Thursday, January 31, 1957
Brookings-Harbor Pilot
DIMMICK BROS.
BROOKINGS M KT.
Prices E ffective T hursday, J a n u a ry 31 to S atu rd ay , F eb ru ary 2
2 pounds
O L E O ____ 3 9 c
H O L ID A Y
3 0 3 co n
LIBBY
23c
Fruit Cocktail
CAMPBELL
Tomato Soup
BEST FOODS
QT.
Salad Oil
ROSEDALE
GREEN
303 can
Lima Beans
10*
57*
19c
LIBBY
12 oz.
ROAST BEEF 43d
W illam ette 3 03 can Cut
IJ ■p/rsw
S T R IN G B E A N S
fruits »! V egetables
S outhern C alifornia
Fancy
NAVEL ORANGES
per box
CAULIFLOWER
9c per lb.
YA M S&
SWEET POTATOES
LGE CELLO
s3°°
2 lbs
. .
. 23c 2
CARROTS
pkgs
19c
Hurst Mkt ■
P u o litu M
E A
Lean Eastern
per pound
SLICED.BACON
Hal
591
pound
LEA N ST R E A K E D
11
T S
27c
B A C O N JO W LS . „
Fresh Ground
Hamha.yer
R IB S T E A K S
u
C o § d
lb.
73c
South Fork Smith River
B locked by H uge Slide
L ate last w eek a huge slid e slip
ped in to th e road up th e S o u th
B ank of S m ith R iver, according
to re p o rts, an d it took th re e dox-
ers th re e d ay s to ev en m ak e th e
road p assab le. T he slide cam e in
ju s t ab o v e Rock C reek , b etw een
th ere and th e M cC lendon Lodge.
Bob S te v e n s is re p o rte d to have
told th e W ilson F re e m a n s if they
h ad a notion of going out, they
o e tte r tra v e l, as he on com ing in
to Big F lat, had seen th e slide
s ta rtin g to b reak. Mr. and Mrs.
F reem an flung th e ir stu ff into
th e ir c a r and ju s t m an ag ed to get
on th e o u tsid e of it w hen the
w hole hill slipped in behind them .
Income Tax Tips
ARTICLE Nt). 4
SIKH LI) r o t FILE JOINT
OR SE PA R A T E RETI RNS?
( E d it o r s N ote: W hich provides
i c a te r ta x saving jo in t o r sep-
u a te fede .1 re tu rn s ? T he O re
gon A ssociation of Public A c
c o u n ta n ts ’ ta x in fo rm atio n com
m itte e has prep ared the following
i discussion, p resen ted by B rook
in g s-H al o r Pilot a s a read er ser-
' vice.,
W hen
you have determ ined
w hich fed eral income tax form is
m ost ad v an tag eo u s, y our next
ste p if you are or recen tly w ere
m a rrie d likely should lie to de
te rm in e w h eth er to file jo in tly o.
se p a ra te ly .
M ost couples save ta x money
1 v ia the joint re tu rn in ste a d of th e
sq; a r a t c one. T his is tru e because
th e ta x is fig u red on a joint re-
j tu rn a s th o u g h hubby an d w ife
had h a lf th e to ta l incom e. T his
in co m e-sp littin g m ay place th e
couple into a low er b iack p t.
B ut, bew are of exception , for
th ey m ay prove costly.
F o r in stan ce:
1. If you had c a p ita l losses or
excessive m edical expenses, you
p robably should fig u re both jo in t
ly and se p a ra te ly to see w hich re
su lts in less tax
2. On a jo in t re tu rn , both hus
band and w ife are liable fo r the
en tire ta x . T his could be q uite a
blow to a widow when a deficien
cy is a sessed a fte r th e h u sb an d 's
d eath .
3. If both have n early equal in
come, it is doubly im p o rta n t th a t
you co m p a re th e re s u lts from
both th e jo in t and s e p a ra te filin ;
A dvice from y o u r public account-
uit m ay help you d eterm in e how
to file to o b tain the g re a te s t uav-
ng
Som e o th e r fa c to rs to rem em
her in deciding w h eth er to file
'’ jo in tly o r s e p a r a te ly :
1. H usband and w ife m ay file
a jo in t re tu rn even though one
I has no incom e nor deductions
2. A jo in t re tu rn can be filed
if th e ta x p a y e rs w ere husband
an d w ife on the last day of th e
ta x y e a r o r on th e d a te one
spouse died, provided th e su rv i
vor d o e sn 't re m a r.y d u rin g th e
i y ear.
3.Spouse» who w ere divorced or
legally se p a ra te d by the la .t day
of th e ta x a b le yeur. or on the
d a te one spouse died, cafinot file
jo in tly . B ut they still can if all
th ey had w as an in te rlo cu to ry d e
cree.
