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The Montreal Universal and International
^xposition represents “icing on the cake”
Canada’s year-long celebration of her
IQOth anniversary as a confederation. Expo
began April 28 for its six-month run—
and you’re invited. This Pavilion of the
United States is a 20-story aluminum-fram
ed plastic bubble shaped as a geodesic
dome. Symbol in left corner of picture is
emblem for entire exhibition. See Travel
Notes, page 3.
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Kay Murray Gary McDaniel Donald Sliles Mary Reynolds Charles Collins Aprile Hager
One Scholarship; Five Merit Winners
^incia Kay Murray, 17,
^shley High School senior,
among the 35 outstanding
l^igh-school students
throughout the nation to win
^ollege scholarships in the
^ifestone Scholarship
■^Wards Program for 1967.
Linda, daughter of Mr. and
pfs. William Q. Murray of Gas-
plans a career in com-
Puter programming after her
studies in college.
^^er mother, Mrs. Alloise Mur-
works in weaving (syn-
^^etics) here.
Miss Murray became the 14th
since 1953 lo be award
ed
3 Firestone scholarship
among sons and daughters of
employees at the Gastonia plant.
Also in this year’s Scholar
ship Awards Program, five area
high-school students won Cer
tificates of Merit and United
States Savings Bonds. They and
166 other Merit winners
throughout the country were
honored in recognition of note-
worthy high-school achieve
ment.
Certificate of Merit winners
from Firestone, Gastonia, fam
ilies:
Charles William Collins, 17,
Hunter Huss High School; son
of Mr. and Mrs. Percy W. Col
lins, Gastonia. His father works
in twisting (synthetics).
Aprile Lynn Hager, 18, Try on
High School, Bessemer City;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
F. Hager, Rt. 2, Bessemer City.
Mr. Hager is in weaving (syn
thetics).
Gary Lee McDaniel, 18, Ash
ley High School; son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry J. McDaniel, Gas
tonia. His father works in twist
ing (synthetics).
Mary Jane Reynolds, 18, Ash
ley High School, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dock V. Reynolds,
Gastonia. He is employed in in
dustrial relations (recreation).
Donald Ray Stiles, 17, Dallas
High School; son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall R. Stiles, Rt. 1,
—more page 3
GASTONIA ‘ NORTH CAROLINA
Tir«$ton«
MAY • 1967
20th Award
for safe
production
Twenty times for Fire
stone Textiles in that many
years — a record in Gaston
County for the jointly-be
stowed North Carolina De
partment of Labor-U.S. De
partment of Labor award for
industrial safety.
Latest recognition came April
20 at a Hunter Huss High School
dinner meeting sponsored by
the safety committee of the Gas
tonia Chamber of Commerce.
North Carolina State Labor
Commissioner Frank Crane ad
dressed the meeting and pre
sented awards to 156 businesses,
institutions and industries of
Gaston County.
Firestone led the roster of
firms with the most lengthy
record of awards received, up
holding a distinction in the
stale: It shares this 20th award
with only two other industries
in North Carolina—R. J. Reyn
olds Tobacco Company and
Western Electric Company.
This was the 19th year for
the awards meeting. Firestone
received its first award in 1947,
a year before the annual recog
nition meetings had been start
ed by the Chamber of Com
merce here.
People on the job have earned
the distinction by establishing a
safety record of 50 per cent be
low the injury frequency rate in
the textile industry of North
Carolina last year.
The award may be earned two
other ways; by a straight record
of no disabling injuries, and
through reducing by at least 40
per cent the injury frequency
rate against the firm’s rate of
the year preceding the one for
which award is made.
THE LATEST Firestone
award is symbolized by an en
graved plaque — this the third
one over the years. The first one
represented the years through
1955; the second plaque begin
ning in 1956, represented
awai’ds through 1966.
Raymond Mack, Firestone
plant safety manager, is one of
the 14 members of the Chamber
of Commerce safety committee
which functions “to reduce hu
man suffering and the economic
loss sustained by fire and pre
ventable injuries at home, on
streets and highways, and in in
dustry.”
—photo page 2
Play Season Coming Up
Firestone playground and wading pool in front of the
plant will open for its summer season the first week in
June. The company-owned facility for youngsters in West
Gastonia is one of the system of summer parks and play
grounds operated by Gastonia City Recreation Department.
Children up to age 12 are supervised at play by person
nel who work for the City Recreation Department. This
summer season, as in past years, will last into August. Hours
of operation at Firestone playground will be 9 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Monday-Friday; 9-1 Saturdays.
c Of c Honors To—
division President; Plant
“A Hoosier came down to Gastonia from Akron in 1935,
panning to stay a year. But his stay has extended into 32
.^Uitful years of distinguished leadership in his company,
^dustry, and in his adopted community and state.”
^ ^arl
B. Hathaway, Firestone
Resident, was speaking of Har-
u Mercer, president of Fire-
^orie Textiles Company, adding
tributes to the many others
the annual Industrial Appre-
^ion Dinner, April 18.
^r. Mercer and Firestone in
at
J^®eting sponsored by the Gas-
Chamber of Commerce.
if praise is well deserved—
^.^ot long overdue,” remarked
ham H. Keith, chairman of
of C Industrial Committee
ich arranged the program,
he division president was
^tonia were signally honored
the Gaston Country Club
presented an inscribed plaque
representing the award “for dis
tinguished contribution to busi
ness and industry and to his
community.”
PRESIDENT HATHAWAY,
on behalf of the Firestone com
pany, received the engraved
plaque which acclaimed Fire
stone Textiles “an exceptional
corporate citizen and a leading
contributor to the economy of
Gastonia.”
“I am deeply honored by this
warm recognition,” Mr. Mercer
said, upon receiving his award.
“It typifies the friendliness the
—more page 2
COMPANY OFFICIALS FROM AKRON join
ed Textiles Division President Harold Mercer as
guests of the Industry Appreciation Dinner in
April. From left: J. B. Call, director of manu
facturing for all non-tire operations; Firestone
President Earl B. Hathaway; Vice President
Lewis J. Campbell (non-tire operations); and Mr.
Mercer. J. V. Darwin, division general manager,
introduced the Akron officials at the awards
dinner.