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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1946)
MOSBY CREEK Mie States May Lese Tax Edge er» have always had the votes to block it." Litigation to knock out the com munity property law hasn’t been successful, either. A new plan, under study by treasury experts, would avoid a direct attack on the community property law. It would simply ap ply the community property law benefits to all states. Such provision, tough times. ■ould necessitate raising the rates but there have been sug gestions from many sources since the war's end that taxes could be reduced. This would be one way. The reduction, however, would n't affect incomes below $3,300 (after exemption») because, at that figure and less, dad and mom together would pay about the sAme as dad would pay on the entire in come. Mrs. Walter Fox and Mrs Les ter Rearrick gave a stork shower in honor of Mrs. Chester Rearrick Wednesday the 13th at the home of Mrs Fox at Walden. Mrs Rear rick received a lot of dainty pres ents. and lunch of coffee, cake anil ice cream wax served at 3 o'clock The Mosby Extension dub met Thumdty with Mrs Vir ginia Taylor of iMue Mt. and the demonstration on "care of the hair" was put on by Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Harry Patten. A planned noon next meeting will be with Mm. Ada Overton. Callers Sunday at the Arnold Duerst home in honor of Mrs. •Duerst's birthday were« Mrs. Lucy Robbins of Cottage Grove and Mr. and Mr». Robert Robbins of Eu gene Those going to Eugeni' Monday to the school on dressing and cook- WASHINGTON - In the next downward reviskm of federal tax- M, the nine community property state« all but one in the writ ■ may lose their advantage. taxpayer may divide his income with his wife, each paying taxes on half the total. It's an old Spanish custom, the wife and husband »haring their property equally. It's the law in Washington state, California. Nevada, Arizona. Idaho. New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana But Uncle S*rn has never liked it very Well »Ince he began col- lecting an income tax. Treasury experts figure it means a saving of between 20 and 30 per cent a Municipal Park year to citizens of these states. South Mountain park near Phoen That would mean a year tax free ix. Anz . is the nation’s largest mu every fifth year. There have been attempts to get nicipal park, consisting of nearly congress to nullify the procedure 15.000 acres. but, as one internal revenue spokesman put it: "You western- All of us are familiar with quixies about this and that. Let'» take this question: What is the strongest, eco nomic family asset in America« Mil- Ilona of you could win the Jackpot prise for the correct answer. U. g. barings Bonds, of course. Ownership at U. 8. Savings Bonds is now part and parcel of our American way of life because Americans know that Sa rings Bonds help to build a better, firmer future. Americans know that UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. they yield a good profit at no risk at Eugene. November 18 I Special»— all to the principal. I U. XTrasrary Dr/artawat The Navy anounced today that the Navy Offers First Competitive Exams forOfficerTraining ¡ton & Highway ’hone 204 California! Every day now there is space available on Southern Pacific trains to California. You can’t always get a room on short notice but if you'll malr* your reservations *as far in advance as possible we’ll do everything we can to get you exactly what you want. Next time, try the train to California. Ride the fast all-pullman Cascade (two dining cars and a lounge ear now) or the thrifty Beaver. Two other trains daily. S. P, DONAHUE, JR Phone No. 11 first nation-wide competitive ex amination for its Officer College Training Program, has been sched- 1947. and uled for January will be open to high school seniors or graduates within the age re quirements. Successful candidates will be given a four-year college education at government expense and will be commissioned officers of the Regular Navy or Marine Corps, or of the Reserve, upon graduation. Application f or m s must be forwarded in time for re ceipt by December 17. Students selected by these com petitive examinations will be of fered entrance in either the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps < NROTC» or the Naval Aviation College Program tNACP». Those selecting the former program will attend one of the 52 colleges or universities having NROTC units where they will receive from the government the cost of their tui- tion, books. and normal fees, and $50 a month for the four-year , period of education. Upon gradu-' ation. they may be commissioned in the Regular Navy and will be required to serve two years on ac tive duty if commissioned. Upon completion of these two- yeers, ' they may apply for a permanent commission in the Regular Service or transfer to the Reserve and re turn to civilian life. Those selecting the Naval Avia tion College programs may go to any accredited university, college, or junior college of their choice, providing they are accepted for entrance, and they receive the same government benefits. After two years of study they will enter a two-year program of flight training and flight duty as mid shipmen. after which they will be commissioned a» officers and serve a year on flight duty. Upon com pletion of this duty, they are eli gible for a permanent commission in the Regular Navy or Marine Corps, and if accepted, will be sem to a designated school /or two years of further professional ed ucation with active duty pay. If they do not wish to remain in the regular service, they will he given Reserve commissions and released to inactive duty' and provided an opportunity to return to college for two more years with tuition, books, and fees, and $100 a month furnished by the Navy so that they may complete their college educa tion. Curtis E. Avery, registrar in the University of Oregon, is acting as the Navy's local civilian represen tative. Specific information con cerning this program, including the place of competitive examin ation, application forms, and nec essary age and scholastic qualifi cations. may be secured from him. His offices are located in Johnson hall on the campus Spacious Plants Don’t plant lima beans, corn and peas unless your garden is large enough because they take up a lot of space in proportion to what they yield. Ing of poultry for the extension club were Mrs Het fit McGuire and Mrs Harry Ca»llc Mr Violet Duerst went with them to do some Christ mux shopping Little Jennme Furgason who was hit by u car Thursdny is re ported at getting along fine at the liospitul in Eugene. Mrs. nii"ci who ha: Mix Howard Taylor, left for her homi' Monday Blue Mt had a big coat oi snow on Tuesday morning. LlMtN, AM? MOU CAN GET Gl INSURANCE EVEN IF VW HAVE IT WHILE IN * SERVICE . CHECK TOUR NEARLST VA OFFICE FOR DETAILS. Jf DIDN'T Rig Industry Agrirulture reprbsrnta ¡in li»v<M meni of IKl.OOO.OM.OOO More Ihun 65 per cent of thè nailon'» annua) weallh come» fruiti taw material» producili by agrlculture. Miner»' Houses Today only one-fourth of the 400.- 000 bituminous cum ) minati live in company-owned houses, LONDON The London school social scr vice club reorganized Wednesday night . Election of officers was held. Mrs. Mable Funk, president; Mrs. Dorothy McKay, vice presi- dent; Mrs Goldie Gunn , sccre- tary. and Mrs. Esther Banton, treasurer. The meetings will be the first Friday in every month Miss Patricia Gaskill of Ashland visited over the week end witn her cousin. Mrs. Elvis Kelly and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Gunn and Deanna visited Sunday with the Fall Elwood Gunn family at Creek. good bad-weather driving treat your car to Shellubrication Thi* spacial tytlem wa« developed by Shell engineer» foi Shell dealers. It provides thorough-going car "conditioning" like this — Forget-proof lubrication. Sholluhricstion follows ■ Maide chart wijy e factory-approved diagram for your particular make and model of car Right lubricant for right place.. . utt* at least IS different types ol lubri* eating equipment-as many at 14 tpccialicad lubricants SHELL "Danger-spot" inspection , . . checks hidden spots where near can start Written receipt. .. gives you ■ "pictura-chart" receipt showing exactly "hat's been dona and what trouble may ba brewing Gelatin Mold To prevent fruit from dropping to the bottom ot a gelatin mold, let the gelatin congeal a bit before add ing the fruit. There’s far mere value in a FOWLER ELECTR'lC WATER HEATER LOW OPERATING COST ECONOMY. TEMPERATURE CONTROL LONG LIFE 20 -YEAR GUARANTEE LUSTROUS ENAMEL FINISH Io«» BUILT OF 12-GAUGE IRON »-«L ot ALUMINUM REFLECTOR PORCELAIN LINED NEVER RUSTS pre - stretched PRESSURE TESTED SAG-PROOF INSULATION d l° * (Hfìimnfls Divine «tic»«» .re ^At?. ore»»“1* .«•SS BLACK HEAT I ELEMENTS < . LONGER UFE DEAD AIR INSULATION For best results - for most satisfaction have your photo made now. CLARK’S PHOTO STUDIO W. 0. (WALLY) ROBERTSON MEZZANINE FLOOR, WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY STORE COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON PHONE 343 J Appliance Div. of Golden Rule Auto Service 711 So. Pacific Highway
