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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1937
Page
3
Public welfare guidance urges county welfare boards to limit Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children payments. Officials are asked to verify need and prevent over-commitment of funds, stressing careful case review and avoidance of premature payments.
The Social Security Board now handles assigning all social security account numbers, taking over from the Post Office Department since November 1936. A poster urges applicants to visit the Raleigh field office for information on Federal Old-Age Benefits and completing applications. Employers are asked to report July totals per Treasury rules.
The article notes a shrinking role of farmers in capital ownership despite rising farm acreage operated by tenants. It cites that tenantry rose from 23.2 percent of farm acreage in 1900 to 28.6 percent in 1925 and 31.9 percent in 1935, with tenant numbers increasing by over 200,000 from 1930 to 1935 reaching 2,865,000.
Fifteen friends of nine year old Miss Mary Elizabeth Peirson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Peirson, attended a theatre party Tuesday night. After the show they went to the drug store for refreshments.
Miss Mamie Lee Kimball played wedding music in Parmele on Wednesday for Miss Josephine Wildman and Mr. Carl Johnson who were married that evening. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitaker returned from Virginia Beach and others returned from Ena and New York visits. A barbecue luncheon near Tarboro honored Miss Catherine Newton, whose wedding to Mr. Fred Wiggins is set next week.
A Sanatorium North Carolina note dated June 27 1937 expresses gratitude to the children and manager of the Bunker Hill playground for gifts sent on the previous Sunday and hopes to soon be well enough to visit the playground with the other children.
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