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Past 65 Oon't be timid Hi asking SS for d*ar answers. byCarlRiblet Jr. The mail pours in from those who want clear an­ swers to questions on Social Security. Many write that the SS people give them "the runaround." I tend to doubt the accusations, in most cases. My own test calls to SS have been answered clearly. But - I demand a clear answer and I won't be put aside. So I get what I demand. It may be timidity in question-askers that seems to develop an attitude in SS people that smells of "the runaround," 4 condition that thrives in bureaucracy even in such* a splendid organization as the Social Security administration. For example, a widow of 13 years writes from Texas: Q. - "I am 82, drawing my own Social Security of $183 a month from my own ear­ nings. Last May I applied for widows benefit, but can't get an answer. First one SS employee sees me and gets all .the information. Then another and another. When I call them back they have either been shifted to another job or 1 am told they will call me back, which they never do. One clerk told me I would get $3.20 a month Widow's benefit. When I said that was ridiculous, she agreed and said* 'Yes, that can't be right.' But I never heard from her again. What can I do? I am in a very small town a long way from the nearest SS office. The SS people come here one day a week." Mrs. Vesta P. A - Vesta can do two things. First, Write her congressman and demand action thai doesn't stink of "the runaround." Second, have someone drive her to Waco and there demand to see the SS's area ad-, ministrator. If Vesta cant get to Waco, then she can write a letter to the ad­ ministrator there and demand careful attention, and say that if she doesn't get it she will write 'to her congressman. Vesta seems to have been afraid of the SS person who comes to her town. Here is advice to everyone - don't be timid, don't be fearful of annoying a bureaucrat. Tell him you don't Understand what he says.' Tell him to explain again, and then again, and Accepting Reservations Now For SERVING BREAKFAST THANKSGIVING DAY 7am TO 1 pm (NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN FOR BREAKFAST) SERVING DINNER THANKSGIVING DAY 1 pm TO 6pm TURKEY DINNER Includes: Soup fMlftbice. Salad. Turkey. Dressing Cranberries. MafShed Or Sweet Potatoes Vegetable. Pumpkin PieOr.Jello & Coffee Or Tea BAKED HAM DINNER Includes. Soup Of tUiice. Salad. Ham. Mashed Or Sweet Potatoes. Vegetable. Pumpkin Pie or Jello & Coffee PRIME RIB DINNER Includes: Soup Or Juice. Salad, Prime Rib. Choice of Potato. Vegetable. Pumpkin Pie Or Jello & Coffee CHILDREN'S PORTIONS ALSO AVAILABLE W 3307 W. pLM ST.. McHENRY 385-1172 Open 7 Days even again, until you do understand. Government employees sometimes may be bored stiff and then an­ noyed by the same old questions, what seem to them to be befuddled questions, from befuddled people. Of course, you may be befuddled. If you are confused, then say you are confused, and demand that you be de-confused at once with a simple and clear answer. Q. - "Senior citizens in California are supposed to be eligible for dental care. A write-up in the paper gave a phone number to call for information. I dialed for days but the number was always busy. How can I reach them?" - Mrs. Doris N. A. - Doris can outwit the busy signal. It is easy. She dials the number. If it is busy, she hangs up and dials again without waiting, keeping it up - dialing at once after every busy signal. It is an old trick of newspaper reporters. Keep trying to break in. Even­ tually, Doris' call will automatically find a break in the busy signals. It may take five minutes, 30 minutes, even an hour. Dial. It's busy! Hang up! Dial again. Busy! Hang up! Dial, dial, dial! Ah -- at last there's a break in the line! When that busy \ -V •••• signal turns into a welcome rfcig, Doris can hang on for dear life until the called number. answers. She will succeed if she tries. Q. -- "Where can-1* get a copy of the book on sex for the senior citizen? You said the title was 'Use It Or Lose It.' I'll send a check." - Wand R. Q - This column does not sell books. Leland can go to his nearest book store for it. The book has been in great demand by many who think their sex life after 65 is not satisfactory or normal. Q. - "My wife is six years my senior and she was married to her first husband for 25 years. To me, nine years. When she applies for Social Security at 62 will she draw from upon her own quarters of earnings, or upon her first husband's? Also, do we draw on SS when she is 62, or wait for me to be 62 or 65? If she takes retirement at 62 will it affect my payments from SS when I retire?" - Arthur D. A. - Arthur's