Com-
merce racked up wins over Kauf-
man 19-0; Fannindel 33-6; and
Canton 10-7, then lost to Rock-
wall 6-26 two weeks ago.
In early season games, the
Tigers relied mainly on their
ground attack, which proved ef-
fective agiailhM Kaufman and
Fannindel', netting 225 yards and
424 yards respectively. When
their running game failed
against Canton, the Tigers start-
ed passing with Quarterback
David Jones completing 12 of
20 for 165 yards, hitting ends
Jackie Nabors and Roger Hum-
phries, halfbacks Jackie Arnold
and David Dories and flanker-
back Larry Lambert. Against
Rockwall, Commerce used both
attacks, gaining 109 yards rush-
ing and 141 yards passing. Jones
completed 15 of 19 attempts.
The Tigers offensive line is
manned by guards James Baron i The extra point kick was blocked
and Mike King, tackles Billy Ed
Rogers and Roy Hall and center
Don Roy. Baron and Rogers have
been defensive standouts.
Loses Close On.e
For about two minutes last
Friday night, the Bulldogs had
an upset in the making, but were
unable to stop Paul Pewitt’s last
minute scoring drive that gave
the Brahmas a 27-20 victory.
Paul Pewitt put the first points
on the score board about five
and one-half minutes deep in
the first quarter. Pewitt in their
first series moved from their
own 42 to the Cooper 3 in ten
plays. Tex Clair plunged through
the line for the tally. Tim Hen-
derson kicked the extra point to
give the Brahmas a 7-0 lead.
Cooper bounced back with a
scoring drive started with a
fumble recovery at the Brahma
35. With a fourth down and six
yards to go for a first down,
half-back Benton Rainey passed
to halfback Freddie Carrington
good for 22 yards to the Brahma
11. The Bulldogs picked up a
first down on two short runs and
a 6 yard pass from Carrington to
Rainey. Rainey pushed over
from the one on the first play
from scrimmage for the touch-
down, the clock showing nine
minutes left in the first half.
leaving Pewitt with a 7-6 edge.
Tim Henderson took the ensu-
ing kick-off, picked up blockers
and ran 80 yards for the Brahma
second tally. The extra point
kick was blocked.
Cooper came back again, and
aided by Rainey’s 25 yard run,
moved from their own 34 to the
Brahma 2 in eight plays. Rainey
picked up the needed yardage to
score on the next play. Again the
extra point kick was not good,
leaving Pewitt with a 13-12 ad-
vantage.
In the first half, Paul Pewitt
had 9 first downs to Cooper 7,
but had only 77 yards rushing
and 22 passing to Cooper 81 rush-
ing and 32 passing.
Neither team scored in the
third period, although the Brah-
mas had started their third scor-
ing drive. Pewitt moved from
their own 19 to Cooper’s 2 in 12
plays, Henderson carrying in for
the score. The Brahmas attempt-
ed a pass for extra points, Coop-
er’s Edward Wilkinson batted the
ball away from the receiver.
Pewitt led 19-12 with less than
nine minutes remaining.
Twelve plays were used by
the Bulldogs to score their final
tally. The drive started at the
Cooper 40, the Bulldogs picking
up four first downs in gaining
the Pewitt 8, with Rainey and
Carrington teaming up on a 12
yard pass play in the process.
Rainey scored from the eight.
Carrington and Rainey connected
again for two extra points, to
give the Bulldogs a 20-19 lead.
The Brahmas stormed down
field for their final score. The
drive started at the Pewitt 40.
The Brahmas picked up a first
down at the Cooper 35, got an-
other first down at the 24 plus
a 15 yard penalty to the Cooper
9. In two plays the Brahmas had
the winning touchdown with
Tom Brian scoring. The try for
two extra points was good.
In the second half, Paul Pewitt
had 132 yards rushing and 46
yards passing, completing 2 for
2, while holding the Bulldogs to
92 yards rushing and 13 passing
on 2 of 4 pass attempts.
The Bulldogs were assessed 25
yards in penalties, while the
Brahmas got by without a pen-
alty.
CHS HOMECOMING QUEEN NOMINEES, ere of
whom will be crowned in ceremonies at the Cooper-
Commerce football game Friday night, posed for a group
picture earlier this week and are (seated left to right)
senior Karen Rowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C In“nee
Rowe; sophomore Jana Hocutt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Hocutt; (standing left to right) junior Lyn New-
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Newman; and fresh-
man Kathy Ainsworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Ainsworth, Klondike. (Review Photo)
☆ ☆ ☆
Unable to come
ment on rates,
tinues between the City of Coop-
and Gulf States Telephone
Company. Negotations have been
underway by Gulf States of-
ficials to build a new modern
dial telephone system in Cooper
for a number of years.
