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Show Retirement Tips Listed by Social Security Are you getting ready to retire? Here are some tips that may help save you time and trouble when you apply for your social security se-curity benefits. A telephone call to the social security office is a good first step. The office can answer your questions and tell you how to apply and when to do it. When you apply, bring your rocial security card or a record of your social security number, proof ef your age and your las-year's las-year's income tax withholding withhold-ing statement. If you are self-employed, bring a copy of last year's income tax return and evidence of payment pay-ment of the self-employment tax. If your wife is also applying ap-plying for benefits, she should bring evidence of her age and her social security se-curity card or a record of her number if she has one. The best evidence of your age is a birth or baptismal bap-tismal certificate made within 5 years of your birth. Generally the older the document the better. If you have children under un-der age 18 or youngsters between 18 and 22 who are full time students, bring their birth certificates and a record of their social security se-curity numbers. It's a good idea to apply about 3 months before you retire. Don't delay because you don't have any of the required documents or information. in-formation. Personnel inthe social security office will be happy to assist you in getting the necessary information. infor-mation. If you are housebound and unable to come to the office, arrangements can be made for taking your application by mail, or if necessary, someone can come to your home. Just let the social security office of-fice know. Mr. Herman Frame, social so-cial security representative, representa-tive, will be in Moab, Utah at the Employment office on November 3, 1970 between be-tween 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. |