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X V ✓ < f HcOOMQCK MESSENGER, MoCOBMCK, SOUTH CAXCHJRA Thursday, June 14,1945 Postmaster and Mrs. J. E. Bell will attend the graduating exer cise of the Medical College of South Carolina in Charleston Fri day afternoon, June 16, at which time their son, James Edward, Jr., will receive his medical doctor’s degree and his naval officer’s commission. Mr. A. P. Willis was a visitor in North Carolina several days last week. FAVOR E D* OVER A YEA R S Buy Your Furniture From S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. Miss Clatie Newby, S 1-c, and Miss Diana Louis, S 1-c, of Wash ington, D. C., have been visiting in the home of the former’s moth er, Mrs. Maggie M. Newby. Miss Newby has been made yeoman third class since returning to her duties. Mr. R. A. Edwards of Bradley was among the visitors here Sat urday. Mrs. E. B. Brown has returned home from a week’s visit to Capt. and Mrs. John N. Talbert of Rome, Ga. Mr. E. C. Cheatham of Troy Route 1 was a visitor here Mon day. Mrs. V. M. Walker of Green wood, formerly of McCormick, re turned to her home on Wells Street Monday, after a recent op eration. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal of Port Royal were week end vis itors here to her parents, Mr. and. Mrs. P. C. Dorn, Sr. PROPOSE TO BROADEN SOCIAL SECURE ACT June 4. Bill Would Extend Greater Benefits to More Workers ? Expansion of the role of the government in providing for the personal welfare of American citizens is proposed in the broadened social security bill introduced in congress by Senator Wagner (N. Y.) and Representative Dingell (Mich.) Covering old-age benefits, unemployment compensation, health and federal-state construction of hospitals and clin- incs, the hill would reach virtually into every phase of indi vidual social security and be nanced by a 4 per cent tax on a per son's pay and an equal 4 per cent Representing the Thomas Fur niture Manufacturing Company of Thomasville, N. C., Mr. M. A. Thomas was registered for several days last week at the McCormick Hotel. levy on employers’ payrolls. At present, the limited coverage calls for a 1 per cent tax on each. Under the Wagner-Dingell bill, 15.000,000 farm workers, domestics, professionals and small business men would be brought under so cial security, with all of the result ing benefits. Old age benefits would be in creased to a minimum of $10 to $20 a month for single persons and to $30 for a worker with a dependent wife 60 or older. The most anyone could earn without losing his bene fits would be boosted from $15 to $25 and to $50 for the blind. Unemployment compensation would be greatly expanded under the new bill, with payments of from $5 to $20 per week for single per sons and up to $30 for individuals with dependents spread over 52 weeks instead of the present 26, funds permitting. Women would be granted 12 weeks maternity leave with the same scale of compensa tion and would be eligible for old- age assistance and widow’s bene fits at 60. One of the most ambitious fea tures of the Wagner-Dingell bill is the provision covering health, with all those included in social security forced to subscribe and the gov ernment contributing almost a bil lion dollars for a long-range con struction program of hospitals and clinics in rural areas. Workers would receive compensation for un paid periods of sickness or disabil ity and be entitled to 60 days hos pital care. Because the sick would be able to select their own doctors, hospi tals and dentists, and they in turn could choose their own patients, the health coverage could not be con sidered “social medicine,’’ Senator Wagner said. And since private hospital insurance would not be af fected under the bill, neither would there be regimentation, he added. In respect to private hospital in surance, a recent survey of the Northwestern National Life Insur ance company revealed the grow ing importance of this phase of se curity in the U; S. Of the 26,000,000 persons now cov ered by hospital insurance, approx imately 18,000,000 are members of the American Hospital associa tion’s “Blue Cross’’ group plans in various cities, the survey states; an other 6,000,000 are covered by com mercial insurance plans, and prob ably another 2,000,000 persons are members of hospital service pre payment plans set up by individ ual local hospitals, by labor unions, credit unions, cooperatives, and other groups, the survey finds. In three states, Rhode Island, Del aware and Ohio, one-third or more of the total population are covered by such voluntary hospital service plans; in Connecticut, Colorado, the District of Columbia and Minne sota, one-fourth or more of the