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By Richard Stringfellow
Cooper and Delta county was
a beehive of activity last week
end as hundreds of visitors were
spending Easter with relatives
here.
On the other hand there might
have been some who visited
elsewhere, but it seemed that a
lot more people visited here by
far than local residents visit-
ed in other places.
As it happens usually, the
cool snap hit the night before
Easter Sunday and put a litttle
bite in the air. However, it was
a wonderful day fcr hunting
and hiding eggs.
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The second of four tryouts
for the Kid Baseball teams in
this county was held last Sat-
urday. Two more are to be held
on the next two Saturdays at
the baseball field.
Just recently we have had
several fathers in the county
remark what a wonderful pro-
gram the Kid Baseball idea is
and has been. For instance, the
tryouts have had over 50 boysi
attending. They are trying to
be selected on one of the four
teams in the league. Since there
are only about 25 players which i
will be needed to complete I
the teams this year, these boys 1
are really trying hard to make I
the grade.
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You don’t have worthwhile
programs like Kid Baseball un-
less adults are willing to spend
a lot of time and effort to make
it possible. There just must be
adults who will unselfishly
work with the boys and in the
organization to make it success-
ful. So far there have been
adults who volunteered their
services to the league in suf-
ficient numbers to make it go
over. However, this year, it
looked as tho enough volunteers
were not going to be secured.
It was only at the last minute
that enough managers were
found.
Please, please, please, folks!
let’s don’t let such a wonder-
ful program as our Kid Base-
ball fade out . . . just because
we won’t carry our share of the
load to make it possible.
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We see or learn something
new almost every day . . . and
last weekend was the first time
this writer had ever seen hail-
stones as large as those that
fell at. Lake Creek.
Mitchell Stewart brought
some of the stones into the Re-
view office and by the time they
were seen by this writer they
still were the size of large hen
eggs. He stated that the stones,
when they fell, were about the
size of a tennis ball.
There was considerable rocf
damage in that area, but so far,
we haven’t learned of anybody
being injured by the hailstones.
Fortunately, the cotton crop in
that area was not up and in a
position to be damaged either.
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We notice that, according tc
the research division of the
Texas Education Agency, the
average annual salary of our
school teachers in Texas is
$4,604.00.
We’re going to go out on a
limb and make a prediction that
this amount should be and will
be raised to at least $6,000 per
annum within the next few
years ... it must be, if our
schools are to be maintained in
a style and standard equivalent
to the rest of the nation.
Can you think of any other
profession that a colloge grad-
uate has trained for in which
he or she can expect to receive
and average salary of less than
$5,000 per year. Bear in mind
this is the average. In fact, the
base salary for teachers in Tex-
as is only $2805 to $3204.
Although this salary includes
three months of vacation time
in the summer months, teach-
ers must go to school constant-
ly to keep abreast wit|» new
education methods and also to
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take the summer months (and
part of their small salary check)
and go to school during these
vacation mont
Mare Action Is
Due For Block
Of Leased Land
More activity is in stcre for
the some 31,000 acre block of
leased land held by Walter C.
Best, R. L. Gibson and their as-
sociates.
Best stated Tuesday that, by
next Monday a Seismograph
crew of Independent Explora-
tion Company of Houston will
be in the area. He said the crew
will do more detail work in the
block, outside of the immediate
vicinity of the V. R. Young No.
2, the discovery well. Best also
stated that it was largely thru
this company’s efforts that the
well was found.
Work was scheduled to start
yesterday on installing a heat-
er, separator and a battery of
tanks at the V. R. Young No. 2
site, according to Best. This in-
stallation was due to be com-
pleted by tonight, and then ef-
forts will be made to determine
the open flow and amount of
distillate tc be recovered from
the discovery well.
Best and Gibson are principal
holders of a block of leased
land which totals some 31,u00
acres, with 6,000 acres being in
Lamar county and the remain-
der of the acreage in the east-
ern part of Delta county.
Delta County
C-Day April 26
April 26 is C-Day - the day
when the Cancer Crusade moves
into whirlwind velocity, it was
announced today by Delta
County Chairman Robert Hen-
son.
“This is our concentrated give-
and take drive,” said Henson.
“Next Tuesday volunteers will
knock on every dooi in Delta
county. They will give every
family in the community the
life-saving facts about cancer.
