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ROCK- MARYLAND JANUARY 191979 30593

HARTFORDCALLS ON 18CUSTOMERS IN8 HOURS The HmtroId Dimkt has disco-

the accret of tbd y hpample A c c o r d i n g t o D e l ~ ~

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laboretionwithtBtFbtPMlOroupacoa-d t k g firm and NSS ampr Hartfwd ~ S w o ~ g i c p l s n n r o g s e m i -nars for m ~ m mdp ~ p c t sin Nowmber jmd hcmkr

~ ~ g k p l a r m i n n ~ t o B e y ~ ~ r m t ~ f o r ~ inslrrancchhmy Moreandmoreof ow mutomm ad pspcts were ex-~ i l l g h n e e d d e o l ~ x m f o r s t m tagk plrtnninp tooh 00 help t k m p h t h e u ~ m s f o r t b e ~ T h i s ~ plus Geaeral EkdWs m p W h as a l d e r in lmmgicp l d g plus the fa thaa tb customs-plarmws were execu- GE INSURANCE PLAN TOPAYtivesanddaeisioomalreracreatedapr-fect vampck to gain higls-level c q m m PREGNANCY DISABILITY BENEFlTS md credibility in many of Hartfords EffechJanuzuy 11979 ampnerd n m e y ~ i r t h o r z t W d c d c o n -m w1300-5 Elamp will mvide w o n m m y d b d i m Such d u y continoan= will be

The fme abrdby prcampIcy - ~ -an Decembtr 8th with tile ~ ~ i ~ t h e ~ ~ a s f o r e m -w a s d i r e c o e d t o w s t d t h e ~ c c d b i l i t y b e n e f i t s a s a r e p ~ l o e m - ployetsdisabledkcmuteof an illnew or banking comrmmitywhile the SezQd ploy= W y ~ l e d b e c m eofihws mjury o n X ) e c e m b e r 5 a i m e d a t t b ~ or i n j q Employees who dwide to sup woamp-marwplaceBothseminarswereMdat A new federat law which b n m hagdmhg p e w while they are still the Baraey flouse ammby esbamp fad - effrxtive April 30 1979 wiIl able toperfom their war job will be ity apoundiihampdwith the Univemity ofCon- payment of disability M t s b pg- a m s ~ o n l e a v e o f ~ c t d r a i m g mcticut nmt women tbeirppncyaadfwupbeightweeb

Bothfattmdeit6era-Wonor a a f t e r i t s ~ ~ i u s w b c a t x a AfkrdaefirstyearGEsInsarancse SBtA -1 discussiop led by Ted G m h Planwmmy Weekly S I c bandAcci- b e f i t s wiIlbepayable hrbdW i l i -psident of tbe Pbttltts Ctroup along d e p t ~ m s f o r t o t a l ~ t i e s ~ t -fIeswbichstartwi~31daysof~da3~ w i t h ~ o r ~ ~ ~ last worked However salary con-ing fmm pregmmcy dhIldbiorr e f d auEd~~ inclwbg W t aad medical corditbm~ Beaefits will be tinuance k d t s HriUnotapplysincebbe vice psidents o f b d h g andins- p i d fbr total disabWs which start emp1oyee isleaving voluntarily companies along with Lynne C d m within 31 days of the date last wmked Sick Pay lxmfb will be payable b formerly with GE ~ ~ Theanmuatpaidg is60pmmtofawnat eligible boutly empbyees disab1ed b and Dick Larsw M- of SIratqw straight-tinme weekly cam- up to a c a l l e e o f ~ o a t h e ~ ~ a s D e v e m t fwQBIS maximumof$175 prweek forupto26 forillness or injury

weeks ( C o e d on Page 7)InadditiontohechaagehtheWeekly

Sickness and Act-t bmce the companys Salery Continuance Plan for salaried employees is also beinglmcwed Lo permir 1mMgmappvtll of salary - t h ~ ~ e ~ absent be-forW O c a m ofdidi l i tbsmdhg from prep

