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The McGregor Mirror
AND HERALD-OBSERVER
[VOLUME SIXTY-ONE
McGREGOR MIRROR, McGREGOR, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1950
NUMBER 37
Bulldogs Cop District Title
By Defeating Mart Cagers [
In Two Straight Games
For the first time in the his-1 Whitenburg and Pete Reeves
tory of the school, McGregor
High’s basketball team last
Thursday and Friday captured
the District 19-A championship
by defeating Mart’s Panthers
two straight games in the loop
playoff.
The Bulldogs, playing one of
their best games of the season
toppled the Panthers here last
Thursday night 48-to-29 in the
first playoff session. Then on
Friday night they met on the
Mart hardwoods and took a
50-to-48 decision in an eveuly-
matched contest that was forced
into a three-minute overtime
period. The score was 45-45
when the whistle ended the,
regular game time.
The Bulldogs wil be entered in
the Regional tournament on
Feb. 25. Where and against
whom Coach Carl Warrington
doesn’t know yet. Playoffs in
the other districts in this region
have not been completed, and
plans for the tournament will
not be made until all district
champions are decided.
The Bulldog mentor said there
are eight regions in the state,
and winners of these regional
tournaments will participate in a
Sjrtate Championship tournament
praAustin.
The first half of the game
here last Thursday was - fairly
even, although the Bulldogs were
never behind. First quarter
score was 10-7, and by halftime
the locals had boosted it to
22-16. It was in the third quar-
ter that the Bulldog machine
really ran up the score. They
clicked off 19 points while the
Panther five accounted for two,
and the fourth quarter started
■with the score 41-18.
During the final stanza War-
rington used several of his se-
ond stringers and the Bulldogs
coasted in with a 48-29 victory.
High point honors went to
three Bulldogs. Billy Stevens
was on top with 16 points, and
Bud Guinn and Kenneth Riley
tied with 14 each. Jimmy Moore
accounted for five and Buford
collected one each. High point
man for the Panthers was Jimmy
Mallow with ten points.
Warrington attributed the
closeness of the Friday game iu
Mart to the Panthers’ small
court. .He said the hosts used
a man-to-man defense and rush-
his cagers all over the floor.
His boys didn’t have room to
operate. An undersized gym
floor is a decided handicap for
the team which is not used to ic.
Riley took high point honors
in this contest with 18 points.
Roy Kaz was runner-up with 14.
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Expansion Planned
For Phone System
To keep pace with McGregor’s
continuing growth, the South-
western Bell Telephone Com-
pany is planning a $12,200 pro-
ject to expand the telephone
system here, according to Har-
old W. Price, manager.
Three additional long dis-
tance switchboard positions are
scheduled to be installed here
next summer to help speed the
increasing volume of long dis-
tance calls. One switchboard
position now; used for both local
and long distance service will
be converted to full-time local
use.
In addition to the new switch-
board positions, the outside net-
work of wire and cable has been
extended in McGregor during
the past year, the manager de-
clared.
Ass evidence of McGregor’s
growth, Price pointed out that
the number of telephones here
has more than tripled since
1941. “ Before the war, there
were only about 225 telephones
here,” he said. “Today there
are 825 in service. About 335
of these have been added since
the end of the war.”
The number of daily calls
flowing through the switch-
board also has more than tripled
in that time. In 1941, operators
See TELEPHONES, page 4...
State Brotherhood to Meet Here, Feb. 23
egion Sponsors
Local Heart Drive
Those appealing red plastic
hearts which you are seeing on
store counters aren’t merely a
symbol of Valentine Day, but
represent the collection agency
for the National Heart Fund.
This campaign, started a few j
years ago, is designed to raise
funds for the purpose of re-
search and treatment in the fight
to combat heart disease which
each day claims hundreds of
lives in the United States. Heart
disease, until more recent years
was considered something which
all persons eventually faced in
their declining years, but today
this dreaded malady which has
fallen into the category of a di-
sease is striking people from
youth, through middle age and
older.
McGregor Boy Scout Drive Reaches
$846.97 Mark with Three Days to Go
The Boy Scout Fund Drive j was to our community, and
launched here this week for Me- District Chairman 0. T. McGin-
Gregor’s part of the Heart o’|iey maae a talk. Dale Hewgley,
field executive of the Heart o’
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Many people whose useful lives
begin to bear fruit at the age of
thirty to fifty years find them-
selves suddenly a victim of heart
trouble, and are forced to cease
their activities and become a
prisoner of bad health. Individ-
ually we can not make much
progress in research but by pool-
ing our funds, eventhough your
contribution is small, much can
be accomplished in determining
ways and means of preventing
your becoming a heart invalid.