And they will take away with
them, we hope, the most gen-
erous possible contributions to
support the Society’s programs
of research, service and educa-
tion.
“We call our house-to>-house
operation C-Day because the ‘C’
stands for cancer and control.
But it also stands for ultimate
conquest.
“We know we can increase the
control of the disease right now.
because we aren’t getting the
maximum number of cures pos-
sible. We should be saving one
out of every two cancer patients;
we are actually saving only one
in three. Some 85,000 Americans
died of cancer last year without
need, simply because the tumor
was diagnosed too late. So that
is our immediate goal' — to save
these people by teaching them
the facts of cancer.
“Meanwhile our long-range of-
fensive against this enemy has
been accererated and the outlook
is exciting and hopeful. We
know now that we can oenquer
cancer. It’s just a question of
time — and money. Money to
keep the wheels of science turn-
ing until the work is finished.
The following workers have
been named by the respective
chairmen:
Klondike: Mrs. Harry Ward,
chairman, Mrs. H. L. Gant and
Mrs. F. A. Gough. East Delta
and Charleston: Mrs. Eutah
Chandler, chairman, Mrs. Edgar
Perry, Mrs. Wayne Templeton,
Mrs. Van Worden, Mrs. L. S.
Worden and Mrs. Hugh Nabors.
April 26 Date
For Science Fair
The Third annual Science Fair
will be presented Tuesday even-
ing, April 26, in the Cooper
School gymnasium under the di
rection of Bennett Jeter. The af-
fair, which is scheduled to be-
gin at 7 p.m., will reveal the
results of the present national
trend of placing more empha-
sis cn science education.
This year the high school stu-
dents will have individual pro-
jects on display and each ele-
mentray classroom will present
a science unit or room project.
The projects of the Fair will
he genera! in nature, snmp bio-
logical, though most will be phy-
sical and in chart form, stateJ
Jeter, science teacher and oTig-
inator of the fair.
Services Are Held Negro Jail Escapee Shot by
Mrs. Leamon Calvert, 67, pas-
sed away at her home in Ben
Franklin about 1:15 a.m. Thurs-
day, April 14. Funeral services
were held Friday afternoon in
the Ben Franklin Methodist
Church, the Rev. Robert E.
Jenkins, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church, Ccoper, officiating.
Interment was made in the Ratt
an Cemetery.
Mrs. Calvert, the former Miss
Julia Ann Vaugnn, daughter of
the late Tom and Mamie Jane
(Bennington) Vaughn, was bom
September 10, 1802.
Surviving are her husband,
one son, Marvin Calvert, Ben
Franklin; three daughters, Mrs.
Freda Nance, Naples; Mrs. Reba
Sanford and Mrs. Rowena
Campbell, Garland; nine other
descendants.
Miss Sue Albright, Bryan, vis-
ited Miss Hallie McKinney and
Mrs. C. L. Stevens last weekend.
Leonard Rose Near Here
A highway patrolman’s bullet
ended the flight Tuesday neon
of the last of four escapees from
the Fayette county jail at La-
Grange during the later part of
iast week.
Killed after he had abandon-
a stolen automobile and run in-
lo a wooded creek-bottom area
approximately three miles south
cf Paris near state highway 24
was Ray Berry Jr., a 24 year-
old Negro from San Antonio,
who was serving a 40 year prison
sentence for robbery by assault
and who was awaiting trial at
LaGrange fcr burglary when
the escape occured.
Highway Patrolman Leonard
M. Rose, Cooper, said that he
was notified by police radio
shortly after noon ol a car stol-
en near Greenville one hour be
j fere. He said he spotted the
(stolen <ar coming from behind
him toward Paris seconds after
he received he message and as
he was about to turn around to
search for the sto en vehicle.
Fatroiman Rose stated that he
gave chase to the 1953 Chevrolet
and had succeeded in forcing it
off the highway when its driv-
er accelerated speed and then
leaped from the right door cf
the car and began running to-
ward the wooded area. Rose
said the abandoned car ran un-
der its own power for approxi-
mately 75 yards down the high-
way and into the shallow creek
on the highway right-of -way.
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INCOME TAX PAYMENTS
Jingle of Money In The
Pockets Not So Loud Now
One week ago many of Delta
county’s citizens might have had
money jingling in their pock-
ets . . . but today, the story
could bee different inspite of
land-lease money which has
been put into circulation.
