Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1959 — Page 7

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1959

Social Security Quiz Answers Many Queries

(Editor’s Note) Do you have any questions about Social Security? We all do, don’t we? Send any question you might have to Social Security Quiz, c/o Daily Democrat. You’ll find your answer in this column, which is published regularly.) 1. Q— My husband is 69 and still working. I am 63 and we have been married six months. He plans to retire soon. How long must we be married before I can be eligible to wife’s benefits? A—You must be married for 3 years before wife’s benefits are payable, unless you were entitled to widow’s, parent’s or childhood disability benefits in the month before you and your husband were married.- In the latter case, you’d be eligible upon filing an application when your husband files. 2. Q—l own an 80-acre farm. I raised a crop of corn on a custom farm basis by hiring my neighbor. I paid him $25 an acre to plow, plant, cultivate and pick the corn, using his own machinery. He paid all machinery expenses. I provided all seed and fertilizer and I got the entire crop. Am I under social security? A—Yes. Since you paid all but machinery expense and took all the risk, you are considered the farm operator. You would be under social security provided you made at least S4OO net profit or S6OO gross profit per year. 3.. o—My company laid me off in December but I haven’t received any social security checks up to now. Must I come to your office to file an application? Are there any papers I need with me? I have a son under 18, can I get payments for him? A—Yes, you must file an application and you can get payments "for your son. Payment do not start automatically. We have no way of knowing when a person is no longer working. If you have some old document which shows yur age or date of birth, bring that with you together with your marriage certificate and your child's birth certificate. Your wife should come with you since she can receive payments as long as the minor child is in her care. 4. Q—l have a cleaning woman and would like to report her wages for social security. How do I figure the value of room and board

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r for this report? ' ' A—The value of room and ' board does not count as wages I where the work is performed in a private home. Include only cash i wages on this report. • 5. Q—l will be 72 in July, 1959. I’ve been working part time. Can earnings after I’m 72 have any 1 effect on the benefits I received i before July? A—Yes. If you earned over i SIOO any month before 72 and your ! total earnings for the calendar year are more than SI2OO, you will I lose one or more of the checks ■ before July, 1959. You should visit 1 your local district office if you 1 expect to earn more than SI2OO i this year. 6. Q—l was in active military service from July 2, 1943 through February 15, 1946. My present employment is not covered by social security. How many quarters of coverage and how much in wage credits do I get for this military service? A—Based on military service you have 11 quarters of social security credit. If and when a claim is Tiled on your account, you will be credited with wages of $5120 or $l6O per month for 32 months. 7. Q—We have been having a big argument at the plant over when social security started. Some say 1937 but some have cards with December, 1936, on them. Who is right? A—The social security act was ’ passed in 1935. It provided for the . withholding of social security taxes ; on wages starting January 1, 1937. . However, social security cards , were issued ahead of the starting date in the fall of 1936. If you have a card with 1936 on it, you have one of the very first cards issued. Winter Wlieat Crop Estimate Higher WASHINGTON (UPD-Indiana’s 1960 winter wheat will total an estimated 39,063,000 bushels, 6,433,000 bushels higher than last year, the Agriculture Department said Friday. The 1948-57 average production in Indiana is 35,830,000 bushels. Indiana ranked 10th among winter wheat producing states, the department said. The Hoosier State was 12th in 1959 production.

I i M Wilk -M, Leslie Caron, the saucy little French actress has the leading role in the Technicolor comedyromance, “The Man Who Understood Women’’, showing at the Adams theater Sunday. This is Miss Caron’s first starring part since her great performance as “Gigi,” selected as the best picture of the year. Appearing with her is the star of “Mr. Roberts” Henry Fonda and Cesare Banova and Myrqn McCormick. Margaret Fehrenbach Dies At Fort Wayne Miss Margaret Fehrenbach, 56, died Friday in her home in Fort Wayne. She was born in Decatur, but resided in Fort Wayne most of her life. Surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Charles Niblick, Mrs. Elizabeth Witzigruter, Mrs. Oscar Berber, Mrs. Anna Boitet and Mrs. Regina Warren, all of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Mungovan & Sons mortuary and at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, the RL Rev. Msgr, Thomas L. Durkin officiating. Burial will be in the Fort Wayne Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 7 p.m. today. Supermarket Robbed By Four Gunmen INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Four gunmen robbed a Stop & Shop supermarket of $2,000 north of the city Friday night. They fled in an automobile after yanking telephone lines, but overlooked $4,400 in money bags on a counter.