1874 YEARS OF GESERVICE CITED No sat is rwt a rypographicdm m It

is the accumulatedsemi= years ofmem-bers of the new Rbckville Quarter Ommy Club a group of 66 amiable f o ~ w h o h a v e i a w m a ~ o n a t l e a s t 2 5 yewsofservicewith tbeOeaeral Electric G~FY

Members of the club got together for birr fmt gentral meting on aeCember 3 1978 in Gahm- Md

Acoording to club bylaws the object of tbe club is simple To bring abwr better quainma and good fellowship among those who share the common bond ofhag-dmesmite with tfie Gat-e r a l ~ ~Company The December get-together p m v d

thac good Mowship is not hard to come by when members of the group gather Men lbd sw lMks me Id andhut dly5 c u i d officid m a h i p plaques and cads

msideat and fouada of the focal Quarter Centmy Club is F m k Itbier Vice Resident is Fabrezio and Bill Backerservesas secretary

While the or ofthe c W s mem-bes work in Rockvilk the club baa a specialprovisionfora Hfield ppIeb becdme honorary memlxm b e club members w o k with a S p e Divisiw program in GaithmburgMdandhave ~ m thedRoCkde club h w of any otherlocal p u pof long-timeGE tmployees The clubhas no inithhn fee or m-

hhipdues and myactive emplope of GE in Rockme w b has completed 25 yean of serviceautomaticallybeoomes a memberon January 1 of the year in wbkh he or she oe~tbnasthe mice anniver-sary

M c m h ofheQuatter Century Club as ofDecember 311978 were

37 Yervrs Doris F f a t a n ~

34Years Edwm 0Vaodew

33 Years Raymond Lopez

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greet mmbms P thelirst general mering 32Yema Kenneth G MacDondd Nomao H Besrl 31Years Bruoc Rl R Lcldle~ Rabert MButler(New Yo) Fmk H Iuner James Lm e r

Yeu9 John P Cbaddsrdon Edward Hon-

(Phila-) Hugh I o ~ o ~ Job M GriEfin Leo Ramez R a p a d P ~~ll~~ B-k PrL)a W y l i Jr

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S James

29 Yeam Frank L Hopkins Donald Farrell Charles F R e p Artbur S Cleary William J Gmm EdwardMitchellJr Albert FIwes m k Park1 28 Years Arthur SBaker (Syracuse) William L Backer Andrew Dim J M B u h Warner R Sinback J m F Tidd James B OBrien P Eileen L p h (Erie) RJaaes Driscoll Paul h m d q

27 Y-Arthur WBrusila Fraak WGibBhs John WNeuepschwander Harold A Santtlcci Donald S D m Robm L Johnson Peggy A Pamp William H Johnson Job J m t t e

26 Ymra Richard P Mamkowski (Erie) R D Henderson Donald C) Bishop (Dallas) Norm Harvey Janm J W I t r (Tulsa) Hmq D Struve (Denver) Robert Itwt I M c w a (Namp) CurtisJones Jr Ciethard 0Mueller 2s Yeam WampE BaileyAlexauderVr

A amp- RLiliP A Fbdzia MPilp MrIbndd Ricnd (Ddlrl $0cph MBobamp ( a - M y ) JosephW Steel Robea A Niemann Joe Adam8 (Brook Park) Joseph M

