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2-Hinton News
Tues. June 19, 1979
00INTON .... --NEW'; .... RailroadRetirement
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Published Tuesdays and Thursdays
By the
Hinton Pubilshing Corporation
210 Second Ave.
Hinton, W.Va, 25951
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many ;'yard buddies" enjoyed
working with him.
I was talking with one of his
buddies the other day, Mr. J.R.
"Jimmie" Hall, and he toldme
to be sure and tell Vernon (
that's what he called Ikey) that
he sure did enjoy working with
him, and to give them his best
regards. I will mention some of
Ikey's yard buddies, and if I
were to mention all of them it
woud cover the entire news-
paper.
Yardmasters: Mr. Lacy Wim-
met, Mr. Clay Porter, Mr.
Craig Eubanks, Mr. Jack Wall-
ace, Mr. Sims Wicker, Mr. Bob
Arrington, Mr. Brother Strat-
ton, Mr. Bill Scruggs, Mr. Ern-
est Williams, Mr. Bill Farley,
Mr. Marshall Walthall, Mr. Bob
James, Mr. Ira B. Walker, Mr.
George Foster, Mr. Joe Starr,
Mr. Ed Turner, Mr. Bill Ed-
wards, Mr. Clarence Ellison,
Mr. L,'nold Callaham, Mr J.K.
Williams, Mr. Milton Foster,
Mr. Gene Bowling, Mr. Bill
Osborne and Mr. Charlie Cales.
Mr. H.T. Brown and Mr. K.R.
Ketcham were Superintendants
of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad at Hinton during those
years that Ikey Caudle was
working as a brakeman on
Hinton Yard.
Mr. Bernard T. Corker and
Mr. Harold R. Callaham were
Trainmasters on Hinton Yard
during those years. Mr. Charlie
D. Keller is the present Term-
inal Trainmaster for the
Chessie System on Hinton Yard.
Some of Ikey's "buddie con-
ductors" were: Mr. Frank R.
Honaker, Mr. L.E. "Elmer"!
Graham, Mr. C. Ted Houchins,
Mr. Harold Boland, Mr. Alva
Bush, Mr. Dorse Foster, Mr.
C.A. "Charlie" Taylor, Mr.
J.W. "Haggie" Wallace, Mr.
Hedge, Mr. O.E. Turner, Mr.
Norvell Turner, Mr. John E.
Burdette, Mr. Amos Plumley,
Mr. Claude Davisison, Mr. L,R.
Hatcher, Mr. Bill Taylor, and
Mr. R.L. "Pop" Johnson.
Other "buddie brakemen"
were: Mr. C.W. Bucldand, Mr.
o.
.%
"- My wife and I were surpri-
,.'sed and very pleased to receive
'.'-a nice letter from our good
:friends, Mr. and Mrs, VernonL
-'Caudle- lkey and Virginia. They
',are living in a beautiful Park for
:Senior Citizens in Brownesville,
:-',Texas. We received their follow-
:ing letter:
:-,"'Dear Bill and Coty,
?, Hope you all are well. We are
Cdoing all right. Ikey saw this
'picture in the Brownesville pep-
!.er and thought of you. The rail-
road yards are across town and
anytime he sees a C&O car, it
!brings back some fond memor-
?ies of his railroad "Buddies "
-TJ
:-. We read your column and
00iienjoy it very m-ch. Looks like
;/.we won't get home this summer
ibecause of the gasoline situat-
:-lion. They say it well get worse
:iso I dou6t if we will take any
2chances. Take care of your-
-:selves and give our best to,e
::family. ' ' ' ........ '":
:i Sincerely,
-. Ikey & Virignia
! We certainly appreciate their
kindness, and we are glad to 1
know that they are getting along
iso well. We have known Ikey
::and Virginia for years, as they
"..-grew up in Hinton, W. Va., and
"reared their two fine children.
Their son, Mr. Richard(
::Ricky) Caudle, lives in r-
[ginia. Their daughter, Mrs.
:Karen (Caudle) Richmond, and
-her husband, Mr. Sherman F.
Richmond, have two lovely dau-
:ighters. Miss Diana Richmond,
-who graduated from Hinton.
i High School this year, and plans
::to enter Beautician School. Her
"favorite sport is Tennis. Their
:.youngest daughter, Miss Lisa
Richmond, is a student in Hin-
:3on High School. Her favorite
i,port is skiing.
.
" Mr. Vernon (Ikey) Caudie
: .'was employed as a Yard Brake-
"man for the Chesapeake and
"Ohio Railroad in Hinton, Dec-
hmber 10, 1943. He was grant-
ed annunity May 9, 1966. He was
'a fine yard brakeman, and his
The 1977 Social Secuirty
endments introduced a new
benefit formula which also app-
lies to the tier I portion of
railroad retirement annuities.
