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2---Hinton-&apos;News Tues. Feb. 27, 1979 i |" :, .... I 00HiNTON NEWS Published Tuesdays and Thursdays By the Hinton Publishing Corpotibn 210 Second Ave. Hinton. W.Va. 25951 Bob Front, Co-Publisher Jane Front, Co-Publisher Richard Mann, Editor By Carrier 15 Cents Daily USPS A@ISO Subscriptions: By Mail $I0.00 per year u.s. Postal regulations requlr, payment in advance. ond class postage paid at Hinton, W. Va , . ''L I , -- _ The employees of the Chessie System here in Hinton, WV., as well as over other railroad systems, are like one big happy family. If one of the employ- ees becomes sick, or a death occurs in the family, their raft- road friends immediately come to their aid. A paper is made up for this employee, or his family, and everyone contributes to their cause. This financial help • will enable the disabled em - ployee to take care of his family until he is able to return to work. No one in the world has a more bigger heart than a rail- road employee. They also have a wonderful sense of humor, and love to play jokes on one another. Every- one enjoys this way of en- tertainment, and it keeps their morale high during their hours Hinton Around--- ,By john Fa0011coner Comment/Opinion 101st Birthday Coming Soon RECENTLY, 1 WAS invited to make a talk to the Lewisburg Rotary Club at Fort Savannah Inn... For me it was an eniov- "__,. able occassion[ i as I saw many longtime friends, and was the guest of J. Kent Phipps, a remarkably young 87- year-old gentleman. It was also nice seeing such friends as Andy McLaughlin and Dick Ford, but the highlight of my trip was a 30- minute visit with a regal lady and a former prom- inent Hinton resident, Mrs. Bes- sie Harris, who will celebrate her 101st birthday later this year .... I had been looking forward for a long time to a visit with Mrs. Harris whom I rem- ember well when she lived on Summers Street while her hus- band, Baker Harris was sup- erintendent of the C & 0 Rail J way here....Her son, Fred was a close friend of mine from the time we attended kindergarten together, and were friendly riv- als for the affections of several young Hinton gals....Mrs. Harris and my late mother were also close friends from child- hood, and were both music students at a school in what later became the Miller Hotel that was located where the Moose Lodge is today on Sec- ond Avenue, so you see Mrs. Harris and I had common sub- jects to talk about as we turn- ed back the nostalgie clock. XXX .. MRS. HARRIS IS THE ONLY • child of the late J.M. Cardon who was one of Summers early county clerks, a position that he served with distinction for many years when all deeds had to be written by hand when placed in the deed books for permanent records .... Persons who examine the old deed books here today still marvel at his fine handwriting style .... He received his formal education one-room school in Athens that is today Concord College .... Mr. Cardeus' two older brothers .fought in the Civil War, and he ran away to join the Confed- erates at age 14 in the hope that he would meet his brothers, but he never saw them again .... Barger Springs before it was named Bargers was known as Carden Springs as the Carden farm was located there. XXX ..TO SEE MRS. HARRIS today, no one would believe that she is looking forward to her 101st birthday as she is pretty, gentle, stylishly neat and ment- ally alert .... Our conversation was a joy to me as she re- called names and events of years gone by without hesit- ation. She still plays the piano ,as well as she didwhen she was winning gold medals when a young girl in recitals held at the school in the old Miller Hotel building .... I know because my mother always said: "Bess won the gold medals and I got the silver unes"....Mrs. Harris re- called the days soon after her marriage when they lived in the old frame hotel at Quinnimont, that long ago burned to the ground. She had to be carried out of the building wrapped in a blanket. She told me that later they found a four- room miners shack, and moved :in with their young baby, J. Baker Harris, Jr., after spending days paint- ing, cleaning up the frith and dirt of the former occupants of the home. To reach their new home they had to climb I00 .,, steps' xxx .. MRS. HARRIS HAS travelled extensivley and loves to fly. Since her husband was a superintendent she has forgott- en more about the early steam railroading days then anyone living knows today .... Two of her sons, Baker and Fred are deceased, but Warder, her youngest, now lives in Virginia near Washington... We asked Mrs. Harris to what she att- ributed her long and fruit- ful life: "Happiness, love, com- passion, and taking care of myself", was her prompt reply ... Next June 28, Mrs. Harris will celebrate her 101st birthday and she is looking forward to this event as her son, all of her grandchildren and great grand- children plan to visit her on that occassion, some coming from as far away as Hawaii.., Mrs. Harris has many visitors, and she called mrs. S.J. Graham of Hinton, who visit her often, "an angel", and she added that no one could be nicer than Bill Coleman, a former Hinton res- ident who now operates a drug store in Lewisburg....It would- n't be bad living past the century mark if one could be as active, mentally alert and look as well as does Mrs. Bess Harris, a woman who is admir- ed and loved by everyone who knows her. BREAK A BONE t " ¢ ;: •  '. ..... Save the children By JANE GLENN HAAS C,y News Service Some energetic folk jog. Others play racquetball. Some even disco dance at night and ski by day. I don't do any of those, coming from an old school that believes apres ski and the nineteenth hole are far more beneficial to mental health than sweaty armpits and strained muscles. From time to time some enthusiast endeavors to drag me or shame me into full participation in some strenu- ous activity. But I always explain I don't need to partic- ipate. Because no matter what the current exercise rage, I manage to suffer from the side effect. I like to be fash- lunable. When everyone was play. ing tennis, I lifted nary a racket. But I got tennis elbow. When joggers began to bronze their tennis shoes, I took a tumble and gained a football knee. Last week, just as the snow fell to cloak the nearby ski slopes, I slipped and frac- tured my ankle. Some say I'm Just clumsy, uncoordinated. They hint I'm out of shape, which is a per- sonal attack I refuse to acknowledge, even though I haven't seen my waist since somewhere between my sec- ond and third child. Others