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Show Your Social Security PROOFS NEEDED Employee over 65 yean of age Inquire at the 8ocial Security Board's Richfield, Utah office about retirement benefit and about supplementary beneflta for his wife who Is also past 65. He b riven a list of the thlnfa the local office will need In connection connec-tion with his application for benefits. ' A worker who wants to claim his Old-Age and Survivor's Insurance benefits at age 65 or any time thereafter there-after can get an application form by writing or calling the Social Security Board's Richfield office. With form properly filled In, the worker will need to furnish, some proof of his age. If his wife Is past 65, she will also be entitled to, benefits, bene-fits, and should obtain and file a separate application form. She, too, will need to furnish proof of her age and, In addition, proof of her marriage to the worker. , There is usually little difficulty in obtaining a wedding certificate, but birth certificates of pprsons now 65 years old or more are, comparatively com-paratively scarce. If a birth certificate certifi-cate is not available, the Social Security Se-curity Board's Richfield office will advise claimants about other types of proof of age which will be acceptable. ac-ceptable. Workers and their wives who are planning to file claims for Old-Age and Survivor's Insurance benefits should obtain their proofs of age and marriage beforehand in order to avoid delay In getting their claims approved. Frequently It takes sometime some-time to locate such evidence as a church record of Infant baptism or record from the family Bible. |
