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The McGregor Mirror
AND HERALD-OBSERVER
VOLUME SIXTY-TWO
McGREGOR MIRROR, McGREGOR, TEXAS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1950.
NUMBER 26.
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Looking around this week for
something to fill this column, we
came across an old McGregor
Observer, printed back in Dec-
ember 1904, edited by G. T.
Hamilton. . . This being Decem-
ber, and Christmas shoppers will
be busy buying, we thought it
might be interesting to look
back over some of the prevail-
ing prices in ads carried in that
issue, and names of merchants
in business in McGregor at that
time.
* * *■
T. W. Stubblefield was in the
grocery business and was adver-
tising that he had just received
a shipment of new crop East
Texas ribbon cane molasses to
sell at 45c per gallon can. . . .
H. A. Gladdish, dry goods, car-
ried an advertising, “Dress Up
for Christmas.” Listed were
men’s dark grey mixed suits at
$4.98; men’s high grade cordu-
roy suits at $4.98; men’s high
grade, all-wool suits at $7.98;
ladies and men’s all-leather
shoes in price range from $1.50
to $3.50.
* * *
/ Another dry goods firm was
^Black & Company. Their ad was
m men’s clothing—the highest
grade suits, two and three piece
at $7.50 to $15.00. In the piece
goods department, calico was
selling at 3c per yard; cotton
checks 5c; bleached domestic at
5c and 10c per yard. . . Boyd
Mercantile Co. carried a full
page ad reading in part5 “Cotton
is going down and we need
money, and you need to buy
cheap when you can, and by buy-
ing at the low prices will be
equal to 10c, or more per pound
for your cotton.” . . . Other ads
were those of J. C. Kilgore, liv-
ery, feed and transfer stable—
bus meets all trains. . . A. G.
Harper and Co., gent’s furnish-
ings. . . McGregor Wagon Co.,
C. Julius Johnson, prop. . . E. J.
Thomason, jewelry repairs. . .
W. T. Glasgow, meat market.
*• # #
The Cotton Belt was advertis-
ing round trip tickets, December
20th through 26th, to all points
east of the Mississippi, at rate of
one fare plus $2.00, good for re-
turn 30 days from date of sale.
* * *
Back then, perhaps, were the
good old days, you often hear
spoken of, when everything was
cheap, people traveled by horse
and buggy, taxes were few, the
world was at peace, no radios for
commentators to keep the people
at high pitch. However, despite
so much confusion, the present
time is good enough for us, and
we are hoping and predict, in
some way, the nations of the
An X-ray survey to be conduc-
ted jointly by McLennan County
Tuberculosis Association and
Texas Tuberculosis Association
will open Tuesday morning, Nov.
28 and will continue through
Dec. 20. The unit will be in Mc-
Gregor Tuesday, Dec. 5.
Tuberculosis survey is needed
because tuberculosis is a treat-
erous disease which has no symp-
toms in its early stages when it
is most curable. If it remains un-
detected until it reaches an ad-
vanced state, not only is the
treatment long’ and difficult,
but the person who has the dis-
ease may unsuspectingly infect
other persons in his family or
among his associates. X-ray sur-
veys made by the armed forces
in industry and elsewhere have
shown that about one person in
every 100 tested has - tuberculo-
sis and in most instances, he has
no suspicion of it. The mini-
ture x-ray used succesfully by
the armed forces will be used.
The x-ray survey is open to
Rev. H. D. Henry Is
Church of God Pastor
Rev. H. D. Henry arrived in
McGregor Tuesday to take over
the duties as pastor of the
Church of God on South Main St.
Bro. Henry is the former assis-
tant pastor of the Alton Park
Church of God in Chattanooga,
Tenn.
He has announced that there
will be an all-day service Sun-
day with a basket lunch at the
noon hour. There will be some
visiting quartets and trios from
Dallas here for Sunday after-
noon and also the district pastor
of the church will be present to
bring the afternoon sermon.
Everyone is invited to attend
these services.
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Mrs. Ralph McEntire left Mon-
day for Fort Levenworth, Kan.,
to visit Lt. Col. and Mrs. A. Y.
Kinslow and grand-daughter,
Laura.
every person in McLennan Coun-
ty fifteen years of age and over.
X-raying will be done in Mc-
Gregor at the City Hall between
8 a. m. and 5 p. m. Tuesday. This
location has been selected to
serve the greatest number of
persons with the least inconven-
ience. The x-raying itself takes
less than a minute and it is not
necessary to remove clothing.
The films will be read in Aus-
tin by the head of the State De-
Cen-Texans Asked
To Honor Bruins
Central Texas football fans
Saturday are urged to take part
in “Bear Appreciation Day,”
which proud Waco has insti-
gated in honor of Baylor’s
Golden Bears, who may end up
in second place in the South-
west Conference despite the fact
they were picked for the cellar
before the season started.