4 Spouses filing s e p a ra te ly ra n
ch ange to a jo in t re tu rn a t any
tim e before th e lim itatio n s ta tu te
ex p ires— g en erally , w ith in th re e
y ears from th e d u e d a te of the re
tu rn . But a f te r th e due date, they
c a n 't sw itch from jo in t to se p a
ra te re tu rn s.
z 5. F iling s e p a ra te d e c la ratio n s
of e stim a te d tax does not p re
clude filing a jo in t re tu rn , or vice
v ersa.
6. The spouses w ho file jo intly
m ust have th e sam e tax ab le y e a r
(ex cep t in cases of d eath , If the
tax y e a rs are d ifferen t, perm ission
m ust be obtained from th e com
m issioner o f in te rn a l revenue to
ch an g e to th e sam e ta x year.
7. If th e spouses use d ifferen t
acco u n tin g m ethods, th ey m ay
still file a joint return, provided
their accounting m ethods clearly
reflect income.
8. Jo in t re tu rn s m ay be filed
on fo rm 1040-A, rh o r t form 1040
o r long form 1040.
9. On s e p a r a te re tu rn s, If one
spouse Item ises deductions, the
o th e r m u st also item ize and c a n
no t file a sh o rt fo rm , re tu rn nor
claim th e s ta n d a rd deduction
10 If one spouse dies, th e o th
e r can g e t split-incom e b en efits
fo r tw o y e a rs a f te r the y e a r of
d e a th , if c e rta in c o n d it io n a re
m et. T he su rv iv o r and th e d e
ceased mu.-t h ave been eligible
file jo in tly in 'h e y e a r of d eath .
T h e su rv iv o r m ust o b tain a hou se
hold w hich is the hom e of a child
o r step ch ild fo r w hom th e su rv i
vor is e n title d to claim an e x
em ption. T he su rv iv o r c a n 't get
i th e benefit on form 1040-A. N a t
u rally, if the su rv iv o r rem arries,
th e only w ay to sp lit incom e is to
file jo in tly w ith th e new spouse.
Brookings, Oregon
Would You Believe It's Ten Years Since:
Rixi & G u n R am rods, b a sk e tb a l
team w en t to H u m b o ld t S ta te col
lege and com bed out a 52 42 w in
d esp ite th e ir coach, A rt G u th rie,
being u n a b le to m ak e th e trip .
T h e sco rers w ere: Benson,
E.
H anscam , 10; Cal M usser, 13; M at
son, 3; J M iller, 3; K em p, 2; Rea
gan. 8.
• * •
n e a r R edding v isitin g cou ins,
B arb an d Bev S to ller.
* • •
P ete
L estim e ste r
ad v e rtisin g
4»8 ocean frontage, b e a u tifu l
»me
fireplace, p ic tu re w indow
and
glassed in porch for $7,000,
H aggerty Tw in serv t ‘c S h ell sta
tion leased from Roy S u n d e rla n d ,
has g ran d o p en in g follow ing one
of th e tw in s, H orner, h a v in g ac
lu ire d a b rid e, R ickey S ilv a, F eb
ru a ry 6 at E u rek a.
A huge com et is h ead ed to w ard
the ea rth , according to an a n
n o u n cem e n t from B ritish astro n
om ers, and w ill be m ost b rillia n t
to w ard the end of A p ril, “ A rend-
R oland,’” nam ed for th e tw o Bel
gium astro n o m e rs w ho found it,
and th e o th e rs w ho h av e been
w atching the visito r, p re d ic t it
w ill be th e b rig h te st of th e c e n
tu ry , o u ts h in in g th e fam ed H al
c y ’s com et, last seen in 1910.
W hen n e a re st th e e a rth it w ill on
ly be out show n by th e sun an d
m oon anil m ay be so b rig h t as to
be seen d u rin g d a y lig h t h o u rs
w ithout the aid of a telescope,
T he com et, fig u red to be aro u n d
1,000 m iles in d ia m e te r, w ill con
sist m ostly of gas but w ill h av e
•hunks of rock in it too.
A stro n o m ers
p red ict
it w ill
com e to ab o u t 30 m illion m iles
from th e e a rth , a th ird of th e dis-
nice from e a rth to sun.
• « •
D inty M oore, O S.C. m a rk e tim
specialist, a d d resses
local
lily
b ulb
g ro w ers
association
and
w arn s th em to e x p e c t com petition
now th a t w a r re s tric tio n s arc
lifted.
• • •
M ary Lou Hill up front hom e
MERLE WA1II.
M erle W ahl, fo rm er re sid e n t up
he C hetco, is re p o rted to have
died su d d en ly last J a n u a r y 3 lb
w as m a n a g e r of th e P o rt Q rfo ri
b ra n c h of th e F irst N ational Bant
of P o rtla n d at th e tim e of his
d e a th .
COM ET C O M IN G
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us
finance
adequate
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aymei
24
months
to pay
alano
added to
your low
, monthly
power bill
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c o n t r a c t o r has
com plete d e t a i l s
r e g a r d in g
a
C.C.E.C. Adequate
W iring Loan. See
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soon,
won’t
you—while earmarked loan funds are
still available.
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