Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1952 — Page 31
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READY FOR THE OPENING—Mrs, Elizabeth Edwards, manager of Dept. 17, gives the china
a last-minute inspection and cleaning for tomorrow's Big Day.
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rsa Ae EVERYBODY WORKS—Harry May, assistant manager of the
W. T. Grant Co. New Albany store, lends a helping hand in decorating the new store.
Soup Upstairs, Nuts Downstairs At New Grant Store
You name it—and the new number of years for the Grant stock room he handled over 300.- But this record will have to stand, The counter space covers 4700,
., |company. W. T. Grant Co. store has it.| Joke Fitzgithons. assistant
000 tons of mechandise. Another record-setter in the
as he now has new terrazzo floors feet as compared to 2100 feet in to keep clean—and they have to the old store. And the new res-|
Truly everything from soup manager, went to work in the store is Melvin Gardner, head be scrubbed rather than swept. taurant has seats for 109 persons.|
a hen . to nuts—and. t Some Since that time he has served
Soup—and other 1us cious gg gepartment manager and floor worked 14 years for them. He chine” which will make the work
in Nashville, Tenn, he has
local store’s stock room in 1934. porter. Starting with the company Melvin says he has a new-fangled The stand-up lunch bar has a
“Rube Goldberg” scrubbing ma- counter 52 feet long. The re-opening of the store will
goodies in the spacious restaurant man before being raised to his ‘moved to the Indianapolis store much easier than the old sweep- be celebrated with a storewide
and lunch bar. Nuts—the edible Present. positton.
| - Store manager T. 8. Davis esvariety at the candy counter, and, ated that during the 12 years
the hardware type in the base- Mr. Fitzgibbons worked in the has swept 6000 miles of floor. Grant chain of 484 stores.
ment Hardware and Home sec- ~~ tion. {
x our mous me wo wie All Grant Employees Offered Group Insurance
floors presents a kaleidoscopic) array of colors and designs. On July 1, 1945 the benefits of There is nearly a mile of counter the W. T. Grant Company's Group
space piled high with a seeming- fe Insurance Plan were made!
ly endless assortment of gizmos, | : gadgets, foodstuffs, clothing—and |2Vailable to all regular and partmost anything else you can think time employees after six months of. |of continuous service. The plan Year in Building thad been in effect in the comWhen the store opens tomorrow pany for 23 years but previously 3 wil be xay a yess nd Br only certain groups of employees ay since the reconstru y > started. The old store was hay been eligible for participa opened Dec. 3. 1932. on. : The downstairs and street Ihe amount of insurance is floors will be used for selling. The Pased on the annual earnings of second floor is taken over by the employee, For those whose offices and store rooms. earnings are less than $3000 anA separate air conditioning unit Pually, the W. T. Grant Company is installed on each floor to pro- Pays the entire cost of the insurvide the utmost in comfort for ance and contributes substantialshonpers and employees. ly to the cost of the insurance The closely-grouped Auorescent for all other employees. light units team with the light The employees’ contribution, if colored walls to provide nearly any. toward the cost of the inshadowless lighting. surance is deducted monthly from The remodeled store will em- his-or her-pay. For persons on ploy nearly 400 persons, many of weekly payroll, deductions are
in 1945 after serving in the armed forces four years. During those 14 years. Melvin
month for the following; for those on monthly payroll, at the end of each month for the succeeding month. No Examination
No medical examination is required for any Grant employee to obtain this insurance if application is made promptly. This is an outstanding feature since, more often than not, 10 per cent of the population are uninsurable as individuals. An individual certificate describing the benefits of the plan is issued to each insured employee. The Life Insurance Policy is payable in the event of death from any cause at any time or place while insured, and payment is made in a lump sum or installments to the beneficiary designated by the employee. If the employee leaves the company, the life insurance policy
ing process. sale and distribution of souvenirs. Since its remodeling. the store In addition, a TV set will be given is one of the 50 largest in the away along with other door prizes.
* the termination: of employment. Ix months of service in either
Within this 31-day period, bY company e making application to a natjon- pany employ or on leave. Ap-
ally-known insurance company, Plication must be made within!
‘the group life insurance policy 90 days; otherwise the insurance
may be converted to an individual company will require evidence of! life insurance policy on any regu-|insurability, | lar whole life or endowment plan, | The a ! and this is issued without medical mount of each employee's | examination at the Insurance !Nsurance will be automatically! company’s regular rates. |adjusted each year on July first, | About Leaves [based on his or her previous (calendar year’s earnings. If the 1f an employee is on an ap- employee has not been making proved leave of absence, the in- @ny contribution and new insursurance can be continued until NC requires contribution on his
or her part, ded the end of the policy month fol- peop Rk aunts oe Te
lowing the policy month in which surance becomes effective. the leave starts. If at the end of It is the intention of the W. T. this period the employee is still Grant Company to continue the on leave, consideration is given 8TOUP Insurance, although it reto continuing the Life Insurance S€TVes the right to modify any of for a longer period. the conditions of the plan or disCompany group insurance will continue it if conditions should so be available immediately to per- Warrant. i sons who return directly from
A TISKET A TASKET—Senior statione Keller, stationery sales girl, in the placing of the multi-colored Easter basket display.
"TIME OUT FOR LUNCH—Ted Davis (right), store
cious lunch bar in the front of the store.
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buyer A. B. Gwynne (right), instructs Mrs. Shirley
manager, shows a group of visitors the spa.
NIEC whom have already worked a made the second week of each automatically ends 31 days after military service with a total of : W er me — — aha. — n— = statin ee — -
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