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OCTOBER • 1967
GASTONIA
NORTH CAROLINA
Daily Practice Prevents Destructive Fire
“Fire Hurts” is the 1967 theme for Fire Prevention
Week, Oct. 8-14. As in past years, Firestone at Gastonia is
participating in the week’s activities, through a program
^hich puts emphasis on fire safety and control.
Firestone families each year
sre involved in the observance
through home fire-inspection
Surveys conducted by communi
ty fire departments in coopera
tion with local schools.
Plant safety manager Ray
mond Mack notes that this year
the 46th annual observance
of Fire Prevention Week, spon
sored internationally by the Na
tional Fire Protection Associa
tion. He says:
“Now—as in 1911 when the
first Fire Prevention Day was
fostered by the Fire Marshals
Association of North America—
^his is an ideal opportunity to
Carry the message of fire safety
^0 persons of all ages.
“Emphasis of the official Fire
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That Snow, Ice and Mud . . .
They may be a w^hile in
future, but these foes of
Motorists never are far from
minds of Firestone tire-
^^velopment engineers.
For the upcoming winter,
firestone engineers have a trio
tires that will be welcomed
V motorists:
the town & COUNTRY
^adial, an all-new tire featur-
the increased tread life and
^^tter stability and handling
^^alities of radial-ply design
construction.
The town & country
^IDE oval, a tire featuring
^^rformance characteristics and
wide, sturdy look of the Super
Sports Wide Oval.
THE TOWN & COUNTRY,
winter tire which has been a
choice of many motorists since
1952.
All three of these tires have
the basic tread design of the
Town & Country. All have
studding holes molded into the
treads so each can easily be
come a studded tire.
Of these three, the newest
one in the company’s winter tire
family is the Town & Country
Radial. The Town & Country
Wide Oval was introduced less
than a year ago. The regular
Town & Country has been a
favorite for the past 15 years.
• • Three “Craftsman of the Month” winners for
^^gust, most recent report in the Zero Defects pro-
From left: D. Adams, carding-spinning; Evelyn
^^yfield, quality control; and Ollie Smith, splicing.
Prevention Week poster is often
directed to young people. One
reason for this is that every
three victims of fire is a child,
and also because freedom from
destructive fire in the future
can develop best by instilling in
today’s children a healthy re
spect for fire’s inherent
dangers.”
The theme this year sum
marizes the tragic deaths, physi
cal pain, emotional suffering,
and property and financial loss
es caused by destructive fire.
Mr. Mack points out that
practice is the key to family fire
safety—“observance of fire-safe
practices in and around the
home, and practice in getting
everyone out of the house
quickly if and when fire
strikes.” He further notes:
O Good home fire prevention
includes keeping attic, base
ment and closets free of accu
mulations of combustibles; fre
quent disposal of ordinary trash
and rubbish; care with cleaning
agents, paints and gasoline;
proper maintenance and use of
electrical appliances and heat
ing and cooking equipment; and
care with matches and smoking
materials.
• Family fire drills are es
sential to any home fire-safety
program. Have planned escape
routes with at least two ways
out of each room, if possible.
Decide upon an outside meeting
place. Don’t re-enter a burning
house.
• Fire Hurts. Praclice Pre
vents. Only when everyone prac
tices fire prevention at all times,
in all places, are ugly and un
wanted fires avoided and the
hurts of fire significantly re
duced.
Cub Scouting
Revised Program
Now a boy eight years old or
in the third grade at school may
become a Cub Scout. At 10 he
may join a Webelos den and be
come a Webelos Scout. This will
phase out Lion rank by Sept. 1,
1968. A Den Leader coach will
train and assist Den Mothers.
These are some changes in
Cub Scouting which leaders re
viewed at a September meeting
in Myrtle Beach, S. C. Profes
sional leaders and Scout execu
tives learned of changes in the
improved Cub Scout program,
so local leaders could—in turn
—present the program to Cub
Scout leaders in October round
up meetings.
A research study obtained the
best possible knowledge, experi
ence, and opinions about the
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Autumn Glory
• An imposing Morganton
landmark: The Court House
which dates to around 1840, and
on its lawn the memorial to the
Confederate cause in the War
Between the States. This Fire
stone News picture was made at
sundown early this fall.
Camp Firestone, the company’s recreation retreat on
Lake James in the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, closes its
32nd consecutive season in October, as the “High Country”
approaches its glory of autumn color.
The industrial relations department said the 1967 camp
season has been especially busy, as Firestone, Gastonia, em
ployees and members of their families enjoyed the rest and
variety recreation.
Each season. Firestone people using the camp, often
“branch out” for side trips to points of interest across the
scenic “Rooftop of Eastern America.”
Morganton, county seat of Burke in which is located
Camp Firestone, is eight miles west of Lake James, in the
Catawba River Valley and on the eastern edge of the Ap
palachians. It was an important trading post at the time of
the American Revolution, is named for Gen. Daniel Morgan,
hero of the Battle of Cowpens.
Today, Morganton is considered one of North Carolina’s
“best balanced small cities.”
Broadcast Tells Of Textiles
"Textile News Report", a five-minute summary of na
tional and local news of the textile industry, is being heard
on Charlotte radio WBT (AM). Monday-Friday at 7:55 a.m.
The information service, begun in September, is sponsored
by a major supplier of dyes and textile chemicals.
Ed Smith, editor and commentator for "Textile News Re
port", deals with a wide range of topics including mill ac
tivities, expansions, personnel changes, legislation affecting
the textile field, and contract awards.
The daily report is broadcast at a time period following
local news and weather reports and preceding sports and
world news.
WBT (AM) radio is at 1110 on the dial.
Vour Gift to Gaston County United Appeal Helps 33 Community Services