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JUNE, 1957
ARRIVALS,..
Shelda Ann Spencer arrived
May 4, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Sheldon Spencer. The
mother was employed in Payroll.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lyles are
parents of a son born April 14,
at Garrison General Hospital.
The father, a former employee,
is the son of Frontus Lyles,
Carding, and Mrs. Loma Lyles,
Spooling.
An 81-year-old man in Quincy,
Mass., until recently had been
driving automobiles since the
days they were called horseless
carriages. And in all those years
he never had an accident. An
ardent promoter of highway
safety, the Quincy citizen had
this advice for the road: “Don’t
Speed. Don’t Drink.”
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LENGTHY SERVICE—Two persons joined the "20-year fra-
ternily" in April, while in May Ihere were three who were added
to the list of long-term employees. All have received service pins
and watches, according to custom.
At Upper Left: Edgar Brockman (left), and O'Neil Gamble
join Evelyn Mayfield in admiring her 20-year watch. Above Right:
May additions to the list: Inez Brewer, Will Starnes (back), and
Cramer L. Little. Plant Sales Manager J. V. Darwin (left), with
General Manager Harold Mercer offer congratulations.
Kieffern Gaddis, student at Wake Forest College, spent a recess
from classes with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Gaddis.
Mrs. Edna Harris, can hauler, and her husband, N. L. Harris,
Cloth Room retiree, spent a recent week end in Western North
Carolina visiting Mrs. Harris’ sister, Mrs. O. R. Harding.
George Dill. SYC Weaving, and Mrs. Dill. Carding, visited in
Greer, S. C., a few days ago.
Mr. ■ and Mrs.-Arthur Barbee and family attended the recent
wedding of Miss Faye Bumgardner and Johnny McFee at the First
Baptist Church in Sharon, S. C. The Barbees’ daughter, Janice, was
maid of honor.
W. L. Deese. intermediate tender, and Mrs. Deese visited his
mother in Lancaster, S. C., not long ago.
Roscoe Westmoreland, card tender, and his family have re
turned after a week end spent visiting relatives in Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. N. N. Nolen of Greenville, S. C., spent a week end
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Harris.
A visit with relatives in Gillsville, Ga., was highlight of a recent
trip for Hoyt Benton, intermediate tender, and members of his
family.
The Rev. Mr. Thomas Bates of Albany, Ga., and son of Sam
Bates, drawing fixer, spent a week with his parents while attend
ing a revival in South Gastonia in mid-May. The Rev. Mr. Bates
and his family used to live in Gastonia.
Second Hand Carl Rape and Mrs. Rape. Quality Control in
spector, had visitors from Reidsville, N. C., on a recent Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barbee had as recent visitors his brother-
in-law, Charles Johnston and family, and his mother, Mrs. C. C.
Johnston of Jacksonville, Fla.
Bill McSwain and eight other men, who attend Ranlo Baptist
Church, went on a fishing trip to Shallotte, N. C., in early May. The
men, in two boats, launched out 15 miles into the Atlantic and
from there brought in more than 700 pounds of black bass, blues, pig
fish and flounder. Back to shore, all eight men worked almost
three hours to clean their catch. They brought about 250 pounds
of fish to Gastonia and disposed of them at a neighborhood fishfry,
attended by members of their families and a number of friends.
Mrs. Ted Ramsey has joined the Accounting Department as an
employee. The former Miss Molly Pursley, she and Mr. Ramsey
reside at 419 North Edgemont avenue.
Miss Janet Woolley. Payroll, visited friends at Myrtle Beach
and Ocean Drive, S. C., on a week end in late April.
Misses Jerrie Barton. Payroll, Sue Shepard. Shipping, Doris
McCready. Payroll, and Ree Windham and Betty Kelly spent a
recent week end at Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Spoolinj
Hazel Hice, warper tender, had a tonsillectomy on May 4 at
Garrison General Hospital.
Frances Player, winder tender, spent a week end in Forest
City, N. C., visiting her sister, Mrs. J. S. White.
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20-Year Roster
Climbs To 262
During May, three more persons were added to the
lengthening roster of employees w^ho have completed 20
years of service with the Company.
