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Commune Living For Senior Citizens?
, Commune living for the
aging 1! -—Why should the
young get all the credit for
everything? Can't older peo
ple 'let their hair down too"?
In Winter Park, Florida there
is a commune which will not
‘accept hippies or other .young
people... Only those above 70
years of age. The "share a
home" idea is meant to serve
aging persons who are not serv
ile, who are too active to litre
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in a rest home; yet who lack
either the money or physical
strength to keep up a house
hold of their own.
Each member contributes a
large part of his Social Securi
ty or VA cht.ck; a home is ren
ted, and a staff is employed
for cooking, etc. to do the
things necessary. However, the
members are semffl6t3:o' do as
much as possible themselves.
They "share a home" which
Cecil G. Anglin
Under Pollard’s Drug Store
Burnsville, N-C.
Phone: 682-2170
means more than just shelter
• . it includes having the moral
and spiritual support of others
who are also passing through
the same period of life, when
the bodily and mental func
tions are needing someone to
lean on.
This leaning is partly oppo
site to persons living in nur -
sing homes who are almost
totally'dependent. The com
mune living is demonstrating
the strength of independence
just as long as possible; and to
continue being useful and need
ed by others.
Some older people gradual
ly begin to physically and psy
chologically return to the stag;
of dependence; so why deny it
7 and why view it as bad? Carft
it be a pleasant and glorious
time. .. a resting?
Is the sunset (aging) cycle
similar to the sunrise (depen -
dent child) cycle? Some peo
ple have this view. Do you?
If you differ, j please write or
call the Department of Social
Services (682-2134) and ex
press your thinking. Remember
The FESTIVAL OF FRIENDSHIP,
“May 23,~ 1972, on the Town
Square.
A thought expressed by Oli
ver Wendell Holmes goes like
this To be seventy years
young is sometimes far more
cheerful and hopeful than to
be forty years old.
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IN MEMORY
i In remembrance of our
friend whom we all learned to
love. Mr. Alfred Baird, an
Asheville Policeman, was a
wonderful-friend of many peo
ple in Yancey County, some
of who hunted with him o n
several occasions. .He belong
ed to the Daniel Boone Bear
Club.
We are surely going to miss
him .. He was killed last week
in the performance of his duty.
-i-Friends from Lincoln
Burnsville.
Song Service
There will be a special
song service at the Valley
Forge Free Will Baptist Church,
Route 4, Elizabethton, Term.
Sunday afternoon, April 23rd
at 2:00 p. m. according to
pastor Rev. Holt Herrell.
Rev. Richard Homey and
Choir" from
Boone, N.C.; The "Chestnut
Grove Quartet" from Abingcbn,
Va.; The "Heavenly Way
Quartet" from Kingsport,
The "Chapel Quartet" from
Gray Station, Tenn.; The
'We st End Quartet "from Gate
City, Va.; the Revivalaires"
from Bristol, Va.; The "Mas
ters Singers" from Newland,
N. C 0 and the "Valley Forge
Singers" are all scheduled to
be there.
ifaipt • a.
Crafts Shown At Senior Citizens Meeting
Citizens Discuss Crafts
Thursday, April 13, repre
sentatives from nineteen Sen
ior Citizens Com m unity
Center Groups in Yancey Cbun
ty had their monthly meeting
at the courthouse. Articles
of interest made by various
individuals were on display
for the benefit of the group.
A program was planned and
refreshments were served.
Mr. Curtis Hastings, Propri
etor of a new gift shop in our
area this summer, Hemlock
Hills Home Crafts, was the
first speaker to the group. Mr.
Hastings is interested in crafts
made by the groups.
Q
Also speaking to the* group
was Mr. Archie Pierce, Pro
gram Director for W.A.M.Y.
Community Action. Mr. Pierce
told the group about benefits
for the aging. The senior
citizens were challenged to
come up with a list of needs
and some ideas on what could
be done. The money, says
Mr. Pierce, has been appro -
priated—so, if we need it,we
should get it and put it to use.
