The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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The McGregor Mirror
AN1©' HE>RALD-OBS«ERVES?
VOLUME FORTY-THREE______
McGREGOR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1931.
NUMBER 11
Special Meat Gutting Demonstration Today at Opera House 2:30 p. m.—GO!
SAFETY
First, Last and Always
YOUR BUSINESS APPRECIATED
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
McGREGOR, TEXAS
A GOOD BANK SINCE 1889
SPECIAL MEAT CUTTING
DEMONSTRATION HERE
THIS AFTERNOON
Final arrangements for the
meat cutting demonstration to be
held in McGregor Friday after-
noon have been completed. The
demonstration will be conducted
by Roy W. Snyder, meat demon-
stration specialists of A. & M.
College Extension Service.
County Agent R. S. Miller, in
commenting on the meeting, said
yesterday that this was a wonder-
ful opportunity for the house-
wives and people of McGregor to
learn the value of good cuts of
meat and How to identify some.
Spring lamb, sometimes known as
Easter lamb, will be cut up by the
expert meat cutter, as well as a
baby beef, which has been corn
fed for several months. Come out
and see the difference between
prime beef and the other grades.
Remember the date, Friday
Ik afternoon, May 15th., at the
Opera House at 2:30 o’clock.
LEGISLATURE VOTES
TO ADJOURN MAY 22
MASS GRADUATION
FOR STUDENTS OF
Mclennan schools
BORDEN REPORTS RIG
FOR McGREGOR OIL WELL
WILL ARRIVE SOON
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
SUNDAY, MAY 17TH.
Sunday school, 9:45; preaching
service, 10:50; B. Y. P. U., 7:00;
evening service, 8:00; Midweek
services—Teachers and officers
meeting. 7:30; Prayer service,
& :15 each'Wednesday evening.
Reporter.
* PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SUNDAY, MAY 17TH.
Austin.—The senate Tuesday
adopted a house resolution fix-
ing the sine die adjournment date
of the legislature at May 22.
Amendments suggesting May 26,
27 and 29 were rejected. A plea
was made to place the resolution
on the table subject to call, but
proponents of early adjournment
succeeded in having the previous
question ordered, and then voted
18 to 11 to adjourn May 22.
Several senators spoke against
adjourning the legislature May
22, stating they believed, proper
disposition could not be made of
the departmental and educational
appropriations bills. Dr. Beck of
De Kalb, chairman of the senate
finance committee, was among ad-
journment May 22. Beck stated
if the senate took as much time on
the educational appropriations
bill as the house did, adjournment
on May 22 would be an impossibi-
lity.
Sunday School at 10 o’clock.
Morning services at 11 o’clock,
iere will be no evening services
account of the Baccalaureate
Sermon at the Lutheran Church.
You are invited to attend any
and alFservices of this church.
Thos. A. Rockett, Pastor.
The Mirror one year for $1.00
APRIL FAILURES LESS
Austin, Texas.—Business fail-
ures in Texas during April aver-
aged sixteen a week, compared
to eighteen in March and thir-
teen in April of last year,, accord-
ing to the Bureau of Business Re-
search at The University of Tex-
as. Weekly liabilities fell sharply
below the March figure and the
April, 1930, average, the Bur-
eau’s report said. Axerage liabili-
. ties per week during April
! amounted to $123,000, compared
to a weekly average of $147,000
! in March and of $226,000 in April,
1930. This djfccline in iniflebted-
ness was contrary to the tend-
ency following the 1921 depres-
sion, when liabilities continued
to expand after the actual num-
ber of ^defaulting companies be-
gan to decline, the Bureau’s re-
port said.
A mass commencement program
for all seventh grade students of
McLennan county schools will be
held in Waco hall Fiday, at eleven
a. m., this being the first mass
graduation exercises in this coun-
ty, and the second in the state,
it has been announced by Mrs. T.
T. Christion, president of the Mc-
Lennan county council, Parent
Teacher association, which is
sponsoring the movement. Tarrant
county was the first to hold a
mass graduation, and will again
hold such a program this spring,
it was announced.
Three hundred and twenty
graduates from the seventh grade
will represent 36 schools, the
county being behind the move-
ment 100 per cent, Mrs. Christian
stated. The movement is being
inaugurated in McLennan county
to stimulate the desire of the pupil
to continue, his education after
graduation from the grades.