Quarter Csrrftuy Cisb mmbtrs swap stories about their dbyswith GE

50 WMS TQKNOW YOUR PRODUCT About M d~~umentswere newly is-

sued orrevised in ampf-theyear h u -mentation eflorls

Two MARKMNK books were pub-lisbediUfinalf0m~mPrcparstrw M a n d (130003A) and the Tembd Operlltors Gtlide (130002A) Nbw Wig printd in bal form isthe System Pmgramums OPWe (130001A)All are Revisions A done during Novem-ber Tbc System Refemice Manad (130013) continues tobe availablefaits advance release edition The 3780 Emdaior GPMe (130014) 4)s under PW~ The Commemd System reference

manual Q50101N)d m w e n t its a p eat annual revision A majorchangew a in Section2 UserCapabflities which includes more information about the network dahbiws aod support ser-vises The sation on terminals was re-moved (since it was essentially reperlxed on individual terminaloprationscards) Andtfie Dictionary ofusage iaoorpo-rated summary pagei about backgmuad editing and High-Sped Service com-mands

ADM k documwkd in the ADM System advance release users guide (3502WA)ADMMFO and an d-vmce ~ e l e r u ~supplement (3501OIN-l) to the Commsnd System reference manual The s q p h m t demibcs the new c-g group capability

AnFORTRAN77docummtahnwas reviewed and the FORTRAB 77 (318601B)md FORTRAN 77 Sys-tem Routines (310701B) refemace manuals rev id The reference manual =vision inmtpomkd an admucement to INVOW the table of run-time fault conditions was rcvkd to hdicate apre-cise fault oonditbon for each numeric code produced by the system d h g a pmpm run md minor chaoges were made throughout the book to oorrect er-mm

HISAM and I)MS II documentation was mviewed too and the HISAM reference manual (560505B)DMS II refennee manual (5610093) md Databllae AdmhMmtlrm users guide (561011B)were revised The fourd~ book in the tmb-the Retrteval and Rep users guide [S61010A)--was reprintedwith smatl comctionsp viously dwumeated in DMSI1 hpph ment 561030 which w s discontinued -AM Incopmkd an addition to

thedescriptionofHFRESH descriptions of new me mssm-es and corn-tions TheDMS II reference manual in-

C o w mtampamphwe= pubIIsbad for t h t n c w ~ l t a o e d S ~ a m d ~ ~ U comrreMand for the course on Data Asalysis and Fo-U ~ W d F A L ~ a n d w m r p v i s d f m ~ w ~ F P a R s m e n E d s oiFDRTBcW~IatrodactsoaitOFi-n a d d Repom h d y d s and Sbiqtdern 11 Other muma matedamp were sprinted small changes and sllpplements Neady 20 dccuments am inw1YedCompletedews aboutco-materLa]s are conmind in the newly re-v M btmmrs G W ta - a m Mateampamp (40allOK)up to date as of Janurtry 10 and mandaQorp for anyone gettingreadytoteachacustomeroom

C Q m T o B E -be CO- ~lrarterlg(4000-

01N)for fanuery-Mmhwars dressed up with anew more ataaetIvecover d incIuded both GB Information Service$ smd NSS author came de-scrfirn sWdea9 amd related b-formation It was Wed to b u t 36000 prams on tbe MAIL mail-ing iist at the end of lhxmlm It

corporated changes and ~ l ~ c a t i o n s coatah a notice amphg cutDmers to throughout plus new descriptiom of PLOTSAVE statement LOCATION functions file manipulation and others Tbe X)tabaee Achmhathul users guide contains a completely rewritten secti~non updrrtiag

The V h Line Date Base users guide(590074A) was =vised T h eisa supplement (590074A-1) that corrects fdename VALULFN to VAtULS Listwmm

mmp1ek and m t m the inwrted post card for future copies CoPFseQwr-terlty will not be mailed via the MAIL ~ l l s t i a t h e ~ You should make sure your cwt~mers c o m e and meblm fhe card if they wish to receive fuhm aopiss

T h e I a P l E f J t ~ ~ r n -mbry(1401OiW iathardafedJanuary 1 1979 and mmbd Revision YThe emeat FwbHcations Price List (40201R)is that- Saawuy 11979 andmarkedRovfshRTheAccemlW r e E Q r g d ~ R k e f d s t w e r e a k outfitted with new dm~attractive Oovers ( C o ~ u e d Page 8)

