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The McGregor Mirror
AND HERALD-OBSERVER
VOLUME FIFTY-EIGHT
McGregor mirror, McGregor, texas Friday, October* 11, 1946
NUMBER 23
Proposed NetfMethodist Church in McGregor
This building' is an architectural drawing of the new proposed Methodist church ^ to be erected
McGregor on the present site at a near future-date at an estimated cost of $50,000.00._
A. and M. College
Gets “Go-Ahead”
Sign On BOP Here
Camp Fire Girls Organize Into Three Groups
All-Day Meeting For Sponsors October 1 5
Following an assembly of morel ress, Albert Bartles, Earl Walk-
than 200 girls of McGregor j er, M. W. Tucker, Freeman Mor-
grammar school, and 40 mothers j gan, ftoger Chamblee, E. D. Nel-
met Tuesday afternoon of last ■ son, C. B. Harper, 1. W. Arnold,
week, with Miss Lois Jarrell, ex-! Win. R. Wilson, E. E. Bouldin,
ecutive director of* the Central! S. J. French, R. E. Hickey, Jim
Texas Camp Fire Girls, to or- Alexander and John Troutt,
ganize three new groups. Blues _ . ------ ----- ---
Bird mothers who accepted tlie' Leaders, sponsors and interest- served as speaker of the house,
responsibility of leadership for J| mothers of McGregor, Gates- He also has the distinction of
two groups were, Mrs. Clem ville> Hamilton, Moody . Craw-
Sanders, Mrs. Tlieron Pierce,
R. W. Calvert Is
Banquet Speaker
R. W. Calvert an outstanding
lawyer in the state, whose home
is in Hillsobro, has been secured
for the main speaker at the C. of
C. banquet next Thursday night,
Calvert represented his dis-
j trict for six years in the house
' at Austin and for two years
~’I ford and Waco will meet Tues-
M!rs. H. A. Kalskmuer, Mrs.. M.; A ^ n .,
, Jr ■ ^ ^ ! day, Oct. 15 at the Community
M. Leatherman and Mrs. E. D 1 ■ J ’
Nelson.
Center on Bluebonnet Acres for
Sponsorship for the groups was an all-day training course in the
assumed by Mesdames R. H- j program of Camp Fire.' There
Oberwetter, F. B. Bentley, Paul] wjjj pe no fee charged, but each
Monroe, F. A. Smith, Helen person-is asked to bring a cover-
Sims and Carlos’Weiss. Mrs. T.j ed dish for the pot-luck lunch:
E. Mooney teacher in the. ele-’eon at noon.
mentary school, was secured as^ Tlie course will be held under
guardian of the new camp fire t'he direction of Miss Lois Jarrell
group, to work with Mrs. VT. A.
Knox, assistant, and the sponsor-
ing committee composed of Mrs.
Jim Alexander, Mrs. R. E.
Hickey and Mrs. W. R. Wilson.
Other members present at the
meeting who pledged their sup-
port were Mesdames H. W.
Owen, A. E. Reynolds, W. R.
McGaughy, T. E. Davis, Glenn
Stone, Tom Vogel, S. M, Child-' Sunday.
of the Waco Camp Fire office
and Mrs. Richard Reed, educa-
tion chairman of Waco Council
of Camp Fire girls.
-o-
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Cherry
spent last week end in Midlo-
thian with their daughter, Mrs.
Harris Fagg, and family. They
also visited the Dallas Fair on
serving as chairman of the state
executive democratic convention.
Tickets for. ithe banquet can be
liad from either of the three
Although the final transfer
of title papers has not yet been
completed, Texas A. and M.
college became owner • of the
Bluebonnet, Ordnance plant’s
16,800 acres last Friday after-
noon.
Washington offices of the war
assess administration/ announc-
ed approval of trasfer of the
plant to the college at 100 per
cent discount on a valuation of
$2,425,675; The news was made
known by the Dallas office.
Dallas offices of the WAA
stated that a use permit had
been authorized for A. and M.
college to ‘‘move right in.’
Five and a half million dol-
lars-, was the value set on the
entire facility, for purpose of
negotiation and transfer,, how-
ever, A. and M. applied only for
portion of the grounds and
This - That
— AND THE —
Other
‘‘BY GUM”
continue to operate with some
200 employes. .They are operat-
ing' an amonium nitrate line at
the plant under a lease from the
government.
Roads, utilities and necessary
portions of railroad tracks will
be maintained and kept open it
is understood, for use of any in-
dustries which hi a y occupy
warehouses or other buildings
ill the load line areas, and which
were not included in the trans-
fer to A. and M. college.
