C(. 71.1 GASTONIA • NORTH CAROLINA \ ^ I A M ^ Your Symbol VOLUME XIII-NUMBER 2 W * * W of Quality FEBRUARV .1964 g ^ g and Service Sw^-^s the big pull [N tire cord * This demonstration shows strength of tire cord in Fire stone’s four-ply rated two- ply tire. Cords supporting I nearly two tons represent less than one-tenth of the cords in a popular-size pas senger tire. All the cords built into a 7.50-14 tire would support the total weight of nine such cars. In demonstration, 100 strands of improved tire cord in front and 100 strands in rear hold up car and cradle structure. Steel tubes of the cradle sagged when cords lifted the auto. ☆ ☆ ☆ Making It Stout In Gastonia In quality control lab, Evelyn Mayfield checks strength on pro duction samples of rayon cord such as was used in weight ex periment at Akron (above pho to). Maximum strength of sam ples are recorded on paper roll in left unit of Instron Tester. l^^'Gsident Leader Bond Sales C president Raymond ^ ivi was recently named p. of the U.S. Industrial Savings Committee for Savings Bonds and chair- Rubber Industry Di- T ^ 28-member committee ®sents major industries in the United States. It has outlined a program to help achieve the 1964 goal of one million new participants in the payroll-sav- ings plan of U.S. Savings Bonds purchase. “Through the years the rubber companies have maintained an excellent record in the Savings Bonds program,’' said Mr. Fire stone. “It is my hope that past performance will be exceeded during the 1964 campaign.” ^tanus Shots At First Aid on a nail in the back yard or ram a dirty splinter your fingernail, and you run the risk of tetanus, or ^^surance against this infectious disease is tetanus-toxoid yours free at the plant First Aid. Sch .^^^‘^ulation program began here in mid-January, as by plant medical director S. H. Adams M.D. those who had the inoculation during the program ^(^0 years ago. Dr. Adams urges the booster shot. There are certain types of both on-job and off-job in- "^here tetanus might result and in such cases, im- ^ations would be beneficial,” says Dr. Adams, thr- First Aid and see the nurse on duty on any of the work shifts. Mack Member Of Safety Board Raymond Mack, manager of safety at the Gastonia plant, was elected to the board of directors of the Blue Ridge Safety Coun cil at the organization’s quarter ly meeting at Marion, Jan. 16. Those attending the program at Marion High School heard a talk by John Love, director of general services of American Thread Co., New York. Welcome address was by Charles Elledge, principal of Marion Senior High School, and who plays the par son role in “Horn in the West” outdoor drama during summers. H. S. Baucom, safety director of the North Carolina Industrial Commission, presented special awards. The Blue Ridge Safety Council is one of eight regional groups sponsored by the NC Industrial Commission to promote safety education, with emphasis on in jury control in industry. Plant Has Fifth Citizenship Citation FROM UNITED FUND The Gastonia plant in January received its fifth yearly “outstanding citizenship” citation, in recognition of em- ployee-company participation in the Greater Gastonia Unit ed Fund financial appeal. Firestone Textiles was among the 27 industries and businesses honored by United Fund Offi cials. Recognition for exceptional giving brought plaque awards, presented at the annual UF din ner in First Methodist Church fellowship hall. The plant’s first UF citizen ship award was represented by a silver-embossed plaque, with successive shingles added to it for the past three years. Tha fifth-year award is a sil ver-embossed plaque, to which also can be added shingles in future years. Standards for the award are that a firm with 15 or more em ployees have a payroll system for UF contributions, that 80 per cent of employees contribute —with this giving averaging at least $10 per person. Firestone Textiles’ per-person contribution was $13.81 in last fall’s UF appeal. The record total gift of $17,813.38 put the figure at the largest employee gift in the financial campaign. At the meeting. Firestone pro duction manager F. B. Galligan was elected second vice presi dent of the Greater Gastonia United Fund. Thomas Craig Watson was named president; and Albert R. Rankin, first vice president. Brotherhood Week Set In February Firestone people will join with the nation in this year's observ ance of Brotherhood Week, Feb. 16-22. Emphasizing that “brotherhood is democracy at work,” the programs will involve some 10,000 communities. Activities and special pro grams point to the great ideals upon which American democracy was built and to which our great religions subscribe. Brotherhood Week in 1964 will be the 31st annual observance, sponsored through the years by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. NCCJ op erates a continuing program cen tered in education on brother hood principles. The annual Brotherhood Week is intended to call particular at tention to putting brotherhood ideals into practice in our de mocracy. Highlight of the week’s ob servance here will be the an nual meeting of the Gaston County chapter. National Con ference of Christians & Jews, Feb. 19 at Gaston Country Club at 7 p.m. An award will be made to a Gastonia man to be honored for outstanding work in the field of brotherhood. Brooks Hays, special assistant to the President of the United States, will address the meeting. Conversation overheard in city elevator equipped with music system: “Come on, Charlie, this is our floor.” “Nah, I’ll stay on for a while—I like this tune.” Firestone people and others of the plant community will have the privilege of “making a gift from the heart” when the Red Cross blood- mobile comes to Firestone Recrea tion Center Feb. 11. Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This will be the first of two stops of the bloodmobile at Firestone in 1964. BLOODMOBILE COMING THIS MONTH FREE ENTERPRISE A Way Of Living FREE ENTERPRISE has nothing to do with politics, wealth, business, nor class. It is a way of living in which you and I, as individuals, are important. Many little things make up this way of life, but think what we would lose if we ever surrender it! Free Enterprise is the right to open a gas station, or a grocery store, or to buy a farm, if you want to be your own boss—or to change your job if you don’t like the man you are working for. Free Enterprise is the right to lock your door at night. It is the right to argue. . . . The right to save money if you wish, or blow it all on a good time if that is what you want to do. It is looking on a police man as someone to protect you; a judge as a friend to help you. More on page 4

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