GASTONIA • NORTH CAROLINA
VOLUME XI-NUMBER 12
NOVEMBER, 1962
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Rubber • Chemicals • Textiles
Synthelics • Melals • Plastics
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autumn
moods
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siiadows across a
l^rne-worn barn ... an idle
^^yrake . . . horses taking it
after a season of hard
^ork . . . goldenrod along the
lencerows . . . fruits of the
l^rid at harvest time ... drift-
leaves whispering of
deep frost and firelit nights.
These and the myriad other
sights and sounds of Autumn
are suggested by this Fire
stone News photo, made near
Clayton, Ga., looking north
toward Black Rock State
Park.
Elevator operator Boss
Parsons speaks for many of
his fellow employees and
their families whose origins
go back to North Georgia,
when he recommends the
Southern Blue Ridge Coun
try as an ideal place to visit,
especially during the narvest
season.
This skyland region of 3,-
000 square miles is famed for
its waterfalls and gorges,
spectacular scenic drives,
lakes, and cascading moun
tain streams.
Firestone Men Saw ‘Big Show’
Firestone Textiles men of
Want, services and office super
vision had a look at one of the
fading trade shows in Ameri-
industry, when they attend-
the 22nd Southern Textile
^^Position at Greenville, S. C.,
October.
The five-day showing at Tex-
Hall and its nine annexes
450 exhibits representing 30
^^ates and 10 foreign countries,
^^hibits ranged from simple,
compact booths to elaborate
open areas humming with ma
chinery set alongside walnut-
paneled offices.
The exposition is the largest
of its kind in the Southeast. Its
production every two years af
fords industry leaders a report
on, and demonstration of, the
latest in machinery, equipment
and supplies. It is educational,
placing emphasis on new tech
niques in production, packaging.
and materials-handling.
The exposition will move in
1964 to its modern show build
ing, soon to be constructed. The
planned exposition building,
with 150,000 square feet of show
space, is to be constructed on
a 30-acre site adjoining Green
ville’s Municipal Airport. The
facility will be one story, with
on-site parking for more than
2,000 cars and parking for
private planes less than a block
from the building’s main en
trance.
^ercers Toured
Jive Countries
Europe
Europe, you roam knee-
■®P in history, and the scenery
. >^^agnificent—as you’d expect.
one of the most pleasant im-
^sssions that came to Mr. and
Harold Mercer was that the
feopie
over there are genuinely
i^ndly. And they have a sort
innate instinct for orderly
living,
•^t least this is so of the
^^Untries they visited recently.
, plant general manager and
's -ixnfa home from a
launched out on guided tours
that afforded them the best of
scenery, historic places and
things, and many another fea
ture of Old World life in Nor
way, Denmark, Austria, Italy,
and Ireland.
They traveled by jet plane,
train, bus, automobile, gondola,
jaunting horse cart — and on
foot. It was the Mercers’ second
trip to Europe.
Highlight of the trip they con
sidered to be an extensive tour
of the area around Naples, in
cluding the Isle of Capri and
the restoration of ancient Pom
peii.
Among other major centers
they visited were Oslo, Copen
hagen, Vienna, Salzburg, Vil-
lach, Venice, Florence, Rome,
Killarney, Belfast, Cork, Antrim
and Dublin.
home from
tour which took
wife
JJ^nth-long
to the significant land-
4 of five European coun-
With more than a dozen major
as headquarters, they
Garden Club Member On TV This Month
The colorful history of candlemaking will be presented on
Channel 3 television this month by Mrs. W. R. Turner Sr. of
Gastonia.
Mrs. Turner, a well-known artflower arranger and certified
flower judge, is a member of Variety Garden Club of Firestone.
Her presentation on WBTV, Charlotte, will be telecast in color
as a special feature of the Betty Feezor program Nov. 15 at 1 P.M.
The Variety Garden Club member shapes and molds candles
as one of her several hobbies. She will use some of her own crea
tions to illustrate her TV presentation.
Record $16,585.40
To United Fund
People at the Gastonia plant marked the 10th consecu
tive year of United Fund participation by pledging a record
$16,585.40 to the Greater Gastonia UF appeal. Joining in the
community-wide program of giving, employees pledged an
average of $12.46.
Contributions of “one gift—
one time" go toward support of
25 health, welfare, recreation
and other community agencies
and services during 1963.
Figure More This Year
This year’s giving at Firestone
is an increase of $1,035.42 over
that of last year. Solicitation
was through payroll deduction,
during the first two weeks of
the campaign, Oct. 16-Nov. 9.
Persons here making a “fair-
share” gift were eligible for a
numbers-drawing for the six
prizes which the company pro
vided from the local Firestone
Stores.
BCHS Queen
Rebecca Mack, daughter of
plant safety supervisor Ray
mond Mack and Mrs. Mack of
Main Office, reigned as queen
of Bessemer City High School
homecoming festivities during
the weekend of November 20.
A graduate of Gastonia's Ash
ley High School, Rebecca is a
special student at Bessemer City
this year.
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Plant production manager
F. B. Galligan was vice chair
man of the Greater Gastonia UF
campaign. C. E. Moss of process
refinement and development,
and Phillip R. Williams, division
manager of synthetics, were
chairmen of the in-plant solici
tation. They were helped by
many volunteer solicitors who
took pledges for the record con
tribution.
“The generous response to the
United Way of giving is a com
pliment to our people and their
concern for others,” said Mr.
Moss. Mr. Williams noted that
the increasing employee contri
bution over the past ten years
indicates a growing awareness
of our people “for the needs
which the United Fund serves.”
Also helping in the Greater
Gastonia UF effort were L. B.
McAbcc, division rriSnagei cil
cotton; and Alvin Riley, man
ager of industrial relations. They
were on the “loaned executives”
program in which industrial and
business leaders helped direct
and promote the UF financial
drive.
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• Fair-share contributors to the UF campaign at the plant who
had lucky numbers for the prizes drawing. Winners and their prizes
(from left): Willie Kelly, automatic electric toaster; Guinn Briggs,
four Firestone DeLuxe Champion tires; Ray Arrowood, Firestone
power mower; Sara Fulbright, barbecue grill with electric spit.
Those not in picture: Rubye McAllister, Philco electric stove with
double oven; Royal Chandler, Philco table radio>clock.