Mrs. George B. Coleman, of
Leroy, is general chairman of the
program for Friday. She has re-
quested that each P. T. A. in the
county send the president and
two representatives to assist dur-
ing tile day. They are asked to
meet Friday at 9 a. m. at the
First Street park, where a picnic
lunch will be served at noon. In
case of rain, the lunch will be
served in the Baylor gymnasium,
it was stated. The Parent Teacher
associations and schools will serve
lunch to the graduating class and
honor guests. Parents and friends
attending are asked to bring their
own lunches.
The following program has
been prepared for the commence-
ment exercises. Music by county
bands; invocation by Rev. W. W.
Melton; singing of America by
audience; flag salute, seventh
grade; bong, “When The Flag
Goes By,” seventh grade; ad-
dress, Congressman O, H. Cross;
music, Miss Gail Hamilton; pre-
sentation of honor pupils, Miss
Edgar Ellen Wilson; valedictor-
ian, Faye Strange, of Moody;
salutatorian, Margaret Moses, of
Hewitt; presentation of diplomas,
Supt. L. A. Woods; benediction,
John Strauss, president of coun-
ty school board; lunch in park.
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LET US REBUILD YOUR SHOES
A half sole is cheaper than half pay. An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure. Watch your shoes. Have them rebuilt
and avoid accidents and possible permanent injury. Save your
' et while you are alive they are of no earthly us to any one
a JPbr you are dead.
Let us help save your shoes that saves your feet.
JOE M. COX
SHOE & HARNESS REPAIR SHOP
WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS
Cleveland Plain Dealer: There
have been 14 White House wed-
dings, Eleanor Wilson’s in 1914
being the last one. With the years
in which the wedding occurred
they were those of:
1811—Lucy Payne Washington,
Mrs. Madison’s sister, and Justice
Todd of the United States Sup-
reme Court.
1820—Marie Monroe, daughter
of the president, and Samuel
Lawrence Gouverneur.
1826—Helen Jackson and John
Adams, son of the president.
1829—Delia Lewis and Alphon-
se Randolph.
1835—Mary Easton and Luc-
ian B. Polk. _
1837—Emily Martin and Lewis
Yver: Pageot.
1842—Elizabeth, daughter of
the president and William Wal-
ler.
1874—Nellie Grant, daughter
of the president and Algernon
Sartoris.
1878—Emily Platt, niece of
President Hayes, and General
Russell Hastings.
1886 — Francis Folsom and
President Grover Cleveland.
1906—Alice Roosevelt, daught-
er of the president, and Repre-
sentative Nicholas Longworth.
1913— Jessie Wo.odrow Wilson,
daughter of the president, and
Francis B. Sayre.
1914— Eleanor Wilson, daught-
er of the president, and William
Gibbs McAdoo, secretary of the
treasury. .A ••
It has always been the policy j
of the Mirror to stand against j
anything or any person, when
that thing or person was, in our
opinion, against the best interests
of this community. It has always
been our policy also, to stand up
for and praise those who are do-
ing things which are for the good
of our town and community.
For this reason we want to say
to the people of McGregor and
the surrounding country, includ-
ing Oglesby and Gatesville, that
at this moment we cannot call to
mind a man who has worked
more faithfully and constantly
for so long a time as has Mr. C.
Borden, who has apparently nev-
er waivered even for a day in his
determined efforts to see that
this community gets a deep test
for oil. No doubt there are others
associated with Mr. Borden, who
have spent their time and money
working to this same end and we
know that Mr. Fowler, Mr. Kin-
ney, and recently Mr. Stribbling,
have frequently been in McGre-
gor for no other purpose than
working on these wells, but it
has been many months since Mr.
Borden has been away from Mc-
Gregor for more than a very few
days at a time and we know that
he has overcome difficulties which
would have been considered in-
surmountable obstacle by the or-
dinary man. In our opinion, few
men would have had the nerve
to have stayed with it as he has
till now, it looks as if his fondest
hopes are being realized, when
the oil well at Mound is drilling
daj? and night, and we are inform-
ed that a rig will be at work on
our McGregor well within a very
short time.
This paper believes that the
people of McGregor realize what
an oil test means to us and that
they fully appreciate Mr. Bor-
den’s efforts, and the efforts of
his associates, in bringing this
about for us. We want to go on
record as feeling deeply indebt-
ed to them, and as commending
them in the very highest way. If
their efforts are successful, it will
mean much to them, no doubt,
but how much more will it mean
to this community.
To you Mr. Borden, and to your
associates, we want to say that
this paper is for you, wishes you
the best of luck, and we stand
ready to help you in every possi-
ble way.
DANGERS IN THE HOME
Figures compiled by one of the
largest insurance companies show
that accidents in and about homes
cause 23,000 deaths and 3,000,000
injuries in the United States
every year. Of these deaths, about
8,000 are caused by falls; 5,400
from burns, scalds and explosions;
3,600 from asphyxiation, and 2,-
000 from poisoning.
