Megargel High School - Mustang Yearbook (Megargel, TX)

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CLEAT COCKRELL Born August 6 1911 at a farm house at Westover Texas Started to school at age s1x at the new school butldmg 1n Westover I walked a m1le to school down a d1rt road 1n all kmds of weather ram sleet ICC and snow along w1th pretty sun shlney days After f1n1sh1ng the 9th grade I transferred to Megargel To get to school l walked one and a half m1les across Mr Rrchardson s pasture to catch the school bus dr1ven by Mr Hampton We had about a ten mlle route on muddy roads before we reached the school house I was one of the graduatmg class of 1929 In September of 1929 I went to W1Ch1la Falls and entered Draughons Buslness College After f1n1sh1ng college I got a Job as bookkeeper wlth the Graham M111 84 Elevator ln Graham After workmg there almost 2 years 12 to 18 hours a day SIX and seven days a week for S60 00 a month I asked for a ralse All I got was a laugh from the boss I gave h1m two weeks notlce and qult I must have been lucky because one week later I was employed at General Mllls rn W1ch1ta Falls startlng at S90 00 per month workmg forty hours per week Boy was I 1n Hlgh Cotton Wh11e workmg for General M1115 I met the prettlest l1ttle brown eyed 1935 she became Mrs Cleat Cockrell In 1938 when W Lee O Damel fThe H1l1b1l1y Flour Mani was elected governor of Texas he was in need of an offlce man to handle hrs flour accountlng and personal busmess I was transferred to Fort Worth by General M1115 to take over th1s asslgnment One year later the flour company closed and I moved to Austm I contlnued to work for Gov O Damel and worked nn the State Audltor s offlce Whrle l1v1ng ln Austm I attended the Unlverslty of Texas at n1ght takrng advanced accountlng and personnel management Durlng th1s t1me I recelved Greetmgs from Uncle Sam I was rnducted ln the army at Fort Sam Houston and was asslgned to the Elghth Servxce Command where I spent my tour of duty After my dlscharge from the army I returned to Fort Worth I went lnto partnershrp w1th a pr1nt1ng company I remamed w1th the company for seven teen years Durmg that tlme 119471 the stork VlS1ICd us and brought us a 11ne baby boy In 1963 I sold my mterest 1n the prmtlng company and ln January, 1964 I started my own busmess wlth one small prmtmg press My wrfe was book keeper I was the salesman and our son was dehvery boy and jamtor after school hours J i ' . . . 5 . , , . . . . . , . , - - 5 . l . , 7 9 ' 3 ' ' L6 ' ii . brunette girl I ever saw. We dated for a year-and-a-half and on September 11, , . . . . . , . . . . . ,S . ,, . , . . .

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MABLE CLANAHAN TAYLOR I was born to Allen and Nelhe Clanahan January 2 1911 rn the Brtter Creek commumty rn Young County I had three brothers but only one rs l1v1ng now My mother and father are both gone so my brother and I are the only ones left IH our famlly We moved just 1ns1de the Spr1ng Creek school d1str1ct so my oldest brother and I walked or rode a horse the two m11es to school We attended school at Sprung Creek untll school was out then to Bltter Creek School for two months I had a lot of frlends ln both communrtres We attended Smgmgs at Brtter Creek School House every Sunday nrght People from everywhere came to smg and lrsten We had a wonderful trme We also had partles Everyone knew everyone else we were all good frlends My oldest brother and I drove a Ford to Olney Hrgh School He flnlshed hlgh school ln 1928 My parents then rented a room rn Megargel for Lmnre graduated rn 1929 In 1932 I marrled Ray Taylor and moved to Graham Texas We have two boys One l1ves 1n Graham and one lrves ln Arlrngton Texas In 1964 I lost my husband I went to nlght school and worked all day to send my chrldren to school I kept books for about 15 years Then I took a job carlng for a drsabled person for about frve years In 1976 I closed my home and went to lrve wrth my son 1n Arllngton to help hrm w1th hrs four chlldren 12 6 3 and 7 months I started three 1n school and stayed for twelve years At the end of school May 31 1988 I moved back to my home 1n Graham Texas My youngest grandson comes and stays all the tlme he has out of school I am now gorng on my 79th year feelrng good except a plnched nerve rn my back and a few old age complalnts whlch I get aggravated about because I can't do everythmg I want to do Gray and I. We did our own cooking, and attended school in Megargel, and ' 7 ' 5 3

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It was tough sleddmg after our son graduated from TC U He was 1n R OTC w h1le rn college and was commrssroned as a 2nd Lreutenant ln the Army upon graduatron He had two years mlhtary duty one ln the U S and one rn Vletnam After hrs return he became an actrve partner rn the busrness and we began Worth John our son IS marrled has a lovely wlfe a teenage daughter and a n1ne year old son He has a very mce home ln Fort Worth John IS now presldent of Cockrell Prrntmg and dolng a wonderful job I am a Mason and a charter member of South Hllls Lodge 1389 I am a Shrmer and a hte member of Moslah Motor Corps a past presrdent ot my Lrons Club past presldent of the Prrntmg lndustry ot North Texas and now presldent of my Sunday School class for the second trme I am now semr retrred I go down to the shop when l want to My wrfe and I spend a lot ot t1me travelmg tryrng to see some of thrs world When that rs done, we come back to Megargel and on out to our barn house on the farm near Westover rlght back where th1s hfe started We enjoy every mmute of 1t l . . 9 C T 1 . . - . I I l - a - . to grow. Today we are the second largest sheet-fed printing company in Fort 9 5 Y 9 7 9