KNOW YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
P- E. Bettendorf, representative of the Social Security Ad
ministration, is in Edenton every Thursday at the North Caro,
lina Employment Security Commission in Citizens Bank
Building.
They weren’t very busy that
day at the public library. That
was a good thing, because Miss
Padgett’s arthritis was “acting up”
worse than usual.
Did she dare ask for the after
noon off? Well, why not? After
all, it was only the second time
in 28 years that she had given in
to sickness, no matter how badly
her knees ached. Feeling un
usually brave, she hobbled to the
head librarian’s office and made •
her request.
On the way home, Miss Pad
gett had another daring impulse.
There was an empty parking
space right in front of the social
security office, and she decided to
go in and ask some questions.
Two years or so ago, when the
city employees had voted to go
under social security, they had
insisted that Miss Padgett take
out a social security card. She
never did know much about it.,
except for a dim idea that it
might mean a few dollars to her
at 65. If she could hold out that
long. When you’re 63, and your
bones acked like Miss Padgett’s
did, two more years seemed like:
a long time. i
Fifteen minutes later, when \
she walked out of the office, Missj
Padgett had a new gleam in her,
eyes. The social security man
had given her an idea.
Her pay at the library was S2B01
a month. If she waited until she 1
Jobs Needed For $1,331,000 Returned
State Labor ForcetTo North Carolina
Insured unemployment in
North Carolina was running 21 j
per cent higher in August than a
year ago, the Employment Securi
ty Commission reports.
During the month, weekly
claims for benefits averaged
slightly under 32,000, ESC Chair
man Henry E. Kendall said.
Kendall noted that unemploy
ment in this State continues about
32 per cent higher than the na
tional average. For a typical
week around the middle of the
month, insured unemployment in
North Carolina amounted to 3.7
per cent of covered employment
as compared with the national av
erage of 2.8 per cent.
Nonfarm job placements for
the month totaled 15,149—an in
crease over July but some 9 per
cent behind August a year ago.
Farm placements were off 34
per cent from a year ago, with
cuts in acreage allotments and re
duced crop production contribut
ing to the decline, it was point
ed out.
At the end of August, there
were 66,092 job seekers register
ed for work with the local ESC
offices. This meant that there
were about 14 persons for every
unfilled job opening, as compar
ed with a 9 to 1 ratio last year
at this time.
Even though insured unem
ployment was running heavier
than a year ago. the average
weekly claims load (31,954) ac
tually was reaching its lowest
point thus far in 1957. This was
due in part to seasonal employ
ment gains, such as in tobacco
processing.
“Conditions are improving,”
Kendall said, “but more jobs are
needed due to our steadily in
creasing labor force.”
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was 65 to retire, her social se
curity benefit would be about
$94.50 a month. But there was a
new provision in the law, giving
women between 62 and 65 the op
portunity to start collecting their
benefits earlier, at a somewhat
reduced rate. If she retired right
now, at 63, her payments would
be about $81.90 a month. »■
She knew her- pension as a city
employee would be about $75 a
month if she quit work now, and
that the rules permitted a pen
sioner to work as much as 9 days
a month without forfeiting the
pension.
And the social security man had
fold her she could work part of
the time and still be classed as
“retired” under the social securi
ty law, as long as she didn’t earn
Over SI2OO a year.
Social security, $81; city pen
sion, $75; and part-time work,
about SIOO. That would give Miss
Padgett an income of over $250
a month, nearly as much as she
was making now by working full
time. And she would have a lot
more leisure to nurse her arthritis
and read some of those books that
always looked so interesting when
other people checked them out.
She hasn’t quite decided yet.
But the chances are that one of
these days, before long, Miss Pad
gett will visit the social security
■office again, to put in her appli
cation.
For Unemployment
The federal government is re
turning over $1,331,000 to North
Carolina as this State’s pro-rata
share of unemployment taxes col
lected in excess of administrative
expenses, Henry E. Kendall,
chairman of the Employment Se
curity Commission, says.
Kendall said the money wiil
go into North Carolina’s unem
ployment insurance fund.
He noted that the federal pay
ment. along with interest earned
by the North Carolina fund, helps
in holding down faxes paid by
North Carolina employers under
the Employment Security law.
The federal government collects
a tax from employers in the states
at the rate of .3 per cent of tax
able wages. This money is ap
propriated by the Congress for
state and federal Employment Se
curity administrative purposes.
Kendall explained that the
money the federal government is
returning represents unemploy
ment tax funds that were not ap
propriated or used for administra
tive expenses or needed for loans
to the states with depleted reserve
funds.
Under a law enacted in 1954,
these unexpended funds (in ex
cess of a S2OO million loan fund)
are used for payment of unem
ployment insurance benefits at the
state level or for specific appro
priation by certain state legisla
tures for Employment Security
requirements.
North Carolina’s payment of
$1,331,621 represents 1.87 per cent
of the total $71,195,220 to be dis
tributed by the federal govern
ment.