suggest I'm a glut- ton for punishment, wearing a hair shirt of physical abuse. This, of course, is pure bosh. Were I a glutton.for physical punishment I would abuse my body with bending and siretching. While this might result in finding my waist again, the effort has never seemed worth the reward. Actually, I injure myself for my children. I'm that kind of mother. Always think- ing of my kids. My inJtwles help mold their character. If ! weren't immobile, how would they learn to make a pot roast? Got the permanent press out of the dryer in time? Change the kitty litter? It's the ultimate sacrifice. Sitting in a chair with a leg on a stool knowing that your kids are in the kitchen. And that they will leave the kitch- en looking like the entire Russian army has camped there overnight. Not many mothers are willing to go so far. Not many will really let their kids know where the flour is stored. Not many are willing to makq dinner on hot dogs, peanut butter kisses and Frt- tos. Other mothers chafe when faced with orange peels on the living room carpet. But I know without my sacrifice, my kids would brush their teeth every night, wash behind their ears and eat spinach. This way, they're learning to cope with life. Having to fend for them- selves, they're becoming independent, obnoxious, irrit- able. They've discovered that a Job put off today is still sitting there tomorrow. And that with any luck, it will sit there until morn gets back on her feet. I know, because I have faith in the youth of America, that if they keep having to mop up their own dirty foot- prints, they'll learn to take their boots off outside. I'm proud to make this. sacrifice for the development of their good citizenship. This slight inconvenience of total awkwardness is but a small price to pay. Many are called. Few are chosen. Some are lucky enough to fall down for the Job. Someday, they'll thank me for it. And someday, I'll scrape the,flour off the kitchen cefl- ln, too. of service for the railroad com- pany. All of these assets make a useful employee, and enables he or she to peform good hours of service for their employer. During the late 1960's, when I was working as clerk for the Chessie System here in Hinton, one of my good friends, Mr. David "Dave" McLaughlin, promised to bring me a peck of fresh green beans. He worked in the Car Department of the Chessie System here in Hinton/ and he handled the large mach- inery equipment whenever there was a derailment of the trains. His daily work was re- pairing car equipment on trains entering and leaving Hinton Yard. "Dave" had told me that when he had the time from his work, he would bring me a peck of fresh green beans. So one day at noon, just as I was going home to my lunch, he brought me the peck of beans. He told me, when he was putting the beans in the trunk of my car, that he had taken time to pick the beans, and also gave me a few ears of nice fresh corn. 1 thanked him very much as I was paying him, and told him I sure appreciated his kindness. My family was thrilled to know we were having green beans and fresh corn-on-the-cob for dinner. We opened the bag of green beans, and instead of green beans, there was a full bag of Indian Cigars. My wife opened the bag of fresh corn, and there was a hag of corn cobs! There wasn't one grain of corn on those cobs. We had a big laugh over the joke that "Dave" and the boys. had played on us, but we decid- Tax Information When taxpayers reach age 65, they become eligible for a num- ber of special tax benefits. If you turned 65 in 1978 or even before, the Internal Revenue Set'vice suggest checking out these benefits in your tax in- struction package. One of the benefits for those over 65 is an extra $750 per- sonal exemption. This means that for a single person over age 65 there is no tax on the first $3,700 in taxable income. You would not even have to file a return if you earned less than that amount, unless there was some requirement or benefit that made filing necessary. For a married couple with both over age 65, the figure is $6,200 and if only one of them is over 65, $5,450. If you are over age 65 and sold your personal residence bet- wean January I and July 26, 1978, you will be able to ex- clude some of the profit from the sale from your taxes. If you sold it after July 26, you may be able to exclude even more profit form the sale. These are special breaks if you sell your homeand do not buy or build another within a special period of time. Other benefits include the Tax Credit for the Elderly, which can be as much as $375 for a single person and $.562.50 for married couples friing jointly. The IRS will even compute the credit for you if you file in certain information on Schedule R or RP and include it with Form 1040 when you file. You cannot use the Form 1040A to claim this credit. Some income received during retirement years is non- tax- able, like social security and certain other pensions. How- ever, some pensions are tax- able. Retirees should consider filing Form W-4P with the payer of the pension to have tax withheld from the pension checks. This allows you to avoid making estimated tax pay- menus during the year. For more information on these benefits and other items of interest to older Americans, the IRS has some free public- ations available for the asking. Publication, 554, "Tax Benefits for Older Americans", Public- ation 523, "Tax In/ormation on Selling or Purchasing Your Home," and Publication 524, "Tax Credit for the Edlerly." Don't pile other produce on top of eggplants in the refrigerator. They bruise .emily. R a ilroa din' By' W. E. Dress!er ed not to let on to them that they had played this joke on us. All during the following week he and the boys, who had helped him with the joke, would ask met how our family liked the corn and green beans. I told him that we hadn't eaten them yet, be- cause we already had some corn and beans for dinner, and we had given his corn and beans to my wife's aunt, who had visited us that day. Finally, a week had gone by, and one day I met "Dave" and his boys at thej passenger station. They were! inspecting a train that had just: pulled into the station. There were my friends very anxious to ask me some questions about the corn and green beans. Standing there grinning were Mr. David "Dave" McLaugh- .fin, Mr. J.P. "Jim" Williams, Car Foreman of the Car Depart- ment here at Hinton, and Mr. Pearl "Guinea" Bragg, Car- man. They began to throw the questions at me on how we liked our beans and corn. I started laughing and broke down and told them how they