SPRING
By Mary Sue Thorne
We gaze in breathless wonder
And our hearts begin to sing,
As the earth is touched with glory
By the magic hand of spring.
Now that spring has come again to our glor
ious community, we see nature at her best.
Wherever we look we gaze at a masterpiece, such
as the artists, from time immemorial, have tried
in vain to reproduce on canvas.
We see nature in a state of perfection and it
is awe-inspiring because perfection in any form
is something which we, as human beings, are
not endowed with the capacity of attaining.
We are touched by the rare beauty of a delicate
ly tinted flower or the exquisite chameleon colors
of a budding shrub; we move closer to absorb the
fleeting fragrance of the trailing arbutus or to
revel in the sweet mystery of the scented honey
suckle, and we are vaguely conscious of a haunt
ing nostalgia for something we cannot define.
Spring is a glorious time and perhaps this
feeling of nostalgia springs from an awareness
of our own inadequacies and short-comings in the
face of such beauty and perfection, and a yearning
for improvement within ourselves.
Since spring is the season of recreation and
beginning again it is a wonderful time to take a
personal inventory and to endeavor to throw off
the cold, drab covering of our own hearts and
personalities and let nature impart to us some of
the glorious raiment of spring.
MOVIE SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 1950
JUNE 1
MEXICAN HAYRIDE
Abbott and Costello
JUNE 8
Cartoon: Bulloney
Flip the Frog
RIDE THE PINK HORSE
Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix
Short; CAVE MAN
Willie Whopper
JUNE 15
SON OF MONTE CRISTO
Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders
Cartoon: COO COO THE MAGICIAN
Flip the Frog
JUNE 22
THE EXILE
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maria Montez
Cartoon: ELMER THE GREAT DANE
Oswald the Rabbit
HIDDEN TAXES
Every housewife is well aware of increased
costs which have steadily mounted since 1932.
Some of these increases have been necessary but
it is surprising to find that federal taxation ac
counts for a large portion of the rise. The follow
ing table demonstrates just how much you pay in
hidden taxes for the various articles listed below:
Actual
Federal
Total
Article
Cost
Taxes
Cost
Quart of Milk $ .14
$ .08
$ .22
New House ...
,-$7,000.00
$3,000.00
$10,000.00
Auto
. 700.00
700.00
1,400.00
Railroad
Ticket
12.75
2.25
15.00
Loaf of Bread
.10
.05
.15
Movie Ticket
.40
.20
.60
Rent
40.00
20.00
60.00
Gallon of Gas
.14
.11
.25
Perfume
9.75
2.45
12.20
Cigarettes
.08
.11
.19
Records
.72
.09
.81
Light
3.25
1.75
5.00
Tire
15.00
3.00
18.00
Hosiery
1.00
.50
1.50
Meat
.50
.20
.70
Telephone
4.00
2.00
6.00
Refrigerator .
. 150.00
75.00
225.00
Battery
15.59
2.36
17.95
Shoes
6.00
3.00
9.00
Soap
.05
.02
.07
Television
400.00
70.00
470.00
Coal
13.00
7.00
20.00
Lawnmower .
14.00
7.00
21.00
Purse
10.00
5.00
15.00
Baby Powder
.29
.18
.47
Clock
2.00
1.00
3.00
Shovel
1.30
.70
2.00
Camera
11.23
1.77
13.00
So you see
how much
the tax bite
is costing
you for the items you purchase. Remember that
these taxes are federal taxes and you pay state
and local taxes in addition.
THE BCUSTA MINSTRELS OF
1950
ECUSTA CAFETERIA
SATURDAY, MAY 27th
8:30 P. M.
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