PAGE 10 THE YANCEY JOURNAE JUNE 1, 1972
We were concerned and
biking oboul ecology
before if become
Q household word.
Social Security Questions-Answers
An umbrella isn’t a dam!
An umbfolln and a dam. Each has its purpose when it rams
e must protect ourselves and protect our water supply
drought. This insures constant
• released during a period ol There are many people in your community interested in
n flow and gives pro- optimum river development; municipal olticials, recreation
tection against lioodmg. The released How ol water also leaders, health olliceis. business leaders and your local
generates low-cost electricity.
rural electric cooperative.
The cibove is a copy of nn aci whiclt ran in 1967.
French Broad
Electric Membership Corp.
Working together to moke 6 chonge for the better
By Doug Butler
Field Representative
Q. My Medicare premium
(part B) is $6.20 each month
and my neighbor's is only$S60.
Why is my premium more? Do
we have the same insurance?
A. For those who were late
airolling in the supplemental
medical insurance (part B) af
ter their first opportunity to
sign up or who signed up after
they previously cancelled the
insurance are required to pay
an additional for each
year they were eligible but
did not enroll. Your (part B)
coverage is the same as your
neighbor's.
p. I am signed up for both
parts of Medicare. After a car
accident last month, 1 had
some teetli broken and had to
go to the hospital for jaw sur
gery. Will Medicare pay any
of this?
A. Yes. Medicare covers
this type of surgery, but not
ordinary dental care.
p. I was hospitalized for
two ‘weeks last month. . Be
cause of my condition my doc
tor requested a private room
for me. Will my Medicare co
verage pay for my private room?
A. Yes, Medicare canbelp
pay for a private room when it
is medically necessary. Of
course, the hospital will bill
you for the first $68 of covered
hospital services, which is tie
hospital insurance deductible
for the present time.
p. I am enrolled in both
parts of Medicare, but I have -
n'c needed to use it yet. If I
forget my Medicare card, can
I give a dodtor or the hospital
my regular Social Security num
ber when I need medical ser
vices?
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A. No, your Medicare card
shows your complete claim
number and this number ismed-
ed to process your claim for
payment of medical or hospital
services. Bui this shouldn'tde-
lay your treatment, just faring
yoEff card in later or phone tlie
number in.
p. My son gets monflily
Social Security student benefits
If he transfers to another col
lege or starts attending classes
on a part-time schedule, must
he report it to Social Security?
A. Yes, he should notify
Social Security if he mairies,
is legally adopted, stops atten
ding school, stops attending
school full time, changes
schools, earns more than $1680
in a year or is paid by is em
ployer to attend school at the
employers request.
p. After my husbanddie^
my son received monthly So
cial Secinrity benefits until he
was 18. His benefits stopped
however, when he left school
for a year. Now at 19, he
plans to attend a localschool.
Can he get Social Secru'ity be
nefits again?
A. Yes, the child of a re
tired, deceased, or disabled
worker can get monthly bene
fits until 22 as long as he is
in full-time attendance at an
accredited school and is un
married. Contact any Social
Security Office as soon as pos
sible to have yotc son's bene
fits started again,
p. Since my husband died
last year, I have been receiv
ing monthly Social Seciolty
benefits for my 18 year old
son, who will be attending jii-
nicT college next year. Do his
benefits stop at the end of the
school year cr while he is on
sitmmer vacation?
A, No, monthly benefits
continue for up to 4 months of
vacation if your son was a full
time student before the vaca -
ticn period started and intends
to return to full time atten -
dance when vacation ends.
p, I'm 65 and although I
have never worked under So
cial Security I did enroll in
the Medicare insurance prog
ram under Medicare as soon
as I could. My doctor told HE
that I may soon need surgery.
Even though my husband is 63
and still working, it is possibfe
for me to get hospital Medi -
care insurance now under his
Social Security number?
A, Yes, even tliough your
husband is not retired and not
yet 65, he can file for Social
Security just to provide you
with hospital coverage. He
does not have to get benefits
himself, and he can keep
right on working. Call any
Social Security office and ex
plain your particular situation.
|y YOUR LIFE
INSURANCE
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Underwriters, the national
society of life insurance
professionals who have
earned the C.L.U. designation
by meeting high educational,
ethical and experience
requirements.
Q. My husband feels that
wives shouldn’t concern
themselves with financial
matters, especially life
insurance arrangements. 1
disagree. If something were to
happen to him, how would I
know how much insurance to
expect or even where the
policies are located?
A, It is surprising to note the
number of wives who are
uninformed as to their
husbands’ plans for their
family’s financial security.
Husbands could save their
spouses a great deal of
anxiety and possible delay in
receiving proceeds by
involving them in life
insurance planning. Every
wife should know the answers
to the following questions:
• Where are the policies
kept?
• Where is the separate
record listing all policy
numbers and companies
I c 1 i
employer-provided
group policies? ’'
What family need is each
policy intended to
meet?
What would happen if a
premium isn’t paid when
it falls due?
Are there any loans
against any of the
policies?
How are the proceeds to
be paid-in a lump sum
or installments?
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28 weeks
It takes a lot of training
to be a pro
And that's what Ranger
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Parents Know
the
Drug Threat
By
Sheriff Kermit Banks
The Child You Sove
May Be Your Own
Today's Subject: More Mind-Affecting Drugs Now in Use
To classify any one group of drugs as “mind-affecting”
would be a truth, but only half true, because this would lead
one to believe that some drugs in use do NOT affect the mind.
