The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940 Page: 4 of 8
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FRIDAY AUGUST
30. 1940
WITT FAMILY REUNION
AT CAMERON PARK
A large group of relatives and
friends gathered last Sunday at
Cameron Park, Waco for the an-
nual reunion Of the Witt family.
Attending the celebration were
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Witt, Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Lammert and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard
Boemer and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Will Luedeker and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Schroeder, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Witt and daughter,
all of McGregor; Mrs. Otto Drews
of Brenham; Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Witt and daughter of
Crawford; Henry Witt and Em-
mett Glenn Newman of High-
land ; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sch-
roeder and family of South Bos-
que and Miss Lillie Mae Spross of
Crawford.
Miss Edwina Watt is spending
this week in Corsicana as a guest
of her cousin, Miss Juanita Watt.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Lyon and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth and son,
Louie have returned home from a
three week’s vacation trip to
California where they visited
their son and brother, Dr. Tom
Lyon and family. They also visit-
ed points of interest in Colorado
and Utah enroute.
KINGS DAUGHTERS CLASS i DEMONSTRATION CLUE S CONSIDERING SELFISHNESS
HAS SOCIAL MEETING. MEETS NEXT FRIDAY Ttel.e are philosopllers lvhp
nr, i , , . i _* .. .. ^ igue against selfishness and there
Ihe regular quarterly social The McGregor Demonstration are hard-headed individuals who
meeting oi the Kings Daughters Club will have their regular meet- insist that it is vital to human
Class of the Methodist Sunday mg next Friday, September 6th progress
school was held at the church at the home of w Mrs. Bloomer; The controversy, it seems, re-
Thursday afternoon, August Ramsey, at which time they will sults from failing'to differentiate
22nd, with about thirty members, again work on the candlewielr,between immediate selfishness
the class took this opportunity, bedspread, which is t0 be finish-'an(j lon»-ran°-e or intellicent
of surprising their teacher, Mrs.1 ed by the third Sat. in September,' selfishness " ’
R. E. Henry with a handkerchief County Council Day. Don’t for-! The individual who is out for!
shower, it being her birthday, get September 6th at 2 p. m. as personal gain immediately is con-1
file handkerchiefs were present- we change the meeting time back vinced that he will get what is
ed 1.1 a clever manner when five, to the old regular hour after coming to him; he does not real-!
young ladies Misses Ann Free-, September 1st. We will have a. ize that lied and all other people.!
man, Luna Munson Emily Eng-; business meeting also Every win get more if he practices a
land, Rosemary Manske and| member ,s requested to be pres- more intelligent form of selfish-!
Johnnie Meador, entered singing; ent. Summer vacations are over ness
“An Apple for the Teacher” and; so let us all start back with re-1 The wisdom that inspires indi-
presented Mrs Henry with a newed interest in our work. The, viduals to forego immediate grat-
larg'e Apple which served as; Brazos Valley Fan- is to be heldj jfications for future and secured
a box for the gifts. A short pro- m October and we need to be satisfieations is the basis behind
gram was enjoyed, after which J getting busy on exhibits and de-
refreshments of punch and cake monstrations.—Reporter.
were served.
Mrs. G. 0. Reed is spending
this week in Moody with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Tay-
lor.
Ask for your free bottle of
Root Beer when you attend the
Ritz Matinee Saturday.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Amsler and
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Freeman,
H. A. Quebe and daughters, j Jr. spent last week-end in Kerr-
Misses Hazel and Helen and Mil-1 ville as guests of Robert Amsler,
Mrs. Lloyd Harper and daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret have returned
home from Concan, where they
have been visiting with Mrs. Har-
per’s sister, Mrs. J. J. Wain-
wriglit. Miss Elizabeth Harper,
who has been in Kerrville for the
summer, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Mood of Austin are also here for
a visit.
Mrs. Lonnie Clements returned
to McGregor Tuesday from
Levelland, where she spent
several days with her . parents,
Mr. and Mrs, C. S. Padgett, She
attended the wedding of her
sister, Miss Delilah Padgett and
Dosh T. McCreary, which took
place at the Padgett home in
Levelland Saturday.
dred Ann have returned home
from a visit with friends and re-
latives in Stamford and Plain-
view. They also visited Carls-
bad Caveran, N. M.
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Miss Alma Boemer who recent-
ly underwent an operation at
Providence hospital, is now at
home and is getting along nicely.
Her many friends and relatives
hope- that she will soon be-uMe to
be out again.
