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Community Fund Solicitations To Begin
Spears (left) a weaver at the Towel Mill, hears explanation of improved
insurance benefits as he enrolls under new plan. Signing him up is M. S.
®h»bs, an assistant foreman in the Towel Mill Weave Room.
Insurance Plan Is Well Received
100 per cent of the Tri-City
fof,j^^®Wale employees have enrolled
itig group insurance plan carry-
'hiproved hospital benefits.
l)6„5^Ployees who
wno signed up for the plan
eligible (with their dependents)
^creased benefits in connection with
s*'otection Continued
Retired Employees
employees who continued
Aid coverage will be pro-
the time being by the same
^ii(j i.® as under the United Mutual Aid
leldale Mutual Aid Associations.
Ihe Mutual Aid reserves are
tii^i ’ ■*
1^® collected for the hospital
jj ^ insurance during this period.
*5U who kept Mutual Aid will be
\v.^.letter prior to January 1, 196:
pay the premiums for, at
remainder of the year, no pre-
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■Se them of any changes in cover-
Vjjjg ® when to resume premium pay-
any hospital admission occurring on or
after October 1, 1965.
The new plan is underwritten by the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States, already the carrier of
hospital insurance covering emplo.yees
in the company’s other southern plants.
Under the Fleldcrest group insurance
plan, employees are protected by hos
pital, surgical and medical insurance
which provides benefits in hospitaliza
tion, surgical and maternity cases. Em
ployees and dependents also are pro
tected by group life insurance which
covers death from any cause.
In addition, accidental death and dis
memberment insurance protects the em
ployee in case of death or dismember
ment resulting from accidents on or off
the job; and weekly indemnity insur
ance protects the employee in the event
of loss of pay resulting from sickness or
off-the-job accidents.
Because the company pays a substan
tial part of the premiums, these benefits
are available at very low cost to the
employees.
Canvass In Tri-City Mills And
Offices Will Be Conducted
During Week Of October 18
The campaign at Fieldcrest Mills in
behalf of the Tri-City Community Fund
will open Monday, October 18, and will
continue through Friday, October 22.
The budget goal in the community
wide campaign is $75,000, representing
the minimum amount needed for the
continuance of the 12 health, welfare,
and recreational services included in the
campaign.
Fieldcresters, along with employees
of all other firms in the Tri-Cities, will
be asked to pledge a minimum of a
day’s pay.
For the convenience of employees and
upon their authorization, Fieldcrest will
make payroll deductions over a 12-
month period to collect the pledges.
D. F. Carson, manager of employee
relations,, is general chairman of the
drive at Fieldcrest Mills. The manager
of each mill will serve as chairman
for the solicitation in his mill, with the
assistant managers and superintendents
as co-chairmen. Heads of major staff
departments will be in charge of the
campaign in their respective depart
ments.
Payroll deductions authorized by , em
ployees will not begin until the first pay
period in January, 1966. If an employee
has no work during a particular week,
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Prizes And Awards To
Be Given In Campaign
Employees who pledge a day’s pay
and departments in which 100 per cent
of the employees pledge a day’s pay in
the Tri-City Community Fund campaign
will be eligible for valuable prizes.
In addition plaques, certificates and
other honors will be given departments
with 100 per cent participation on a
day’s pay basis.
An honor roll will be posted daily in
each mill department listing the names
of the department’s employees who have
pledged a day’s pay.
The President’s Plaque is to be given
by President Harold W. Whitcomb to
the mill which has the highest percent-
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