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E, Duque, whose appointment. as
1959 Heart Fund _was
announced by Dr. Clifford B,
Cherry, president of California] ic,
ees at Heart Association. . Mr.
— of the Ca
and Cement Company.Odd Fellow and Rebekah lohaes
throughout California again this
~ year have volunteered to conduct
the Heart Sunday door-to-door
collections, said Mr, Duque. Directing the lodges’ work are Odd
Fellow and Rebekah State Heart
Sunday committee . co-chairmen. :
John F. Barryman of Bridgeport
and Mrs. Alice M Schultz.
Santa Rosa. .
Nationally, the February’ Rear
Fund drive is headed by Mrs,
Mamie Eisenhower and Dr. Paul
Dudley White. Charles Perry McCormick, ” Baltimore. industrialist
and civic leader, is national campaign chairman,
Television star Jack Benny or
Los Angeles is National Heart
Sunday chairman. . :
“Last . year ‘Californias fund
drive tataled 32,387,013, of which
He
single sources of funds,” Mr. Duque said. “No specific goal has
been set for 1959, but every Californian is so keenly aware of his
stake in finding the cause and
cure for the cardiovascular disease that we should eeally pass
the 1958. total.”
Multiple Schlerosis
Membership Drive
Sacramento Valley. Chapter,
Multiple Schlerosis, is carrying on
a patient survey and membership
driv-, and Louis Lenci, chairman
of the board has requested.-that.
Sacramento Junior Womens Club,
under the direction of Mrs. Jack
R. Redman, conduct the survey.
One of the biggest problems
facing the organization is the
vastness of the area it must reach.
There are 17 counties in Northern
California to be served. They are
Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn,
Lassen Modoc; Nevada, Placer
Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou,
Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba and
Sacramento,
There.are now only 139 patients
on the roll; but it is known that
that there are many more who
have moved jnto the area recently
who have not contacted the chapter. Known patients in Nevada
County number two.
Dr. Prescott Heads Staff
At Tahoe Hospital
At a.recent reorganizational
meeting of the medical staff and
the board of directors of Tahoe}
Forest Hosptial at Truckee, Dr.
Walton Prescott of King’s Beach,
Placer County, and formerly of
Grass Valley, was named chief
of staff at the hospital.
Dr. Prescott . will .be _temembered in this community as he
The fund dhe Yor, research .
into the causes of heart attacks, .
high blood pressure and strokes, .
is headed in California by Ernest
unday was the greatest.
Was associated with Dr. Vernon
Padgett for several years. ©
a snow condition area
gto yl Roce: See
in the winter survival course will
benefit the TOUNE ‘men sahiaads
pating.
Explorers of. this council will
participate in the 1960 Winter .
Olympics and thus: ibe, better. per~.
pared for the e:
a ‘Leaders. who “will attend the
fappointed, or within one year
which ever is earlier. If either
occurred before January 1, 1959,
alapplication may be made until
the end of the current year:The policies will be standard
National Service Life Insurance,
but_will be -non-participating and +
a total disability income provision cannot be.added.
‘For those who died but did not
hhave an opportunity ‘to apply for]
‘insurance, it must-be shown that
the veteran served after April 24,
1951, and was mentally incompe: ‘is scheduled
for March 22 through the 28th,
include John Caldwell, assistant
eng "Bea of Troop Valley; Troop 44, Grass
comLniehg Bill tea Speeing, co
master of Toop 18 of Lincoln, and
Chester B. Ellyson, field. executive and —— meee coordi_ Dr. Tom Rossitta,. ehairman of
the council health and safety
committee, announces that the
third district safety conference
has been held. for the Foothill
District. Al Marino of the Placer
County Health Department and
Foothill District health and safety
chairman, coodinated the program.
All Scout troops and Explorer
posts of the Loomis, Newcastle,
Penryn, Auburn, Foresthill and
Colfax areas were invited to attend this conference. The program started at 1:30 Saturday
afternoon, January 31, at the Auburn Recreation Building. Seven
experts in their field based on
‘the seven safety and health
badges of Scouting conducted the .
various séssions. Instructors. who
vassisted with the= program were
Ed Markovich, marksmanship;
Fred Lagier, public health; Sheriff Bill Scott, safety; Pete Bequette, . automobiling;
Hash, first aid; Paul Sherbina,
personal fitness; AlPardini, fire-manship. The conference was held
from 1 130 to 4:30.
he 8
VW. HOLDS. BUCK STEW
V.F.W. Donner Post No. 1941
held its. annual buck. stew for
Auburn area Boy Scouts and their
dads last Saturday, January 31,
at the Auburn Memorial Hall.
More than 200 Scouts and their
dads were guests of the post and
enjoyed a fine-stew prepared by
members of this group.
Harry Rowe, post commander,
served as host for the affair and
{welcomed the Scouts and their
parents. Francis Lindsay of Loomis gave the invocation. Community singing was led by Bob Fitz.
patrick, Scout executive.
sented a talk and demonstration
on fishing. He held the group
spellbound with his’ explanation,
of skills and techniques in con-.
nection: with the <‘how” and
methods on fly fishing. His climax }
was a 1 display of a mounted brown
trout caught at French Meadows .
Drosha ats ei
Kenneth . } '
Charles Haydon of Auburn pre.
‘tent from a service-connected
disability.
The disability must
curred at the time
from active service, du ‘the
year following establishment of
service-connection, or after release from active service in cases
where connection was not established until after death. The person must have remained incompetent until his. death, and died
before appointment of a guardian or within one year, after, such
appointment.
Such: insurance is ‘payable ‘to
the widow or widower, if living
and unremarried: “to the “child or
children of the insured, if living,
in equal shares; or to the parent
or parents, if living, in equal
sharés.
