Proc w BY SUSAN USHER Mattie Griffin was a little nervous about returning to work last month?she turned 65 in October and it's been five years since she worked her last job. Her duties in the office of Regina White, clerk to the Brunswick CountyBoard of Commissioners, are both temporary and part-time. But it's a start?and that's what the Senior A i H P Prnoram in mKinn ? . .v.0.M? ui one patticlpates is all about. A United Way agency, the program hires senior citizens to fill community service slots in Brunswick, NewHanover, Columbus and Pender SENIOR AIDE MATTIE GRIFFIN 1 by her son, Keith, while on the job at 4 I I M Da&vce Iv t IVI ( nitiibii Your Complete But ES2 --em ?& " ^ fLg??BfflESBHn59^8Uni ror^fnl a VMA V* VAJk M to vour A* H * ?, -sy% n * R i i 11 mm:i?n R You can depend on it h financial services . .. \ Be it checking, savinj loan applications 1 need . . . large or smaJ Sect SAVINGS & ro w *Southpnrt Idand *S Jtlll'fc *57 *24* 171-bi-lb : c sm *-? t^Lm I iram Provid counties, according to program director Dewey L. Graham of Wilmington. Nine senior aides presently .ruin, in urunswiCK County and there's an open slot in the Brunswick county Volunteer and Information Center office at Bolivia. "We try to provide them with recent work experience so they can get onsubsidized jobs," said Graham. "There's no limit on how long they can stay in the program. W'e encourage them to look for oilier jobs when their self-confidence is built up and they have some skills." Grace Bratt provides a good example ot now the program is meant to work. She was first employed in the IL ..,.1 XI W ^ ;^OMS STAFf PHOTO IV SUSAN USHI.R ooks over a job application submitted the county administration office. t & Sons, Inc. Id inn Hendni inrt&rc I ^ 1 ' * 5^ j B Ciinnlu "vrrw rata*" 1 f1 ?i /\ /\ ci 11CCU9 ere! We offer you full vith a personal touch. rtc r\l or?n 50, ICUICUICIU yjicii 1^5, >r any other financial 11. . . depend on us! lrity . ASSOCIATION'JL i .? > tfiai-ujnt* "i aiatfcisJ) pCT If* *>4 4171 17?# iwi ? ? t TM t es Seniors ^ Volunteer and Information Center as a senior aide and was hired full-time when a permanent position became available. People are generally unaware of the program, Graham said, because the workers are placed in "host" agencies such as VIC. In Brunswick County, for instance, two senior aides operate the Home Missions Center in Bolivia, one works for the Town of Navassa, one for the Brunswick County Department of Social Services, one for Southeastern Mental Health, one for SENCland Community Action, two in the Volunteer and lnlormation Center. A typical senior aide slot might last r- f~;;Mazie Sellers, director of the Employment Security Commission's Bolivia office, said workers age 55 and older make up only about one percent of those seeking jobs through the office. Most are female. "We had had problems trying to fill the job slots" in the senior aide program. she said. Of those who meet r: i * FANTASTiC | SPRAY CLEANER I V 32 Oz. 1^109 I IBal 'yiv-'iiP I TEXIZE PINE POWER CLEANER IS Oz. si99p MASSENGIl TWIN Massengill I w J* "SV/ii / ' \ idd ! " Pdmppin TABLtlS, 24's errorT CAI ?r? 2 01. ijgjSS C FLASHLIGHT BATTERY 2 Peck ??5 Iff i|-'if I IUIIHMII I imm I IIIKUHMMMWUI AA DCUI IT.UT D ATTCDV B ?-irl t iiiLluril OH! 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While keeping alert to job possibilities, she also does light typing, files, takes inventory, answers the phone and meets the public, PRICES EFFECTIVE THROl Jlojis MlllC-JONES SHOPPING HWY. 17, SHALL) OPEN MONDAY S/ SPRAY 'U STARCH | r c tusy Jpiuy ?A? 22 0z' 199$ icrTDireujiyc I bbvenav v a. Reg. 3 Oz. J . ? mm g wj i \ B I I II T Lit I Saa. Nafmnf tn Wnug 1 or Hard to Wave ff344 S???CT DAM AU 1.25 Oi. %i ^jj 59 p?,c* fcdtrifaicS mmmm Pi I iJHllfc i I C FLASHLIGHT BATTERY 4 Pack 990 a UAi T TRANSISTOR BATTERY I ^ b ) r0ck 'J Prf UAI ENERGIZE* AIXAIINED BATTERY IHMHnnBMMIMHaHnMi THE BRUNSWICK BEACOh ig, Job Con "whatever I'm asked to do." l-ast Thursday morning applicants interested in an animal control of i n.^1 s juu ncpi tier ousy distributing forms; tI;ose applying included her son, Keith, who with his wife recently moved to Brunswick County from Charlotte. They're expecting their first child?and Mrs. Griffin's first grandchild. A Rocky Mount native, Mrs. Griffin luul worked 23 years for Burlington industries, moving her way upward from payroll to general ledger clerk, loiter she worked four years as a teacher's aide in Nash County, also driving a bus two of those years. She also worked about six years either full- and part-time for Daughtridge Gas & Oil Co. in Rocky Mount. CI... W-J 1 - one nun null a SCC0M1 nollle 111 Brunswick County for seven or eight years, near her sister's place close to Holdcn Bench. "It was peaceful and quiet; 1 liked it," she said. After retirement, widowed and with her son grown, she sold the IGH SATURDAY, JAN. 5 ijEjs CENTER, SHAllOTTE 3TTE, 754 6213 iTURDAY 9 TO 9 CASTRQL GTX 20W50 n09 LYSOL f } TOILET BOWL CLEANER 24 Of. \^.\