had pulled the joke on our family. They they began to laugh and told me how they had gathered the Indian Cigars and corn cobs to play this joke on me. We four grown men lay on the passenger platform and laughed so much that the tears rolled down our face. Later, "Dave" brought me a large bag of his real fresh green beans. Today, whenever we four meet, also the other railroad men who knew about the joke, they ask me, with a grin on eir face, "Have you had any green beans or corn lately?" About Your Social Security By Carl Stewart The Social Security Act of 1935 did more than just est- ablish social security. The Act also laid the groundwork for the establishment of the Federal Government's social insurance, public assistance, and welfare program. Together, these programs help fulfill the objectives of the Social Security Act: To provide for the material needs of aged persons and their dependents, to protect aged and disabled people from the expenses of illness, to enable families to stay together, and to give child- ren the opportunity to grow up in good health and security. So you see, social security is a large part, but by no means all, of the Federal Government's commitment to people. For the sake of discussion, the Social Security Act can be broken into two groups: the social insurance programs and the public assistance and wel- fare programs. The social insurance pro- grams provide benefits and ser- vices that are generally con- sidered an earned right. That is, in order to be eligible a per- son must have worked in jobs covered by the programs and contributed to the programs, usually through payroll taxes. On the other hand, the public assistance and welfare pro- grams provide a basic stand- ard of living for needy people of any age who, for some reason or another, are unable to provide for themselves. Included under the general heading of social insurance pro- grams are the social security retirement, survivors, and dis- ability insurance programs, the Medicare hospital and medical insurance programs, the black lung benefit program, and the unemployment insurance pro-  gram. Each of these programs provide different benefits and services to workers ( and some- times their dependents) after certain specific conditions are met. Social security, the corner- stone of America's social in- surance programs, pays month- ly benefits to retired workers age 62 or older, to disabled workers at any age, and to dependents of retired or dis- abled workers, and to the sur- vivors of deceased workers. Today, one American in seven- over 33 million-- gets a social security check each month, and more than 9 out of 10 workers are in jobs or self- employ- ment covered by social sec- urity. The Medicare health in- surance program helps people 65 or over ( and some dis- abled people under 65) pay for hospital and medical expenses. The hospital insurance part helps pay for hospital bills and the cost of certain follow- up services. The medical insur- ance part helps pay for doct- ors' services, outpatient hos- pital insurance. Over 95 per- cent of the age 65 and over population are covered by both parts of Medicare. Next on the list of social insurance program is the black lung benefit program. Under this program, monthly benefits are paid to coal miners who are disabled with black lung dis- ease (pneumoconiosis). De- pendents and relatives are also eligible, depending on the cir- cumstances. Finally, the unemployment insurance program provides partial income replacement for a limited period to people who, for various reasons, become unemployed. The States admin- ister this program but must conform to general require- merits in Federal law. As part of the Social Security Act, this program's weekly payments provide previously steadily em- ployed people with an income during difficult times. YMCACamp Camp Programs "February may seem a bit attending camp early to start thinking about second time. summer vacations, but that's well supervised just what the West Virginia- " Ohio YMCA has been doing," ation for many David King, Executive Director ing. RANGER of the Y, said today in ann- ouncing the YMCA's Camp and girls 9 to 11. ] new skills, Horseshoe resident camp pro- individual and grams for 1979. make this a YMCA Camp Horseshoe, the ADVENTURE State YMCA's Camp for West Virginia and Ohio, is located in youth 12 to 15 the beautiful Monongalia Nat- challenge, lanai Forest .... near the hist- safety needed for I and develop. oric hamelt of St. George in CRIPPLED Tucker County. The 1979 camp schedule for boys and girls CAMP, includes: rison County LEADERSHIP SERVICE . pled Children CAMP, sponsored for the 32nd vides a once i year in cooperation with West opportunity for Virginia service clubs, is limit- girls who ed to 160 outstanding high have a camping school youth interested in dev- Last year, between the aget eloping their personal and lead- took part in the ership skills. Horseshoe,"  early indicationJ YOUTH EXPLORE business, economics, and society is a new program in the free enterprise this record will system for high school youth bettered this sponsored in cooperation with YMCA the West Virginia Chamber of Virginia- Ohio Commerce. required for HI-Y TRI-Hi-Y youth leader- Horseshoe. For ship development conference will attract club members and Camp officers from West Virignia, West Virginia- Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. , Box 239, Pt. BUCKAROO CAMP is for or call 304- 675- youngsters 6 to 8 years old Senator Randolph • / Serve One Senator Jennings Randolph, Sen. Quetin chairman of the Senate Envir- which onment and Public Works Cam- development mittee, agreed today to serve as and an active member of three sub- Commission committees dealing with mat- fhe Nuclear ters vital to West Virginia. committee, In previous sessions, research and Randolph had been an ex-officio .issues of member of all six subcom- ma mittees, but did not vote on nation's proposed legislation at the sub- source. committee level. With today's In the 96th Congress, Rand- the olph will serve on the Trails- composed of portation Subcommittee, chair- and six ed by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D- Randolph TX), which was jurisdiction over highway construction. He mittee, SenatorS also will serve on the Rag- of South lanai and Community Develop- pson of ment Subcommittee, chaired by HOTICE All inpatient & accounts for D.W. Ritter, now due. They can be his office between the 9am-Hoon. "SUBTRACT" THOSE GATHERING VOUR WITH" A CLASSIFIEP in the Hinton N call 466- 0005 