The McGregor Mirror and Herald-Observer (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 1952 Page: 3 of 8
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E, McGREGOR, TEXAS
TEXAS COTTON LOSS FROM
HEAT SET AT $100-MILLION
A news item carried Tuesday
by the Associated Press stated
that the unprecedented Texas
drought and burning heat wave
had a cotton crop loss of per-
haps 100-million dollars added
to its toll of death and destruc-
tion over the week end.
The estimate came from Karl
G. Hunt, seretary of the Dallas
Cotton Exchange. Hunt point-
ed out that cotton, despite diver-
sification, still was the No. 1
Texas money crop.
Other observers in the parch-
ed, crackling blacklands of
North Central Texas figure^
earlier prospects for 1952 cot-
ton had been clipped by as much
as 50 per cent by 23-day siege
of 100-plus temperatures.
Hunt told Walter Robinson of
The Dallas News that Texas had
lost “at least 250,000 bales of
cotton” in the last 23 days.
“Some observers say twice that
much,” he added.
The Cottn Exchange secretary
said cotton opend prematurely,
stopped fruiting and deteriorat-
ed badly in many arears.
Small cotton plants burned
up like grass on lawns, Hunt
said, and some older cotton—al-
though harmed—had not suffer
ed so much.
He said the 250,000-bale loss
probably wlpuld come off the
last government crop estimate
for Texas—1,220,000 bales.
A veteran ginner at Mesquite,
T. B. Doss, said, “This weather
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gone back 40 per cent during the
last three weeks. Bottomland
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Along the east forks of the
Trinity, big-time cotton planter
Rajmiond Hawthorne said, “The
crop has been cut one-third dur-
ing the last two weeks.” Haw-
thorne and two brothers are
watching a 1,200-acre planting
in the Seagoville area.
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OF MR. AND MRS. R. S. COXj
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entertained Aug. 17 with a!
reception by their children in ]
honor of their Golden Wedding
Anniversary.
The reception was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Wehring 916 Adams Street. The
lace laid table held the three-
tiered wedding cake. Punch
bowl and a center arrangement
of gold chrystnthemums. Mums
and greenery decorated other
parts of the home.
Two hundred friends and rela-
tives called between the hours
of 2 to 5 p. m. to offer congrat-
ulations and best wishes. Mr. and
Mrs. Cox received many useful
gifts.
Among the out-of-town guests
were the children, grandchildren
and great grandchildren, also
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cox, Santa
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Dr. and Mrs. D. J. Wible and
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The McGregor Mirror and Herald-Observer (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 1952, newspaper, August 29, 1952; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889392/m1/3/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.