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Houston County
Social Security
Questions and Answers
Many people continue to
view the social security
program as affecting only
older persons. The young
family usually has litlle
knowledge or interest in
social security. Most young
people feel they will never
get out of social security
what they have paid into the
program. But, let us assume
you have been paying social
security taxes on an average
yearly salary of $5400. If you
should become disabled,
what amount of monthly
social security benefits could
you expect for yourself, your
wife, and one minor child.
Your average monthly
earnings is $450. You could
expect $390 per month in
social security benefits. And
that is $390 of nontaxable
income.
Q. I am 62 years old and
get monthly social security
benefits as a widow. Will
Medicare help pay any of my
medical expenses?
S. J., Perry
A. No. Medicare only helps
to pay hospital and medical
bills for people 65 or older. If
you cannot pay your medical
expenses, you may be
eligible for Medicaid.
Medicaid helps pay the
medical bills of individuals
at any age based on their
need. Call your local welfare
office for more information
about the medicaid
program.
Q. I will be 65 this summer
and plan to file for monthly
social security retirement
benefits. My daughter is 19
and in college. Since I want
to apply for student benefits
for her, what information
about her will I need?
J.W.H. Elko
A. You will need her birth
certificate, social security
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tification number (if any),
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college she attends, the date
the school term will end, and
the dates of the following
school term.
Q. As a disabled Vietnam
veteran, I get benefits from
the Veterans Administration
based on a 60 percent
disability. Could I also get
monthly social security
checks on my disability?
J.L. Perry
A. We cannot give you a
definite answer without
knowing more about your
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Rev. Dick Reese MBm
Crossroads Methodist Church
“Let your light so shine
before men, that they may
see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is
in heaven.” (Matt. 5:16)
This is National Family
Week, May 7-14. These are
difficult times for the family.
There are those who would
try to tell us that the family,
the home, marriage are
slowly “going out of style”,
that they are no longer
necessary. But when we look
at the alternatives which are
suggested we find that they
leave a great deal to be
desired. We cannot expect
the school, the church, the
community, or the govern-
case because the social
security disability program
does not work the same way
as the VA’s. Social security
pays benefits to insured
workers who are so severely
disabled that they cannot
work for a year or more.
Contact any social security
office and apply for
disability insurance benefits
to get a decision on your
particular case.
Q. I recently hired a handy
man to help me with light
jobs around the house. I pay
him SSO a month. Since he is
over 72, he claims I do not
have to deduct social
security from his pay. Is this
true?
0.V., Perry
A. No Regardless of the
age of the employee, you are
required to report the ear
nings and send them to the
Internal Revenue Service if
you pay him at least SSO or
more in cash in a calendar
quarter.
Q. I am receiving monthly
social security benefits as a
Widow and I would like to get
ment to do what the home
can do in helping children
and adults alike to develop
into mature human beings.
But the home can help us
develope into mature human
beings only when religion
holds a vital place in it. A
home without a religious
foundation is no better than
other institutions which are
unable to meet man’s
deepest needs because they
depend on inadequate
resources. Only the
resources of God are suf
ficient to meet the deep
needs of each member of the
family.
We set aside a special day
to honor mother this second
Sunday in May. We honor
Dad later in the year. But
Mothers and Dads will be
honored and revered most
when the homes which they
have established are places
of abiding love and concern
for each member of the
family. Mothers and Dads
alike have a great respon
sibility to help their children
develope to mature persons.
Lucille Walker has
suggested several ways
which parents can help their
children through the home:
(1) Love him and teach him
to love others. (2) Give him a
sense of security and self
confidence. (3) Help him
develope a sense of purpose.
(4) Provide a happy at
mospher with an ap
preciation of beauty, truth,
justice, and righteousness.
(5) Have good books, good
music, and good magazines
available in the home. (6)
Answer all his questions
honestly and frankly when
he asks them. (7) Be a
partner with God rather than
trying to use God as chief
babysitter. (8) Help him to
understand that he can learn
from suffering. (9) Lead him
to discipline from within.
(10) Go to church with
him, play with him, laugh
with him, talk with him, pray
with him.
The Christian Home, a
home where religion plays a
vital part, does not just
happen. It takes effort and a
shouldering of responsibility
on the part of each member.
It is really to do what Jesus
was suggesting in the
message from Matthew 5:16.
