The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1941 Page: 2 of 8
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MeGREGOR MIRROR, MeGREGOR, TEXAS
FRIDAY JULY 25, 1941
THE McGREQSR MIRROR
Published by
THE MIRROR PRINTING CO.
CHAS B. HALL...........................OWNER
Published Every Friday Morning
Entered at the Postoffiee in McGregor
Texas, as second class mail matter
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TIME TO PRUNE SHRUBS
College Station,—If started at
once, now is a good time to do
summer pruning of shrubs. Ac-
cording to Sadie Hatfield, Exten-
sion Service specialist in land-
scape gardening, all dead or dis-
eased limbs should be cut off.
Limbs which are in the way of
other plants, pathways or win-
dows should be cut back, but
avoid heavy pruning.
Light summer pruning tends to
check vegetative growth and
helps the plant to form a crop of
fruit and flowers for the next
spring. Root pruning, which has
the same effect if not done too
heavily, also may be done now
by sinking a sharp spade into the1
ground and cutting a small por-
tion of the roots.
This time of year is suitable
for making cuttings of many
plants. If they are given plenty
of water and partly shaded, they
will root and revelop. Cutting of
choice petunias should be made
now because petunia seed has a
tendency to divert to the original
single white flower. Pinks, car-
nations and most shrubs also may
be rooted from cuttings.
Lawns, Miss Hatfield cautions,
should not be mowed as closely
at this time as during cold
weather. She also suggests lett-
ing grass clippings remain where
they fall for the benefit of the
grass. To build up the lawn, a
shallow top dressing of good soil
may be spread, but in doing so
avoid covering the grass entire-
ly-
Shrubs and trees set out dur-
j in a- the past two years may need
! some help during dry weather,
and those showing signs of suf-
fering may be helped by using a
temporary shade during the hot-
test part of the summer.
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among
laxatives
ail over the South
KEEPING MEN IN SERVICE
It is unfortunate that the
Army Chief of Staff, for military
reasons, finds it necessary to re-
commend that the men now in
service be continued in their
places for more than the year to
which they thought they were
being assigned.
We say this is unfortunate, be-
cause no nation wishes to treat
its citizens unfairly. It is extrenie-
ly difficult for some men, now in
service, to understand why they
should not be released and re-
placed by other men. And, if
they stay in service, they will
undoubtedly be doing more than
many other men in the defense of
their country.
These observations are true,
and yet there are sound military
reasons that demand that the
partially trained men be kept in
the ranks. To discharge all men
at the end of a one-year term
would disrupt much of the pre-
sent organization and place great
difficulties in the way of prepar-
ing the army for an emergency.
It is not necessary for us to try
and restate the arguments that
have been advanced by army
leaders. They have convinced the
President and they seem to be
having a telling effect upon Con-
gressmen. In time, they will have
great influence upon the young
men who are called upon to con-
tinue their present service.
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FARM WAGES
Farm wages are at their high-
est level in eleven years, due pri-
marily to th edrain on the sup-
ply of workers available in rural
areas. Farmers were paying, on
July 1st, approximately sixteen
per cent more pay day for-hired
hands than on April 1st, and
twenty-four per cent more than
at harvest time last year, accord-
ing to the Agricultural Market-
ing Service.
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PUNY PARAGRAPHS
House-keeping is a lot of work
for the women who keep house. •
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Maybe what the nation needs is j
a larger crop of good water-
melons.
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There are, we regret to report,
a few Americans who continue
to favor a Hitler peace for ,the
world.
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The sporadic advertiser is like
the man who took his medicine
three days and then forgot about
it.
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The year is (more than half
over but you can still help save
lives by driving carefully on the
highways.
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What has become of the people
who used to think that a com-
munity picnic was the event of
the season?
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All that Hitler would ask of
the United States is that we per-
mit statesmen to debate until he
gets ready to act.
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Hard work and long hours
have never killed a man who was
really interested in the work that
he performed.
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4t is .amusing to notice how
man}7 activitiesh are now connect-
ed with vital defense projects—
last year they had nothing to do
with defense.
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One of the prime objectives of
every citizen of McGregor should
be the development of the best-
community in which to raise
happy children.
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Some food experts say that
five small meals are better than
three average meals per day—our
trouble is to get something to eat,
not the opportunity to eat it.
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The Japanese will make a bad
mistake if they get the idea that
the United States and Great Bri-
tain are unable to do anything
about what happens in the Far
East.
S' # #
Millions of civilized people,
without any hatred of the Ger-
man people, are looking hopeful-
ly to the day when the German
nation suffers some of the tor-
ments they have let loose upon
the world.
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RELIEF!
The British are asking us to
save our tinfoil for them until
our own government asks for it.
So far, our government urges
that we do collect and send tin-
foil to Great Britain. The British
War Relief Society in Waco will
ship it for us. The citizens of Mc-
Gregor are asked to use the
boxes provided for the foil at
Our Town Studio and Home Pro-
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The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1941, newspaper, July 25, 1941; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883761/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.