Service Officer Nolen said this
latter application must be made
within two years ‘after. death of
the veteran or before January. 1,
1961, whichever is later. He offers
his assistance to anyone wishing
to make either application.
New. Step 3 To Help .
Disabled Veterans
“Phree ‘new. steps to help dis‘abled veterans make a smoother.
‘and quicker eomeback to. ‘predic. . UE
tive employment:were announced,
recenlty by the Meters Administration, ‘
One step gives ‘Aisabled veter-.
ans.a “head start” toward rehabilitation by allowing .them to
begin vocational training under
VA’s program forthe disabled
while they are still patients in
VA hospitals.
Another. new step allows veterans to start vocational rehabilitation training even if they can’t
complete it by the termination
date for training established by
law.
However, arrangements must
be made for some. agency other
than VA to pick up where 7”
has to leave off.
ve ocC. W. Cross of Nevada City was
el ORiak Ck VC Geattanet be
‘e6ndition as service-connected. . ,
. ‘Application may be filed with-. go}
in one year after a guardian is . 1959
after restoration to competency, .
release
RW RE LE foe MT
arn ae eepamdemninen gr tats
ec: Bz: aos
will exceed $1,400 a ~Ci
without dependents) or yt if
with dependents).
Many of the affected pensioners mistakenly believe they may
waive part of their Social Securrity benefits and thus bring their
“other income” below the annual
limitations established. for VA
j pension, Mr. Corbitt added.
sion purposes apply to ‘eutebans
and widows of veterans of World
War I, World War, II, and tk>
Korean conflict. They do. NOt Aap. ply to veterans or widows of
veterans of wars before World
War I Mr. Corbitt explained.
He also pointed out that until
the person receiving Social Security has actuall¥: received an
amount equal to the total Social
Security contributions taken from
his salary or wages in the past,
the monthly Social Security payménts do not count as income and
do not have to be reported. +
A disability incurred ‘while
performing extra-hazardous duty
in. the Armed Forces during
peacetime may make .a_ veteran
eligible for the higher “rate of
service-connected disability -compensation from Veterans Administration.
J. Glenn Corbitt, manager of
the VA. Regional Office in San
Francisco, issued the statement
recently,
Otherwise, © he said, VA compensation for a service-connected
disability incurred during peacetime is 80 per cent of the rate
paid. for the same disability suffered during wartime.
The. law provides that the
nee rate is payable for a peare= disability Peepers a: din
So
‘ing such serviedsuner
VA adjudicates
each case on its own merits.
Howevér, Corbitt said, VA may
consider service extrahazarduos
if it is performed under conditions
. recognized as exeeptionally dang¢rous, or if it involves risks beyond those ordinarily encountered
jin routine peacetime duties.
He said typical duties which
may be adjudicated extra-hazardOus include war maneuvers, testing of experimental weapons,
parachute jumps, operation of
aircraft or submarines, deep-sea
diving, and demolition work.
* * @ ¢&
QuestionsAnswers
Q. My wife and I are both veterans, eligible for GI loans.Af we
g0 in together on a real estate
loan for business purposes, would
the amount of VA’s guarantee
be doubled?
A. Yes. On a real estate loan
for a business, the maximum VA
guarantee for an individual veteran is $4,000;; so you and your
wife could get an $8,000 maximum. guarantee. However, VA’s
8uarantee may not exceed 50
per cent of the total loan.
Q. I want to take a college
course ugder the War Orphans
Education Act, but eannot com:
plete it by age 23 since I did not
even become eligible until I was
21, when my father died. May
schooling continue beyond age 23
in my case?
A. Yes. In cases where the veteran-parent dies after a son or
daughter is 18 but. not yet 23,
the eligible orphan has until five
years after the death of the parent to complete school. In no case
may schooling extend beyond the
31st birthday.
Q. Can the proceeds of a GI
insurance policy paid to a beneficiary be attached by creditors?
A. No. Such proceeds are exempted by law from the claims
of creditors. They may not be
seized or attached to pay debts.
Q. I’m a Korean veterax, with
an “RS’ type GI term insurance
policy, which I am going to conpermanent plan insurance as
soon as it is issued?
A. No. You must. hold your
new permanent plan insurance
one year’ before you have the
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vert to one of VA’s permanent .
plans. Can I borrow against my4 pe exception be made in my]
case? ‘
A. Yes: If VA finds it ‘would
be in your best interest to com
mence training before age 18, an
exception could ys! ade,
Q. A neighbi } rs, a blind
veteran, about S make application to VA for a seeing-eye
or guide dog. Who™bears the expensé of. training the veteran to
usé the dog, the. veteran himself
or VA?
A. VA will provide the dog,
ing the vetetans to use it, and!
and also pay the expense of train.
: “WA \pensions are payable to SpanishAmerican War veterans over 62
}years of age, even thoughh they
may not be disabled.Q@. The VA has just declared
my disability. connectedd to my
military service, and I am eligible
to apply for service-disabled Korean veterans insurance. How
soon do I have ot apply?
A. You must make application
within one year from the date
VA found your disability serviceconnected.
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DOING
George 0. Hutchins, your igen Manager in Nevada City
This flying oie. crew is using a helicopter oe find sae
relay towers to Carry. your
calls. Rather than build costly access roads, they airlifted themselves and their heavy radio test: ‘gear into
“rugged, roadless country. In five months they logged _
_ nearly ten thousand air miles and wrapped up a job
which could have taken a year. And flying crews aren’t
the only phone people who work with time-saving equip-__
ment. On every phone job we look for the most economical —