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■tL U VISITING OPTHALMOLOGIST George Foy William Cosey Shop Carding Jess Parks Sr. Weaving (syn) Ralph Johnson Ind. Relations Austell Smith Otis Thompson Carding Twisting (syn) 1 Louise H. Dill Twisting (syn) C. M. Ferguson Ind. Relations Joe Finger Shop Raymond Mack Ind. Relations R. F. Piercy Henry Spencer Mech. Service Weaving (syn) Lewis R. Clark Spinning W. L. Owens Mech. Service 30 Years Margaret Matthews David Lowery Spinning Carding Coy Bradshaw Whit Webster Carding Twisting (syn) 38 Work Anniversaries Add 22 more names to the 30-years employment roster here. These persons, bringing the total in that category to 44, marked their work mile stones in June. During the same month, 16 others marked anniversaries of 10, 15 and 20 years. The list: Twenty Years Maude Peeler, twisting (syn- Maude Jenkins Twisting (syn) Tracy Whitener Weaving (syn) Nina Dilling Preparation W. H. Dilling Weaving (syn) thetics); Gertrude C. Sanders, weaving (cotton). Fifteen Years Betty Webb Boggess, prepara tion; Elizabeth T. Howell and Catherine Huffstetler, twisting (synthetics); Rufus G. Carpen ter, weaving (cotton); George Pendergrass, warehouse; John Walter Owens, supply. Ten Years Eugene B. Jolly, preparation; James L. Hawkins, Helen H. Kiser, Harry L. Stewart, Thel ma Hardy, Harold L. Baker and Hunter Gale Wylie, all twisting (synthetics); Charles K. Cauthen, warehouse. Therapy Project At the regular June meeting, members of Variety Garden Club of Firestone heard a lec ture on herbs and their culture, then went to NC Orthopedic Hospital where they presented favors and story books to pa tients of one of the units. The hospital trip was a part of the club’s garden-therapy projects. Another aspect of this program is the cultivation of annual blooming plants around one of the Orthopedic Hospital units. Piano Recital At Rec Center Seventeen piano pupils of Mrs. Ray England (he is in the me- '^hanical department) were pre sented in recital at Firestone Recreation Center recently. The pupils—several of them from Firestone families—w ere Irma Hendricks, Patricia Wiley, Susan Goebel, Steve Goebel, Terry Stiles, Teresa Spencer, Janice Spencer, Dorenda Huff stetler, Barry Robinson, Candy Featherston, Janice McElveen, Deborah Creasman, Jerileen Hardin, Diane Hardin, Brenda Sims, Kathy Laughlin and Paula Strickland. After the music there was ad ditional entertainment by Mrs. C. P. Hawkins, then refresh ments served by Mrs. Harold Robinson (he works in ware house), and Mrs. Herman Wiley of main office. The worst thing about cross ing a bridge before you get to it is that it leaves you on this side of the river.—Change Hand use Honored Leonard Firestone Leonard K. Firestone, presi dent of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company of California, in June received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Southern Cali fornia. The honor recognized Mr. Firestone’s outstanding service to the university, the American Taking Care Of The ‘Light’ The eye is the light of the body and an index to a person’s health and well-being. And if you would conserve your ‘light’, practice eye safety, have peri odic professional examinations, and get prompt medical atten tion in case of injury. The words were counsel from Dr. Martin J. Kreshon, Charlotte opthalmologist. Speaking on sight conservation at a June safety meeting here, he told the supervisory audience that most eye injuries are preventable and conditions leading to loss of sight can be controlled with basic education and practice in eye care and safety, and medi cal treatment—if in time. Using projection slides, the surgeon discussed the anatomy and function of the eye, point ing to actual examples of eye injury and diseases. “Sight conservation ought to go all the way from the person on the job to members of his family and his acquaintances,” he said. “For example, a word of encouragement from a super visor might lead an employee to have his child’s cross-eye corrected in time—before age 6.” Dr. Kreshon discussed some common eye hazards in industry and off the job, stressing dan gers of rotary mowers, BB guns, firearms, explosives and other hazards. He had some general suggestions for sight-saving: 0 Have your eyes examined at least every two years. If over 40, have examinations for glau coma. 9 Always wear eye protec tion in hazard areas. ® Never ignore even the slightest eye injury—get medi cal treatment quickly. • Home remedies on your eyes, or anyone elese’s, are an invitation to blindness. 