A. S. Munson and Misses Cora
Mae Meador, Luna Munson and
Johnnie Meador attended a safe-
ty meeting and picnic for employ-
ees of the Community Public
Service Company, in Gatesville
last Friday.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thompson,
Mrs. Chas Hall and Bonnie spent
Tuesday in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson attended the gift Show
at the Baker Hotel and brought
many new lovely gift items for
the store.
who has been serving as a counse-
lor at Camp Stuart,
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Earner and
sons of Beaumont spent last
week-end in McGregor, as guests
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Farner and Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Cawthorn.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Brennan
and daughter, Patricia of Austin
spent Saturday and Sunday in
McGregor with Mrs. Brennan’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gaiv
rett.
human progress. It is, in a way,
selfishness but it is far different
from the grab-it-now spirit.
Gradually, men and women are
beginning to understand that co-
operation between human beings
leads to greater gains for all con-
cerned. It does not require one
to give up possible acquisitions
for nothing at all; it invites in
telligent persons to cultivate
growing accumulations that will
pay dividends upon abstention.
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Mrs. A. K. Marney and sons,
Mac and Ben are visiting rela-
tives in Arlington this week.
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Free Root Beer to all attend-
ing the matinee at the Ritz Thea-
tre Saturday.
SEASON END SPECIALS
Jany Seasonable Items Greatly Reduc-
ed for Close-out and School Opening—
Floyd L. Young of Tyler; Er.-
nest Young of Amarillo and Mrs,
W. C. Fowler of Childress were
guests this week in the home of
their brother, Bill Young and
family.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams of
Llano were recent' guests of Mrs.
Williams’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Buckner. They left Satur-
day morning for Chicago where
they will visit his parents and
other relatives.
Week-end guests in the home oj
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams
were Captain and Mrs. L. E. Bro-
en and son of Lubbock; Mrs. J.
D. Maxey and Mrs. Will Maxey
'of Lorena and Bobbie Williams
of Dallas.
G. N. Huey of Temple is here
serving as relief telegraph opera-
tor at the depot, during the vaca-
tion of J. W. Sehepers, who with
Mrs. Sehepers left Monday for a
trip to Colorado. They will visit
in Denver and other points of in-
terest.
Mrs. Ernest Breeding of Hous-
ton visited relatives in McGregor
last week. Miss Willie Darsey and
Mrs. J. Fields accompanied
her to Merkel and Abilene, where
thejr are visiting relatives.
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Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Vahren-
kamp and son Mr. and Mrs. Her-
bert Vahrenkamp and son of
Waco visited Sunday in Dallas
with Ervin Vahrenkamp and
family.
If interested in terracing land,
call E. Medford, Crawford,Texas,
Phone 31.
Good kodaking weather con-
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Studio.
If interested in terracing land,
call E. Medford, Crawford,Texas,
Phone 31.
Miss Catherine Clarkhuff of
Waco was a guest last week of
Miss Margaret Scruggs.
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If interested in terracing land,
call E. Medford, Crawford,Texas,
Phone 31.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ward ac-
companied their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur! if interested in terracing land,
Brashear of Temple on a trip to oall E. Medford, Crawford,Texas,
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Free Root Beer to those at-
tending the Ritz matinee Satur-
day.
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Watson Arnold spent last week
with relatives and friends in
Houston and Galveston.
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Slack Suits to close out, regular $2.95
Special at__________________________________________
1 50
Broken sizes in Sport Oxfords
to close out at
1.50
Season’s Greatest Work Shirt Values
regular 79c value, special
65c
Boys’ Overalls—2 to 8 years
Special_________
59c
Boys’ Overalls—9 to 18 years
special
75c
1.09
Men’s Overalls, special 8 and 9-oz.
special at____________________
Print, 36-inch, fast color, regular 15c
values, special
10c
Sheeting, best quality, 81-inches
special at......
26 c
Chambjry, beautiful stripes and solids
36-inch, special at
25c
See the New Dresses and New Hats for
the Well Dressed Lady
New Suits for the Young Man, too.
See all These New Things.
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Miss Effie Mae Jones of Hamil-
ton was a guest last week of her
cousin, Miss Ella Bass.
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If interested in terracing land,
call E. Medford, Crawford,Texas,
Phone 31.
Mrs. Henry Witt and daughter,
Mae Dell of Highland are spend-
ing several days in Brenham with
friends and relatives.
Mrs. J. A. Watt has returned
home from a week’s visit in
Gladewater in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Camp.
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Friends are sorry to know that
Mrs. Charlie Westerfield is in a
Waco hospital where she under-
went an operation last week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Meith and
children of Houston have been
visiting in the home of Mrs.