To avoid such accidents, the
National Safety Council recom-
mends the following precautions:
Have rugs on polished floors
anchored or rubber-lined.
Keep stairways properly light-
ed, free of objects on which one
might stumble, with treads and
hand rails in good repair.
Keep sharp instruments, such
as scissors, ice picks, pins and
needles out of reach of young
children.
Have all medicines, washing
powders, insecticides and other
household articles containing poi-
son properly labeled and kept in
a safe place.
Keep all open fires screened,
chimneys cleaned and all heating
apparatus in safe condition.
Never allow an automobile en-
gine to run with the garage door
closed.
Send the Mirror to a frieud-
$1.00 will pay. .the. bill. -
IS YOURS A HELPING
OR A HELPLESS HAND?
Are you independent financially now? If anything
should happen to cut off your income wjould you be
able to help yourself or would you need financial
from others? This question will decide for you the
right path to take in this matter of daily life. You
will realize that a portion of your regular income sav-
ed regularly which will enable you to be a helping
hand instead of a helpless one. Save your money and
self respect.
FIRST STATE BANK
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
BUILDING A PROSPEROUS
FUTURE FOR THE FARMER
Today we live in a cooperative
age. American industrial suprem-
acy, like American progress and
prosperity, has largely resulted
from the application of the prin-
ciple of mass production and dis-
tribution to many lines of busi-
ness.
The troubles of the farmer have
to a great degree been caused by
a lack of collective effort. Over-
production has resulted of the
fact that farmers are without the
power to bargain.
Only by cooperation and organi-
zation can a prosperous agricul-
tural future be assured. When ten
thousand or a hundred thousand
farmers band together and de-
mand a fair deal and profitable
prices for their produce, their
chances of getting it are infinite-
ly better than if each farmer did
business wholly on his own. The
present trend toward cooperative-
tive marketing is a bright sign on
on the agricultural horizon.
K. OF P. MANDOLIN CLUB
GIVES CONCERT HERE
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT
MRS. DONALD ADAMS
PRESENTS PUPILS
IN RECITAL
A very interesting program
was enjoyed by all present when
Mrs. Donald Adams presented
her expression pupils in recital
on last Thursday evening, at the
First Baptist Church. Tljose tak-
ing part were Bettie Jo Hudson,
Kathryn Hoy, Eloise Clonch,
Morris Parker Donaldson, Camil-
le Johnson, Margaret Garner,
Strickland Shofner, of Crawford,
Rosa Lee Reed, Lula Belle Mc-
Entiife, Eugenia Le‘e and Ruth
Goodwin. Rosa Lee Reed also
gave a piano solo. Evidence Of
quite a bit of careful training
was shown in the performance of
each of Mrs. Adams’ pupils.
The girls mandolin club of the
Knights of Pythias Home, Weath-
erford, Texas, will give a concert
at the Opera House in this city
next Thursday night, May 21st.
at 8 o’clock. Besides the twenty
young ladies composing the Man-
dolin Club, there will be several
young men who will give read-
ings, vocal numbers, dialogues,
etc.
The children, while in McGre-
gor, will be guests in the homes
of Pythians and Pythians Sisters,
who are fostering this special en-
tertainment.
Everyone has a most dordial
invitation to attend the musical
entertainment on Thursday night
of next week, and it is all free.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
FOR SEVENTH GRADE
TUESDAY, MAY 19TH.
All details have not been work-
ed out, but it is thought that
twenty-four will form the gradu-
ating class from the Grammar
school here. Prof. Harrell, of
Baylor University, will deliver
the address at their commence-
ment exercises, which will be held
at the First Baptist Church. Tues-
day evening, May 19th, at 8
o’clock.
ZION’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
SUNDAY, MAY 17TH.
Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. exa-
mination of the year’s confir-
mends, 10:30 to 11:30. The Bac-
calaureate sermon will be at 8:00
p. m.
Rev. II. Krause, pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Clements
spent Sunday with relatives in
Copperas Cove.
GIFTS FOR GRADUATES
From the beginning of man. Jewelry has been the ideal gift
for personal adornment. The gifts from a Jewelry Store last
much longer and are treasured most. Make the Graduates
happy by giving them a—
DIAMOND OR WATCH
JEWELRY — LEATHER GOODS — FOUNTAIN PEN
FRAMED PICTURE — NOVELTIES
Visit our store. We will be pleased to show you
and make suggestions
E. J. THOMASON
JEWELER
‘■ GljPTS THAT LAST”
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