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e Indy 500-Race Film Distributed RETIRED MEN They Enjoy Harvest Years “You’ve laid by one crop and have had the foresight to plant another one,” said Gastonia Mayor Vic Phillips at a Decem ber meeting of the Retired Men’s Club of Firestone. The mayor, guest speaker at the dinner meeting in the Rec reation Center, was referring to the Senior Folks who have clos ed the book on the years of pro duction work in the mill and are now busy at church and com munity projects. Several guests at the meeting were wives of club members— some of the wives themselves Firestone retirees. Mr. Phillips commended the Hughes at Myrtle Beach AFB A3c Larry E. Hughes was as signed to Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Air Force Base Jan. 3, after a leave of several days spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hughes of Gastonia. His father is a plumber at Firestone, Larry worked in the weaving department for several weeks upon graduation from Ashley High School last spring, then entered the Air Force. He had basic instruction at Lackland AFB, Texas before transfer to Greenville (Miss.) AFB where he recently completed a 12-week course in personnel. At Myrtle AFB he will con tinue his education through the University of South Carolina extension service. Employees’ Son Preaches, Studies Richard Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Johnson of the cloth room, is a student at Union Theological Seminary of Van derbilt University, and pastor of Uniontown Christian Church, Uniontown, Ky. He is a graduate of Ashley High School and a cum laude graduate of Atlantic Christian College, Wilson. Richard and Jacqueline Kay Stowe of Gastonia were mar ried here Dec. 22. The story of Liberia—Africa’s earliest republic dating to 1822 —is interwoven with the history of the Firestone company. The company’s vast rubber planta tions there have provided em ployment and social uplift for the Liberian people since 1926. Senior Citizens for their active life in the community and cited some of the many areas of op portunity for those “who no longer must obey the alarm clock, to make that shift in the mill.” "THE WORD ‘retirement’ is better thought of as that period of years when life takes on rich er meaning, as one reaps re wards of the past and continues a life of planned leisure and service to others,” he said. The Retired Men’s Club, or ganized two years ago, promotes fellowship, recreation, optimism and constructive projects. The group meets one afternoon each Comely Promoted At Hopewell Plant Jack M. Comely, former chief accountant at the Gastonia and Bennettsville plants, is vice pres’dent and general manager of the Firestone Plastic Com pany. The appointment followed an nouncement of the transfer of the administrative headquarters of Firestone Synthetics Fibers Company from Pottstown, Pa. to Hopewell, Va. in late 1963. Mr. Comely, comptroller at Pottstown since last year, joined Firestone in 1942 while attend- Story Recalls Loray Band A “Down Memory Lane” fea ture in The Gastonia Gazette on a recent Sunday recalled the local excitement upon the mem orable Armistice Day ending World War I in 1918. The item mentioned a mayor-led formal celebration in front of the old Armington Hotel, the program featuring music by the Flint Groves and Loray (Firestone) bands, and a few brief speeches. Several Firestone oldtimers have cherished memories of the brass band here. It used to put on concerts at a lattice - sided bandstand near the present site of Gaston Technical Institute. • STRONG STICKUM—Xylos Rubber Company, a subsidiary of the parent Firestone com pany, produces more than 200 types of adhesives for bonding a variety of materials. One of these products, a Loxite vinyl elastomer, is so strong that—for example—it can glue latches to frames of convertible tops for boats without any kind of brac ing. The capital, Monrovia, was nam ed after James Monroe, Ameri ca’s fifth President. ing school. After army service from 1943 ta 1946, he finished college and did some graduate study. Heturnmg to n’estone m 1949, he was assigned to his job with the Gastonia and Bennettsville plants until 1954. He returned to Akron the following year as staff accountant. Promoted to factory auditor in the tire plants, he next became company audi tor in 1959 and manager of ac counting for Akron tire plants in 1961. The plastics division produces a complete line of vinyl resins and copolymers, vinyl latexes, butadiene-styrene