| Show w E HAVE $20000 in sav-- ! no desire to leave an and tags estate If we start spending the $20000 Won't Stretch $20000— both principal and in terest— to add to our retirement how many years would it last us at $3000 per year?” Probably between eight and nine years It would depend on the rate of interest when it was income compounded how you drew out $3000 etc You know of eourse that this is about the most foolish thing you can do with cash Have you thought of lifetime anbuying a 000? the with $20 nuity "MY WIFE and I have decided we do not need in retirement two things the rest of America wants and pay? heavily for — good sthools because we have no children and good roads because we don’t drive Can you name for us a couple of towns where schools and roads aren’t so ' important and where we would thus live with fewer the ’ : The minimum going rate In a The Golden Years taxes?” There are rural towns all through the Southern states where the streets and schools are indeed poor And where taxes for same are low But there are few bargains in taxes What you would save on school and road taxes you’d probably Far by) Thomas Collins town like Lakeland is still about $200 a month But without a car Anything above $200 can go toward steaks unpatched pants cars boat? etd A couple with $300 a month and modest taste would be quite comfortable and with $400 would be well-to-d- o New GOLDEN TEARS booklet now ready Send SOc in coin (no stamps) to Golden Years The Salt Lake Tribune PO Box 861 Salt Lake City S8-p- have to pay out for policemen jails juvenile delinquency welfare emergency hospitals and general backwardness— all of which go with poor schools and roads "I initiative” This column tried that until letters began coming back telling of degrading and insulting chores the organizations gave them Men who had to a small town when I retired became bored with it moved back to the city and have started a second career with a travel agency My wife and I both are employed MOVED non-prof- people sat- isfaction in volunteering their services for charitable non- profit and educational institu- ' wonder if you would encourage this type orMost can benefit a great non-prof- it $15000 Nat'L Park Reports Camping Increase $13000 "CAN YOU TELL me how much it will cost a retired couple to live in an apartment in Lakeland Fla and drive a "I WANT to retire before I and my wife and I who are the same age have been told we each can get $100 a am Anybody who has a house and saved is going to find $200 a month a poor living But a couple can live on it Also you’d better check those annuity figures with about three good life insurance companies to make sure they apply to your current age And that $17000 in your house—most people expecting to get $17000 wind up with about top-lev- el have found a great deal of tions and I not like to of activity ganizations Probably $17000 in held executive jobs before retirement were assigned to licking stamps and shuffling papers by some charity organit izations When the groups can set up programs to utilize the talents and preserve the dignity of retired people they will start recruiting some of the best brains in the country With or without the help of this column ‘ Utah this idea?” non-prof- it as Tour Escorts’ escorting travel groups all’ over everywhere The pay’s not much but the scenery is wonderful Not a bad idea "MANY RETIRED month income for life if we each buy a $16000 annuity for cash We have $15000 in stocks and $17000 equity in our house which would give us the $32000 needed Anything wrong with deal from such volunteer efYou could lend enforts couragement to retired individuals because we know they are often hesitant about taking the car?” 65 About $50 a month more than you’ve got It was ever thus Wrn JL HE CONTINUING upsurge in camping has resulted in the greatest recorded use of Yel- lowstone National Park” said Supt Lemuel A (Lon) Garrison as the 1963 camping season ended Supt Garrison said the park has had 3266(600 visitor days through the end of August-- 40 000 visitor days more than in 1962 the previous record travel THE SIERRA COTTAGE® year A visitor day is more indicaof park use than the travel figures as the visitor who stays tive longer not only affects the park workload but also seems to spend more money in the park and in surrounding communities Thus the increased revenue reported by park concessioners is attributed to the increase in visitor days rather than to entries through the en- trance stations which is 35 per cent less than last year The 40000 increase in visitor days is approximately 4 per cent greater than in 1962 and is also close to the increase in business reported by park JUST IMAGINE A HOME COMPLETELY FURNISHED AND READY TO MOVE IN AND READY FOR YOU TO MOVE IN! 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