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to i 2---Hinton-'News Tues. Feb. 27, 1979 i |" :, .... I 00HiNTON NEWS Published Tuesdays and Thursdays By the Hinton Publishing Corpotibn 210 Second Ave. Hinton. W.Va. 25951 Bob Front, Co-Publisher Jane Front, Co-Publisher Richard Mann, Editor By Carrier 15 Cents Daily USPS A@ISO Subscriptions: By Mail $I0.00 per year u.s. Postal regulations requlr, payment in advance. ond class postage paid at Hinton, W. Va , . ''L I , -- _ The employees of the Chessie System here in Hinton, WV., as well as over other railroad systems, are like one big happy family. If one of the employ- ees becomes sick, or a death occurs in the family, their raft- road friends immediately come to their aid. A paper is made up for this employee, or his family, and everyone contributes to their cause. This financial help • will enable the disabled em - ployee to take care of his family until he is able to return to work. No one in the world has a more bigger heart than a rail- road employee. They also have a wonderful sense of humor, and love to play jokes on one another. Every- one enjoys this way of en- tertainment, and it keeps their morale high during their hours Hinton Around--- ,By john Fa0011coner Comment/Opinion 101st Birthday Coming Soon RECENTLY, 1 WAS invited to make a talk to the Lewisburg Rotary Club at Fort Savannah Inn... For me it was an eniov- "__,. able occassion[ i as I saw many longtime friends, and was the guest of J. Kent Phipps, a remarkably young 87- year-old gentleman. It was also nice seeing such friends as Andy McLaughlin and Dick Ford, but the highlight of my trip was a 30- minute visit with a regal lady and a former prom- inent Hinton resident, Mrs. Bes- sie Harris, who will celebrate her 101st birthday later this year .... I had been looking forward for a long time to a visit with Mrs. Harris whom I rem- ember well when she lived on Summers Street while her hus- band, Baker Harris was sup- erintendent of the C & 0 Rail J way here....Her son, Fred was a close friend of mine from the time we attended kindergarten together, and were friendly riv- als for the affections of several young Hinton gals....Mrs. Harris and my late mother were also close friends from child- hood, and were both music students at a school in what later became the Miller Hotel that was located where the Moose Lodge is today on Sec- ond Avenue, so you see Mrs. Harris and I had common sub- jects to talk about as we turn- ed back the nostalgie clock. XXX .. MRS. HARRIS IS THE ONLY • child of the late J.M. Cardon who was one of Summers early county clerks, a position that he served with distinction for many years when all deeds had to be written by hand when placed in the deed books for permanent records .... Persons who examine the old deed books here today still marvel at his fine handwriting style .... He received his formal education one-room school in Athens that is today Concord College .... Mr. Cardeus' two older brothers .fought in the Civil War, and he ran away to join the Confed- erates at age 14 in the hope that he would meet his brothers, but he never saw them again .... Barger Springs before it was named Bargers was known as Carden Springs as the Carden farm was located there. XXX ..TO SEE MRS. HARRIS today, no one would believe that she is looking forward to her 101st birthday as she is pretty, gentle, stylishly neat and ment- ally alert .... Our conversation was a joy to me as she re- called names and events of years gone by without hesit- ation. She still plays the piano ,as well as she didwhen she was winning gold medals when a young girl in recitals held at the school in the old Miller Hotel building .... I know because my mother always said: "Bess won the gold medals and I got the silver unes"....Mrs. Harris re- called the days soon after her marriage when they lived in the old frame hotel at Quinnimont, that long ago burned to the ground. She had to be carried out of the building wrapped in a blanket. She told me that later they found a four- room miners shack, and moved :in with their young baby, J. Baker Harris, Jr., after spending days paint- ing, cleaning up the frith and dirt of the former occupants of the home. To reach their new home they had to climb I00 .,, steps' xxx .. MRS. HARRIS HAS travelled extensivley and loves to fly. Since her husband was a superintendent she has forgott- en more about the early steam railroading days then anyone living knows today .... Two of her sons, Baker and Fred are deceased, but Warder, her youngest, now lives in Virginia near Washington... We asked Mrs. Harris to what she att- ributed her long and fruit- ful life: "Happiness, love, com- passion, and taking care of myself", was her prompt reply ... Next June 28, Mrs. Harris will celebrate her 101st birthday and she is looking forward to this event as her son, all of her grandchildren and great grand- children plan to visit her on that occassion, some coming from as far away as Hawaii.., Mrs. Harris has many visitors, and she called mrs. S.J. Graham of Hinton, who visit her often, "an angel", and she added that no one could be nicer than Bill Coleman, a former Hinton res- ident who now operates a drug store in Lewisburg....It would- n't be bad living past the century mark if one could be as active, mentally alert and look as well as does Mrs. Bess Harris, a woman who is admir- ed and loved by everyone who knows her. BREAK A BONE t " ¢ ;: •  '. ..... Save the children By JANE GLENN HAAS C,y News Service Some energetic folk jog. Others play racquetball. Some even disco dance at night and ski by day. I don't do any of those, coming from an old school that believes apres ski and the nineteenth hole are far more beneficial to mental health than sweaty armpits and strained muscles. From time to time some enthusiast endeavors to drag me or shame me into full participation in some strenu- ous activity. But I always explain I don't need to partic- ipate. Because no matter what the current exercise rage, I manage to suffer from the side effect. I like to be fash- lunable. When everyone was play. ing tennis, I lifted nary a racket. But I got tennis elbow. When joggers began to bronze their tennis shoes, I took a tumble and gained a football knee. Last week, just as the snow fell to cloak the nearby ski slopes, I slipped and frac- tured my ankle. Some say I'm Just clumsy, uncoordinated. They hint I'm out of shape, which is a per- sonal attack I refuse to acknowledge, even though I haven't seen my waist since somewhere between my sec- ond and third child. Others