9 Your eyesight is precious —guard it well. Optimist Club Chartered The Optimist Club of Fire stone received its official pa pers in June at a charter meet ing and installation of officers in the Optimist Clubhouse of West Gastonia. Presenting the charter was Optimist NC District Governor James Barker. Firestone em ployee relations manager Ralph Johnson was master of cere monies at the dinner meeting. Johnson, an Optimist leader and member of the Gastpnia City Council, brought greetings from Mayor Dan Gunter Jr. Other special guests besides Gov. Barker were Optimist NC District Lt. Gov. Jeff McArver; past Gov. Earl Yarborough, and past Lt. Gov. Grover Ritchie, who was the featured speaker. Thomas Gibson, supervisor in nylon treating at Firestone, was installed president of Firestone Optimist Club. Other officers installed were Freddie Elkins, first vice president; Payton Lewis, second vice president; Luther Brown, secretary-trea- surer and Alfred Caskey, ser geant-at-arms. Firestone Optimist Club, meeting twice monthly since April at the plant recreation center, is one '"of'"Gastonia’s newest civic organizations. Sponsored by the Gastonia Noon Optimist Club, it had 45 char ter joiners. Membership is made up of men who work at Fire stone, and others living in the plant community. BOARD Of the 1558 motor vehicles checked at Firestone’s recent free inspection lanes, 316 of economy and culture. The cita tion referred to him as “repre senting an ideal combination of enlightened businessman and public servant ... a statesman of American private enterprise and a champion of private high er education.” them were rejected because of one or more unsafe mechanical conditions. There were 179 ve hicles re-checked and approv ed after defects had been cor rected. Greatest number of check- items needing correction were 185 tag lights, followed with 23 front lights. Other points found defective were parking lights, brake lights and rear lights, turn signals, tail lights, brakes, horns, tires, stoplights, exhaust systems, and windshield wipers- Of all the vehicles checked, 445 of them were equipped with safety belts. Leave It Longer ... & Keep It Healthier To keep your lawn good-looking and healthy, feed it well and don’t chop it to death with the mower. The word is from Variety Garden Club of Firestone, offering these principles: 1) Ferti lize according to instructions obtainable from your county agent, agricultural college or other reliable sources; 2) Set your mower at the 2- inch cutting height. Cut it shorter than this and it may look good for a while, but eventually it will lose to weeds. The shorter the cut, the more the grass will dry out and the more the ground temperature will rise to germinate undesirable seeds. Food upon which grass greatly depends is pro duced in the green leaves (tops). When the top is restricted by too-short cutting, you reduce food supply to the root system and entire plant- Tire$tone ifJSWi Volume XIV Number 8 July, 1965 Page 2 Claude C. Callaway, Editor 9 South Atlantic Council of Indus trial Editors Published by The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Firestone Textiles Division, Gastonia. North Carolina. ☆ ☆ ☆ PLANT REPORTERS Carding—Payton Lewis Main Office—Bea McCarter Mechanical Department—Rosie Fran- cum Quality Control — Sallie Crawford, Louella Queen, Leila Rape Warp Preparation—Elmina Bradshaw, Vera Carswell, Elease Cole, Annie Cosey, Katie Elkins, Catherine Fletcher Warehouse—Marold Robinson, Israel Good, Rosevelt Rainey Weaving (cotton)—Ruth Veitch Weaving (synthetics)—Irene O'Dell, Mayzelle Lewis Winding—Nell Bolick, Ruth Cloninger Think On This .. • Millwright Furman Pearso^ recalls a gem of wisdom instill®^ in him by' his mother when was a child: No matter how bi9^ a man rises, he still needs sorn®' thing to look up to.
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