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Social Security
By Kate McLaurin,
Manager, Griffin Social
Security Office
The Social Security pro
gram provides disability
benefits for people who have
worked enough and who have
become severely disabled.
Below are answers to some
questions about how these
benefits are paid and about
how a person becomes
eligible for disability bene
fits. If your question is not
answered here, telephone the
Griffin Social Security office
at 227-0183.
Q. I am 28 and I have
worked the past 8 years for
the same company. Last
week I was injured at work
and the doctor tells me I will
not be able to work for at
least 6 or 7 months. Can
Social Security give me
disability benefits in the
meantime? T. C., Jackson
A. Not right now. Based on
your age, your work shows
you have enough credits to be
insured for Social Security
purposes. However, the dis
abling condition must be
expected to last for at least 12
months, so the probability
that you will return to work
within 6 months makes you
presently ineligible for disa
bility benefits. If your
condition shows signs of
continuing for 12 months or
more, contact the local Social
Security office.
Q. My sister and I
sustained injuries in an auto
accident a few months ago.
Our doctors say to ask about
disability because neither of
us will be well enough to
work for a year or two. My
sister is 25 and has worked 4
the last 3 years. I am 34 and I
have worked the last 10
years. Can we get disability?
J. S., Jackson
A. Yes. As long as the
doctors say you both will be
unable to do any work toward
your support for at least one
year. The other requirement
is that you both have worked
long enough. Someone be
tween ages 24 and 31 must
have worked half the time
between age 21 and the time
the disability begins. Some
one older than 31 must have
worked at least 5 years out of
the 10 years prior to
becoming disabled.
Q. I already filed for
disability benefits when I
became disabled last month.
When will I get my first
check? P. 8., Jackson
A. Disability benefits begin
5 full calendar months after
the date the disability is
determined to have begun.
This is generally referred to
as the “waiting period” and
no benefits are payable
during this time.
Q. I am a widow aged 53,
with no children. Recently I
became disabled. I heard
something once about getting
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benefits on my husband’s
record if I became disabled. I
never worked myself. Is
there some benefit for me? I.
TANARUS., Jackson
A. Yes. Social Security
disability benefits provide
for the widows and depen
dent widowers of workers
who worked long enough
under Social Security. Bene
fits can begin as early as age
50 for these widows and
dependent widowers who
have become severely and
permanently disabled with
an impairment that ordinari
ly prevents a person from
doing any kind of work. The
benefit is reduced, with the
amount of reduction depend
ing on the age at which
benefits begin.
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The sale will begin at Ten
O’Clock in the Morning."
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■ The typical house without weatherstripping has air
leaks at doors and windows equal to a hole in the wall
the size of a concrete block.
■ Wrapping up your house with weatherstripping and
caulking keeps heat inside.
energy notes: Fuel shortages and inflation have
sharply affected the price of all energy. Electric prices must
therefore continue to increase. But you can help control
your own costs by using electricity efficiently, and only
when you need it.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2*. 1976
Poison Lurks In Nature In
Some of the Common Plants
Man has learned through
trial and error over many
thousands of years what can
and can’t be safely eaten.
Despite this, there are still
thousands of species of plants
about which little is known,
even by experts such as Dr.
Albert P. Rauber, Director of
the Poison Control Center at
Atlanta’s Grandy Memorial
Hospital.
And many people, especial
ly children, Dr. Rauber says,
are unaware that the stems,
leaves, flowers, and fruit of
many common plants, even
household and garden vari
ties, are highly toxic.
Fortunately, many of the
poisonings resulting from
eating plants are not fatal.
Typical of how society has
learned about the toxicity of
plants is the story Dr.
Rauber relates concerning
the Jimson Weed, a plant
native to America. In 1676, a
rebellion broke out in
Jamestown, VA., and the
English governor sent a
military force to quell it.
The company camped
nearby for the night and
gathered wild leaves to cook
for their dinner. After
consuming only that one
meal, the soldiers went
‘crazy’ for eleven days. The
plant was thus named
Jamestown Weed, which
over the years has become
perverted to its present
name.
“Jimson Weed grows abun
dantly throughout Georgia
and is also known as Thorn
Apple because of its seed
pods,” Dr. Rauber says. “It
can be identified by its large,
notched leaves and trumpet
shaped with flowers which
open close each afternoon.”
Dr. Rauber notes that a
number of plants can
produce what is called
‘antichlolinegic effects’ in
the body--an interference
with normal transmissions
through the nervous system.
Eating these plants will often
cause extreme sickness and
may even be fatal.
Carolina Horse Nettle,
abundant in our state, grows
about a foot high and
produces little yellow berries
resembling tomatoes which
particularly attract young
sters. Black Night Shad, a
plant with fruit much like
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blueberries, is also toxic.
Several common vege
tables and house plants also
are included in this group.
“The ‘eyes’ of a potato and
any green spots in the skin
have concentrations of poi
sons,” Dr. Rauber points out.
“Small children often nibble
on potatoes and thus become
sick.”
“The tomato,” he adds
“was formerly known as the
‘Love Apple’ and is the only
edible part of that plant.
