3,312 Recipients
In the area served by the Ashe
ville office of the Social Security
Board there were 3,312 monthly
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
benefits, in force at the end of
1945, according to D. W. Lambert,
manager of the Asheville office.
This figure represents the number
of men, women and children in
the 17 counties of Western North
Carolina served by the Asheville
field office, now eligible for monthly
payments of Old-Age and. Surviv
ors Insurance.
“Our estimates indicate an in
crease of 746 over the number of
benefits in force at the close of the
year 1944”, said Mr. Lambert.
Recipients of Old-Age and Sur
vivors Insurance in these 17 coun
ties include 567 widowte, 1,389
children, 1,015 retired wage-earn
ers, 309 wives of retired wage
earners and 32 aged dependent
parents.
me neia manager expiameu mat,
when a fully insured wage-earner,
who is 65 years old or more, files
claim for his monthly old-age in
surance benefits, his wife may also
claim monthly benefits, if she is 65
years old or when she reaches that
age. In addition, each of his chil
dren under age 16 (18 if in
school) will receive monthly bene
fits—except that the benefits for
the entire family may not be more
than twice the amount of the re
tired wage-earner’s own monthly
payment.
When an insured worker dies,
leaving a widow with minor chil
dren, monthly payments of sur
vivors insurance are made to his
widow and to his children who are
under age 16 (18 if in school).
An insured worker’s widow who
has reached age 65 is eligible for
benefits whether or not she has a
child in her care.
Where the insured wage earner
dies and leaves no survivors en
titled to monthly benefits, a lump
sum death payment is made to the
widow or widower or children or
parents of the deceased. If no one
of the above-mentioned relatives
is living, a payment covering the
burial expenses, up to an amount
of six times the primary insur
ance benefit, will be made to the
person who paid such expenses.
One hundred and forty-one lump
sum death payments, amounting
in all to $13,191.59 were made in
the Asheville service area dur
ing 1945.
There were 7,851 fatal farm
work accidents in the United
States from 1940 to 1943.
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