A LOOK down the hill at Camp Firestone. For the
youngsters: see-saws are waiting.
CAMP
Firestone
32nd Season
Begins May 8
April’s here, and it’s make-ready time at Camp Fire
stone—for the season opening May 8. The mechanical de
partment under direction of plant engineer J. G. Tino Jr.,
this month will complete routine maintenance and general
Repair on buildings and equipment at the camp in Burke
County.
Facilities and grounds will be
^ade ready: rowboats will be
^spaired or replaced, and life-
saving equipment standardized.
Also firefighting and first-aid
Supplies will be routinely re
stocked.
The upcoming one is the 32nd
Season at Camp Firestone, offer-
variety recreation and re
laxation in a secluded setting
in the Southern tier of the
Ridge Mountains.
Savings Notes:
A^nother Bargain
Firestone people who have
already discovered the bar
gain in U.S. Savings Bonds
)fill be offered still another
Sood buy” beginning May 1.
The plant payroll depart
ment, which handles sales of
pavings Bonds, announces
hat as of the first of next
'^pnth the U.S. Treasury
^ill begin selling Savings
that carry a 4.74 per
^®J^t interest rate.
, Only those already buying
, onds on the payroll plan or
pnd-a-month way (bonds
^^elding 4.15 per cent inter-
will be offered the new
avings Notes.
Something else to know
, ^out the new notes: If you
them, you have to keep
at least a year; and you
. ave to hold them to maturi-
years) to get the full
■''* per cent interest.
Tir*$ton«
APRIL
1967
GASTONIA
NORTH CAROLINA
NA Safety Award to Gastonia Plant
The safety contest between Firestone’s three North
American textile units has a new award plaque—and it be
longs to Gastonia for a year. The plant here also has perman
ent possession of the original award shield which dates to
the contest beginning in 1959.
The company-operated facili
ty near Nebo-Bridgewater and
five miles from Marion, is lo
cated on a cove of Lake James,
one of the South’s great water-
recreation areas.
Lake James has a 154-mile
shoreline and a surface of 6,500
acres.
The 1967 season will continue
into October, when the moun
tains reach their zenith of au
tumn color.
Earl Crooks, year-i'ound man
ager at Camp Firestone, works
under direction of the industrial
relations department of the
Gastonia plant.
THROUGHOUT the season,
Firestone employees and mem
bers of their families enjoy the
outdoor life, acquatic sports, and
the other recreational oppor
tunities. For children, there are
a protected wading area on the
lake, and such playground
equipment as swings and see
saws.
The camp, well located on the
“Rooftop of Eastern America”,
is an ideal point of departure
for almost unlimited tours of
the Southern Highland region.
The vast mountain area is
famed for its scenic grandeur,
recreational opportunities, and
scheduled special events from
spring through autumn.
As in the past, arrangement
for a slay at Camp Firestone is
through application in person
at the plant industrial relations
office.
A long - established practice
• more on page 2
Division President Harold
Mercer in March presented the
newest polished-wood plaque to
Philip R. Williams, plant pro
duction manager. On it is en
graved "Gastonia 1966" — the
year of outstanding safety
achievement here.
The North American contest
dates to 1959, when the late
W. A. Karl, then president of
the Firestone Textiles Company,
was instrumental in establishing
the rivalry between the plants
at Gastonia, Bennettsville, S. C.,
and at Woodstock, Canada.
The original plan has the con
test running 12 consecutive
years on a calendar-year basis.
Throughout the years, scoring
has been based on the lost-time
injury rate among the partici
pating plants.
WINNERS have been the
plants recording the lowest fre
quency rate (number of disabl
ing work injuries per 1 million
manhours worked) during a 12-
month period.
Winning plants have posses
sion of the plaque for a year. In
case of a tie, plants involved
display it on a shared-time basis.
Bennettsville was first winner
in 1959. Since then the plaque
has been “back and forth”
among all three plants. In 1960,
all three contesting units tied
for the honor. There have been
two-plant ties also.
The original walnut shield has
engraved - on - b r a s s winning
records from 1959 through 1965.
During this period, the Gastonia
plant won it the greater number
of times—thus laying permanent
claim to it, according to rules
drawn at the contest start in
1959.
• Firestone Textiles Company President Harold Mercer (right)
presented winning symbol to Phillip R. Williams, plant production
manager. Looking on at left Raymond Mack, safety manager. At
the time of the presentation. President Mercer noted the Gastonia
plant's safely record approaching 7,000.000 manhours without a
disabling injury.
1
Horace Hughes, shop, was
chosen Outstanding Craftsman
of the Month and Firestone Tex
tiles Craftsman of the Month
in the first awards of the ZD
program. At right. Hazel Splawn
received plaque for her (splic
ing) department. With her were
Thomas Yelton, ZD coordinator;
and Carl Rape (right), cord
and splicing manager.
First Awards
for
Quality Effort
The splicing department was winner for February, the
first full month of the Zero Defects program here. The win
ning department’s score in the monthly competition was
73.90 out of a possible score of 100.
In departmental rivalry, the monthly score is based up
on quality-control recoids, waste reduction, progress on a
departmental project toward ZD goals, safety perfomance,
housekeeping, and the number of Erro/Cause/Identilication
ZD reports turned in.
Splicing First Place
Fabric Treating Second
Carding-Spinning Third
Warp Preparation Fourth
Fourth Floor (syn) Fifth
Second Floor Sixth
Weaving (syn) Seventh
Fifth Floor (syn) Eighth
Weaving (syc) Ninth
Departmental
Standings
as of
March 1
more on ZD
page 2
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