4 Hers Tour
Mohasco
By Kaye Honeycutt
One recent Thursday in'
March, Clearmont - Jacks
Creek 4-H Club toured Mohas
co Plant.
They saw how synthetic ma
terials were dyed and spun in
to yam for carpets. They
were given samples of the
dyed materials and yam.
After they toured the plait'*
they were taken to the Am
berjack and treated to ice
cream and soda.
Around seventeen kids at
tended, including Cathy and
Sherri McCrary, Rhonda Hen>
ley, Terry Williams, Dale
and Rodney Proffitt, Levenia
Peterson, Jill Peterson, Meiri
Drew Byrd, Chris and Lars
Rousseau, Sandra Robinson,
Kathy Bailey, Lori Peterson
and John Anglin. They were
chaperoned by Mrs. Bill Prof
fitt,'Mrs. Bill YcSung, Miss
Kaye Honeycutt and Mr. Pat
Guyer.
We would like-to thank all
who made the trip possible.
Pensacola To
Form Club
Attention Homemakers! !
Pensacola is forming a new
homemakers club. Those in
terested should attend the first
meeting at 7:30 p. m. April
25, at the home of Mrs. Bobby
Ray.
The idea behind the home
maker?: club is for women to
get together and become bet
ter homemakers. Gardening,
sewing, canning, decorating,
and craft making arc only a
few of the projects to be un
dertaken. Everyone is urged
to attend this meeting to help
make decisions and organize
the club.
Gets Trophy
By Kaye Honeycutt
JVtrs. Grace Whitson of Care
River recently attended the
State -Wide Amateur Cosmeto
logist Contest in Charlotte
where she received a third
place trophy for hair design.
Last week she made a trip
to New York where she parti -
cipated in the International
Hair Design Competition. For
this she received a commenda
tion from the judges.
She plans to begin work at
the Hairem at Cane River in
about three weeks. She is a
1966 graduate of Cane River
High School and attended Con
tinental Hair Design in Ashe
ville. She is the wife of Mr.
Blaine Whitson, teacher at
Cane River.
Social Security News
By Jack Britt
Field Representative
Q. I’ve been getting my
monthly social security bene
fits since I was 62. I'll be
65 in March 1971. What do
I f have to do to sign up far
Medicare?
A. There are two parts to
the Medicare program. You
will automatically qualify for
the hospital insurance part
without doing anything. Hos
p'ftal insurance, financed thru
employee and employer con -
tributions to social security
during a person's working year;
requires no premium payments.
The other part of Medicare
is medical insurance. You
should receive a form in the
pi ail several months before
you are 65 asking if you want
this part of Medicare. If you
want to Medicare medical in
surance, ' complete this fomi
and return it in the envelope
famished. This part of Me
dicare is financed by monthly
premiums of $5. 30 from peo
ple who sign up Tor medical
insurance and matching con
tributions from Government
Funds.
If you do not get the form,
or if you -Have any other ques
tions, call any social security
office.
Q. I can't give you my
name for obvious reasons, but
I make a lot of money boot
legging whiskey. Some joker
told me I have to pay social
security taxds on this money
if I clear over S4OO in a year.
He's got to be kidding!
A. He wasn't kidding. Yifou
arc in business, and the fact
that your business is illegal
doesn't keep your earnings
from being subject to social
security tdxes.
Q. I receive social securi
ty checks now and I understand
lam supposed to get an in
crease in my check. When
am I going to get the extra
money?
A. Congress recently pass
ed a law increasing social se-.
curity monthly benefits byten
percent. The first check that
will include this increase will
School Bus
Safety Week
School Bus Safety Week is
being observed nationwide dur
ing this week, April 17 - 22.
Commissioner of Motor Ve
hicles Joe W. Garrett joins
other states in asking that mo
torists observe this nationwide
campaign. Garrett says the
North Carolina laws state
'traffic in both directions rrust
come to a complete stopwfen
evera school bus is stopped
and displaying its mechanical
stop signal. On Dual lane
roads in which opposite road
ways are separated by a divi -
ding space or a physical bar
rier, traffic in the opposite
roadway is not required to stop"
Norih Carolina has over
10,000 school bus drivers.Bs%
of these drivers are students
and 15% are adults. Depart -
ment of Motor Vehicles' Dri
ver Education and Accident
Records Division has 61 Driver
Education Representatives and
4 Supervisors who train and
certify these drivers.
