New Books Added To
Regional Libraries
By: Ashton Chapman
The Avery-Mitchell-k ancey Re
gional Library has acquired a
number of new, interest ng vol
umes. These may be secured
through the public libraries i
Bakersville, Bumsv.lle, Newland
and Spruce Pine, which com
pose the Regional Library, or
through the bookmobiles the
Reg onal Library cperates in
the three counties.
EASTERN GEM TRAILS by
Floyd and Helga Oles. A guide
to the most attractive and pro
ductive gem and mineral col
lecting areas of central eastern
Un ted States, with a, special
section on North Carolina.
BETTER AND FASTER READ
ING by Lee Learner Gray. Com
prehensive instructions for the
average person who wishes to
improve his reading speed.
HOW TO PASS HIGH SCHOOL
EQUIVALENCE EXAMINATION
edited by Francine Klagshrun.
A. five-day study program to
prepare for High School Equiv
alence diploma. Hundreds of
test questions and answers, and
day-to-day study schedule.
THOMAS WOLFE, an intro
duction and interpretation by
Richard Walser of the N. C.
State. Univers'ty faculty at
Raleigh, with photos, An im
portant addition to the Ameri
can Authors and Critics Series.
THE KITCHEN MADONNA
by Rumer Godden is an all-too
brief tale of how an aloof and
B’ient boy, by an act of loving
kindness, is drawn into the war
mth of human ®"Hety.
WEATHERVANES AND WHI
RLIGIGS bv Ken F'trerland.
This charming little book, full
n puma
IUT IT’S TRUE
Do You Wont A Now Outfit ? BAVK
Buy Two Skirt & Sweater Sets Or Two Slacks & Sweater Sets Or
Two Dresses And Get One FREE Or If You Can’t Handle Three
Outfits Buy One And Get The Second One For HALF PRICE.
All Winter Clothing MUST GO - We Need Room For Spring Merchandise -
COME IN NOW WHILE THE SELECTION IS GOOD . nmmmm
MEN— We Have The Same Kind o£DealJnMenA| ObUL
Boys Clothing. HURRY ON IN AND |Mf r
I J.F.ROBINSON GENERAL MDSE.
' Cane River N. C.
THURSDAY. JAN. 11. 1968
of anpeahng drawings by the
author, gives the h : st«ry and
deveiooment cf weathervanes
and introduces the oM»*er to the
del'ght of an unfailingly good
humored art
COUNT BHOEMOND by Ai
red Dugger. A splend'd novel of
the llth Century and the First
Crusade.
OUR CROWD by Stephens
Birmingham. A fascinating, in
s'der’s view of one of the rich
men ts cf a rich city; Jewish
upper-class life in New York
vibrant. r r mani c, special —a
city within a city.
PUBLISHER’S CHOICE; 10
short story discoveries by the
Editors of Seribmers. Among the
finest short stories published in
America. The writers are com- •
paratively young, all are com
muted to relevant issues of
modem life, and! all display re
markable control and usage of
short story techniaues.
THE INSTRUMENT. One of
John O’Hara’s finest novels. The
porirayal of Vank Lfjoas is. in
Itself a bri’liant achievement,
but the reality of this character
is the nrHnct of his re’ation
sbip w‘tb the great variety of
others'who n-r e needed to de
velop the intricate story.
NOTICE
SSGT. Charles D. Boraman,
your Marine Recru ter will be
in Burnsville the 2nd, 3rd, and
4th Thursday from 3:00 until 4:00
at the Veterans Office in the
Courthouse,
Increase In Medical Insarance
Premim To Take Effect April I
A $1 increase from s3f to
$4 in the monthly medical
insurance premium (under the
voluntary "doctor bill insur
ance” part of Medcare) will
take effect April 1, 1968, accord
ing to James E. Robertson,
Asheville Social Security dis
trict manager.
Robertson expla'ned that the
Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare is required by law
‘to carefully review the cost ex
perience and actuarial projec
tions of th.s voluntary program,
to determine the necessary pre- -
mium rate. The announced in
crease is based on such a re
view. Actually several months
ago the Secretary indicated, in
the course of his revew, that it
appeared a $4 rate would be
necessary in view of the increas
ing medical costs.
“Enrollees and the Federal
government pay equal monthly
premium shares for the cost of
med'cal services under the vol
untary program. The $3 rate,
which has been in effect since
Medicare began on July 1, 1966,
wll continilte for three months,
through March 31, 1968.”
Robertson stated that the in- ’
crease dees not apply to the re
gular coverage for hosp'taliza
tion paid for by Medicare. The
basic hosptal insurance (Part A
of Medicare) is - financed pri
marily by payroll tax contribu
t ens and is not affected by this
premium rate increase.
"Nearly 18 million Americans
(92 percent of the population
aged 65 and over) are enrolled
in the voluntary Part B pro
THE YANCEY RECORD
gram, for wh'ch enrollees make
monthly premum payments.
Part B which supplements
the Part A hospital protection—,
covers a wide variety of medical
servees, pr marily physicians’
services, whether furnished at
heme or in the doctor’s office,
in a hospital or elsewhere.*^
Robertson po'nted out that
“the vast majority of those en
rolled in the voluntary program
are receiving monthly social
security cash benefits. The in
crease ! n monthly benefits pro
vided by the 1967 Social Secur
ity Amendments w'll be many
times larger than the fl pre
mium increase.”
Robertson gave the follow'ng
technical explanation; "About
20 cents of the $1 increase is
necessary to finance the pro
gram at the level of operation
in the past. It is estimated that
the premium rate for tne past
18 months should have been
53.20 instead of $3. (Although
it’s estimated that on an accrual
basis expenses are running about
7 percent over prem um income,
program has more than am
ple funds, on a cash basis, to
meet its expected obligatons.)
“One-fourth of the increase
arises because people covered
under the program are expected,
on tiie average, to use about 2
percent a year more of covered
services in the period ahead
than in the past and because
the SSO deductable will exclude
a smaller proportion of medical
expenses as the use of services
and the level of physicians’ fees
increase.
"Another one-fourth of the in
crease is accounted for by ex
pected increases of about 5 per
cent a year in physic'ans’ fees
for the period ahead And the
remain ng portion of the prem
ium ’'ncrease and the interest
earnings on the fund are avail
ab'e for contingency purposes.
“About 23 cents of the monthly
per cap ta margin of 28 cents
left for continguency would be
used when mprovements in cov
erage under the new Social Sec
urity Amendments of 1967 be
come elective —for examo’e,
bv payment of the full charge
for X-rav and nVh , ''''"v eemHo
es to pat ents In hoetvtals and by
coverage of more
anv services than under the old
law.”
Dairy Grades
Announced
As is requ reu uy iaw uiu Dis
trict Health Department an
nounces the grades of Dairies
sell ng milk to Pet Dairy Com
pany, WaynesviUe, N. C., to be
pasteurized and the grades of
Distributors selling milk and
milk products in Yancey County,
fer the grad ng period ending
Dec. 31. ’67.
All producer Da : ries selling
mlk to Pet Dairy Company are
grade A. There are 4 Distribu
tors selling pasteurized milk and
milk products in Yancey County.
All are sell ng Grade A products,
noth ng less is allowed in this
Health District.
The Distr butors are:
Pt* Dairy Company, Waynes
ville, N. C., Haywood County;
Biltmore Dary Comoany, Ashe
ville, N. C., Buncombe County;
Sealtest Dairy Company, Ashe-
Vlle, N. C., Buncombe Countv;
and Burke Co-operative Dairy,
Morganton, N. C., Burke County.