The McGregor Mirror and Herald-Observer (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, October 25, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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The McGregor Mirror
and herald-observer
VOLUME FIFTY-EIGHT
McGregor mirror. mcGkegor, texas Friday, October 25, 1946
NUMBER25
Clifton Cubs
H,ere Tonight
Record Crowd Expected As Bulldog
Square-Off With Cubs On Wood Field
For Predicted Best Game of Season
McGregor Chamber of Commerce Banquet Scence of Thursday Night
To knoe.k the McGregor Bull-
dogs out of tlieif chance for the
district 29-A grid title will be
the objective of the green-shirt-
ed Clifton Cubs when they
square off with the McGregor
boys at 8 o’clock tonight (Fri-
day) in what should be the best
game on Wood field this season.
A record crowd for this year
is expected to he on hand. Bull-
dog fans should more than fill
the west stands, and Clifton fans
will follow their team in mass,
according to authorities there.
Having one of the lightest hut
strongest teams in the district
this year, the Cubs should prove
able opponents for the Bulldogs.
Both teams have been defeated
ber of points scored by both
teams, tonight’s game will be be-
tween two high - geared offens-
ive teams. The Cubs are masters
of the “T” formation. In Wayne j
Canuteson, 150-pouncl fullback, j
they have a climax runner who j
has been stopped only once this j
season. He has scored almost *
100 points, most of which have
been on runs from mid-field. At
quarterback they have Elder, a
14.5-pound boy, who plays the
position under center and turns
in an expert job of handling the
hall. Elder is also a very good
passer.
Although the green shirt’s for-
ward wall averages 162 pounds
they have the speed and coordin-
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one time this season. The Bull-1 ation to make up for their lack
dogs lost to a strong Mart team! 0j weight, Ends Whitley, 174
21-12, and the Cubs bowed to the pounds, and Jackson, 148 pounds
strong Gatesville Hornets 14-7.
Rated Almost Even
The two teams will go into the
game rated almost even, • witn
the Bulldogs possibly having a
slight edge, which is'due to their
superior weight advantage. The
are considered as being among
the best in the district. Center
Seljos is said to he a “strictly
on-the-ball boy.”
Bulldogs Well Balanced
The Bulldogs are fortunate in
not having to depend upon one
McGregor Chamber of Com
merce annual banquet is now
history. It was held on Thurs-
day night of last week in the
beautiful building of Manske
Motors, and was a gala affair.
Seated around the banquet
tables were some 425 members
and guests, which included 75
out-of-town guests. The menu
consisted of pit barbecue, baked
beans, potato chips, pickles and
olives. Coffee and Tay, Me-
ing Shop, Barfield’s Garage, The
Modern Beauty Shop, Mize 4th
Street Grocery, Joe Childress, in-
surance, Dr. .John Tyler, dentist,
Dr. Minnie B. Smith, Dr. E. P.
Brannon, Childress Grocery, Al-
len’s Dairy, White’s Wood Shop,
Cawthroil’s Electric, Kirk’s Ra-
dio Shop, Thornton’s Radio
Shop, Bus Terminal Garage, Mc-
Gregor Paint and Body Works,
Frenches’ Grocery, Roper Filling-
Station, Annie Laura’s Beauty
Gregor Bottling Works new, Shop; nCox’s; Grocery, Johnny’s
Welding Shop, McGregor Pastry
Slum, Dee’s Cafe, Carl’s Bowling.
Parlor,. Bluebonnet Food Store,
White Auto Supply Store, Hard-
wick Refrigerator Service, Neff’s
foods committee, Bob Dowis,
chairman of arrangements, J.
Stanford Halley, chairman of en-
tertainment, together with their
workers, are to be congratulated
upon the splendid job in making
the banquet a success. J. N.
Davis, was in charge of the bar-
becuing of approximately 400
pounds of meat.
The picture for above cut is
thru courtesy of Reed’s, Waco.
drink, which was introduced for
the first time in" this section at
the banquet.
Chas. B. Hall was master of
ceremonies. Following the in-
superior weight advantage, liie not having to depend upon one vocation bv Rev. J. Fred Patter-J La(Ues> Readv-to-Wear
Bulldogs average 161 pounds to( boy to do the ball carrying ! ^ of the Methodist' vdi> Kadio llufHome
the Cub’s 153. Lack of v eig 1 j ITorstmann, Lechler, Clemons anc ejmrc^ group joined mi Gilmore & Davis, Spencer v^ucm-
liasn’t seemed to handicap them I Williams can all he depended up-; £ino>ino. several of the older. ;eai Co., and A. & M. College,
so far, however; because what, on to count for their part of the har^0*i7in* ROngs, led by Hoyle j r, W. (Bob) Calvert of. Hills-
they lack in weight they make, yardage. McGregor has a good Hackney with Miss Lean Am- boro, chairman of the state
up for with speed and deception. ] passer and punter m Edward ^ ^ . no; | demoeratie executive committee,
Lechler. Horstmann is also cap-, M \ r t
At the beginning of the season
when the pre-season predictions
were being made, the Cubs re-
ceived very little notice; how-
able of kicking his team out of a
hole.
Lechler who was injured in
ever, as the games began to click] the game with Mart, may see
off on the season’s meter, Clifton
remained on the winning- side
with large scores to her credit.
The dopesters began to take no-
tice.
Up until the game with the
Hornets week before last the
green - shirted boys from Bosque
county had, in four games, scor-
ed 131 points to none for their
opponents. Two of their victor-
ies had been over class B teams—
Iredell and Meridian—and they
also shoved aside Itasca and Dub-
lin, both with 31-0 margins. Then
came their defeat by Gatesville,
and last week they rode rough-
shod over West 55-6, bringing
their scoring record up to 193 to
20 for six games. The Bulldogs
have scored 208 points in six
games to their opponents’ 28.
