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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - JAN. 11, 1973
Age can’t be proved,
“What do I dor
Q. When I become 62 this
year. I want to retire and get
social security benefits, but I
can’t find any document to prove
my date of birth. Now what can
I do?
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A. Get in touch with any social
security office, and the people
there will be glad to help you.
Although you may not have a
copy of a birth or baptismal
certificate, one cf these may
still be shown on official re
cords. If not, there are other
documents, such as a census
record, a school record, or an
insurance policy, that can be
used to establish your age.
Q. My son, who’s 39, has three
small children. Since he re
cently developed a heart condi
tion, his doctor won’t let him
do any kind of heavy work, and
he’s been driving a cab part
time while looking for a full
time job. The family is really
in need financially. Could he
get monthly social security dis
ability payments for himself
and his family?
A. Probably not. To be able
to get monthly disability pay
ments, a worker’s condition
must be so severe that it pre
vents him from doing any sub
stantial gainful work. Since your
son does work part time as a
cab driver and feels he could
work full time, he probably
wouldn’t be considered totally
disabled for social security
purposes. However, if he thinks
he might meet the requirements
Stay And See Georgia
Champion
Atlanta—The Stay and See
Dahlonega program, sponsored
by the Dahlonega-Lumpkln Co
unty Chamber of Commerce,
has been named the 1972 Stay
and See Georgia State Cham
pion by the Georgia Chamber
of Commerce.
Save $lO on a Temco or Warm Morning gas
space heater; and keep right on saving while you enjoy
its clean, constant heat —because you can’t beat Natural
Gas for economy.
Save S2O on a Speed Queen or Whirlpool gas
dryer: and you’ll also save on time, ironing, and operating
costs. Because gas dries faster, more wrinkle-
for disability benefits, he should
apply for payments and have a
formal determination made.
Q. I started getting monthly
social security checks as a stu
dent last summer when my mo
ther died. Since I’ve had some
part-time jobs this year, can
you tell me when a person
getting benefits has to report
his earnings to Social Security?
A. If you received at least
one social security check and
your earnings were over $1,680
in 1972, you must make an annual
report of your earnings to social
security by April 16, 1973.
Q. I’m planning a trip abroad
next spring to visit some of my
relatives. My doctor has told
me I'll need several shots
before I go. Will Medicare help
pay for them?
A. No. Vaccinations or in
oculations are covered under
Medicare only if they are dir
ectly related to an Injury or
direct exposure to a disease.
Preventive Immunization, such
a you’ll be getting, is not cov
ered.
Dahlonega participated in
six areas of tourist develop
ment. Achievements of the
six committees ranged from
the construction of various ad
ditions to Gold Hills of Dah
lonega, a tourist attraction de
picting a Gold Rush town of
1828 , to gilding the steeple
'of the administration building
of North Georgia College with
gold leaf from a local mine.
Dahlonega citizens also re
vitalized downtown facilities
and buildings using an 1828
theme, and produced a Gold
Rush Celebration which drew
35 1 ,000 visitors.
The Stay and See Dahlonega
program was judged by a com
mittee of travel writers repre
senting national publications.
Travel writers from such mag
azines and newspapers as Bet
ter Homes and Gardens, Nation
al Geographic, Travel Trade
and the Springfield (Mo.) News
and Leader named the program
as the top-ranking tourist pro
motion and development acti
vity in the state.
The State Champion award
was presented at the Gover
nor's Conference on Tourism,
held this month at Callaway
Gardens, Pine Mountain, Ge
orgia.
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Young Children In Forsyth County
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By Ruth Hopewell
Tony Waters, left, gives Roxanne Pruitt some "money”
from the kindergarten bank at Ducktown.
LEARNING ECONOMICS AT FIVE
Now, Roxanne can go either to the play bookstore or grocery
store and make some purchases. Hopefully, both are learning
a little bit about our economic system, as well as how to do
practical arithmetic and use the language. Besides that, it's
just plain funl
JUDY THORNTON WRITES NEXT WEEK
Mrs. Judy Thornton will be the first of many interesting
guest writers of this column. Don’t miss her next week. She
is Director of Reading for the Forsyth County School System.
