[ KHOW YOUfi SOCIAL SECURnY
P. E, Bettendorf, representative of the Social Security Ad-
I Ifflnetretion, to in EdentoQ every Thursday at the North Caro.
W Employment Security Commission in Citizens Bank
feISABILITY INSURANCE
BENEFITS
Many of you will wonder if you
qualify for disability payments.
Briefly, there are 3 requirements:
(1) You must be from 50 to 65
years of age; (2) You must be se
verely disabled for at least six j
months and must be unable to en
gage in any substantial work; (3)
You must have social security
credit for 5 of- the 10 years, and
jiW of these years must be in the
3 years just before your disabili
ty began.
Another point: If you are not
yet 50, but severely disabled,
there is a special rule by which
you can freeze your social securi
ty record. This is important, as a
disability freeze will keep your
monthly average wage high for
future benefits—will mean that
you will keep full benefit rights.
Let me give you -an example of
how the disability program works.
Paul Jones, age 52, was a machin
ist who averaged $300.00 a month.
Then in 1954 he was in an auto
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Weekly Devotional
Column
By JAMES MACKENZIE
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In recent years secular and
commercial interests have driven
Christ out of Christmas, turning
h Christian holy day into a pa
gan holiday. At a Christmas
party given to orphans in Japan
by American soldiers, one child
asked a G. 1., “Just whose birth
day is it? The little fat man
with the white whiskers and the
red suit?” Santa Claus was bad
enough; now it’s Rudolph the
rpd-nosed reindeer* The lovely
traditional Christmas carols have
been all but replaced by such
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accident. His legs and back were
so badly injured that he will nev
er walk again. Last January he
heard about social security over
the radio. His wife phoned the
local social security office which
assisted Paul in filing his claim
for disability benefits. The result
was that Paul was one of the 100,-
000 to get his first disability
check early in August. If Paul
remains severely disabled, he will
receive his $98.50 a month for life.
This happened because Paul lis
tened to a radio program and had
his wife make a phone call.
Remember the deadline for
payments Decern ber 31, 1957.
Act before December 31, 1957, to
avoid losing any back disability
insurance benefits which may be
! due you. After December 31, 1957,
disability payments can only be
gin with the month in which you
apply.
If you have any questions about
your disability benefit rights, con
tact your local social security of
fice.
silly drivel as “I saw mommy
kissin’ Santa Claus,” and “Nut
tin’s Too Good for Junior, and
that’s just what he’s going to
get.” When the carols are sung
on the radio or TV they are sung
by the very same unsaved enter
tainers who sing subtle, suggest
ive, sex songs the rest of the year.
Some even spell it Xmas- instead
of Christmas, thus completing the
secularization of the holy day.
X in Algebra is an unknown fac
tor; and in much of our modern
pagan American celebration of
Christmas, Christ is an unknown
factor.
What does Christmas mean to
us today? What does it mean to
you? To some it is merely an ex
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTQN. NORTH CAROUNA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1957.
cuse to go out and get plastered.
Almost as distasteful as Elvis
Presley singing “Silent Night” in
the advertisements of gin mills,
excuse me, distilleries, setting
forth their hellish product in gala
Christmas wrappings. What wan.
,ton blasphemy for demdn inspir
* ed men to uSe the occasion of the
birthday of the Son of God to ad
vance the cause of their master,
Satan. What hypocrisy for Chris
tians, excuse me, church mem
bers, to celebrate this blessed
season by slopping up that which
is the devil in liquid form. Is
that what Christmas means to
you? Then you are not celebrat
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ing Christmas, but Xmas.
1 Some view Christmas as a hap
py time of reunion, giving and re
ceiving of gifts, the singing of
carols and so on. They look for
ward to #2 Christmas tree, to the
happy faces of children on Christ
mas morning, to the cards they
receive from’ friends of years
gone by. Bless them, they have
caught somewhat the meaning of
Christmas, and their celebration
of if, though secular, is at least
not sacriligious.
But there is more to the mean
ing of Christmas than this.
Christmas speaks to us first of
all of the love of God the Father
(John 3:16); and of God the Son
who forsook the glories of heav
en that He might provide away
of salvation for sinful men. It al
so speaks of the spiritual needs
of men, and of God’s gracious
provision for these needs. The
angel said to the shepherds, “ . . .
unto you is born this day in the
city of David, a Saviour, who is
Christ the Lord.” Man needs a
Saviour to pay the penalty of his
sins and make him fit for heaven.
Man needs a Lord to lead him
along the rocky path of life. Man
needs peace, peace with God and
the peace of God, as promised so
long ago when the wnole heaven
ly host sang out, “And on earth t
peace.”
What does Christmas mean to ‘
you? It won’t mean anything to
you until you place Christ in the
center of your life. It won’t mean
anything to you until you know |
Him as your Saviour, your Lord, I
and the source of your inward 1
peace. j
Her Only Hope
As often happens when a wo
man is approaching 40, Miss Rob- ■
inson was “about 28,” and not ,
without hope. Even her favor-1
ite fortune-teller could not see a j
suitor in the offing, but was i
anxious to keep a customer.
“Ha!” she said, her eyes on i
the crystal.. “1 see a tall man. j
He’s going to propose to you.”
LISTEN EACH SUNDAY AT 8:45 A. M.
to
The Melody Five
Edenton’s Own Spiritual Group
OVER RADIO STATION WCDJ
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j “Dark?” fluttered the excited
; client.
j “Yes,” said the fortune-teller. '
“Dark. It will have to be.”