In McGregor the American
Legion Post has assumed re-
sponsibility for the success of
this campaign, and with Parke
D. Evers and Beal Hargrove
planning and conducting the
program, hopes to make a good
showing for the Heart Research
Foundation.
This campaign, similar to the
March of Dimes for Infantile
paralysis research, is just as
worthy and important to you
and your future health. Don’t
pass up the little plastic hearts
without dropping in a few coins.
You’ll see them in Drug Stores
Theatres, post office, bank,
hardware stores and other places
of business.
Support your Legion Post by
supporting their sponsorship of
this drive and you’ll be helping
yourself and others to a longer
more useful and carefree life
through National Heart Disease
Research. If you care to make a
contribution of larger denomin- J
ation than a few coins, then mail
your check or currency to the
American Legion Post Heart
Campaign, McGregor Texas.—
Contributed.
Texas Council’s $45,860 budget
for 1950, netted $846.97 up to
Thursday morning. The drive
will continue through Saturday.
McGregor citizens can b e
proud of their showing this year
for records reveal this is the
largest amount ever raised for
the Boy Scout program here.
The largest amount raised pre-
A'ious to this year was $525 in
1947.
The drive got under way
Tuesday morning with a “kick-
off” breakfast in the Delite
Cafe, after which some 30 men
began contacting ten per cent
of the population. By 5 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon $750 had al-
ready been donated.
THANKS FELLOWS
As chairman of McGre-
gor Boy Scout Drive, it is
with a feeling ..of humility
that I express to you, the
workers, my sincere appre-
ciation for your very loyal
support. You did a “bang-
up” job, and all McGregor
can be proud of yofh
Without cooperation on
the part of all, nothing can
be accomplished. But with
willing men such as you, to
go out and work, anything
can be done. Thanks a lot,
fellows!
Thomas E. Mooney
At the breakfast Scoutmasters
Blake Shotwell and Raymond
Hampel Jr. made short talks
concerning the importance of
the scout drive, and each brought
one of his Eagle Scouts, who told
the group what scouting meant
to him. They were Curtis McGiu-
ley and Vernon Sowders. Cub-
master Joe Allen also made a
talk.
Representing the district, G.
W. England, co-chairman of the
finance committee, told how im-
portant he thought the drive
Texas Council, was the principal
speaker.
In addition to personal con-
tacts made within the city lim-
its, envelopes were distributed
to all rural route boxes in the
McGregor area. These envelopes
are still coming in, and drive
leaders urge that all who haye
/iot returned them to do so be-
fore Saturday, the closing day
of the drive.
All funds raised in this drive
go to further the character-
building and citizenship training
of boys in this council.
It was impossible for workers
to contact all citizens in this
community for subscriptions.
Those who happened not to
have been contacted, and who
wish to “invest” in their youth
are urged to take their contri-
butions to the First National
Bank, or call 31, and their do-
nations will be picked up.
All funds collected in McGre-
gor will remain in the local
bank, and will be drawn by the
council treasurer as they are
needed.
350 Persons Due
To Attend Meet
Garden Club Plans
Big Game Party
The McGregor Garden Club
will sponsor a game party at
Bluebonnet Cafeteria on Tues-
day night, February 21st, at
7:30 o’clock. Tickets P££ per-
son, 50c. Pie served at 10c per
slice with free coffee. Door
prizes are to be given.
All proceeds from the party
go to the club’s civic projects.
Tickets may be obtained from
any member of the Garden Club.
Mr. William Wendt is now in
Scott and AVfiite Hospital, in
Temple. Reports are that he is
holding his own.
Fourteen 1949 Bulldog Gridders
Receive Letters at Rotary Banquet
25,529 POLL TAXES PAID
IN COUNTY THIS YEAR
Final tally on poll taxes paid
by deadline Jan. 31 is 25,529,
Tax Collector Joe Alexander re-
veals.
This compares with 28,466 in
1948, last primary election year,
and indicates, with exemptions,
a probable voting strength for
the county of about 33,000.
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TAX REPRESENTATIVE
TO BE AT BANK MARCH 1
An income tax representa-
tive will be at the First Na-
tional Bank, Wednesday,
March 1, to aid people in this
community make out their
tax returns. They will be
here from 8 a. m. until 5
p. m. The service is free and
anyone desiring it is invited
to come.
Read The Mirror Classifieds.