The surprisingly potent Bears
will engage the Rice Owls in
Baylor’s new $1,750,000 stadium
Saturday for their final game
of the 1950 season, and Central
Texas fans are invited to nelp
honor them by filling this stad-
ium which will seat over 40,000
people.
And the Bruins are expected
to say, “Your Welcome” with a
victory which will give them a
clear claim to second place, or
at least a share of the position,
depending upon the result of the
Texas U-Texas A&M clash in
Austin Thursday.
Saturday will be the first time
in 16 years that the Owls have
played in Waco. Because of Bay-
lor’s out-moded old stadium, the
clubs have been playing all their
games in Houston.
This will be the final oppor-
tunity for fans to see the Bears,
possessors of one of the confer-
ence’s highest-geared offenses,
in action. Since Baylor is not
predicting a complete sell out,
tickets will remain on sale at
the gate until kickoff time.
partment of Health, Department
of Tuberculosis Control. If your
chest is negative, you will receive
a report within three weeks. If
there is trouble there, you will
receive a letter that will instruct
you to go to your family phy-
sician for further check-up.
If you have tuberculosis you
will have the Lest chance in
the world to get well, because
you will have found the trouble
while it is in the early stage and
because the State of Texas has
provided a hospital to take care
of its tuberculosis patients and
give the best modern care. If
you follow instructions for treat-
ment, you should have an ex-
cellent chance for complete re-
covery. Just give thanks that you
found the trouble in time.
There is no cost for any per-
son or employer. The McLennan
County Tuberculosis Associa-
tion and the Texas Tuberculosis
Association will pay the entire
cost with funds raised through
the sale of Christmas Seals.
letes Monday exchanged their
moleskins for shorts and gym
shoes and are now busily work-
ing at the transition from foot-
ball to basketball.
Having won their first district
cage title in the history of the
school last year, the Bulldogs
will spend all of December bat-
tling non-conference competition,
getting ready to defend their
crown.
The season will begin for the
locals Monday when they enter
the Gatesville tournament, the
finals of which will be played
Saturday, Dec. 9. Then on Tues-
day they square off with Belton
at Belton and on Friday Dec.
15, they make their first home
appearance against Belton. On
the week end of Dec. 22 and 23,
the Bulldogs will be entered in
the Lampasas tournament.
The conference round-robin
competition begins the first week
in January.
aOgjLt .
Wfifld will settle their differences
and all will get back to living a
normal life in comparison with
present time advantages over
those of a half century ago.
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REUNION
Present for a family reunion
in the home of Mrs. H. P. Shot-
well Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Floyd, of Gavleston; Mr.
and Mrs. Hiram Shotwell and
family of Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Shotwell and
daughter of Lamesa; Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Shotwell and daugh-
ter, and Ray Shotwell, all of
National City, Calif; Mr. and
Mrs. E. II. Duncan and daugh-
ters and Blake Shotwell of Mc-
Gregor.
PUT AWAY
AT LEAST FIVE PERCENT
OF YOUR EARNINGS
EVERY WEEK IN A SAV-
INGS ACCOUNT. . . . THEN
YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE A
RESERVIE FOR EMER-
GENCIES.
REMEMBER THAT A SAV-
INGS ACCOUNT AT THIS
BANK IS ALWAYS LIQUID
ALWAYS SAFE AND IS IN-
SURED BY THE GOVERN-
MENT.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
TP&L Marks 35th
Year In McGregor
November marked the thirty-
fifth anniversary of Texas Pow-
er & Light Company in McGre-
gor, it was pointed out this week
by T. C. Wyche, TP&L district
manager at Temple.
“This history of electric ser-
vice in McGregor had its begin-
ning back in January of 1899,”
said Mr. Wyche, “when the City
Council granted the McGregor
Artesian Water Company a fran-
chise to erect and maintain a
power plant and electric light
system in the city. The Council’s
minute book shows that pay-
ments were made to this com-
pany until 1907, when W. W.
Deyerle acquired the property,
changed the name to McGregor
Water and Light Company and
operated it as such until Novem-
ber, 1915, when it was sold to
Texas Power & Light Co.”
At that time TP&L began
serving McGregor with 224 cus-
tomers spread over approximate-
ly four miles of distribution line
from two generating units, pow-
ered by 100 and 80 horsepower.
Today, McGregor is a part of the
transmission system of TP&L,
receiving all the advantages of
this integrated system with its
abundant sources of electric
power.
“In November, 1915, when
TP&L began serving McGregor,
the rates began at 15 cents for
the first 50 kilowatt hours, or a
cost of $12.50 for 100 such hours.
Since that time, the Company
voluntarily has reduced the rates
until today 100 kilowatt hours
cost only $4.29, a reduction of
$8.21, or 65.6 per cent, from what
they cost 35 years ago,” he said.