They are: Cramer Little, Shop; Will Starnes, Warehouse;
and Inez C. Brewer, Cotton Weaving. Upon completion of
their long-term service, each received the 20-year watch,
service pin and the congratulations of General Manager
Harold Mercer.
While these employees were
receiving honors for their work
anniversaries, there were 32
others who were awarded serv
ice pins for periods of from 5 to
15 years.
Fifteen Years
Clarence Bryson, Carding;
Fred Ballew, Mattie S. Moore,
Munitions workers at the U.S.
Government’s Ravenna Arsenal,
Ravenna, Ohio, have only one-
sixth as many accidents as the
average American industrial em
ployee, says the National Safety
Council. The Ravenna Arsenal is
operated by the Firestone Com
pany.
Duard C. Rabb, Spinning; How
ard A. Moore, Shop. Lillie Row
land, Morris S. Derryberry,
Pledge G. Savage, Edward Wat
son, James W. Beaver, Rayon
Twisting; Meta J. Hewitt, Horace
C. Conrad, Cotton Weaving.
Ten Years
Rosa W. Froneberger, Spin
ning; Mildred Goebel, Spooling;
Jonas Montgomery, Forrest E.
Dellinger, James M. Price, Shop.
Sallie Spencer, Ruby L. Riley,
Maida H. Bailey, Junior F. Lan
caster, Agnes C. Lowery, Rayon
Twisting; Lewis Montgomery,
Cotton Twisting; Essie M.
Honeycutt, Cotton Weaving;
John A. Jenkins, Will Osborn,
Warehouse.
Have An Idea?
Then Turn It In
Five Years
Colleen M. Bennett, Gretel C.
Allen, Fred W. Green, Rayon
Twisting; Ralph W. Whitesides,
Walter Dover, Shop; Paul Heff
ner, Carding.
FLAG DAY JUNE 14
Behind Old Glory—^The Blessings Of Liberty
There are more than 15 national, state and
local holidays when it is appropriate to dis
play the American flag from private homes
and public buildings. Of these, perhaps
Flag Day receives the most emphasis.
June 14, Flag Day, marks the date in 1777
when the Continental Congress, meeting in
Philadelphia, adopted the stars and stripes
design for the flag.
Observance of the day was not easily
adopted, but through the years it has be
come more significant and has brought
about a greater appreciation of the flag as
the banner of a free people.
On June 14, 1917, as America was girding
herself for World War I, President Wood
row Wilson paid a historic and fitting trib
ute to the flag. He described it as “the
emblem of our unity, our power, our thought
and purpose as a nation.”
“The flag has witnessed a great history,
has floated on high the symbol of great
events, of a great plan of life worked out by
a great people,” President Wilson said.
Flag Day is not a legal holiday. Yet it is
an occasion that affords opportunity for
special tribute to the Stars and Stripes and
the things for which she stands. As we go
about our routine duties on June 14, it
would be well to stop and reflect upon
what Old Glory symbolizes in the lives of a
free people.
Volume VI, No. 6
June, 1957
Published by The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Firestone Textiles Division,
Gastonia, North Carolina. Department of Industrial Relations
DEPARTMENT REPORTERS
CARDING—Edna Harris, Jessie West
moreland.
SPINNING—Lillie Brown, Mary Turner,
Maude Guffey.
SPOOLING—Nell Bolick, Ophelia WaUace,
Rosalie Burger.
TWISTING—Elease Cole, Corrie Johnson,
Louise Long, Dean Haun, Vera Carswell,
Katie Elkins.
SALES YARN TWISTING—Elmina Brad
shaw.
SYC WEAVING—LuciUe Davis.
CORD WEAVING — Irene Odell, Mary
Johnson.
QUALITY CONTROL — Sally Crawford,
Leila Rape, and Louella Queen.
WINDING—Mayzelle Lewis, Elizabeth
Harris, Hazel Nolen.
CLOTH ROOM—Margie Waldrep.
SHOP—Rosie Francum.
PLASTIC DIP—Jennie Bradley.
MAIN OFFICE—Doris McCready.
PERSONNEL—Barbara Abernathy
WAREHOUSE—Nancy Cloninger, George
Harper, Albert Meeks, Rosevelt Rainey.
Claude Callaway, Editor