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1500 CHEROKEE ' CITIZENS APPLY i FOR PENSIONS C Old Age Benefit To ? Reach 55,000 In We8- J tern North Carolina < s Nearly 1500 persons in Cherokee ^ county have applied for old age bene- ' fits under provisions of the social se- c curity program according to Graham x A. Martin, of Asheville, who is mana- ' ger of the office in this district. A total of 55,507 persons in 18 Western North Carolina counties ar? ' eligible, he has announced, and ap- 1 proximately 50,000 have already ' made application. ' Buncombe county leads in the 1 number of persons eligible with 20,- 1 805. The remaining 17 counties of 1 this district are estimated to have the following number of eligibles: Avery 1,780; Mitchell, 1,281; Yan- ' cey, 1,099; Burke, 4,692; McDowell, 1 3,730; Rutherford, 5,407; Polk, 1,- ' 108; Henderson, 3,626; Madison, 975; Haywood, 3,980; Transylvania, 1,461; .Tackson, 1,776; Macon, 1,128; Swain, 1,049; Graham, 58; Cherokee, 1,493; Clay, 239. I Still Coming In In all the counties applications for account numbers are still being received at postoffices. It will be some time, Mr. Martin said, before records are transferred to the district office. The exact number of persons participating in the program ' in this district will not be known until that time. With seven of the social security act's 10 provisions now in bperation in North Carolina, an estimated 50,000 persons are benefiting directly under the various provisions, Mr. Martin stated. air. Martin explained that only one part of the act?the old age benefits program which went into operation January 1?could become effective without state action. In the other nine sections the state must take the initative. North Carolina, it was pointed out, has set up approved plans for six of these services?unemployment compensation, maternal and childhealth services, services for crippled children, child-welfare services,vocational rehabilitation and public-health services. The program in which it is not yet participating is that embodied in the three public assistance provisions?aid to the needy age, the needy blind, and to dependent children in their homes. Mr. Martin pointed out that while the general assembly in the session just closed enacted the enabling legislation covering these three provisions, he has been informed that the state probably would not begin to financially participate in the programs for aid to the needy aged and the needy blind until the beginning of the next fiscal year in July. Build Up Credits Through the old-age benefits prot I x BUSINESS | i OPPORUNITIES 1 I s Own and operate a Western t Auto Associate Store. Fran- $* *! chises available with investments X u low as $2,750.00. Write 1 $ Western <5 * j* 888 Marietta Street, Atlanta, y y Georgia. 'j! I ^?n*t fc* your children suffer i^a ' moment longer than strictly jOecesaary. Home made^A^^^ "trra are meaay, smelly, ' low and uncertain. ^ Scoi Treatment Soothes instantly. 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Benefits may last I, ts long as 16 weeks during a year'i lepending upon the workers pastjt vages. Officials have reported, Mr. dartain disclosed, that the state is al eady collecting funds under this ] aw, which stipulates that unem- j )loyment compensation payments ; will begin in January, 1938. Records ] >f the board show that the state has 3 Uready received federal grants tolling $91,939.51 to pay for the ex jense of administering its uneraploynent compensation law. To Extend Service The three maternal and child-welfare programs, administered by the children's bureau of the United States department of labor, provide for the extention of such services, particularly in rural areas the district manager stated. North Carolina had an approved plan for maternal and child-health services for 1936, and federal payments totaling $50,121.32 had been made to the state by June 30. The plan approved for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1937, provides for a federal giant of $137,852.22. Under the 1936 approved plan for service for crippled children, $32,086 had been paid th North Carolina by June 30, 1936. The 1937 plan, as approved, includes a federal I grant of $95,118. A grant of $12,126-1 .89 was paid to North Carolina for | fiSSS ? ? X You Need Chevrolet's New Hiqh-Compression Valve-in-Head Engine So good that it gives you both 85 horsepower ' ' ^onc^pqqk economy^ You get c FOR ECONOMICAL TRANSPORTATION AUfjllggi i