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Group Insurance Helps Employees Good professional services and a pleasant en vironment made Eulala (Mrs. Grover) Brock’s February stay in Gaston Memorial Hospital as relaxing as possible under the circumstances. A good feature of her experience was the fact that she benefited from the Employees’ Group Insurance Plan, one of the many “extras” that come with working at Firestone. And Mrs. Brock’s case is an example of the benefits made possible through company group insurance. The program includes life insurance, payable in even! of an employee's death from any cause al any time; accidental death and dismemberment insurance; hospital expenses, hospital medical expenses, surgical benefits; and accident and sickness benefits. Mrs. Brock, an inspector in Quality Control, has been at Firestone almost eight years. Two years ago she sustained a fracture of one foot— so slight that she did not know it at that time. Later, some pain developed and x-rays showed the cause to be fracture. That led to the cor rective surgery in February. AFTER A WEEK at the hospital, the patient went home to Bessemer City to begin six weeks’ recuperation. During time out from work, her weekly benefits made possible under Firestone’s Accident and Sickness Plan will certainly “come in handy’', says Mrs. Brock. (Any insured employee unable to work be cause of an injury not covered by the Work men’s Compensation Act receives these weekly benefits. These benefits start the first day of disability due to an injury, or the eighth day of disability due to sickness.) Under the present system, no deductions are made from the em ployee’s pay for his insurance coverage. But there is much more to Firestone’s em ployee insurance program. It includes life in surance and an additional amount of accidental death and dismemberment insurance. These amounts are related to the individual’s basic wage rate. Hospitalization benefits include room and boaxd charges up to a maximum of $10 a day and a total of $700 for any one period of hospitalization. RECOVERY—Eulala Brock was glad she had her Firestone group insurance when she went to the hospital for corrective surgery on her foot. She told nurse (Mrs.) Maxine Spivey: "I don't know what I'd have done without my employee benefits." When there is a hospital charge for room and board, the amount charged will be paid up to a maximum of $100 for other services, including: Hospital medical services, anaesthesia administer ed by a physician or under his supervision, and ambulance services. X-rays for diagnostic pur poses, when authorized by a physician, are paid for without requiring hospitalization. AMOUNTS PAID for x-rays outside hospitali zation are limited to a maximum of $50, and are deducted from the $100 allowed for “other serv ices” in event the employee is later sent to the hospital for the conditions associated with the diagnostic x-rays. Surgical benefits pay the fee charged by the physician for an operation up to the amount allowed in the schedule of surgical benefits. Surgical insurance also provides specific cover age for maternity cases and for treatment of frac tures. Maximum payment for all operations during any one period of disability may not be more than $200, unless the operations are due to dif ferent causes, or are separated by complete re covery. An upcoming article on the Firestone Iiisuranca Plan will discuss benefits provided for employees’ dependents. Know The Danger Signals? Medical research findings in a recent study indicate that 92 of every 100 apparently-well per sons who “feel fine” actually have something physically wrong with them. And none of the 100 persons will have been to a doctor for six months, the study shows. In the study, many of the diseases uncovered were in early stages when medical treatment is more likely to achieve a cure. Facts of this study emphasize To Eagle Rank Randy Lewis of Boy Scout Troop 10, Gastonia, was nomi nated in February for promotion to Eagle Rank. After the nation al BSA board processed the ap plication, Randy was scheduled to receive the rating at the court of honor here in March. Randy is the son of Payton Lewis in Carding and Mrs. Lewis of Spinning. Troop 10 is sponsored by Covenant Methodist Church in the Firestone community. the importance of regular health examinations. For this reason, the American Cancer Society urges wage earn ers and homemakers to have a complete physical examination at least once a year. Most cancer can be cured, if discovered early enough. “You owe it to yourself, your family, your employer, to make that appointment with your doc tor. Ask the office nurse to ^d- low time for a complete ex amination. This checkup is es pecially important if you are age 40 or over,” reminds the Gaston County Unit of the American Cancer Society. Meanwhile, says the local ACS office, learn the seven danger signals which may mean cancer: 1. Any sore that does not heal 2. A lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere 3. Unusual bleeding or dis charge 4. Any change in a wart or mole 5. Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing NSC Award Of Honor To Gastonia Plant Make another proud entry in the ledger of top safety performance on the job at the Gastonia plant. The recognition: Award of Honor from the National Safety Council. The award is presented when an establishment’s record has satisfied rigid requirements out lined in the Council’s Award Plan for recognizing industrial safety achievement. Interested In JESSI? Rising juniors and seniors in high schools across the country may apply for attendance at one of several Junior Engineers’ and Scientists’ Summer Institutes (called JESSI) sessions, follow ing the close of school this year. The two-week JESSI program is planned to help remove the "guess” from school and college program-and-career decisions, by giving interested high school juniors and seniors an academic insight into the pure and basic applied sciences, and some knowledge of the study pro grams and career opportunities in the science and engineering fields. JESSI, started in 1956 at Ore gon State College, is sponsored by Scientists of Tomorrow, a non-profit organization. This year there will be 13 institutes in colleges and universities across the country. North Carolina and South Carolina are included in the area served by Clemson College, for the boys’ program. Girls in this IN A LETTER to Ralph F. Johnson, safety supervisor here, NSC president Howard Pyle said that the local plant qualified for the award because of its injury- free period from October 1, 1959 to December 31, 1960. During that time the plant operated 3,- 918,237 manhours without a dis abling injury. It was the second time that Firestone in Gastonia had re ceived the NSC Award of Honor. The first one was in recognition of 3,930,809 production manhours free of a disabling injury from September 1, 1958 to July 1, 1959. Symbolizing the honor is an inscribed award plaque mounted on polished walnut. area attend Alfred College at Alfred, N. Y. The Clemson pro gram is June 11-24; the Alfred institute, June 25-July 1. The JESSI program has been announced to the high schools in the Carolinas and neighboring states. Applicants will be admit ted up to the opening day of in stitute sessions, or until the roster is filled. Students from Firestone fami lies who are interested in the JESSI sessions at Clemson and Alfred, may get full information from their high school counsel lor, mathematics and science teachers, or from Scientists of Tomorrow, 309 New Fliedner Bldg., Portland 5, Ore. Service clubs interested in providing some financial aid for local high school JESSI appli cants, may communicate with the Portland headquarters of Scientists of Tomorrow. 6. Any change m normal blad der or bowel habits 7. Persistent hoarseness or cough • If you notice any of these symptoms between the time of your annual health check-ups, hurry to your doctor. Your life may depend on that visit. None of the seven danger signals is a sure sign—but any of them could mean cancer, says the ACS. B-52H Tires —From page 1 load requirement of 8 4,0 0 0 pounds. The bomber is also equipped with two 32x8.8, 12-ply-rating wingtip tires, which Firestone supplies. The B-52H tires are among around 150 sizes and ply • atings of military and civilian aircraft tires for which Firestone is a qualified supplier. Firestone is one of the world’s largest producers of coated-fab- ric fuel cells. The company pro duced nearly 600,000 units dur ing World War II. Continued re search, development and produc tion since 1945 has resulted in lighter, stronger, less expensive fuel cells. Best In The Market The textile worker who thinks about his job agrees that high-quality raw material is vital to the production of first-rate goods. But he knows there are many other factors which account for American textile prod ucts standing as the best in the world mar ket. Quality of production personnel has much to do with the worth of a finished product. American textile workers—through intel ligence, ability to operate machinery at a high level of efficiency, and workers’ quali- ty-consciousness—all make their great con tribution to the progress of the American textile industry. Strict control of waste and a continuing concern for safety have also made the American textile industry the greatest in the world. No other textile industry can compare with the American textile indus try, when it comes to production methods and efficiency. Good raw material, careful processing and many other factors are all a part of the many things that make “Made In America” a mark of trustworthiness and distinction. FROM THE PAST 1876 Wisdom Still Good The American People and their Government cannot too constantly remember that it is most unwise for us as a Nation to buy anything cheap from foreign countries that must be bought at the expense of leaving our own good Raw Materials unused, and our own Labor unemployed.—■ Peter Cooper, candidate for President of the United States in 1876. March, 1961 Page 2 Volume X Number 4 'k Published by The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Firestone Textiles Division, Gastonia, North Carolina. Claude Callaway, Editor Charles A. Clark, Photographer PLANT REPORTERS Carding—Payton Lewis, Jessie Ammons Cloth Room—Margie Waldrep Industrial Relation s—Flora Pence Main Office—Bea McCarter Quality Control—Sallie Craw ford, Louella Queen, Leila Rape Spinning—L illie A. Brown, Maude Peeler, Mary Turner Spooling—Nell Bolick, Rosalie Burger, Ophelia Wallace Mechanical Department — Rosie Francum Twisting—Vera Carswell, Elease Cole, Annie Cosey, Katie El kins, Catherine Fletcher Twisting (Sales)—Elmina Brad shaw Warehouse—N a n c y Cloninger# George Harper, Albert Meeks, Rosevelt Rainey Weaving (cotton)—Ruth Veitch Weaving (synthetics)—Mary E* Johnson, Irene ,Odell Winding—Ruth Cloninger, May* zelle Lewis
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