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PERSbNAL AND
P&J.YATE PROBLEMS
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Ikli tslßttn trill attempt to answei
penoaal and private problem! of in
dividual* who submit their, questions
to' tala column. These inquiries to in
clude family and social problems and
will cover questions. that come up. in
adjusting oneself to society; economic
questions to indnde adjustment to busi
ness' life and careers. All inquiries
corretpoadenre and aasaea will be held
In the strictest confidence. All. inquir
ies and questions should be addressed
to “Three P’s.”, care of The Chowan
Hemld. Rdentnn, N. V.
—Vladimir D. Rellov. Counselor
Dear Three P’s;
Recently I was a victim of a
so-called speed trap, which I j
think is un-American. I was re- [
turning home from a meeting in ,
another town. It was about mid-1
night and I was tired and an- j
xious to get home when out of i
the blue I was signalled down
and told that I had been going j
sixty-eight miles per hour. I had
no previous warning, in fact. I:
do not know where the State j
Trooper came from; he just pop
ped up. This is un-American
and I think something should be
done about it.
—Lester W. B. i
Dear Lester;
If you mean all of the deaths
and accidents caused by speed
ing automobiles, being un-Ameri
can; all of the reports in Monday
morning newspapers of the in
creasing number of accidents and
deaths by automobile: of the
tragedy over week-ends and hol
idays; of the untold suffering, ag
ony and pain and the tragedy of
the fatherless and motherless •
children. I agree with you one
hundred per cent; it is un-Amer
ican and should be stopped by
whatever means are effective
Your cry of un-Americanism and
injustice is the same erv crimi
nals use against the police tap
ping telephone calls under order
of court. It is all right for the j
criminal to tap the telephone for,
his use, but it becomes un-Ameri
can and improper when the same
means are used against him. It is
the same thing in the i*e of the
automobile; here we put a pow
erful monster in the hands of an ;
individual and he wants to be
free 'of any control, except for
the other fellow; he keeps on |
breaking the law until he kills
or maims and ends up in the hos-,
pital. I do not know what is!
un-American, about the rules and
regulations and laws with which |
youl have to become familiar
when you pass your driver’s test:
I 1 do not know what is un-Ameri
can about the signs on the high
ways giving the speed limits: I do
not know what is un-American
about the signs on the highway
Stating that the speed is being
electrically timed nor the signs
stating that the speed is subject
to radar control. No. I think you
are the un-American: you want
to do what you want to do re
gardless of the law. but you want j
others to keep the law for your j
oWn safety. No, I would say vou j
were a lucky fellow that the j
State Trooper caught uo with vou j
before you went to sleep and had
a serious accident. Your vision
at night is only about fifty per
cent of your day-light vision, and
if you were wearing glasses it is
less than that, so that nieht driv
ing is more hazardous than day
driving: then the fatigue factor
enters into the picture. You sav
you were returning home at mid
night: it is presumed that vou
h&d* been up all day and had a
busv. tiring day, so that the pos
s:bilitv of your falling asleen at
the wheel was very "teat. If I
were you I would pav the penal- j
tv graciously: I would seek oo* I
the State Trooper and thank him
for getting you before you had a |
serious accident resulting in ser
ious iniurv to yourself and pos
sibly others.
Dfcar Three P’s;
/several of my women neigh
bors and myself belong to an in
formal group. We meet when
we feel like it; play bridge once 1
in a while and do fairly much as
we please as we do not have any
set program. However, we do
discussion and conversation
and there are two of our mem
bers who may have more edu
cation than we have who are al
ways talking down to us. One
talks about atomic energy all of
the time, and, while I know noth
ing about atomic energy, I dp
not think she does either. I. want
to, be polite, but some times I
feel like bopping them, over the
head with the -poker. What can
I do about it?
—Letitia H. H.
Dear Letitia;
■Yotrr problem is not uncom
mon, for almost in any group you
wfl find the bore* who n#l) talk
fdrever on one gub.iect in which
be or she is interested The oyer
' -ome times called the
intelligentsia, endeavor to keep
gferyan* els* under informed:
IgM then there is the pure super
eillious snob, who knows all.
sees all, keeps all, and all you
can notice of him is his upturn
ed nose when some one asks him
a simple question. What you
; should do, Letitia is to learn to
! I distinguish between the average!
normal person and these special-;
ists and. enjoy them with a quiet;
■ dignity. They are very interest-.
I ihg specimens of the human race:;
!' they have their part to play, that j
is, entertain you if vou let them 1
I
i and not* take them too seriously.
j
Phthisie’s Cows
Hang Up Record,
! McCov Phthisic of Tvner is the j
| owner of two registered Guern- i
! seys that have recently complete
j ed official production records, ac
j cording to the American Guern
| sey Cattle Club at Peterborough,!
! N. H.
Bavville Margaret Chnrrccn. a j
' iunior three year-old produced
i 10.521 pounds of milk and 552 (
j pounds of fat in 305 days. She
I was milked two times dailv. i
Pine Grove Proud Virginia, a .
