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CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS I Lesser Antilles Indian 6 Spur wheel II Kind of acid 12 “Good Night” girl 13 Appall (2 wds.) 15 Gelderland city 16 Destroy 17 Unaspirated consonant 18 Legislator (abbr.) 21 Trimming 24 Entice 25 “The manly art” (hyph. wd.) 27 Established center 28 Bounder 29 Shrew 30 Some movies, books, etc. 31 In comparison with 32 Formal dance (Fr.) 35 Banter (hyph. wd.) 39 Coral Island 40 Spooky 41 La - 42 “The - of Ranchipur” DOWN 1 Enclosure 2 Between 3 Sunder 4 Ending for exam 5 Library item (2 wds.) 6 Part of BAR 7 Russian city 8 Cyst 9 USNA grad uate (abbr.) 10 Actor Tracy 14 Underworld character (2 wds.) 17 London elevator 18 Litter’s littlest 1154 5 7 * , ® is 27 ' " ~ "" ~~ " 38^ - ~. about your 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 Answer To Today’s Puzzle on Back Page 32 Italian city 33 Related 34 Dregs 35 Chew the fat 36 Suffix with labor or favor 37 Mt. Fuji, e.g. (abbr.) 38 Product of Ceylon 19 Gaelic 20 Gaze 21 To be (Lat.) 22 Stalker’s prey 23 Cheerful 24 Latvian 26 Run aground 30 Fissile rock 31 Swiss hero 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. k ★ ★ * * * * j O*' r. j/< mb Ira mi |tai Ik 8 lllfllgpr ft if On October 31, 1776, at Boston, The Independent Chronicle carried this an nouncement: "To be sold by ?\ 11 oJ* ji Public Auction, On Thurs day, the 7th of November, on Col. (John) Hancock's wharf, the cargo of the Prize Brig Lord Lifford, con sisting of 250 Hogsheads of choice Monserrat Rum. The sale will begin at Ten O’Clock in the Morning." I weatherstrip I I to economize I ■ 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 Butts County Welding Service Heliark . . . Portable Welding Shop Welding Wrought Iron Work, etc. Business Phone: 775-2782 Home Phone: 775-2603 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. OF RAY 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. ..... • 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 | “lameduck*’restriction? I 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 > 'S&agSgf' •Jf •* -h **. P" J? -. ft 1 1H m m iff F \W JffkZ, -TfrMk ft'' f '.ajr ~ . JIUUHP - ry old-age benefits. Chan 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.