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KIN^ MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Hdei Citizens
Are Receiving
first Checks
First ninthly chedcs were de
livered hut Week to .about 1,000
elderly npidmts in area ser-
vicM b^'fa'e XSastonta Social Se
curity EitGrtet Ctffice. The-spe
cial beneritii, rayalbe to persons
vno are hoi
72 or older; Who are hot eligible
for social security cash
benellts^^Wfre trtede Jkwsible by
amendment to the Sodai securi
ty laiHt enftcted earlier this year,
Lex G/^Barkley, social security
distinct manager, said today.
The tfedal monthly payments,
ampunt&jg to $35 a month for a
sinjgle ptihon and $52.50 for a
caiH>le, are financed out of gen
eral Fed^l revenues, not out of
social se^fity tax contributions,
Barkley noted.
These payments are intended
topro.videa.smjUl continuing in-
eo*%!, to ^jpeople woh'may hive
missed , pht' ori social security
coverage -because they were too
old'when sofhal security started,
or iWoH^-’ln occupations not
covert social security until
recent years' .
Bejmopi 72 or older who are
hot - eH:|^ie for a public retire
ment Jb^efits from the Federal
Goverment, or from a State or
locid govennent retirement sy-
steni, can collect the monthly
pajhnents, Barkley said.
^ T^oie who are' receiving public
^tirement bentfits that are le.s5
than the $35 a month for asingle
person;" onr- <52.56 • for a" icohple,
may'be paid different between ■■
their present piiblie, retirement'.,
benefits and amount of the
new -special payth^U. )
«.lose gettii>g pttblic assistance
from a State welfare agency
will be; eligible for the new spe
cial benefite. bhly fOr those'
months In >^ich thfey db not re
ceive a ca^ welfare paymeijt
- “MosC eligibie peo{de in our a-
rea were sent - ^awt-ionnaires
from our'office on the basis of
I their medicare" 'a ppMcatibh" and
1 did not have to -make- separate
application 'for the special bene-
1 fits,” Barkley said! ‘‘About 100
I *'nT-«ons whes" na-mes we did not'
have in our files did come in and
I v»'»y. howevei*,” Barkley ^so
had a special message for those
! who may now be approaching
' age 72. If you reach 72 before, the
beginning of .1967 yoi'^may collect
these special paymei ts without
any social securi^ credit, but you
I should come in and apply either
in the three months before your
I birthday • or the month of your
i birthday^ TTie specikl payments,
i are not retroactive .and you‘will’
lose benefits , for'spme mwths if-
you delay until ^fter you bbcome
72 to apply,-^rkley pointed put.
Older people Whp-^^ed. up-for
the voluntary dwetor msur-.
ance to supplemeht their hospital-
insurance; under^^-hteOicare, »and.
who havp already paid, their'se-.
cond quarterly premium pf$9','
may have' rec^v^i firet' oh^ka.
; amounting tp ^ than.-the
[S35 special Bemefit^ pq^’Me an
old person'aAbhbVijr^fi^inore'^ait"
Dii, . ,
FoiHe iHzletot
:!‘i!
Fin. HomaiiakeR
Thursday, November 10, 1966
r. Barratt Vic* President of Re- polls Nov. 22 to
Vbte for a continiiatibn of the
...ttVlc* President of Re-
;eab<5j «..Bevelbjpment for Foote
to L a Sfiss.-Freslfient & Boafd ^ „
Cha^^S .The lo-.vear-old prognam, dc-
Sitekk. ii>Hi*d PboiA in suimprtl^rlouUural
Jaiiuiliv’ bt iau nf ' ®ducatlon. research and extension
director of .k; tt-i.
•eseifcHA dwloptttwit and was
■lertM
Vice president the fol
lowm* diUy- 'He Wat previously
issomted witn t'
assodatM W4tn the research, dv-
visitm^ 6t* R, Grace &-Oo.l
the Mellort I^titute at Pitts
burgh^ iWd Phillips
Co. Ill Oklahoma.
Petroleum
atf‘ North Carolna State Unh-^r-
sity, also benefits the family.