Both Strong- Offensively
As it is indicated by the num-
limited service tonight. Medlin,
a good defensive man, will start
the game at fullback, however.
In the forward wall for Mc-
Gregor there are Isbill and High
at ends; Brim and Muegge at
tackles; Anderson and Neitlier-
cutt at guards, and Crouch at
center. These are seven boys
who have made it extremely
hard on ball carriers this season,
and on offense they have done
a “bang-up” job of blocking.
t...... r________ democratic executive committee,
Mayor A. C. Amsler welcomed was the speaker for the occasion,
the guests in a short, but im- He was introduced by J. Stah-
pressive manner. A group of ford Halley, manager of the
A, & M, Men Here
Checking On BOP
If you want to know what is
likely to happen in 1947, you
may be interested in the predic-
tions of the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics, which has a
good 'record in connection with
predicting what is abopt to hap-
pen in the near future in this
country. . . The Bureau this week
says that the national income
will climb to $175,000,000,000
next year but will start tapering
off toward the end of the year.
This compares with the estimat-
ed $165,000,000,000 for 1946,
which is the highest on record
to date. . . A .decline in indus-
trial production during the lat-
ter part of 1947 is based upon
the belief that the backlog of
consumer demand for industrial
products will become more near-
ly satisfied, with the exception
of automobiles and housing. . .
While calling attention to the
prospective increase in / the na-
tional income, the Bureau says
that the net income of agricul-
ture may drop as much as ten or
fifteen per cent. This is based
upon the belief that consumers
will devote buying power to in-
dustrial goods and the fact that
farm production costs are ex-
pected to increase.
Elsewhere in this issue of
The Mirror Mayor Amsler
warns Hallowe’en pranks-
ters to guard against any
damage to property. “Have
fun” he says, but stop at
that. He has instructed of-
ficers to enforce laws re-
garding damaging property
or bodily injury to persons.
entertainers from Camp Hood
rendered several numbers in
vocal solos, duets, monologues,
presided over by Sgt. Art Moss.
Lew Jenkins, also of Gamp
Hood, and one-time heavy light-
weight championship boxer of
the United States, gave two hill-
billy numbers. The entertain
ers were hoisted on
built stage on the
rack in the building.
The group was surprised to
learn of the many new business-
es and professional men coming
to McGregor within the past few
months, when E. J. Thomason,
president of the C. of C. gave a
summary of the activities here.
Among the new businesses, 'he
named: Mayo & Pinegar, Can-
field Motors, Manske Motors,
McGregor Home and Auto Sup-
ply, Ray McCauley,, Maytag
Sales and Supplies, McGregor
Bottling Works, Yeager’s Weld-
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Calvert said that the farms
of this community were the
backkbone of civilization. He
urged a return to the farm
reviewing the exodus from farm
to city and expressed the hope
that with better farming pract-
; ices, much needed improvement
a, special, of farm roads in Texas, and the
hydraulic addition of conveniences in rural
districts, the trend may be re-
versed. He said the time was
near at hand when farm families
would have all the conveniences
now enjoyed by city dwellers,
in lights, gas, telephones, etc.
Mr. Calvert also spoke in
favor of the good roads amend-
ment to be voted on by the peo-
ple on November 4th which will
establish a sound system of road
financing that will result in
more and better roads for the
people of Texas.
John D. Mann, chairman of the
C. H. McDowell, first assistant
agriculture experimental depart-
ment and Mr. Thornton, also of
the experimental department, of
A. & M. College, have been in
McGregor this week checking up
on the college’s newly obtained
Bluebonnet Ordnance Plant.
Mr. McDowell has been getting
samples of the soil, water, etc.,
also talking to leasees who are
cultivating some of the land com-
prising the vast acreage.
Thornton has had a crew of
men working separating mater-
ials that will come in possession
of the college and that belong-
ing to the ordnance department.
The college will keep a crew of
men at work at the plant getting
ready to begin its operation
around the first of the year.
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Renew for the Mirror TODAY!
and keep the paper coming.
W. Averill Harrimann, who .
lias just taken office as Secre-
tary of Commerce, candidly ad-
mits that he is a big businiess
man, with no pretentions of be-
ing anything else. This is re-
freshing because it is the truth.
However, Mr. Harriman, in con-
nection with taking office, gives
expression to principle, which
if followed by Americans, would
do the country a lot of good. . .
Asked whether he regarded him-
self as a representative of the
business point of view in the
Cabinet, the new Secretary
pointed out that he was hired
by the American people as a
whole and that while he would
further the point of view of
American business, he would do
so only when it was in the na-
tional interest. . . “The welfare
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Here Is Picture of the Clifton Cubs Who Meet the Bulldogs, Wood Field, in McGregor Tonight
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TOP ROW, left to right—Iv. Humphries,
Harvey, Pilaut, W. Canuteson, Busch, Jackson,
Seljos, Whitley, Bass, Wallace, Elder (Captain)
Jergenson, Holt.
MIDDLE ROW, left to r ight — Smith,
Ilulings, Alfie,, Ric-e, Gustafson, Langseth, Wiede,
Bronstad, T. Humphries, Schoenrock, Coach
Bronstad.
BOTTOM ROW, left to right—B. Beckner,
Remington, Ellingson, O. Canuteson, Prince,
Conrad. Brynie, Lassiter, Ringness, Pierce,
and Hundley — Courtesy of The Clifton Record.
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you in every possible way.
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