PAGE EIGHT '-BBCTIOH TWO KNOW YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Georg* Dietrich, field representative of the Social Security Administration, is in Edenton every Thursday at the North Carolina Employment Security Commission office in the Citi sens Bank Building. This column about social security will *ow be conducted in the form of ques tions and answers. Readers may refer their questions by mail to Georue IS. Dietrich, Field Representative, District Office, Social Security Administration, 812 W. fifth Street. Greenville. N. C. Suctions will >be selected on the basis I most popular Interest, and letters need aot. be signed. Question —I have never had a birth certificate and would like to know how I can obtain one so I can qualify for old age benefits next year. Answer: If you were born in North Carolina and will be age 62 next year, you will not be able to get an original birth cer tificate from the County Regis ter of Deeds or the Department of Vital Statistics in Raleigh, i Records of birth were not kept until 1913 in North Carolina. While it is true that you must be able to identify yourself and prove your a?e in order to be come entitled to old-age bene fits under the social security act, a birth certificate is not al ways necessary. Marriage cer tificates, birth certificates of your children (which show your age), family Bible records, mili tary discharges, school records, census records, and old insur ance policies can be used to prove your age. This is not a complete list, but the docu ment used must show your age or date of birth and also show when the record was made. | SENATOR | I Sam Ervin I | SAYS I Washington Public hearings on the general farm bill for 1962 have been concluded by the Committees -on Agriculture in the Senate and the House. The Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee is expected to com plete its work on the bill soon. Since the farm bill will be a matter of great interest to North Carolina farmers when it is reported out of these com mittees, a brief analysis of the farm program as it has affected North Carolina agriculture in re cent years should be a matter of similar interest. The tremen dous part agriculture plays in North Carolina’s economy is magnified once again by the lat est figures released by the North Cafolina Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation Ser vice. These statistics show that 307,722 Tar Heel farm; with 1.- 452,022 acres participated in the wheat, peanut, cotton and to bacco programs. For the fiscal y«ar 1961-62 our farmers are earning more than S3O million from the feed grains program, the wheat stabilization program, and the agricultural conservation program. ACP One of the soundest farm programs on the statutes is the Agricultural Conservation Program which is shown as the ACP. Under this program farm ers receive assistance for about KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BBSjHt BOURBON MSgt M PROOF S I I gIIVER LABfir & %rimotf > s | When you give one of the above papers to the social security representative, he will certify it on a bureau form, and return it to you unless it is a document can easily be obtained from a local County or State Office. These will be returned on re quest. Question —I earn S4BOO a year in my regular job. I also have a part-time job that pays me about SIOOO every year. Why do I have withheld from my pay the social security tax on my part-time job and why does that employer have to pay his part? Answer: By filing a tax re turn you can get a refund of so cial security tax (the F.I.C.A. tax) withheld on your part-time job pay. In other words, a re fund on all social security tax es that you paid on earnings re ported for you over the S4BOO will be made. Your second em ployer (the part-time job) must report your earnings, withhold the required taxes, and pay his part of the F.I.C.A. tax. He cannot apply for a refund of (he employer’s part of the F.I.C.A. tax in your case because his tax. liability is not dependent upon how much an employee earns working somewhere else, but upon how much he pays any one worker employed by him. one.half the cost of carrying out soil, water, woodland and wild life conserving practices. The annual ACP allocation for North Carolina farmers amounts to about $6M> million. The great est benefit of the program, aside from the monetary aid to farmers, is portrayed in greener forests, more fertile fields, and purer water supplies for our cities. I can remember when gullied hillsides, worn-out fields, and abandoned farms were com mon-place in North Carolina. Now as I visit around the state the landscape is dotted with cultivated fields, terraced pas tures, and new woodlands. How ever, the program is not. com-! plete. A large percentage