IMPROVED BEmmTs rnSOLVENCY REQUIRE HIGHER SOCIAL

GE TOPAY$300 MILLION IN 79 ~ n i n d ~ i a l s c m n i c y t a x w i l l Social Security h e B ampcontinue to

go inbeffect forGmdEledc adfor CiB employees heginning Jan- 1 1979

The money is Deeded to pay for the retirementincome andotherhef i t shat come from the Social Security program as well asbkeepthewpmonasound long-mgemancial footing

Beginning January 1 1979 GE will pay a Social Sec taxequalto 613 of tile k t snmof eech empfoyecs 1979 pay Because of this a s total Social Security taxcmampas much as S300mmnh 1979 Iu 1978thetexw a 605 of the 6rst $17700 of ampem-ployees pay The new rase wi l l push CSEstaxwbv anestlmated$50million

Each indikoal empbyee will also pay 613 of ihampt $22900 of his or her 1979paybeginningJanuary I hrm individul the total tax can reach as much aa $140377 In 1978 the in-dividual paid 6058 on the fmt $17700 for a maximum tax of $107085

Russ Hubbad a benefitsconsultantin the companys Corpomte Employee Re-lations Operation points out that a9 in the past tbcwe making less than the top taxable camia8g22900 in 1 9 7 6 will bave pmprtiwlately lower taxes

mpmmt goDd value- be adds amp-spite the ditly higher tax rate and the higher earnings base on which it is levied Social hcmty is now the b i c bpotirce of rL t b ~ m for moste

Amrhw as weII as a brtsiisome of d i s Q i and surviwr income and the basic 80- ofmampdicaIbenefih forthose o w age 65

Of muse for G3employees Social Security benefits combine w i h the C3E pmionplantomakeupthebulkofGE retirement Income

In 1969 just 10 years earlier in-dividuals paid a maximum tax of about $374 mmpaFed80 nextyearslnaxhum of b u t $1490 w sswhl Sec tax in 19 wasjllstover$100millioncom-

pard rn the $300 million 1979 But pints out Mr HM-valw of re- income disability survivor aud medicat W t s have a h i n a w d Old age retirementincome beae6ta alone for example bave rirsEn from a maximumofabout $160 a month ia 1969 to the 1979 maximum of over $500 per month

PABLEZ-VQUS -CAW SPRECHEN SIEDEUTSCE PARLA ITALIAN01

Ifyou work atHeadquarters and your answar to any of those k yea (m my language) you might want ao wnsider hstructiag other G 5 employees Tbc hkmatbnal Tmhhg Center is

considering offering emmg classes in aonvematbnalFrenchGerman and Itd-ian for employees If youre q d e d to teach my ofthose languages dwould

be iatereskdin d w b g someofyour free theforamioimal instnrctom fee please wntrsct Joan Pltlmerexwioa 5614

Plase+io wt requestrtgbmtion in-f o r m a h Callonly if youre interested in instructing When oourrpes and shed-ules are firmed up employees wilt be notified

50 WAYS TOKNOW YOUR PRODUCT IContiauedfrom Page 3)

So were seven p c k e t 4 M wcrrbu-lary cards Updabad and revisal w m those on F O R M 77 [310617A) System and M t h g Commands (350102G)FAL I1 (510324C)DMS II (561028A) and Statsystem II (570714A)Simply repackaged were those on BASIC (3200023) and RMS (3710WA) -tintled w a tbose on FLV Currency ExchangeDabhw and FMPS in the futm copies of the -tinamp ones can be obtained wWe 8- last by calling Dac-

One caution Bnd-of-year publishing effort hasbeensohigh someofthepublicattomdemhdabove (and m thewb-ter issue of hder) may not be cam-plekly stockd amp the Documeat Center a n d i n o m (ampOn-Lineordering Sys-tem) u a t i l k Jan- Personso r d h g via OLOS shorrld carefully check pssi -ble bdcodtm Ettaing tfie opening few weeksof~yearI

