The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
JEFFREY EXPLAINS
0LD-ACE BENEFITS
1856 Claimants In This
Area Now Receiving
Security Checks

A statement issued yesterday By
George W. Jeffrey, manager OF the
Wilmington office of the social Sc
curity board, shows that I'D per-
sons in this area are now receiving
monthly payments of old-age and
survivors insurance. This 1lgure
represents the number OF m e H.
women and children in the coun-
ties of Bladen, Brunswick, Car
teret, Columbus, Craven, Jones'
New Hanover, Onslow, Pamllco
and Fender who have been award
ed monthly payments OF old-age
and survivors insurance during the
nine months since monthly bene-
fits became payable (January l,
1900. Among those listec are Il
windows, 60 children, 30 retired
wage and IA wives OF re-
tired wage earners. j.,
The field manager explained that
when a fully insured ware Garner,
who is IS years old or more, files
claim for his monthly old-age in
surance benefits, his wife may also
claim monthly benefits when she
is IS years old o. more. In addl-
ton each of his children under 16
lib if in SCHOOL, will receive month
ly benefits-except that the bene-
fits for the entire family may not
be more than twice the amount OF
the retired wage earner's own
monthly payments.
Another group of children who
receive monthly payments OF fed
eral insurance r the survivors OF
insured wage earners who died
this year. A number of boys and
girls in Wilmington service area
have been awarded monthly pay
ments of survivors insurance be-
cause their fathers who died re-
Gently had social security accounts
which provided this protection for
their families. Mothers of these
children are entitled to the widows
current benefit provided under the
survivors insurance clause of the
social security act.
Jeffrey pointed out that when an
insured worker dies, leaving a wild
ow with minor children, monthly
payments of survivors insurance
are made to his widow and to his
children who are under age is Q8
if in school. An insured workers
widow who has reached age IS or
the widow who has children under
10 in her care receive three
fourths of the amount of her huS-
bands primary insurance benefit
anG each of his minor children re-
ceive one-half of his primary in
surance benefit within certa:- linn
itations.
In addition to monthly benefits
paid in this area, 80 lum-Slm death
payments have been made to sur
vlvors of insured workers who died
this year. These payments ranged
between $50 and $3.50.
Jeffrey said that where the in
sured wage Garner dies and leaves
no survivors entitled to monthly
bCllC11to, q 4ol1lP-oo1A1 PoJiAASA1t I'D
made to the widow. or widower or
children or parents of h e de-
ceased. The maximum lump-sum
death payment to neal relatives is
six times the primary insurance
benefit. For example, if calcula-
tons show that the deceased work.
er''s primary insurance benefit is
$23.S0 and it is found that there is
no survivor entitled to monthly ben
efits, then a relative who is entitled
to the death payment will receive
a check for six times $23.5O or
Sal. If no one of the --,-men-
toned relatives is living, a pay
ment covering the burial expenses.
up to an amount of six times the
primary insurance benefit will be
made to the person who paid such
expenses. /