In the negotations, Gulf States
has requested a substantial rate
increase when the dial system is
put into operation. Mayor L. M.
Anderson with the bucking of
the City Aldermen stands firm
on the belief that the requested
rate increase is excessive.
“We proposed a dial system
for Cooper as early as 1961,”
said a Gulf States spokesman
last week, “and have been trying
to reach an agreement with City
officials at various intervals
since that time.”
"Prior to 1963 the City seem-
ed uninterested in dial tele-
phones due to the necessary rate
increase and the fact that a large
annual payroll representing sal-
aries to operators would be lost,”
said the spokesman.
Latest proposals to install dial
telephones in Cooper were initi-
ated by Rolla Johnson, vice-
president and general manage,-*
of Gulf States, and A. C. Smith
local' manager, in March of this
year.
The Company asked for a
monthly rate adjustment from
$7.00 to $12.50 for business
phones and from $4.00 to $6.25
for resident phones, the new rates
to be in effect when the dial
system became available to area
subscribers.
In July the City officials *n-
formed Gulf States that better
telephone service was needed,
Blackwell Elected
SCD Supervisor
Joe Blackwell was elected sup-
ervisor of Zone 2, Detla Soil Con-
servation District, in an election
held in the District courtroom in
Cooper on Tuesday night, Octob-
er 5. Blackwell was elected by
landowners in the zone, and will
serve for a five year period.
Blackwell is a long time co-
operator of the Delta SCD and
is noted for his outstanding work
in planning and carrying out soil
and water conservation work on
his farm east of Cooper.
Zone 2 is comprised of the
east-central part of Deita coun-
ty and extends from Cooper to
near Lake Creek to Prattville,
Pacio, north to Sulphur River,
east to the east end of the coun-
ty, up South Sulphur River to a
point south of Charleston, to
Chfudeston then along the farm-
to-market highway back to Coop-
er by way of Post Oak and the
Delta Country Club road.
Blackwell will work with four
other Delta SCD farmer-super-
visors, F. F. Hurt, W. O. Wallace,
Alvin Young and Dale Stockton,
in conducting the business and
activities of the Delta SCD.
CROWNING OF A QUEEN: The above scene will be re-
peated Friday night at Homecoming activites during
the Cooper- Commerce football game, with the exception
of the participants. The photo shows Supt. Wade Bled-
soe, center, crowning Miss Margarette Box, at right, 1964
CHS Homecoming Queen, assisted by 1963 Queen Katie
Nabors. (Review Photo)
Jerome C. Baher Will
Address C of C Banquet
Jerome C. Baher of Corps of
Engineers Office, New Orleans,
La., will' deliver the principal ad-
dress at the Delta County Cham-
ber of Commerce annual ban-
quet here next Tuesday night,
October 19. The affair is sched-
uled to commence at 7 p.m. at the
Delta Country Club.
t were O. L. Br
^etary and'member''of Sulphur RWer
Cooper Hosts Bi-County P-TA
At Delta Country Club Dinner
Commerce
Co-
with Army
iscoes field near Pecan Gap at j Delta County Chamber of Comm
^dns, La. Making the flight were O. L. BridgeL«« Strict, and city of
n^retarY anc* member of Sulphur Riv morning appointment with A
P*r Mayor L. M. Anderson, who had a Tu- s ‘. §am and Reservoir. Paruw-
£*■ of Engineers Col. C. E. Bowen regard ng 'Coope^ taken just prior to take-
Lfnt® and witnesses to the event are sho passenger private plane are Bridges,
And?andingatleftnearthnfUS-ffwiftiesses were Chamber directors Jimmie Can-
ndersem and Sam Braswell, pilot- Witn • R jr and Jess Rouse.
tre»- center; A. C. Smith, Joe Blackwell, H. D. ciarx /TJ_^
(Review Photo)
“The Dynamic Role of the
Parent-Teacher Association In
The Community” was the sub-
ject of a panel discussion which
featured the program when the
Bi-County Council of Parents
and Teachers met last Thursday
evening at the Delta Country
Club. Forty-five P-TA members
from Delta and Hopkins Counties
attended, and were served din-
ner by the Delta Club caterers,
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Klein. Mrs.
J. W. Wilbur of North Hopkins,
president of the council', presid-
ed.
Appearing in the panel discus-
sion were Dr. Oscar Gaza Janes,
See HOSTS Back Page
Baher is assistant to Col. C E.
Bowen, who was originally slat-
ed as the banquet speaker.
Superintendent of Cooper
School Wade T. Bledsoe will in-
troduce the speaker.
Chamber director Jimmie Can-
trell will act as master of cere-
monies. Rev. Bob I. Johnson, pas-
tor of First Baptist Church,
Cooper, will give the invocation.
