High Winds and Falling Trees won't interrupt your cooking if you use bottle gas. Use a gas stove and gas water heater for uninterrupted, de pendable home comfort. Ward Bottle Gas, Ephrata DEPENDABLE UNINTERRUPTED HOMECOMFORT Time For Your ££ Spring Check Up And Summer Tires BUY AT THE £550 Come in and have your winter tires removed VAN’S GARAGE MAIN STREET PHONE 3-5671 §/ 259 WEST New Phone Number 33-6712 WARREN H. STEHMAN LOCAL INSURANCE AGENT ~ | Public Schools with TIP-TOP guide and front-row controls | Medical and Dental Deductions | based on your exemptions. | those for old age and blindness) up FALMOUTH Furniture Refinishing | THE BULLETIN, Mount Joy. Pa. Thursday, April 14 10 ~——INCOME TAX FACTS No. 7 Medical Expenses and Other Deductions (This is one of a series of articles on income. tax changes. The articles are based on information provided by the American Institute of Accounts ants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.) Taxpayers with heavy medical expenses in 1954 get a big break under | the new tax law. In the first place, certain sick benefits are not even cdinted as income. This was true before in the case of insured plans, but now applies to benefits from the unin- sured employer as well, Here's what you can receive free of tax from your employer or his insurance company: 1. Payment for medical expenses. 2. Payment for permanent injury (not based on time absent from work). . Damages for injury or sickness. . Payments under Workmen's Compensation acts. . Payment up to $100 a week for loss of wages while you are absent due to injury or sick- ness, except that the first week's pay is taxable unless you are absent due to an injury or are hospitalized for at least one day. ow» a Using the long form and itemiz- ing your deductions you can now deduct more than you could last year, First you add up your ex- penses for medicine and subtract 1% of your adjusted gross income. Add the remainder to your other medical and dental expenses, in- cluding doctor, dentist and hospital bills you have paid, transportation (but not living expenses) for medi- cal treatment away from home, and medical insurance premiums. From this total you must sub- tract any benefits received from your medical insurance and, unless you are 65 or over, 3% (instead of the old 5%) of your adjusted gross income, This will give you the amount of your medical and den- tal deduction. It cannot be any more, however, than the maximum This maximum has been raised to $2,500 per exemption (except to $5,000 for a single person and up to $10,000 for a head of house- hold or on a joint return. Charity Made Easier There is still the 20% limit on charitable contributions in general, but you can take a deduction for an additional 10% of your income | contributed to religious organiza- tions, schools and hospitals. Within the 20% limit you can now include gifts to non-profit cemeteries, as well as any “religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational” organization, Taxes and Interest Paid In general you can deduct taxes you have paid for yourself or a member of your household, except to the federal government. You can not deduct “hidden” sales taxes (not separately stated to the cus- tomer), or fees for hunting licenses, | dog licenses, water supply or auto inspection, Interest paid by you on mort. gages and on loans is deductible. Don't forget FHA loans, car loans, collateral loans, personal loans and loans against your life insurance. There is a new provision this year that may help you if you pur- chased anything on the installment plan. Formerly you could deduct interest only if it were separately stated. Now you can deduct the amount of any “carrying charges” up to 6% of the average monthly unpaid balance as interest. Fire and Storm Damage Another type of deduction is the casualty loss. If your home, car, or other property was damaged by fire, storm, flood, lightning, explosion or freezing—or if any of your property was Stolen—your loss not covered by insurance is deductible, See the official instructions for the method of calculating your loss. Additional Information Be sure to read the official instrue- tions. You can alsu get help from the Internal Revenue Service, which urges you to consult only qualified advisers. Next article: New Savings for In- vestors, Farmers and Businessmen, b Saturday evening, April 16, Mrs. Ira Good and Mrs. Amon Shoemaker, teachers at the Church of the Brethren, will sponsor a special program in the church. Rev. and Mrs. Frank Carper, pastor of the Palmyra Church of the Breth- ren, will show picture slides of research and travel through the Bible Holy Lands of Europe. | They will explain each picture | A male quartette | as it is shown. from Geyer’s B. Church| will provide special music. Al cordial invitation is extended to all. