—BBCTION THREE PAGE SIX KNOW TOUR SOCIAL SECURITY John T. Groom*, representative of the Social Security Administration, is in Edenlon every Thursday at tha North Carolina Employment Security Commission office in the Citisens Bank Building. Starting with this year, a per son earn more money and Still be paid some social securi ty 'benefits, according to Mr. John T. Grooms. Field Represen tative of the Norfolk, Virginia, 9ocial Security Office. There is no change in the part of the law allowing a per son to receive all twelve of his Ittohthly benefits if he earns SI3OO or less during that year, 'th# change in the law has to do witn earnings over SI2OO a year. For the first S3OO of earn ings over SI2OO the total fami ly benefits for the year are re duced by $1 for each $2 of earnings. For every $1 of earn ings over SISOO for the year, the total family benefits for the year are reduced by sl. How ever, regardless of the total earnings during the year, bene fits are payable for any month in which the earnings are no more than SIOO in wages or sal ary or in which the person does not render substantial services as a self-employed person. Also, the full monthly benefits are Kansas City Monarchs - Raleigh Tigers Play In Edenton May 20 The world famous Kansas City | Monarchy, outstanding Negro baseball team in the nation, will play the Raleigh Tigers on Hicks Field Saturday night. May 20, at 8 o’clock. The Kansas City Monarchs have contributed more players to the National and American Leagues than any other base- j ball team in history. The out- ! Piano Pupils Present Annual Piano Recital t. • —- Piano pupils of Mrs. Wood Privott presented their annual piano recital at the home of Mrs. Privott in Pembroke Circle Wednesday night of this week. The various number were su perbly executed with the follow ing taking part: Catherine Forehand. Jay Cald well, Jane George, Pat Reaves,: Debbie Wilkins, Priscilla Baer, ft Bellows A Partners Choice 1 \ feggl 2 PINT \ A Anr \%322aJ\ SQ9S -. .1 KUOWS & COWABV, lOUfSVILLE, KY.. WHISKFr-A BIEW. 40% S7IAIGHT WHISKIES, 4 YEAKS 02 MORE OtD • 80% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS It Hoof • OiSTtnuTD tt national distillers kooucts company payable starting with the month in which the wage earner or self-employed person is age 72 regardless of te earnings. An example might illustrate the new provisions. A man un der age 72 and his wife are eli gible for $165 per month old age insurance benefits for a ■ yearly total of SI9BO. The man; works eight months during 1961 for $250 per month, for total earnings during the year of S2OOO. For the first S3OO of earnings over the SI2OO, bene fits to the man and wife of $l5O would not be payable. For the earnings over SISOO, another SSOO in benefits would not be payable. Therefore, even though the man earned S2OOO (hiring the year, he and his wife would, still be eligible for $1330 in so-1 cial security benefits. Under the! law in effect before 1961, only $660 in benefits would have been payable in this case. Should anyone have questions on this phase of social security, it is suggested that they contact the Norfolk, Virginia, Social Se curity Office, located at 220 W. Brambleton Avenue. standing ability of owner Ted Rasberry to scout and sign young ballplayers has made the Monarchs a top ball club, which has won more than eighty per cent of all games played. Both teams display a baseball versatility and outstanding play ers will make the game a spec tacular attraction. Elizabeth Ann Baer, Ricky ’Har din, Nelson Capehart, Carroll Lassiter, Anne Graham, Suz anne George, Martha Vaughan, Ellene Tarkington, Sally Privott, Chare Belch, Emily Holmes and Arlene Fry. A social hour was enjoyed ; following the program. i A man cannot leave a better 1 legacy to the world than a well j educated family. •—Thomas Scott. TUB CHOWAN HtRALP. EPEE TON. NORTH CAROLINA, THtTBBPAT. MAT li, INI. %!% XGk ; The senational Flying Nasbits acrobatic act will appear with the Kansas City Monarch* and Raleigh Tigers as extra added attraction Saturday night on Hicks Field. The Nesbits have performed in every major league park in the nation and are rated as one of the greatest stadium acts of all times. New Books At Local Library The following new books have been received at Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library: Engineers Unlimited, Your Ca reer in Engineering by Harry Edward Neal. The Fading American News paper by Carl E. Lindstrom. Chemistry of Food and Nu trition by Sherman. The Armchair Science Reader edited by Isabel S. Gordon and Sophie Sorkin. The Attack on World Poverty by Andrew Shonfield. Man’s Emerging Mind by N. J. Berrill. Becket or the Honor of God by Jean Anouilh. Airline Stewardess, A Picture Story by Jack Engeman. The Musgraves by D. E. Stev enson. Broadway’s Best 1960 by John Chapman. My Grandmothers and I, an intimate and witty evocation of the years between Victoria and the modern world by Diana Hol man-Hunt. Volcanoes New and Old by Satis N. Coleman. Reptiles of the World by Ray mond L. Ditmars. Lament for Barney Stone by Robert Glynn Kelly. Frank Roberts Father Dies In New York Funeral services were con ducted for David M. Roberts May 14, at the Forest Park Chapel in Queens, New York. Mr. Roberts, of Long Island City, New York, died May 11 after a long