wife should not wait for Arthur's retirement. She should file for SS both on her own ac­ count and on her first husband's account. She will receive a momthly check that does not exceed the larger amount she would get either from her first husband's account or from V SECTION 2 - FACE 1 - PLM NPEALER . WEDNE8PAY, NOVEMBER 7, W Retirement •COUPON1 25' OFF A DOZEN DONUTS Bring this coupon to any participating Dunkin' Donuts shop and get 25c off the regular price of a dozen donuts. Limit: 2 Dozen. Offer expires Sunday. November 18th. Its worth the trip. 4504 WEST ILLINOIS RO0TE120 ' -McHENRY - CODEO Arthur's. payments for her will not affect SS payments to Ar­ thur. Q. - "I will be 62 soon. My husband died two years ago. I may marry a World War II - veteran of 67. Will I then lose the SS benefits from my first husband? Say that my second husband will die. before me and I can't work anymore. I get $3 an hour. Could I then dtaw on my first husband's SS?" - Beulah C. A. - Beulah is past 60. If she remarries she will continue to receive her first husband's SS benefit, and it will not be reduced. Q. - "Is my wife of 82, whose mind is gone due to hardening of the arteries, entitled to Welfare? Her monthly income is $507 from her first husband and $125 from other sources. I have income, too." - Percy C. A. - Probably not on an income of $632 per month, plus Percy's own income. Q, - "A man with four cars rooked me. I didn't know him until he repaired my car. Then he soft-soaped me into lending him $1,000 which . he signed a note for and a contract to repay. Although he owns a Cadillac, a Buick estate wagon, a Volvo and a Buick sedan, he doesn't pay me. How can I get my money back? It hurts to trust somebody and then get rooked." - P H. A. - P.H. sent a photocopy of the note. He surely was rooked, as he says. The only way he can collect is to sue. P.H. can hire a lawyer, or go to the Legal Aid office for help. Moral: We older ,citizens should lend not a red cent to anybody we don't know, not even to most of those we do know. P.H. was a sap, and the borrower is a dirty louse. Write to Carl Riblet, Jr. at Box 40757, Tucson, Ariz., 85717 for information and advice on questions you may have as a senior citizen, with self-addressed, stamped envelope. All questions will be answered. CONDUCTSEMINAR "Holistic Ways to Self Health" will be the title of a 3-hour seminar to be presented by Rev. Don and Catherine Knight, Co- ministers at the Unity church of Jackson, Mich., starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov Jttfc Vwjty qhurch of Crystal Lake, located at the intersection of Rt. 31 and U.S. 14. FESTIVAL EXHIBITOR - Talented and well-known local artists will be among the exhibitors in the sixth animal All Festival of Arts by American Society of Artists, a national membership organization, at Crystal Point Mall, Rt. 14 and Main street. Crystal Lake, Saturday, Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 11, from noon to 5 p.m. McHenry artist, Betty Odmark, shown above will display a papier mache sculpture of a construction worker, symbolizing the fact that artbts are busy at work "constructing" works for the show. She will exhibit acrylic paintings and sculpture in various media. She was recently featured in the Christian Science Monitor and has exhibited her work abroad as well as widely throughout the area. Currently she has work on display in the society's Merchandise Mart showroom. Marian Musicians in Faii Concert The Marian Central Catholic high school music department will sponsor a fall band concert Wednesday evening, Nov. 7, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Music from the football season will be featured along with the jazz band. The music will range from the patriotic music of George M. Cohan to the jazz sounds of "Birth of the Blues" and "Bugle Call Rag" to the classic sounds of Beethoven. The jazz band will entertain with sounds of "Fly Me to the Moon" by Sammy NestlctiV to Johnny Warrington's arrangement of "Goin* Out of My Head." The Marian Central band is directed by Richard Mikus. Blue Monday Monday is a terrible way to spend one-seventh of your life. -Record, Columbia, S C. Much Things would be a lot nicer if people would be more ready to pat a fellow on the„ba£k instead, of punching him on the nose. -Telegraphy, Sidney,Neb. Effective Dates. Thurs., Nov. 8 - Sat., Nov, 10 Effective Woodstock Store 7/11 Choose From Our Wide Variety Of Women's Footwear First $5 Off I 20% Off Our Entire Stock Of Children's Shoes WE ALSO FIT CHILDREN FOR ORTHOPEDIC SHOES Register For Our Boot, Shoe & Handbag Drawing To Take Place On Sat., Nov. 10th All Women's Fashion Dress Boots - First $10 Off V- ; L- 4 X -1 WIW UuV) RIVERSIDE DRIVE