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NOTICE TO FARMERS
WITH REGULAR HIRED HELP
The old-age and survivors in
surance system under the Social
Security law has been extended
beyond commerce and industry to
cover some farm employes. As in
the case of commerce and indus
try, the system will be financed
by taxes on the worker and the
employer under the Federal In
surance Contributions Act. Be
ginning January 1, 1951, the farm
employer will be liable, under the
general conditions outlined below,
for -the deduction of the employe
tax from the cash wages of his
farm employes. The employer will
be required to pay such employe
tax, together with his tax as an
employer, to the U. S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for his district.
For those hired farm workers who
meet the requirements of the new
law, this government insurance
provides:
Monthly payments when they
retire after reaching 65. Payments
to their families when they die.
These taxes do not apply to all
farm employes. They do apply if
a worker on a farm or in a farm
home meets both of the following
conditions:
(1) He must have been em
ployed by the farmer continuous
ly (whether or not doing farm
work) for a full calendar quarter.
No lax is due for agricultural la
bor performed in this qualifying
quarter, which may be the last
quarter of 1950.
(2) In the next quarter he is
employed by the same farmer in
agricultural labor on a full-time
basis for at least 60 days, and his
cash wages for these services are
$50 or more.
Generally speaking, after he
has served the qualifying quarter,
the employe will be covered in
each succeeding quarter with the
same employer as long as he con
tinues to work at least 60 days
on a full-time basis and earns
cash wages of $50 or more.
The conditions under which tax
liability is incurred are more fully
explained in Circular A, a copy
of which will be sent by the U. S.
Collector to each employer who
requests a copy.
Only the cash wages paid to
employes will be considered for
benefit and tax purposes. The
value of room and board, etc.,
will not be considered.
These taxes do not apply to
wages paid to a son or daughter
under 21, or to a father, mother,
wife or husband. They do apply
to wages paid to a son or daugh
ter 21 or over, or to other rela
tives and in-laws if they meet the
above tests.
Employers having one or more
employes to whom they expect
the taxes will apply and who
have not already begun filing
quarterly returns on form 941 for
business employes should imme
diately procure applications.
These should be filled out and
WASILLA
PERSONALS
By Barbara Carter
Mrs. Charles Isaacs flew to Se
attle, Wash., this week to be with
her husband, who is receiving
medical attention.
Billy Senske of Spokane, Wash.,
is spending the summer with his
grandparents here, the Bill Sen
skes. Last year he visited here
also.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dinkel are
proudly driving a new Plymouth
car, which they brought up over
the highway this week. The Din
kels recently went to the States
for a short visit with relatives
and also to bring their son, Don,
home from college. Don has been
going to the University of Minne
sota and joined his parents in Ne
braska, where they started on
their trip homeward.
Mr. Walter Teeland, and Mr.
Harold Harris accompanied the
Wasilla Boy Scouts on an all-nite
camping trip up to the Chickaloon
river on Saturday and Sunday.
Due to heavy rains, the boys got
a little bit wet. However, a good
time was reported by all, and “not
too good fishing’’.
Fay Blom is leaving Monday
for his first trip to the States in
several years. He plans to drive
his pick-up both ways and will
in Seattle, Portlond, Idaho dur
visit in Seattle, Portland, Idaho,
during his six-week vacation.
mailed lo the Collector of Inter
nal Revenue of their district.
More information can be ob
tained from the nearest office of
the Collector of Internal Revenue,
the Social Security Administra
tion. County agents and PMA
committeemen also can help.
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24 CONFIRMED SUNDAY
IN IMPRESSIVE RITES
AT ST. MICHAEL'S
Twenty-one children and three
adults received the Sacrament of
Confirmation at St. Michael’s
Catholic church Sunday in im
pressive rites administered by the
Most Rev. Francis D. Gleeson, S.
J. D. D., bishop of the Alaska dio
cese. Assisting Bishop Gleeson
were Father Walsh of Anchorage,
Father Buchanan of Tok, and Fa
ther James Snead of Palmer.
8:30 a.m. MASS ANNOUNCED
Beginning this Sunday there
will be an 8:30 Mass at St.
Michael's Catholic church. Fa
ther James Snead announced
this week. The early Mass will
be in addition to the regular
10 o’clock Mass and will con
tinue throughout the summer
and until further notice.
The ritual of confirmation is
symbolic of the coming of age of
the Christian and marks the de
liberated assumption by the indi
vidual of obligations assumed for
them by their sponsors at bap
tism. Those confirmed Sunday
were: Myrtle Bouwens, Eleanor
Falk, Marlene Jensen, Rita Mc
Clafferty, Judy Ann Mrak, Agnes
Pauline Ohnstad, Enola Scheibl,
Rachel Nancy Gale Stineburg,
Barbara Jane Tirapelli, Patricia
Ann Zaborac, Robert Barry, Har
ry LeRoy Bouwens, Gerald James
Gallagher, Carl Henry Hendrick
son, Richard Wayne Hendrickson,
Donald Peter Jensen, Raymond
Richard Jensen, Everett Joseph
Johnson, Franklyn A. James
Scheibl, Kenneth Simpson, Fran
cis Joseph Tirapelli, James An
thony Vicaryous, John Weisen
berger, and Carl Zaborac.
Bishop Gleeson, who has spent
the winter in Fairbanks, where
an elementary parish school is
under construction, was on a cir
cuit of his parishes in central Al
aska. He visited Tok, Northway,
Mrs. Don Ingalls and children,
Donald, David, and Hal, returned
to Palmer last week-end after
nearly a month’s visit in Skag
way. Mrs. Ingall’s parents live
there.
The trip out was made by car
to Haines and by air to Skagway.
On the return trip, they traveled
to Haines on a fish trawler.
Copper Center and Valdez before
coming to Palmer, and was to be
in Anchorage Sunday evening for
the confirmation of 30 adults.
The bishop, who visited Palmer
in 1948 upon his arrival in Alas
ka, was impressed with the
growth of the parish here. He also
noticed many improvements and
changes for the better in the city
of Palmer itself.
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No merchant will be forced to raise
his retail prices because of the sales
tax. Merchants will not pay tax on
their wholesale purchases. A sales tax
is not a concealed tax—the consumer
knows how much he must pay for the
tax.
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