Between the Lines
A newsletter for drivers and office personnel of McElroy Truck Lines, Inc.
Important Dates
this month:
November 8: Election Day!
Congratulations to McElroy Truck Lines, Inc. for achieving
the 2016 SmartWay Excellence Award for outstanding
environmental performance and leadership!
November 11: Veterans Day
November 24-25:
Thanksgiving Holiday
Important Update on
Transflo Mobile+
The driver app has so far been a great success! As we move forward
and finish distributing the app to all of the drivers, we appreciate all
of the work and support from our fleet managers and drivers.
As of January 1, 2017, there will be no drop boxes for those who do
not have Transflo Mobile +. Drivers that need to send their paper
bills in are responsible to mail out bills weekly and send any other
important documents to Cuba.
Please remember that drivers on the app should hold their bills
after scanning for 30 days before discarding. Do NOT send in your
paper bills! We are making progress daily and thank everyone
involved for making this change to our company more efficient.
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Welcoming our 36 new drivers from October!
10/06/16
Garnet, Walter, Brandt,
Stephen, Brian, Eugene,
Jacob, Micah, Bruce,
Joseph and Johnathan
10/13/16
Trey, David, Thomas,
Ryan, Capus,
Christopher, Dustin,
Zachary, and James
10/20/16
Dustin, Patrick, Coldero,
Marvin, Jonathan, Dexter,
Antwone, Vitus, Noah,
Zachary and Lonnie
10/27/16
Curtis, Jeremy, Terry,
Bradley and Jose
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Benefits Blurb
2017 OPEN ENROLLMENT IS HERE!!!
Open enrollment for benefits will be open from Friday, November 18th through
Wednesday November 30th. Here’s the good news- if you don’t want to make a
change, then you DON’T have to do anything. What you currently have will just
rollover into 2017. HOWEVER, if you want to use the Flexible Spending Account
(FSA) benefit next year, as many of us currently do use, you WILL have to go
online to enroll since that is a calendar-year to calendar-year benefit. (See mail
out next week for more info on the FSA benefit.)
For employees who currently do not have any of our voluntary benefits, or for
those needing to make a change, you will have to visit benefits.plansource.com
(this is not a www site, so don’t enter www.) Again this year- we will not have
paper enrollment. Everyone’s username (all lowercase, no spaces) will be the
first letter of your first name, followed by up to the first 6 characters of your last
name followed by the last 4 of your SSN; and your password will be your 8-digit
DOB in this format 19780501.
***Several of you will have to add an extra number 1 to the end of your username
because your username already exists in the vendor’s database. So if you
experience difficulty logging in, try adding the number 1.
But before you visit this website, stay tuned for more open enrollment info to be
mailed to your home. And don’t ignore the QUALCOMM messages that will be
sent to your trucks during open enrollment!
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“I am thankful for family and the blessing to wake up each morning!
I enjoy being with my family for the holidays and the good food! We
eat turkey, fried chicken, mac-n-cheese, and collard greens.”
Jevon Brown– Chesapeake, VA
“For Thanksgiving, we eat good food! My favorite is the turkey and
dressing made by my wife and mom. I am thankful to be able to get
up and go to work.”
Clifton Young– Summit, MS
“On Thanksgiving we relax, cook, eat good, and when I’m home I like to cook,
too! We love the family time; we reminisce, watch football, and just enjoy the
family time together. I am thankful for life itself and the ability to work and have
a career.”
Andric Copeland– Stone Mountain, GA
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“On Thanksgiving, we love the buffet style food spread and getting together for
the holidays! After we eat, the ladies play cards and the guys watch the Dallas
game; we all have a great time. I am thankful for my family and to be able to
spend more time with them now that I am retired. I would like to thank the
McElroy family for a job, I truly feel blessed.”
Bobby Gahagan - Tulsa, OK
“I am thankful to have a job! We all gather around to eat turkey
and watch football.”