It is to let the light, the good
in our lives, so shine that it
touches the lives of others
with the truth that we are
followers of Jesus Christ. We
need this in the home
especially, but we need it in
every other relationship of
life as well.
Home and family are vital
institutions. The alternatives
are insufficient. But home
and family are never what
they could be until Jesus
Christ becomes the head of
both.
Houston Homemakers Preparing For 47th Homemakers Meeting
A group of Houston County
women who take their jobs
as homemakers very
seriously are preparing to be
in Macon May 16-18 for the
47th annual meeting of the
Georgia Extension
Homemakers Council.
Miss Dee Weems, county
Extension home economist,
said 8 local women - most of
them officers of local clubs
or the County Extension
Homemakers Council - will
attend the meeting.
Mrs. Edith Willard,
president of the County
married again. Will my
social security benefits stop
if I remarry?
C.E., Elko
A. Benefits continue for
most widows who
remarry after reaching 60.
However, the amount of your
monthly benefits may
change. Check with any
social security office for the
answer on your specific
case.
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The First National Bank
Os Houston County
Council will head the local
delegation.
Houston Countians ac
companying her are: Mrs.
Helen Sasser, Mrs. Sue
King; Mrs. Robbie
Mrs. Thelma O’Hern, Mrs.
Charles Perfect, Mrs. Grace
Myers. Mrs. Ruby Looney.
At the Macon Hilton Hotel,
the Houston County
delegation will join nearly
1,000 other homemakers
from throughout the state in
carrying out the conference
theme, “Those Who Care
Are Those Who Share".
They will register at 3 p.m.
May 16, go to dinner with
other homemakers from the
Southwest Georgia Ex
tension District, then attend
the opening assembly of the
47th annual meeting at 8
o'clock. Charles P.
Ellington, director of the
Georgia Cooperative Ex
tension Service, will of
ficially open the event.
Mrs. James D. Ward,
Lithia Springs, president of
the State Council, will
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preside at the session. The
other 1971-72 state officers
are Mrs. Robert Hencely,
Route 3, Clarkesville,
presidentelect; Mrs. Frank
Norton, Route 1, Boston, first
vice president; Mrs. Delmas
Rushing, Jr., Register,
second vice president; Mrs.
Carson G. Durham, Route 2,
Union Point, secretary, and
Mrs. R. W. Obenauf, Route 1,
Lizella, Treasurer.
District directors are Mrs.
John Pharr, Route 2, Win
der; Mrs. Jerry South, Route
1, Martin; Mrs. J. V. Napoli,
2673 Browns Mill Road,
Atlanta; Mrs. Russell Smith,
Sycamore; Mrs. J. F.
Patten, 409 Magnolia St.,
Waycross, and Mrs. J. C. E.
Meadows. Tucker Road,
Perry.
Interest in the meeting is
especially high this year due
to the fact that Club and
Council members will be
treated to a performance by
Anita Bryant. The famous
vocalist is scheduled for an
appearance before the
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1972
homemakers 8:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, at the Macon
Opera House.
In addition to district
meetings, special music
programs, a reception for
state officers and a dinner
College Caper
Several Perry students
participated in recent events
at Paine College, Augusta,
Georgia.
Carrie Kendrick, daughter
of Mrs. Carrie M. Kendrick,
was a member of the
production crew for a recent
production of “Purlie Vic
torious” on the college
campus. Miss Kendrick, a
senior, worked with make-up
for the play.
Jerry, Davis, son of Mrs.
Carrie L. Ridley, appeared
as “Gitlow Judson" in the
production of the Ossie Davis
comedy, “Purlie Vic
torious.” at the college.
for past presidents, the
program will feature as a
speaker Dr. Cecil Myers,
pastor of the Athens First
Methodist Church. The topic
of his speech is “Squares
Make the World ‘Go
Round”.
J.C. Taylor of the Paine
faculty was director for the
play, which played to three
standing-room audiences.
Two Perry students
recently returned from the
annual spring concert tour of
the Paine College Choir.
They were Myrtice Nobles, a
sophomore, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Nobles,
Jr.; and Willie Ross, a
junior, the son of Mrs.
Roberta Green.
The 40-member choral
group sang under the
direction of Victor Bilan
chone of the Paine Music
Department during their
April 1-13 tour.
LOCAL SPORTS
COVERAGE EACH WEEK
IN THE HOME JOURNAL.