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VOLUME 1
GASTONIA
GASTONIA, N. C., OCTOBER 20, 1952
NO. 11
Ten Receive 15-Year Pins
Miss Firestone Crown Won By Pretty
High School Junior. June Thompson
MISS JUNE THOMPSON became the third Firestone Beauty to
be named Miss Firestone in as many years when she outdistanced her
competition and won the crown in the Hobby Show Beauty Contest,
Friday, October 10. Before a packed Armory she and seven other
beautiful young ladies paraded past the judges panel consisting of
Misses Susan Sexton, Alline Wilkins, Mrs. Maida Adams, and Bill
Hardin, all of Gastonia.
These same judges named Little Miss Becky Douglas, Little Miss
Firestone, in that contest which proceeded the main competition.
Superintendent Francis Galligan did the crowning in both instances.
Quality Control Engineer Clyde Moss was in charge of the beauty
contest.
w, A. KARL, President of Firestone presents'ZSl Mr”
S Tr i^rFLtr’jofn W frelman. Mrs. Leila Rape. Walter Jolly, Carl Rape
w/HeSng lenlrspan-ow, and ;itnessing the presentation, Mercer, and
^2^^^ngineer H. H. Waters of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company m Akion.
Employees
Inspect Latest
Machinery At
Textile Show
H. S. Firestone Urges Prompt. Bold
Action To Improve Nation's Highways
FURTHER delays in tackling*
thirty-SIX
Fifestone
employees from
17 Textiles attended the
. Southern Textile Exposition j Harvey
^ Greenville, S. C„ during the | recently
ending October 11. They saw I nf the
i^UKiniz^n.
boldly the job of building better
and safer highways will “invite
disaster which may cost thousands
of lives and billions of dollars,”
S. Firestone, Jr., stated
ger travel between cities, towns
and farms goes by car or bus. Two-
thirds of all freight is shipped by
truck during some part of its
journey. Therefore, it is vital that
nn which
^ vjutuut;! J-J-*
the very latest in textile machin-
supplies, primary, and fabri
cating materials and parts for the
textile industry.
Her-
Harvey fci. r stated in«iciv-iv-,
recently before 2,000 members ^he automotive vehicles, on which
of the' American Trucking Asso- so largely depend, be kept mov-
ciations at their annual convention economically and safe-
• -NT v 1 r<;+ r ly> Mr. Firestone stated.
xn New York City. on Knn
Manv nf the 37,500 men, women
_
Speaking over a coast-to-coast
radio and television network, the
The &
textile industrv i j- j i
Here radio and television neuwuj.iv, —
^xposif comments on the Chairman of The Firestone Tire &
^‘^icluair several plant in- Rubber Company urged immediate
tir ‘ 0 saw it: apfion “bv towns, cities, counties.
KubDer Kjuiiiijaiij —o-
wiiu saw It. action “by towns, cities, counties,
that f' trainee, “I thought states, and the Federal Govern-
1 the '■ ' • and collectively,
^t<indpoint ther.
states, ana me x .
ment, individually and collectively,
to modernize our obsolete street
and highway systems.”
Discussing the efforts made to
control traffic by signal lights,
stop signs, re-routing trucks, speed
and other restrictions,' Mr. Fire-
Alvii^ R:i stone declared that such measures
^ Soocl hand, ^ It was provide a permanent so-
shown tVi ' ^ bearing age problem of making
mo very much impress- “horse-and-buggy streets serve
iiihi-ica- i-.i»,^vfiH-horsepow—
ly,” Mr. Firestone stated
Many of the 37,500 men, women,
and children who lost their lives in
automobile accidents last year
would still be alive if our streets
and highways were adequate to
meet our traffic needs, according
I to Mr. Firestone
new machinery
mere was not enough
^xperimental machines on display,
'lorn the supplies angle it was
fiist-vate—provided an excellent
chance for supply buyers to see
latest developments in that
field.”
Alvin
Hig mi mucn
w types of lubrica
The especially interesting.
^^Ple exhibit, for ex-
^'^^’olu'ti eye-opener with its
^®thod of applying
tii]n ^ ^^thout waste, I think
-wr ^ in Greenville was
Worthwhile.”
Tompkins, purchasing
"Horse-auu-^^v-oo.,
hundred-horsepower needs.
“To build essential roads, to
modernize existing highways and
to maintain our present system in
a satisfactory condition will take
I five to seven billion dollars a year
for the next fifteen years,” Mr.
Firestone said.
“No other nation on earth i-elies
+vnnsDOr-
^^ent purchasing o^j^er nauuii vx.
‘^clu4g n SO heavily on automotive transpor-
or tation for the mass movement of
people and products. More than
’ i+a ov,r? Tvinvp really in- --™w,,in^ties a —
MISS .JUNE THOMPSON, 17, daughter of Mrs. W. C. Hum
phries, tie-in-hand, is shown as she was crowned Miss Firestone of
1952 Friday night, October 10, at the Gastonia Armory. Crowning
Firestone’s first young lady of beauty is Superintendent P>ancis
Galligan. The Beauty Contest was the grand finale to the 1952
Hobby Show and was held in the Armory to accommodate the
crowd as well as to provide a suitable place for the square dance
which followed the crowning.
people and proauc^o. —
40,000 communities are completely
dependent on cars, trucks and buses
for all of their transportation
needs. Three-fourths of all passen
LITTLE MISS FIRESTONE:
Fourth Grader Becky Douglas,
daughter of Mrs. Betty Martin,
weaver, is the first winner of
the Little Miss Firestone Title
in the 8-12 age group.
Prior to the beauty contest, Miss
Therese Galligan, daughter of Su
perintendent Galligan sang several
well received selections. She was
accompanied by Miss Helen Spen
cer of the Payroll Depai'tment.
Recreation Director Ralph Johnson
was master of ceremonies for the
evening which ended with a square
dance to the music of the Carolina
Playboys band^
The entire Hobby Show was un
der the direction of the Recreation
Council of which Purchasing Agent
R. L, Tompkins is President. W.
G. Henson, plant engineer, was
chairman of the committee
Barbai’H Redding, and June Thomp
son. Entering the Little Miss Fire
stone Contest were: Misses Mary
Ann Moss, Roxie Newton, Nancy
Westbrooks, Sandra Cooper, Linda
Dugan, Francine Hembree, Beverly
Riley, Vickie Bolick, and Becky
Douglas.
Winners in the various Hobby
Show exhibit classifications were;
Art
Painting (oil or water colors)
First—Edith Lewis
Second—Edith Lewis
Third—Edith Lewis
! i niru—jiiuivii i-icw4o
Pencil (Crayon, ink designing, etc.)
charge of the show. | First—Jesse Crane
Participants in the Miss Fire-
- . Janet
Participants m
stone Contest were: Misses Janet
McCarter, Katherine Queen, Mary i
- w..fw,nrpi«nd. I Prowers
Second—Denny Dockery
Third—Jesse Crane
-V ^\^teen years. There were people ana , uj. ^ .
tevl ,.®^^^bits, and more really in- 40 000 communities are ^ weaver is the first winner of j McCarter, ivauicixiic 1
t exhibits than has been dependent on cars, trucks and buses J pi,,3tone Title Johnson, Jessie Westmoreland, .. ^
in the past.” for all of their transportation g_^2 p_ I Lillian Smith, Marlene Jones, | (Continued on Page 2)
on Pag^^) ^ needs. Three-fourths of all passen . { TT^ * J
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