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NEWS
GASTONIA
“When a man assumes a public
trust, he should consider himself
as public property.”
—Thomas Jefferson
VOLUME 1
GASTONIA, N. C., AUGUST 5, 1952
NO. 6
Vacationers At Camp Firestone
HERMAN Dan Moss
_^^ches his line intently.
MESSRS. COOPER and MOSS
pitch horseshoes in the shade at
Camp Firestone.
At The Grand Canyon
j; ■^^ATIONING in the state of Washington recently were these
^i^’^stone families, left to right: Roy Harwell, draftsman; Mrs.
^^rwell and daughter, Donna; Mrs. Geneva Ballenger, inspector;
Carding Department, holding daughter, Patsy. This
ograph was taken at Grand Canyon, Colo., on the way to
cro^ The group traveled a total of 6,000 miles on their
excursion, passing through 13 states and British
Canada. ’
Coming Attractions On
”Voice Of Firestone^'
I^ounseville will be the
Pir^ ®^^^oist on the “Voice of
on August 11. Ap-
with the Firestone
under the direction of
I^arlow and the Fire-
Wjn^ Chorus, Mr. Rounseville
“Believe Me If All
d e a r i n g Young
cl^^orus,
0^**^ the Beguine”.
Qf ''August 18, Rise Stevens
^ ^®tropolitan Opera Com
pany will appear on the pro
gram.
The “Voice of Firestone” is a
simulcast, which means that it
is televised and broadcasted the
same time. WBTV channel 3,
Charlotte, and WSOC 1240 on
your radio dial carry the pro
gram every Monday night at
7:30 local time. WSOC also
carries it on FM at 107.7
megacycles.
Employees Enjoy
Two-Week Rest
FIRESTONE TEXTILES’ em
ployees were to be found from
Canada to Florida, from Washing
ton state to the most easterly
point of North Carolina, during
the two-week vacation period just
ended. Yet, not a few chose to re
main at home believing, no doubt,
that they could best counteract the
weatherman’s heat wave that way.
The “News in Brief” section of
this edition tells of many of the
vacation trips and experiences of
Firestone folk. The pictures ac
companying this article are just a
sample of vacation activity as in
dulged in and enjoyed by em
ployees and their families.
As would be expected Camp
Firestone at Bridgewater, N. C.
was a scene of happy and relaxed
activity during the vacation period
which ended July 27. There, as al
ways dui’ing the summer months,
employees can enjoy the maximum
vacation fun at a minimum of ex
pense to themselves. Moreover,
they can fish in Lake James, con
sidered by many to be the finest
fishing spot in this part of North
Carolina, , .
Brewer And Turner
Suggestions
Lauded
THE loss of shuttles in the
Weaving Department due to self
destruction when they fly out of
their regular path, crashing in
splinters against loom parts or
walls, put Sanford Brewer, loom
fixer, to thinking. He figured that
there was a cause for the shuttle
getting out of its back-and-forth
path across the loom. After a few
weeks of close observation of the
problem, he produced what the
Suggestion Board at Firestone
Textiles believes is at least a
partial solution to a wasteful and
potentially dangerous situation.
His idea is this: Noting that in
most instances the shuttles were
deflected out of their normal path,
if for any reason they struck head-
on the edge of the housing which
guided the shuttle into the “box”,
as it’s called, or the braking me
chanism which stops the shuttle
motion at each end of its travel.
He set to work to devise an addi
tional deflector to be mounted on
the reed cap. This, in effect, ex
tended the opening of the brake
housing to prevent the shuttle from
striking its edge. Several were
made and installed. The results
were very satisfactory in cutting
down loss of shuttles, as well as
lessening the danger of injury from
flying shuttles.
* * *
SIMPLICITY was the thought in
W. R. Turner’s mind, (second hand
in Weaving Department), when he
decided that the gearing that drives
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Revolutionary Passenger Tire
Has Racing-Tire Features
IN high-speed laboratory tests,
Firestone engineers have proved
that the longer a tire stays round
the safer it will be for fast-
driving motorists. These strobo
scopic pictures dramatically
show the difference between two
tires of different construction
under identical high-speed test
conditions. At 120 miles per
hour, an ordinary tire (top),
which does not have race-tire
construction features for high
speed driving, shows a violent
distortion that will cause the
tire to fail prematurely. At the
same speed, the Firestone tire
(bottom), with its race-tire con
struction principles, retains its
shape and safety.
A revolutionary new pas
senger car tire that has been
specifically developed for the
new, more powerful, hig-her-
speed automobiles was an
nounced recently by Raymond
C. Firestone, Vice President in
Charge of Research and De
velopment of the P'irestone
Tire & Rubber Company.
This new tire, which Firestone
now is producing, incorporates
racing-tire construction [)riticiples
and does not have an inner tube. It
h-’s successfully passed outdoor
road tests at sustained speeds well
above 110 miles an hour.
“The new Firestone tire is a
safety tire for high-speed driving,”
Blr. Firestone said. “It provides
greater blowout and punctui'e pro
tection than present popular-price
t;res and will practically eliminate
the need for changing tires along
the roadside.”
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MORE than 10,000 of tliese tires
have undergone exhaustive tests
during the past two yeai's. One
taxicab fleet reports that delays
attributable to punctures have bsen
cut in half by the use of the new
Firestone tire. Automobile manu
facturers also have put the tii e
through exhaustive tests on their
own proving grounds.
This new tire coml)ines tlie
safety features developed in the
long history of the rubber in
dustry. It is of low-pressure, super
balloon construction. It has ati inn
er lining that provides puncture
and blowout protection. It is tube-
less. It incorpoi'ates race-tire con
struction principles and new i'iibl)er
compounds proved in this year’s
Indianapolis 500-mile race. IL has
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Visitors From Akron
te:
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W. A. KARL, President of Firestone Textiles Division, visited
Gastonia Friday, July 11, along with several staff members of the
Research and Development Department, and the Firestone Textiles
Division in Akron. In the picture above, left to right, T. M. Kersker
Development Department; Mr. Karl; Harold Mercer, General Man
ager; M. H. Richardson, Textiles Division; D. H. Howe, Research and
Development Department.