When research aids the farm
er by showng him ways to,Im
prove his farrolnjg' operation, it
) '»lapo helps his family by increas-
,1g family inctwne..
In addition, the homemaker
A - member of the American
Oiethical Society and the Ameti-
oan .A^aa^atkm for the Ad-
vancbpieht of Sdence, he is the
author oJ a number of scientific
pubUoatlpns and patents..
ni'a/ benefit directly Some Nic
kels funds are used for research
at the School of'Home Econo
mics, University pf North CSaro-
lina, Greenboro. Home economics
researchers there have used
Nickels funds for investigating
the stretch properties of some
cottow. stretch yams.-'measurihg
the .strength or abra'aion-resis-’
tance'bf different,-sh^et fables
the $53-50 payable to a couple
Thi^ elctra a|mHint1s a refund
of t^liljB4jmfioetr.‘pifinium--pay'
meqt fdr.‘ made
cause ■ <lve|r •‘bhNfilUms for pe-! and determining what effect a
cember and W liUiHfipure mon brand of .li^d shapipoo
will be 'frofn the checks will have op.carpets cleaned with ! dur
they wil}. raoeivb' j|R‘ E>ecember I >f. AnsWtrS td fh^ and. shmlac the
and'following -months. People research : ptpblem4 pouid aid liarn] to vote. In all five previous re-
eligible* ,lori special benefits of Heel hotnemaker5.s^ . ' /-ferendums', the program has been
CxopOamage
Can Be Stopped
Those light yellow leaves that
appeared in your soybeans, small
grain or peanuts this'year pro
bably were the results of a man
ganese dWfeiency in your soil,
according, to H. R. Clapp, county
extension chairman
Peanuts; soybeans and small
grain are particularly sensiuve
to manganese deficiencies. This
usually appears as light yellow
leaves with the veins of the leaves
remaining green. > , {!•: .
Research at North .parolina
State University supported by
funds from the fer^ei^VNickel*
for Knovv-How' program has
made it po.ssible t'o prevent cre^
damage from manganese defi
ciency. .
Nickels funds - the nickel 'the
Tar Heel .'armer contributes With
A »>« I QA f\f ..«.«T ,«
each purcli".se of a ton of ‘feed
or fertilir/cr
that contributed to the develop
Boitt Wait ifc
id $ample Soil
ment Of . . r mahgaheM and I ty extension chairipiah
-rlf you. are planning pn taking
advantage of the sojl testing ser
vice, that if Offered to all North
Cardliha residents^ by (the North
CaroUnA E>epartment; df Agri -
bplture, now the tlr^e to sample
yoUr fields to detelThlne.Hme and
j^illiaar needs for next -years
crops^ .reminds H- R. Clapp, coun-
on each ton of fertilizer and feed
the family buys. The average
cost per family over the years
has been about 30 cents.
These nickels per ton assess
ments amount to' about $150,000
a year. The money is collected
by the N- C. Department of Agri
culture from feed and fertilizer
manufacturers and turned over
to the Agricultural Foundation
at N C. State. The foundation,
whiph is run by a farmer-director
from each" county^ deirides -Kow
the money will be spent. !.
The program is voted, on every,
three years. The Nov. 22 referen
dum ■will mark the sixth time^
as^ssment plan has been put
supplied ways of recognizing soil
conditions wliero a ^deficiency is
likely to e.vist.
Evety yekf mahy^'t^rfnks wait
until the last minutei to have
tfielr, soils tested- This results in
the soil testing laboratory be-
There are hundreds of such . j .
examples of how North CaroHnd -fopting peayily overloaded during
farmers are helping themSelves tbonths of .^nuary through
through their Nickels support bf
research and education".
$35 .k ippyith, ibb Example, ,Will 1 The oinique Nickels fbr K'npwt
get chkdU ^ belrinning How prograhi is a self-h^p por-
with the 'they get in' gram.. The .inyesiment Is. in ^
DecembW.
,overwhelmingly endorsed.. In 49-
63, Nickels received a favorable
vote from 90 per cent of the
form of five-centassesirnehts\57,000 who cast Votes.
