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Show 4 j ' 1 ,' I Tax Increase To Help County I - MEMBERS of the Firemen's Band are pictured pic-tured during a recent rehearsal. The band meets each Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. in the City Center multi-purpose room. Anyone wishing to join the band is welcome. Band Manager is Ray Carlton. X 1 ITT S V Y BEULAH LLEWELYN FRANCIS MOUSE N IUEZ MERSERVY Four Retire After 77 Years At Sharon A 14 increase in the local option sales tax would produce $1,060,134 in added revenue for local units of government in Utah County. This was pointed out by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, in their analysis of the local sales tax increase enacted by the 1975 Utah Legislature. Under the new legislation, local lo-cal units must adopt the new 34t local sales tax or have no tax at all. Counties and municipalities mun-icipalities win have to enact new ordinances calling for a 34 sales tax rare by July 1, or lose not only the 14 increase provided by the new law, but also the 12 tax which they have been receiving. At the present time, all 29 counties in Utah are imposing the 12 local sales tax. In addition, the tax is also levied in 175 cities and towns throughout through-out the state. The tax imposed by the county, however, does not apply within any city and town which levies the tax. According to the Foundation analysis, the present 12 local sales tax produced $6,575,403 for counties and $13,914,143 for cities and towns throughout Utah during the twelve-month period ended February28, 1975. These amounts are, equal to about 18 of the property tax imposed by counties and 56 of the property pro-perty tax levied by cities and towns in Utah during 1974. if all local units decide to adopt the new higher sales tax rate, it would increase local revenues by $10 14 million per year. While there is nothing in the new law requiring it, the 1975 Legislature implied that part of . revenue from the 14 sales tax increase could be used to reduce local property tax levies. In fact, one legislator inserted in the Senate Journal the statement: "it was the understanding that if the 14 cent sales tax passed Salt Lake City would decrease its property tax by 3 mills.' Foundation analysts point out that the 14 sales tax increase would increase Utah County revenue rev-enue by $106,035 and Orem City receipts by $281,052. These amounts are equivalent to a property pro-perty tax levy of .50 mills for the county and 7.42 mills for the city. By way of comparison, the actual levy for Utah County was 9.50 mills last year and 23.11 mills for Orem City. If the new local sales tax is adopted and the rate is increased from 12;, to 34, it would mean about a $15 tax hike for an average family of four persons per-sons having a gross income of $15,000 per year. On the other hand if part of the added revenue rev-enue was used to reduce the local lo-cal property tax levy by 3 mills, the savings to a typical homeowner home-owner with a $30,000 home assessed at $4,500 would be $13. 50. Th e Foundation study points out that the sales tax has one important advantage over the property tax for local governments govern-ments i n that sales tax revenues rev-enues tend to be much more responsive to inflation and to growth in the economy than is the property tax. Over the past ten years, gross sales in Utah subject to the sales tax rose at an average compounded rate of 9.6 per year. During this same period of time, the average increase in Utah's property tax assessment base was 4.4 per year BYU Leads In Continuing Education Brigham Young University's Division of Continuing Education ranks among the leaders in the field in the nation, according to statistics released this week by the National University Extension Exten-sion Association and the Association Associa-tion for Continuing High Education. Educa-tion. The report for 1973-74 shows that the BYU division has the largest number of continuing education edu-cation enrollments in the U.S. when compared with 227 other universities and state systems. Orem-Geneva Times May 8. 1975 Areas involved In the Division o f Continuing Education are evening classes, home study, special courses and conferences, travel study, study abroad, off-campus off-campus lectures and courses, Education Weeks, centers for continuing education in four cities, special degrees in independent in-dependent studi s, and business programs. The period covered by the report shows that BYU ranks first in total registrations (247-523), total noncredit class regiatrations (90,620), total class registrations (136.755), and total conference registrations (103,432). One university slogan, 'The World Is Our Campus," is literally lit-erally being fulfilled in many ways with educational offerings reaching the homes of its patrons in all fifty states and many foreign countries. SCHOFIELD Barracks, Hawaii Lewis S. Wirth, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Wirth, 86 E. 1700 S., Orem, was promoted to Army specialist four while serving as an armorer in the 25th Infantry Division here. JUST PICTURE YOURSELF IN ONE OF THESE WHEN WARM WEATHER NEARS! 73 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Loaded, whitered interior Sons 74 GMC 12 Ton Pickup V8 engine, 4-speed .transmission, power steering. "3695 73 Chevrolet Impala Hardtop -Sudan, Power steering, auto, trans., lacto, yair $2595 71 BUICK RIVIERA Ixiiidrd will) orients $2595 74 LUV Pick-Up 2WB '73 FORD LTD er steering, pov. 4-door sedan $2795 I X vs IN LS ft. I V Air, power steering, power brakes, r sedar Chuck Petersofin Motor AUTHORIZED VOLKSWAGEN AND AUDI DEALER 400 South University - Provo - Phone 374-1751 j LEONA DOWDLE trict. She has spent the last 15 years teaching second grade at Four associates atSharonEle- day school, mentary School, with acombined Beulah R. Llewelyn began total of 77 years' service at the working in the Sharon School school, will retire this spring, lunchroom 21 years ago when the An open house honoring the re- school first opened it's doors, tirees will be held Tuesday, May, She was born at Clear Creek, 13 at the Sharon School Media Utah, October 5, 1909. On No-Center, No-Center, 525 North 400 East in vember 15, 1930, she married Orem, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Bert Llewelyn. Mr. Llewelyn The public is invited to attend, died July 15, 1948. Leona W. Dowdle has been She is an active worker in the a teacher for 26 years, of LDS Church and has taught pri- Rhamn Srhnni which the last 20 have been in mary, MIA, sunday school and first grade at, Sharon School, relief society. She has served Sne marrjeci oiiverS Meservy Hundreds of first grade children as a relief society work director of provo and wnile raiSina her have learned the basic reading and has been a member of the famUy she returned to classes skills through her expert Stake Sunday School board. at BYU Shp wac awarded teaching. She believes firmly Beulah enjoys crocheting, knit- ner Bachelor's decree in 19"i4 Mng and quilting. Her son, James F. Llewelyn lives in Provo. She has two grandchildren. -Francis Monsen has been the that the key to success in school is directly correlated with the student's ability to read well. She married Max RobertCow-dle RobertCow-dle . in 1939. 3yMe,;acting as a, wife and mother in the subsequent subse-quent years, she found time to do considerable substituting. During this time she accumulated enough credit to earn her B.S. degree She has been an avid teacher in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She. has re-. ci4irari her 9. vpar rppnp-ni- head custodian at Sharon School Uon certificate for teaching in for 21 years. Prior to that time tt d and has t M fa ,r V. relief society, MIA, and sunday Mr. Monsen is married to the cnh, c tl t i Tw,n tv school. She has served as lunior in education, and graduated fro k, fMwn. m Mrino; sunday school coormator, and as BYU in 1955 7 vrsci She and her husband are the Nevada: Rav Monsen and Mrs other church organizations. i Ai t it parents oi uiree sons, muiur R., Don R., and Glen Lee Dowdle. Dow-dle. 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