The Selma Times-Journal from Selma, Alabama • 14

B2- -THE SELMA TIMES- JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1979 TOP EMPLOYEE Vice president for Business Affairs at Livingston University Raiford Noland, left, and Bookstore Mike Graham congratulate Mamie Manager Reed, assistant bookstore manager at LU, for being honored as the Alabama Bookstore Employee of the Year. YMCA has class for handicapped Every Tuesday night at 7:30 Red Cross has a swimming class for the handicapped of our city and county. The YMCA has been generous in allowing Red Cross to use their pool for one hour so that these children and adults can learn to swim.

John Brown is the qualified instructor but he needs to have one volunteer per handicapped person to assist him. Last week 12 persons presented themselves at the YMCA and only two volunteers came to help. It was so Orville taxpayers have access to IRS ORRVILLE Taxpayers in Orrville who need help preparing their basic income this year can find free tax assistance close to home, Dwight T. Baptist, district director of IRS, said today. Through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), IRS trained volunteers will help fill out tax forms of lowincome and elderly taxpayers who cannot afford a professional tax preparer.

sad to see those who have looked forward all week to their class to be denied their opportunity to swim. But for their protection John could not allow them in the water. If there is anyone who can give one hour a week on Tuesday night to assist in the Assistance, but some taxpayers prefer the VITA offices which often are closer to home and have more flexible hours. VITA assistance is available in Orrville at No. 18 Society Hall, each Wednesday in February and March, from noon 2 p.m.

Persons needing VITA assistance should bring the tax package mailed to them by IRS, and other records and receipts such as W-2 forms and interest statements. Payne pilot program is four months old A pilot program called "Early Prevention of School Failure' is in its fourth month of operation at Payne Elementary School. The goal of this project is to prevent school failure through early identification of learning deficiencies of kindergarten and first grade students. These deficiencies could adversly affect a student's school performance, and may not otherwise show up until later years. Early Prevention of School Failure uses a team approach to assess the learning style of Temporary VITA offices are set up in churches, schools, libraries and other locations convenient for taxpayers.

VITA volunteers are members of local civic and social organizations, college students or other persons who want to help. All assistors attend IRS training courses in basic tax preparation before qualifying as VITA volunteers. VITA help is similar to that offered by IRS Taxpayer all children entering kindergarten. The screening team gives a series of tests to identify the strengths and concerns of the children to help the teacher in educational planning. The screening team is composed of professionals available in a school district.

Retired teachers have volunteered their time for the project at Payne School. The children are grouped according to their needs to receive intensive help. The teachers plan daily sessions and enlist the aid of parents volunteers to help them implement the activities. Rockefeller questions apparently una unanswered NEW YORK (AP) The late Nelson A. Rockefeller bought his research assistant, Megan Marshack, a $45,000 cooperative apartment, furnished it with art objects from his valuable collection, and paid her $60,000 a year in salary with an unlimited expense account, the New York Post reports.

Quoting an unidentified source who admitted to "detesting" Miss Marshack, the Post said in Monday's editions that Miss Marshack had no life outside her work, of the former New spoke York governor with "warmth and tenderness" and "acted if she was Mrs. as Rockefeller." The source, who asked not to be identified, told the Post that Miss Marshack was on 24-hour call to Rockefeller, ran the staff of his Manhattan townhouse with an imperious air, and bought many items of Rockefeller's personal clothing. Radio reporter in Washington, D.C., he was suffered with Rockefeller when heart attack on Jan. 26 in a his Manhattan townhouseoffice. Miss Marshack, 25, a former Associated Press He's building own Hermitage NANCES CREEK, Ala.

(AP) His very own Hermitage is something Gerald Willis has looked forward to most of his life. "When I was 19, I told my wife I was someday going to build a house with six. columns for us," Willis says. "I told her I'd be approximately 38 when I started it. I figured that would be when I'd have enough money to do it." Willis is 39 years old and, thanks to a successful lumber business, he's building a mansion as near like that of his hero, Andrew Jackson, as possible.

Jackson's Hermitage, an elegant mansion near Nashville, is a national landmark. Yet, instead of six columns, the Willises' future home is scheduled to get 12 columns six in the front and six in the back, just like Jackson's Hermitage. "I picked this house out 20 years ago when I saw it on a movie on TV," Willis says. The movie was "The President's Lady," a 1953 romanticized version of the Jackson story, with Charlton Heston as Old Hickory and Susan Hayward as the lady of the title. In a few days, the skeleton of Willis' Hermitage at Nances Creek will be in place.

It will have taken 100,000 board feet of lumber and 60 boxes of nails to finish this first phase of construction, Willis says. Next, bricklayers will begin putting some skin on the place. Eventually, 160,000 bricks will be used, including of swimming. This is something they may have never experienced had it not been for John Brown, Red Cross and the YMCA caring to see that every chance be affored the handicapped. RECENT GRADUATE Gertrude E.

Jiles, LPN, formerly of this area and presently a nurse at Jewish Memorial of Boston, was recently graduated from the Hospital Sign of the good neighbor. By ANGIE TINSLEY American Red Cross program please call 874-4641 or go to the YMCA on Tuesday at 7:30 and tell John Brown you want to 'help so that these handicapped people can have their opportunity to enjoy the activity hospital's Intravenous Antibiotic Program. The training was developed to enable nurses, as well as doctors, program to perform this delicate and precise procedure. Southern Life declares dividend Southern United Life Insurance Company of Montgomery has declared a dividend of 20 cents per share on its common stock, up from 15 cents per share which was paid last year. David Crawford, president, said the board of directors declared the dividend Jan.

