In this Firestone News photo,
® traveler stopped for some mo-
*’^ents of reverie at Dutch Creek
^alls, one of the most beautiful
least-publicized cascades in
Southeast. Around 40 miles
l^’om Lake James, the falls is
iusl off NC 194 near Valle Cru-
and two miles from a turnoff
NC 105. The creek plum-
some 80 feet from a granite
bluff into a deep basin, before
^lowing into the Watauga and
''^®stward on its long trip to-
^^rd the Mississippi.
Rustic
Reverie
ALONG CAMP FIRESTONE
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GASTONIA • NORTH CAROLINA
JULY • 1967 H
Freedom Shares
Another
Bargain
Opening of another Camp Firestone season this year
offers employees and their families outdoor recreation in a
choice woodland-and-lake setting in Burke County of the
Blue Ridge.
Throughout the years, Firestone people have enjoyed the
“away-from-it-all” leisure of the company’s rest facility on
Lake James. And they have discovered that the camp is a
good takeoff point for variety recreation-sightseeing tours
across the spacious Southern Highlands “rooftop”, famed
for its scenic splendors and travel attractions.
“For Freedom’s Future, Join the Payroll Patriots.” Fire
stone people who are already acquainted with the bargain
wrapped up in U.S. Series “E” Savings Bonds will welcome
the newly-introduced “Freedom Share” from the Treasury
Department.
“Freedom Shares” have face
maturity values of $25, $50, $75
and $100, each value represent
ing a 4.74 per cent return on the
note. Maturity time is 4^2 years
or 54 months.
Only those who buy “E” Sav
ings Bonds on the payroll-sav-
ings arrangement are eligible to
purchase the “Freedom Shares,”
points out Mrs. Eula Wilson,
payroll supervisor. You must
buy an “E’’ Bond when you buy
a “Freedom Share”.
The company is joining with
other employers throughout the
country in encouraging the pur
chase of “Freedom Shares”
along with “E” Bonds which
currently earn 4.15 per cent in
terest when kept to maturity.
Detailed information on
“Freedom Shares” is available
from the payroll office. The de
partment plans distribution of
a descriptive brochure to all
employees in the near future.
SUBMIT City Needs ‘Creative’ Slogan
YOUR ENTRY BY JULY 31
A $50 cash prize is waiting
for the person who comes up
with the “most creative” slogan
for Gastonia. The competition,
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce, seeks to i-eplace the
slogan “City of Growing Beau
ty” with a catch-line which will
carry the idea of a “progressive
city.”
The slogan to be replaced was
adopted in 1951, and the C of C
has concluded that the motto
does not adequately relate the
true nature of the city, nor tell
the visitor what Gastonia of
fers its population.
July 31 is closing date for the
contest to find the most adap
table slogan, not to exceed six
words in length. Slogan entries
should not duplicate mottoes of
other cities.
Use this coupon and mail to
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce,
P. O. Box 2168, Gastonia, N. C.,
28052.
My
Suggestion
for Gastonia
Slogan is . . .
Name
Address
Telephone Number Please print or type and
mail by midnight, July 31, 1967.
Matching-Gifts Program Booklets Ready
Booklets describing Fire
stone’s program of matching
to educational institutions
available at the industrial
^®lations office. The booklets
contain forms which must ac
company the employee's contri
bution to a college, university
or eligible secondary school.
Rules governing the program
Firestone Textiles
J^rofile’ Award
. few months ago, Firestone
Gastonia was featured on the
ROPILE Series on radio WBT,
^harlotte; also on WBTV’s
^annel 3 program industry on
Parade.
J’or participation in the Pro-
series and in “recognition of
outstanding contribution to
*^dustrial growth and develop-
'^ent in North Carolina”, Fire-
®^one Textiles received the Pro-
Award from Hospital Care
^®sociation of Durham, Blue
^foss and Blue Shield. HCA is
sponsor of the Profile Series.
^ The framed award certificate
been featured in the exhibit
at the plant main entrance.
Profile is presented weekly on
WBT, Charlotte; and WPTF,
Raleigh. Each program has Pro
file take the listener behind the
scenes of two North Carolina
industries. Through interviews
with management and others,
recorded on the scene, reporters
Doug Mayes of WBT and Bob
Ferrington of WPTF develop
the fascinating story of North
Carolina’s rapidly-expanding
industrial economy.
Long Stretch of Fabric • Peo
ple at Firestone in Gastonia con
tributed a “lion’s share” to the
more than a half bilhon pounds
of fabric which went into U.S.
manufacture of new and re
placement automobile and truck
tires in 1966.
are in the booklet, too.
The company’s matching-gift
program for educational institu
tions was announced earlier this
year. It provides that when an
employee or the husband or
wife of an employee, con
tributes up to $1,000 per year to
any accredited tax - supported
college or university in the
United States or up to $2,000 a
year to any accredited non-tax-
supported college, university or
secondary school in the country,
the company will then donate
an equal amount.
A minimum gift of $25 in a
year is required for the contri
bution to be matched by the
company.
Firestone is now one of more
than 340 corporations which
match employees’ gifts as part
of the companies’ aid-to-educa-
tion programs. Through match
ing programs in existence, edu
cational institutions in this
country received some $45 mil
lion during the past 10 years.
• • With a score of 182 points, the splicing
department became the first at Gastonia to win
the Production Manager’s Award in the Zero
Defects program. The award represented the
period February-March-April. Carl Rape (left),
department manager of weaving (synthetics)
and splicing, received the award plaque from
P. R. Williams Jr., plant production manager.
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