THE DECATUR BADLY MMOCRAT, DBCATUR, INDIANA

NOTES FROM AFTER THIRTY By JACK HELtER MAN'S FAITHFUL FRIEND Ray Fager has a big, friendly dog that he hopes will some day be a hunting' dog. He also hopes he will someday be able to take his own part. One night the Fagers were all sleeping soundly when Cuno, the dog, turned on the sound effects. For a while man’s best friend got the cold shoulder from Ray, who didn’t want to get out of bed and get cold shoulders. But it appeared evident that Cuno was not going to give up. Ray got up an<4 tried all the tricks a dog owner develops to quiet the dog without leaving the house. No luck. Cuno continued the canine cantata. So, Ray got dressed and went out to the dog pen. The cause of the disturbance was a neighborhood dog. The neighborhood animal had routed Cuno from his bed, and the dog knew who would get it back for him—master. And he did, too. This column is not political, so what follows is not intended to raise any poiitical-minded eyebrows—it’s just plain curiosity. Maybe someone can enlighten me. Last week a large, friendly man walked in the Democrat and asked if I was a reporter. No. Well, he thought he had a story, anyway, but he doubted if we would print it. He laid a card on the desk. When I finished reading it, I looked up to talk to him and he was walking out the door. The card read as follows: of sheep, men, and a stooge. JOHN GEDWELL Alone, I turned the Eisenhower Administration YELLOW. Every one here has racked what is left of our minds after the Christmas rush. Nobody knows John Gedwell. We are curious. If you know of John Gedwell, would you please enlighten us. CHRISTMAS ETHICS High pressure selling and the “hard sell” are common knowledge to most people, but this week we heard of something that was new to us. A local man went out of town to try and find a certain gift for his wife that wasn’t avail-

able in Decatur. He went to a downtown ladies apparel store, and was surprised to find that the windows and doors were covered with cardboard. He could see that the lights were on inside, so he tried the door. Sure enough, the door opened, and then the roof fell in. The first thing to happen was a lovely looking (and this individual knows of what he speaks when he calls a lovely lovely) young woman, not overly dressed, took hold of his arm and asked if he wanted a drink. The friend, being of strong morals (and a weak stomach) I pushed his eyeballs back in his' head, and declined. He found out that this store didn't have what he wanted, so he left the store, looking both ways as he passed through. There is surely a moral here, but at this time of year it Seems so obvious that we won’t even bother to write it. Besides, we’re leaving as soon as we find out the store’s name. * 30 — r JINGLE BELLS Santa Claus will definitely visit Adams county this year. In fact, part of his force is*already here. On the way down to Decatur from Fort Wayne this morning, Jim Goodin saw three of Santa's deer cross U. S. 27 at full speed. Jim said the deer presented a beautiful picture, as they were going across an open field and could really turn on the speed. They came to a fence, cleared it with little effort, and continued on their way. This is the third report we've had in the past eight days of deer In the northern end of the county. Better get the stockings up, Christmas might be early this year. PLAY BALL Heard around town: the election is like the world series. You have to Win four out of seven. MERRY CHRISTMAS This is the season of Miracles, yet some cynical people say that the day of miracles is past. These same persons also feel that if they could only see a real honest-to-goodness miracle, fceir faith and their Faith would be restored. Those people certainly «an't see too well, or hear, for that matter. How many times have we in Decatur heard the increasingly familiar thump of a sonic boom? We know from that noise that up there somewhere a’ man is traveling through

MB. y HM ’- > 1 4*B*B -•Ash 4 X c; / "'J ■lm YgR Yh kA y Wb w ■HHBB.NBbI UHBBB . ROTARY SPEECH CONTESTANTS— Pictured above arc seven members of the Decatur high school speech class, who took part in the recent annual speech contest, sponsored by the Decatur Rotary club. • Left to right are: Jack Dailey, Miss Alice Allwein, Miss Carol Norquest, who served as moderator: James Gay, Miss Connie Kiess, Miss Barbara Burk, winner of the girls’ division, and Terje Strom, foreign exchange student, winner of the boys’ division. ——— —•— ■ " ? ' rx " \

the air at more than 700 miles per hour. We. sit in our comfortable homes Snd watch baseball games from Los Angeles, musicals from New York and westerns from hunger, with the flick of a dial. We read of doctors magnificent advances in the field of medicine. A man can have his heart taken out, operated on, and put back in, and live for many years, a useful and! happy life. Yet there are no miracles in this day and age. The sad thing about the people who fail to 1 take the time to see today’s mir- ! acles is that they couldn’t have seen the miracles of creation or the miracles of the trek through the wilderness or the miracles of Christ. You can’t see a star with- ; out looking at the sky. So, we want J ta take this opportunity to wish ■ you star-gazers the happiest of . holiday seasons. It is our hope I and sincere belief that you will see what you are looking for. To those who are not star gazers in some sens®, we extend our sympathies. Opportunity knocks; it has never been known to turn the knob and walk in.

_■ PRICES RECEIVED AND prices received fAI D BY FARMERS " '"T ' WTI - (INC. INTEREST, TAXES AND WAGES) 300 — (1910-1914 — 100) ! 2TO 260 ~ jjyiil 220 1956 1957 1958 1959 CROWING PAINS — Economic ups and downs on the farm added up to bad news for farmers last year. After a good return in 1958, farmers' income dropped sharply. At the same time, nrices they had to pay out continued their steady pull-away.

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