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By July, 1980, Willis expects actual construction to be completed. "It took two years to build Jackson's house, so I think it'll take us about the same he says. Willis estimates his Hermitage will cost about $200,000. The windows and doors alone cost $13,000, he says. Jackson's Hermitage, an example of pre-Civil War having a hot water system to heat the place," he says.

"We can heat the water with wood. And I'm enough of a country boy to want to see a fire going in the fireplace." A gas system will serve as a heating backup. Mrs. Willis is combing antique shows for furniture, but Willis is confident that what they can't buy they can make at the lumber plant. "A lot of people have heard about what we're going and they say they want to see the house when it's done," says Mrs.

Willis. "We're going to give everybody that's interested an opportunity to look," adds her husband, the man with the plan. With seven bedrooms, at least they'll have space for guests. Nances Creek is located near Anniston. Fu PE, Big issues report Southern colonial ar- Kuhn's Big Stores Cor- period, were $275,700.00.

chitecture, was built in 1831, porated, a major According to the two while Jackson was living in Southeastern retailer Kuhn's senior executives, with another mansion, the White stores in eight states, sales for the four weeks House. It was designated a reported unaudited sales of ending Feb. 2, 1979, amounted historic landmark in 1961 by $328,166,000 for its fiscal year to $18,056,000. Sales for the the National Park Service. ending Feb.

2, 1979. final month in the previous Willis has traveled year, a five-week reporting ville three times to study Jack W. Kuhn, chairman period, were $16,695,000, Hermitage. and chief executive officer, The two big "if's" in Willis' and Gus D. Kuhn In another announcement, for a mansion he president, said results for the the company's Board of call his involve how year just ended are computed Directors said it has grand plan can own posthe will heat and furnish it.

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NOTICE TO TELEPHONE CUSTOMERS We are planning changes that will increase rates to five countries and introduce a lower some international dial rate to sixteen countries. Telegraph Com- The new International Dial rates, which are The schedule of over- lower than all rates presently in effect, will American Telephone pany has filed a new effective February 17, 1979. seas rates with the Federal Communications become Commission (FCC) which accomplishes the International Dial rates. introduction of international dialing to 17 addi- the introduction of International Dial tional countries. This brings the total of interna-, With 1979, customers can countries to 64.

The scheduled rates on February to 17, with the curtionally dialable substantial decreases for save from compared changes include rate in 5 of rent lowest cost day call. 16 countries and selective rate For example, a three-minute daytime call to increases those 16 countries for calls billed on rate changes Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Tahiti, Turkey the United States mainland. There will be no or Yugoslavia, which now costs $9.00 at the for the 17th country, the Netherlands Operator Station rate, would cost $7.80 if Antilles. The decreases are scheduled dialed. Similarly, an $8.10 call to Kenya would.

to become effective on February 17, 1979, and be $7.20, the $8.00 call to Argentina would be the increases are scheduled to become effective $6.75 call to German Democratic $7.05, a May 15, 1979. Republic would be $6.00, and a $6.00 call to Increases and decreases of rates to five Honduras or Nicaragua would be $5.40. countries. New Operator Station and International Dial The increases, which are limited to the initial for countries. to become rates period 1979, will raise the Sunday proposal includes introducing both rates and are scheduled effective on May 15, Station and Person-to-Person rates to International Dial and Operator Station rates to Person-to-Person rate to four countries--Bahrain, Belize, Colombia, and Operator Colombia; and Person-to-Per- Haiti.

These rates will be lower than current Argentina; the Sunday the night Sunday and the night and Sunday daytime rates. A three-minute daytime call to son rate to Haiti; Station and Person-to-Person rates to Bahrain, if would dialed, would from cost $3.45 to to to Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua. For example, the the rate Operator vary rate for Argentina goes from $6.50 to $8.00 for Colombia, from $4.50 to and to Haiti, Operator Station and from $9.00 to $12.00 for from $3.45 to $7.05, depending on which state Person-to-Person; for Colombia, from $8.25 to you're calling from. $12.00 for Person-to-Person; for Haiti, from It is important to note that customers calling $12.00 for Person-to-Person; and for from areas not presently equipped for to Honduras and from $5.00 to $6.00 tional Dial would benefit from the lower dial for Station and from $6.00 to rates even though the call would have to be Nicaragua, Person-to-Person. There are no increases in completed by the operator.

However, if Operator for the custhe additional minute charges. These increases tomer requests special operator assistance or will make the initial period charge for these special billing, the Operator Station rate would calls the same as the existing daytime rates. apply. It works! These parent volunteers help teachers work with groups of children. A key element to the project is citizen and parental involvement.

Two consultants from the State Department, Mary Huml and Lyle Smith, visited Payne Elementary recently to see if the pilot program is developing in the right direction. At the present time, Early Prevention of School Failure is serving over 400 school districts in 46 states and five foreign countries. The program at Payne is one of several in the state. She joined his staff in 1976 forgave Miss -Marshack a while he was vice-president. $45,000 loan which she had In his will filed last week in used to buy her cooperative White Plains, Rockefeller apartment..