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THANKSGIVING
THOUGHT
O Thou Who has given so
much to us. give one thing
more — a grateful heart.
—George Herbert
GASTONIA
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Retiree's 'Afterglow'
—Page 3
Plants for India, France
Doffer and Song Weaver
—Page 4
Some Thoughts on Freedom
—Page 5
VOLUME VIII
GASTONIA. N. C„ NOVEMBER, 1959
NUMBER 12
FLUFFY SLIVER—Fred Walker of Carding told visiting flower
judges about sliver stage of cotton processing. With him, from left
are Mesdames R. L. Lewis of Bessemer City; W. M. Gant, J. E.
Herndon, Moffatt Ware Sr.. and W. L. Pressley, all of Kings Moun
tain.
WO Leaders
Are Promoted
In Scouting
Francis B. Galligan, cotton di
vision superintendent, was elect-
.ed chairman of the Gaston Coun
ty district, Boy Scouts of Ameri-
'ca, at the district’s first annual
f ’
meeting at Masonic Temple in
ate October. Gaston is among
the 11 counties making up the
Piedmont Council, BSA. In the
Gastonia district there are 70
units, including Scout troops,
Explorer posts, and Cub packs.
Mr. Galligan, district commis
sioner for the past year, succeeds
J. Crawford Poag of McAden-
ville.
At the October meeting, Fire
stone safety director A. V. Riley
was selected commissioner to
take Mr. Galligan’s place.
The new county chairman has
been a leader in Boy Scout
circles since he became plant
manager of the Bennettsville
(S. C.) Cotton Mills, now Fire
stone Textiles at Bennettsville.
Mr. Galligan was district com
missioner of Marlboro County in
1945-46, and district chairman
during 1947.
When he came to the Gastonia
plant in the late 1940s, he was
appointed neighborhood com
missioner of the four troops in
the Firestone community. He
was in this assignment until
1956, the year he received the
Scouter Award.
Mr. Riley, the new county
commissioner, has been active in
Scouting, with several years of
leadership as a neighborhood
commissioner. In recent months
he has been instrumental in or
ganizing and promoting the
Speakers’ Bureau project of the
Governor’s Traffic Safety Coun
cil.
Under this program, Boy
Scouts who qualify are available
to appear at meetings of civic
clubs and other community
groups, and on radio and TV
programs, where they make
talks on the subject of highway
safety.
IN TEXTILES
Workers Paid $652,476,000 Last Year
Last year, 219,100 North Carolinians v^ere furnished jobs
by the textile industry. These jobs paid workers $652,476,000,
the State Employment Security Commission announced at
an October meeting of the North Carolina Textile Manufac
turers’ Association.
Textile employment represents 26.3 per cent of all North
Carolina workers covered by the state’s employment security
laws and 46.9 per cent of all manufacturing employees, the
report showed.
For the first quarter of 1959, textile employment in the
state had risen to 220,925, and the 1959 payroll is expected to
equal or go beyond the 1957 payroll of $647,095,000.
WARP PATTERN—Pauline Dailey, center foreground, showed
how yarn is wound from package to large warping beam for weav
ing. Behind her, from left; Mesdames James J. Deegan, Clark H.
Broward, Fenton Wells, Stanley E. Moore Jr., and Frank B. Kirk
land, all of Charlotte.
Many
Awards Are Listed
In Standard Flower Show
More than 80 awards and
“honorable mentions” went to
exhibitors when Variety Garden
Club of Firestone staged its two-
day standard flower show at the
Recreation Center in October.
Roses, dahlias, and chrysan
themums were featured flowers
of the show. Entries were re
viewed by ten out-of-town judg
es approved by the North Caro
lina Federation of Garden Clubs.
Variety Club president, Mrs.
Wyatt Keever was chairman of
the event which drew entries
from members of Firestone em
ployee families and others of the
plant community. On the first
day of the show, members of
the club were luncheon hostesses
honoring the judges. Mrs. Harold
Mercer, wife of the plant man
ager, and recreation director
Ralph Johnson were special
guests. Later that day, Mr.
Johnson conducted the judges on
a tour of the plant.
Top Honors Listed
Of the awards, Mrs. W. R.
Turner received the Jackson-
Perkins silver trophy for her
rose entry. Blue ribbon winners
in arrangements were Mesdames
H. O. Eisenhower, W. R. Turner,
Wyatt Keever, M. L. Foy, and
G. D. Gates. Jackson-Perkins
certificates went to Mrs. W. R.
Turner, Mrs. H. A. Cauthen, and
George Jackson.
In the junior division Misses
Doris Ann Caldwell and Belinda
Henderson received first places.
A third place award for a red
rose, grown on the plant lawn,
went to Firestone Textiles.
Additional Awards
Of other entries top awards in
horticulture went to Mesdames
Rother Henderson, Clayton Wil
son, W. R. Turner, W. A. Keever,
Henry Chastain, M. L. Foy, J.
Carl Stowe Sr., Jack Kennedy,
H. O. Eisenhower, H. A. Cauth
en, Irma Hendricks; Miss Ter
esa Chastain, and John P. Smith.
Among all classes, exhibitors
receiving one or more awards
—More on Page 5
‘Safe Off-Job’
Emphasis
In December
Every month is safety month
—both on and off the job. Any
thinking employee will tell you
that. But he will be quick to add
that there are rich rewards in
special emphasis on accident pre
vention.
For this reason, December is
traditionally off-the-job safety
month at all Firestone factories
in the United States. The Gas
tonia plant will join other com
pany units across the country, to
observe this period when em
ployees will be reminded of
safety attitudes and practices as
they apply to life away from the
job.
Emphasis is through messages
delivered by members of super
vision to people in all depart
ments, posters, employpf"
cations, bulletin board notices,
displays, and various other
means of promotion.
THE AIM is to point up the
truth that it is vitally important
—often a matter of life or death
—to take home the safety at
titudes and practices which are a
part of the everyday job.
Executive vice president J. E.
Trainer has noted that through
safety-consciousness as a day-to-
day practice, Firestone plants
throughout the country are
known for their good accident-
control records. He pointed out
that off-job safety is just as vital
to every employee and member
of his family.
“We are proving over and
over that we can work safely at
the job. Safety off-the-job is al
so our constant challenge.”
‘Eyewitness’ Back In Spring
The final three programs
in Firestone's "Eyewitness
to History" series over the
CBS television network will
be presented sometime next
spring, when President Eis
enhower visits the Soviet
Union.
Originally, the President
was scheduled to visit Rus
sia in October, but has post
poned his unprecedented
visit until early 1960.
The first 11 of the 14
"Eyewitness" company-
sponsored programs were
devoted to President Eisen
hower's conferences with
Allied leaders in Western
Europe (four programs); and
Soviet Khrushchev's visit to
the United States (seven
programs).
In the House of Repre
sentatives, just before ad
journment this fall. Rep.
William H. Ayers (R. Ohio)
praised the Firestone tele
cast series. Concluding his
remarks. Rep. Ayers said;
"CBS News, as a national
news service, and The Fire
stone Tire & Rubber Com
pany. as one of the nation's
leading industrial concerns,
are due highest praise for
their efforts in keeping the
American people informed."