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S ',’ ! ;v-- ' >■- ■ ' . -1 ’ - PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN m ecunty MARTHA F f PRES8LY Greenwood 8. 8. Office) There i* a provision in the new security law which reaem- in some ways, the drop-out r or no earning years which explained in a recent article in aeries. This is the provision as the “disability freeze." should not be confused with the t. But it does act to dis- no-earning years from the s average monthly wages 'like the drop-out, it is some- entirely new to social se- So I’d like to explain a le about the disability freeze this article. y rfce social security disability may be roughly compared the ‘•waiver of premium” which offered to individuals who pur- ordinary life insurance. A of premium is used to the protection of the pri- insurance policy for the du- of the policy holder’s dis- The social security disab- provision will freeze the daring which a disability has the worker from earning so those years of disability will SHOES TELL TALE . ■ George Mihails, 26, Rumanian fanner, exhibits shoes he wore on* in 24 day flight from Reds to Msnlch, Germany. He walked by day, living on apples and water. npt affect the disabled worker’s social security account. I should like to mention one fact about the disability provision which may be misunderstood at first. The disability “freeze" is not disability insurance. A person must be disabled to apply for the “freeze", but he can not receive social security benefits until he vision in the social security law, the worker, who became disabled after a long record of contribution to the labor force of the nation, may have lost his insured status. This would have been possible un der the old law because the en : tire period of his disability was included in the time which was the basis for determining his in sured status. Or if the disabled individual didn’t lose his insured status, the period of his total dis ability during which,he was earn ing no wages would greatly reduce his average monthly wage. And it is upon the average monthly wage that the benefit amount is com puted. The 1954 amendment with the special disability freeze wap de signed to correct the cut in bene fits and the loss of insured status. It is a provision for those who have a long record of attachment to the nation’s labor force. For this reason there is a requirement that the disabled person must have worked under social secur ity for at least five years. These five years must have been during the ten years right before the dis ability began. And one and a half of the five years must have been during the three right before the disability began. Any worker who, after meeting the qualifications just described, becomes totally disabled by ill- retires at age 65 or later. Then he will find he will not receive reduc- ness, injury, or other physical or ed benefit amounts because his wage record has been frozen dur ing the years in which he was un able to perform any gainful work. Before the 1954 disability pro- fti PeRl 7 $kW- „ ■ i mental impairment which is Ex pected to be of long and infedi- nite duration, which is medically determined, and which has lasted for at least six months is eligible for the disability freeze. This means that his wage record for the period of his disability will be frozen and not couuted against him in figuring his insured status, and the amount of his future benefits. The provision goes Into effect ANDREW G. WICKER RITES ON SUNDAY AT ST. PHILLIPS * Andrew G. Wicker, 65, died late Saturday morning at the Newberry County Memorial hospital, follow ing sev/eral months of ill health. Mr. Wicker was born and reared in the St. Philips section of New- berry county and was the son of the late Walter and Mary Cromer Wicker. He was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran, church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Fulmer Wicker; one dau ghter, Miss Annette thicker, both of Newberry; also three brothers, George, Adam and Emanuel, all of Newberry two sisters, Mrs. Lula Gruber, Clinton, Mrs. Alice Rikard, Newberry; and a number of nieces and nephews survive. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at three o’clock from, St. Phillip^ Lutheran church with Rev. C. L. Richardson con ducting the service. Interment was in the church cemetery. Nephews served as active pall bearers. Nieces assisted with the flowers. The members of St. Phillips church council composed the b on * orary escort — I REMEMBER BY THE OLD TIMERS itie (pnr says, "since I serve ’em with Karo I can’t make enough pancakes -jtS ’ i !/ * • • • everybody just loves this ;*V ' \ *»• wonderful syrup/’ PERFECT FOR COOKING dso in tht popular IV2 • and 3-pound boiHes...and 5- and 10-pound cans RUSHING THE SEASON Beth Andre, 18, college sopho more, was picked Miss Arizona of 1955 at Arizona state fair, first candidate for 1855 Miss America honors. ALL PAID FOR! Thanks To A CHRISTMAS CHECK From NEWBERRY COUNTY BANK” IPs much more fun to give when a Christmas Club Check care of the bills. Our 1955 Christmas Club is now open i ■ fr ■eady for your first deposit. / In case yon never had a Christmas Club—you just come in and sign up to deposit any amount from 50c to $20 each week for 50 weeks. Then— Just 'fore Christmas 1955 we give you your Christmas Club Check. It really turns Christmas into a Happy New Year. i , , • - Newberry County Bank MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ry, S. C. ill im itu i ; ., ■ ■ Joanna, S. C. on January 1, 1955, and that is the first day that a disabled worker may apply for the “freeze". The disability freeze cannot be applied in cases where the worker has died or is no longer disabled at the time of application. Because of this, it is to the worker’s advan tage to apply for the freeze as soon as his disability begins. After a disability has been in effect for at least six monhs, it may be medi cally determined for purposes of the “freeze." The disability freeze will not be applied in figuring benefits which are paid to survivors of disabled workers who die before July 1, 1965. If a worker is declared dis abled, July 1955, is the first month in which he can be paid a retire ment benefit computed with the exclusion of the period of disabil ity. And when a worker reaches age 65, his period of disability will be considered ended. If the disab led person applies for the disabil ity freeze before July, 1957, his wages will be frozen for a dis- ility as far back as September, 1941, if he is still disabled at 'the time of application and if he meets the work requirements. After July 1957, the disability freeze will ap- -ply to wages going back only as far as a year but lasting for the entire duration of the disability. After a period of disability has been excluded from the computa tion of benefits, the disabled per son may take the advantage of the five-year drop-out of low earn ings. I described how the drop-out works In a recent article and the same procedure will apply to the disabled individual. Along with protecting the disabled worker’s insured status and benefit amount, the freeze will protect the benefit amount of the survivors arid de pendents of a qualified disabled person. From Lonnie E. Legge, Lewis- berg, West Virginia: I remember fifty years ago when the sound of a bugle brought us children running from the “little red school house” to see three Italians leading three muzzled, trained bears down the country road. They stopped at the village store some three hundred yards away and 4 the te&cher let us pupils go down to see them perform. The two large males were called Charley and Gus, the other, their mother, was called Mary. Charley and Gus rode long poles the men carried calling it “riding stick horses." Then they wrestled, addle a dozen hound dogs kicked up enough racket to give a grown man the screaming meemies. The mother bear climbed a large chestnut tree which grew beside my grandfather’s blacksmith shop and picked chestnuts out of the open burrs and ate them. She wouldn’t come down when called, so two of the men climbed up and beat her down while the third snapped the chain on her before she reached the ground. These bears seemed to be very large and of fawn color. To a great many people, bears mean black bears. The United States has but two species inland, the grizzly and the black—the cinna mons and browns being actually black bear. The black is staging a comeback in a lot of states. While the grizzly population la just over 800, the blacks are estimated at around 126,000. 4 (S«sd MatrlbatUaa to this sstama to i* (MS Timer, Cammaalfr Preps Ssrv- t. Fra “ Is*, raakfsrt, Ken tacky.) b':v'r,„7 V AT LOMINICK’S DRUG STORE PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED DRUGGIST PRESCRIPTIONS ARE CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PHONE 981 Subscribe to The Newberry Sun Cull us for your dry cleaning needs. You will like our mod ern, supercareful methods that actually add months to the life of your clothes! You will like our prompt delivery,our cour tesy, and our reasonable prices. ROYAL DRY CLEANERS Phone 12 1107 Caldwell Newberry, 8. C. 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