PAYOUT 155854 GEPEOPLESHARING SECURITIES CASE WORTH $201MILLION

More than $201 million To be exact $201833517 Thats the recd value of the securi-

ties and cash involved in the annual payout under GEs employee savings and mvestment plans which went intothe mails to employees and former em-ployees w l y this monthThe figrue is basedon 1978s year-end market va lm for GEs m k and SampS frogram Mutual Fund Units and the maturity value of US Savings Bonds

Sam Dolfi manager of Employee Benefits for General Electric said that a total of 155854 GEpeople s h d m the huge dishbution

It went to themas amultoftheir 1975 iovestments under the GE Savings and Security Pmgram and their 1973 savings under the SavingsandStockBonus Plan The close of 1978markad the end of the holding periods for savings and invat-ments for those years under the two plans

Dolfi said that of the 155854 on the receivingend ofthe payout 139372 a~ receivingsecuritiesomd cash worth about $193 million m the U S P hgmn ck-tribution The mnahhg 16482 are KE-ceiving about $9 million in securitiesand cash under the Savings and Stock Bonus Plan

Heres how the two plms work Under Savings and Security pdci-

pantsleave theirinvestments in trust fora specified thee-year Mding period and receive thcir seclrtith and a 50 com-pany matching payment on the portion eligible for matching StockBonus Plm usem leave theirUS Savings Bonds in aust for a specifkt five-year bolding period and wben the period ends receive theit bonds andbnus iu GBStockequal to 15 of the cost ofthe Imnds

Dolfi pints out that The W~uesof stock amp a s and mutual fund units of course rise and fall depending on the madtot US Savings Bonds on the otherh d have a specifiedrateof inter-est which steadily iacreases the dollar valw of the bonds He adds that tbe yearend madcet vdw of a GE share on the NYStock Excbge was $47125 per share and that the year-end value of an SampSPmutual frmdunit was526090 Most people choose their securities

according to thcir own personal outlook regardingfutureampty values and their own personal gods Dolfi explains Many of course plan on holding the securities they are receivhg-whether stock s h fund unitsorban-r than immediately turning them into cash Theaverageprice for OEstock in 1975

(when securities now king distributed under SampSP were purchased) was W5381 Fbr Mutual Fmd Units tbe av-erage purchase price in 1975 was $24965

Employees should note that offers to sellorthe golicitationofofferstobuy any securitiesoffed by h e SampS Rugramor the solicitation of participation or a chmge in themethod or degreeof partic-ift90n by mywe errmlled m tbe PKI-gmmismademlybytheSBrSPPFD~ p p c t w which includesthe text of the program

PRICES The Stock Rice and the Furad

Unit Price for each month of 1978 are as follows

Fwd untt Month Stacknice PrCee January $46518 $23158 February 46033 22887 hlrtrch 46341 23072 April 48944 24308 May 52483 26014 Juoe 51727 26224 July 52281 26274 A w ~ 55636 28M3 September 53381 28617 October 51097 27457 November 48667 25536 December 47700 26098 The following qresents the closmg

price of General Electric Stock and Sav-ings and Security Mutual Fund Rice on December 29 1978

Stock $47125 Fund $26090

SMHrrCIJACKPOT Sixheadquartersemployees found that

saving money can really pay when their names were draw out of the hat at a special Cost Impfovement drawing on December 12

The six Ginny Gillctk Joe Adam Lloyd Bergman Howard Robinawn and John G W all of SystemsOpathns and Bill Jewell International Maiketing had all submitted approved Cost Im-provement sugwtions for $25000 or gmter savings Each won his or her choice of a mimwave oven or a 19 color television

