'7, F® THE J( ' 4- ’■■ ■ ^^ v;' - —WX .PATRIOT. KQRTH WIEKiaBOR^; N. tJ. tita V^i ^illdren ttrlng ip 1»y the Seltsbury y the Social Security BOV receltlng monthly Shop Horo For HANES UNDERWEAR LERNER’S D^partmont Store “H n.H^‘ A CASHIER * A cashier has to be a cool bird. That’s his business. And it’s our business to make Hanis broadcloth Shorts that help you keep cool. Hiuna broadcloth Shorts are made generously full ... so that they will not cut at the crotch or bind at the seat. They keep you comfortable and cooL Legs are not skimpy. Lastex web in the waistband. Smart new patterns 'ted colors—all guaranteed fast. iffV/ets a Hanxs Undershirt, too, and ^Kay cooler all over. See your Hanbs Dealer today. HANIS SHIRTS AND BROADCLOTH SHORTS 35^ 3 for hi paymants r* survivors, hts^nca from the Jilted States Ooterp?; ment. Most'of these boyvj.aad girts are the children of vl^pva who are also receiving njpB^ly benefits provided by the Social Security Act for surviTors of In sured wage earners. Some of the young recipients are orphans who are receiving survivors Insurance payments because their fathers er mothers who died -this year were fully Insured under the Social Security Act. Another group In cludes children of annuitants (re tired workers 65 years old or more who are entitled to olc( age insurance). ' Mr. Louis H. Clements, Acting manager of the ^Isbury office of the Social Security Board, who released the above statement, ex- I plained that an Insured worker, who reaches age 65 and qualifies for old age insurance payments may apply for his ^own benefits and also for monthly paymento for ’ach of hts children under age 16 (18 if in school). Addi tional benefits are paid to his wife when she reaches age 65. Regarding the survivors Insur ance. Mr' Clement said that -when an insured worker died, leaving a widow with minor children, monthly payments of survivors insurance are made to his widow and to his children who are under age 16 (18 if in school). The widow who has children under age 18 in her care receives three- fourths of the amount of her husband’s primary insurance ben- H ANES CIOTCH-BSUO SPORTS 35« and 50« P. H. HANIS KNITTING COMPANY Wlnstan-Salam, N. C Headquarters For HARFUS BROS. DEPARTMENT ST^lRE Come To Our Convenient Store For Hanes Underwear TOMLINSOS’S DEPAP'^MENT «TORE For Friendly Service and Hanes Underwear Conve to PAYNE CLOTHING CO. ip»iel the^^Ast three’yea^' lWTe died: tbl* yeafi and In sofie mm> fltn payments of - Federal .iBearanCd’ represent the tptal Income of the snrvlvlngj widows and children. ' In the^countleii of, Aleounder, Iredell, Rowan, Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes, which con stitute the Salisbury area ) and their North Wilfcesboro Branch Office area, 110 ipergons are re ceiving monthly payments of old age and sarrivors Insurance. Given below Is a table showing the number of persons In each of the groups receiving monthly payments of old age and surviv ors Insurance, January 1—July 1, 1940: Retired Workers, 53; wives of retired workers, (65 yegrs old or more), 5; children, 45; widows, 7., In addition to monthly benefits paid to men, women and children In this area 17 lump-sum death payments have been made to sur vivors of Insured workers who died this year. '' Mr. Clement exolalned that where the insured wage earner dies and leaves no survivors en titled to monthly benefits, a himp-sum death payment is made to the widow or widower or chil dren or parents of the deceased. The death payment to a near rel ative is six times the primary in surance benefit. Por Instance, in one case, it was found that the deceased worker’s primary insur ance b'enefit woiuld amount to $41.60 and there was no surviror entitled to monthly benefits. .Therefore, a relative who was en- ! titled to the death payment re- ; reived a check for six times $41.60 or $249.60. , If no one of the ahove-mentton- [ed relatives is living, a payment covering the burial expenses, up ! to an amount of six times the pri- I mary insurance benefit, will be made to the person who paid such expenses. NOVEL —Hanes Underwear— BARE’S FAIR STORE Tenth Street North Wilke8boro,JN._C Gently, he pushed her quiver- in? shoi’lders hack against the chair. She raised beseeching eyes in which faint hope and fear were struggling. From her parted lips, the breath came in short, wrenching gasps. Reassuringly, he,.amiled. at her... ... ,— Bzzzzz, went the dentistis drill. family Wot ofitJimr;; and Hra. Jas. Tk 1 ^si Sunday. A rarlTal meeting la In .pfds ^ircaa at Arbor Grove HefhOdlSt church, this Week. ^ On Wednesday of last week we had the most severe atom. botB wind and electiiOf that this hN cailty'luis seen tor quite a wfaller The lightning struck the chickeiK'; house of R. T. Lovette, killing aevetwl chickens, ’Mr. RoOTw^ Nichole, lost a csJf Vr Ughttalhg. also a chicken house of Dewey Caudill was struck, but little damage was done. ' Crops were damaged some com was blown down and some broken. Mr. R. P. Greer, who wae re ported In a serlons condition some time ago, has about regained his usual health. Rev. Lee Miller was a business visitor In Wllkesboro Tuesday. Britisli Navy Lisb Sea Losses At 6^1 London, Aug. 6.—The British navy was estimated today to have lost 6.221 officers and men, kill ed Or missing since the war be gan. Royal Air force casualties in 11 months of fighting were plac ed at more than 4,000. Admiralty announcements showed 2,988 sailors and officers killed or fatally wounded, 3,204 missing, and 29 taken prisoner. In addition, 1,894 were wounded. The Air ministry’s 41st casual ty list, covering an unspecified period, was released today, show ing 150 airmen missing and 22 killed In action. Added to the previous lists, it gave a total for the war of 1,- 782 missing, 620 killed, and 241 wounded in action; 358 who died. 739 killed, and 174 wounded "on active service’’; and 188 prison ers of war. ‘Active service" casualties are those suffered in nonoperational- flying duties, or on the ground through enemy action, the Air ministry explained. Neighborhood gossip has it that Hannabel Henks, the new bride, simply worships her husband be- cauBS she placds burnt offerings before him every day. mm ^ '-f- ' -’ - ' ' ' ^SAfOiffi^Y " ^ lA B CF-i ONLY at eiAer store fisted below with Purchase Of i/i-lb. LUZIANNE TEA TOWELS FREE... WHILE SUPPLY LASTS Miller-Long Co. Davis & Co. City Grocery R.&0. Grocery I: The Great Northwestern North Wilkesboro, N. C. September 10th to 14th 5 “SSI?' Fireworks Every Night SSf Bis MARK’S' .... ...... .... MIDWAY AnRAfflONS IN FRONT OF THE GRANDSTAND DAILY Thrilling Features That Are New and Dif ferent A Program For All Ages. $2,000.00 IN PRIZES No entry charge for Agricultural Exhibits thin yev.

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