population are members of such plans. New York has the largest hospital service association mem bership of any state, with a roster of approximately 3,000,000 persons. Growth of the movement nationally is at an accelerating rate; 1944 saw the greatest increase in member ship of any year to date, with over 3 Vi million new members added. Among the important current trends in the self-protection, hos pital service prepayment move- l ment is the broadening of mem bership to include farmers, and the acceptance of imriii/Mnai appli cants by many associations; origi nally anjy large groups of em ployed pers ig were accepted. An other iropoFfas* trend is the ex tension in coverage to include men tal and nervous ailments, and vari ous contagious diseases. Some 20 hospital associations are already making available some form of pre paid medical service, either com plete surgical service in connection with hospital cases, or surgical and medical service both; many other groups are planning to offer such services.. Experience in offering such plans so far indicates that the average citizen’s real worry is over the possibility of a major illness or accident that requires hospital ization and surgery, and that he worries comparatively little over the ordinary run of home doctor , bills. The surgical coverage plan has been by far the most popular with the public, the survey finds. I In 1944, 1 out of every 10 mem- » hers of group hospital associations r was hospitalized. The average in- ti dividual’s stay was 7V4 days, com- pared with from 8 to 10 days in > former years. This reduction par- i l tially reflects the addition of “out- ‘ patient’’ service by many associa- f tions, resulting in 1-day hospital [ visits in some H) per cent of all > cases; it also reflects present f crowded "hospital conditions, which have forced many hospitals to lim- it each patient’s stay to the mini- ; mum necessary, in order to make \ way for the pressure on incoming .‘ patients. This same condition has ‘ practically eliminated malingering, j always a small item, although some i 5 per cent of group hospital asso- > ciation cases formerly tried to ov- ■ erstay, or to secure admittance | unjustifiably, the survey states. > Even in prewar days the average > stay of hospital association mem- t bers has consistently run about two days shorter than the average non- member patient’s stay in the same , group of hospitals. This is credit- ) ed partially to the tendency of ' members to have ailments cared v for more promptly, thus reducing | the proportion of aggravated and f last ditch emergency cases, which require long hospital treatment; also members tend to use their pre paid hospital service for the care of minor conditions to a greater ex- ) tent than do nonmembers, the sur- ‘ vey states. [ u Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Parks and daughter of Greensboro, N. C., Mrs. F. W. Willis and son of Char- j ing positions and similar ones are Remember — You Always Save At... lotte, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stone and daughter of Heming way, S. C., have been spending several days with their mother, Mrs. B. W. Parks, of McCormick. TXt Fourth Class Post master Examination GALLANT-BELK COMPANY PALMOLIVE Bath, 2 For 19c Reg., 3 For 18c SUPER SUDS Lge., 23c OCTAGON POWDER Lge., 6 For 24c OCTAGON CLEANSER I 3 For 10c OCTAGON SOAP 6 For 24c OCTAGON GRANULATE]} 2 For 15c The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an examination to fill the position of fourth class postmaster at Modoc, i South Carolina. The examination will be held at [McCormick, South Carolina. Receipt of applications will close [on July 5, 1945. Salary $1100. The current salary will be tem- Iporarily increased by 15 per cent, the amount not to exceed an av erage of $25 a month, by author- [ ity of an Act of Congress. The examination is open to all [citizens of the United States who reside within the territory supplied [by the post office for which this examination is announced and who are at least 21 years of age, but not yet 65, on the date of the [close of receipt of applications for this examination. Application blanks and full in to be filled at the salaries given: Budget Officer and Management Planning Officer ($5,228 to $7,128), Budget Analyst and Administra tive Analyst ($3,163 to $7,128), Di rector of Information ($5,228 to $7,128), and Information Spe cialist ($3,163 to $7,128). No written test is required for these positions and there are no age limits. To qualify for $3,163 positions, applicants must have had 3 years of appropriate expe rience and college training. More experience is required for the higher paying positions. Persons interested in