"It wouid be difficult, if, npt
impossible, to find a .farn\er In
the state who. hasn’t | benefited
in some way from' Nickels for
Know-How research,’! ,aaid -.Mr.-
Clapp. .fupd^ have befn;
usied at N. C- State I tq 'improve'
virtually, every, erop'We ,
from tobacco :apd j^toh» tq'-llve-
stofck and commierci|ii''"fl6y^^.”
V ' -• 1
Farhicrs have the pppqrtUDity,
pyeiy third year tq! vpte /jjo «>n--
tinuing the Nigkbls for jKonW-Ho^
pjrogram. The next r^^hdopi
Is Hov 22. , ‘I,
LUTHERAN TOPIC
Rev. Charles W. Easley will
use the sermon topic, ‘‘The
Gospel According To Money”
at Sunday worship services at
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church.
The services will be broadcast
via Radio Station WKMT dur
ing the month of November,
[ei
through March. This'jmeans that
it may take as long as a month
to, get' the results of the tests
back in your hands if you send
lit your samples during this ‘rush
period' Normally re^ts can be
returned in a week or ten days
other that during this peak sea-
sOh..., .. , ..
■ 4 soli test will-~t»U you the
putri'e'df leyejs preseiit In your
«Oii| yoii will also receive lime .
‘knd‘, plant- .niutrient suggestions!
tb"ufife,',as suldelijie tn planning'
ybUr fertiilsiation. program. Take '
-advantage of. this valua^e ser- ‘
vice urgto,Mr. Clapp. Soil sam- j
.^ng ‘ BUpplie^ are vallable at
•yopr county.agent’s office. Sam- |
piqno'wfa order to best the rush. •
CAFETERIA
NOW OPEN
(LUNCH)
fast service
MEAT&VEG.
65c
SUNDAY BUFFET
il.45
ALL YOU CAN EAT
Cottonwood
Restaarant&
Cafeteria
II
•#>
COMPARE and SAVE!
BRITE SET ;
HillR SPRAY
NMO-TOHOIO
Regular, Casual,
Hard-to-HoId,
14-oz. aafosol
AQUA^NET
HAIR SPRAY, 13 oz.
99c
PERMANENT
• Gentle 'Super
'•Ri^liiar '* ^UttNOilr ’
• Sllwr
TONI
COMPARE
AND SAVE!
REDI-SPRA
DEODORANT
5-oz. Aerosol
RjOHOyARcTZ ..4-oar. AarMol '79c
COUGH & COlO
RELIEF CENTBL
y^^OUR (itegfO DRUG STORE
COMPARE and SAVE! I COMP,^RF. f;nd SAVE!
blue
ORAL *
antiseptic
mouthwash
98c
MiOHN,
9Sc:
ICiwnzo
AMnOiPTfC
MOUmWASN
leiLlb RSc
tAVaRIS,i<AA^ 91k;
MEDICATED ROOM
VAPORIZER
Jutt spray In room, Mieti
the medicated rtiii£ end
leal instant relief
fromcold-stuffeptiiDMi,'
7-k.
tff
tiNimix
' Fast, etfedke
relief ffeMth*
prww«painof
sinus beadaeiia.
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I Many of our friirttis have fourtd $n kay soiMtibirte ttk BirUe fliwh$ilil . i
I strain. First Union’s Christmas Clu^ ^ li: ;.
I Hars’e haw It wbrks for you. OtarttnigTwwyou ktiisi^.a jajulip;
I amount for Christmas lO&T.. Wa'm sending oMt-fltfiNahftt akt
I folks that saw our ad last year at this tinkand |Qimd. - . . i; i;;,,
I H^abc4itgiving Christmas efub a tiy this yeaiT. Sum RidttsRBa^
iai aa «$r I to anjoy the Joy df Christmas shopping!;
W«« eiia ■■ ■■ •> M « ea* aa' mI FM out snd msit coupon to’’Christmss Ctut>** st youf Riwt UnioR dNRkt ,
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