of our farmlands still need con servation treatment. The use of fertilizers, terracing, drainage and conservation practices have contributed to a quiet revolution which has taken place in North Carolina farming since the in ception of the ACP. Twenty five years ago North Carolina planted thousands of sub-mar ginal acres in row crops. The more acres that the farmer planted in these areas the more money he lost. A change then began. From 1936 to 1960 un der ACP our farmers converted l :l 4 million acres of this land into pasture. Today North Caro lina ranks high among the Southeastern States in dairy and beef production. It was inter esting to me to learn that dur ing this 25 year period, North Carolina farmers through- the ACP applied 8,600,000 tons of THE CHOWAN HEBALD, EDENTON, NOHT* CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 29. 1992. lime and a tremendous quantky of fertilizer to our pasture land; er-crops; put in 48,000 miles of terracing, and drained 1.2 mil lion acres of 'land in carrying out conservation practices under the program. In contrast to our potential enemy the Soviets, our agricul tural problems are concerned with the surpluses rather than shortages. The productivity of the soil is a rich heritage which is a trust for all future genera tions of North Carolinians and Americans. The ACP is dedi cated to the worthwhile pro gram of preserving this produc tivity through wise conservation of our natural resources for the unborn generations of tomorrow. Today, however, our agricultural abundance is one of the great bulwarks of the nation in the Cold War struggle. f V SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Cont’d. from Peg* 6—Section 2 Marcionites and Gnostics denied the humanity of Jesus. The inspired writer of the Let ters to Timothy was deeply con cerned about these false doc trines and their alarming spread; therefore he was determined to do all he could to combat them. So, he declared in his Letter that “there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” One God, one Mediator —this is the doctrine to which Christians must subscribe if they are not to be led astray. What has all this to do with Christian life today? Are not the Marcionites and the Gnos tics dead and gone? The fact is that whereas two or three sec tarian movements were compet ing for the minds and hearts of Christiass in the second century of our Lord, Scores of them are operating in 19Q2. It is very easy to forget the centrality of Jesus Christ, who wa§ both hu man and divine. To allow half baked religious interpretations 'by ingenious men and women to water down our faith in Christ Jesus as the Lord of life would be a serious mistake. We must learn the art of sales re sistance to some of these ap peals. Today we find people seeking a faith but uncertain as to how they may find it. Some seek it through reason; others, through science. Still others take an emotional approach, arid some appeal to history and the tra ditions ofo the past. No partial answer is ever good enough to satisfy the great needs of the soul. Nor is a partial answer good enough anywhere else in life. A house is not just a set of blueprints. It may start with Taylor Theatre EDENTON, N. C. Thursday and Friday, March 29-30 Michael Craig and Joan Greenwood in "MYSTERIOUS ISLAND" Super Dynamution and color Saturday, March 31— DOUBLE FEATURE Michel Lemoine in "PRISONER OF THE IRON MASK" —and— John Payne in "TENNESSEE’S PARTNER" Both in Cinemascope and Color Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. April 1-2-3 Rosalind Russell and Alec Guinness in "A MAJORITY OF ONE" Technicolor Plca.cc Note: Schedule—Sunday, ■diorts 2:SO and 8:3(1, feature 3:00 and 0:00; Monday-Tuesday, short* 7:30, feature 8:00. Wednesday, Aoril 4 MOVIE DAY ° MERCHANTS FREE Shows Continuum from 3:39 Charlton Heston in "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" Technicolor TRADE WITH THE FOLLOWING MERCHANTS AND GET FREE MOVIE Colonial Motor Court & Restaurant North Edenton TexaCo Service k George Chevrolet Co. Quinn Furniture Of Edenton, Inc. Ricks Laundry le Cleaners Bill Perry's texaco Service Belk-Tyler's of Edenton Byrum Hardware ft Byrurn-s/JiaSbc* * UaUmmalFa Wdvrll gin-. blueprints, but it does not end there. It is also carpentry, ma sonry and plumbing; it is glass, heating and lighting. It is hot complete without the parts, but no part is a complete whole. So it is with faith; we see the Old Testament yearning for a Messiah. We see the New Test ament revelation on Christ. We feel the power of Christ's life on those he met. We feel the impact of his life on the early church. We sense his continuing power through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The revela tion of the Christlike God is an invitation