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or approxim ately 2,878 employees. A
year ago over 40% of th e employees
w ere conditional. Exam inations, how
ever have been, g iven for only 50%
of th e 590 classifications. T h $ e are-
less th an 100 em ployees in each o fith e
unexam ined classes. If the Comniis-
sion’s budget req u est for th e 1951-53
b ien n iu m ® approved the C om m i^^M
w ill expand its exam ination program
and attem p t to adm inister the remain-,
der of the exam inations during' th a t
period.
application and m ail it | | § | | th e OSEA
office.-1
IM PORTANT—H ave you changed
your m arital or deperidfnp s W M since
applying for insU 'ran^?-tB e sure and
notify I h ead q u arters office of any
change. F ailu re to do so m ay cause
your i w f a s e to b ^ ^ ^ M e l l ^ at a
tim e w hen you need it most. H ead-
q u arters has no w ay of know ing about
these^chan^esl unless! y out re p o rt them .
Insurance Drags
The state em ployees are again o r
ganizing a “S tate Em ployees C horus.”
The tentative plans for the group in-
clude a perform ance a & b ^ M N ight,”
H a n d e d Mor this spring for OSEA
m em bers, and a fu ll-n ig h t program ,
either this fall or early w inter.
The OSEA, th ro u g h its R ecreation
Com mittee, is supporting the group,
and it is hoped; th a t th e chorus can be
c o n tin u w ^ ^ ^ m '-'p e rm a n e n t basis to
bring enjoym ent to both m eramers afflqj
th e public.
A ny state em ployee w ho is in te re st
ed in singing is in v ited to join the
C h o iw o rn T n ^ e l m eetings have been
held, and notices of f u t « ^ ^ ee||||fs f
will b e |p ^ ® |l ^ S b u |B ||W boards an d
sent to OSEA ch ap ter presidents.
A nyone i n t e r S e d .’ViSSj additional in-
form ation m ay contact G len Savage,
Industrial A ccident Com mission, ext.
527; Mrs. Enola E ngelhorn, Tax
Comm., ext. 2 6 7 ;,or M rs. F aye Mc
C lanahan, V ocational Educalrq'n, ext.
W .
The new insurance program w a (
tak en over in N ovem ber 1, 1950 by
C alifornia-W esterh S ta® ' Life In su r
ance Com pany of Sacram ento. In the
change-over some 750 of the 800 m em
bers covered under- West Coast
sw itched over to th e new p p r a m .
W ith the assistance' of representatives
furnished by th e B m p a S 20 chapters
qualified by A pril 1st.
The claim s, Mbaid for this period
am ount to $20,500. The recipients wenbs
beneficiaries of theMpflovsing deceased
m em bers.
R. A. H ejshm an n M i 7; A. L. Rice
No. 36; Ja m e ^ H . Hov^ekNo. 20; Vine A.
Buchholz No. 34; M ildred S challeJ
(dependent) No. 56; C harles D. Morse
No. 20; Florence T ucker (dependent)
No. 30; James® J. B anistner No. 30;
C yril Suing No. 20.
The claim experience has been ex
ceptionally high^hbw .eyer, it was ex
trem ely fortunat§ this low-cost in su r
ance was available to thes.e m em bers
and th eir families.
It is dificult to understand, in view,
of the above facts, the lack of interest
in this program on the -¿¡part of so
m any m em bers. M aintaining th is tlib -
eral p lan is en tirely up to the m em ber
ship. A t p resent less th an 50% of
m em bers eligible are participating. B p
you carry this,?;low-cost protection on
yourself and fam ily?
W ith the assistance of the In su ra'iB j
company, letters and applications aYe
being m ailed to all m em bers not npw
insured, we ask th a t you fill out an
Chorus Organized
OSEA Pins
We have ju st been inform ed bypthe
m an u factu rer th a t the bronze OSEA
pins are no longer availble because of
F ederal restrictions, b u t fu tu re orders
of sterling or gold can be o WO k | | at
increased costs plus fe d eral tax.
Due to the foresight in ordering,
the h e a d a u a rte r^ ^ ^ ■'stg| has a fair
supply of th e bronze pins available at
the original price of 75c. Y our chap-
ter secretaries m ay h av e some on hand
or can order a d ( ^ ^ ^ a l ^ ^ ^ > l i ^ | while7
they are available.