I junior two-year-old. oroduced 8.- j'
j 523 pounds of milk and 458 r
| pounds of fat in 305 davs. She
was milked two times daily.
These official production rec
ords were supervised by North!'
Carolina State College.
Whatever enslaves man is '
opposed to the divine govern- j!
ment. Truth makes man free. 1 1
—Mary Baker Erinv. i
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KNOW YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
P. E. Bettendorf, representative of the Social Security Ad
ministration. is in Edenlon every Thursday at the North Caro,
line Employment Security Commission in Citisens Bank
Building.
You don’t have to retire to the
rocking chair to receive social se
curity payments. Most people
know the retirement age under
social security is 65 years for
men and 62 years for yeomen.
Most people aiso know they can
earn up to $1200.00 in each cal
i endar year and still receive all 12
|of their monthly benefit checks.
| Many people, however, are not
' aware of several features of the
law that allow a person to earn
over $1200.00 during the year and
still receive payments for some
months.
First, if you earn over $1200.00
in a year all your payments for
that year will not necessarily be
held back. Only one month’s j
check will not be payable to you
for each SBO.OO or fraction of
SBO.OO you go over $1200.00. For
you earn up to SI2BO
for the year you will still receive
eleven checks. If you earn up
to $1360 for the year you still
receive 10 checks: if you earn |
up to $1440 for the year, you still
receive 9 checks and so on, un-;
til if you earn over S2OBO for the
year, all 12 checks are withheld, j
In other words, if you earn be- !
tween SI2OO and S2OBO in a cal
endar year you are still entitled
THE CHOW AH HERALD. EDENTOH. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12s lWf.
to one or more monthly checks
for the year. In figuring the
number cf checks you receive,
however, bo sure to count your
earnings over the entire taxable
year.
Second, even though you
should earn over S2OBO for the
i year it is still possible to receive
a check for any calendar month
in which you do not earn more
[than SBO.OO —for example you
j may have a slack season in your
j work and be laid off or work part
time during several months of the
j year. You may not work at all
say, in the month of June and
only work part time in July.
Since you did not earn more than
| SBO.OO in June and July you can
receive payments for these
months even if you earned over
S2OBO for the year.
Incidentally, one of the recent
changes in the social security law !
raises this SBO amount to SIOO.OO
per month starting wi{h the year
j 1959. Beginning this year, a so
! cial security beneficiary will be
[ paid his benefits for any mon*h
in which he or she does not earn
i more than SIOO.OO per month. If
; vou are self-employed vou can
be paid for any month in which j
vou do not perform any substan-i
| tial services in your business,
j Third, after the year in which
you reach age 72 there is no lim
i it to the amount you may earn
and Still receive all your benefit j
thecks for the year.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
God’s great healing and saving
power will be brough out at
Christian Science services Sun
day.
Scriptural- selections will in
clude tlj,e following from Mat
thew (14:14): “And Jesus went
forth, and saw a great multitude,
and was moved with compassion
toward them, and he healed their
sick.”
Subject of the - Lesson-Sermon
is “Soul” a word which’, when
capitalized, is used in Christian
; Science as one of the synonyms
! for God-. "From Science and
Health with Key to the Scrip
-1 tures” by Mary Baker Eddy will
be read th’e following (210:11-^6):!
“Knowing that Soul and its at- j
tributes were forever manifest- j
ed through man, the Master heal
ed the sick, gave sight to the
blind, hearing to the deaf, feet
to the lame, thus bringing to
light the scientific action of the
divine Mind on human minds and,
bodies and giving a better under-1
standing of Soul and salvation.” |
The golden Text is from Psalms
(62:1): “Truly my soul waiteth [
upon God: from him cometh my
salvation:”
,t> —
VFW(;€*»rner
By ED
| Several of the post members,
j headed by Comtnander Harold
Langdale, traveled to High
Point on January 17 to attend
the Council of Administration
; meeting. On Sunday, January
: 18, they attended the dedication
of the new State Headquarters
Biylding. Dedication of the
new building a was made by
Commander-in-Chief John >W.
Mahan of Helena, Montana.
A special note to all post
members, the First District
meeting will be held in Sun
bury on February 15. They
have promised to feed country'
ham, so let’s all go!
The Saturday night dances at
the post home are getting bet
ter all the time. This past Sal
, urday night the Missus and I
| went out to enjoy the fun. The
■ only trouble encountered was
finding a chair to rest on be
tween dances.
Department Commander Wes
ley Cullipher visited with the
local post at its regular meet*
I ing February 3. His visit was
enjoyed very much by the mem
| ’hers.
If you haven’t paid your
1959 dues, see W. W. Perry, post
quartermaster, rign't s-.'CW. 1
Oh, yes, Johnny Lewis and
his ’band furnish the music for
the Saturday night dances.
See yqji next week!
i TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED
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STRAIGHT
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