Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1960 — Page 10

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X i *5 -17 r .I'M ¥ PICTURED ABOVE are Katharine and Marjorie Goelz. a graduate and a student of the St. Joseph hospital school of nursing. Kaftiarine-gradualed fruit Sunday,—August 2L— and—ht-r — sister, Marjorie, entered Sunday, August 28. The girls are the daughters of Alma Goelz and are former residents of Decatur.

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 regu* larly.) Q. — How many persons are collecting social security payments today? A.— As of December 1959, 13,708,000 people were collecting a monthly social security check. Q. — How much is being paid in social security benefits? A.— For December 1959. the figure was 845 million dollars. This means benefits of over 10 billions of dollars was paid out across the nation last year from the Social Security Trust Fund. In 1940, total benefits paid out were about 36 million dollars. Q. — I understand that survivor’s benefits are paid for children until they attain 18. How long are social security benefits paid for disabled children? A.— Benefits for disabled children are generally paid for life as long as the child remains unmarried and so severely disabled he cannot engage in any substantial gainful employment. Q. — How many persons are receiving social security based on retirement? A.— About 10 million checks went to retired workers and their families. About 580,000 checks went to disabled workers and their families. Almost 3 million checks went to the survivors of deceased workers. Q — How much are the benefits today? A.— Retirement payments, based on past wages, range from 833 to $l2O a month right now. Total family payments can reach $254 a month to the retired worker’s family. Q. —• What is the average benefit being awarded to a retired worker now? A.— In December. 1959. it was $87.26 a month. In 1940 it was about $22.00 a month. 77 Q- Iwas 62 in November 1959, and worked about 6 years during World War n in a factory. My husband won't be 65 for several years. Can I draw social security now? When my husband retires at 62, can I change over and draw on his record?

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A.— A woman your age needs only 4*4 years of social security credit. Since you worked 6 years, you should contact the social security office right away if you wish to apply for benefits. Later you can draw wife’s benefits pro- , vided they are higher than bene- f fits based on your own work. Q. — How much can be paid I to the family of the worker who ' dies? A.— Monthly payments range I from $33 a month to a fanallv maximum benefit of $254. A lump ! sum payment is made even where no monthly payments are made, from $99 to $255. Q. — What type of benefits are payable to the family of a deceased worker? A.— On the death of an insured worker, monthly checks are payable to a widow age 62 or over, a child under 18—or a child over 18. if disabled before 18, a mother with such child in her care,—a dependent parent—or a dependent widower age 65 or over. Big Walk NEW YORK (UPD — The typical homemaker walks 3.186 miles a year inside her home. Teacher's Image NEW YORK (UPD—If a new teacher fails to adjust properly to the community and the school system, he can create an unfavorable public image for himself and the schools. Dr. W. W. Theisen, professor of education at Mar- j quette University, reports. Handwriting PHILADELPHIA (UPD—“Good handwriting is taught most easily i and quickly in school, but parents I can help teachers by correcting I their youngsters’ common hand- 1 waiting faults,” says Wesley E. i Scott, director of commercial and : distributive education in Philadel- i phia. The expert, w r ho also is a handwriting consultant for a pen company, (Sheaffer) said that irreg-1 ularities in slant, letter size, spac- ; ing and alignment, plus incon- ■ sistent letter formation, are the ! most common cause of illegibility.

Labor Day To End Glamarous Jobs INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Labor Day will mark the end of glamorous summertime jobs for a couple dozen college students at two professional Indiana water ski shows. But most of them hope to return again next summer, although they expect eventually to make thier living tn less strenuous oc-

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cupations. The work, in which the performers take to the air on kites, stunt and jump on skis, and perforin ballet dances, is only for the young. Most of the performers at Rudolph Lake. Santa Claus, and Laks Shafer at Monticello, are in their teens or early 20s. The youngest is 16 and the oldest 28. Scotty Scott. Winter Haven, Fla. the manger of the show at Santa Claus, is 24, and hopes to become an enginedr. He is a student at the University of Florida. Two years ago Scott won the world

• championship as a trick skier, i j The manager of the Monticello I. show is 20-year-old Garry Boom- ■ i ershine, a pre-law student at In- ' diana University. Like Scott he ■ also is a performer in the show ■ he manages, taking part in trick, ■ jumping and pyramid ski events 11 and alternating on the kite act. Kite-Riding Risky I Going aloft on a kite is risky i ‘ enough but the water ski stunters ■ have added it to their repertoire, t ; Nobody was injured in the Indiana •; acts this summer but some 1 water--11 skiing kite-ridefs have been killed

in other states. At Santa Claus, the kite man is Don Craven, 25, New Orleans. La. Like most professional water ski show people, we jtarted in Florida. He holds a couple world records, one for flight of 190 feet ■ at Boston earlier this summer and another for endurance kite flying at Tampa in which he was in the air for 2 hours and 5 minutes and traveled 95 mile?. Harold Simmons, 28, Lake Wales, Fla., how at Monticello, formerly managed what probably is the only kite fliers* school in i

the world. located in Florida, and is one of thq fe*V who make a full-time occupation of water-ski-ing. Another is George Jackson, 26, Tampa, Fla., a trick and mixeddouble skier at Santa Claus, who expects to complete work at the University of Florida in 1961 and make skiing and boating his life work. Miss Eve Ware, 26, Long Island, N.Y. also has found what seems a- permanent niche in show business on water. She retired once in 1954 but again joined a

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professional ski show and now is a star at the daily Santa Claus performances. One Enters Purdue But for most of the performances, the summer work is away of > earning college money. The 16- > year-old Ralph Olinger, Ferdinand : who is in the Santa Claus show, ■ will complete his senior year in high school and enter Purdue next year. ’ Each evening over 4,500 copies I are printed of the Decatur Daily Democrat.