“Show them the way—this week”
• • . . A national slogan for the
month of November. See Page 2.
Tinstone
iEWS
GASTONIA
GASTONIA, N. C., NOVEMBER 20, 1952
The “Get Out the Vote” cam
paign met with record breaking
success. Firestone employees help
ed do it! See voting pictures, this
page.
SAFETY SHOES have spelled a
story of injury prevention since
^Gy Were introduced at Firestone
^xtiles in 1947. Last year more
1500 pairs of these shoes were
■^old to employees, at cost, attest-
to their popularity.
There is no way of knowing how
iiiany foot injuries have been pre-
''snted during the 5-year safety
program at this plant. Safety
irector L. B. McAbee believes
only the more spectaculai
^ases involving safety shoes have
^ooie to his attention. The total
j^umber of times that safety shoes
^ve saved an employee’s foot
ow a falling object remains un-
nown a silent tribute to a small
plate built into the toe of
^ach shoe.
Ml', McAbee advises that safety
for both men and women are
^^ailable in several styles and all
at the supply room. Shoes
be purchased through the pay-
^ deduction plan without a cash
ayment at the time of purchase,
g ® *luality, style and comfort ol
®ty shoes compare well with the
®st regular shoes one buys in
b styles for men in
shoes and oxfords. Colors are
brown and white
choi ^ L',adies have a
lowh^ three styles, namely, a
an 1 oxford, brown strap pump,
I'own loop oxford.
^'oom personnel pay par-
fitr ^''^®^tion to the proper
shoes. They know that
shoes have to be comforta-
■"Or so as any other kind
buyer will not get maxi-
“"W benefit them.
pi'ogia™ bas
^Xcell some degree for the
^Gce safety records compiled in
by this plant. Mr.
l>has confident that this
Will ^ _^^i^estone’s safety efforts
contribute to an
enviable record.
VOLUME
Employees Like
Safety Shoes
NO. 13
Textile School To
Start Nevi^ Classes
NEW CLASSES at the North
Carolina Vocational School start
January 2, 1953. Instruction will be
offered in Yarn Manufacturing,
Mill Maintenance, Weaving and
Designing, Knitting, and Tailor
ing. Hours for classes are so ar
ranged that students may work oti
either the first or second shifts and
still attend the vocational school.
A considerable number of Fire
stone employees have taken the
textile courses offered at this
school in the past. It is believed
that others will want to enroll in
the new class beginning in Janu
ary. Persons who are interested are
i] vited to contact officials at the
school’s location in Belmont, be
tween the hours of 8:00 a. ni. and
6:00 p. m., Monday through Friday.
According to Principal Chris
Folk, veterans of the Korean Con
flict may enroll under the new
Veterans Administration law.
. . . . Casting Their Ballots
SCHEDULES
At Girls’ Club
A bountiful harvest was the reason for the proclamation of the First Thanksgiving*
Day in the United States in 1621. JNow 383 years later we are still giving thanks,for the
abundance of our country.
Each year at this time we Americans stop and reflect on the many things for which
we can be thankful. In addition to our material abundance we are blessed with spiritual
and political abundance which we are ready to defend with our very lives. We are thank
ful for the rights which protect the dignity and freedom of the individual. . . .
Right to worship God in one’s own way—Right to free speech and press—Right to
assemble—Right to petition for grievances—Right to privacy in our homes—Right to
Habeas Corpus—No excessive bail—Right to trial by jury—Innocent till proved guilty—
Right to move about freely at home and abroad—Right to own private property—Right to
work in callings and localities of our choice—Right to go into business, compete, make a
profit—Right to bargain for goods and services in a free market—Right to contract
about our affairs—Right to the service of government as a protector and referee—Right
to freedom from arbitrary governmental regulation and control.
Supply Room Salesman
^ov. 21, BTU of Loray Bap-
Tueg Church
25, Reporter’s Party
Syjj’ Alice Skipper’s party
^ov. 30^ Horace Robinson’s
Loray Fellowship Group
’ 2, Mrs. Howard Moore’s
Sjjl- Sunday School Class
6, Chester Tate’s Sunday
School Class
Vs Baptist Church)
I5ec. 9^ Helper’s Sunday
(West -D , School Class
(N'ot Methodist Church)
tiotis Girls’ Club reserva-
Parties for the month of
^Ust ^Through December 25)
^ ^^^dled with Industrial
T. B. Ipock.)
Schedules on Page 2)
DEMONSTRATING the value of safety shoes is Supply Room
Supervisor Robert Spencer, left. His prospects for shoe purchases
ha4 very good reasons for their interest. The employee m the
center Shop man J. L. Patterson, dropped a heavy loom part on his
foot several weeks ago and was not protected by safety shoes. As a
result he received a painful injury. His fellow shop employee,
Hubert Brown (right) was more fortunate. He was wearmg safety
shoes when a 30-foot “I” beam fell on his foot. The steel toe in his
shoe absorbed the shock and prevented what would otherewise have
been a serious injury.
Abernethy PTA Sponsors
'^Village Varieties''
THE Abernethy Parent Teacher
Association is sponsoring ‘ Village
Varieties”, a locally produced va
riety show, on Friday night, No
vember 21. Proceeds from the show
will help pay for needed play
ground equipment for the school,
according to PTA President T. B.
Ipock, Jr. Ralph Johnson and Bob
Hood, along with Mr. Ipock (all
members of the Industrial Rela
tions Department) will share in the
staging of this show. A big local
line-up of talent has been secured
for the event.
Firestone News Reporters
To Be Feted At Party
REPORTERS for the Firestone
News will have a party Tuesday,
November 25, at the Girls’ Club.
The party-—complete with a pre-
Thanksgiving turkey dinner—will
get underway at 7:00 p. m.
David Gillespie, editor of The
Gaston Citizen, will be the featured
speaker of the occasion. Mr.
Gillespie, who is also a member of
the Gastonia City Council, was at
one time an employee of Firestone
Textiles.
THE HEAVIEST VOTE in
Gaston County’s history was re
corded on November 4, 1952. On
this general election day more
than 36,000 citizens of this coun
ty voted. Among them were
Firestone employees such as Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Bud Harris, above.
They are shown dropping their
ballots in the voting boxes at the
Firestone Girls’ Club, a precinct
voting place on election days.
Mr. Harris is a slasiier tender;
his wife, a speeder tender.
MR. and Mrs. John Bryant
take their turn at the ballot
box, as all citizens should. Scenes
such as these are expressions of
America's most precious heri
tage : the right to be governed by
the people, through elected rep
resentatives.