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PAGE TWO Tir^^tofie NEWS JANUARY 20, 1953 : Know Your Company. . . . Group Insurance For Employees Provides Hospital and Surgical Expense Benefits ONE of the thing's a new em ployee at Firestone Textiles is given an opportunity to do is apply for hospital, surgical, and accident and sickness insurance coverage under the group insurance plan available to employees. This oppor tunity is seldom turned down on the part of the new employee. In fact, at the present there is not a single employee at Firestone Tex tiles who doesn’t have, or who isn’t waiting for, this insurance. (New employees must wait 90 days after employment for the group insur ance to become effective.) Since this group insurance is universally popular with employees, it is important that all be familiar with the provisions of the policy, and with the proceedures to be fol lowed if illness or accident outside of the plant should cause loss of time from work, hosi)italization, or both. First, it is important to know that there are two basic kinds of insurance issued to employees un der the Prudential Insurance Group Plan for Firestone employees: (1) Non-contributory insurance, which is a life insurance policy issued to all employees and for which the employee pays nothing, and (2) contributory insurance, which is the hospitalization, surgical, accident and sickness insurance issued only to those employees who want it, and who agree to pay (through payroll deductions) group-rate premiums for the coverage. The non-contributory policy is in reality a life insurance policy which the company gives all its employees. It is in force for as long as the employee works for Firestone, and under certain condi tions can be extended after em ployment ends, as in the case of re tirement at age 65. * * THE contributory insurance, which the employee may have if he or she wants it (all do) is further divided into (1) insurance for self, and (2) insurance for dependents. The employee may have hospital ization, surgical, and accident and sickness coverage for himself and if he has dependents (wife, child ren, or close relative within cer tain limits), he may have them covered under the hospitalization and surgical provisions 'but not for the weekly payments provided un- ■'t TWISTER TENDER J. C. Crisp, above, has a question for Mrs. Minnie Kilby, who is in charge of employee’s group in surance. The Insurance Office is conveniently located next door to the Payroll Office and is reached through the rear door of the Main Office building, which in turn is reached through Gate 1, from outside the plant. der the accident and sickness pro visions. Premiums for contributory in surance vary, naturally, according to whether the employee alone, or the employee and his dependents are covered. Further, premiums are varied to some extent in proportion to the employees earnings. For this purpose a schedule of premium rates has been established having six classes according to wage rates. This complete schedule of premium payments may be found on page two of the Employee’s Group In surance booklet, which is given to all new employees at the time they apply for contributory in surance. (Additional copies are available at the Insurance Office.) The provisions of the contribu tory hospitalization, surgical, and A & S insurance are very generous. Under its provisions it is possible for a person to be hospitalized for as much as 31 days for any one disability, have a surgical opera tion, all at no cost to the em ployee above that paid regularly in premiums to the insurance compa ny. Of course this is not true in all cases. There are certain limitations —which are clearly stated in the policy that each employee holds— in the amount of money the in surance company will pay for specific types of operations, etc. Generally speaking,' however, it will pay most of the expense con FIRESTONE NEWS Volume II, No. 2 — January 20, 1953 Published at Gastonia, North Carolina By Firestone Textiles A Division of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Department of Industrial Relations R. H. HOOD, Editor Department Reporters Carding—Guinn Briggs, Gertrude Sanders, Jessie Westmoreland. Spinning—Lois Bolding, Evie Thomas, Janet Hartgrove, Mary Turner, Ray Cloninger, Fannie Bruce. Spooling—Nell Bolick, Helen Reel, Rosalee Burger. Twisting—Nevie Dalton, Mable Hanna, Hazel Clark, Lassie Crawford, Corrie Johnson, Dean Haun, Ellease Austin. Weaving—Mary Johnson, Lucille Davis, Inez Rhyne, Irene Burroughs, Vivian Bumgardner, Nina Milton. Cloth Room—Margie Waldrop. Quality Control—Dealva Jacobs, Irene Burroughs, Leila Rape, Catherine Isham. Winding—Dorcas Atkinson, Mayzelle Lewis, Kathleen Hovis. Shop—Cramer Little. Warehouse—Bobby Smith, George Harper, Albert Meeks. Main Office—Mozelle Brockman. Superintendent’s Office—Sue Van Dyke. Personnel Office—Flora Pence. Refreshment Department—Deuel Redding. nected with hospitalization, and/or surgery for an employee and his family, if the employee has both himself and his dependents insured. * * * TO avoid unnecessary delay in the handling of claims on the part of the plant Insurance Office it is important that employees be fa miliar with the proceedure to fol low in case of hospitalization, acci dent outside the plant, or illness. (Accidents within the plant would be covered by Workman’s Compen sation Insurance under which all employees are protected.) In the case of an employee’s ill ness requiring that he be away from work for as much as one week or more, a mem'ber of