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^ QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: I will be 62 this
month and I understand that I
can retire and get social secur
ity. but that my monthly bene
fit will be less than I would
get if I were 65. Can you tell
me how much of a reduction I
will have to take if I decide to
draw my social security bene
fits now?
ANSWER1 Your monthly so
cial security benefit will be re
duced by 20 percent if you ap
ply as soon as you reach 62.
For example, if your earnings
under social security would
qualify you for a benefit of
$100 at age 65, you would be
able to collect $80 a month at
age 62. That $80 a month would
continue to be payable to you
even after you did reach 65. It
would generally not go up—un
less you returned to work and
had earnings high enough to
require the withholding of
your benefits for some months.
QUESTION: If I take my
benefit at 63, can my wife also
draw if she is 62?
ANSWER: Yes. Her benefit
will be about 25% less than
the payment she would other
wise have been able to collect
at age 65.
QUESTION: Are benefits be
fore age 65 reduced on a
monthly basis, or do you have
to apply exactly on your 62nd,
63rd, or 64th birthday?
ANSWER: You can apply
any time. The reduction is fig
ured on a monthly basis— for
every month that you are clos
er to 65, the less the reduction.
Fcr more information about
your Social Security, write to:
Social Security Administra
tion. P. O. Box 1331, Juneau,
Alaska.
Hospital Patients
Patients at the Valley Pres
byterian Hospital during the
week of Oct. 17-24 included
Carolyn Harter, Sarah Moffitt,
David and Gary Hardage, Ther
on Grover, Mrs. Forest Richey
and infant son, Marie Van Au
ken. Elizabeth Deming, Max
ine McClellan, Frank Colobuf
falo. Clyde Ahern, John Cope;
also Margaret Dennis, Jose
phine Still, Terry Lee Johnson,
Eugenia Jean Campbell, Mrs.
George Hamrick and infant
son. Mrs. Harold Newcomb and
infant daughter, Rodney Knut
son, Gladys Persing, Mrs. Leon
ard Brown and infant son, Hil
degard McLaughlin, and Paul
E. Stringfield.
LACK EDUCATION
Most people have excellent
aim in life—it’s inferior am
munition that causes the fail
ures.
RE-ELECT
RALPH J.
RIVERS
DEMOCRAT
TO
CONGRESS
his experience end son
ify in Congress working foi
yew.
NEW PHOTO TECHNIQUES SAVE TIME
AND MONEY IN PUBLIC LAND SURVEYS
To save time and money in
surveying public lands being
selected by the State of Alaska,
the Bureau of Land Manage
ment is using aerial photo
graphy, electronic instruments,
helicopters, and other modern
techniques, according to T. A.
Hazard, chief of the branch of
photogrammetry in Alaska.
When the 103 million acres of
State selection is completed,
the land selected will cover an
area the size of California. This
makes BLM’s assignment the
biggest and toughest land sur
veying job in America.
With aerial photos the loca
tion of many monuments and
section corners can be deter
mined without costly and diffi
cult surveys on the ground. Ex
act size and shape of lakes and
the course of rivers and
streams, so numerous in Alas
ka, can be rapidly determined.
Even when ground surveys are
necessary, the photographs aid
in finding the best means of
access and in estimating diffi
ASK FOR BIDS
Highways commissioner D.
A. McKinnon announced today
that advertising will begin
Tuesday for grading, drainage
and paving of 21 miles on the
Chena Hot Springs Road, four
miles north of Fairbanks off
the Steese Highway. Bids will
be opened November twenty
ninth. This section, Mile 0-21,
will include two 12-foot traffic
lanes with 4-foot shoulders.
Bridges spanning the Little
Chena River and Jenny M.
Creek will be constructed as
part of the project.
cutties that may be encounter
ed.
The use of aerial photographs
with the township plats will
help surveyors in future years
when it is necessary to recov
er monuments for purposes of
subdivision or location, by
furnishing photographic detail
of streams, lakes, wooded areas,
swamps, and other features.
Women’s Group
To Install Light
Women of the Butte Fire As
sociation Auxiliary decided at
their Oct. 23 meeting to take
the responsibility of paying
for a pole light from MEA for
the Butte fire hall. The meet
ing was held at the home of
Clara Barnhardt.
The Auxiliary plans a bake
sale, to be held Nov. 20 at the
Matanuska Maid Food Center
during the regular store hours.