No information was available
at the time the Mirror went to
press just when the college was
expected to move in and take
possession, but it is thought that
such time was close at hand and
perhaps within the next few
days, representatives of the col-
lege would begin headquartering
in McGregor. It is most certain
juruuu ui rue gruuuus u±±u. r , . . . _
buildings they would need for delay is anticipated as
establishment of the school. This
did' not ’ include
drug store between now and ordnance load lines and grounds
Saturday night, at. which time 011 which they stanc.
no more tickets will be available.
Word Ills been received this
week of the birth of a fine girl
in the 'Methodist hospital in
Dallas, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Summers. She has been named
Era Suzanne. The paternal
grandparents' are Mr. and Mrs.
R,. C. Summers, of this city, and
the maternal grandparents are
Rev. and Mrs. R. H. *Bovd, of
Taylor. Mrs. Summers will be
remembered as Miss La Rue
Boyd.
West Trojains Come To McGregor Tonight
For Game With Bulldogs - Time 8 o’clock
Entering into the second week
of district competition, the Mc-
Gregor Buldogs will meet the
West Trojans on Wood field at
8 o’clock tonight (Friday) for
a bout that should turn into a
rout for the Bulldogs, according
to' the dopesters.
Though the game should not
prove to he a difficult one for
the Bulldogs, McGregor fans are
expected to fill the stands, to-
gether with many Trojan follow-
ers.
Not having won a game so far
this season, the Trojans seem
destined to end up in the dis-
trict cellar. However, it is pos-
sible that they may live up to
positions, Coach Ray Widenran
will put a full team of lettermen
on the field. The Trojans run
most of their plays from the
single-wing formation, with
Lott, a 150-pound boy, doing
quite a bit- of chunking from the
tailback slot.
The Bulldogs are in good
shape, with the exception of
Edward Lechler, who will not
se_e service for the next two or
weeks, according to Coach T. H
Jenkins.
If the game turns out to be as
one sided as the per-game dope
indicates, the McGregor fans
will get a preview of the 1947
McGregor Bulldogs. Harding,
Mrs. Dean Holman, of Marlin,
is here this week visiting in the
home of her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lawson.
Mrs. Holman is the former Miss
Sue Lawson.
Renew yonr subscription today!
and keep the paper coming.
Under provisions of the grant,
the- school cannot sell the prop-
erty for 25 years and ilT the
event the president of the Uni-
ted States declares a new emer-
gency, the plant will revert to
the army.
College plans call for estab-
lishment of a 10,000-acre live-
stock experiment state, 4000
acres in crop improvement faci-
lities and 2000 acres for use in
terminal training in agricul-
ture.. It is claimed that this
experimental station will be the
largest of its kind in the world.
Not only will the college take
over the vast acreage,, but will
also acquire all housing units
the college would like to get
contaminated starJed 011 its new project here.
WAA retained several indus-
trial sites and buildings . for
which- -the college has bio need.
These will be advertised for sale
in tlie near future. It is believ-
ed that agriculture-related in-
dustries will be .attracted to tlie
area and in concerted effort with
the school will render tremend-
ous educational and business
benefits to this section, as well
as the remainder of Texas and
adjoining states.
The Chamber of .Commerce
in McGregor has had several in-
quiries from small industries in
the north and east expressing a
desire of moving into this sec-
tion if proper housing facilities
could be obtained for their
business a n d manufacturing,
Starting as kind of a “brain
storm” idea, so to speak,
turned out to be a reality, when
the Bluebonnet' Ordnance plant
in McGregor • was transferred
to the A. and M. college o.f Tex-
as on Friday of last week. . .
It was a year ago on the 17th of
this month, J. S. Halley, mana-
ger of the McGregor Chamber
of Commerce hit upon an idea
of -interesting the college in tak-
ing over the Bluebonnet proper-
1 ties here. For over two years
j the plant had been used for
j loading bombs, and had employ-
i ed several thousand workers.
But at the close of the war, all
operations ceased, and rumors of
every description were circu-
lated around McGregor asfto
what was to become of the more
than 18,000 acres of the best
farm land in this section, be-
sides the hundreds of buildings,
houses, etc.
*= * ’ .
As stated above, it was a year
ago on tlie 17th of this month,
that the idea of interesting A.
and M. college in thg project
was begun. A meeting Avas.called
of-tlie Chamber' of tCommerce and
the proposition av?s discussed.