his or her family should go by the In surance Office as soon as it ap pears that the employee in ques tion will be out a week or more. At the Insurance Office the fami ly member will be given a physic ian’s statement, after informing that office of the employee’s illness. This visit serves two purposes: (1) Puts the Company on notice of the employee’s illness, and (2) pro vides employee’s physician with a form which must be returned to the Insurance Office before week ly A & S payments to the employee can begin. In the event the disability re quires hospitalization and/or sur gery, the Insurance Office will issue to the employee or member of employee’s family the necessary forms for the hospital and surgeon to complete and return, plus authorizations to pay the hospital and surgeon directly if employee desires. These forms apply to both employee or dependent hospital ization and/or surgery. It is, of course, not necessary to have these forms for admittance to hospitals in emergency cases. It is advisable, however, to have them in advance if the employee or de pendent plans the hospital treat ment prior to admittance. ♦ ♦ * IN connection with the A & S provisions it should be repeated that this coverage is available to employees only. Under its pro visions an employee may receive weekly payments (amount deter mined by employee’s earnings) for a period up to 26 weeks, except that no payment is made for any disability that causes tihe em ployee to miss a week or less of work. In case of a longer illness the first weekly payment will be issued (if the physician’s state ment is turned in in time) at the end of the second week of the ill ness. No payment is ever allowed for the first week of illness re gardless of how long or short the illness. After an illness which has been long enough to justify A & S pay ments to the employee there are certain conditions which must be met by the employee 'before he may return to work. These are: (1) Employee must be dismissed by his personal physician, (2) plant physi cian must approve the employee’s return to work, and (3) employee must go by the Insurance Depart ment or the First Aid Room and receive a card which shows the supervisor that he is permitted to return to work. Congregation Celebrates M-*- ■m: AT PARSONAGE DEDICATION—Rev. Robert M. Hardee, left, looks on as Bishop Costen Harrell of the Methodist Church, Charlotte District, congratulates R. L. Tompkins, Purchasing Age^t- for Firestone Textiles, who acted as representative for the numerous Firestone employees who attend the West End Methodist Church. The parsonage was officially dedicated Sunday, January 11, the occasioii being highlighted by the burning of the now paid off mortgage on the property. The picture below shows the new parsonage which built and paid for in a period of a year, through the efforts largely of a willing and working church membership, more than half of whoU' are Firestone Textiles employees. ^ New West End Methodist Parsonag® Dedicated By Area Bishop Harrell (Continued On Page 4) THE Rev. Robert M. Hardee and his family now reside in a parson age that is paid for in full, thanks to an energetic congregation who like to pay as they go, even in re ligious affairs. The parsonage at 310 North Highland Street was completed in February, 1952 and completely paid for within the fol lowing year. To fittingly celebrate the happy occasion Bishop Costen Harrell, who is in charge of the Charlotte Area of the Methodist Church, visited the West End Church Sun day, January 11 and accepted title to the new pastor’s home from the church’s building committee. The Bishop in congratulating Purchasing Agent R. L. Tompkins after the church service, said by way of appreciation of Firestone Textiles and its cooperation with the West End Church: “We are very grateful indeed to Firestone for its assistance toward the building of this parsonage. They have been most helpful, and I especially wish to thank the many Firestone employees for their fine spirit of cooperation and helpful ness.” The Dedication Service was a part of the regular Sunday morn ing service in the church sanctuary at 805 West Franklin. During this service members of the church’s Board of Trustees and menihers of the Parsonage Building Committee were called forward to the altar. There the old mortgage on the parsonage was burned after which the chairman of the building com mittee, Fred Taylor, presented the parsonage officially to the church. Bishop Harrell accepted for the church, offering in closing a dedi catory prayer. The parsonage is a ranch house of brick veneer constructio^j It has nine rooms and a parti®^ basement. Central oil heat is vided. The builder was Barnes, who served also as a ber of the building committee the church. Other members oi committee were Clyde chairman, Taylor McElveen, J. C. Ellis. The pastor of West End Chui^^^ the Rev. Mr. Hardee, has held torates at China Grove ■ffot Mocksville in North Carolina. four years during World War served in the United States as a chaplain. The Hardee’s ^ two children, a daughter 7, son 4. SCHEDULES SECOND SHIFT BlLLlARl^^ . Fi'i., Jan. 23, Weaving vs Mon., Jan. 26, Weaving vs Cai' ' Fri., January 30, Twisting vs GIRLS HOWLING LEAGU^ Thurs., Jan. 22, Weaving-Twist^*^| , vs Spinning-C^^e*^®.^ j Tues., Jan. 27, Weaving-Twist|^ vs Spool'® Thurs., Jan. 29, Main Offic® i Spinning-GeO® Tues., Feb. 3, Weaving-Twisting ^ Main Ofl ^ Thurs., Feb. 5, Spinning-Gener^^,^^ Spool 6:30 P. M. FIRST SHIFT BILLIARP^^^J Mon., Jan. 26, Spinning vs ing' 5: (Continued On Page 4)
