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Valley Frontiersman
New Social Security Law Provides
Improved Regulations, Ups Benefits
Many people in the Palme
area will receive highgr socia
security payments beginning
early in October as a result o
the social security amendment:
which President Truman signec
into law last Friday.
James G. Browne, manager o
the Juneau social security office
emphasized that no one needs t<
apply for the increased payments
“The Social Security Administra
tion is already changing the
amounts,” he pointed out. “We ex
pect to get them changed in time
to have them in the mail Octobei
3, the regular delivery date, bui
if in a few cases we don’t mee'
that schedule we’ll send the regu
lar check and make up the dif
ference in a latpr check.”
Mr. Browne pointed out that al
though nearly every family re
ceiving payments would receive
an increase, the additional amoun
would not always be dividec
among all the members of the
family receiving monthly checks
In some cases the entire increase
will go to the retired worker.
Amount of the increase for e
retired worker will range fron
S5.00 to S3.60. with the average
amount S6.00. Where several
members of a family are receiv
ing payments, the total increase
to the "hmilv can be as much as
S18.90. A few benefits now being
paid, and most of those payable
in the future, will be based on
earnings after 1950 instead of
after 1936. The amended law pro
vides a new formula for deter
mining the amount of the pay
ments in these cases. Under it,
a retired worker’s monthly bene
fit would be 55°c of the first S100
of his average monthly earnings
plus 15 percent of the remainder
up to S300.
Beginning September 1, the
new law increased to S75 a month
instead of S50 the amount of
money a beneficiary may earn
and still receive the monthly
benefits. Self-employed people
entitled to old-age and survivors
insurance may receive the pay
ments for each month of the year
if their net earnings the entire
year are not over $900.
The amended law contains a;
provision of special importance
to self-employed people who have
retired or plan to retire during,
1952. Before the passage of thej
amendments their earnings for the
year in which an application was
made could not be used to figure |
their old-age benefits, payments.:
Now, those self-employed people
'who originally applied for bene
fits in 1952 may re-apply at the
close of the taxable year and have
their 1952 earnings used in f igur-;
ing their monthly benefit pay-j
ments. In general, this will in-i
crease the monthly benefit pay
ment to self-employed persons.
A similar change in the law
now permits insured wage earn-!
ers who retire in 1952 to have;
their wages for this year used im
mediately in figuring the amount
of their benefit payments. Here
Tim 1° CaIL.
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’ tofore, it was necessary for them
[ to come back after the end of the
' j year in order to have all of their
: covered wages for 1952 included
> in the computation of the benefit
1 amount.
I Another amendment allows
' beneficiaries aged 75 or over al
(! ready on the rolls to take advant
i age of the higher benefit pay
ments provided under the new
. formula, if they have had at least
. a year and a half of covered work
after 1950.
The amended law allows social
■ security wage credits of S160 for j
each month of active military or
naval service after July 24. 1947.!
This provision is simply an ex
tension of the one which already
gives social security wage credits
to servicemen of World War II
. It applies to service in the armed
forces up to January 1, 1954.
; . Of advantage to the survivors '
of deceased service people is a
provision in the amended law ex
tending the time for claiming a
lump-sum death payment. This
applies to servicemen who die
aboard and are later returned to
the United States for burial or
reburial. Survivors who pay the
burial expenses may now claim
reimbursement up to two years
after the reburial instead of two
years after the serviceman's
death.
Local Eastern Star
Members Invited to
Picnic at Green Acres
Members of the Anchorage
Chapters of Eastern Star. Amar
inth, and Rainbow Girls and their
families are holding a picnic
Sunday, August 3, at Green Acres.
Members and families of the
Palmer Chapter of Eastern Star
are invited to join them there, it
was announced this week. Costjs
three dollars per couple and 75
.cents for children over 12.
Ladies from the Palmer chapter
I will furnish the cakes. All other
food will be furnished by the An
chorage groups.
HOLGER LARSON TO
ADDRESS SPORTSMEN
Holger Larson has asked to
speak at the next regular meet
ing of the Matanuska Valley
Sportsmen’s Association Wednes
day, August 6, it was announced
this week.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
enforcement agent will talk on
FWS fish regulations.
ELKS SCHEDULE
POACHERS' DINNER
Elks will entertain their ladies
and guests at a special “Poach
ers’ Dinner” on Saturday evening,
August 9.
Fresh baked salmon will be the
piece de resistance.
VALLEY
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PALMER, ALASKA
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
July 30-31
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
FRIDAY SATURDAY
August 1-2
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Sat. Mat: 2:00 p.m.
Purple Heart Diary
with
Frances Langford
Ladd Hcdren
Tony Romano
SUNDAY MONDAY
August 3-4
Shov/s: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Sun. Mat: 2:00 p.m.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR j
THURSDAY. JULY 31
MATANUSKA SKI CLUB. Spec
ial meeting, 8 p.m. Joe Gallant
home.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
LAND WITHDRAWAL HEAR
ING. Anchorage.
SQUARE DANCE CLUB, Moose
Hall, 8 p.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
BOY SCOUT CAMP—Meeting
U. P. Church 2 p.m.
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
KIWANIS CLUB. Co-Op Club
room, 12:05 p.m. *
FIELD DAY. Ex Station 10 a.m 1
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5
MASONIC LODGE, Carpenters’
Hall, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUT MEETING, U. P.
Church. 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Co-1
Op Club Room. 7:30 p.m.
MAT. VALLEY SPORTSMAN
CLUB. Club Quarters, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 7
AMERICAN LEGION AND AUX-!
ILIARY. Carpenters’ Hall 8 p.m.
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ittle Leaguers
chin' for Ballgame
o Show Off Uniforms
Now Palmer’s Little Leaguers
e ready to PLAY BALL.
After weeks and weeks of wait
g their baseball equipment and
liforms finally arrived late last ;
jek and the Moose- sponsoredj
ams can hardly wait to demon- j
•ate that the uniforms can do
r their baseball—or vice-versa.
Arrangements for a game in the
ry near future are in progress.
>ach Jack Leek is trying to line
> another Little Leaguer team
the Anchorage-Matanuska Val
r area. *
Meanwhile, all players who or
red baseball shoes are urged
call at Jack Leek’s place to
:k them up. '
Anchorage Travel
Bureau
Uoyd C. Olsen, Owner, Mgr.
Authorized Agent for all
UR — SHIP — RAIL — BUS
No extra charge far our
services
3. O. Box 1673 — Phone 23391 j j
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HIGHEST PRICES PAID
For Cottonwood and Spruce Logs
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RIDE THE CABLE-WAY ACROSS THE RIVER
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For Further Information Inquire
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REMEMBER . . .
For all standard lubrica
tion products. Gates Cold
Rubber Tires; also Gates
Tubes and Batteries.
General Car Repairing, All Models
Tost's Service
Down Town Palmer
AFTER
HIGH SCHOOL
WHAT?
If your boy or girl is going back
lo high school fhis fall, it's time
to think of the years AFTER
graduation.
Will your child face a skilled
competitive world equipped only
for routine tasks? Or will he have
the technique for a highly-paid
career—the techniques only a col
lege education can give? Now is the time to start laying
money aside for college training. Surely there is no better
reason to
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Palmer, Alaska
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DAILY 10 A.M.—3 P.M.
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