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NEWS
GASTONIA
Drive safely on ’the highways in
1953 and live to enjoy a year of
predicted high-level employment
and prosperity in America.
Volume ii
GASTONIA, N. C., JANUARY 5, 1953
NO. 1
Bloodmobile Asks
Community Aid
1 He American Red Cross Blood-
J^obile will be at the Loray Baptist
urch, Wednesday, January 7,
10:00 a. m. until 4:00 p. m.
I^mployees of Firestone Textiles,
Mills, and others living in
Gastonia are being asked to
‘^««tribute their blood on that day.
t a meeting December 30, Coun-
Cross Chairman Sam Mc-
y outlined to a group of repre-
; ^^^^^tives from the plants mention-
and the churches of the com-
' ^ unity the purposes of the Red
■; Blood program. They are
• na according to Mr. McKay,
’ collection and storage
. ood for free civilian use in
; spitals throughout America, and
\ Ui'gent need at the pres-
> of L collection and shipment
! iCore^^^ Armed Forces in
; the ‘Civilian blood bank phase of
• 1940^1°®^^^ undertaken in
\ time individuals
eith blood at hospitals
■ pj^ for it or had friends re-
• blood used with their
a ce + first time
den ^Sency assumed the bur-
proe-^ administering a nation-wide
ciyiij^^^ and for the first time
lieved^ blood were re-
fepeaf *?i financial burdens of
jieceg ^4. transfusions, or the
PlaoQ^u/ getting donors to re-
^ ^sed.
Ko^ outbreak of hostilities
and need for whole blood
Mood derivative of whole
Patient any
type) • regard to blood
that enormously. Since
, '*«
has trrf
deeded ®^PPiy both the blood
^*^ile at f,fighting men,
civil'. ^ ®ame time not neglect-
Umte^sStes
i McKa*y* '
r’^int th-f D emphasized the
,,^ished wi^tVi ^^'oss blood is fui-n-
''^heie. users every-
beat-M charges the pa-
haviny.^’ the cost
fusion.” Tif *^tor give the trans-
*^an noin+^ ^ local Red Cross chair-
inainf ^ a blood bank
^harlotte^x!^®^ by the agency in
*^^tain bl which anyone may
citing notice,
niobiie n ’’esults of the blood-
Gaston County
vealed th McKay
Uo
THE RUBBER INDUSTRY will make a substantial contribution to
the high level of business activity which all present economic barome
ters indicate for 1953.
The industry foresees a record high consumption of rubber and
a demand for more than one hundred million tires. The industry is
geared to produce this number while meeting all its present commit
ments for defense products. This situation indicates that employment
will continue at its present high rate.
Employee Serves As Justice of Peace
WHEN the doorbell at 706 West
Second Street rings, after first
shift working hours, it may be the
signal for Twister Tender Roy
Jordan to make a quick change in
title to Justice of the Peace Roy
Jordan. Apparently, after 17 years
with the first title and four with
the second, he feels none the worse
for wear, in spite of the daily
transition.
Mr. Jordan is the only justice of
the peace in West Gastonia, and is
one of the few in the county. His
is an elective office, sometimes
highly sought after. The juiisdic-
tion of the office is deeply rooted
in American and Knglish History.
Historically his job has been to
conserve the j)eace in his specified
district; however, he is best known
today foj- his invested authority
to perform marriage ceremonies.
If circumstances demand it he
can prepare warrents and dispense
summary justice in minoi’ cases.
However, in most cases, he trys
through friendly and helpful advice
to prevent infractions of the law, ^
rather than pass judgement on,
petty offenders.
TWISTER TENJ)ER Roy Jor
dan, a 17-year Firestone em
ployee, assumes the duties of a
justice of the peace in his off
duty hours. As a JP he is ejn-
jiowered, among other things,
with the authority of perform
ing marriage ceremonies.