The hallucinogenics, (those which cause “trips” of the mind),
are generally referred to as mind-affecting, but in reality all
drugs have their effect on the mind whether direct or indirectly.
Some of the other drugs we have not mentioned thus far
are MESCALINE, PEYOTE. PSILOCYBIN, DMT, STP AND
MORNING GLORY SEEDS.
Mescaline is hallucinogenic in nature, a chemical, found in
the buttons of certain small cactus plants — peyote or mescal
— and these are also available illegally in powder and liquid
form. The effects, for the most part milder than from LSD,
often last 10 to 12 hours. Being bitter to the taste it is often
mixed with a drink to make it go down easier. American In
dians have used this drug in religious rights for hundreds of
years, so its use is not what could be termed new.
Peyote itself, coming from cactus, is a milder form of Mes
caline. Sometimes it is referred to as “the button”, “cactus”,
or just the letter “P”. To this day it is still used in sacrament
rites by the Native American Indian Church.
Psilocybin is from the Mexican mushroom and usually
comes in crystal, powder or liquid form. Influence of the mind
lasts from 2 to 6 hours generally and effects are similar to
those of Mescaline.
DMT, (dimethyltryptamine), causes effects similar to LSD,
when taken in large doses. Reaction comes quickly and the ef
fects last an hour or two. It is made synthetically and is a na
tural component of seeds from plants growing in the West In
dies and South America. For hundreds of years natives have
used this drug by sniffing a powder from the seeds.
STP, (also known as DOM), is relatively new on the drug
scene. It is a synthetic chemical related to Mescaline and the
Amphetamines. Reportedly it is very mind-distorting, but not
nearly so powerful as LSD.
Morning Glory Seeds of some varieties have an active prin
ciple closely related to LSD, but much less potent. The seeds
are most usually chewed or made into a tea.
Then there is the “thing” called “68”; like banana peel,
“68” or, as it is sometimes called “sex juice”, may be a hoax
so say the specialists of the American Pharmaceutical Associa
tion. Users have reported that it produces wild, short trips as
compared to LSD or STP. There are conflicting reports on the
chemical make-up and over all effects. Our Food and Drug
Administration says that “68” is simply oil of peppermint.
So, in summary today, you may ask yourself why it is im
portant to know all of these minute details a b o u t all of the
drugs we have discussed. Much of the information you may
never have an occasion to use — BUT,, if you do have occasion
it is much better to know facts than fiction, hearsay and the
like.
The major point of this entire series is to better understand
the drug misuse problem and to do this we must know basic
knowledge and basic facts. Only through truth about the drug
problem can we hope to combat it. Only through open-minded
ness can we save our children from the horrors of drug misuse.
WE are the adults — the solution to the problem is up to US
— this is OUR responsibility!
Be with me next week, won’t you?
Bees Essential
Vine Crops Need More
Than Sunshine, Water
Sunshine and water
may be enough for most
vegetables, but those vine
crops being planted in
Tar Heel gardens this
spring won’t do a
thing without something
extra -- a visit by the
honeybee.
The only way you’re
going to get a good set
of well-shaped cu
cumbers , muskmelons,
watermelons, pumpkins,
squash or gourds in your
garden is to have a lot
of bee activity.
North Carolina State
University extension
horticultural specialists
explain that vine crops
produce male and female
flowers at different
locations on the same
plant. Unlike some other
crops, the vine crops are
pollinated almost entire
ly by insects rather than
by wind-blown pollen.
With man’s encroach
ment into wooded areas
where wild bees make
Q uilting...
The old art of quilt
making is not dead. It’s
not even fading away in
Johnston County, where
women young and old
enjoy getting together to
make a quilt.
The ladies have made
many beautiful quilts and
throws during their ses
sions, adds Mrs. Patricia
Brown, associate home
economics extension
agent.
And they’re helping
the ecology movement,
the agent believes. By
quilting, the Johnston
County women are using
up scraps of fabric that
probably would be thrown
away otherwise, Mrs.
Brown points out.
their home, bee numbers
have dropped. Some
commercial crops far
mers compensate for this
by bringing in colonies
of bees. But most of the
thousands of small gar
dens Tar Heel home-
owners produce each
year are entirely depend
ent on the wild bees for
pollination.
In some cases, wild
bees will do an adequate
job. But if you aren’t
getting good production
from your vine crops and
if you are getting a lot
of abnormally shaped
fruit, chances are good
that poor pollination is
a factor. This could mean
the local wild bee popula
tion could use some help.
One suggestion is that
one bee per 100 flowers
is needed for adequate
pollination. In commer
cial acreage, the experts
recommend one to three
colonies of 30,000 to
50,000 bees each per
acre.
If it is determined
there are enough bees
present to do the job, then
the most important
management job the gar
dener has is to see that
the bees are protected.
Careful use of insec
ticides is an important
factor.
The critical time for
protection against these
chemicals is after
blooming starts and bees
are present in the fields.
Spray or granular for
mulations are less likely
to drift than dusts.
It is best to make
applications in late after
noon or early evening
when bees have left the
field or garden. Never
apply insecticides over
hives or on the windward
side of hives.