October, 1970
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In this Issue: Corporate Development Program Suggestion System Is Two [P[[JU�LJ� TV Docs Prescribe of BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD of FLORIDA October, 1970 OCTOBER Halloween and pumpkin faces Fairy costumes trimmed with laces Trick or Treaters on a lark Collecting candy after dark Huge black velvet cats With great amber eyes And witches on broomsticks Riding the skies The harvest moon is round and yellow Nights are cool, days are mellow Crisp blue days that seem to say Icy winter's on her way . ... > Football fever takes its toll Of rich and poor, young and old Marching bands and majorettes, Hot dogs, cokes and crackerjacks. Summer's days are bright and sunny Spring brings rain and winds like honey Winter wears a snowy shawl But there's something special About the Fall. Sweet, spicy October - Queen of the Fall Three cheers for the loveliest month of all! (From the "Cedar Leaf", Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Miami, Florida) Fire Captains Selected I [PlP@G��OOVol. 3, No. 4 October, 197o • BUILDING EVACUATION PROGRAM SET Published monthly for the employees, their families, and friends of Management has set up a bu evacuation safety program i event an emergency might c Fire Captains were selected . each floor and instructed i1 +. ' best and quickest method of uating the building. This proc BLUE CROSS Of FLORIDA, INC. would be put into effect in the BLUE SHIELD Of FLORIDA, INC. of not only a fire, but any gency. Employees will be indiv 532 Riverside Avenue ly notified of the names o . Jacksonville, F I ori"da 32201 ozS Captains and procedures to relevant to their separate floor buildings, since a different m EDITOR of evacuation must be set u Carole Utley . Public Relations C our many locations. REPORTERS , Derald Smart, Building Mar ABOUT THE COVER ... was named Fire Marshal to � RIVERSIDE BUILDING Smith and on fire prevention and training in the First Floor .. Jett Folds, Lieutenants Frigo lectured use head the program, having s of fire extinguishers and equipment in this September 23 meeting at the Riverside George McKinnon Building. as a lieutenant in a Jackso Second Floor Anne Harmon � Third Floor . ..... Ann Goble Volunteer Fire Department Fourth Floor . .. Linda Forester I number of years. Fifth Floor . .. .. .. .. Rosamond Rudd Seventh Floor .............. Tommie Curry Eighth Floor Barbara Kirkpatrick Lieutenants J. D. Smith ar Ninth Floor .. .. .. .. Anne Pringle W. Frigo from the Jacksonvilli Tenth Floor .. ............ Mae Hodges 1 1 1 Prevention Bureau met with Captains in all buildings , UNIVERSAL MARION BLDG. a house Blue Cross and Blue � Second Floor . .. .. .. Johnnie Byrd employees in Jacksonville and Third Floor .................... Ed Johns C: made a floor-to-floor inspectio Fourth Floor . .. .. .. .. .. Pat McCall , Fifth Floor . .. .. .. Martha Zipperer structing Captains in the best Sixth Floor .........•........ Alice Allmon ner to evacuate. Seventh Floor . .. .. .. .. Wanda Willis 1 1 1 Eighth Floor ............... Jeanne Helton Ninth Floor . .. .. .. Nancy Summersill An actual fire drill will be Fourteenth Floor ............ Rhonda Hall, ducted in the very near futun Sandi Hill Sixteenth Floor . .. .. Karen Robinson cording to Mr. Smart. Melanie Moye lights cast glow down Riverside be Street an eerie Marian Clark AGENCY BUILDING Avenue where the Jacksonville Crusade of Mercy Although fire prevention Jerry Vaughan 700 BUILDING symbol can be seen superimposed on the north .. .. Diane Watson niques were stressed in all 537 RIVERSIDE side of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield head quarters building - symbolizing our part in the C » meetings, Mr. Smart empha 1970-71 United Fund Drive. this program was set up to h; In addition to the monetary contribution em C ployees make to the United Fund each year, the any emergency. For example, , Member company also contributes employees' time off to months ago, all employees ir Northeast Florida Industrial assist in the drive's solicitation. Approximately 30 a their and have Riverside Building were askE Editors Association employees volunteered time, been excused during working hours with pay to solicit C leave the area in only ten mi1 Southern Council of Industrial contributions. Participating in the Small Merchants Division, calfing on up to 20 , due to a power failure which Editors each employee is to solicit and contribu sma/f businesses pledges C :, Under the of Fire Prevention Bureau Fire off all air conditioning, lights, e ®American Hospital Association tions. supervision personnel, each Captain's ®National Association of Blue Shield Plans training incfuded dousing a gasoline fire purposely set outside the building. ment and elevators. 