Meith’s mother, Mrs. Laura
Haley. Mr. and Mrs. Meith and
Mrs. 0. B. Gardner left Wednes-
day for Dallas for a weekend
visit with Mrs. Gardner’s grand-
daughter, Mrs. King Rollins.
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Miss Rosemary Hartt of Ed-
couch was a guest this week in
the home of her aunt, Mrs. John
D. Anderson and family. She
came to attend the funeral of her
aunt, Mrs. J. H. Harrell, which
was held in Gatesville Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Anderson and
daughter, Kathryn also atteflded
the funeral.
California. They will visit Mrs.
Ward’s sister in Los Angeles.
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Mrs. A. S. Munson and daugh-
ter Luna accompanied their
daughter and sister, Miss Mary
Eva Hogan, to Dallas today, Fri-
day, where she will enter
Draughon’s Business School.
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Miss Fern Eitel is here fur a
visit with her mother, Mrs. B. F.
Eitel, after attending summer
school in Huntsville. Other guests
in the homes of Mrs. Eitel and
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Smith include
Mrs. Lonnie Davis and chil-
dren of Childress; Mrs. Jimmie
Herron and daughter of Rotan;
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Eitel of Hous-
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Will Schaefer
and daughter of Marlin; and Mrs.
M. T. Kent and children of Bena-
vides.
Phone 31.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gilmore and
son, Jimmie are visiting in Ly-
ford, Texas with Mr. and Mrs. D.
B. Gilnrore.
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Jimmie Rich of Palestine was-
a guest last week in the home 0f
his sister, Mrs. Joe Burks.
Mrs. Grace Unlbright and chil-
dren, Evelyn, Billie and Le Roy
of Amarillo are visiting in the
home of her mother, Mrs. Lee
Connally. They plan to return to.
their home Friday.
Mrs. A. L. Lee and daughter,
Miss Eugenia and Mrs. Alva
Turner spent last Thursday in
Dallas. They were accompanied
by Bert Lee, Jr. who spent the=
day in Arlington.
Dr. Allen A. Solberg is spend-
ing this week with friends and re-
latives in Clifton and Fort
Worth.
Miss Elizabeth Amsler return-
ed to Houston Tuesday after a
visit here with her father, Sam
H. Amsler, and other relatives.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Tiemann
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tiemann
of Brenham were week-end guests
in the John Boemer home.
Mrs. A. L. Pietzsch' and sons,
Amil and Robert of Dallas visit-
ed her brother, Ernest Weiss and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Strickland
of Tyler and Miss Elsie Hood of
Jacksonville, Texas spent last
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Moats.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Kittrell and
son, Billie and Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Hoi la way left Thursday morning
for Plainview, where they will
attend the all-star football game
between two teams, the East and
the West, composed of Class A
performers who have completed
their high school careers. Play-
ing with the West team are M. L.
Kittrell and Lloyd Bradshaw,
star performers on McGregor’s
Championship teams the past two
years. Mr. and Mrs. Kittrell and
Billie and Mr. and Mrs. Hollaway
will also visit relatives in Lub-
bock, returning home Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Burks and
Miss Margaret Dixon spent last
week-end with relatives and
friends in Palestine and Rusk.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Baker of
Bonaham are guests in the homes
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Cavitt and
Mr. and Mrs. Cavitt Caufield.
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Lowell Mitchell and son, Jackie
spent Sunday with Mr. Mitchell’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mit-
chell, in Gnstine.
Miss Martha Williams is spend-!
ing this week in Houston, as a'
guest of Miss Betty Jo Maloney,
who was her roommate at th-
University of Texas last term.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stewart
spent Sunday at Randolph Field,
San Antonio with their son,
Harold Stewart, who is stationed
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lawson
and daughters have returned
home from a visit with relatives
at Wichita Falls and other points
in West Texas.
Mrs. George Ash returned
home Saturday after a visit with
her son who has been in Terrell
at the hospital there for the past
two years.
Mrs. Hans Kalscheur and baby
of Fort Worth are here for a
visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Westerfield and other
relatives.
Miss Mabel Claire Meador of
Dallas spent last week-end here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Moran Meador.
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Mr. and Mrs, Mack, Cawtjiron
and son, Bailey of Austin were
week-end visitors with friends
and relatives in McGregor.
Mr. and Mrs. Bntler Wester-
field and children of Wichita
Falls were week-end guests in the
home of his mother, Mrs. J. B.
Westerfield.
Miss Esther Frady of Amarillo
spenti,Ia,s.t we%k.-emd here with
her-..parents, Mr. and Mrs.- J. J.
Frady. She returned to Amarillo
Sunday.
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