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Show ! i i r J . ' I . '' i'. v - " DRIVE WORKERS (from left) Keith Christeson, chairman, Jim Downey, Ray Sundquist, Val Christensen and Ed Anderson Ander-son have all worked on United Fund Drive at Geneva Steel. Geneva Steelmakers Go Over Top in Utah County United Fund Geneva steelmakers have done it again for the Utah County United Fund. They have gone over the goal. Not only that, they have increased in-creased by 11 per cent the average av-erage amount of individual giving giv-ing from $17.72 last year to $19.74; they increased participation partic-ipation this year ... up to 98 per cent from last year's 94; and they came within $416 of raising as much this year as they contributed last year but with approximately 800 fewer employees. The goal for this year was $72,000. When the drive ended this week the Geneva employees had contributed or pledged a total of $79,623. R. W. Sundquist, Geneva Works' general superintendent, called it "an outstanding job of support for needed community commun-ity services in Utah County." Nine departments at Geneva finished the drive with 100 per cent participation. They are Maintenance and Utilities, C. & I., Transportation and Yards, Accounting, Agriculture, Engineering, En-gineering, General Superintendent Superinten-dent and Staff, Industrial Engineering En-gineering and Raw Materials Exploration. The Geneva United Fund drive chairman this year was Keith Christeson, division superintendent sup-erintendent of the pipe mills. Serving with him were three United Steelworkers of America Amer-ica Local presidents, Wilfred Biggs of Local 2701, James Downey, Local 5236 and Val Christensen, Local 3736. The active support and participation participa-tion of the Union is a key to the success of the United Fund efforts at Geneva. |