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TO COVE* TftRH WORKERS IN ALASKA
The amendments to the Social
Security Act which President
Eisenhower signed into law *»i
September 1. 1954, are of partk u
lar importance to both farm op
erators and farm workers in Al
aska, James G. Browne, manager
of the Juneau Social Security Dis
trict office, said today.
The new law extends social se
curity protection to almost all
farm families after thisjyear. Na
tionwide. about 3,600,000 self
employed farm operators will be
covered for the first time in much
the same way as other self-em
ployed persons already under the
program. Approxiately 2,100,000
more hired farm workers will
start building old-age and sur
vivors insurance protection for
themselves and their families on
January 1, 1955.
This means that by the time
they have wrorked through two
more crop years, elderly farm
people may be insured, so that
they can receive monthly social
security checks after age 65. A
farmer's family will be protected,
too, so that if he should die, at
any age. the widow and young
children would receive monthly
payments. For a retired farmer
and his wife, the payments will
be from $45 to almost $163 a
month, depending upon his earn
ings, while the family of an in
sured worker who dies will re
ceive from $45 to $200 a month.
The amended law does away
with the complicated “regularly
employed” test whereby a work
er had to be continuously employ
ed by a farm operator before his
work started to count tow’ard so
cial security. Also eliminated is
the provision that he must then
be employed by the same farm
operator on a full-time basis for
at least 60 days during the fol
lowing quarter. The amended
law replaces this test with the
requirement that, beginning Janu
ary 1, 1955, an agricultural em
ployee will be covered by social
security in any calendar year in
which he is paid as much as $160
in cash by one farm employer.
While this amendment to the
Social Security Act will bring
coverage t® many more farm
workers, Id? new law dttes not
-.over the most intermittent or
\ ,t-tira<t workers, and does not
impose on the farm employer the
burden of reporting small amounts
of wages. However, the farm op
erator who employs farm help
will have an obligation to report
the employee’s covered wages and
remit the social security (two per
cent deducted from the worker’s
cash wages: two percent contri
buted by the farm operator.) The
farmer will send the report and
the taxes for his employee to
the District Director of Internal
Revenue.
Mr. Browne pointed out that
the farm operator will earn social
security credits in the same way
■is all other selt-employed people
who are under the program, with \
| one notable exception. For farm
j operators whose gross income is j
less than Si,800 in a year, there
is a special simplified reporting
procedure. The farm operator will
. report his income for social se
; curity and pay his first social se
j curity self-employment tax on
his 1955 earnings. The social se
! curity tax is a three percent tax
which is due, with the social se- !
j curity income report, at the same
i time the farmer pays his income j
i tax. This date is April 15. 1956.
. Given coverage for the first j
j :'me as of January 1, 1955 are
cotton-gin workers. They will
earn social security credit in the
; same way as other agricultural
; employees when they are paid
j Si00 in a year by an employer.
As heretofore, Mexican contract
; workers, and workers in the pro
; duction of gun naval stores (tur
pentine) do not have coverage.
Farm operators and workers
who have never been in employ
ment or self-employment covered
| by social security and have never
had a social security account
card, or have lost their card,
should get in touch with the So
cial Security District Office, Jun
eau. The social security office in
: Anchorage is at 213 Loussac
| Sogn Building. If it is not con
venient for a farmer or farm
; worker to visit that office, he can
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1 HOMEMAKERS CLUB
j NOTES 1
H'ppy Valley QuTs
The Happy Valley Hometnak
fc;-c' club held its regular meeting
at the home of Mrs. Marvel
Woods on Wednesday, October 13.
There were 12 members present
and three guests, of which two
later joined the club.
Mrs. Smith gave an interesting
report on the talk by Mrs. Lydia
Ann Lynde. Plans were made for
the Achievement Day program
and Christmas workshop.
Following the business meeting
lovely refreshments were served
by the hostess.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Louise De
Priest on November 10 at 1:30
D.m.
Palmasilla Club
On Tuesday evening, October
13, the Palmasilla Homemakers’
club met at the interesting, new
home of Mrs. Charles Schaefer.
Plans for the annual Achievement
Day were discussed.
The hostess very capably led
a discussion on “Family Life”
that was previously given by Mrs.