READING PROBLEMS PREDICTED EARLY
Speaking of reading, it looks as if we soon will be able to
find out quite early if a child is going to have trouble reading
later on. A bettery of tests developed for use with pre-kinder
garten children has been successful in predicting, with 91
percent accuracy, which ones would develop dyslexic reading
problems.
School lunch menu
Monday, January 15
Meat Loaf/Tomato Sauce
Baked Potato/Butter
Blackeyed Peas
Hot Buttered Rolls
Pudding of Choice
Milk
Tuesday, January 16
Vegetable Beef Soup
Croutons or Saltines
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich
Peach Cobbler
Milk
Wednesday, January 17
Fried Chicken
Wild Rice
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English Peas
Orange Congealed Salad
Hot Buttered Rolls
Milk
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Thursday, January 18
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Sloppy Joes/School Baked Bun
Glazed Carrots
Crispy Coleslaw
Cookie of Choice
Milk
Friday, January 19
Fish Squares/Tartar Sauce
Creamed Potatoes
Tossed Salad
Cornbread
Apple Sauce Cake
Milk
According to a recent issue of "Report on Educational
Research”, Dr. Paul Satz at the University of Florida says
that although there's still work to be done, his findings suggest
early intervention to help certain young children develop skills
which currently forecast these later problems in reading and
writing.
WHO’S AFRAID OF BIG BAD WOLF?
I ami But I’m going to listen to the story of the three little
pigs anyhow. Miss Gayle Benson will be teUing about all of
them at 4:15 on WSNE Radio, Thursday.
GENEROUS BUS DRIVERS
The other day I was talking to school bus driver Waymon
Tate about the bags of goodies he gave the young children at
the Educational Center right before Christmas.
I found out that he’s been doing this for nine years now and
that he really enjoys It.
I can tell you that the kids enjoyed it, too! They were so
pleased and surprised. It seems that many of the county’s bus
drivers do this
(Editor’s note: Mrs. Hopewell works with the Forsyth County
Early Childhood Program.)
1,819 traffic deaths
in Georgia in 1972
Georgia came through the
Christmas and New Year’s ho
lidays with far fewer traffic
deaths than the State Patrol
predicted, but final year-end
figures pushed the total over
last year’s high for another
new record.
State Public Safety Commis
sioner Col. Ray Pope said the
combined holiday figures
showed that only 26 highway
deaths occurred, far short of
the 39 predicted. But, the final
count for the year revealed
1,819 deaths, four more than
the 1,815 in 1971. Several more
deaths will go on the record
as motorists die later from
injuries received in traffic ac
cidents during 1972.
Col. Pope says that wide
spread public awareness about
use of seatbelts and heavy en
forcement may have contributed
to the good holiday records.
More enforcement hours and
patrol miles were logged by
the State Patrol than any pre
vious similar period . Other
traffic enforcement agencies in
the State also contributed hea
vily in the enforcement area.
On the planet Venus, the days are longer than the years.
He said, “It would be good If
the State could enforce traffic
laws all the time as we did
during Christmas and New
Year’s, but unfortunately, we
just don’t have enough troopers,
and cars.”
Looking at some of the 1972
statistics, 1,419 deaths occured
in rural areas and 400 in cit
ies. There were 221 pedestrians
killed. There were more city
deaths but less rural and pe
destrian deaths than a year
ago.
Analysis of all statistics,
once they are in, is expected
to show that Georgia had the
lowest death rate (number of
deaths per 100 million miles
of travel) in its history because
of the great increase in miles
traveled in the State. It is
expected that travel will hit
an all time high of over 33
billion miles compared with
around 30 -billion a year ago.
The State’s death rate is ex
pected to be under the national
average of 5 deaths for each
100 million miles