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Crum, Falmouth, announce the birth of a daughter in the Harrisburg Hospital, Mar. 24. The baby girl was named Deborah. Mrs. Crum was the former Mildred Espen- shade. Patronize Bulletin Advertisers | kid] BEAUTIFUL KNOTTY PINE | REPRODUCTIONS Lenhert’s Cabinet Shop MARIETTA PA. Phone 6-2581 8-tf Fresh, Roasted PEANUTS | — Hassinger’s Grocery back the cover and there are the dials | ‘ug and soap door, In- side the door, a permanent laundry guide, TOP down, the dials are concealed from mischievous little fingers . .. washing instructions are hid- den away, never misplaced. BETTER THAN EVER New Bendix Tumble-Action is now PROVED as much as 50% BETTER than prewar models! Washes whiter and brighter, more thoroughly clean, more consistently clean than ever! BETTER THAN OTHERS Only the Bendix Tumble-Action washing principle is so thorough, yet it's gentle as hand-washing. And the new Bendix Tum. ble-Action Washer uses less soap and less water than any other automatic washer! NEW HI-LIFT, DEEP-SURGE TUMBLE-ACTION GETS CLOTHES THOROUGHLY CLEAN! It lifts your clothes, then drop: them and scrubs them—Ilike hand-washing but MUCH more THOROUGH! SO GENTLE, IT'SRECOMMENDED BY TOP MANUFACTURERS OF FABULOUS FABRIC GARMENTS! Bendix Tumble-Action can’t beat, twist, or tear delicate Fabulous Fabric clothing. Safest for everything you wash! BENDIX HOME APPLIANCES, Div. AVCO Manufacturing Corp., Cincinnati 25, Ohio RANDLER’S—BENDIX SALES and ELIZABETHTOWN R1 One mile from Square on Falmouth Road SERVICE PHONE 7-2824 12-tfe | 16 N. Market St, Mount Joy | 44-tfe | TERMITES ‘Guaranteed Control | — Free Estimates — WM. J. POWERS 121 W. BAINBRIDGE ST. E'TOWN — PHONE 289W | 31-tfe Dr.H.C Killhefter Optometrist | MANNHEIM 163 S. Charlotte $t Telephone 5.2888 Mon. & 4 Wednes 9.5:30 Tues. Fri. Sat. 7.9 P M. ELIZABETHTOWN | 15 E. High St. | Telephone 24.F Tues. Fri. Sat 9:80.1:00. 2.5 P. M — Landisville - Whitacre, Joseph was elected president of the Landisville - Salunga Junior | Chamber of Commerce at a| meeting last week in the Land's- | ville Fire Hall. Robert Bair was| chosen vice president; Dean] Lowry, second vice president; | Joseph Brown, Secretary; Rob-| ert Lawrence, treasurer; Jack | Baker, Richard Grotefend and] David Messersmith, directors. Robert Harper, will run for state regional vice president at the state conven- | tion to be held in Reading April 29 and 30. The Ladies Auxiliary of the] Landisville Fire Co. will serve a Ham Supper at the Landisville | Fire Hall, Saturday. April 23,| Treat Mom and the “kids” to a| ham supper. Start serving at 4:30 p.m. The Landisville Mennonite | Adult Ladies Sunday School! Class held their class at the home of Mrs. Walter Derr, on Main Street, Landisville on Eas- ter morning. Mrs. Derr has been | an invalid for 2 years and had| not been able to attend Sunday | School Classes. { | The Vocal Ensemble of the Elizabethtown College consist- ing of 16 voices will sing at the | Salunga Church of the Brethren Sunday morning, April 17 at 10 | a. m. All are welcome! The boys of the Indian Lore entertained their Mothers af er their business meeting. The entertainment was directed by Dick Rineer assisted by the In- dians of the Litle Big Horn. Mr. Rineer explained the Indian bonnet and feathers, sign lang- | vage, and that the dances are copied from birds and animals. | The Indians of the Little Big | Horn, which are these mother’s | little boys danced the Eastern | Woodland Dance, Dance of the | Southwes ern Big Bird and clos- | ed with the Dance of Good and | Evil. A “heap” of fun was had | by all! Miss Terry Buch, the newly | acquired waitress at the Lincoln Restaurant in Mt. Joy is now | on a short varcation—Yes, she | has the Measles! The Landisville Lions Club | and the Landisville Volunteer Fire Co. will sponsor a Chicken Barbeque to be held at the Lan- disville Fire Hall on May 7, at | 4 p.m. Take the family out for Chicken. Tickets can be pur- chased from any Lions Club member or Volun‘eer Fireman in Landisville. Call Betty at Landisville 8122! — —-— i» Twenty-four per cent of all drivers involved in fatal acci- dents in the U. S. last year were under 25 years old. Landisville, | _ | Club at the: YMCA in Lancaster | Club | Paironize Bulletin Advertisers THE GOINGS Crear IN Aa "rocker af RR bo RRR ror p warn oad A A RS Ny IA ee Ee Th Sus SNE, Hepa A A A PR AIT $3 Sino > ES RR "ROCKET" ENGINE OLD PHONE 3-4821 on a diet of green, leafy, Instead of hoping for a “‘hay- ing sun” this harvest season, plan to cure your crop the safe, worry- less way . . . electrically in the mow! In fact, it is possible to cut hay in the morning, get it in the mow the same afternoon and let the electric fan do the finishing. You'll find your hay is leafier. greener and more palatable . . . and keeps its high protein food value that aids in better milk production. Now’s the time to install your electric mow-curing system to be PENNSYLVANIA POWER & Ever feel a twinge of envy when you see a Oldsmobile step out? Most folks do! But there’s no reason to deny yourself the thrills and fun of a “Rocket” ride! You're invited to take the wheel . . . to get the feel of the “Rocket” 202 Engine... to enjoy the distinction of that trend-setting “Go-Alead” look! Perhaps you will want to drive the sensational new Holiday Sedan illustrated here . .. and we'll have one ready! Stop in . . . find the goings great in a “Rocket 8”! COME IN FOR A DEMONSTRATION! NEWCOMER MOTORS Inc, you're sure to SMOBILE Mount Joy, Pa. mow-cured hay! prepared for this year’s crops. Your PP&L Farm Representative will be glad to show you how easy a mow-curing system is to install. 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