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Redwood Empire Club Agoin Holds Ghrisfmos Meeting ot Lytton Home

The support given the Lytton Salvation Army Home, located near Healdsburg, by the Redwood Empire HooHoo Club was once again repeated December 17, .il.hen the club turned out to spend an evening with the children living at the home. Major Sainsbury, operator of the Salvation Army Home, was also presented with a check compliments of Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club 65 for his good work in maintaining a home for these children.

The next event on the club's agenda will be the installation of the new officers and directors, this meeting to be held at the Sonoma Golf and Country Club, January 14. Incoming President John Gordon will take over the gavel at that time.

Recr W. Show R.etires from P&T

Rea Shaw, a man long familiar to old-timers in the California lumber industry, announced his retirement from the Pope & Talbot, Inc. lumber division, effective December 1. He had been with Pope & Talbot and the predecessor frrm for the past 33 years, and was ,credit manager of the San Francisco office at the time of his retirement.

Mr. Shaw originally received his lumber training with the old Coos Bay Lumber Co., working for that firm lrom I9l2 until he entered World War I service. After returning from World War I, Mr. Shaw joined the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., remaining with the succeeding firm of Pope & Talbot, Inc. until his retirement.

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Americqns Poid 9O Billions For Toxes in | 954

The Tax Foundation, Nerv York City, announces that Americans paid a recorcl $90,551,000,000 in government taxes during the fiscal year 1954, in spite of cuts in Federal taxes. Stilt increases in state and locai taxes sent the total take to a ne\\' high, the Tax Foundation explained.

The combined tax take of ali government for the latest fiscal year rose from $89,968,000,000 in fiscal 1'ear 1953. Even though the total tax burden increased, the foundation said, population gains brought per capita tax receipts down frorn $578 in fiscal 1953 to $572 in the latest fiscal year.

Since 1946, it noted, state and local tax receipts have mcire than doubled to a total of $23,C00,000,000.

"The average American rvill pay $42.18 as his share of the interest on the Federal debt in fiscal 1955," the study stated. "The debt itserlf reached $271,300,000,000 as of June 30, 1954. The per capita debt was $1670.63."

The foundation said that the biggest tax problems still relate to the Federal government, u'hich gets three-fourths of all taxes paid by Americans.

Tl.ris stands in sharp contrast to pre-\\rorld \\/ar II days, u'hen the Federal government receivecl less than 40 cents of each tax dollar.

Hoyword Holds Open House

Blythe, Calif.-Vaughn Ladd, manager of the Hayrvard Lumber Conrpany yard here, recently held an open house and paint clinic. Door prizes rvere given and refreshments tvere sert'ed.