Commissioner Garrett said,
"Safe student transportation on
school buses has acquired grat
importance due to the increas
ing heavy traffic on our streets
and highways throughout the
State. School Bus Safety Week
is an ideal time for all citizens
to rededicate themselves to
promote safety on our str e e ts
and highways in all their dri
ving habits and at the same'
time by protecting our most
precious cargo our child
rens"
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be the May check, which you
should receive on June 3. The
increase was made effective
January 1, 1971, so you will
receive the ten percent ircrase
for January through April in a
separate check sometime in
June.
Q. I just turned 65 and ap
plied for Medicare last week.
I now find that I will have to
go to the hospital very soon. ,
What will happen if Ido not
have my card before I'm ad
mitted..,
A. You will be covered
just as if you had your card.
If necessary, the hospital can
call the social security office
to verify your Medicare cov -
erage.
Q. lam 66 years old, ani
I have a 68 year old sister in
'the Eastern part of the state.
She writes me that she can
get drugs under Medicare but
I've been told that I can't.
Please check to see if I can't
get the coverage for drugs also.
A. The Medicare program
under Social Security is a na
tional program anc j tin rules
are the same in all states,and
in all parts of a state. At the
present time drugs are not co
vered by Medicare. Your sis
ter probably gets help with
her drug costs through the
state-administered Medicaid
program.
Q. As I understand it I
don't h’ve to pay any tax if I
made less than $1350 lastyjar;
beaausc I'm mamed. I made
only about S7OO from a small
part-time business. But a man
in your Social Security Office
told me I should file a tax re
turn anyway. Why do I have
to file a tax return?
A. Because if you have a
business of your own, or if
you farm, you must file a Fe
deral Tax return to pay So
cial Security taxes, and thus
build up your potential bene
fit under Social Security, even
if you haven't earned enough
to pay Federal income tak.
Q. Please let me know
what the trouble is with my
medicare card. I signed it
several weeks ago but don't
have my card yet.
A. Health Insurance (Me
dicare) cards are issued by tic
Bureau of Health Insurance in
Baltimore, Md. There is often
what seems to be an unusually
long delay. In the meantime,
our office can inform your doc
tor or hospital that you have
enrolled.
IT W E CHW»is|
Indian Two Feet And His
Horse, written and illustrated
for children by Margaret Fris
key, was read by Miss There*
Coletta to 40 "little people"
this past Monday and Tuesday
at the CHILDREN'S HOUR in
the Yancey County Public Li
brary. Following this Indian
story, the children were taigit
the song "Ten Little Indians"
and made their own little In
dian teepees.
- Tjiose children attending
the difILDREN'S HOUR were
Rarely Byrd, Denita Duncan,
Kathy Fox, Stuart Hensley, Va
lerie Kampf, De De Laws, Gre
ta Mclntosh, Lori Me Donald,
Heather Noiris, Joan Styles,
Stacy Styles, Ann Westall,
Tammy Woody, Kenny Wright,
Greg Yuriuk, Marvin Vess
Derrick McFee, Tammy Burle-
son, Kitty and Yancey Sanche
grin, Lisa Wilson, Crystal
Davis, Chris Fender, Denny
Woody, Steve and Lo u Annßo
hinson, Jeff, Shannofrand Are
gie Warren, Mat Ekadley Jbyce
Sheehan, Phyllis Gilbert, John
Kegley, Curtis Hughes, Angle
Riddle, Royce Chrisawn,Chri*
McPeters, Jonathan Silvers
Donna and Darrell Mitchell
Jeff Honeycutt, Norma
ry, Lisa Mclntosh, Ricky
Crout, Danny and Dennis Tip
ton, Carla Wilson, Tammy*
Mercer, James and Emma
Angel. . ••