People have made salads of
the leaves and suffered
poisoning.”
Other common toxic plants
include Mountain Laurel,
Sweet Peas, Holly, Elephant
Ears, Yellow Jasmine,
hedge, and azaleas—only a
few of those which can cause
illness. Many of these have
attractive leaves, flowers, or
nectar which entice people,
especially children, to eat
them.
Polk Weed, also abundant
in Georgia, has very attrac
tive leaves and berries, both
of which are poison. Only the
new leaves may be safely
eaten, if they are prepared
correctly. A similar plant is
the elderberry. While the
berries are safe to eat, the
plant itself is highly toxic.
Mushrooms are often
poisonous and just one bite of
some can be fatal. “People
sometimes see animals eat
certain mushrooms without
harmful effects and conclude
they can, too. But this may
not be true, as many animals
have different enzyme sys-.
terns so that what, is
poisonous to humans may not
be to them. The only way to
ensure your health is to eat
only those mushrooms culti
vated especially for eating,”
Dr. Rauber warns.
If you or your child should
happen to eat a plant which
you know is toxic or if you
have questions about a plant
which has been eaten or are
considering eating, contact
your nearest Poison Control
Center immediately. Infor
mation on plants and all
other toxic materials is
available 24-hours a day
without charge.
The nearest Poison Control
Centers to Jackson are
located in Atlanta (659-1212)
and Macon (764-4113).
Search Is On
For Metro
Grid All Stars.
WSB Radio and the
National Bank of Georgia are
asking local high school fans
to scout the area prep teams
for potential members of the
12th Annual Metro All Stars.
The Metro Atlanta High
School All-Star Football
Team will consist of 22
athletes from schools
throughout the 15-county
metropolitan area:
Fulton, Dekalb, Cobb,
Clayton, Gwinnett, Chero
kee, Douglas, Newton, Wal
ton, Henry, Rockdale, Pauld
ing, Forsyth, Fayette, and
Butts.
WSB Radio Sports Director
Phil Schaefer says team
members for the annual
Metro All Stars competition
are chosen on the basis of
character, scholastic
achievement, gridiron per
formance, team spirit,
sportsmanship and moral
fiber.
Selection of the All Star
team will be made by a panel
of sports specialists, from
recommendations sent in by
WSB Radio listeners, from
nominations deposited in
branches of The National
Bank of Georgia, nomina
tions by coaches from
personal observations of the
selection Entry dead
line is November 7, 1976.
The 22 Metro All-Stars will
be honored at a breakfast
Saturday, December 11, to be
attended by parents, coach
es, principals, former All-
Stars and prominet sports
figures.
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TUCKER
CONGENIAL - Pleasant,
Agreeable, Sociable
DEDICATED’Committed To,
Self-Sacrificing,
Devoted, Dependable,
Reliable, Trustworthy.
DIGNIFIED - Distinctive,
Honorable, Worthy
RESPECTED - Decent, Proper, Presentable.
CHARACTER - Spirit, Symbol, Reputation, Noteable.
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DETERMINED - Decided, Firm, Resolved, Unwavering, Stable.
LET'S RE-ELECT RAY TUCKER OUR
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Viewpoints
Qod blesses still the
generous thought. And still
the fitting word He speeds,
And truth, at His requiring
taught, He quickens into
deeds.
John Greenleaf Whittier
“You can straighten a worm,
but the crook is in him and
only waiting." Mark Twain
AMENDMENT 2
AND YOU
Shouldn’t you, the voter, have a chance to decide whether
a Governor stays or goes after four years in office?
Aren’t you intelligent enough to vote a poor Governor out?
Isn’t it a waste of your tax money to send a good
Governor home, just when he has the experience and has
made the contacts to bring new industry and jobs to
Georgia?
Wouldn’t state government be more responsible if the
Governor were accountable to you, the voter, at the
ballot box?
42 other states allow a Governor to seek a second term.
Isn’t it time Georgia
removed its obsolete HAHNBP | g |
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YES
FOR M
Amendment 2, November 2
Paid for by the Committee for Amendment 2,
Hugh Jordan, Chairman.
P. O. Box 102, Stone Mountain. Georgia 30086
WEBSTER DICTIONARY’S DEFINITION
CITIZEN S CORNER a
jf) HELPFUL IDEAS FOR SUCCESSFUL RETIREMENT
Why 65?
The idea of a regular
retirement age goes back
at least to the 16th Cen
tury when the working
population was considered
to consist of only of those
persons under the age of 50.
A census of a Venetian
trading port at the close of
the 16th Century found only
one out of 40 people survived
past the age of 50. Today,
however, people over 65 ac
count for more than one
tenth the population of the
United States. It was not
until 1889 that Germany a
dopted the first compulso
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cellor Bismarck first es
tablished the magic age of
65 for retirement at that
time. Later developments in
Great Britian followed the
same pattern. The United
States in 1935 adopted the
Social Security Act which
provided benefit payments
on or after January 1, 1942,
for the insured —if qual
ified on attaining the age
of 65 or over. Over the in
tervening years in this
country, most pension plans
established 65 as the normal
retirement age to match
that set by the Social Secu
rity Act.