Bag, "Uncle Mac" Corn Meal

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Bag, "Uncle Mac" Corn Meal

Object number2007.152.01

Dateca 1945

MediumPaper

Dimensions19 1/4 x 10 in. (48.9 x 25.4 cm)

Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection

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Description"Uncle Mac's Home Ground Style White Corn Meal", had mills in Arlberg, Stone County, Arkansas. Gray with red print. This bag measures 19 1/4" X 10", upper right front is a stamp of an eagle grasping a cotton branch with a square around the words "Freight Shipping Bag, Meeting requirements of consolidated freight classification for grain products guaranteed by Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Kansas City Kansas". There is a tear where it says Home where it has been folded for years. There is also a hole to the left of home and hole in side and some splits along edges. The back has a piece of cellophane tape which has been there for years.

James "Uncle Mac" MacKrell ran for governor first in 1948 on the Democratic ticket, but in 1970 he changed his allegiance to the Republican party. MacKrell was well known in Arkansas as a radio personality on Little Rock station KLRA, reading the Sunday Comics. He also founded Arkansas Academy, a Christian but non-sectarian children's home at Arlberg and Little Rock, Arkansas. The food for these home's were grown at Arlberg, a thriving community in the early part of the centery with the M & NA rail road running through the community, now all that is left are some stone walls that were once the rail station. The surplus corn was milled into corn meal and sold under the name of "Uncle Mac's Home ground style White Corn Meal". The home in Arlberg closed in the late 40"s or early 50's. A Baptist minister, he wrote numerous articles and pamphlets promoting the "Bible Lovers Revival." MacKrell died while interviewing a group of teenagers on a radio show in 1972.

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