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The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-03-25, Page 9•b 4 52 Mo .tr&'a1. 5t Cwdera.oh, .Gut.• ,,117.A. 20.4 WD aef les get ,p a k.. t.v. 0• • •r•, Model Penny Sampson steals the limelight :from morn Hilda Sampson' - "b`utterfly sleeve effect" in'a "Holiday" dress; co llment of Mar. orie „ mn 3 of The .Chlidren s Shoppe in the. Snnieoast lash h`o h- . �1? �, y.1ftaapEllen= • BY M1ARY-E LEN SALMON March 17 was tire` dry chosen by,: Women's Day. Out to herald in a tasteful,lry. chosen sample of the .new.: spring look with ° av fashion show resented by: Barry Vaine, oderich supervisor of . S,andy's, and Marjorie Glaxo;; owner of The Children's ShoPPe, both located. in -the. •Suncoasr Mall, Ironically, the ' spring showing was almost upstaged • { by one of the area's infamous • winter blizzards. At 10:05 a.m,,.while snow piled. up outside Mackay Hall,. Barry Vaine paced the floor because sortie of"his out-of- town models hadn'.t ap=.. • peered. He• said, "I've an -announcer coming from CKNX, .Wingham•,. who hasn't. shown up either." The show. must. ,`go an'. Hilda Sampson (who ,ap- peared • under the misnomer "Hilda Sanderson" last week. - apologies proffered) was to be back-up announcer, Just as Vaine announced the show "would be impromptu, to say the •least," commentator —...:-Brian Elmslre from_W ingham, arrived. "We'll just do the' best we Can,". said: Vaine.. And they •�•.,ordie ' Fergusson, • Ange,ka one of string's' more popular assistant rxrana er ` at San g f h :s:, welle;as an n Baker. and Darcy Meulton,atil ' items a :pair of blue denim dy s.• . - • as tuns as wm ,: from the Goderteh area, and, =Qsh .Kash. Vaine pdekke a •tied tr SrrnonTalboTfrom P istow :1• saying •n t.....( y •WQ.geared sp.cxfically persoaa>1;1' aslaesc e yi , g hat 20 :groes) , for .w inners but•$airy Vaine 'Tiff r: ; Marjorie and her' husband , cove,ralls, worn with red and. provid'e4 the. ladies with male "• eon '. have. Lived in the Goderich • .white striped "`T•am 0 Y • ` frfku area, for five ,years, • She . :Sh'a�nter:"'•.T. shirt. These ,. decided • to .open the shop on' : coveralls ;'axe available for February 26 of., this year. boys or girls of:any age Marjorie ''thought it would be , Fon spring,' Marjorie..' a good idea to Come -WD•O,'. predicted ; the puffed -sleeve ,and show • the women , of, effect in 'blouse and dress • Goderich what we have at the -.creations and,- of course, the shop". w, coverall which i`s a `must'. Penny ,Sarnpson was a hit. posed in a white "Holiday" dress sporting pink butterfly sleeves with pink midriff and " 'back .. sash -tie. This little number, (the' dress, not Penny) omes in .100 percent polyester. The "tiny"' jet -set fashions pia-ced emphasis_ on 'easy -to - Care -for' ' item•s. . 'Penny modelled a two-piece blue stretched -denim dress coverall and white blouse with •puff sleeves. Made by "Honeychild", .the outfit was trimmed with `red on both blouse:•and coverall. "Perfect for school, ' in . "Tam 0 Shanter." denim commented Marjorie. pants and jacket, .with '' Despite chaotic moments., •matching "Tam 0 Shanter" T Commentator Brian Elmslie :shirt. The pants were without .from `CKNX; managed to • cuff as, according to' Mar- jorie, `"Cuffs aren't in•- for later' in the show; Darcy appeared in a brown stret= of the program; Elmslie ched-denim ` .coverall with displayed' talents ,in. im- centered flat -front pocket.' A` prouisation, a:dlib, mune,. ;yellow striped short -sleeved coaching and directing --not T shirt *completed the outfit, to mention basic psychology. "which,'' said Marjorie,:It 'could be said the kids "would be, the perfect choice -thestole - show,,.but'then there • for school or airy occasion." • Were the fashions and models • Heather Varty displayed a f m Sandy's 'and they were --two— l00 - �pe-rc nt„dee£iniSely right on". polyester ' jdnk pant suit. Three of ..the four female. accentuated -by, an elastic- . models, Lynn, Terry' and Lou ' waisted' jacket, with`tie-front were imported from' Nlount•< "Honeychild"., •fashion. show. The fourth, Unisex fashions• are here Nancy Ferguson; • lives in and' will probably stay. Miss. •Goderich and works • as : . ' Marjorie Claus:opened the show with. fashions for kin- dergarten and•pre-schoolers: Both she''and Vaine donated . their own time, .models and. clothes for the WDO• fashion display. Marjorie's models. suffered- •a touch of stage=; fright but carne through' like• Ernally coaxed on-stage.m; The Children's Shoppe models' were Heather Varty; Penny Sampson (whose mother, Hilda Sampson, should be given credit for a with new Spring job well-.done..:.Have_y_o-u.:ever.. Claus, proprietor ••.tried to dress ;numerous salmon) 'modest' "pre-schoolers°) She is familiar with ,WDO and remarked, "I've :been here myself and I en -joy it." Anyone of any age . in- terested • :in fashion,' from mothers ' to grandmothers, would have',loved St... Pat's Day exhibition. The oc- casional confusion added to• the fun and. Women's Day Out turned into . the informal, unstructured fun -day it:. has always been. , The curtains on the stage parted;. the side door opened, and. out popped -a head. Propelled by an unseen hand, a body followed: And it was young.Darcy Moulton attired. Move smoothly through. the presentation ',Faced with 'a group of 'undorstandably shy children during the, first half Ensemble by Forest by Sandys for the >„arty treated the ladies to • .Gaderich Supervisor of Sandy's, Barry- Vaine;answers questions .at Women's Day Out attired. in one of his shop's popular 'items - a three-piece mint -green suit_ ern-. phasrzrng;the new "Sum. e,r df'76” pastel.look for.,men... :ph:dau b'y'"1•Via-3Eile`n SaImtrttij :-' . ..