latexes, poly ethylene film and calendered vinyl and ABS film and sheet ing. Among synthetic fibers pro duced by Firestone at Hopewell are nylon tire yarn, “Nyloft” continuous-filament nylon carpet yarn, fine-denier nylon textured yarn, Saran and polypropylene monofilament and “Spandelle"’ spandex elastomeric yarn. Firestone purchased the Hope- well plant in 1959 and a year later became the first American rubber company to produce its own nylon filament for tire cord. A 28 minute, 16mm film on the 1963 Indianapolis LOO-mile auto race and featuring split- second excitement of the famous classic, is available through the Firestone company. The film shows the fierce com petition among 33 of the most talented race drivers in the world. Speed records fall as man and machine battle for top spot. In color and sound, “Indian apolis 500—1963” features qua!.'- fication runs, pre-race excite ment and the spectacular duel between winner Parnelli Jones and Jim Clark who finished just^ 34 seconds behind. The film is available as ^ public service without charge to schools, churches, club groups, civic and community organizS' tions. Association Films, distributes copies in the tonia area from its Oakmont, office. Further information borrowing the f Im is available at the plant industrial rclat-ons office. GIFT FOR THE MAYOR—Re- liree John P. Smith (left) pre sented a gift to Mayor Vic Phil lips, after club members had re ceived a present. Back row, from left: John Davis, Dallas Smith, J. B. Beaver, Bassie Rogers, T. G. Stacy, Mack Dawkins, S. L. Owens, Fred Tate and N. L. Harris. month at the Recreation Center. Soon after organizing, the club went on a fishing trip to the Carolina coast. More such group outings are planned for coming summers. To finance this and other projects, members have an occasional fish fry sale at the plant playground. Club officers are Ed Hughes, president; John P. Smith, vice president; N. L. Harr's, secre tary; and T. G. Stacy, treasurer. Warp and Filling OF THE PASSING SCENE 4-Gallon Record Production manager F. B. Gal- ligan keeps the manufacturing processes running smoothly here —with no little phase of his job that of dealing wisely with peo ple at work. But his thoughtfulness and concern for others take on spe cial dimensions when it comes to humanitarian causes, ample was the 32nd pint blood which the production manager gave to the Red Cross bloodmobile in December. He thus became one of donors with four-gallon records in Gaston county. Sa’d the local chapter of th® Red Cross: His contributici^ would have been far more erous by this time, if it had no been for the surgery which had a year ago. The usual one' year suspension of giving bloo was up just days before Galligan reached the four-ga^^®j| mark by giving his pint at Fa^ Methodist Church in East tonia. Whistle Toots — And Bigger Things A railroad company down in Texas figures that it costs two- thirds of a penny to toot the train whistle once on a single run. The company has discover ed that it costs around $15,000 a year to toot the whistle on runs between Dallas and HoUS ton alone. Sort of a reminder that seem ingly little things add up to things over a period of tii'O^ such as day-to-day wise use ^ materials and equipment ^ manufacture, small steps lead to big quality, little acts ° thoughtfulness that promote safety. Tax Forms From page 1 ments from the plant payroll of fice. The N.C. State form and the W-2 will be furnished wage earners during January. “Guard against misplacing or losing your forms,” advises Mrs. XXnisnji “Anri wh^n filing turns, carefully follow inst’-^^^, t ons on the back of each forn''- Any change in your would affect your tax exen^P tions should be reported to the payroll office, or (for third shif^^ to the First-Aid nurse. Play Cool- Protect Your Vision What's your winter pleasure? Fancy figures a frozen pond? Swift sleigh rides down a hill? Or fast flight over a mountain ski slops? P it cool by protecting your vision first, reminds American Optometric Association. Says the Properly-ground sunglasses are a must on the ® ^ slopes, where eyes are subject to glare of sun ^ stark white snow. Safety lenses and strong ^ protect eyeglasses when children learn to ^ equipment such as ski poles and bobsleds. FIRESTONE TEXTILES POST OFFICE BOX 551 GASTONIA, N. C. Relurn Requested BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAIE' PERMIT NUMBER 29 GASTONIA, N. C. THE LIBRARY OF UMC CHAPEL HILL, K. C.
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