Budget Officer, Management Planning Of ficer, Budget Analyst, or Adminis trative Analyst should see An nouncement No. 356; and those interested in Director of Informa tion or Information Specialist, An nouncement No. 357. The Commission is also accept- 4ng applications continuously for Administrative and Executive Of ficer (see Announcement No. 353) and for Position Classifier, Place ment Officer, and Personnel As sistant (see Announcement No. 354). Announcements and application forms may be obtained from the Commission’s Local Secretary, Mrs OCTAGON FLAKES 3 For 25c OCTAGON TOILET SOAP 5 For 20c HONEYSUCKLE SOAP 5 For 20c GALLANT-BELK COMPANY HOME OF BETTER VALUES GREENWOOD, S. C formation about the requirements^,^ L Bank located a j Mc _ of the examination may be se- 1 cured from the post office for which this examination is an nounced, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C. Applications must be on file with the Commis sion at Washington, D. C., on the date specified above. The date of examination will be stated on admission cards mailed to applicants after the close of receipt of applications, and will [be about 15 days after that date. X Federal Opportuni ties Still Open In Budget Man agement And In formation Fields Cormick, S. C., or from most first- and second-class post offices, Civ il Service Regional Offices, or the United States Civil Service Com mission, Washington 25, D. C. % Persons now using their highest skills in war work should not ap ply. Appointments are made in accordance with War Manpower Commission policies and employ ment stabilization programs. The Federal Government con tinues to need eligibles for war service positions in the fields of administrative analysis, budget administration, and information. [The Civil Service Commission has (announced that the closing date of May 15, 1945, has been cancelled and that applications for positions in these fields will be accepted until further notice. The follow- ANNOUNCING Mrs. Louise Ferqueron former operator of Louise’s Beauty Shop is taking appoint ments on Tuesday and / w Friday afternoons * *' at the W v ' Vanity Beauty Shop PKone 67. College and professional football managements are waging a fierce undercover war. It burst into the open when Ohio State U. charged that 4he Cleveland All-Americans were attempting to sign up Ohio State men who still had from two to three years of college ahead of them. Many of the youthful ath letes are in military service. Bertelli, the Notre Dame back- field flash, is a case in point. He stil^has another year at N. D. when he gets back from service, but he *is reported to be already signed up by Los Angeles in the new pro league. The college managers be- lieve that these star players should be graduated before entering the professional game. The pros take the angle that many veterans will ! not care to go back to school, and ; will be anxious to make all the money they can in the brief playing career they may have left. They , further argue that if one club . doesn’t hustle and sign up these men, some other club will hook j them first. The New York Yankees aver aged 104 victories a year for ; 1926, '27 and ’28. A high school boy who is attracting attention i for his flying feet is Perry Sam- ! uels, 18, of San Antonio. He recently sped the 100 yards in ; 9.5 seconds at the Texas AAU ! meet, tying the national inters scholastic record. It is the fast est time so far this year. The most furious fight in beavy- ! weight history was the Demp- sey-Firpo battle, veteran sport scribes agree. The wild melee, in which Dempsey was knocked i through the ropes, occurred on September 14, 1923. Two of the smallest stars of rough sports were Maurice (“Clipper”) Smith and Wee Willie Sherdel, both in the 150 pound class. Clipper Smith, known as Notre Dame’s ‘watch charm’’ guard, played in the early 1920s alongside of George Gipp, Hunk Anderson and Jimmy Conzelman. He later became head coach at Villanova and Santa Clara. Wee Willie Sherdel pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals between 1918 and 1930, then went to the Braves for two more years of big league hurling. His best season was 1928. when he won 21 games and lost 10, for an earned run average of 2.8G. Jack Dempsey told Great Lakes' “Know Your Navy” listeners ing an after-program chat, that the weakest Yank Gob could beai u.. best Jap. Confidence is the answer. The boys in the Pacific, says Jack, will always win because “they know they can’t be beat.” The loss of an island in the Pa> cific would not have affected ths morale of the boys as much as thr death of their pal, Ernie Pyle, Jaci 1 believes. 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