Michael Duplessis– Hammond, LA
“Thanksgiving is time to enjoy each other. We sit around the fireplace and
relax, then go to my in-laws for a dinner feast. I am so thankful for MTL and
to have a job when so many don’t. I am thankful for a healthy family.”
Joseph Feigel—McHenry, IL
“I am thankful to wake up and drive an MTL truck! I like to
take some vacation the week before Thanksgiving and spend
the time deer hunting. On Thanksgiving, we do what we do
every day– EAT! I wake up and go deer hunting, eat dinner
with my wife, and head back out to deer hunt!”
Billy Nichols– Washington, AR
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THANKSGIVING TRIVIA!
Answers on the last page.
1.
According to the Butterball corporation, they recommend that you thaw a
wrapped turkey in the refrigerator how long per 4 pounds of bird?
A) one hour B) 8 hours
C) One day
D) 4 hours
2. What is the name of the famous rock credited to where the pilgrims first landed?
3. What was the name of the ship the pilgrims came over on?
4. Who was the captain of the ship?
5. Which President was the first to establish Thanksgiving as a legal national holiday to
be held the 4th Thursday in November?
A) A. Lincoln B) F. D. Roosevelt
C) T. Jefferson
D) J. Madison
6. What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom?
7. Captain John Smith founded what colony in Virginia?
8. T or F
9.
The real Plymouth Rock is cracked.
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was believed to have lasted how many days?
10. Before being harvested and sold, an individual cranberry must bounce at least how
many inches high to make sure they aren’t too ripe? A) 1 in B) 2 in C) 3 in D) 4 in
11. The busiest travel day of the year is the Friday after Thanksgiving. T or F
12. Fun Fact: The first meal eaten on the moon by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldren was a roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings!
13. T or F
Turkeys can drown if they look up in the rain.
14. What is the longest balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
15. The dangling skin under a turkey’s neck is called… A) weedle
B) widdle C) wattle
16. The first Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by which NFL team?
A) Pittsburgh Steelers
B) Kansas City Chiefs
C) Detroit Lions
17. Which state produces the most turkeys? A) North Carolina
B) Texas
C) Georgia
18. Which state produces the most cranberries? A) Maine B) Oregon C) Wisconsin
19. How fast can a turkey run? A) 7 mph
20. All Turkeys gobble.
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B) 18 mph
C) 25 mph
T or F
November 2016
In this season of thanks, we are so thankful for our
drivers and employees at McElroy Truck Lines for all that
you do each day to better the company. Drivers, thank you
for your hours over the road and great customer service to
help us get to where we are today. Office workers, thank
you for the early mornings and late evenings spent working
to ensure everything operates smoothly. We couldn’t do it
without each of the departments and terminals working
together.
P.O. BOX 104
111 80 SPUR
CUBA, AL 36907
800-992-7863
We would like to especially thank all of our veteran
employees for their dedication and service to this
country. We are honored to have you as part of the
family at McElroy Truck Lines.
Reminders & Tidbits

Drivers: As promised, we are announcing a large pay increase! Effective
10/30. Your fleet manager has the details, but here is a summary. Local
mileage scale +.01 all brackets, Regional mileage scale +.02 all
brackets. Shipper minimum pay per loads increasing $5 - $10 per load. Trainee
pay increasing from $500 to $550 per week. Drivers with greater than 10 years
of service get a third week of vacation at $500, effective with anniversary
dates after 10/30. This is going to mean big changes for you and your families!
TRIVIA ANSWERS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
C) One day
Plymouth Rock
Mayflower
Christopher Jones
B) Roosevelt
Wishbone
Jamestown
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
True. It cracked in half during the
Revolutionary War
3 days
4 inches
True
True
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Superman
C) Wattle
C) Detroit Lions
A) North Carolina
Wisconsin
25 mph
False! Males gobble, females don’t
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[email protected]
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