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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
2
Eagle screams Patricia Patterson leads the announcement as Junction High School plans a unique May Day. The Student Association will host events in the afternoon with four competing groups and no prior preparation. May Queen to be crowned in the evening festivities.
Senior Class of 1937 announces a unique commencement pageant The Life of Horace Mann with committees led by Carson Durbon Jimmie Bissett Mary Clark Loma Belle Jarvis C W McCarroll and Lloyd Stewart cast includes Loyd Stewart Helen Caldwell and Febugene Riley A note mentions ongoing preparations and partial casting while miscellaneous campus chatter and local notes follow.
A compiled list of honor roll students across 5th to 10th grades, including Sth grade honorees such as Dick Borden and Ada Lucille Greenwood, 9th grade names like Arch Allison and Jo Margaret Buster, plus 7th grade Annabelle Becker and Audrey Borden. The text also includes stray phrases about alibis, Consort, Trazan Escapes, and a G-Man named Jack Denman.
Texas produces a large fine wool clip from Rambouillet and Merino flocks with most fiber rated 64's and higher. Warehouses statewide including San Angelo and Sonora coordinate advances to growers, grading at shearing pens, and sales to eastern mills via Houston and Galveston. Market practices vary from warehouse shipments to pre-shearing contracts and grower consignments, reflecting steady demand for Texas wools.
Texas leads the nation in wool production and ships its output to New England for processing. Annual market costs total about 750000 dollars to render wool saleable. Shirking decades of growth, sheep numbers rose from 1808000 in 1910 to 7026000 in 1935, with Edwards plateau as the core region. Rambouillet dominates, with some Shropshire and Hampshire crosses in North and East Texas. Merinos, once common, have largely been replaced.
A study by Dr. Mabel Newcomer shows that low and middle income households in Illinois and New York face heavy taxation as a share of income through indirect taxes. The article notes typical New York earners on 2000 dollars pay 216 to 554 dollars annually, Illinois workers 279 to 359 dollars, and asserts about 20 percent of income goes to taxes overall. It adds shoe makers and retailers pass taxes to buyers, electric rates include substantial tax components, and mentions Rhode Island’s population and textile plants. It also comments that old fashioned iron skillets outperform modern lightweight pans for cooking.
The paper notes better subscription business than last week with several renewals and one new entry. Statements will be sent soon and arrears readers are asked to mail in. Paid this period include W. C. Bradshaw Abilene A G Murr Roosevelt J A McCollum London R B Farr Cleo G H House Junction Mrs T M Jones Junction and The Zirkel Monumental Works San Antonio.
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