The reason fcr this sudden
drop in the financial condition
of the people of this area is that
on April 18, Uncle Sam anid
“Gimme” for the taxes in 1959
which he was entitled.
And that word “Gimme’ now
is a big one. One merchant who
is not considered a big mer-
chant by Cooper’s stadards said
this:
“I never had figured it up be-
fore, but I have just found out
that I have to pay Income tax-
es and my own social security
taxes (not that .v u :h I pay for
employees1 in the amount of
about $800 per year . . and that’s
$75 per month.”
In the next bruth he said,
“the man who has the best go
is the salaried man”
New that brings up another
point. The salaried man of whom
he spoke has been “paying
through the nose” all year. When
his donation tc “Uncle” for the
year is compiled, he has also
had tc pay a sizeable amount.
Then you’ve possibly heard
other pecple say, as they dis-
played empty pockets, after pay-
ing their income tax: “There are
Debate Featured By Toastmasters
Members of the Cooper De-
bate Club were special guests
of the Cooper Toastmasters
Club Monday night in a meet-
ing ol the Fellowship Hall of
the Presbyterian Church.
Featured on the program was
a debate by two members of
the deoate club. Danny Toney
and Charles Frank McKinney,
and two Toastmasters, Truman
Ratliff and Robert Stovall. Af-
ter a vote by those attending
the decision was a tie. Chairman
for the debate was Carol Beth
Berry.
V. G. Olson was acting Toast-
master and Robert Henson was
Topicmaster. A panel of speak-
ers from the debate club includ-
ed Jeff Janes, Lundy Hooten III,
Bobby Mosley and Charley Bail-
ey. Voting gave the nod to Bail-
ey as the best panel speaker.
Chief evaluator for the pro-
gram was Jack Silman and
Critics for the debaters were
Curtis Pardue, Joe Pritchett,
Bill Berry and S. T. Garrison.
Grammarian was Wade Bledsoe
and the Gruntmaster was Tc-m
Woodson.
The sec- eant at arms, Rob rt
Stovall, announced the following
winners of awards: best debate
speaker, Truman Ratliff; meet
improved speaker, Stovall; best
topic speaker, Richard String-
fellow. The Goof award was re-
ceived by Stovall.
President O. G. Janes conduct'
ed a short business session fol-
lowing the program in which
Mrs. S. T. Garrison, debate
coach at Cooper High, expressed
her thanks for the interest dis-
played by the Toastmasters in
the debate club. President Janes
announced that the Cooper
Toastmasters Club will give an
award to the most outstanding
public speaker, a student living
in Delta county.
The next meeting will be a
ladies night program by the
Toastmasters at Klein’s Dining
Room cn May 9 at- 7:30.
people right here in Delta
county who have never filed
an income tax return and they
make as much money as I do.”
The reasonable question after
that statement is “How do they
do it?”
True, this remark is made fre-
quently and it could be possible
that a few individuals do not
file a return. Now if they don’t,
they’re keeping their money to
themselves, but wonder if they
ever wake up at night from a
nightmare in which they fancied
themselves wearing striped
suits and looking thru bars?
No thank you, we’ll keep try-
ing to pay Uncle Sam when he
says “Gimme” each year. How
about you? R. S.
VFW Post Here
Instructing Delta County At-
torney Cameron McKinney, who
was accompanying him to Paris,
to radio for assistance. Patrolman
Rose said he began chasing the
fugutive cn foot toward the
woods. He stated that he yelled
at the fugutive several times to
halt and fired two warning shots
with his pistol.
C n entering the woods, Rose
said he spotted the Negro, who
had crossed the creek and a
barbed wire fence some 25
yards from him through the
trees and some brush.
Rose said he fired at the fu-
gutive who fell. He said he then
crossed the creek to where the
fugutive had fallen and then
called to some white men in
a nearby field to go to the patrol
car on the highway and have
McKinney radio for an ambu-
lance. Patrolman Rose stated that
the Negrc died within three
minutes after being shot.
Lamar county Justice of the
Peace Gilbert Streety returned
an inquest verdict of justifi-
able homicide a short time la-
ter at the scene and the body
was then moved to Maxey Fu-
neral Heme, Paris.
The fugutive’s two Negro
companions, also escapees from
the Fayette county jail', were
captured earlier the same day
by Greenville city policemen in
the Sabine River bottom near
Greenville, but Berry managed
to escape and stole the car be-
longing to a Greenville resident
who was fishing at the Green-
ville reservoir at the time.
