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February 12, 1959 (6 pages)

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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. 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None too small. Free estimates. Phone N. C. 288 JACK. WOERNER For Space in This Directory Phone N. C. 36 ae Grass Valley i One geen It-Al” 111 Bennett: Street . Sass. = Nabe, Phone AP The Best In Food CORN UCOPIA . At The National Hotel ‘Nevada oy Calif. 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. WALLACE FOR SENATOR ns FOR EVERY OCCASION COMPLETE WIRE SERVICE _ NEVADA CITY FLORIST Emergency Phone NC 573 230 Commercial Street, Nevada City Phone NC 116 YOUNG National Hotel SELECT NOW FROM NEW SPRING FASHIONS TEEN’S Nevada City ? SCeveseooaoeaonooeee ce Coe. S sD a nse URS able locations for new radio way to doit. WHAT'S 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 —