First payments under the act
were made last year when North
Carolina received $595,981 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, Ken
dall said.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1957.
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Each bedroom should please the
person who uses it since we spend
at least one third of our life in
our bedroom.
The appearance of a room de
pends largely upon the grouping
of its furnishings. Comfort, con
venience and beauty, should be
considered in arranging the fur
nishings. The furniture should be:
arranged according to its use. In
the bedroom there should be units
for sleeping, dressing and some-j
times studying. Pieces of furni
ture that are not used should be
removed. Pictures that do not’
fit wall space or belong in a fur-!
niturt group should be removed. ■
The study unit should consist
of a table or desk, a chair, book
case, lamp and wastepaper bas
ket. This group must be placed
so that the light comes from the
left.
The bed should be placed so
that it will not face the light. It
should be near enough to the j
window that the sleeper gets air j
but will not lie in a draft. The j
bed should be so placed that one!
can easily move from side to side;
when making it. If the bed is
placed near the door it gives the!
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bed should be a table, lamp, chair
and rug.
The dressing table should be
placed so that the light falls on
the person standing before the
mirror.
Bedroom furniture does notj
have to be new to be attractive, j
Many things can be done to re-|
| model old furniture. It is smart
to take what you have and use
it to make an attractive room.
Wake Forest Will
Hold Homecoming
Alumni and other friends of
Wake Forest College have been
issued a special invitation to at
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tend homecoming October 5.
Walter Holton of Winston-Sal
em, president of the General
Alumni Association, said “we cer
tainly hope all alumni and other
friends of Wake Forest will take
this opportunity to visit the new
campus and to renew old ac
quaintances.”
Wake Forest plays the Univer
sity of Virginia Saturday night at
8 o'clock in Bowman Gray Sta
dium. A meeting of the Alumni
Council will be held Saturday at
11 A. M., in Reynolda Hall on the
campus, Holton pointed out that
visiting alumni are invited to at
tend the council meeting.
A luncheon for alumni and
guests will be held at 1 P. M..
in Reynolda Hall. “Those at
tending,” said Holton, “are invit
ed to meet in the lounge at 12:30
to talk with Old friends and with
some of the faculty members.”
SUNLAY SCHOOL
LESSON
Continued from Page 2—Section 2
given them credit for the things
which deserved commendation, he
very strongly, but tactfully con
demned them, calling attention to
their worldiness which existed in
the church, the immaturity of the
church members, their imperfec
tions, and their partisan divisions:
It seems to us, after considering
churches as a whole, that we
might say. in all kindness, that
most churches we know of de
serve the same condemnation
which Paul gave to the Corinthian
church. When Paul speaks of the
“carnal” nature of these early
Christians, he meant that they
were more worldly-minded than
spiritually-minded.
Paul’s criticism that the Corin
thians were apparently content to
remain “babes in Christ,” certain
ly applies to the majority of
Christians today. Few there are;
who make any serious effort to
“grow in grace”—they apparently j
are satisfied to remain undevelop- i
ed dwarfs as far. as their spiritual'
nature is concerned. -
While the Bible Continues to be;
the best-selling book in the
world, there is little evidence that
it is being studied by many peo
ple. Never, perhaps, in the his-,
tory of the Christian church, have!
there been as many facilities
open to those who would avail
themselves of spiritual develop
ment, but ail too few avail them
selves of the. wonderful oppor
tunities offered.
Paul urged the Corinthians
(and us) to realize that they
were "workers together' with
God.” A .full realization of this
fact by every Christian would
make a vast difference in the in
dividual life and in the service he
renders. To the Christian it is
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given to De a co-worker with God
in redeeming the world, in lifting
men from lives of sin, in leading
them to Christ whose transform
ing power can make the vilest
sinners into “gentlemen in the
high nobility of God.”
If there is discord in your
church, search your heart to see i
if, by any chance, you are adding
to the situation. All who are:
guilty of spreading discontent and i
trouble in a church will find they,
themselves, will suffer as much,
if not more, than anyone else.
The results are indifference, self
ishness, over-criticism and loss of
interest. It might be well for
all of us to ask ourselves that oft.
oft-repeated question, “If every
member of my church were Just
like me, what kind of church
would my church be?" If you
would not be satisfied to be a
member of a church like that,
then do something about yourself !
—and quick!
(These comments are based on
the International Sunday School
Lesson outlines, copyrighted by
the International Council of Re
ligious Education, U. S. A., and
used by permission.)
“Wisdom of
the Ages”
"Laws should hr like
clothes.: They should be
made to lit the people
they are meant to serve.”
Each service conducted by
this organization is a fitting
tribute, reflecting the rever
ent spirit of the occasion.
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—SECTION TWO
PAGE THREE
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It is the little ritt within the
lute
That by and by will make the
music roUtv
And ever widening, slowly sil
< nee all. ■ —Tennyson.
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