All women from the Butte area
are asked to donate baked
goods, which can be left at
Clara Barnhardt’s, Downe’s
Market, or Katie Vasil ie’s the
day before the sale (Monday,
Nov. 19), or taken to the Co
op Food Center the day of the
sale.
Newly elected Auxiliary offi
cers are Lillian Plumley, presi
dent; Terry Lenhart, vice-presi
dent; and Clara Barnhardt, sec
retary-treasurer.
The next meeting is schedul
ed for Nov. 27 at the home of
Katie Vasilie.
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How Has Egan Leadership
Helped Alaska Meet Its Obligations
Regarding
your rights
During These First
Years of Statehood?
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loss of witnesses delav and unreasonable cost are
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HERE IS A COMMON SENSE PROGRAM,
ONE BASED ON ALASKA'S CAPACITY TO
GROW AND EXPAND
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AND PAIO FOR BY THE
EGAN COMMITTEE
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA l
SKIING GOOD AT
INDEPENDENCE
Skiers! There are three feet
of good snow at the Indepen
dence Mine area and the skiing
is excellent, Julius Moor, pro
prietor of the Independence
Mine Resort, reported this
week.
The tow began operating Oct.
20, and the road is open and
is being maintained, Moor
said.
Besides skiing, the resort is
offering family style meals as
well as snacks, sandwiches,
and short orders. The lodge
maintains clean, comfortable
rooms. Moor said, and added
that beverages are available
in an attractive bar at popular
prices.
Moor invited both serious and
casual photographers to take
advantage of the unparalleled
opportunities for scenic shots.
Film will be available at the
lodge.
“For those who are cross
country skiers, it is well to note
that the entire resort and ski
area is above timber line, mak
ing conditions ideal for this
type of activity,” Moor said.
Get Acquainted
Before any man decides to
enter politics he should get ac
quainted with the theory and
principle of good government.
Hi-School Hi-Lifes
By Robert Corbin
Last Saturday night tne an
nual Halloween dance was
sponsored by the sophomores
and was held in the high school
cafeteria.
Orange and black crepe pap
er was hung from a center ring
in the ceiling, to the four cor
ners of the room.
All varieties of strange and
weird characters were repre
sented by the students in cos
tume. Strangest of all was a
girl with balloons all over her
which completely covered her
identity.
Bids Asked to Alter
Elmendorf Building
Bids are asked for an esti
mated $25,000 project to alter
a building located on Elmen
dorf Air Force Base. Alaska.
Sealed competitive bids will
be opened for the work by the
U. S. Army Engineer District,
Alaska and as stated in the
Invitation for Bids. A building
formerly used as a hobby shop
will be altered for use in test
ing of engines. The work to be
performed will include replac
ing the existing transformer
substation, installing special
purpose 208 and 416 volt out
lets, including necessary revi
sions to the existing panel
board. Items removed and not
reused will be salvaged.
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First prize of a season bas
ketball ticket each went to
Terry Beal, as Little Bo Peep,
and Jackie Mclntire, in an Or
iental costume. Second places
went to Stan Smith, dressed in
a formal and wig, and Tacey
Nelson who was a “Mammy”.
The annual Future Farmers
of America banquet and Green
horn initiation was held Thurs
day night at the Elks Hall. Rick
Pettit spoke about his trip to
the FFA convention in Kansas
City, Missouri. Greenhorns in
itiated were Steve McKinley,
Bobby Burnham, Terry Beal,
and Terry Hollembaek.
Boys from the Wasilla chap
ter of the FFA attended and
gave a report on the progress
of their group.
Norman Rousey provided en
tertainment with his guitar and
nany songs.
Highway Open
In cooperation with the De
partment of Fish and Game,
I the Alaska Department of
Highways has announced that
an attempt to keep the Taylor
Highway open until Novem
ber 1 will be made to allow
hunters in the area.
The Taylor is usually closed
early in October, according to
Sam E. Johnson, State Main
tenance Engineer.
Johnson cautioned hunters
going into the area to beware
of possible severe storms which
may strand hunting parties this
time of the year. Every attempt
will be made to maintain the
road during the game harvest,
he said, but sudden storms
may occur.
The Department of Fish and
Game also requested that the
Denali Highway be reopened,
but due to heavy snowfalls and
drifting snow it will remain
closed until spring.
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except one. Why not go there!
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