GASTONIA • NORTH CAROLINA
VOLUME XII-NUMBER 10
SEPTEMBER • 1963
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Your Symbol
of Quality
and Service
^'^htseeing
Camp Firestone
Mountain
Majesty
Down the road a few miles from Camp
^Ji'estone on Lake James is Grandfather
wT
^.^untain, “Carolinas’ top scenic attraction.’’
^st off the Blue Ridge Parkway and U. S.
it is the highest mountain in the Blue
range (5,964 feet).
,, Creologists believe Grandfather to have
oldest rock formations in the world and
mountain is one of the best known and
spectacular. On August 24-25, Grand-
^ther Mountain’s “one-billionth annivers-
featured the selection of a “Carolinas’
^oto Queen” and press photographers’
Camera clinic.
The mile-high swinging bridge for pe
destrians connects two peaks at the parking
area at mountain’s summit. There are excel
lent views in all directions from top of
2 1/2 mile road! Special facilities include
a tent campground, picnic areas, a gift shop,
and comfort stations.
A network of 15 miles of Lrails, with new
trail to Black Rock Cliff Cave, affords na
ture study among some of the world’s rich
est stores of plant life and rugged terrain.
Grandfather Mountain and the resort vil
lage of Linville two miles west are outstand
ing of the many “holiday highlands” attract-
tions within a few minutes’ drive of Camp
Firestone. Grandfather Mountain visitor
season continues to November 15. Camp
Firestone remains open for employees and
members of their families into mid-October.
l50 Donors On August Bloodmobile Visit
firestone people and others in
^ plant community kept faith
^ith a good record, when they
the quota of 150 pints at the
^gust visit of the Red Cross
loodmobile. It was the second
, the two regular stops of the
^odmobile here. Firestone has
^®Ver failed to meet the quota
a blood collection.
Thomas Grant and Thomas
Urner each reached the 3-gal-
^-contribution mark, while
^sfton Carpenter completed
2-gallon record. Those who
l^^ached the 1-gallon mark were
, Carles Bradley, Shirley Bold-
Roxie Newton, William
®sey, Jesse Parks, Jr., Buster
Stiles and Floyd Whitaker. The
140 others who contributed:
Dr. Simeon Adams, Aubrey
Aderholt, Frederick Anderson,
James Arrowood, Bobbie Bald
win, J. C. Barnes, Rosalie Bar
field, James Barker, Robert
Beck, Robert Bilbrey, Carl
Black, Ralph Bolding, Coy Brad
shaw, Carl Briggs, Robert
Broome, Luther Brown, Sammy
Bunton, James Burr, Ida Byers.
Rabon Calhoun, Frank Capps,
Melvin Carpenter, Charles Car-
rigan, Charles Cates, Roy Chas
tain, Bob Chavis, Henry Church,
Lewis Clark, Myrtle Collette,
Doris Corella, Joseph Cote, Lloyd
Crain, Eva Crawford, Samuel
Crawford.
Vehicles Production Up Last Year
"Total number of automobiles
trucks manufactured during
showed an increase over
1961
k
says the Automobile
^iiufacturers Association.
. ^-S. Motor vehicle production
1962 totaled 8,197,154 units,
in 1961, 6,652,938 vehicles.
There were a total of 6,943,-
passenger cars manufactur-
last year as compared to 5,-
552,019 produced during the
previous 12-month period.
A total of 1,253,771 trucks and
motor coaches were built in
1962, while in 1961 the figure
was 1,130,919.
Motor-vehicle production is
closely linked in the business
world with that of tire produc
tion. To a great extent, as autos
go, so go the tires.
Maintained Since July
U. s. Savings Bonds
Purchase At 100 Per Cent
Purchase of U. S. Savings Bonds through payroll deduotion
at the Gastonia plant was at 100 per cent of employment as
of mid-August. This high mark had been retained since
July 9, at the time payroll supervisor Mrs. Eula Wilson’s re
port showed that the rate of Bonds-buying rose from 88 per
cent in May to total participation by employees, following
the company’s Bonds promotion in early summer.
