Social S
ecurlty
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
QI ESTION: I am receiving
benefits for three of mv child
ren under age 18. Last year the
oldest one fished during the
summer. I beleive he earned
about $12/5. Is it necessary for
trie to file a formal report of
these earnings?
ANSWER: Yes it is. The law
requires you to file an annual
report of his earnings before
April 15 of this year.
QUESTION: Did the So
cial Security tax rate go up
this year’
ANSWER: Yes. If you work
as an employee, both you and
your employer must pay a tax
(f 5/8 percent of the first S4800
you earn. If you are a self-em
pioyed person, the amount you
must pay is 5.4 percent of the
f.rst $4800 of your net profit.
QUESTION: My father work
ed for me all last year on my
fishing boat. Do I have to pay
the Social Security tax on the
wages I paid him?
ANSWER: Yes. Since 1961,
work done by a parent for a
son or daughter in a trade or
business has been covered by
social security. Therefore, you
are required to report the wag
es your father earned last year
and pay the required social se
curity tax.
QUESTION: My wife and I
nad an argument about Social
Security. We are both 64 and
have no children. I have retir
ed and intend to apply for my
social security benefits. My
wife says that if I do this it will
force her to take a reduction in
ner wife's benefits which she
doesn't want to do. Would you
please clarify this for us?
ANSWER: If your wife fil
es for her benefits now they
will be reduced. However, she
doesn't have to file an appli
cation simply because you do
so. She can wait until she is 65
and qualify for a full one-half
of your unreduced amount. I
suggest that you and your wife
check with your Juneau Social
security office for more detail
ed information regarding this
matter.
For more information about
Social Security: Write to t he
Social Security Administra
tion. Box 1331, Juneau, Alas
ka.
H e ws From —
Sutton - Eska - Alpine
By Sally Norris
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Bersaw
were pleasantly surprised Sat
urday evening, April 27, when
approximately 100 friends
honored them on their 25th
wedding anniversary. On the
hoax of a family dinner at
Williwaw Lodge, their daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Lohr of Anchor
age, escorted them to the Al
pine Civic Club hall where
everyone was waiting to greet
them!
After a delicious supper pre
pared by friends and the wed
ding cake baked and decorated
by Mrs. Lohr, gifts of silver,
luggage, lamp and a swivel
rocker were presented to the
couple. Dancing to music pro
vided by Emil and Don Weg
gner lasted until the wee
hours.
Besides the host of friends
from Sutton and Palmer, those
attending from Anchorage
were the Lohr children, Kristin
and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Headley, Mr. and Mrs. A1
Clemenson, Mrs. Leif Kjostad,
Mother’s Day
Ceremony Planned
The annual Mother’s Day
Procession at St. Michael's
Catholic Church in Palmer will
be held May 12 before the 10:30
mass, with all the children of
the catechism classes from pre
school through seventh grade
joining in the procession and
the crowning of the statue of
the Virgin Mary.
The procession will be led by
the alter boys, Steven Metz
carrying the cross and Mike
Pazaruski and Edwin DePriest
acting as candle bearers. The
other children will follow,
.carrying flowers. The crown
bearer will be Mike Rush, and
Nanette Bouwens will have the
honor of placing the crown on
the statue of the Blessed Vir
gin. Her attendants will be
Sherry Puddicombe. Pat Har
tung, and Janet Hulbert.
“On This Day O Beautiful
Mother” will be sung by the
adult choir.
BOWLERS TO MEET
SUNDAY, MAY 12
The annual meeting of the
Men’s Matanuska Valley Bowl
ing Association will be held
Sunday, May 12, 1963 at 2:00
p.m. in the Rubob Room of the
Palmer Bar.
Election of officers, selection
of tournament manager, and
general business, will be dis
cussed. All bowlers of the city
association are requested to
turn out for this meeting.
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Debra and Mike, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Dale, Mrs. Winston Cle
ments, Mr* and Mrs. Darrell
Wheatley, Mrs. Robert Hirek
ka, Mr. and Mrs. George Bran
che and son, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Slater. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fe
jes and sons, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Soper.
Everyone agreed it was a
wonderful party, especially be
cause it turned out to be such
a complete surprise to the hap
py couple.
Mrs. William Kudlacek and
son. Ivan, left on Friday, May
3, for California, where they
will visit friends and relatives.
Hugh Matheson, superintend
ent of Jonesville, left May 2 for
the states on business.
Leo Sirrela of Anchorage
visited at the Evan Jones Coal
Company on May 2.
* * *
Mr. and .Mrs. Allen Richey of
Anchorage visited at the home
of Mr. ar.a Mrs. Herb Boyle
and family on Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Matheson
of Jonesville spent Tuesday,
April 30. in Anchorage.
Guild to Meet Tuesday
Plans for the new play. “Af
fairs of State,” will be discuss
ed at the May 14 meeting of the
Valley Theatre Guild, to he
held at the Palmer high school
at 8 p.m. Members are asked
to observe the Tuesday date,
meeting nights having been
changed to the second Tuesday
of each month.
“Affairs of State,' a popular
comedy with political overton
es, will be directed by Joyce
Kerttula and Lucy Mick.
The reporter has been asked
to deliver a rather cryptic but
to the point message to Guild
members: “If you haven’t heard
about the party, you’d better
find out.”
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• MARINE HARDWARE & SUPPLIES
• SABRE-CRAFT BOATS
FR 6-3067
Big Lake Marine
Items Asked for Street Auction
Any item with resale value
is needed by the MVCCA and
Matanuska Valley Lions Club
for the street auction to be
held Saturday, May 18 at 1:30
p.m. on Colony Street in down
town Palmer, Mrs. Ralph Kos
losky, chairman has announced.
Proceeds from the auction
will go to support the local
speech and hearing clinic.
Articles for the auction may
Highway accidents in the
U.S. took a record number ol
lives in 1962. About 40.500 peo
ple died on the nations high
1 ways last year, and more tnar
3.345,000 were injured.
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Palmer, or at the quonset hut !
1 next to the fire station in Was
j ilia on Fridays, Saturdays, and
Mondays.
Arrangements to have items
picked up may be made by call
1 ing Mrs. Koslosky at PI 5-3944.
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the nation s highways to a new
—and tragic—auto death rei -
ord which for the first time ex
ceeded 40,000 fatalities. The
previous high was set in 1941
when 39,969 persons lost their
lives on the highways.
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