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Rev, Dick Reese M
Crossroads Methodist Church
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“The Earth is the lord’s
.ind the fullness thereof, the
world and those who dwell
iherein." (Psalm 24:1)
We will observe next week.
May 7-14 as Soil Stewardship
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Sunday May 7 will be ob
served as Soil Stewardship
Sunday. The theme for this
year’s observance of Soil
Stewardship Week is
“Creative Conservation.”
When we talk about soil
stewardship we are talking
about much more than
taking care of the soil on
which crops are grown. To
talk about soil stewardship is
to affirm with the Psalmist
that “the earth is the Lord’s”
and we are stewards
(caretakers) of all that God
has created.
We have not always un
derstood our position in the
world as being that of a
steward. We have often seen
ourselves as those who have
unlimited use of the world’s
resources, but no respon
sibility for conserving and
making proper use of them.
This world is often seen by us
to be a “man-centered”
rather than a “God
centered” world.
We have been practicing
“creative" use of the world’s
resources for sometime, but
we have practiced it from a
destructive angle. We like
our gadgets, our “progress”,
but most of us hate the kind
of world we have “created”
in order to get these things.
We only have to look about us
for a brief moment to know
that we have made
something of a mess of the
world around us. It is not
what it used to be in terms of
beauty and abundant
resources. It is not what it
could be in terms of
usefulness and enjoyment.
We need to learn more
about “creative con
servation”, the use of the
earth’s resources. “The
earth is the lord’s”. We are
only stewards of it for
awhile. But we can be work
men with God in using the
earth wisely. There is a need
to conserve precious natural
resources for future
generations. At the same
time there is a need to use
the resources available to us
to improve the quality of
human life. We must come to
realize that we are
ultimately accountable to
God for the use we make of
that which he has given us in
trust.
The ecologists in recent
years have made us keenly
aware of the problems that
are before us. Perhaps some
of the things they have told
us are a bit exaggerated. But
whether that be the case or
not, we dare not loose sight
of the fact that the world in
which we live will be no
better or no worse than we
allow it to become.
This should have been our
concern as Christians all
along. Certainly a respon
sibility of the Christian is to
allow God to use him in the
saving of Souls, but isn’t it
also a part of our respon
sibility to allow ourselves to
be used in the creative
conservation of the soil (the
earth) as well? We are work
men with God in both cases
and when we do His work we
have no reason to be
ashamed.
The earth belongs to God
and so do we. I believe he
wants the very best for all
His creation. We can do
our part starting where we
are.
THE HOME JOURNAL
KEEPS UP WITH LOCAL
HAPPENINGS.
Houston County
Social Security
Questions and Answers
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One-third of us will suffer a
long-term disability
sometime before we retire.
That is a sobering thought, is
it When we hear this we
first shrug and say it will not
happen to me. After all, we
say, I am careful and my
health is good. But the point
is, it does happen to a large
number of people and it
could happen to you. If you
PSC Hopeful
Visits In Perry
State Representative
I„arry Thomason, a can
didate for the Public
Service Commission said
today that Big utilities, and
conglomerates “should take
another look at their ad
vertising budgets.
Thomason speaking to a
crowd of voters in Perry last
week said, “some of the big
utilities spend up to 25 per
cent of their budget for
advertising in a field in
which there is no com
petition. This is ridiculous.”
“If they would cut their
advertising they could pass
the savings on to the con
sumer.” Thomason made
the comment during a
campaigning tour through
Ferry, Cordele, Tifton,
Moultrie, and Thomasville.
Thomason quoted Admiral
Hyman Rickover as another
proponent of reducing the
amount of advertising ex
penditures by large utility
and non-competative
communications companies.
Thomason praised smaller
utility and communications
companies. “ They have
done an excellent job in
holding the line.”
Thomason said if
elected to the Public
Service Commission he will,
“Do everything to keep the
big monopolies and
conglomerates from wasting
consumer money on needless
advertising.”
The 30 year old Thomason,
a Decatur, Georgia
Democrat, is seeking the
post made vacant by the
death of Walter McDonald
who served on the com
mission 48 years. A
Governor Jimmy Carter
appointee will hold the post
until the August Democratic
Primary.
Hearing School
Sets Registration
Registration for fall
enrollment for hearing
impaired children is now in
progress at the Houston
Speech School. The following
classes still have openings.
Beginners’ Class (2 and 3
year olds (-two vacancies;
Level 11,-two vacancies;
Level 111-one vacancy;
Kindergarten-two vacan
cies; First Grade-three
vacancies; Second Grade-no
vacancies.
The partial fourth grade
can accept additional
children. This class will be
for fourth graders attending
regular school mornings and
the Speech School in the
afternoon. An after school
language-speech class will
meet daily from 3 to 4 p.m.
for children attending
regular school all day.
To register a child for the
Houston Speech School,
parents should call the
school for an appointment.
The registration fee is
SIOO.OO but can be paid in
installments through the
summer. No children will be
denied registration or at
tendance because of inability
to pay, however.
FOR THE BEST IN LOCAL
NEWS COVERAGE READ
THE HOUSTON HOME
JOURNAL.
- were to suffer a period of
sickness or injury that kept
you from working or was
expected to keep you from
working for at least 12
months, would you know how
to claim your social security
disability benefits?
Many people do not and
this results in many people
losing some benefits. If you
are disabled or know
someone who is, do not
delay. Call your social
security office today.
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Q. I am working now, but it
looks like I am going to have
to quit because of my health.
How disabled does a person
have to be to draw disability
from social security?
S. Perry
A. To draw disability
benefits, a person must be
unable to do any regular or
substantial work because he
is physically or mentally
disabled. There must be a
medical report from your
doctor which proves the
condition is this severe and
that the condition will last
for at least twelve months. In
determining whether or not
your condition is disabling, a
person’s age, education, and
work history is taken into
consideration.
Q. How much work must a
person have under social
security to qualify for
disability payments?
T. Perry
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1972
A. That depends on your
age. For a person age 31 or
over, you must have at least
5 years of work out of the last
10 in the period just before
you become disabled. For a
person 24 or younger, only
l'/i years of work are
needed. If you are between
age 24 and 31 you would need
social security credit for one
half the time from age 21 up
to the time you become
disabled. This may sound
confusing, so let’s look at an
example: Suppose a person
became disabled at age 27.
That is six years after his
21st birthday, so he would
need three years of work
under social security. Even
if you think you do not have
enough work under social
security, and become
disabled, call the social
security office and check to
make sure. Many people
never do this and lose money
because they do not.
Q. Is there any limit to how
long a person can draw
disability benefits?
C.A. Elko
A. No Disability benefits
are paid as long as the
disability continues, or until
age 65. Occasionally, the
social security office may
get in touch with you to di
scuss how your condition is.
At age 65, disability benefits
are automatically changed
to retirement benefits. The
amount of your check will
remain the same and
probably you will never
realize a change has been
made.
Q- If a person draws
disability, will it reduce his
retirement benefits when he
retires?
M.S., Kathleen
A. No, it will not reduce
your retirement benefits.