ARMY CONVENES TODISCUSS COPPER IMPACT Over 36 MARK I P Service users latest financial analysis program Pat alsoinmdmdMarv Romberga

h m twelve d i f f q t army mmmaads Finandis which wiU allow Army FEDPROS senior AR who outlined convened at Redstone Arsenal in comma~dsto access the cornpustat GEs latest Proposal Pricing System Huourville A h mDecember 6 and 7 daubme to closelymonitor the financial (PPS) Maws talkwas so effective ac-

One of the main purposes of the condition of various contractors before cording to Donaboe that one group of h a y - s p m a r e d smhar according to awsrrding oontrrtcts m d e e s put up a Iivc Fk3 model five D i c k D o n ~ A R i n t h e F c d e r a l S ~ ~ Ia addihn Donahoe said Captain dayslaterusing only Marvs dout-office was f d l h h t b n of new users George D a v i h ofAir Force Systems line plus handout damnentation with the CopperW t pgaman Ah commandgaw away infomativetalkm m gtoKen SmtuociWager Farce admhbbd program rPaaing on gomeof the latest Air Porce price d y - FSO This is a c h i c example of our MARK mm chiicetion msu~portfcdmd users Thlssis techniques on thehdARKIII CopperImpact isMcated to i m p v - and Pat Bubeux M- of the FED dedmtm is an inherent W n of our

i l l g p r i c i a g a n d c o s i n g ~ i o ~PROSBmchof frederalSdaap 1979 gmwth plan andispaying off Federal Ctovemmmt - is aa atspecial army invitationto explainhow Air= cocknameforprocu~emeat GEESS fedad ~~t branch is aad IMPArn kanmmymfor Im- organized to suppn copper impact pmved Modern Pricing and Costing throughout the US Techniques

According to Donohoe sharing metbods for furtfaering ef6chcy using MARK III Service was just one ofth Armys wbieved objectives in the d-nar David Kooncefrom the officeof the b t a r y of Bfense pmcntcd the

increased34aver 19Tjs accord-ing to Dick Lewis 1978 campaign c-

55 of ~~eqloyees con-tributed $55914 b a w d Unitad Way

18CUSTOMERS IN8 HOURS agencies and aemices compared to

f c d j h i iP-G 1) $41784 m 1977 The 85 partiamp-rate anted tha Division the United

The h m b a n k h g seminar was done Mependa observed Those Ways OoM A for~~ coordiaatedby hied with the kIp of c ~ a r e m w o u r f d f f 3 l d s a n d w e Avetage c h a t b pr contributorwas SusanBreiha SedmTRfortbeinsur- h v u a m ~ i l i t y e otab fulladvan- $73 accordingtobwis I think m e of aucc iadustry JamriferJ-y ARaud tage ofh cappmtweve eWlibdto thensmnsforoarsmtbisycarwasaPmk Phcente SeniDr Technical Scr- getintothesecompwiaandfollow up sense of o o n s ~ wcompetition be-v ~ R e p s E n ~ Jafby m p t s that onlytwoday d b t w e e a D e ~ t S d ~ T h i e

The industrial strategic planning t b e ~ B a m i t l a t amp l a r g e F o ~w a s t 6 e ~ t i a h e ~ a m p a i g n w a s o r -amp was cmdhmkd by B r e i b OElS h g a n i z euro d b y D i v amp n ~ 1300 cwnpany with WM 1

aad Jefhey rently W i g only minima1 businem He- lthuldalsobem~that And the lesalts called to ask when she wodd have this years campaign was a success be-clwonwr mpnse was 0WmbeIm- amugh timc to see him He h8d six came most Division employees regad-

hgly pasitive brienit reports The dis- o p p m i t h for h s b w b discusfi hofcomponent feltasense of human-I E r i e t h a s ~ v e r e d 1 8 ~ o p p o r t u - Memula adk Ichallenge myoneto itdm mpmbiMy on behalf of their

nitieswhicbcanbedbtly adbuDadeo ~ m ~ ~ e ~ t i v t u s e o f r i n a e feUowcitizens the insurance and banking seminar