Musical entertainment will be
furnished by the “Delta Darlin’s,”
a group from Elementary School
in Cooper under the direction of
Mrs. Valta Robnett.
The program will bo concluded
with the introduction of Cham-
ber officers and directors. Joe
Blackwell, president; Jess Rouse,
vice-president; Verl'ee Morgan,
treasurer; J. B. Adair, H. D.
Clark Jr„ Roy Cain, C. C. Oliver,
F. F. Hurt and Dean Harrison,
directors.
Ag Group Plans
Booth At Fair
The Agriculture Committee,
Delta County Chamber of Com-
merce, in a meeting Thursday
night, October 7, completed ar-
rangements for erecting a booth
at the State Fair in Dallas on
October 20, to feature agricul-
tural products of Delta County.
Chamber members, Dale Stock-
ton, F. F. Hurt, Bennett Mosley,
Hoyt Kennemer, Jess Rouse,
James Risinger, Bobby Wigley,
Gilbert Barrow, Dean Harrison,
and O. L. Bridges were present
at the Thursday meeting and ap-
pointed additional committees
for the Fair display.
Appointed to arrange the dis-
play of agricultural products
were Mosley as chairman; H. D.
Clark Jr., Joe Blackwell, Bar-
row, Rouse and Stockton; Dean
Harrison for map of Texas and
Delta County; Rouse, Risinger,
Barrow, Harrison and Wigley
for slide picutres and audio ac-
companiment; far transportation
and admission jffcttfts, L.
Bridges.
but a more economical rat
should be allowed. Several join
meetings of Gulf States repre
sentatives and City official
have been held since then in ah
effort to reach an agrement o:
rates, the latest being last Thurs
day night.
Mr. Johnson told the Counci
that when a city signs a fran
chise with a telephone compan
it is the responsibility of th
governing body of that city ti
see that its citizens receive gooi
telephone service and that th<
Company receives a reasonable
return on their investment
25-year franchise agreement wa:
signed by Gulf States and th<
City of Cooper in 1958.
Substantiating Gulf States
quest for the $12.50 and $6.21
monthly rates, Johnson said th
Company’s annual income woul
be increased by $30,000, ani
would yield only a minimum
turn on the expected investmen'
for the dial system.
The dial system planned b
Gulf States for Cooper will' b
integrated into their Commer
facilities. City officials contem
that since the Cooper telephom
system will become a part
the Commerce operation, tele-
phone rates here should be n
higher than rates charged
Commerce. Existing Gulf Stat
rates in Commerce are $5.60 fi
resident phones and $12.00 f'
business phones.
Telephone facilities in Coope
have reached a point where ad-
quate service to customers is
most impossible. Gulf States h
indicated a rate increase may
necessary even with the prese
obsolete system because c
salary increases that went in
effect July 1.
Mayor Anderson in indieatini
that the City would not acee
the rates requested by the tel
phone company, said final d
i eision should be left up to thi
[ citizens of Cooper in a referen
um.
Phillips Class
Sets Homecomini
Next Sunday
It’s homecoming next Sundaj
for members and former men
bers of the Phillips Bible Clasj
of First Methodist Church. Thur
mond Hunt, president of
class, is in charge of the prograr
for the day.
Sunday School is scheduled
begin at 9:30 with special musij
by the West Delta Quartet, Tor
and Czerny Estes, and Thurmon^
Hunt.
The class was named for thl
late Judge Newman Phillips whf
taught the class for many y
Raymond Hicks is the currer
teacher.
Delta Pastor And Wife
Make Tour Of Europe
Rev. Marvin Lare, pastor
Lake Creek, Enloe, and
Franklin Methodist Churche
and his wife returned recent
from a three weeks tour of Eut
ope.
They visited in England, He
land, Germany, Austria, Switzef
land, and France. “Of special'
terest to us,” the pastor si
were the various aspects
church history, architecture, an
present day activity.” “The C
entry Cathedral in England,
the Kaiser Wilhelm Memoril
Church in Berlin, Germar
were spectacular examples of
rebuilding of the church aroud
the ruins of war devastate
churches. We saw one of
most beautiful Gothic Cathedr
in the world at Cologne, and
famous stained glass windows
Notre Dame in Paris, Franc^
Rev. Lare continued.
In Zurich, Switzerland,
Lares visited a former
friend of Mr. Lare’s, Rev. Rol
Gebhard, who is serving as
sistant to the bishop of Sout
Europe and North Africa.
Rev. Lane will show slides
the trip with a tape
narration which was taped
Europe, next Sunday
Oct. 17, at the Lake Creek
odist Church at 6 p.m. Hie
has a cordial invitation to
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