Organized in 1912, TP&L built
the state’s first transmission line
in 1913. The Company pioneered
rural electrification in Texas,
building its first rural line in
1915. At present time it serves
more than 90,000 farm and rural
customers.
Always it has been the policy
of the Company to plan ahead
to anticipate the demands of its
growing number of customers,
Mr. Wyche pointed out. A big
expansion program which began
in 1947 is adding new generated
capacity and making additions
College Ave. Church
To See Movies
The people of College Avenue
Baptist Church recently voted
to have Rev. J. G. Miller, of Cis-
co, to entertain at the Church
Wednesday night, Dec. 6, at 7:00
o’clock with his moving, talking
religious pictures. They are en-
titled “Near the Cross,” in color
“The Door to Heaven” and “The
Man who Forgot God. A fourth
film, “The Second Coming,” will
be shown if the people care to
see it.
We feel that everyone who
attends will not only enjoy these
pictures, but will also receive a
great blessing. There will be no
admission charge, and everyone
is welcome.
Bro. Miller is 80, but spark-
les like a diamond. —Reporter.
Miss Ruby Freyer of Joiner-
ville visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Freyer last week end.
and pant, their ankles popping
in rhythm with the bells, when
Santa Claus comes to McGregor,
next Monday, Dec. 4, at 12:30
p. m. under the auspices of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Many who never saw a rein-
deer in their lives will be on
hand. They’ll see Dancer and
Prancer, Donder and Blitzen,
fresh from the frozen Artie Cir-
cle, brought straight to Texas
for the benefit of children and
grown-ups.
The four reindeer will come
wearing red leather harness with
bright trimming, and the child-
ren can tell which is Dancer,
Prancer, Blitzen and Donder,
for each will have his name spell-
ed out on his bright harness.
Santa’s sleigh will be a color-
ful vehicle, too. It will be bright
red and silver with green trim
and the words “Merry Christ-
mas” spelled out in the decora-
tions.
The white-whiskered friend
of all children will have a new
suit made by expert tailors. No
imported or second-hand clothes
for the ruddy, happy gentleman.
Chamber of Commerce Mana-
ger J. W. Jennings says final
word from Old Santa stated he
would be in McGregor on next
Monday at 12:30 sharp, and ex-
pected all of his little friends
throughout the McGregor trade
territory to meet him at that
time.
Following the parade down
Main Street he will stop at some
convenient point along the way
for a chat with the kiddies and
will also distribute small gifts
to them as he goes along.
Don’t forget the day and time,
next Monday, December 4 at
12:30 p. m. Besides all ef the lit-
tle folks, the grown ups are in-
vited too. A Capacity crowd is
expected to view the parade and
see Santa and his reindeer.
McGregor-Gatesville Grid Rivalry
Dealt Blow by TIL Reshuffle Deal
A charge of dynamite was ex-
ploded this week under the state
high school athletic program by
the Texas Interscholastic League
and pieces, it seemed, were allow-
ed to fall where they may.
As result of the blast, McGre-
gor is now in district 21-AA with
La Vega, Waco Tech, West and
Marlin. Gatesville, a district ri-
val of several decades, was re-
shuffled to another district. And
Mart and Itasca, also district
ville for so long, broken up.”
Although the reshuffling in
schools o f McGregor’s class
seems severe in spots, it was mild
in comparison to what took place
among the larger schools.
League Director Rodney J.
Kidd and Athletic Director Rhea
Williams, announcing the major
overhaul on Texas’ schools to be-
come effective in September,
1951, said the main purpose was
to equalize competition and to
competitors of long standing, i insure that each district had
were dropped down into Class
A.
Competition was stiffened in
the AA class—high schools with
200-449 enrollment—in Central
Texas by adding schools such as
Ennis, Hillsboro and Waxaha-
chie, that were in Class AA this
year.
Asked what he thought about
the change, Coach Carl Warring-
ton said, “It doesn’t seem to ef-
fect McGregor too much, for we
will be playing teams we had
scheduled this year. And since
we will have only five teams in
this district, we will have more
time to get ready for league
games. I do, however, hate to see
a district rivalry, like has existed
between McGregor and Gates-
enough schools to provide work-
able schedules.
FORMER McGREGOR GIRL
MARRIES IN SAN ANTONIO
McGregor relatives and friends
received announcements this
week telling of the marriage of
Miss Ann Cavitt to Mr. Sidney
Joseph Barry on Saturday, Nov.
11, in San Antonio.
The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. Alta Cavitt and attended
school in McGregor. For the last
several years she has been em-
ployed with the Cotton Exchange
in San Antonio. The Mirrot jpins
her many friends here in wish-
ing for her a very long and hap-
py married life. ,
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