QIm about ta plachase a new f i g - A Yournme When applymg for your discount erator What do 1 need to do in B The dealers name and ad- you need to complete form FN order to obtain the courtesy dia- h 8 8 51W Employee Roduct Rulehase count7 C Tlte itm(s) purchased with Plan Application aod forward it

A You should carefully check two the om nmkfs) along with the invoice to h n n c l pints btfoEe you finalize your p D The address to which the Accounting Forms are available c h a s e F ~ m a k e c e n a i n t h e ~ ireme were d e l i d f r o r n t h e ~ m f o r ~ ~ you select is bkd as eligii for the B The dm of tkdelivery penomel or from bhe Bmch Ad-

courtesy dbmlmt as cmab modamp You h u l d ttview b e f i t W e t mmsmton forstaffin tbe field may not qualify If you call h m n - ERB-113E in detail to ensum that nel Accounting a d give tbem the you have all the facu about h e Rm- QXsittaolaoetofileamedicalchh dnumber they will verify the p1oyee Pmdwt Purchase Plan For formoccpraracein 19787 eligibiIity and tell you theamount of example the fnqmcy with which A No but dont wait m long Ac-diagcolmt products may be pwhawl ampr coding to Minnie C f h Insurance Second you must provide an in- the Plan varies by product Booklets Benefits Administrator claims voice from your dealer which arre avaitable from Employee M a - should be filed within 90 days after clearly stateseach ofthe following tions the end of the calendar year in

which the Imis incutred Bcnefis Booklet BRB--199E provides all dledetails

Tbfrtyy- - Answers fbm Nancy Sullivan Person-ael h t k e sJANUARY SERVICE

AWARIS FrankLHopkins RockoilIe Donald F m H Rockvine

Twmcy Yearn James HDoyle Rockvii FrancisWBnaezek oak-LarryL R o b Rixkvine GE INSURANCE

f~athdmPUP I ) FmemYimm A s h t k p w t s c ~ ~ t s w i U b Lawrence Dowd granted for the p b d ofaa employees

a tw reace p roY idmg~~~rowo rk Ten YEnrs w eight W a k a fiobwhg hrtrmi-Yvonne RTomme Lmm4 astion of pjpmy If the emproyee is David BBarnamp Rampvm sdU mtany disables at the end of eight

in St RBCkmehfd 2woM a d C Go= Rwkviille w e b t t t e ~ s m c y l a m o fabmm PR e M d b y w l l l b e ~ f 0 r ~ t s i g a S ~ ~ -Robert WOKeefe cinc- EQltoncb-~ ~ p ~ b ~ X l a X h W l ~ f o ~ a ~ H a t t i e L - m Rwkvilk ~ f h e d r r t e L a s t ~ Ihyal J Huddlestw Denver Bmgbyeelbw b b p w d a g k-

o f p r e ~ s h o u M ~ w i t h ~ ~ e -P3VeY- latioflSrtmga-Ieavlngbo-Badma LWCreaswell Rockville t b ~ c ~ a n d d e 8 t h a t n o w W r t DMalwe Rockville W ~ YFPw --- TJ Bo1ents Erie regardirrg PreV~cyPampckfamppn Brook Paamp disability benefits h a h l be bled8 John 8 Garma Rockville 8273-4756PaulBeauQy D h h m ~ ~

Dear Fellow E ~ ~ I o y e e

Ilsloom~t6 the new gear and our arr oompany On Jaauqry 2 1979 we the Infom$fon Servioes Business Division offLoiallg oomenced opetatianls ampI the General Eleotrio Information Ssrvtces C o q ~ g

We $agelteuroher a w of others l i k e the General meetrip C ~ d i tCor-poration wh5oh are self-oonteSnad entities although arubrstdliwfes o f the General Eleatria Company In this instame the General Eleatdo Conpmy oms 04of the new ampany while Honegrgll ownamp tbe remafningleg

