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SAVE YOUR SOIL and YOU’LL SAVE MONEA
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!; America who have found that practicing soil c( iservation
|; measures increases farm income—in many cases by o much as
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i^Jrom your Soil Conservation District how you can ?apply soil
conservation techniques to your own farm,
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The McGregor Mirror
AND HERALD-OBSERVER
[VOLUME SIXTY
McGREGOR MIRROR,
McGREGOR, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1949.
NUMBER 43
RED CROSS WORKERS
D ENLIST VOLUNTEERS
HERE WEDNESDAY, 30
MEETING WILL BE IN
C-C OFFICE, 9:30 A M
Mrs. George Abbott, of Dallas,
Who has served as full time volun-
teer with Red Cross for 25 years,
will meet with a groiq| of McGre-
gor women Wednesday, March 30,
at 9:30 a. m. in the Chamber of
Commerce rooms. Mrs. Abbott
Will speak to the group enlisting
[volunteers for Red Cross.
Mrs. W. AC Hanover, vice-
chairman of volunteer service for
Waco-McLennan county chapter,
Mrs. Guy Katcart, service chair-
man; Mrs. Thomas W. Wagner,
general field representative; and
Mrs. Vriginia Tucker, field di-
rector of Red Cross at the Vet-
eran’s Hospital, will also attend
the meeting here with Mrs. Ab-
bott.
Volunteers are badly needed
for the Veteran’s hospital in Wa-
co, as well as other community
projects, and it is hoped that a
large number of ladies here will
be on hand Wednesday morning
tc hear and to learn more about
this wonderful way of helping to
serve and to give their time to
such a worthwhile project.
mmloI’TOBE
BROADCAST SATURDAY
With a script written under
the direction of playwright
Robert Sherwood and a cast re-
cruited from the foremost dra-
matic and musical talent in the
nation^ “One Great Hour” is
being readied for its nation-
wide broadcast Saturday, March
26, from 9 to 10 p. m. CST.
Every major net work and
some independent stations are
co-operating in this church pro-
gram.
The sponsors of this program
include practically every Protes-
tant church in the United States,
making this the largest co-oper-
ative church effort ever attempt-
ed.
Theme for the program is the
desperate need of people in Eu-
rope and Asia for the material
and spiritual aid of America’s
church people. Therefore, please
tune in your radio this Saturday,
Interest Reported Growing
In Home Clean-Up Contest
Which Will Close in May
County Commissioner Winn Nichols
Has Volunteered Use of Two Trucks
Scouts Get Awards
Pictured above are the members
of Boy Scout Troop No. 9 at their
Court of Honor held in the First
Christian Church last Friday night.
They all received boosts in rank.
They are (front row, from left to
right) Donald Lee, David Davis,
Billy Clyde Creliea, Vernon Knight
Albert Davenport, Jimmy Stamper
Wayne Reid, Sidney Pitts, Durwood
Cooper, Joe Norman Meadows; (cen-
ter row) Dean Allison, Wayne Stone
Nick Butler, Thomas Riley, Danny
Tendill; (hack row) Pat Stone,
Roger Hestilow, Kenneth Cash, Har-
old Spencer, Curtis McGinley, Ken-
neth Polston, Jack Martine, How-
ell Allen, Charles Jenkins, Glenn
Muegge, Franklin Moss, Bob Stone.
Pictured at right is Curtis Me-
Ginley, receiving his Eagle Badge
from Dr. J. H. Rutherford, chairman
of the Heart O ’ Texas Council, of
Waco. —Mirror Staff Photos
‘OUT BN A LIMB’SLATED
FOR NEXT FRIDAY NIOBT
Interest in McGregor’s home
cleau-up and beautification con-
test announced three weeks ago
is growing steadily, a contest of-
ficial reveals.
This contest being sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce
and Garden Glub’c civic improve-
ment eommittess will end in early
May.
Prizes amounting to $80
will be distributed among win-
ners in the four sections, into
which the city has been divided.
First prize winner in each sec-
The Junior Class of McGre-
gor High School will present
its class play, “Out on a
Limb,” at the school gymna-
sium, Friday night, April 1.
This is the beginning of clos-
ing exercises of the school in
the latter part of May. No
doubt a full house will be pre-
sent to witness the play.
Solicitation for Hillcrest
To Begin in Few Days
The $400,000 campaign to build
a bigger and better Hillcrest Hos-
pital in AVaco to serve the whole
Central Texas area is still on.
AYaco has completed its part of
the drive, going over the top with
its $250,000 goal. The remainder
of the $400,000 sought for ex-
pansion has been allocated to the
10 counties surrounding AAraco.
Formation of - solicition org-
| anizations in the 10-county area
is progressing according to plan,
according to Ivan H. AVood, di-
rector of the overall campaign.
First organization to be formed
is that at McGregor, now in the
first stages.
Next on the time table are Mart
Meridian, Clifton and Valley
Mills, with other town in the Cen-
tral Texas area to be processed
within the next week or 10 days.
Informational dinners are to
be held for the leading citizens
in each of the towns, preparatory
to organizing solicitation teams.
The organization pattern will
follow that used successfully in
AVaco and now being set up in
McGrgeor, where M. B. Martin
has announced the formation of
a steering committee.
Members of that committee
follow: G. AY. Lee, E. AY. Crouch,
G. AY. England, O. T. McGinley,
. R. Geye, Charles B. Hall, El-
bert Thomason, Rev. Edward E.
Laux, of McGregor, and Alton
Dalton of Oglesby and John M.
Alexander of Moody.
Martin is Big Gifts chairman,
assisted by Lee and Crouch as
co-chairmen. McGinley is public
information committee chairman
and Treasurer is England. Gener*
al Solicitations Chairman is Joe
Childress, who is picking his com-
mitteemen for the soliciting to
begin within the next few days.
