SECTION TWO- Fmdings Revealed In Old Age Program Study Is Made By State Board of Public Welfare Characteristics ot persons receiving old age assistance have been studied by the State Board of Public Welfare, which released its findings recently. Only one-fifth of the elderly persons in the State were found to be receiv ing old age assistance on the basis of a strict budgetary determination of 1 need. Old age assistance is one of the plans administered through the State Board of Public Welfare whereby per sons (15 years of age and older who j are in need may receive cash aid in | the firm of a monthly grant. Federal, I State, and county funds make up the grants, with the county putting in about one-ninth of the payment. To be eligible, a recipient must have lived in North Carolina at least one year, and must have minimum needs for food, clothing, and shelter which are greater than the resources which are available to him. In addition, he must be willing to give the county a lien on any property he may own. Among the more important finds of this current study, made under the direction of Robert Mugge. director of the State Board’s research and statis tical service, are the following: 1. While 65 years is the minimum age for receiving assistance, most re cipients tend to be much older, and j dependency on public asistance in-1 creases with age. The average age of applicants for this type of aid is j 69 years. The average age of all re-j cipients is 74.3 years. 2. Over three-fifths of all recipi- 1 ents are women, and the recipient rate : for women is more than 40 per cent | higher than the recipient rate for i> men. i‘ 3. Eighty per cent of the recipients are able to take care of themselves in j' the home, while the other 20 per cent; l require considerable care from others < because they are bedridden or have l physical or mental handicaps. i 4. A great majority of the recipi- < ents (80 per cent) live with their hus bands or wives or other relatives. < Over half of the recipients or their i spouses have responsibility for their c homes, but only about 14 per cent own c the homes in which they live. 5. Nearly half of the recipients are C living with one or more children, i While 47 per cent of the elderly men.ji are living with their wives, only 18 ; f per cent of the aged women have hus- j bands with whom they are living. 6. The homes of recipients of old; age assistance appear to be no morel crowded than homes in the State are generally found to be. While, accord ing to the latest census report, 11 per cent of all dwelling units in the State: have an average of 1 1 2 persons per room, only 9.7 of the recipients live in homes as crowded. 7. Modem living conveniences are found much less frequently in the homes of recipients of old age assist-j ance than in other homes. This is es-[ pecially true of plumbing facilities, j Only 16 per cent of the recipients have telephone service in the homes in J which they live, the report indicated. I ti£SsJ 'Bouhkcn /r^M *2l° Ot! 1 ' e p®*// CASCADE fiEO. A. DICNEL DISTILLING CBMPANV, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY • 86 PROOF Page Two gcx - \ , I* j f nfNF/ FIGHTING FAMILY with firepower plus, the Army's newest tanks are shown at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. In the foreground is the mammoth 69-torn T4S, whose 120-millimeter gun is big enough to break down any door. Left te right behind the land dreadnought is the Patton 47, the Patton 4* and the Walker Bulldog M4l. Each has meed, maneuverability and tough hide. 1 * ----- .'SCHMI fiI /*/+ J. S/// • ■&C&L//1-. Vs.' mV VV.i » - ■JZ* Are you getting tired of running the j culivator and wielding the hoe in your |garden in a losing battle with weeds! , and grass? 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