suggest I'm a glut- ton for punishment, wearing a hair shirt of physical abuse. This, of course, is pure bosh. Were I a glutton.for physical punishment I would abuse my body with bending and siretching. While this might result in finding my waist again, the effort has never seemed worth the reward. Actually, I injure myself for my children. I'm that kind of mother. Always think- ing of my kids. My inJtwles help mold their character. If ! weren't immobile, how would they learn to make a pot roast? Got the permanent press out of the dryer in time? Change the kitty litter? It's the ultimate sacrifice. Sitting in a chair with a leg on a stool knowing that your kids are in the kitchen. And that they will leave the kitch- en looking like the entire Russian army has camped there overnight. Not many mothers are willing to go so far. Not many will really let their kids know where the flour is stored. Not many are willing to makq dinner on hot dogs, peanut butter kisses and Frt- tos. Other mothers chafe when faced with orange peels on the living room carpet. But I know without my sacrifice, my kids would brush their teeth every night, wash behind their ears and eat spinach. This way, they're learning to cope with life. Having to fend for them- selves, they're becoming independent, obnoxious, irrit- able. They've discovered that a Job put off today is still sitting there tomorrow. And that with any luck, it will sit there until morn gets back on her feet. I know, because I have faith in the youth of America, that if they keep having to mop up their own dirty foot- prints, they'll learn to take their boots off outside. I'm proud to make this. sacrifice for the development of their good citizenship. This slight inconvenience of total awkwardness is but a small price to pay. Many are called. Few are chosen. Some are lucky enough to fall down for the Job. Someday, they'll thank me for it. And someday, I'll scrape the,flour off the kitchen cefl- ln, too. of service for the railroad com- pany. All of these assets make a useful employee, and enables he or she to peform good hours of service for their employer. During the late 1960's, when I was working as clerk for the Chessie System here in Hinton, one of my good friends, Mr. David "Dave" McLaughlin, promised to bring me a peck of fresh green beans. He worked in the Car Department of the Chessie System here in Hinton/ and he handled the large mach- inery equipment whenever there was a derailment of the trains. His daily work was re- pairing car equipment on trains entering and leaving Hinton Yard. "Dave" had told me that when he had the time from his work, he would bring me a peck of fresh green beans. So one day at noon, just as I was going home to my lunch, he brought me the peck of beans. He told me, when he was putting the beans in the trunk of my car, that he had taken time to pick the beans, and also gave me a few ears of nice fresh corn. 1 thanked him very much as I was paying him, and told him I sure appreciated his kindness. My family was thrilled to know we were having green beans and fresh corn-on-the-cob for dinner. We opened the bag of green beans, and instead of green beans, there was a full bag of Indian Cigars. My wife opened the bag of fresh corn, and there was a hag of corn cobs! There wasn't one grain of corn on those cobs. We had a big laugh over the joke that "Dave" and the boys. had played on us, but we decid- Tax Information When taxpayers reach age 65, they become eligible for a num- ber of special tax benefits. If you turned 65 in 1978 or even before, the Internal Revenue Set'vice suggest checking out these benefits in your tax in- struction package. One of the benefits for those over 65 is an extra $750 per- sonal exemption. This means that for a single person over age 65 there is no tax on the first $3,700 in taxable income. You would not even have to file a return if you earned less than that amount, unless there was some requirement or benefit that made filing necessary. For a married couple with both over age 65, the figure is $6,200 and if only one of them is over 65, $5,450. If you are over age 65 and sold your personal residence bet- wean January I and July 26, 1978, you will be able to ex- clude some of the profit from the sale from your taxes. If you sold it after July 26, you may be able to exclude even more profit form the sale. These are special breaks if you sell your homeand do not buy or build another within a special period of time. Other benefits include the Tax Credit for the Elderly, which can be as much as $375 for a single person and $.562.50 for married couples friing jointly. The IRS will even compute the credit for you if you file in certain information on Schedule R or RP and include it with Form 1040 when you file. You cannot use the Form 1040A to claim this credit. Some income received during retirement years is non- tax- able, like social security and certain other pensions. How- ever, some pensions are tax- able. Retirees should consider filing Form W-4P with the payer of the pension to have tax withheld from the pension checks. This allows you to avoid making estimated tax pay- menus during the year. For more information on these benefits and other items of interest to older Americans, the IRS has some free public- ations available for the asking. Publication, 554, "Tax Benefits for Older Americans", Public- ation 523, "Tax In/ormation on Selling or Purchasing Your Home," and Publication 524, "Tax Credit for the Edlerly." Don't pile other produce on top of eggplants in the refrigerator. They bruise .emily. R a ilroa din' By' W. E. Dress!er ed not to let on to them that they had played this joke on us. All during the following week he and the boys, who had helped him with the joke, would ask met how our family liked the corn and green beans. I told him that we hadn't eaten them yet, be- cause we already had some corn and beans for dinner, and we had given his corn and beans to my wife's aunt, who had visited us that day. Finally, a week had gone by, and one day I met "Dave" and his boys at thej passenger station. They were! inspecting a train that had just: pulled into the station. There were my friends very anxious to ask me some questions about the corn and green beans. Standing there grinning were Mr. David "Dave" McLaugh- .fin, Mr. J.P. "Jim" Williams, Car Foreman of the Car Depart- ment here at Hinton, and Mr. Pearl "Guinea" Bragg, Car- man. They began to throw the questions at me on how we liked our beans and corn. I started laughing and broke down and told them how they had pulled