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PAGE 6 T1re$fone MSWi FEBRUARY, 1958 HOW TO GET READY. . . For Your Income Tax Date With Uncle Sam Edward M. Lyles Freddie Robinson SERVING THE NATION Edward M. Lyles has returned to his assignment on the USS Pine Island, after spending a 30- day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lyles. Mr. Lyles works in Ply Twisting. Edward’s Navy address: Ed ward M. Lyles SN5151229; USS Pine Island AV12, EPO, San Francisco, Calif. Pvt. Freddie E. Robinson, son of Edith Robinson, tie-in-hand, is serving with the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, Calif. His complete address is: Pvt. Freddie E. Robinson, 1633640; H and S Co., 1st Service Bn.; 1st Marine Div. FMF, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Jerry Robinson and a friend, Stanley Keller, spent a January week end with Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Robinson. Jerry and Stan ley are stationed with the Navy at Norfolk, Va. After their Gas tonia visit, they left for a six- week cruise to South America. Sgt. Herbert L. Dixon and his family visited in January with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Dixon, at their home on Airline avenue. Mrs. Dixon is a respool er. Sgt. John Dawkins, son of Leon Dawkins, fixer in Carding, spent a recent 15-day leave with his parents. Robert L. Ward, at one time employed in the Shop, is a pa tient in the U.S. Navy hospital at Annapolis, Md. His father, W. B. Ward, second hand in Spinning, said that Robert had received second and third degree burns and expected to be in the hos pital for five or six months. A veteran of more than six years of service, he is an in structor at the Naval Academy, Annapolis. He would appreciate letters and cards from his friends. The address: Robert L. Ward, U.S. Naval Hospital, Ward 11, Annapolis, Md. Miss Moss Named Essay Winner Mary Ann Moss was the December winner in the current monthly essay contest sponsored by the Gastonia Gazette. The lOth-grade Ashley High School student, whose father is assist ant to the general superintend ent at Firestone, wrote on “North Carolina’s Future in the New America.’' She received $25 for her entry. Her 1,000-word essay, publish ed in a January issue of the Gazette, pointed out that the future progress of the State will be realized in three major areas: Industry, agriculture and socie ty. “The future of our industrial development can bring about great progress for the entire State, if we take advantage of our surroundings and begin to develop parts that may seem useless to us now,” the essayist wrote. She noted that two of the most important factors upon which the State is largely dependent for its progress are the develop ment of new and better indus tries and the improvement of ex isting ones. Other factors, she said, include better trained man power and access to greater sup plies of raw materials. A REVOLUTION in agricul ture is a vital avenue to progress in North Carolina, she wrote. She saw farming shifting from a cotton - tobacco pattern to diversification and soil-building programs. “Forestry, too, promises a new Millions of Americans every year neglect to take all the income-tax deductions they have coming to them, according to the Internal Reve nue Service. Many others find themselves tangling with the tax authorities because they don’t have the necessary papers and documents to support the deductions they do take. Last year, for example, more than two million Americans, or roughly one in 30, were summoned to justify their tax returns. Both pitfalls can be easily overcome. It’s all a matter of lining up your records ahead of time, bank tax experts say. And, with Uncle Sam crack ing down harder every year on people who claim deductions they can’t prove, the bankers offer the following words of advice on how to get ready for Uncle Sam’s bill: First: List all your deductions according to required tax-form categories, such as contribu tions to charity, medical and dental expenses, in terest you’ve paid on debts during the year, authorized business expenses, and city, county and state taxes. Second: Study carefully the instructions that came with your tax form. Add to your list any de ductions which you missed, and cross out any that don’t qualify. The instructions will tell you about dozens of legitimate deductions which most people never even think of. For, example, under medical and dental expenses, you can deduct for false teeth, glasses, braces, medicine and drugs, and premiums on hospital or medical-insurance policies. Third: Make sure you have canceled checks or receipts to back up each claim. Canceled checks are recognized as proof of payment in any court of law. This fact, together with the “built-in” bookkeeping system which checkbooks provide, contributes much to keeping good tax records. It may partly account, too, for the fact that 90 per cent of all money transactions in the country to day are paid by check. YOUR CHECK should indicate the specific pur pose for which it was used when you make a tax claim. A check made out to “cash,” for instance, is not conclusive evidence of a business enter tainment expense. If you can't supply real proof, it’s safer to forget about the deduction. Since many of your tax records are irreplace able, you should store them from April to April in a safe-deposit box at your local bank. There, they’U be safe from fire and theft and yet remain completely private, because no one but you, or someone you authorize, can see the contents of your box. Keep for four years canceled checks showing payment of federal and state taxes. It’s also a good idea to keep copies of your tax return forms of previous years, because they provide a run ning record of your own financial progress. After four years, you can throw out canceled checks and receipts supporting tax deductions. No additional assessment can be made more than three years after your filing date, except in cases of fraud, or if you fail to report 25 per cent or more of your income. BA>TK. day for agriculture,” she added. Miss Moss envisioned future progress in North Carolina as depending heavily upon “the de velopment of a greater culture and a desire for higher standards of living. She cited examples of coopsrative community-better- ment projects. “Our desire for greater cul ture and a higher standard of living will develop through an informed people with high ideals,” she wrote. “Thorough education is very important be cause it opens our eyes to re sponsibility in our community and state, helps us develop ideas, encourages us to aim for higher goals,” she concluded. The Golden Rule Leads To Brotherhood Here is how some of the world’s great religions express the Second of the Ten Commandments — “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” (“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,” is the First Great Command ment.) This great truth, expressed in these ways, is especially appropriate to remember for February, the month in which National Brotherhood Week is observed. Christianity; All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Judaism: What is hurtful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the entire law. All the rest is commentary. Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Islam: No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he de sires for himself. Brahmanism: This is the sum of duty: Do nought unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. Confucianism: Is there one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one’s whole life? Surely it is the maxim of loving kindness: Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you. Taoism: Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss. Zoroastrianism: That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto others what soever is not good for itself. Mary Ann Moss Volume VII, No. 2, February, 1958 Published by The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Firestone Textiles Division, Gastonia, North Carolina. Department of Industrial Relations DEPARTMENT REPORTERS CARDING—Edna Harris, Jessie Ammons. SPINNING—Lillie Brown, Mary Turner, Maude Peeler. SPOOLING—Nell Bolick, Ophelia WaUace, Rosalie Burger. TWISTING—Elease Cole, Vera Carswell, Katie Elkins, Annie Cosey, Catherine Fletcher. SALES YARN TWISTING—Elmina Brad shaw. SYC WEAVING—Lucille Davis, Maxie Carey^., Ruth Veitch. CORD Reaving — Irene Odell, Mary Johnson. QUALITY CONTROL — Sally Crawford, Leila Rape, and Louella Queen. WINDING—Mayzelle Lewis, Ruth Clon- inger. CLOTH ROOM—Margie Waldrep, Mildred McLeymore SHOP—Rosie Francum. PLASTIC DIP—Jennie Bradley. MAIN OFFICE—Doris McCready. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS—Flora Pence. WAREHOUSE—George Harper, Albert Meeks, Rosevelt Rainey, Marjorie Falls. Claude Callaway, Editor Charles Clark, Photographer
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