Benefits and wages are de-
coupled in the new formula in
order to slow down the incre-
ases in benefits which had been
rising faster than the rate of
inflation. To protect employees
who were near retirement, the
law included a five-year guar-
anty that retirement age bene-
fits would be no less than under
nrlaviOllg law for annuities aw-
arded during the quaranty per-
iod. The application of the guar-
anty to ier I is most impor-
tant for railroad employees age
60-61 who are eligible to retire in
1979. By retiring in that year
instead of 1980, total benefits
will be higher. This advantage
tends to phase out quickly since
the tier II benefits increase with
additional service and higher
earnings. For this reason, the
total annuity of an employee
who first reaches age 60 in 1980
or alter will generally be gr-
eater if retirement takes place
in the year following the year of
eligibility• In any event, within
a few years the tier I benefit
caluclated under the five-year
guaranty for most employees
will be less than under the new
1977 formula.
The following questions and
answers should be of help to
railroaders who are eligible to
retire in 1979 but are not too
sure about their retirement
plans.
1. I am 61 years old and have
30 years of service. I under-
stand my annuity will be high-
er if I retire in 1979 then in 1980.
Is this correct?
Yes. Railroaders with 30 or
more years of service who are
age 60 or 61 in 1979 will gen-
erally receive a somewhat gr-
eater annuity if they retire in
1979 rather than in 1980. The
reason is that a railroader
under age 62 who retires be-
Railroadin "
By
W. E. Dressier
Bill Hatcher, Mr. John Cald-
well, Mr. Roscoe Hake, Mr. Ray
Hake, Mr. Ernest Jones, Mr.
A.E. Pettrey, Mr. Donald
Mock, Mr. Robert Mock, and
many more brakemen that I'm
sure that Ikey will remember.
Ikey is also a great fisher-
man, who got his training in our
famous New River that runs
right along the Chessie System
Yards at Hinton, and he can
show you how to catch the big
ones.
We certainly miss Ikey and
Virginia, and we hope that they
will come back home to Hinton
real soon. It has been a pleas-
ure to hear from you, and please
let us know more about our
railroad neighbors, the Miss-
ouri Pacific Railroad around
Brownesville Texas. We cert-
ainly thank the Brownesville
Newspaper for the (Herald
Photo) you sent us which show-
ed the picture of the Chessie
System boxcar that was in the
derailment. We Chessie Rail-
roaders love to hear from our
railroad buddies.
I want to thank Mr. and Mrs.
John Mann for their informat-
ion of Ikey and Virginia Claude
,and also thanks to Miss Diana
Richmond for her kindness in
giving me information on her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ikey and Virginia Caudie.
Livestock Market
;.: • ,, 2: ,-:, -" ,
Bluegrass Market Inc. Sat- Sows, 25.25-30.00; Boars, CWT,.
urday June 9, 1979 388 head of
livestock sold to 85 buyers am-
ounting to $80,456.09.
Heifers: Good, 70.00- 76.00;
Standard, 60.00- 69.00; Utility,
52.00- 59.50.
Stacker & Feeder: Steer: Ch-
oice, 85.00- 89.00; Good, 78.00-
82.00; Medium, 73•00- 76.50;
Common, 58.00- 68.00.
Steer Calves: Good, 75.00-
80.00; Medium, 68.00.
Heifer Calves: Choice, 76.00-
79.00; Good, 79.00- 75.00; Med-
ium, 68.00- 70.00.
Veal Calves: Choice, 95.00-
98.00; Good, 8500- 91.00; Med-
ium, 78.00- 80.00; Common, 50.
00.
Bulls: Commercial & Good,
83.00; Cutters, 58.00- 62.50;
,Light Bulls, CWT, 55.00- 101.00.
Bull Calves: BH, 65.00- 85.00.
Baby Calves BH, 52.50- 152.
50.
Cows: Commercial: 50.50-53.
25; Utility, 46.00- 5O.0O; Can-
ner & Cutter, 47.00- 45.00;
Cows & Calves BH, 385.00-
795.00; Cows BH, 295.00- 430.00.
Hogs: No. 1, 40.00- 40.75; No.
2, 38.25- 39.75: No. 3, 39.00- 45.00;
25.50- 40.00; Pigs & Shoats BH,
8•00- 43.00; Ponies, CWT, 13.00-
25•00.
Sheep & Lambs: Blue, 57.50-
67•00; Red, 55.00; Medium, 5O
• 00- 52.50; Common, 46.00;
Ewes, CWT, 11.00- 32.50; Bucks
, CWT, 19.00- 23.50; Wethers,
25.00-40.00; Light Bulls, BH,
620.00; Goat, BH, 25.00.