illness. He was a retired copywriter for a Manhattan ad vertising agency, and a gradu ate of Baltimore City College. He was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are three sisters of Baltimore, his wife Sophia of New York and his son, Frank and daughter-in-law Valeria of Edenton. New Books Arrive At Brown - Carver The following new books have been added to the Brown-Carver Library: Modem Science and Modern Man by Conant; Man, Time and Fossils by Moore; Introduction to Astronomy by Baker; The White Nile by Moorehead; More Re sources for Education by Har ris; In Place of Folly by Cous ins; Mountains Ahead by Mc- Keown; If Thine Eye Offend Now a new gasoline with afl exclusive combination of additives that makes your car run better, farther PURE l Firebirdj| with Tri-tane , WBylMr 1. Cuts down engine wear! IXA 2. Saves you money on repairs! f You may feel these benefits are a little hard f to believe since there’s a general feeling that \ IK all gasolines are "pretty much alike.” But J new PURE Firebird Super eontains some- f thing found in no other gasoline—Tri-tane. -■■■jit' This exclusive combination of additives was developed after five years of research f V\ and over 4H million miles of tests. What it f vl \ does is reduce piston ring wear, pre-ignition / f 00 & I I L I I and compression loss, increase spark plug f f 111 I | I life, virtually eliminate the need for carbu- / jF retor cleaning and adjustment. // f | I 00 K ™ J / J Try some see if it doesn't do everything (Jf / J we say it will do. Wy // / car runs well on regular, chances are it will run even better, farther, on PURE Firebird ilr'L < r : Regular. And you’ll enjoy greater economy. uk „ PURE Firebird Soper or Regular are youra L (f » •, * v I rt «0 MW cosu «» up with PURE Firebird.-] B BE SUM WITH PURS I II I»4€ C ' 7 ■ s , 1) ra WINSLOW OIL COMPAf«yi HONE 3336 _•: • > H. C. Hlg NWA Y t Raleigh The Motor Vehicles Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M., Mon day, May 15, 1961 follows: Killsd To Date 368 Killed To Dal* Last Year 388 Thee by Schirmbeck; The Gen eral by Sillitoe; The Case of the Spurious Spinster by Gardner, and High Timber by Coombs. Lunch Room Menu 1 Menus at the Chowan High School lunch room for the week of May 22-26 will be as follows: Monday. Milk, luncheon meat sandwich, buttered com, lettuce and tomato salad, rolls, butter, chocolate pudding. Tuesday: Milk, meat loaf and gravy, steamed rice, turnip I, greens, sweet pickle relish, rolls,'| butter, clock cake with chocolate' icing. r ' Wednesday: Milk, barbecue pork, string beans, candied yams, hush puppies, butter, French apple cobbler... Thursday: Milk, fried chicken, May peas, mashed potatoes,, slic ed pineapple, rolls, butter, jello with fruit Friday: Stew beef, toss salad, apple sauce, school made donuts, cornbread, butter. (Minutes Os Board 1 [ Os Public Works J Edenton, N. C., May 3, 1961. The Board of Public Works met this day in regular session at 8:00 P. M., at the Edenton Municipal Building with the fol lowing members present: Thom as C. Byrum, Jr., chairman, Jesse L. Harrell, Ralph E. Par rish, James P. Ricks, Jr., and J. H. Conger, Jr. :- u .U'-V VV- —■ I. 1 1 ! The minutes of the regular ''meeting of April 4, 1961, and ! special meeting of April 11, 1961, •which was a joint meeting with members of the Town Council, were read and approved. On motion by Jesse L. Harrell, seconded by J. H. Conger, Jr., and carried, E. & W. bills in the amount of $13,025.57 which rep resents normal operating expens es, be paid as follows: Burgess-Manning Co., $25.00; Esso Standard Oil Co., $112.54; Gulf Oil Corp., $9.70; Norfolk & Carolina Tel. & Tel. Co., $46.67; Edenton Ice Co., Inc., $1.25; The R. S. Jordan Co., $88.32; M. G. Brown Co., Inc., $8.39; Postmaster, $212.42; Tom Goodman, $55.00; Motorola C. & jE:, Inc, $46.75; Charleston Rub ber Co., $51.27; Line Material industries, $115.10; J. D. McCot ter, Inc.,' $13.30; East Carolina Supply Co., $48.12; Noland Co., Inc., $201.40; Addressograph-Mul tigraph Corp., $27.75; Graybar Electric Co., Inc., $197.36; Elec trical Equipment Co., $390.10; Eastern Electric Supply Co., $232.66; Carolina-Norfolk Truck Line, Inc., $3.35; Tidewater Sup ply Co., Inc., $18.25; Ralph E. Parrish, Inc., $106.53; Mitchener’s ■ HTt.l-yir -Tr I"*. ".it 1 IP**. I Pharmacy, - $3.48; HolloweU’s Drug Store, $3.04; The Chowan' Herald, $36.85; Byrum Hardware Co., $8.87; D 8c M $2.06; R. T. Mills Plumbing tt Heating Co, $9.16; Bunch’s (Ck rage, $6.81; N. C. Public Em*- ployees’ Soc. Sec. Agency, $27.08 Virgima Electric St Power CA, $10,917.60; salaries paid in April, $3,480. total, $16,505.70. Received for current, water and merchandise, $29,468.72. ’, Receipts in excess of disburse ments, $12,961.02. The delinquent accounts list in the monthly report, page 241, was discussed at length and au thorization was given, to Ralph E. Parrish: and the Town Clerk to take Whatever steps they dtem necessary to collect these accounts. ./ ';rn. port to. the Board on our pres ent method of keeping a record of customer deposits and sug gested that further time be al lowed to investigate and study the system before recommend ing changes. There being no further busi nessStha’ meeting adjourned ; RALPH E. PARRISH, • Secretary.

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