The promotion in Firestone company doing the bookkeeping
Ralph Dalton, Clarence Don
aldson, James Dunham, Grady
Davis, Ray English, Pansy Falls,
Laird Freeman, Dolores Frit-
ton, Jackie Gates, Joe Givens,
Henry Gordon, Haskel Grant,
William Guffey, John Hall, Wil
liam Hallbrook, Charles Ham
rick, Belon Hanna, Ben Hanna,
Pauline Hanna, Ernest Harris,
Cecil Head, George High, George
Hill, Doyt Hoffman, William Ho
gan, Alvin Holman, Thomas
Huffstetler, Curtis Honeycutt,
Worth Honeycutt, Horace
Hughes, Ralph Hunnicutt.
Helen Jenkins, Maude Jen
kins, Ralph Johnson, Clarence
Jolly, Bobby Jones, Troy Jones,
Leonnel Keenum, Martha Kend
rick, Billy Kinley, Melvin Knox,
Dautha Lane, Vernon Lane,
Albert Laughlin, Bobby Led
ford, James Lewis, Ollie Liles,
George Lingle, Cramer Little,
Richard Littlejohn, Charles
Lunsford.
Frances McArver, Helen Mc
Carter, Howard McCarter, Gary
McCaslin, Cramer McDaniel,
Benjamin Massey, John Mercer,
Jerry Mitchell, Walter Moore,
Dan Moser, William Nipper,
Charlie Parham, Robert Parson,
—more on page 2
plants of the United States was
part of the U. S. Treasury De
partment’s Freedom Bond Cam
paign, June 17-30. At the end of
that period, plant general man
ager Harold Mercer noted:
“We are grateful that every
one of our employees is now
buying U. S. Savings Bonds. Not
only does this undergird our
country financially, but pro
vides an easy way for employ
ees to save money—with the
Unceasing Efforts
Best For Safety
Over 99 per cent of women
employees at Chemstrand’s
plant at Pensacola, Fla. volun
tarily wear safety shoes on the
job. This is just one of the many
features of the Florida plant’s
injury-control program, as re
viewed here last month by the
safety supervisor of Chem
strand’s Greenwood, S. C. plant.
Robert Strength spoke at the
monthly safety meeting for
supervisors, supporting his pre
sentation with projected slides
made on the job at his com
pany’s Pensacola and Green
wood plants.
“You can’t flirt with danger
and come away unhurt, we have
learned. And safety in industry
is something you have to work
at unceasingly,” he declared.
Mr. Strength cited the Pensa
cola plant’s achievement, recog
nized by the National Safety
Council’s Award of Honor for
for the deductions.
“We appreciate the excellent
response of our people and hope
that our plant will retain the
enviable position of 100 per cent
participation.”
A letter to Mr. Mercer from
A. E. Brubaker, company di
rector of public relations and
chairman of this year’s Freedom
Bond Drive, said:
“Your 100 per cent employee
participation in payroll savings
is an achievement in which you,
your plant chairman, canvassers
and all employees can take great
pride. It is also a tribute to the
patriotism and good citizenship
of your employees.”
the past eight years. The plant
compiled 27,000,000 injury-free
production hours—the world’s
record in textile manufacturing.
NCVTS Classes ’
New classes in five subjects be
gan Sept. 3 at North Carolina
Vocational Textile School, Bel
mont. Courses are in yarn manu
facturing, weaving and design
ing, tailoring, knitting, and mill
maintenance.
At the school—only one of its
kind in the nation—class hours
are arranged so students can
pursue courses of study with no
interference with their fulltime
work schedules in industry. Al
so, hours are arranged within
the regular schedule for stu
dents specially enrolled.
TESTING— Bobby Marshman of Pottstown, Pa., relaxed fol
lowing record-breaking laps established during Fire
stone's annual tire-test program at the Indianapolis Motor Speed
way. Background tires are among some 100 tested by Marshman
and Jim McElreath of Arlington, Texas. Marshman, driving the
Econo-Car Special which he drove in this year's 500 race, averaged
151.8 mph for 8 consecutive laps. This is more than half a mile
faster than the four-lap qualification record posted by Parnelli
Jones this year. Marshman and McElreath, who drove a Novi, each
recorded a lap of 152.8 mph in 1,500 miles of testing conducted by
Firestone to select a tire design and tread compound for the 1964
Indianapolis race.