the joke on our family. They they began to laugh and told me how they had gathered the Indian Cigars and corn cobs to play this joke on me. We four grown men lay on the passenger platform and laughed so much that the tears rolled down our face. Later, "Dave" brought me a large bag of his real fresh green beans. Today, whenever we four meet, also the other railroad men who knew about the joke, they ask me, with a grin on eir face, "Have you had any green beans or corn lately?" About Your Social Security By Carl Stewart The Social Security Act of 1935 did more than just est- ablish social security. The Act also laid the groundwork for the establishment of the Federal Government's social insurance, public assistance, and welfare program. Together, these programs help fulfill the objectives of the Social Security Act: To provide for the material needs of aged persons and their dependents, to protect aged and disabled people from the expenses of illness, to enable families to stay together, and to give child- ren the opportunity to grow up in good health and security. So you see, social security is a large part, but by no means all, of the Federal Government's commitment to people. For the sake of discussion, the Social Security Act can be broken into two groups: the social insurance programs and the public assistance and wel- fare programs. The social insurance pro- grams provide benefits and ser- vices that are generally con- sidered an earned right. That is, in order to be eligible a per- son must have worked in jobs covered by the programs and contributed to the programs, usually through payroll taxes. On the other hand, the public assistance and welfare pro- grams provide a basic stand- ard of living for needy people of any age who, for some reason or another, are unable to provide for themselves. Included under the general heading of social insurance pro- grams are the social security retirement, survivors, and dis- ability insurance programs, the Medicare hospital and medical insurance programs, the black lung benefit program, and the unemployment insurance pro-  gram. Each of these programs provide different benefits and services to workers ( and some- times their dependents) after certain specific conditions are met. Social security, the corner- stone of America's social in- surance programs, pays month- ly benefits to retired workers age 62 or older, to disabled workers at any age, and to dependents of retired or dis- abled workers, and to the sur- vivors of deceased workers. Today, one American in seven- over 33 million-- gets a social security check each month, and more than 9 out of 10 workers are in jobs or self- employ- ment covered by social sec- urity. The Medicare health in- surance program helps people 65 or over ( and some dis- abled people under 65) pay for hospital and medical expenses. The hospital insurance part helps pay for hospital bills and the cost of certain follow- up services. The medical insur- ance part helps pay for doct- ors' services, outpatient hos- pital insurance. Over 95 per- cent of the age 65 and over population are covered by both parts of Medicare. Next on the list of social insurance program is the black lung benefit program. Under this program, monthly benefits are paid to coal miners who are disabled with black lung dis- ease (pneumoconiosis). De- pendents and relatives are also eligible, depending on the cir- cumstances. Finally, the unemployment insurance program provides partial income replacement for a limited period to people who, for various reasons, become unemployed. The States admin- ister this program but must conform to general require- merits in Federal law. As part of the Social Security Act, this program's weekly payments provide previously steadily em- ployed people with an income during difficult times. YMCACamp Camp Programs "February may seem a bit attending camp early to start thinking about second time. summer vacations, but that's well supervised just what the West Virginia- " Ohio YMCA has been doing," ation for many David King, Executive Director ing. RANGER of the Y, said today in ann- ouncing the YMCA's Camp and girls 9 to 11. ] new skills, Horseshoe resident camp pro- individual and grams for 1979. make this a YMCA Camp Horseshoe, the ADVENTURE State YMCA's Camp for West Virginia and Ohio, is located in youth 12 to 15 the beautiful Monongalia Nat- challenge, lanai Forest .... near the hist- safety needed for I and develop. oric hamelt of St. George in CRIPPLED Tucker County. The 1979 camp schedule for boys and girls CAMP, includes: rison County LEADERSHIP SERVICE . pled Children CAMP, sponsored for the 32nd vides a once i year in cooperation with West opportunity for Virginia service clubs, is limit- girls who ed to 160 outstanding high have a camping school youth interested in dev- Last year, between the aget eloping their personal and lead- took part in the ership skills. Horseshoe,"  early indicationJ YOUTH EXPLORE business, economics, and society is a new program in the free enterprise this record will system for high school youth bettered this sponsored in cooperation with YMCA the West Virginia Chamber of Virginia- Ohio Commerce. required for HI-Y TRI-Hi-Y youth leader- Horseshoe. For ship development conference will attract club members and Camp officers from West Virignia, West Virginia- Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. , Box 239, Pt. BUCKAROO CAMP is for or call 304- 675- youngsters 6 to 8 years old Senator Randolph • / Serve One Senator Jennings Randolph, Sen. Quetin chairman of the Senate Envir- which onment and Public Works Cam- development mittee, agreed today to serve as and an active member of three sub- Commission committees dealing with mat- fhe Nuclear ters vital to West Virginia. committee, In previous sessions, research and Randolph had been an ex-officio .issues of member of all six subcom- ma mittees, but did not vote on nation's proposed legislation at the sub- source. committee level. With today's In the 96th Congress, Rand- the olph will serve on the Trails- composed of portation Subcommittee, chair- and six ed by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D- Randolph TX), which was jurisdiction over highway construction. He mittee, SenatorS also will serve on the Rag- of South lanai and Community Develop- pson of ment Subcommittee, chaired by HOTICE All inpatient & accounts for D.W. Ritter, now due. They can be his office between the 9am-Hoon. "SUBTRACT" THOSE GATHERING VOUR WITH" A CLASSIFIEP in the Hinton N call 466- 0005 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to i 2--Hifitoa'Nvws Tues, Feb. 27, 1979 INTON NEWS -" Published Tuesdsys stnd Thulsdsy| Bythe HIntm PubLLIhlng Cet't tiea 210 Second Ave. Htston, W,Va. 251 Bob Front. Co-Publisher Jane Front, Co-Publisher Richard Mann, Editor Um no-me iy Carr SubserJptten*: 15 Cents Dally By Mall $lo.00 per year Second class postage paid et tltnton, W. Vaj Hinton Around-- ,By John Faulconer Comment/Opinion lOIst Birthday Coming Soon ante anl i MRS tlARRIS .As fardtnralongtimetoavieit BF,',  ON]: ,lm M harm vlom I - ................ '' Solve ............ the children band, k rr w lup- ertntdent of the C & o Ratl sy JANZ  ! lt nmonel how way here...l , IPrd w a GLENN HAAS would they le to make a cl frtd of mine fm the tley N 8m'tl pot roast? Get the potent  t of the y in time we attded kindergan together andftmdlyrlv- Some enerael folk jog tmle?ChangethekiRyRtter? MS for the affectloM of a OtherJ play racquetball. It's the ttmale ertfl yog Hltdnn galL..Mrs Some n disco d at Sitting in a chair with a leg Harris and my late mother  t d akl by day, m a bl ko¢og that y also cl frlda from ¢1111d- ] don't de y of the, kl  tn file kltchen And hood, and w beth mile mtn 8 kom  old scbuel that they wgl teave the kRch. students at a acheel in what tiler beltes ap ski d  looking nke the ettre later became the Ill ItoteL the teenth hole a f RuSman amy fl camped that w tated where the , m beaeflelt2 to mental there Jght M hedge iz today on Sac- healm man eaty plts Not many mothers nnd Av,  you  Mrs Imdtml wililngtogo t NOtmy From time to time me willallylet tlteirkldslmow Harris d i had mm anb- UlUmd t dea tO drag whe the fl IS stoned. jocts to talk about  we t- me  utme me Into full Not ny   to ed back the nxgte ©Jk. participation tn  stenw kf dinner on hot dogs, activity. But I idways peanut butter  d F- .MRS,ttaRIsm'raZOLV ptnlde'tneetoparu tl ebfld of the Late JIM. carden ipate. Other mothen chafe when who w o of Stwnm ly Beca  tter wt faced wRh orange pee]a on t y nickel n poaltl tiler he the cl ei rage, I the Hying m carpet. : ed with dlst[netlnn for mamlae to ff from the But I know with my manyymwbenalldeedshad tdeeffe llletobefal. criflce, my kids would be written by hand wh lanale brusatt,etr teeUleveryntgt, placed in the deed books for When tyune w play. was behind their e d permant ord... p Ing temils, I URed nary a t lnach. whnminetheolddeedbooks racket. BUt I got tennis llasway, they'Lmgto he today still el at hbs elbew, cope with We, fl handWriling style_. He When )ogA, ers began to received his fl edti benm their tennis re'men, ] Having to td or m- 'hcolLnAthethat Jkatbledgalaeda lves, they're bennmthg footlu kneel independent, obxlo, Irlqt- ts todey Crd Co9e.. Mr. It4 we6t, Juat  the  able. Tly* die.red ttmt T Cardene' t oh br fe to  the nby skJ a job pet off today Is taJll 4etllntlCIvflWar, asldhe slopes, I tllptd and free- erring t/mR tomw And ran away to join the C41fed- tured my ankle, that with y luck, It will tt erat a* age 14 tn the hope that  tty I'm Just elay, there Ul men 8et ek nn he would mt his brothefa, trot ueeerdRmted. They htnt ]*m bet eet. he ver w them itgain.., eel a4 alme, wtill is • per- arger Sprinas be it w tt •ttak 1 reru to I lamw, beca I have med Barg w Ima  teknowledBe ' ev thot,gh i fldth Jn the youth of Amert, carden Smga  the cerae '  m w n tt If they keep having to xxx d   ehtl prtn, they', learn to take : .,'to s MRS. aAItmS .hensuJ'm.ut- thelrboetsotnutae, today,ewoddhetlathst tml f Pmdshtnt, welung i,m pd to make tttts n m looking (nar to h mhatrsrtepymeaeem. ermWr theeve]opmt i icier birthday  she is pty ' ', o/¢0*  P b. tl thatr g citizen fd31p, Sue,stytntandmet. WlaSluttoalfPYetl l'ttta pt t.vemenee y alert.., o tten mmame.t ; weJd •b totawwarmeuta d et n# n,lt tn tt..8 my wat sy  c.ed, row y go by thout ht- : at*nn. e s pays the plane agam. the enort has  chain, Some a lucky  wm me ere, vmeg m m. wn f te ,weUasehedldwhen shew , t Q mye lab, wtnblng gold meda who. a  my aren. I'm umt someday, they', omn me ygs lrlin lta held at the kJ  mo. Always t. forfl+ m me od Maler  macmykk. And ed.y, 1'. Krape the 4to  te te. eea. he!1ng.... 1 know because my My twlee help mold thetr. 1 tw. mot alw•y .Id: "l cblr. the zeld mWllHnd 1 get the The nyea of the (Ye of rvi for the railrd - syetem here  tllnto., WVll  panyl l or th a.eu maXe a wen   other ra'Uoad uaeuloye.andbhe sytews,  lie  bg baby or she to Petom e old ho"n o rainy, z e o the employ.  f th empleyer. D tha late lo's,  l w rktng  clerk t the Chmie System   mnte.. o.e  my good en, Mr. David "Dave" meIusun, pmted to e,g me a peck of [h gre bea He wke m the can partmt of the c'mme szm he in Into., and ha banned the large aeh- ir'y eqdipnt wh the w a deratlmt of me tratm. t ey k w pmrtng r eqmpmt  trn enbewing d Iving HJnton yttrd. "Dave" had told me that when be had the t£me 1 hi wk, he uld bring me a peck ot re gen  So e day at n, jt  I w going home to my Ih, he brzght me the peck of bea. He told becomes rock.  a em  tn the family, their rall. rens diatoty e tot this pley,  hs any. d eryone neutes to their ca. ts fa.c,U help w ble the dtsaUed m- ploy te to ea of his family m he m able to et to rk. No o tn me world h a mnre bigger heart than a "- They also have a wonm'ta of hor, dlOve to play e enys this way of - tertait, and t keeps m male hgh d.g their h me I   w tting hearse in the tk of my r, that he had taken time to pick the beam, and nlo gave me a thank h very mh  1 w pang him, d told h I  npptated his kdilms mylr".wherleomprepty my amfly w thrlled to ... mt Je 28, Mre lhm know  re vmg gree. wm celebr ate her 101at bit they henna and freeh m.