Cherokee Scoot, Murphy hild-welfare services under the 1936 dan. For the fiscal year ending June 10, 1937, a federal grant of $62,681 vas provided in the North Carolina >lan as approved. Plan** Purpose Th? purpose of vocational rehabiliation is to provide reeducation for vorkers crippled in industry. At the *nd of the last fiscal year 1.204 such persons were receiving training unier the North Carolina program, for vhich the state has received federal grants of $49,014.59. The federal administrative agency for this part of the act is the office of education o? '.he department of interior. Under the public-health provisions ?f the a!ct, which are administered by the United States public health service, North Carolina has received federal grants for the purpose of expanding and strengthening its state and local public-health services, Mr. Martin pointed out. Up to January 31, 1837, these grants totaled $351,491.14. Establishes Offices | The social security board has maintained a policy of decentralization in order to bring the act as close as possible to the participating states and to the people. In line with this policy it has established twelve regional offices. That for Region IV, which comprises the states of North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, is in Washington, D. C. G. R. Parker is the regional director, with offices in the National theater building. The regional offices serve as field headquarters of the board's three operating bureaus, which administers federal old-age benefits unemployment compensation and public assistance. The board has also opened field offices in connection with ' the administration of old-nco honnfite You Need Chevrolet's New All-Silent All-Steel Body ^ 1 Th * first i all-steal bodies * - ? ' . : - : combining silence I with safety. f V / ill these featur :hevi Ifjar CHEVROLET MOTOR DIV1 Mm*r; ckey Chi Murphy, Noi , N. C. Tht Cagney Returns To Screen In New Film James Cagney, impetuous hero and idol of the motion picture fans, returns to the screen in "Great Gu?", his first production for Grand National Films, Inc. He comes to the Strand Wednesday and Thursday, April 7 and 8. "Greater than ever!" is the dictum of those who have seen the dynamic red-headed star in his latest vehicle, with Mae Clarke once again his leading lady in a drama that exposes a r.ew kind of Public Enemy?Food Racketeers who prey upon the poor of a great city. The picture, based on the popular fj, "Johnny Cave Stories," originally y0 published in The Saturday Evening no I Post, was directed by John G. Bly- ~ stone and enlists a notable cast in support of Cagney and Miss Clarke. Ashe\ille, Charlotte, Raleigh and ; Salisbury. It has leased space in ^ Durham, Greensboro, Rocky Mount, Wilmington, and additional field iffices in these cities are expected to be opened shortly. The state-federal ca programs are administered by the following agencies, all of which have cli headquarters in Raleigh. Agencies Listed Unemployment compensation un employment compensation commission; maternal and child-health services, state board of health; services for crippled children, state g board of health, division for crip- m pled children; child-welfare services,. ?t9>n -1 welfare, division of child welfare; vocational rehabilitation, state supervisor of vocational rehabilitation; | public-health services, state hoard of I health. H You Need Chevrolet's Perfected Hydraulic Brakes . The smoothest, . safest, most dependable brakes ever built. V J \ ?^ N es at lowest cos1 lO LET [9ION, CsMral Koton Sai? Corporation, DETB Del? models only. Csmrol ?o?sn fsrldhpsm flaw wont evrolet C ctli Carolina m trsday, April 8, 1937 [Uncle Jim sc-'x] When erosion has gullied your ?lds and washed away your topsoi), u just can't make a decent living, matter how hard you work. BOY SCOUT NEWS By Joseph Simons The Scouts held their weekly meetly at the Baptist church, April 6th, 7:00 o'clock. The Scouts played a game which I members enjoyed. The game is lied "Cranes and the Crows", after ving our good deeds the Scouts disissed the idea of passing more tests. A class was given for signaling in Semaphore" code. Quinn & Humphrey QUICK AMBULANCE SERVICE Funrral Directors & Emhalmer* Day Phone 74, Night 97 and 77 COPPERHILL. TENN. 31 % You Need Chevrolet's Improved Gliding Knee-Action Ride* So safo? so comfortable ? so different. ' - ' r only in i IOIT, MICHIGAN Uypmywwmm totmUymmpm? m 0. -
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