The cost of the addition is to
be approximately $1,750,000.
The rain which, fell in the Mc-
Gregor section Monday morning
will be worth many thousands of
dollars to farmers. The amount
measured by the government
guage at Naler’s Insurance office
was 2.40 inches. This is the first
general rain falling here in many
months, and came at a time when
it was badly needed. Other por-
tions adjacent to McGregor re-
port a rainfall all the way from
five to seven inches.
The grain crops around here
got off to a good start from the
recent showers, but were begin-
ning to suffer from continued
dry weather. So the additional
moisture pf this week gives it re-
newed life.
Trees and shrubbery are re-
sponding readily to the moisture
and within the past few days
they have been putting out and
every indication points to spring.
The weather man is promising
more rain during the next few
days which will also he welcomed
to farmers as stock water is still
very scarce on nearly every farm.
Try McGREGOR first!
Mr. and Mrs. Frank King and
Miss Christine Howard of Dallas
and Mr. and Mrs. James R. How-
ard of Georgetown sptfnt last
week end with their mother, Mrs.
Ruby Howard.
tion will receive $10 each, and
second place winners will get
$7.50. An over-all winner will re-
ceived another $10, in addition
to his first place section winnings^.
The contest is open to every resi-
dent in the city of McGregor.
To aid in the removal of refuse
trash, and tree and shrub trim-
ings, County Commissioner AYinn
Nichols has volunteered the use
of two county trucks.
The committees urge everyone
to get into the swing of things
and compete for these prizes. The
contest doesn’t require the ex-
penditure of large amounts of
money, a spokesman explained,
but rather the effort toward
cleanliness and orderliness
through personal effort and small
expenditures.
A city-wide clean-up campaign
for business establishments will
be announced in the near fu-
ture.
The committees make the fol-
lowing suggestions concerning
the contest:
1. Trim shrubbery and trees. Be
sure to remove dead branches.
2. Plant flowers, trees and
shrubbery.
3. Remove mistletoe from trees.
4. Cut weeds all around pre-
mises, including alleys.
5. Keep grass mowed in alleys
and on lawns.
6. Store garbage in tightly
covered recepticles.
7. Place trimmings and refuse
in an orderly, accessable place
for removal by city and county
tucks.
8. Paint and whitewash fences
and sheds.
9. Tear down or repair delapi-
dated out-buildings.
10. Clean and mow vacant lots.
11. Keep your premises as clean
and sanitary’as possible. The po-
lio season is almost upon ns!
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
FOR HARDY BARTELS
High School Track Team Saturday
Will Compete in Yoe Invitation Meet
McGregor High thinly clads
will be among four hundred
.athletes representing 27 schools
in Central and Southeast Texas
Saturday at the annual Cameron
Relays.
This will be the first large
meet ‘this year for the local
tracksters. Thus far they have
participated in small meets in
Gatesville and AVaco.
Coach Carl AYarrington car-
ried Bobbie Joe Harding -to the
Fort AYorth meet last Friday and
Saturday to compete with star
high school athletes from all over
the state. Entering three events,
Harding copped fourth place in
the 100-yd. dash, fourth in the
220-yd. dash, and gained the semi-
finals in the high hurdles.
The remainder of the local
squad was carried to Fort AYorth
Saturday, hut they did not par-
ticipate.
Here are the boys, by event,
who will be entered in the Cam-
eron meet Saturday:
120-yd. High Hurdles—Bobbie
Harding, Billy Lechler, Buford
AVhitenburg.
200-yd. Low Hurdles — Billy
Lechler, Clavus Fletcher.
100-yd. dash—-Bobbie Harding,
Buford AVhitenburg.
220-yd. dash—Bobbie Harding,
Louis Alison, Bud Guinn,
440-vd. dash— Louis Alison,
Skipper McMillan, Clavus Flet-
cher.
880-yd. run — Buddy McMillan
John Powellson.
Discus — Kenneth Riley, Bud
Guinn.
Shot put — Bud Guinn, Ken-
neth Riley.
Pole A^ault—Billy Lechler, Bu-
ford AVhitenburg.
High Jump •— Bobbie Harding
Billy Lechler, Clavus Fletcher..
Broad Jump — Bobbie Hard-
ing, Bud Guinn.
440-yd. sprint relay — Bnd
Guinn, Buford AVhitenburg, Billy
Lechler and Bob Marsh.
Mile Relay—Louis Alison, Cla-
vus Fletcher, Skipper McMillan
and Pete Reeves.
Hardy B. Bartels, 46, died sud-
denly, apparently of a heart at-
tack, in McGregor at 1 p. m. Tues-
day, March 22nd. He was horn
near Clifton but had lived in the
McGregor Community all his life
and was well known here. He
was an industrious worker, friend-
ly in his manner and well liked
by all who knew him.
Survivors are his widow, four
daughters, Mrs. Ray Davis of
AVaco, and Misses Ruby Lee, Clara
Dean and Arirgie May Bartels, all
of McGregor; two sons, Cpl. ’
Clarence Bartels of the Army
Air Force, at Clark Field, P. I.
and Clifford Rav Bartels, of Mc-
Gregor; his mother, Mrs. Fritz
Bartels, four brothers, Fred Bar-
tels of Mosheim, and AValter, Al-
bert and Herman of McGregor,
two sisters, Mrs. Dora Muegge
and Mrs. D. Sowders, both of
McGregor. Two grandchildren
also survive.
Funeral arrangements are ten-
tatively made for services' at the
family residence in McGregor at
4 p. m. Friday, interment to he
in McGregor Cemetery under the
direction of Amslers. Services
have been delayed, with the hope
that Cpl. Bartels can be present
as it is known lie is on his way
home.
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