Lydia Ann Lynde, family life
specialist from Washington, D. C.
Following this discussion, a de
licious lunch was served by the
hostess.
Cheecbako Club
The regular meeting of the
Cheechako Homemakers’ club
was held at the home of Mrs.
Billie DeJulio on October 11 with
15 members attending.
Refreshments were served fol
lowing the business session, with
Mrs. Ruth Zimowske and Mrs.
Claire Whetstone assisting the
hostess.
The November 8 meeting will
be at the home of Mrs. Claire
Whetstone.
get an application blank at the
post office and mail it to the
above address.
The official nine-color map ot
he United States, authorized by
the Bureau of Land Management
is 5 by 7 feet and is on sale for
$4.00 from the Superintendent of
Documents, Washington 25, D.C.
Square Dance Program'
To Open for Season
Swing your partner! Everyone j
is invited to attend an evening of
square dancing to be held at
Moose Hall Friday evening. Octo
ber 22, beginning at 8:30 p.m. j
The Square Dance club of Pal
mer is planning square dances for 1
each second and fourth Friday of
the month through the winter
evenings. Any and all interested
persons are invited to attend for
an evening of fun. An offering
is collected to defray the expen
ses. other than that, there is no
admission charge.
TRUMPETER SWANS
GAINING IN
SURVIVAL FIGHT
The rare trumpeter swans,
nearly extinct in this country 50
years ago, now show a population
of 642 birds, the Fish and Wild
life Service announced this week.
This year’s annual census, con
ducted recently by the Service
and the National Park Service,
shows a gain of 65 over last year’s
count of 577.
Federal refuges and parks
sheltering the species accounted
! for the majority of this year’s
swans. In national wildlife re
fuges in Montana 250 birds were
found and national parks in Wyo
ming sheltered 99.
Only recently, trumpeter swans
were reportedly heard by a local
man while visiting several miles
up the Glenn Highway.
The swans were given limited
Federal assistance in 1907, when
small flocks were discovered at
Red Lakes and Yellowstone Park,
and preliminary restoration ef
forts were launched. Federal pro
tection by a law, which imposed
penalties, became effective in
1924. In 1935 Red Rock Lakes re
fuge was established and the pro
tection program was stepped up.
Only 73 trumpeters were account
ed for at that time.
Shale-oil reserves in north
western Colorado are estimated
by the Bureau of Mines at nearly
500,000,000,000 barrels, 18 times
the proved petroleum reserves ir
the United States.
Road Commission
Asks Land Withdrawals
The Alaska Road Commission,
an agency of the Department of
the Interior, has requested a
withdrawal from the Public Do- •
main cf approximately five acres !
of land rear Mile Post 270.6 of j
the Glenn Highway (Mile Post 64 )
Tok Cut-off) near Porcupine i
Creek and a request for with- ;
drawal from the Public Domain ■
of approximately five acres of i
land located upon the Richardson !
Highway near Stewart Creek at
approximately Mile Post 47.
A. F. Ghiglione. commissioner
i of roads for Alaska, states that
! the land area to be withdrawn
| near- Porcupine Creek will be us
I ed by the ARC as a permanent
i camp for purposes of construc
j ticn and maintenance of a por
I tion or segment of the Glenn
Highway, and will be designat
ed as the Porcunino Creek Camp.
The second camp, to be desig
nated as the Richardson Highway
47-mile Camp, will be used for
purposes of construction and
maintenance of a portion or seg
Sorority Plans
Hallowe’en Party
Members of Theta Chapter,
Beta Sigma Phi will hold a Hal
lowe’en party on Monday night
November 1. The program will
begin r.l the regular meeting time
of 8 p.m. and will be held in
the Extension Service craft
room. Following the party a cul
tural program will be held.
During the October 18 meeting,
held at the home of Norma
Richie, Lee Ehrardt and Ann
Woodruff capably presented the
cultural program and led the dis
cussion period which followed.
ment of the Richardson TP
by the Road Commission..
Bureau of Reetamation c.,..
struction during the past year a
ded about 3,700,000 acre-feet, ( i'
storage capacity in newr reser
voirs, 240,000 kilowatts of hydro
electric generating capacity, and
700 miles of irrigation canals,
pipelines and laterals.
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Tosfs
Service
Downtown Palmer [
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