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Social Security Questions-Answers By D. C. Nichols Field Representative Q. Recently you made it plain that people who are near ing age 65 can and should file for.the "medical insm-anr-A 11 n£ — Medicare during the three mos before they reach that age. OK But what about people who are already 65 or older and do.not have this protection when can, or should, they sign up for it? A. In the first "general en rollment period" open to them. It just so happens that such an Appalachian Ski il/lountain Is A Modern-Day Success Story It wasn't too many years ago that folks in North Caroli na's mountains looked forward to winter with the anticipation of a six-year-old going to the dentist. It meant four solid months of snow, which in turn meant frozen golf courses, fro zen trout streams, long dreary Printer days, and even longer, drearier winter nights. The only good thing about Decern - ber, January, February and March was sitting by a roaring fireplace while the snow fell outside. & Some things haven't charged since then. The snow is still falling in boxcar loads and everybody is still hovering at the fireplace, but not at home They're at the ski lodge haring the time of their lives. Simply stated, the ski in - dustry in North Carolina has, over night, turned the holiday highlands of the Southern Ap palachians into a year- round vacation mecca. And home - folks take advantage of it too. Things began changing jp late 1961 and early 1962 when the old Blowing Rock Ski Icdgg now Appalachian Ski Mountain made skiing a permanent fix ture in the South. Now estab lished as the "granddad" ofthe ski areas which blanket t he high reaches of the Blue it began bringing in transferred Northerners from surroun ding states to enjoy the sport they had cut their teeth on as child ren. It introduced native Sou therners for hundreds of miles around to an exhilerating sport they had never dreamed of seeing, much iess enjoying And it converted the natives of the Blowing Rock—Boone area of North Carolina from hard core winter haters into con firmed snow lovers. They look forward to the first snow of win ter these days like children counting the minutes'til Christ mas morning. All of this "sld fever" how ever, did not come about by chance. It is the product of endless hours of hard work by recreational pioneers who have made "service, convenience , efficiency and safety for the skier" their prime guidelLefor operation. ■i&li tVZftZLffi enrollment period is going on right now—it began January 1. And any eligible older per - sons who are not now covered but want to have this medical or "doctor bill" insurance co verage should contact the of fice in Asheville, or one of our traveling Social Security representatives, and enrollwith out delay. (Actually, only those who have reached age 65 since September 1966 may ..now sign up. ) Any and all who sign u p during the present enrollment period—which ends March 31 The men who have master minded and perfected the ope ration at Ski Mountain are the ones really responsible fear its success. Formerly a public stock Company when it went under the name of 810 w ing Rock Ski Lodge, the corpora - tion was purchased by a small group of energetic businessmen in December of 1968. The business has seen nothing but success since that date. We Have A large Selection Os KNIT SWEATERS & SLACKS —EOXlSOytlet_ j QUALITY MOBILE HOMES _ Os Swannanoa We Now Have In Stock A Large Selection Os Mobile I Homes. We Have Many 3 Sizes, Makes And Decors To I Please You. I We Huve Low Down Payments Low Monthly Payments And FREE Delivery To Your Lot. j BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR MOBILE HOME. J Be Sure To See Us First. OUAUTY MOBILE HOMES Swannanoa, N.C. | High way 701. ot Ashoville Pho.» 298-4848 —will have the coverage and protection beginning July 1, 1970. Under Medicare law an in dividual may enroll for this voluntary medical insurance a variety of other medicaid!) during a general enrollment reriod that begins no later than three years afterthe close of the period in which he or she had the first opportunityto sign up. Moreover, anyone who has enrolled and then later dropped out may re-enroll just once . And the re-enrollment must take place within three years after the month the first en rollment period ended. The regular monthly pre mium cost for this voluntary medical insurance under Me dicare is $4 until next July , then it will go up to $5. 30... The law provides, however,that individuals who enroll late must pay 10 per cent more for each full year they could have enrolled but failed to do 50... And this means that any older persons not now in the last - opportunity group who neglect to sign up for this protect ion THE YANCEY RECORD during the present period, de« laying enrolling until the next anticipated "open season" (Ja nuary-March 1971) will have to pay premiums permanent - ly higher by 10 percent than they would have paid had they enrolled during the current pe riod. But most significantly all, the present enrollment pe riod offers the LAST CHANCE that some of our older citizens will ever have to get this val uable medical insurance pro tection. | \ j C' V SPECIALIZE /VC &S In Transistor Service ! BURNSVILLE ELECTRONICS ! Phone 682-3758 Located Next To Bradford’s Furaiture : Burnsville, N.C i I’M YOURS.. "DROOPY" or \ "DAISY" is yours f am ... when you open \ % W a SSO Savings Ac- > 1 count at CAROLINA , AM v -mJ T® FEDERAL ... at the ' W sign of Time and * * * ,/ Temper ature at \% , . f£ Pritchard Park. ** I "Little Droopy," JjNHDn / N "Pork Chop" or X . "Twinkle" can be / \\ \ yours, too, when MV S \ v . you open a $25 MM ' \ Account. W jjp?4 \ I NOW OPEN IN OUR NEW LOCATION I 12 College St. ot Pritchard Park -*** " " "" ' ~ ■■ - - -Ml ■ - Beginning Jan. 1, 1970 4n , jryj < Anticipated Earnings %% Regular Passbook Savings 5 Golden Pass Book Os $1,000.00 Minimum 90 Doy Notice Account i Savings Certificates 5y 4% -- 515,000 Minimum 5% -- SIO,OOO Minimum 6 Months Minimum Maturity INSURANCE OF ACCOUNTS NOW UP TO $20,000 'CAROLINA C Tederal - Savings & Loan Assn. Hjgnr College Street at Pritchard Park JANUARY IS, 1970 So if any readers of this item believe that under the rules explained above they may be eligible ( or know of others who may be eli g i b 1e) and want to have this fine pro tection, they certainly should contact the Social Security of fice—or one of our traveling representatives—without de lay. For surely this is one of those things that older people should not "put off 1 until to - mo now or next year, but should "do today." PAGE 13
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