Although wr payoheakrS will cumfrom the General Elaatri6 Xnfor-mation Srrvioes Cwganr noh of our employee bmefita-I nmrrinca Ssv-f ngiii and S e w fty Pemion eto -will cherage at all Thay w i l l remain 4 part of the General Elaotri~C o w plan

As y a am 8qe we eoampt+nup as w integral part of Cenarat Uectria Compmk family bu ya 8H how bamptw p06jft-ionad $0 ~ s w aour auet~aters and market our wrtt idls en 8 worfLde basis I ad certain that we a l l w i l l beaefit nf gafffoantlg Prom this new arrangement

Beat of 3uak in the new year

D m i P S Bate8 President and lienem1 Mmager

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1874 YEARS OF GESERVICE CITED No sat is rwt a rypographicdm m It

is the accumulatedsemi= years ofmem-bers of the new Rbckville Quarter Ommy Club a group of 66 amiable f o ~ w h o h a v e i a w m a ~ o n a t l e a s t 2 5 yewsofservicewith tbeOeaeral Electric G~FY

Members of the club got together for birr fmt gentral meting on aeCember 3 1978 in Gahm- Md

Acoording to club bylaws the object of tbe club is simple To bring abwr better quainma and good fellowship among those who share the common bond ofhag-dmesmite with tfie Gat-e r a l ~ ~Company The December get-together p m v d

thac good Mowship is not hard to come by when members of the group gather Men lbd sw lMks me Id andhut dly5 c u i d officid m a h i p plaques and cads

msideat and fouada of the focal Quarter Centmy Club is F m k Itbier Vice Resident is Fabrezio and Bill Backerservesas secretary

While the or ofthe c W s mem-bes work in Rockvilk the club baa a specialprovisionfora Hfield ppIeb becdme honorary memlxm b e club members w o k with a S p e Divisiw program in GaithmburgMdandhave ~ m thedRoCkde club h w of any otherlocal p u pof long-timeGE tmployees The clubhas no inithhn fee or m-

hhipdues and myactive emplope of GE in Rockme w b has completed 25 yean of serviceautomaticallybeoomes a memberon January 1 of the year in wbkh he or she oe~tbnasthe mice anniver-sary

M c m h ofheQuatter Century Club as ofDecember 311978 were

37 Yervrs Doris F f a t a n ~

34Years Edwm 0Vaodew

33 Years Raymond Lopez

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greet mmbms P thelirst general mering 32Yema Kenneth G MacDondd Nomao H Besrl 31Years Bruoc Rl R Lcldle~ Rabert MButler(New Yo) Fmk H Iuner James Lm e r

Yeu9 John P Cbaddsrdon Edward Hon-

(Phila-) Hugh I o ~ o ~ Job M GriEfin Leo Ramez R a p a d P ~~ll~~ B-k PrL)a W y l i Jr

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29 Yeam Frank L Hopkins Donald Farrell Charles F R e p Artbur S Cleary William J Gmm EdwardMitchellJr Albert FIwes m k Park1 28 Years Arthur SBaker (Syracuse) William L Backer Andrew Dim J M B u h Warner R Sinback J m F Tidd James B OBrien P Eileen L p h (Erie) RJaaes Driscoll Paul h m d q

27 Y-Arthur WBrusila Fraak WGibBhs John WNeuepschwander Harold A Santtlcci Donald S D m Robm L Johnson Peggy A Pamp William H Johnson Job J m t t e

26 Ymra Richard P Mamkowski (Erie) R D Henderson Donald C) Bishop (Dallas) Norm Harvey Janm J W I t r (Tulsa) Hmq D Struve (Denver) Robert Itwt I M c w a (Namp) CurtisJones Jr Ciethard 0Mueller 2s Yeam WampE BaileyAlexauderVr

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