West Virginia University has
one of the lowest default rates in
the nation for the National Dir-
ect Student Loan Program,
ranking, among the top 5 per-
cent of higher education in-
stitutions.
The WVU default rate is 4.8
percent compared to 12.11 per-
cent for all West •Virginia in-
stitutions and 17•37 percent nat-
ionally, according to Dean Jos-
eph C. Gluck, dean of Student
Educational Services.
There's no mystery about
WVU's low default rate, he said,
attirbuting it to "effective
management by the WVU Fin-
ancial Aid Office, which always
has operated an efficient loan
collection system."
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Fire Department Officials
...remained on standby at presstime today pending transfer of freight from several derailed cars at Missouri
Pacitic's freight yard near E. Fronton. The derailment, which occurred about 4:10 a.m., has posed no danger to area
residents, according to MoPac officials. Because one of the cars involved was a chemical tanker, firefighters were
summoned to the scene shortly before 5 a.m., but reportedly found no leaks. A MoPoc spokesman said the cars
should be re-railed and their loads transferred sometime today. (Herald Photo) '
Ouestions00Answers Seeking Comm,
On VentiL
fore the end of 1979 will have a
9.9 percent tier I cost-of-living
increase which would not be
applicable upon retirement in
1980. If such an employee were
to retire in 1980 rather than in
1979, the additional railroad
service and compensation
would increase the tier II
annuity portion but not enough
to compensate for the 10sss of
the 9.9 percent 1979 tier 1
cost-of-living increase. The net
difference in a maximum case
would be about $15 a month.
2. I am less than age 60 now.
Will I get more by retiring in the
year I reach that age?
Not necessarily. The employ-
ee who is age 60 in 1979 has an
advantage because of the five-
year guaranty as explained a-
hove. However, this advantage
disappears rapidly because of
the higher earnings and great-
er service that may be appli-
cable upon later retirement.
Furthermore, under the guar-
anty provision, no cost-of-living
increases are made between
1978 and the year preceding the
year of retirement, nor can
earnings in the year of reti-
rement be used towards the
computation of the tier I beae-
fit. The longer the time after
1978 that an employee reti-
res, the less are the chances
that the guaranty will apply.
3. I will be age 62 in 1979 but
haven't retired as yet. Will I
increase my annuity by retir-
ing before the end of 1979? ,
No. Once a railroader re-
aches age 62 he will receive all
tier I cost-of-living increases in
his potential benefit regardless
of when he retires. Thus, there
is no special advantage to re-
tiring before the end of 1979 for
those who are already age 62 or
older in 1979.
4. Is the tier II annuity por-
tion affected by the formula
change in tier I?
No. the tier II portion of
railroad retirement annuities is
computed using different form-
ulas.
5. I am 50 and plan to retire at
the end of 1979. Will my ret-
irement before 1980 benefit my
wife's annuity?
Since the amount of your wife
's annuity is based on your
annuity, any increases in your
annuity will increase hers. How-
ever, this will be true regard-
less of when she retires. If she
were planning to retire in 1980,
there would be no advantage to
changing her retirement plans.
6. I have been receiving my
railroad retirement annuity for
several years. Does this change
in the tier I annuity formula
affect me?
No. Annuitants who are al-
ready on the Board's rolls are
not affected by the formula
change.
VA NEWS
Q-- I served in the U.S. Army
during peacetime and had no
service connected disability.
Am I eligible for VA hospital-
izatlon?
A-- Veterans who are not
receiving retired pay or com-
pensation may be provided nec-
essary hospitalization on a
space available basis if they
state under oath that they are
unable to pay the expense of
needed hospital care elsewhere.
The "ability to pay" require-
ment does not apply to vet-
erans 65 years of age or old-
er or those receiving VA pen-
sion.
Q-- I am a student in coll-
ege and will graduate in thc
middle of a month• When will I
receive my final GI Bill check
from the Veterans Administrat-
ion?
A-- You will be paid the first of
the month following your grad-
uation.
The U.S. Department of Ag-
riculture has announced that it
is seeking comments on adeq-
uate ventilaiton for shipping
con-
tainers used to transport warm-
blooded animals in commerce•
According to a department
spokesman, the information is
being sought because of re-
quests made by the National
Committee on Animal Trans-
port and others to increase the
minimum ventilation require-
ments in shipping containers to
25 percent from April 1 through
October 1 of each year due to
normal seasonal increases in
temperature.
While these requests were
primarily concerned with dogs
and cats, the department will
consider comments covering all
warmblooded
regulations in the
fare Act pertain toi
gory•
All interested
invited to "express
comments and are
include any facts
the adequacy or
the present
Written
must be received by J
1979, should be sent
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