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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, July 3, 1969 — PAGE 7 Food coupon mail issuance said successful Through special efforts by the state department of public wel fare, including extension of mail coupon issuance to all 46 South Carolina counties, it’s easier than ever before for low-income families across the state to take part in the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture’s food stamp program. Dr. Arthur B. Rivers, state welfare director, points with pride to what he terms “an outstanding example of state- federal cooperation” in noting measures his staff and indivi dual county welfare units thru- out South Carolina have taken to improve food stamp service to eligible families. “Before we tried mail is suance,” Dr. Rivers noted, “many families were not able to take part in the food stamp program because they simply had no way of reaching the near est coupon issuance office each month, either because of trans portation problems, age or ill health.” South Carolina was the first state in the nation to extend mail food coupon issuance to all of its counties, and is one of the few states with every county taking part in the food stamp program. The decision to make mail issuance available statewide was reached after consultation with food stamp officials of USDA’s Consumer and Marketing Ser vice, Dr. Rivers said. And mail issuance isn’t the only way state welfare officials are working to streamline the program, Dr. Rivers noted. In two counties, Beaufort and Jasper, a special experimental food stamp program has been underway since March 1. Pur pose of the test is to try out new program operational meth ods which, if proven successful, could ultimately affect the en tire food stamp program on a nationwide basis. One of the program changes under study in the two coun ties is the use of free food cou pons for families in the very lowest income categories. (The present food stamp law does not permit coupons to be given free in the regular food stamp program. However, following successful testing of free cou pon procedures in Beaufort and Jasper counties, legislation has been introduced in congress to extend free food stamps to all families with little or no income in food st^mp counties across the nation.) Also being studied in the ex perimental program are new ways of simplifying certification for both recipient and casework er, as well as other new ad ministrative procedures. In South Carolina’s 46 coun ties, the food stamp program has boosted the local economy by more than $9.6 million over the past 12 months, Dr. Rivers added, through issuance of bon us coupons to recipients. Under the program, each person re ceiving food aid exchanges a small portion of his own money for food coupons worth consid erably more. The amount each family pays is based on income erably more. The amunt each family pays is based m income and other factors. The bonus coupons families receive repre sent increased food buying pow er and are paid for by USDA. Thus, Dr. Rivers noted, food stamp families in South Caro lina were given more than $9 million worth of additional food buying power to help improve the nutritional balance of their meals, as a direct result of food stamp program participa tion during the 12-month period. Standard pays record dividend Standard Savings and Loan Association will distribute near ly a million dollars in quarterly dividend payments to Standard savers this month. Declared by Standard’s Board of Directors, the $958,377.01 payment was an nounced by Pinckney N. Abrams senior vice-president. Computed at the rate of four and one-half percent per annum on passbook savings and includ ing five and five and one-fourth percent Savings Certificates is sued by Standard, the second quarterly dividend of 1969 set a record high. The first quart erly dividend paid $922,980.00 for a total, paid to date in 1969, of $1,881,357.01. Commenting on this new re cord set by Standard, Mr. Ab rams said, “This record-setting dividend shows a definite posi tive trend in saving. With con tinuing growth in numbers of savers, Standard will have a record breaking year in 1969”. With $95,000,000 in assets, the Standard Association is South Carolina’s largest savings and loan association. Permits / City building permits were is sued last week as follows: John Felker, 1228 Kinard, re pairs; James O. Myers, 501 Caldwell, repairs, Mack Suber, 2401 Johnstone, repairs, Bozo Paysinger, 1623 Clarkson, addi tion; Hal Kohn, 2507 John stone, repairs; Joe Johnson, 1311 Fourth, repairs; Sammie Lindsay, 413 Boundary, addi tion; Newberry County Schools, 1921 Speer, erect building; A. C. Oxner, 2013 Evans Circle, re pairs; Mrs. Dessa Bum, 946 Cline, repairs. Total construction value of the permits issued from June 1 to June 26, $49,880. Ralph B. Baker—Chairman Thomas H. Pope Minding your money To benefit you and your community, these five directors make sure that every dollar saved at Standard Savings works for all its worth. Through loans to hundreds of families and businesses, Standard money is busy making improvements in the Newberry area and making money for you. That’s the way dividends have been earned at Standard for 60 years. Today, Standard Savings is making more money for more people than ever before. Standard Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION NEWBERRY 1117 BOYCE STREET. COLUMBIA. ORANGEBURG PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Senior Vice-President