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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.
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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. [
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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
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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.
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Fourth Class Post
master Examination
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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