Alaskan Residents To Receive
Increased Social Security Payments
Changes in th" social security
law signed by President Kennedy
on June 30 will directly affect
1,800 residents of Alaska, E. C.
Cummins, manager of the Juneau
Social Security Office said today.
About 1,100 Alaska men between
the ages of 62 and 65 are now eli
gible for social security benefits on
retirement. The Social Security
checks of another 725 Alaskans will
be increased automatically, accord
ng to Cummins.
Under the new provisions, men
can begin collecting benefits at
age 62 if they choose, just as
women have been able to do since
1958. But workers who decide to
take benefits before they are 65
will get less per month than they
Barbecue Beans Go To Picnics
Picnic places are most anywhere1
... a roadside table, the wooded
cove, sandy beach, or yard. Some
times the particular site is chosen
in advance then the menu can be
planned according to cooking facil
ities. Some foods “tote” well in pic
nic hamper or cooler, and readily
take to the heat of an outdoor fire
or indoor range. A perfect ex
ample is canned barbecue beans.
Loved by all... from youngest
eaters to beaming grandparents,
canned barbecue beans find their
way into skillet dishes, casseroles,
and dulled summer salads. In com
bination with meats, cheeses, and
relishes, it’s hard to find a better
' and more colorful dish. And what
travelers they are... all ready to
pick up and go at a moment’s
notice. > I
When you plan your next picnic
include this recipe:
Frank-O Barbecue Beanburgers |
4 frankfurters, cut Into >4-inch slices
% cup chopped onion (
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 cans (1 pound each) barbecue beans
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
6 hamburger buns, split and toasted
Cook frankfurter slices and
onion in butter until frankfurters
are browned and onion is tender.
Add beans and mustard. Heat;
stir often. Serve on buns. Makes
6 open-face sandwiches.
With a crock of summer’s best
vegetables . . . colorful and crisp
for munching . . . chilled water
melon, and iced tea close by, pic
nicking’s a pleasure.
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MAY WE SERVE YOU?
Max’s Drive Inn
The Popular Eating Spot
On Mission Road
We Welcome Our
Old and New Customers
I Drop In For
I A SANDWICH,
I A SNACK OR
I A CUP OF COFFEE
I Open From
7 A.M. 70 MIMIGN7
I Lillian and Buster Richardson
would if they waited until age 65,
Cummins said.
The new amendments raise the
aged widow’s benefit from the pres
ent 75 percent of the husband’s re
tirement benefit to 82.5 percent, a
10 percent increase in individual
benefits beginning in August. In
Alaska, 225 widows over the age of
62 will receive automatic 10 per
cent increases, according to Cum
mins.
An increase of up to $7 in the
minimum old-age, survivors, and
disability insurance benefits is due
beginning with the benefit check
for the month of August, Cummins
said. The present minimum is $33:
the new minimum payment will be
$40. Under the change, about 500
Alaska social security beneficiar
ies now receiving less than $40 a
month, will receive increased pay
ments.
Another change lowers the
amount of work credit required for
old-age and survivors benefits. Un
der the new law a man who reached
65 before 1958 or a woman who
reached 62 before 1958 will need
credit for only a year and a half
of work under social security to
qualify for retirement benefits.
To finance the changes, the
amendments call for an increase in
social security taxes beginning
January 1, 1962. Employees and
employers will each pay an addi
tional one-eighth of one percent on
earnings up to $4,800 a year—a to
tal of three and one-eighth percent
in social security taxes. Self-em
ployed persons will pay 4.7 percent
on net earnings up to $4,800 a year,
instead of the former 4.5 percent
rate.
Cummins said increases in bene
fits for widows and for those get
ting minimum benefits will be
made automatically before the Au
gust checks are mailed early in
September. It will not be necessary,
he said, for these people to contact
the social security office.
Men between 62 and 65 who wish
to retire with reduced benefits,
and older workers who formerly
did not have enough credit for
work under social security to re
ceive benefits, must apply before
their benefits can be started. These
people should get in touch with a
social security representative,
Cummins said. The address of the
social security district office serv
ing Alaska is Room 302 Goldstein
Building, Box 1331, Juneau.
Police Warn
BB Gun Users
Chief of Police Roland Vickery
called attention this week to an or
dinance against shooting guns in
side the City limits.
He stated that parents of chil
dren causing damage with these
guns can be made to pay for same.
Vickery also stated that cars
parked in two meter zones instead
of one will receive two tickets if
both meters show violations. He
warned against taking up two park
ing spaces.
Legal Notice
NOTICE
Property owners along all State
Roads and Highways are required
to obtain a driveway construction
permit, prior to starting construc
tion. This will include re-construc
tion and re-location. Special per
mits are also needed for pipe-line,
power poles and other utilities.
Also, it is noted that private and
contracting concerns have not been
obtaining the necessary permit for
moving oversize, overweight and
off-highway equipment over State
Roads. This permit is given only
by the State Police and/or in some
cases by the Commissioner, State
Dept, of Public Works.
P. H. Stover, Foreman.
Publish: July 7, 14 21 and 28, 1961.
Relatives Visit
Larry Clarks’
Mrs. Hay Clark, Greeley, Ne
braska, and Miss Eileen Clark,
from Seattle, Wash., mother and
sister of Larry Clark, spent two
weeks visiting with the Clarks.
They left Friday for their re
spective homes.
NOTICE
Attention All Masons. The Most
Worshipful Grand Master of Free
and Accepted Masons of Washing
ton, Most Worshipful Brother El
mer C. Huntley, will arrive in Ko
diak on the morning flight at 10:10
A. M. at PNA Terminal on July 8,
1961. He will hold a special meet
ing at 7:30 P. M. on July 8, 1961, at
the Masonic Lodge. 30-2n
SPECIAL NOTICE
The “Kodiak Untouchables,” a mediocre bowling syndicate
made up of such bowlers as Bill Unger, Le Roy Wittich and Wil- |
ton White, have been winning too easily lately. To give them a
real test, the “Kodiak Bootleggers” hereby challenge them to a ;
four-game, no-handicap match.
The “Bootleggers” are a nifty little outfit featuring such
bowlers as Sailor Winston, Stan Nelson and Archie Lewis. Any- *
time two bootleggers and a drinker can’t beat” two mechanics”
and a “car hop” they ought to close all the alleys. THE TIME:
Thursday evening, July 13th, seven o’clock, Elks Bowling Lanes.
P. S.: There will be no special entertainment or solid refresh
ments.
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