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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 II&m! eoM® raHsms I '«» <•* I HB .111 wf^-A GENUINE FULL NATURAL FOR ALL AGES! COLOR PORTRAITS! Babies, children adults Groups Not the old style tinted or painted photographed at an additional black & white photos 99c per subject SATISFACTION GUARANTEED LIMITED OFFER! or your money refunded One P* r subject two per family. FRIDAY A SATURDAY MAY nth & I3fh V V AM to 7 PM COLONIAL STORK PERRY, OA, number, school iden tification number (if any), the name and address of the 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 p-— ——————— 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. ;S I'm ¥ \ v "” y S Mothers Are Those Special Vwm I People Who Give So Much Love. 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 PAGE 1-B 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.