The meeting adjourned instruct-
ing the manager to get in touch
with Gib Gilchrist, president
of A. and M. and get his re-
action to such a proposition.
Halley did call Gilchrist over
the phone, who at the time seem-
ed reluctant of such proposal
by the Organization here. Hoav-
ever, Gilchrist did consent to a
meeting w i t h representatives
from the Chamber of Commerce.
Tavo days later, John D. Mann,
J. S. Halley, E. J. Thomason and
O. T. McGinley made a trip to
College Station and a meeting
Avas held with Gilchrist and sev-
eral members of his "executive
board.
on the grounds, and which were | and now that the project here
used during the manufacturing has been settled, perhaps some
of bombs by staffs of the .opera-.....* ^..............
tiilg company and government
personnel.
Spencer Chemical works will
MabckitUf lAsith
Community Progress.
The future of this bank is tied up closely
with the future of this community,
can help the community to go ahead
will go ahead with it.
.If we
we
their name and pull a “ Trojan | Marshall, White and many others
Hotse” on some unsuspecting, who are prospective first-string
team. It may be tonight. | men for next year may get
With the exceptions of the end chance to shoAv their stuff.
West
No. Wt.—Name
66—140—McMorrough,
65—160—Glomb, N......
55—155—Dvoracek, H.
McGregor
Pos. Name Wt. No.
B.......LE................ Johnnie High—152—78
...............LT................ Ray Stewart—160—95
............LG.:...... Chas. Neithercutt—150—86
50—140—McCoy, M................. C .................. Ross Crouch—170—70
56—140—Snokhous, R.............RG.......... Frank Anderson—180—98
53—155—Grimm, J...................RT................ Harold Brim1—178—94
70—135—Kramr, L.................;.RE..................H. G. Isbill—168—84
61— 157—Nelson, P, ................ B ............Billy Williams—145—72
72—160—Lott, D....................... B ................ Bobbie Medlin—157—71
59—135—Cervenka, R............. B Lonnie Horstmann-—155—99
62— 160—Pustejovsky, L........... B .............. Kelly Clemons—150—77
Our loans are largely centered here
and we are taking an active part generally
in the business and financial life of this
section.
You can always be sure of receiving the
right kind of attention when you bank here.
We realize that your interests and ours are
mutual. We are ready to cooperate with
you in every possible way.
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
one of these manufacturing con-
cerns might see fit to move to
McGregor and set up business
in one of the available structures
out oil the Bluebonnet tract of
land.
This week in Waco, Congress-
man Bob Poage had this to say
regarding A. and M. college tak-
ing over the project here:
“Transfer of, the 16,800 acres
at Bluebonnet ordnance plant to
Texas A. and M. college is the,
biggest thing that has happen-
ed to this section throughout the
entire Avar program.
“It means more to this section
than Camp Hood, more than any
or all of the airfields that Avere
installed in this Aricinity—more
to business and certainly is of
more importance to agriculture
than anything that has ever
happened here. Establishment of
the giant research and experi-
mental plant for agriculture and
animal husbandry ivill mean a
school that is larger than any
of its type. It is something big
and new for the southwest.
“It will, I believe, ultimately
rival the main A. and M. plant
at College Station. I believe the
general public would appreciate
it more if they understood what
it will mean to them in the way
of business and in the way of
benefits to agriculture. There
just never has been anything
like it.”
* * *
,A11 along, it was stated, Gil-
christ did not seem too inter-
ested in the proposition of try-
ing to acquire the government
properties here, but some of the
executive board members who
Avere present for the meeting
Avere interested and spoke en-
thusiastically in favor of ob-
taining the property if it could.
It Avas also suggested at the
meeting that representatives of
the college come to McGregor
and look the plant aiid its facili-
ties over before giving a final
ansAver. This was done. The
gentlemen, making the inspection
trip were elated over the propo-
sition Avhen they reported back
to President Gilchrist. During
the next few Aveeks letters be-
tween the college and the
Chamber of Commerce were ex-
changed.
* * =»
Another step was made in the
right direction Avhen Congress-
man Bob Poage was contacted in
Washington and informed of the
movement here. He was en-
couraging from the first and has
worked diligently throughout
months in aiding the transfer of
the properties over to A. and M.
The surrounding tOAvns, and es-
pecially Waco and Temple have
lent their full cooperation and
influence in seeing that A. and
M. college came in possession of
the one time Bluebonnet Ord-
nance plant in McGregor.
* * #
So from a purely speculation
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The McGregor Mirror and Herald-Observer (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1946, newspaper, October 11, 1946; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889876/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.