Yet, with human naLuje what it
is, Mr. Jordan never knows when
he opens his door to callei's whether
their presence bodes good or evil
for the community.
Industry Predicts Continued
High-Level Employment In ’53
THE YEAR 1952 in the rubber industry was highlighted by
extensive modernization and expansion programs, such as this new
tire production line in the Des Moines plant of The Firestone Tire
& Rubber Company. The automatic units pictured left combine the
tire-forming and tire-curing operations and increase the output of
finished tires substantially. More than eight million dollars has been
spent on new, modern production facilities by Firestotie during
1952 in the Des Moines plant alone. With new equipment, tire ,
manufacturers are able to build safer, longer-wearing, more economi
cal tires for American motorists. Firestone statisticians report that,
because of technological improvements in materials and methods
of building tires, today’s popular size passenger car tires give more
miles of service per dollar than they did in 1945.
-O Our supply of both natural and
synthetic rubber will be sufficient
to meet anticipated demands. And
our ability to produce ample quan
tities of synthetic rubber should,
barring unforeseen developments
in the Rubber producing areas of
the Far East, exert a strong in
fluence in keeping the price of
natural rubber at a reasonable
level.
During 1952 the Government’s
rubber stockpile reached the point
where the country has enough na
tural rubber to carry it through
five years of all-out war. During
the same period the rubber in
dustry was freed from virtually
all Government controls. The only
remaining major control is Gov
ernment ownership of the syn
thetic rubber plants in the United
States which are being operated by
individual rubber companies.
H. S. Firestone
Receives Award
HARVEY S. FIRESTONE, JR.,
was cited as an outstanding
churchman, businessman, states
man and humanitarian by the Na
tional Conference of Christians and
Jews last December 8, at a dinner
given in his honor by the Auto
motive Division of the Conference
in The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
New York.
The Chairman of The Firestone
Tire & Rubber Company received
the organization’s Brotherhood
Award in the presence of 900 busi
ness, civic, religious and social
leaders. The presentation was made
jointly by Roger W. Straus, Chair
man of the American Smelting and
Refining Company, and Governor
Theodore R. McKeldin of Maryland.
For the occasion Oscar Hammer-
stein, II, producer of many Broad
way hits, wrote and produced a 35-
minute dramatic playette on
brotherhood.
In presenting the Award to Mr.
Firestone, Mr. Straus said:
^‘The National Conference of
Christians and Jews salutes
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., as an en
lightened industrialist, who from
his youth has realized that man
increases his material welfare with
his increasing regard for the wel
fare of others.
“To the vision of man’s power to
direct his physical destiny, Harvey
S. Firestone, Jr., coupled a re
ligious principle: every nation’s
economic strength ultimately rests
upon a spiritual brotherhood of all
people.
(Continued on Page 2)
(Continued on Page 4)
Property Musf Be Lisfed
By Residents Of Gasfon
J. H. WORKMAN, tax lister, will
visit the plant from January 5 to
January 9 to list property for tax
ation. Employees who live in (ias-
tonia or Gaston County may see
Mr. Workman on these dates at
the Supply Room and list their
property. The law lequires that
property—both real and personal
—be listed annually before the last
day of January, in addition to
property taxes all male residents
of Gaston County between the
ages of 21 and 50 (unless other
wise exempted by the County Com-
missioners) must pay a $2.00
annual poll tax; a dollar more
($3.00) if they live in Gastonia.
people out for these
oile visits.”
,000 ^>000 of the county’s
given blood, in
^ealiz ^®^®J^al times. “When
an ave P^^ts of blood,
'^^tinded are needed by each
tinued, Korea,” he con-
the need for getting
Th '
^*th which are working
MilK ^ Textiles and Tren-
^®®t End Methodist,
^tone P^'esbyterian, Fire-
Loray Baptist,
y^^^nteer groups will supply
Cro«« P®^sonnel to assist the
^ when it visits this
on Wednesday, January
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