j&SOCIAL
ifSEMIY
^NEWS
We all try, as we are best able,
t0 provide protection against fam
j,, rjsks, and the two which are
most obvious are the death of the
breadwinner and possible enforced
retirement at age 65 or over.
Through savings, life insurance,
ami other means we are able to
provide some protection, but many
times these do not fill the gap
left by loss of income. More and
more, as time goes by, Federal
old-age and survivors insurance is
becoming the basic program in
providing this family security we
attempt to build.
It IS insurance for which we
pay during our working years,
and against which we may draw
at time of retirement at age 65
or over, and against which our
family may draw in the event of
our death.
At the end of 1951 some 62
million workers were insured un
der this program. Three out of
four workers were covered by the
law. Over a million widows and
children were drawing monthly
benefits, and almost two and one
half million retired workers were
also receiving tnese payments.
During 1951 about one and one
half billion dollars were paid out
in these two types of monthly
benefits.
Many people think of this law
as strictly a retirement plan. It
is a retirement plan, but in addi
tion there is real protection for
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the family of the younger worker
in the event of his death. Where
a widow and children survive, pav
ments will normally continue until
the youngest child reaches IS in
Decern lie r 1951, for a widow with
two minor children, these monthly
payments averaged $9’. After the
middle of 1952, for this type of
payment, they could amount to as
much as $150, which is the max
imum.
As for the retirement features
in December 1951 these payments
averaged $40.50 for a retired
worker, and for a retired worker
and wife, 65 or over, $70. In the
future these paynnants could
reach $80 and $120, though these
again are maximum figures, not
average.
Four Local Students
Are At Wake Forest
Thirty-five students from Bun
combe county are among the ap
proximately 1700 students enrolled
at Wake Forest college this year.
Twenty-nine are from Asheville,
three from Black Mountain, and
one from Swannanoa.
Black Mountain students are
Mack G. Barrett Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mack G. Barrett; Wade
Russell Rowland, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. W. Rowland; and Joyce
Silver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Silver.
From Candler are William
Bumgarner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Bumgarner, and William
Henderson.
Swannanoa’s student is Richard
Stone, son of Mr. and Mrs. . W.
R. Stone.
I
POET’S CORNER
Conducted by Anne K. Sharp.
Creative Writing Club
LIFE
Life is a pattern, superbly wrought,
Life is a pattern, divinely taught,
Calmly watch the days go by.
Not filled with fear, but a God
to glorify.
He makes no mistakes of that we
are sure,
He sends no heartaches we can
not endure.
So let us not take an adverse
stand,
Rut keep ourselves in full com
mand.
Only a day at the time to live,
With all that we have,
There is not much to give,
But love and kindness, like pure
gold,
Is the sweetest story ever told;
And so we pray, dear God above,
Fill our hearts with the gift of
love. —Maud Foy Moore
INSPIRATION
White clouds floating over blue,
Gaunt trees against the sky,
Stray flowers that bloom beneath
your feet,
A gentle breeze against your
cheek,
A poem, yes, not made in rhyme,
But a chord deep sung within
your soul.
Day dreams, a paradise of thought,
That swells your heart to greater
heights,
But sweeter far, an evening star
whose light was flung,
Reaches the lone traveler on his
way
And guides him until the dawn
Pulls back the curtain of night
And gives him a new day,
A Power supreme, that knows no
fear. —Maud Foy Moore
N.L.APW, New Bern branch.
These poems were published in
the Charlotte News & Observer.
Others have appeared in the Sun
Journal of New Beni. Mrs. Moore
has written articles and editorials
for the New Bern papers. One
song by her has been published
and set to music. These poems
by other creative writing groups
are “spurring us on” to greatei
enideavors. Our Black Mountain
group must win honors on Na
tional Poetry Day Oct. 15.
HOME TO MICHIGAN
Miss Lucille Gamble of Port
Huron, Mich., returned home
Wednesday after a week’s visit
with Miss Mary MacKay.
BUY Through the WANT ADS
Miss Sally Kitchen
To Give Puppet Show
Saturday at 2 p.m. at the city
hall building Miss Sally Kitchen,
assisted by the Duprey children,
will give a puppet show in con
nection with the children’s hour
reading program, sponsored by the
Jr. Woman’s Club.
Children of all ages are cordi
ally invited.
COMPLETING HOUSES
Boone Adams and “Spot” John
son of Hazard, Ky., are here for
a period of approximately two
weeks. They are staying at Oak
Knoll. Mr. Adams is a plastering
contractor and has been complet
ing two houses for Valley Realty
Company.
—Penguins are birds, but they
never fly.
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