Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Recent Service Anniversaries JUNE 5 YEARS NAME PLANT George M. Grant Bailey Robert E. Vance No. 2 Nancy Suber No. 2 James T. Lewis No. 2 Linda A. Fuller No. 2 Omega K. Peay No. 2 Darreli E. Bragg Lydia Monroe Weathers Bailey 10 YEARS Paul M. Kitchen No. 1 James D. Gary No. 2 Samuel Pitts No. 2 Herbert L. Suber Lydia Larry E. McCravey Lydia Willie L. Burnside Lydia Wallace B. Phillips Bailey John H. Brewington Bailey Bruce D. Clark Bailey David C. King Bailey 15 YEARS Lylliann Snow No. 1 20 YEARS Charles T. Campbell No. 2 35 YEARS B.F. Harvey Lydia JULY 5 YEARS NAME PLANT Rosa Lee Pitts No. 1 Billy R. Smith No. 2 Brenda D. Hill Lydia Emma J. Miller LYdia Rudine Jones Bailey 10 YEARS Mary H. Howell Lydia Larry T. King Bailey 15 YEARS Richard L. Clark No. 2 20 YEARS Patricia J. Tucker Office 25 YEARS Sara O. Shelnut Lydia 30 YEARS Juanita R. I>eopard No. 2 35 YEARS Aline I^anford No. 2 45 YEARS David Word Office Don't Be FUELISH! Energy Conservation Is Everybody's Business! SHRINERS HOST right (Lydia Maintenance) shri Executive Vice President C (Paymaster) Shrine President, r*r HARRY SULLIVAN Sullivan, Coleman Are Promoted Harry Sullivan and Bryan Coleman have been named to new engineering positions, according to Vice President of Engineering Bailey Dixon and Lydia Plant Manager Ted Davenport. Sullivan has been promot ed from Lydia Plant Engineer to Project Engineer. Coleman former!v l.vdia ? -? V ?<J Assistant Plant Engineer, succeeds Sullivan as Lydia Plant Engineer. BRYAN COLEMAN ^L- : - Jg MH InvmiSTRlAI ISTS-T^ft tn ner Bob Wilkie, Clinton Mills Jeorge H. Cornelson, and David Word, right, chat with Group Insurance Medical1 Exceed I "Medical care cost continues to rise at the rate of 18 percent per year," Vice President Claude A. Crocker said recently in a discussion of our employee group medical insurance experience. Currently we are paying out 17 percent more in employee health insurance claims than we are paying our group hospitalization carrier. Protective Life Insurance Company, in premiums. If the present trend continues, claims paid would exceed premiums paid by 38 percent this tune next year. Without question, we are headed for a substantial premium increase. "I see no way to avoid it," he said. Every dollar the insurance company pays out is charged to us-plus a fee for administering the program. The insurance company is simply the conduit through which we pay our medical bills," he added. RISING MEDICAL COSTS In the past ten years health care costs have risen more than any other major component in consumer prices according to Federal Government Statistics. Hospitals and doctors cite such things as sharply increasing employee wage rates, supplies, energy cost jumps, exces 1 JiM Mac Cates, current presider Manufacturers Association, Mills Management Personn Cornelson introduced Cates. Review: Claim Cc Premium sive governmental regula tions, and red tapes, unbt lievable costs of malpractic insurance pieuiiuuis, cu are major causes of th runaway charges. This is th area that we can make a impact on cost containmen OUR RESPONSIBILITY A! INSUREDS "Of course, utilizaton i another major factor fuelin rising medical cost. Eac of us, as insureds has personal responsibility to d everything we possibly ca I r t & it of the South Carolina Textile following his address to Clinton el and other business leaders. >sts s Again i- to control these costs. We can help by using our Plan e wisely and by protecting it from abuse. Discuss with e vour doctor in advance his ie charges and rely on his n advice on when to enter or t. leave the hospital. Also, inS quire as to whether necessary diagnostic work cannot s be done equally well at his g office, or as an outpatient h instead of a bed patient. It a will save your money in the lo long run," Crocker conn eluded.