The Negro trio were also want-
ed by Commerce policemen in-
cident to the burglary early
Monday morning of the White’s
Dry Goods store in that city
when two Negroes, surprised by
Commerce officers, abadoned
another stolen car and merchan-
dise stolen from the While Store
and escaped in a hail of gun-
fire.
The fourth member of the
quartet who escaped from the
Payette county jail was captur-
ed Monday neai LaGrange.
Meets Regularly H. L. McCarty
Services Held
Don Slough, commander of
the Ccoper VFW post, announced
this week that the local post
has eight wheel chairs avail-
able to the public for use free
of charge.
The post also has its own
building for regular meetings
on the first and third Thursday
nights of each month. The build-
ing has also been made avail-
able for community meetings by
reservation.
The Cooper VFW has also
sponsored the Little League
teams in this county for a youth
project which has proven valu-
able to the entire area.
Slough urged all members and
prospective members of the
VFW to attend the next meet-
ing on April 21.
Religious Movie
To Be Sponsored
By Cooper Lions
“Day of Triumph”, the out-
standing motion pocture of the
life of Christ will be presented
under the auspices of the Lions
Club at the Sparks Theatre on
Wednesday, April 27.
H. L. McCarty, 73, a retired
farmer and ginner, passed away
in Reed Memorial Hospital Sun-
day, April 17, at 10:30 a.m. Fu-
neral services were held Monday
afternoon in the First Baptist
Church, the Rev. Robert E- Jen-
kins officiating. Odd Fellow
Lodge conducted graveside ser-
vices at Oak Lawn Cemetery,
pallbearers being L. A. Stock-
ton, L. B. Kein, J. D. Doss, Leon-
ard Hendley, Hugh Waters and
Jessie McAllister.
Born November 7, 1886 in Vir-
ginia, McCarty was the son of
Ben and Fannie (Preas) McCar-
ty-
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Dena McCarty, Cooper;
three sons, Dale McCarty, U. S.
Navy; Wabern McCarty, Dallas;
and Joe John McCarty, Paris;
two daughters, Mrs. Mildred
Cotton, Abilene; and Mrs. Ver-
nel Busillo, New Haven, Conn.;
three brothers, Clarence, Mack
Walter McCarty; one sister, Mrs.
Lucy Clayton, all of Abilene;
seven grandchildren and cne
great-grandchild.
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Although the above photo was made some 30
after the hailstones fell at Lake Creek, the size
stones is apparent by the one being held by Mitchc
wart. He came along about 8 minutes after the
fell, picked up a sack full and brought them to t]
view office. By the time the above photo was mac
siderable time had passed.
Delegation to RRVA
Has Resolution Defei
Some fifteen people from
Ccoper attended the Annual
meeting of the Red River Valley
Association in Shreveport last
Monday and Tuesday.
Most important event of the
meeting occured in the resolu-
tions committee where the Sul-
phur River delegates introduc-
ed a resolution asking for the
endorsement of the RRVA cn
the Sulphur Water District’s
stand in regard to the current
problem of pricing water lor
municipal use in the Cooper
Reservoir.
Mr. and Mrs. James Todd and
son, Gene, of Iowa Park, and
Delbert Todd, Lubbock, visit-
The Lions Club will use the ed Mr. and Mrs. D. Todd and
proceeds from this showing to
further their assistance in get-
ting glasses for and helping
blind children.
Lee J. Cobb stars as Zadak
the zealot leader with Joanne
Dru as Mary Magdaline. Rob-
ert Wilson protrays Christ and
James Griffith is Judas. A Cen-
tury Films presentation in East-
man colcr.
Everyone has been urged to
see this motion picture.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Wililams
last weekend.
Mrs. Carol Chadwick and chil-
dren of Center visited Mr. and
Mrs. D. Todd Saturday.
L. F. Hooten Sr. and S. T.
Garrison attended the opening of
the First National Motor Bank
in Paris and a luncheon at the
Country Club last Wednesday.
Mrs. J. B. Allard
Final Rites Held
Mrs. J. B. Allard, 86, died
Thursday, April 14, about 1:15
a.m. in Janes Hospital where she
had been a patient the past two
weeks. Funeral services were
conducted Friday afternoon at
the First Methodist Church by
the pastor, the Rev. Julian Thom-
as, and the Rev. Virgil Arnold
of Dallas, former pastor at Klon
dike. Intrnment was made in
the new' Klondike Cemetery.