•. �_ • ._. ....�.._ ., ..._ .. -- .,�...�....� .� . a. .�. ..;,.-...r....�..-....�..�..•�. .mss Deadline April rea inc O.:flle • BY JEFF S.EDDON . Vowing they will never • touch another income tax • • April .30,, Christmas for income tax payers. The time when,•Pierre- Elliot Trudeau dig's into his pocket and pays hack some of the. income tax he deducted from the work ' ' force paychecks the year be f ore . •.. _April • 30 is the deadline for completion and mailing of federal government income tax forms. The forms, six or seven sheets of blanks to be filled; in by the taxpayer,, ave been made available to the public since the first of the Year. .They are, however, useless unless they are .ac- companied by six or seven sheets. of income statements • that outline every form of income, received during .the. year., There are 'even a few blank spaces for reporting any • income the government .Js not aware of. Not all taxpayers benefit at income -tax time. Some may not have paid tax during the year and will have to pay it all, in one shot 'sortie` May not hale paid quite' enough and will have to: send the remainder oft fo Otta-wa with their completed tax form; and other's doli't make enough money to be taxed and. neither pay nor receive. - The majority of taxpayers dread the annual fill -in-the- blanks chore. Clainling one must have genius mentality, the taxpayer gathers -all the forms needed and pulls up to the kitchen table to prepare his income tax. Several hours and dozens of scraps of paper later .the final entry is made on the form that determines how much and which way the money is going. • If the result ' means a Payment to government, the taxpayer usually begins to double and triple check the form swearing there has to be a Mistake somewhere. If the figure is only a small aiiiount to be received the taxp•aver double, checks swearing•there must be more benefits to be claimed: :form again: the :taxpayer gathers . allthe material up and . heads off to a friend's. house, ' a friend who just happens to be an accountant. The annual surge of tax money flowing out of Ottawa has attracted quite • a' few businesses making their income from' income tax. Some of the firms specialize. in preparing incarne tax forms, advertising that they can "assure •their customers they Will file for all the return: the customer hasa right to, receive, On the other end of the -• scale -are the businesses that lend taxpayers the;a'mount of �- money they will receive front - the • government • with repayment madewhen, the government check arrives. Some taxpayers Goderich who want their forms• completed professionally 'are-. taking advantage of the services of the larges#r• income tax preparers.in''the' world, H. & •R. $lock. ,The firm, managed. locally by Kittie Smith, hag bon operating in Goderich or six years and eachyear. attractsmore and more. business from the Goderich and Clinton area. V • Mrs.. Sinith seta she could not reveal the -actual number of forms completed in her Goderich and Clinton outlets, but pointed• out that during the peak 'period her staff increases tenfold. until after the April 30 deadline. She said that she handles the business herself two days per week in the off season but now has a staff of ten people,' preparing, che"eking and rechecking the forms corm-' pleted in the office. `Alf the forms we complete are double checked' and sometimes triple checkedand then copied for our files and the -customer's files," said Mrs. Smith. "Wt' sometimes havc • better files on , the • customer than the :govern: ment does.'' The triplicate forms are done by the . office to allow them to check the returns of their customers in case a problem or mistake appears. Mrs. Smith said that the government in, :some situations may ask a tax= payer for . their income tax forms for the past five years adding that seldom do people keep their forms around that long. "We keep them in the file indefinitely,"• she said. "We • x forms to be com have• never destroyed any since we opened here." - Mrs. Smith is sympathetic towards individuals trying. to complete their- own forms trying to save every dollar they can. •• She said the government eontinuousl-y claims the forms aren't complicated and agrees, basically, that they are not. But Mrs. Smith explains that to get every small claim that •is . •rightfully