-tb nnd .he ks Ioo.g roard to Iordin.Weopenedtbebegot thtasbern, allofber green bea, d Itead ot Srnndelarenandgreaterand- green e., u,ere w a tt ehttd.platovfthonthat bag of Indian Oge, My wie on, me ml fm opened the has ot trash m, as far away  8ewaih, =',. d th w a ha8 nf m mB b many victors, d cobs+ wMn'terainc she called  SJ Geaham of c  thc+e be. mnton, who visit  ore.. "nn We hnd n bg L.ue ow me angel", 0 ihe aaded mat no ok that ++Dave" and the o one uld be r th Bm dplayednn,butdeed- lman, a er m.um r- learnt w nnw Ollra a dnlg strife t LewlxrS. n wotd- n't be bad living t the Tnx century mark if o d be as ae.e, m,a,, at a.d ]k Information .m, a wom wo is a(kmr- When taxpayen rch age e, awsandVr by yo.e who theyeeeeeUableror a n- bet of apeela) lax benefits. If be0, the InteJ Reven Sllwl st cheeng out th beems tn yo tax in- structi paelcage. One nt the he.fits for thoee ov 5 ks an extra $75O lr. that lot a tfi hale pea'son ov age es th m no tax on the ft ,7 in table ime YOU n]d not  have to fle a t if you med I than that amnt, unl there w e reqmm.t or he.eat Glat made filing necessary. For a mamee uple wth both o age , t;le g s ,eo  f only e of th t+ o as, if you am ov age e5 atul ld yn persc41a) idere bet- wn Janry | and Jnly 2, 1976, you will be able to - clpde me of the profit f me le m y uu [t y ld It after JUly 26, yon y be able to cltle m m profit f the le+ Th a tqeitd bk if you 11 y hnme and do not buy  btfild another withia a speclal period of te oth bem melUde e x Credit tor the Elderly, which n be  much  75 for a single person and .50 f married pl filing Jointly. Tile lS  ev pute the eredR f you if you file in r Lain Iratl  Schedule R  RP and Il.e it with Fn 104e wh y file You east  the Fore 1040A to claim ths creel S hleome lved during timt years is - t&x. able, like ial urity taln other pemlo. Zew- able, Reth'ee ehonld ml m v w4pthtbe paer or me ,sL to lave tax wlth fm the plsi checks.  all you to avoid kln 8 thaated tax pay- merits during the year. For mo Infflon these L, eeent and ether tem of rate.eat to oMe Aim'Leans, he ms has e fee pule- aU available for the caking, Publloat, ,4, "Tax Bedits aton 2, "Tax nfau Se.  v.reug y Ue." d pubtton su, '*Tax Credll for the Vty." etiled the dlyl eoc ,tier ha" am lame b.d mmed m a Uankm. e tom me umt lter they fmmd a t-   Do.'t pill oar p,ed.  lo o+ lwlU in lb. frJm.lr.  bi lmily, --E. Dressler"di  :] + Railro n YMCACamp ey l . C amp rty to atart tm.m abt sm vtte, bm thetis jt wh.t me Wen Vrgta- ednottolettotherathattbey t here •t lm ton, d Mr." Ohio YMCA has been doing," had payed thht joke  . All Pearl "Guinea" Brag, g, Car+ DaVid Kma, Eecntl Director durng the tnnowlag week he m. They began to throw the oftheY, aaidtodayin- andtheboya,whebadheJped qtionsatmehowliked ing the YMCA's Camp tilmwthUWlVnUaXm o besm and ml I started  tdeut camp pro+ how o tamUy UXed me cam laug and brol,e de ima er t tl and gre3 be. i told hL.n that told them how thay had p]led YMCA Cmp Hh, the we hadnlt te them yet, b+- the joke   umy They State YMCA's Camp for wt  w etready had me theybegantolaughandtomme VtrraadOhlo, tSltedto and bea f dinn, d how they had gathered the the beautiful Monga[ Nat- wehadgvmsandbea IndmnCtgamdmtmto inl Forest .. n the htst- to my wife's aL who had play this joke  me, We f ere hamelt of SL Gecrge tu vtsite m that day. Flay, a grown m lay  the paHena Tucker Coty. le 1979 mp k had ge by, and e day I platlo d laugh  mh hedule [ boy and gtr] met-va,,andhteboysattbe  that thetealleddou ineclnd+" pang statl. They  fe. Let, +'Dave" breeaht HIP SER inspecting e train that bad jt  me a large bag of hia real freeh CAMP, sponred f the 3znd ped rote the tl. he green bea yr In rau Wtth wt wmydaveryae.xntO "day, whev  t Vrplraaelube, tsilmll ask me e qOnm abner meet, also the other ra'ad ed to le0 outtanng high the e d green beans m who knew nlut the joke, beol yth intected in day- Standing thee gi  theykme, vthagrinnntJeir eloplngtheirpersonaldld+ Mr David "Dave" McLaugh- face,"Raveynuhadanygree ershipeklgs. tm, mr Opl "Jim" wma, beam  comatety?" yOUTHEPmmm=t, Car F of the Car Depart+ nl, and iety i a n . prosr tn the f te, p About Your eyem   school youth Social ..ocu.. a ,n  ..... the wt vrgdia Camber of eyC*elSwm co.tam specie et a el e s,tet Seety Act at meet. HI-Y +rRl-m Y youth lder+ abih lal uity The Act stone Of Ameri'a lal in. also laid the rk mr the sanee p¢ogr s, pays month tebb+ment nr  Fed.1 ty benets to ttred rke pbtle mta., am weam wken at any age. ddiW ro depender, of rettre Toeth, th pot++ ab wks, and to the a- helpmtheobjocuvothe vnn of demm, d wnrke soclal sacm+ty At: +Pc provide Ty, e Amcl. v- t the tlal nee of aged over  mman- gets a  pe nnd their daden, mtyehehmonth. and to protet nged ad disabled mnre than S om ol I0 wnrken people Peon the exeme+ at a in jotm or aelt+ employ mama. to abte .m+Ji to mt envered by iat - stay togem, d te gi - mty the oportmty to eTOW .p ne Memca beatm In to g<m health and mty. .a pro+ram h+J le Soyuu,+ya  or nw I and e dm- l part, hae by  m all, abted pete der em pay or of the Parietal vemmt's hosplt and medical ,'Im,mes mmtment to people¸ e hptaJ ima.ee part For the ke of dmnn, the helpe pay nr hpltaL bills and Soi.J SmmLy Act  be the et of certain ro.ew up broken mto twn S'+u+: the aerv e med+l ms. +d iae pregr and an part help+ pay t dt the p t+tace and wet- o' te, tpatient h- pilat ance. Over m per. The eoal tma pro+ nt of the ase "+ d  +rs l"+oe bets and  - tmpmatton a eavered by hath vic that a geraUy n part+ or Me sderednem+m't hatis, P+t on the lt of +al arden to be elgible a par- langammthe aek n mt have wked in )elm Lmm benefit program. Under eovere by the ¢ogrs and this prm+rnm, mnntmy Inherits etrth.t+d to the pmr, npmdteImmwhea y th payroJl ta. <sabted w+th blank l.r.S at+. On the other ha.d, the pnbllc ea ( +meumiIs>, De isUmce d wa pro.. pendtsdImiv a  8ra  a hulc atand..lighle, ep.d nn the ctr- ard ot ilvlng t neJy eople of estan. a.yagewlm,rnrmenor Hnn, be mpLoymt ather, a ble to provide ns l+roSram p,vid for thm. partial nee plaet +or Inelmted der tim gnl a limited period to pete whn, head.gofaiaJm+pr+- or vnto , l,ec+me gra  the lal mty mployed mSmtesadm- rettremt, sm'vv, end ms+ ter thm psram t mt ab,tyianprogr,the canton to gal re will attract club members and offish from Wt ViJa, Ohie, chtg, d India BUCKA;'O0 cAmP  t yesto  t a yn old Senator Randolph Serve On "C )m Senator Jennings Randolph, Sen ( chairman nt the Senato mnvir- which ment and Public Works Com- mit t, agreed tday to e as and anaelivemembernfthreesu Commiion Le commlttee dealing with mat- €ha Nuclear d s vilalpto wt Virginia. tome vtous , rch odeph had been .n ea+mclo mber of u slx snbcem mittens, but did mt vote  "atinn+a pwpescd teplsLatt at the sub- smroe mmilt level In the th Congres, Rand portatton Subeommtttm. char. end ed by Se Lloyd ntsen CD- TX), which was jurisdiction over hi@way ctructton. He a] WIU e on the Rag- iol and Commty l>velop- NOTICE All inpatient & ¢cennts ler D.N. n0w due. They can be MecUc heepttal and medil mts tn Federnl law, AS part of ............................. his office between the lung besom program, and the pros's weely lymts plnymt a p,'- prde pvoly .temty em- ............. pl ................ .,,.,, .,,,,. oo,..e,.,.. pme reflect nees d  ttelt t. ee. to wk ( a.d m ttm their dependemt+> aer "SUBTRACT" THOSr GATHERIHG 'ADP' 001 TO YOUR F WITH A CLASSIFIED, in the inton Ne 466- 0005 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to plaee:+, youradl,00+