Named pallbearers were her
grandsons, Vtoodrow and Tom-
my Carroll, Hollon, Alexander,
Jerry and Wo.th Ailaid.
The former Miss Sarah Ella
Hudson, Mrs. Allard was born
in Wood County, March 21, 1874,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Hudson. She and Mr. Allard
celebrated their seventieth wed-
ding anniversary on December
8 ,1959.
Surviving besides her husband
are five sons: L. L. Allard, Coop-
er, Morris Allard, New Orleans,
La.; Charles B. Allurn, Claude
Allard and Ernest Allard, Com-
merce; and one daughter, Mrs.
Robert Carroll, Garland; eigh-
teen grandchildren, thirty-three
great-grandchildren; one niece,
Mrs. Ed Hooten, Klondike, and
one nephew, Herbert Hudson,
Teague.
AMERICAN LEGION MEET
The American Legion Red
Henderson Post Nc. 483 will meet
in a called session on Thursday
evening, April' 28, at Klein’s
Dining Room. The dinner meet-
ing is scheduled to begin at sev-
en o’clock.
All persons who plan to attend
are asked to make reservations
with Mrs. Buster Klein.
Coooer Review Photo
Supt. Wade Bledsoe is shown in the photo above as lie
accepted the alto clarinet for Cooper Schools from Mrs.
ndiw Williamson president of the Band Mothers Clnh.
Band director and music instructor is Miss Mari Ann
Cook and is shown at right. Funds to huy the instrument
were obtained by the Band Mothers when staging the
“Swing Into Swing” Festival recently.
Guests In the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Grover McClain during
the Easter holidays were Lt.
and Mrs. Jimmie Van McClain,
Wichita Falls; Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Keeling and children,
Vickie and Jeff, of Lubbock, Mr.
and Mrs. Garland Harvey and
son, Garland Jr., of Greenville.
Dr. and Mrs. C. M. McKinney
and children, Margaret and Kim,
of Austin spent the holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. C- A. Hoot-
en and Mrs. Chester McKinney.
Mr. and Mrs. David Bradley
and children of Shreveport, La.
visited Mrs. C. L. Stevens last
weekend.
Mrs. Mary Early Boyd, Wal-
nut Springs, transacted business
and visited friends in Cooper
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Roan and
daughter, Tomi, of Rockwall
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Hickman, and other re1-
atives and friends here during
the holidays.
This resolution was
at length and after over:
of questions, answers, st
etc., the RRVA resolutl
mittee rejected the proj
A meeting by the[
River delegates and R^
hias and members of
Corps of Engineers w’a
the convention but w'tj
gress being evident as
Quentin Miller, pre
the Sulphur River Wat
stated that he receive
erable encouragement
ious members cf the
Engineers whose nar
asked to be withhelc
Board’s 3'and. Miller
received cncouragemenl
Washington dignitaxie?|
ator Ke^r ai d others.
Miller and Judge
gal counsel for thi
Board will leave Sunc
24, for Washington wt
are scheduled to appej
the Senate Sub-comr
on April 26.
Among those attend
RRVA meeting in S|
were J. L. Routt, C.
O. C. Bulin, J. B. Ada
Anderson, George Bol
and Mrs. O. L. Bridg^
Baker, Grover Pickerir
tin Miller and Houston|
Fund Drive
Thank Publit
Contribution!
This week a warm
of thanks was extended
Jimmie Cantrell, genet
man of the Delta Cour
ty for Crippled Chile
Adults, Easter Seal Fu^
for the cooperation
buttons of Delta counti
The Society also extendi
to Parkhill’s Cafe,
Ransom’s, Silman’s and
Cafe for their partici|
the coffee break last
Mrs. Cantrell stated
though the final camj
turns have not yet beJ
mined, indications
contributions were gc
ing continued and pei
panded services of tl
crippled.
“The community’s cc
in the appeal has
gratifying,” Mrs Cantr«
“Proving new hope for|
youngsters. Our
friends can rest assured!
Delta County Society
pled Children and A
take every possible step
tain and develop
these children and adul
Late contributor*
their contribution* to
Nell Morgan at The D
tional Bank. The campt
sponsored by the Junk
tu* Club of Coopor.
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