Members of McGregor High
School’s 1949 Bulldog football
team were honored Monday
night with a banquet given by
the McGregor Rotary Club in
the school cafeteria. Highlight
of the evening was the award-
ing of jackets to fourteen letter-
men and two managers by Coach
Carl Warrington, who also pre-
sented two reserve letters.
It was the last letter for four
of the gridders, while ten will
be back with the team next year.
This is the largest number of
returning lettermen this school
has had for some time, anil
Coach Warrington said he hoped
they would make a better show-
ing next year.
Receiving their last letters
Bud Guinn, Pete Reeves, Darrell
White and W. J.- Bass.
Although the Bulldogs this
past, season did not finish in the
first or runner-up position, they
had a fairly successful season,
winning three games, tying three
and losing four. Injuries plag-
ued the Bulldogs throughout
most of the season, but they
their schedule in fine form by
rolling over Gatesville 53-0.
After the awarding of letters
Superintendent T. H. Jenkins
presented Warrington a sport
jacket in’behalf of the team.
Jenkins also presented the coach
his personal gift, which was a
large gold blanket with “Mc-
Gregor Bulldogs” on it in black
letters, together with a 1 large
bulldog head.
Entertainment was provided
by a magician, after which a
film, “1949 Football Highlights
of Baylor University,” was-
shown. Bob Sherrill was master
of ceremonies; Cavitt Caufield,
president of the Rotary Club
gave the welcome address, and
the meal was prepared and ser-
ved by the cafeteria ladies.
Here are the lettermen:
Darrell White, three years;
Kenneth Riley, two years; Ro-
land Reeves, two year; Bud
Guinn; Buford Whitenburg.
two years; Monte Pollard, two
years; Raymond Bayless, two
years; W. J. Bass; Joe Edd In-
gram, Garlin Payne, Floyd Pow-
ell, Daniel Slaughter, Billy Stev-
ens and Kenneth Stevens. The
two managers were Louis Alison
and Elmer Lechler. Reserve let-,
ters went to Bud Clements and
Kenneth Hodges.
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Some 350 representatives of
Lutheran Brotherhoods from
all over Texas are expected to
be in McGregor next Thursday
for their 12tli annual state con-
vention.
Arrangements for this one-day
meeting are about complete, Lo-
thar Krause, state vice-president
and local Brotherhood president,
says. Registration will get under
way at the Zion Lutheran
Church at 9 a. m., and the con-
vention will be-opened at 10 o’-
clock.
Mayor A. C. Amsler and Cham-
ber of Commerce President Sam
H. Amsler Jr., will both make
welcome talks before the con-
vention gets under way.
An interesting and inspiring
program has been arranged,
Hans Kalscheuer, local Brother-
hood vice-president, believes.
This is the first time the Bro-
therhood convention has been
invited to Central Texas, and he
says they are trying to make it
interesting enough to make
them want to come back. "
The program will be highlight-
ed with speeches by several of
the top-ranking men of the Lu-
theran Church. Among these
speakers will be Dr. Henry F.
Schuh, of Columbus, Ohio; Dean
A. C. Streng, of Seguin; Ben
Siebel, San Antonio; and Rev.
George Reck of Houston.
Final event of the day will be
a banquet at the Bluebonnet
Farm cafeteria at 6:30 p. m.
Rev. Reck wil be the banquet
speaker.
As outlined on the program,
the first part of the morning ses-
sion will be reports and general
business. Kalscheuer, department
scout director, will make a re-
port during this session.
Devotions, talks and discus-
sions will fill the program for
the afternoon.
The convention committee, as
appointed by President Krause
follows1
Louis Bischoff, convention
chairman; Hans Kalscheuer, cor-
responding secretary; Heinz
Quebe, co-chairman banquet-
program; Gus Wiethorn, co-
chairman banquet-program; Bill
Zacharias, chairman, registration
and Lothar Krause, chairman
publicity.
McGregor Gets 2.06
Inches of Moisture
Week end rain fall in McGre-
gor amounted to 2.06 inches, as
recorded by the government
guage heree. This makes a total
of 3.43 inches for the month of
February.
The grain which was begin-
ning to suffer the dry weather,
lias taken, new life and is grow-
ing off well with the needed
moisture. For the many farmers
who have been hauling water
now find sufficient amount to
supply their needs. Water is
back in the wells and surface
tanks.
Tuesday morning the clouds
drifted east and the sun came
out causing rising temperatures
with every indication that the
remainder of the week should
see warm and pleasant weather.
BOX SUPPER
All Odd Fellows, their family
and friends are yivited to at-
tend a box supper to be given
at the hall on Monday night,
March 6, starting at 7 o’clock.
39 F. N. Johnson, sec’y. j
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