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"M«rry Christmas Everybody"
is the message from Jeannetta, Mar
tha Eileen and Ann Rosier Purcell,
children of Rev. and Mrs. E. G.
Purcell, Jr. This picture was made
last Christmas at the home of their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Purcell, Sr., of Erwin. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Pureed, Sr. are employed
by Erwin Mills in Erwin.
The children's mother, the former
Miss Eileen Regan of Durham, at
one time was secretary to Mr. Carl
Harris. Rev. Purcell is now pastor
of the Methodist Church at Ahoskie,
N. C.
C O. Walker New
Manager, Plant 8
C. O'Neal Walker, former super
intendent of Plant 8, Stonewall,
Mississippi, has assumed his new
duties as manager of that mill.
Mr. Walker fills the vacancy left
by M. Ray Harden whose resigna
tion was announced last month. ,
Mr. Walker came to our plam
in Stonewall as a superintendipKj
in October 1949. He was fornajH
with the Riegel Textile Corp, iM
Triori, Georgia. He entered JHi|B
tile industry after leaviqg: aatear*
and worked his way throqgp
manufacturing dep«itrci|£» He
served as sample.
fabric designer
before joining Erj^^Hßv
Active la Boy
Mr. Walker of
servioe in Boy ScoWfwork. He
served as chairman of the Chat
tanooga district and since he has
been in Mississippi has continued
his Boy Scout work in the Sowkahee
Council as a director. He ia t^lso
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THE ERWIN CHATTER
Vol. IX, No.
Your Social Security
To Cost More in 1954
Deduction Will Go Up
From IH% To 2% For Old-
Age & Survivor's Insurance
Begining in January 1954, your
paycheck will show a bigger de
duction for Old-Age and Survivor's
Insurance —the program that's usu
ally called Social Security. The
tax you've been paying for govern
ment insurance protection was
1 */&% of the first $3,600 of your
wages. Starting January 1, 1954,
it will be 2%.
Erwin Mills matches the Social
Security tax you pay, dollar for
dollar. This means that even though
your Social Security tax is limited
to $72, double that amount is paid
over to the Treasury Department in
Washington. The money is held in
trust to pay your benefits.
Why the Increase?
The increase in our Social Securi-j
ty tax was provided in the revises
Social Security Law passeCby Coil
gress in 1950. The tax is schedule!
to remain at 2% for the next sia
years. In 1960 it will go to
Five years later it will go up tJ
3%, and for the years begining witl
1970, it will reach 3%%, unleJ
changed by Congress before tld
time. These i abases are in antS
pation of futHJp 4&lif ations
Social Security fMpram.'
Every BMM Security (SS? tax
dollar Pfjj equals ten regular
dollars. Your
SS (flpptrwee policy" gives two
baajte of coverage: retirement
*SfgPSTMAS PRESENTS KEEP SEWING ROOM BUSY
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The job of preparing 7,385 Christmas packtim of sheets and pillow CUM hu
been going on for a month in the Sowing Soon. The pachagss are for the
Company to distribute an giftn to employes*. Each package contains two 81 z
108 percale shsots and two 43 x 58* percale pillow caaeo. They are mads np
in brae, mains, rose, green and whits. Shown wrapping packages, loft to
right, ass Alans Tilley, Mamie McCauky and Barbara Hsstsr. A Christmas
msssage from Irwin Mills is indadsd in each package.
DECEMBER, 1953
income to your family at age 65;
and life insurance to your family
no matter how long you live.
The principal factor that de
termines your SS benefits is the
number of years you have worked.
The general rule is ten years. But
it's less for those who reach 65, or
die, before 1970. Your family may
be protected after you've worked
only 1%% years. To learn exactly
when your own insurance goes into
effect, remember these two rules:
any work done after 1936 helps
make you eligible, no matter how
old you are now —but the total
working time you need is roughly
half of the time between 1950 and
your 65th birthday, or death.
Retirement Benefits
Getting
SS depends oniffl^^^^Hn've
Hired
K-
Bf
Benefits
SS benefits totaling millions of
dollars go unclaimed every year.
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w Many Happy Returns"
For Insurance
Hospital, Health And Accident Policies Observe sth
Birthday; Paid Over $240,000 This Year
December 1 marks the fifth anni
versary date for two protection
programs provided for employees
by Erwin Mills. They are hospital
insurance, and accident and sick
ness insurance.
$175,000 Hospital BUI
Hospital insurance carried for all
employees by the Company is with
The Hospital Care Association of
Durham. Erwin Mills pays the in
surance premium for all employees,
and they can pay a small weekly
fee to provide hospital coverage for
members of their family. During
the first ten months of 1953, Hos
pital Care paid hospital and surgi
cal bills in the amount of $90,295.90
for Erwin employees. In addition,
they paid $85,036.19 for employee's
dependents, insured through the Er
win Mills plan.
Here's To Your Health
Weekly accident and sickness ben
efit checks have come in handy for
over a thousand Erwin folks this
year. From January through Sep
tember, 992 claims, totaling $65,-
318.07 were paid by the Provident
Life and Accident Company. The
entire cost of this insurance is paid
by Erwin Mills. It covers every
employee after he completes three
months' continuous service. If you
should suffer an off-the-job accident
which keeps you out of work, this
insurance pays $12.50 a week for as
many as 13 weeks if necessary. It
also pays benefits if you can't work
because of a sickness or disease not
covered by Workmen's Compensa
tion.
Help When You Need It Most
In ten months of 1953, our two
"birthday" insurance plans have
paid out a total of $240,650.16, and
an estimated total of a million dol
ars since they were begun five years
SB nl M tc,"
Edith Hney Howe (right) ia recuperating from an operation—out of work
but not oat of Inch! Edith'a hospital inanrance paid the aargeon and part of
the hoapital bill. She ia thrilled to find that with her health and accident
inanrance check aha can finiah paying the hoapital bill and her doctor. M I
would be in debt if it weren't far this," iaym Mra. Sowe, the mother of three
children. Mra. Stevena of the Durham Employment Office ia happy to tarn
benefit check over to Mra. Sowe.
Group Life Insurance
For Retiree Continues
Certificate Equal To One-Half Value Of Group Policy
Given To Retiring Employee A* Gift Of Company
Begining October 1, 1953, cer
tain retiring employees receive a
paid-up life insurance policy when
they leave the Company. The pol
icy is given to those employees who
carry group life insurance at the
time of their retirement, who are
60 years old or more, and who
have worked for the Company at
least ten years.
Circulation 6,000
Tfff
William H. Khye, No. 5 Card Boom,
baa been working for the Company
27 years. Thia ia the first time he
has had to take advantage of our in
surance program. He has just re
ceived a check from the Provident
Life and Accident Insurance Co., cov
ering accident and sickness benefits.
"It really does help a lot," says Mr.
Khye, who has received benefit pay
ments for a maximum of 13 weeks
allowed in the policy.
ago. One million dollars in bene
fits to employees "ain't hay," as
the old saying goes. It is one mil
lion dollars that helped to tide you
over when yon were too sick to
work—helped to make a hospital
stay easier by reducing financial
worry. Wherever these insurance
checks were received, they were wel
come because they came when they
were needed most.
If you have had occasion to share
these benefits, you know the value
of their protection. If you haven't,
it should be reassuring to you to
know that the insurance is ready to
give you a helping hand.
The value of this paid-up policy
is 50% of the amount for which the
employee was insured immediately
before his retirement.
For instance, if you pay 15c a
week for group life insurance at
Erwin Mills, your policy will pay
$lOOO in case of .death from nat
ural causes. When you retire at
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