to away of life, and Christ has shown the way. He invites us to walk in it. (These comments are based ct outlines of the International Sun day School Lessons, by the International Council o; Religious Education, and used by oerm lesion). I 1 Health And 1 Safety Tips From The American ( Medical Association All of us occasionally pay a visit to a sick friend. Next time you have occasion to visit/ a sick room—either in a home or in the hospital—keep in mind a few simple thoughts that will help to make your visit a wel come one. Today’s Health, the magazine j of the American Medical Asso- j ciation, offers some pointers onj visiting the sick — —Don’t sweep into the sick, room like a cyclone. Come ini quietly, unobtrusively. —Don’t be gloomy. Try to bej cheerful, but don’t be silly. —Don’t be morbidly curious. I If the patient wants to tell you' T.M. RES. U.S. RAT. orr.t OR ;hO. ON AIL C.tEM'CAIS. READ DIRECTIONS ANOCAUTIOtoS ■CPOKCtMC. '4. v - >4* . V 3k -\ *<-. ft y *? ■ '*>v i l *** *" $ * V *C^ V V v m *; IL %'A * - “t- jr-s, replant or repel? The answer is as simple as Ortho Bird won’t cause seed to bridge in the hopper. Repellent mixed with the seed. This year, don’t plant for the birds. Plant Crows, blackbirds, jacdaws, grackles, with Ortho Bird Repellent and Seed Pro pheasants and larks donft come back a sec- tectant. Ask for it at the time you buy your ond time for seed treated with Ortho Bird seed. And just say Ortho Bird Repellent. Repellent. They spit it out and fly away. Almost nobody uses its full name. And this protection continues even after com ' and grain has started up out of the soil. Helping^heJWorl^Grou^Bettw Actually, the full name of this product is Ortho Bird Repellent and Seed Protectant. f It also contains Aldrin insecticide to control l | |H| M soil insects such as wireworms, seed com maggots and com rootworm. And fungicide (captan) for extra protection against diseases ■ like seedling blight, damp-off and seed dc- PWT cay. In fact, ft’s the only bird repellent that InVseS protectant combines all three and one of the few that , „ . CALIFORNIA CHEMICAL COMPANY, OPTHO DIVISION. 1371 Pe.chtr*. St.. N.E., AHanU, Geor«i. 111 ——— Home Feed & Fertilizer Co. - Edenton, N. C Leary Bros. Storage Co. - Edenton, N. C. J. F. Hollowell & Sob’s.- Winfall, N. C v II MU ■■"■'■ " l' ' V l^ ASGROW SEED COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS ORTHO PRODUCTS ALSTEAD BOULEVARD ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. PHONE 4105 1 • , about his operation, or to show you the stitches, let him offer to do so. \ —Don’t be overly sympathetic. Real sympathy will show through, and words won’t ne cessarily convey it. —Don’t make the patient dis satisfied with the care he is receiving. .If you disagree, keep it to yourself. You’ll help most by making him feel satisfied with his care. —Don’t offer your medical ad vifce or opinion. The chances are your opinion is worth next to nothing. Leave medical ad vice to your friend’s physician. —Don’t make promises you can’t keep. If you say you plan another visit, keep your promise. —Don’t lie. Don’t tell a sick man he looks marvelous, or , that he’ll be out in a few days. He ... on your drug store items • Yes, you can depend on this Reliable * Pharmacy to deliver drugs, health aids v V or sickroom supplies. Just telephone VrtgySf your order. A messenger will bring /gw the items to your home or office. There t~yf is no extra charge. We also pick up Y'W o prescriptions and deliver the carefully compounded medicines. ■MjiMitH Hollowell’s Rexall stork 3k (?) Prompt Service Dial 2127 ■ TWO RKGISTKRKD PHARMACISTS IdHWliilillMtfl A Registered Pharmacist Always On Duty knows better. And this doesn't mean you should tell a seriously -ill person that he looks half dead. Be honest, but be dis creet. /' v The best test for proper sick room conduct is to think back to your owp experiences with visitors the last time you were ill. The siok person gets lone some and visits often are wel come, particularly during the period of conpalescence. Visits are welcome, that the visit or exercises a little common sense. The installment buying plan causes a reduction of enthusiasm in six to eight months. Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried. —Shakespeare. ' . 1 ’f-jL * Hjp|| ijr^i 1«> 'I H s *• , J§ HKi v , sjgfc ,k-< >■ R V ; JPfv \ -■».<jgS*,r..A. .„J,i Mm ,: - wf! Wf&y ■■■■■ sMmKBBmHB&s&ISF'' THRIFT starts at an EARLY AGE Teaching little people to save is a most important aspect of their early training. Start your children’s accounts now and let them make their own de posits! They’ll take pride in watching the account GROW! , I | I I ■■ | J I BT7T. r#d. ! >w w J_lklk W-B I k I %

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