2 v U. S. Citizen Management has scheduled a new Corporate Orientation and Develop ment Program which began on September 17 and will continue every Thursday for 27 consecutive weeks. 1 In looking to the future, our com NGRATULATIONS TO GLORIA ROMERO pany has the responsibility of help ing in the development of men and women who have the requisite po tential to contribute their full mea sure to the growth and welfare of our company. This new program is the first phase in a proposed series designed to do the following: 1. Broaden the corporate scope of existing management personnel giving these individuals over all exposure to both national and local operational objectives to enhance their already spe cialized skills. 2. Establish a relationship between the various corporate areas which will facilitate both a bet ter work and communications flow. 3. Determine potential and prep aration needed to develop first line management personnel for future advancement. Chief Executive Officer J. W. Herbert spoke at the opening session of the new orientation and development program to personnel who assembled in the head 4. And finally, serve as an ex quarters training room. tensive orientation program for management trainees in order to give them the concept of the overall corporate size. Gloria is presented with miniature American flag, a gift from her co-workers when she returned to work a new :. citizen. BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA tember 18 was a big day for Gloria Romero ORGANIZATION CHART e had looked forward to for six years. NATHAN OPLINGER VISITS D.C. PLAN 1970 , along with 51 other persons ranging in age - to 68, appeared in Federal Court to receive her Because of the proved efficient system under which BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BOARD OF BOARD OF :itizenship, a certificate and the customary the Medicare Part B Department operates in Florida, DIRECTORS DIRECTORS 3e. its Manager, Nathan Oplinger, was selected and in · began studying for her citizenship test in July vited to spend three weeks working in the iar and upon successfully completing the written Washington, D. C. Plan. PRES.BLUE CROSS ·al tests, and appearing with the required two His assistance and recom EXEC.V. PRESIDENT S ,ses who had known her for at least five years, mendations were requested by BLUE HIELD rned her U.S. citizenship certificate. the National Association of J. W. HERBERT ! oath she took requires that the prospective Blue Shield Plans in Chicago to 1s "renounce all former allegiances and pledge work with the newly-elected , to the United States and the Constitution, to President of the D. C. Plan, Vic SR. �1i: D NT 1-----� rms and to perform non-combat service for the 8 �=�;� i Brian, who recently transferred BLUE SHIELD :JStates." The impressive ceremony included SPECIAL ASS T. from Indianapolis. NSE ;entation by the Daughters of the American W. J. STA LL FISCAL CON TROL Mr. Oplinger served as Jtion, and presentation of the flag by the Marine W.R. Skelley Color Guard. Project Leader of the Group, which included personnel from ria, 24, who flew to Jacksonville from Medellin, Pennsylvania Blue Shield and S E S N ES N E S N S N VICE PRE IDENT VIC PRE IDE T VICE PR IDE T I !VIC PRE IDE T I I !VICE PRE IDE T 1bia, South America, when she was only 18 years N S O E ONS N FINANCE DMI ISTRAT10"1 I I CORP. STAFF DATA CLAIM H L NABSP. Mike Cascone, the Florida Plan's N N N O SS N � : t�� I 11 pi;:1��� rst lived with an aunt while attending Landon A D PLAN I G PR CE I G H & Medicare B, Coordinator of Production and Quality C. H. Meyer 83 I IC. School. Her mother and brother who now live with J.B. Hughes 1 A. Rivers 302! I !P.R. Meyers 8331 JM. C. Snead 191 I JJ. D. Lewis 45 ,me here two years ago. Control, also spent a week in Washington with the Group. 1ria was one of the first Medicare B employees N E O S PUBLIC MA AG R H U E NS N O NS RELATIO & U DERWRITING C U EL E S N by the company in June, 1966. She is in the The Group worked primarily in the area of manage ADV RTI I G A. 0. Mancini 5 I and Purchase Section, Medicare B Claims ment and claims control and recommended many W.Gay J. Slye ssing, under Supervisor Joyce Bowman. specific changes. Mr. Brian is optimistic that these >ria will be spending her vacation in Medellin, improvements will greatly benefit the Plan's Part B This chart was used in the first meeting to illustrate graphicalfy the organization of Florida Blue Cross nbia, when you read this story. Operation. and Blue Shield. 3 Savers Wanted BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD PLEDGE HIRING OF 20 NAB EMPLOYEES AN ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION Blue Cross and Blue Shield have joined Over 900 employees are currently turning other companies in Northeast Florida in sup to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Employees port of the National Alliance of Businessmen's Credit Union for assistance.