due, • the "in- dividual can easily, miss many things. The' staff Mrs. Smith hires is all specially trained not to. miss the small items: She said the business is attracting some larger accounts•srich as lbusinesses or large farm operations • that can- be complicated n complete. Her original training consisted. of .a six-month course offered by thecom- pany but she now augments „•that knowledge with at: tendance at about . five tax schools a- year, each specializing. in one . facet' of business Her staff is trained 'ex- T tensively for • about four months prior to the season rush •and even receive training • in• American tax schools. She said she has already- •completed two American tax forms this year pointing out that Americans have . to file their forms whether they are commuters in another country or are just citizens living abroad. • The work of Mrs: Smith and her employees • is backed by the main company. If the employee makes a mistake on a .person's • income -tax i•. :AS the April 30 income fax deadline looms large on the horizon more and More Goderich taxpayers are having their return forms handled professionally. The H&RBlock Office in Goderich has been operating at fullicapacity for the. • .;ps"♦.st r orith trying clainiN. The work rotut:ns, checking photo) • • • to keep abreast'of,•taxpayers• filing for has kept TO staff hopptng calculating figures and filling out forms. (staff -'4 g • t let form .that results. •in un- derpayment or n-derpayment:or penalty,. H. & R.• 'Block accepts the responsibility . for .the mistake, But if the error resulted from the •.customer. not supplying ' sufficient -in- formation the. customer accepts the responsibility: Mrs. Smith said there is no .specific trend in the age of customers taking their taxes to -her. She saikt..,people of all ages bring their forms 'in but adds that the seniors citizens sometimes are unaware of what. they are responsible for • or what they are eli'gib'le for. • ."'Alot of seniors rniss what as-due._on. tlreax inconie4.x. forjns and some are.just plain scared to file because they have never filed before 'in. their lives,': she said. •"But•.I feel they do de•sreve what is rightfully theirs.". ' . • Senior citizens ,have another avenue they can take in ,getting the unfamiliar income tax forms prepared: for them. A group of citizens have. volunteered ,their ser- vices two mornings a week to assist the elderly in preparing their forms. • Thus far they s have cornpleted 40 form- • • The group has ' been operating the service .for the past three years and last year completed. about 100 forms. They have • a basic training . 'provided by .the Kitchener office of. Revenue Taxation 'Canada. The. group does not do . complicated forms, suggesting the person take their forms toa professional•. They also do not .complete forms when the' income is oVer 85.000. - The federalgovernment constantly •warns taxpayers to •' complete their return forms on time and honestly. " The,tax department does not take kindly to people not preparing the forms that way. A recent Court case heard • in Goderich proves that the .government does not make idle threats concerning in. come tax evasion. Lionel Wilder, a •Zurich no area ca,h crop 'farmer and operator _ of a custom farm .. • work business, was in court last week facing six counts of fiiing false income tax . returns and one' Count of evading payment of -taxes -by, failing to report income in the amount of $62,634. The charges of false returns were . for the years 1968 through 19;2. . ' • Mr. Wilder faced payment of the taxes owed the government plus interest on the taxes, plus a penalty plus ' a $12,000 fine sought .by the • taxoffice. • • - ••Provincialation court Judge H Glenn 1 -jays found Mr, Wilder .• '--"silty" oflili,ng a false=-rcturtt in 1972 after the lawyer for the taxation office agreed to drop the charges relating to • the previous year since the - taxes evaded were included in the tax evasion charge. ' Judge Hays also found Mr, .Wilder • guilty ofevading taxes. . '- In delivering his verdict Judge Hays said he would not give. Mr.• Wilder the maximum penalty sought by the -taxation office but would '. give him' a stiff fine. He Said he did not feel that Mr: Wilder would attempt 'to evade taxes again since the ordeal of the tria4 and the. publicity 'he endured with his neighbors would be enough reminder • Judge Hays added that he did not. feel,'the part-time. accountant ired •by' Mr: Wilder to handle his affairs, was capable in this situation. The judge did not feel Mr: Wilder was' engineering any • highly' sophisticated plan to defraud the government. He added, however, that it is the responsibility of the taxpayer. to make sure'. the person looking after business affairs is utoperly trained. Mr, Wilder was fined $4;000 - fo`r evading income taxes and was . fined $300 for filing a false return. He also had to ' reptheay • :' g'ovrnr»etit taxe'sthe hit .had' not filed, w. penalty • and interesthichwith ' amtheounted... F� , $2F,634.e9: • . ... ,.