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News In Urief
(’i)ntinued From Paj;e 3
in>r holiday? with her parcnt>
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Mrs. Edith Whidden, winder ten
der, had as during the
Thanksffiving holidays, Mrs. Mary
Harmon.
Mrs. I’earl Peel, winder tender,
J. |{. Nix, knot puller, and Mr?, spent the week end with
Nix .It the wofk rn.l of N»- p^ank Peel in Salis-
veiiiln'c -I in Au^rusta, Ga- wiih
J 'lelal.i . Mr. and Mrs. Han.i v Mrs. Mildred Shields, winder ten-
.■\lilri.l>;i a< <'onipanicl them on this vi.<ited .Mrs. Beatrice .Alexan-
I trip. der in King.< Creek, S. C. recently.
’ The eiiiployet'S I'f the Weaving Mrs. Helen Dellinjfer, winder
^ Department welcome Kalph Mjers, jenJer, visited the Black Mountain
fixer, bark to work after l*ein^ out Sanatorium recently to take
! for several weeks. Christmas shifts to the patients
I from the Women’s Missionary So-
CLOTH ROOM ciety.
>lrs. Margie Waldrep. cloth I.jr- Marshall Stephen.son
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TWISTKU DOri'KUS l.ionanl Cretn, left, and Joe Sain, richt.
are .shown almve |iai tiiipatin;; in one of Firestone Textiles many
recreational activities. These youn;: men are at the moment .shiKit-
iiiir at liilliard lialls; their lontr laiiiie “tarjret”. however, could well
be the Firestone Texliies Achievenu'nt .\ward. partially shown in
the liacksrround. This award is nov. beinc presenteil to all nieml>ers
of winnin;; teams in the various aclix'ities sponsored by the Uec-
reation Department.
Something For The Youngsters
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\ )\ :in,sp.-ctor, has I*-en
J a ' ■ 1 • ,\ cently. Wishes for a
-.J— ,-r ■ • jk h.i’ I ’ If” \ \ i‘> v '^‘■nt to him.
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ler, and her husband. Jim. Carding of MiUhell Air Force. New ^ork
Department, received a nice Christ- ^P^nt several days recently w.th
mas package from their son. C. I_ »•
Waldrep, who is serving on the Stephenson.
U. S. S. Kearsarge in Korea. The
items included in the package were QUALITY CONTROL
three picture plates, clocks, roties. Miss Ruby Neely, inspector,
i pajamas, table cloths, ar.d jackets, ^p^-ni the day of November 22 in
C. I- received his first Firestone jit, HoHy, N. C. visiting friends.
News recently and thoroughly <‘n- .Mrs. I’at Bentley, inspector, and
joyed reading it. family visited her mother, Mr.s. M.
Hugh Wright, overseer, his jj. Loudermiik the week end of De-
I father, and Clee McCaslin, creeler, in Gainsville, Ga.
spent the Thanksgiving holi.lays in Mrs. E.sther Green, inspector,
Waynesville, N. C. spent a few days with her mother,
Hobert Kogent, hernias machine >1 rs. George Mas.sey in Gainsville,
o|H’rator, recently siH-nt a few days Ga., recently.
with his mother, who has U-en, Ed.ard Dailey, yarn man, and
•riously ill, in Franklin. N. C. his family spent the week end of
Mrs. Nell IJobinson. cloth l-urler. Deceml'er 6 with his parents in
, r<*cently receive<l word that her .Athens, Ga-
I son. Max Robin.son. Iand.-d in San j Charlie Hipps. head ins,H^t«r,
Francisco, Calif, from Japan on and his wife \isited his sister, Mrs.
D«eniUr 8. Floyd Moore in Lenoir, X. C. the
' The small son of .Nichols, week end of De^mher 6.
sccond hand, an.l Klheleen .Xirhnls. Mrs. Betty Thomas. >"S,^tor,
has Uen quite ill rv- enjoyed the Thanksgiving hol.dajs
siH^-.lv n>c..v- with her daughter, Mrs. Rol)ert
Karris and family in Franklinton,
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Mrs. DeaKa Jaeohs inspector,
'had as guests during the Thanks
giving holidays, Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Martin McCarter, Jr., of
‘ Clenison College, S. C.
Mrs. Fannie Bryant, wife of
.\. C. Bryant, inspector, had the
misfortune of breaking her arm re
cently. .'frs. Bryant is expecting to
have the cast removed soon.
Overseer
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IIKI,rl.V<; Santa Claus—These young ladies, from left to right,
.Misses Sarah .Mercer, Barbara Ferguson, and C? rie Ferguson, have
for .several weeks—in their spare time—been wrapping Christmas
toys which will be distributed to Firestone boys and girls at the
annual Chiklitii's Christmas Parties on Deceml>er 20.
SCHEDULES
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.SKCOM) SHIFT IIII.I.IARI)
Mon., Dec. 211, Carding-Spinning
Fri., .Jan. 2, Weaving-Twisting j
.Mon., ,)an. 5, Weaving-Caiiling
(;iui.s Bowi.iNt; i.ka(;i'k
Tues., Dec. ;UI, .Main Office vs
Spoiding
Thurs., Jan. 1, Weaving-Twisting I
vs Spinning-General
6:30 P. M.
OLI.IK S. DI(;(iS. overseer of
chafer fabric weaving, is a new
man at F'irestone Textiles, hav
ing just assunutl his present po
sition with the Company. Mr.
SHOP
Mill Wright Marvin Cha.stain is
a patient at the Gaston Memorial
Hospital.
Carroll J. Webb, mechanic, who
recently came to work in the Shop
ii k radio ham. Hit home U in Bel.
mont and hU call letter* to his sta
tion are WiRX.
Marshall Gilbert, son of the late
Uncle Bob Gill>ert, who was a
faithful employee of the Company
for many years, recently came to
work here as a lathe operator.
Some of the employi*es of the
Shop are installing the Christmas
lights on the tower. Plans for the
^ Shop's annual Christmas Party
Diggs was a weaving o\er.-eer I made, and the Committee
is composed of Mrs. Rosie Fran-
rum -V. O. Dill, and Kd Foy.
Sant:i Chius ua> uiUnnu
the Girl ' ('lub on I iiesila) ;i
noor, Dtii'Hil.er li. t-y a
inittee of one—a llltle b.iv ii.
■Mi.-liUel Conrad. Mirliael.
of I., oin Kixi r i:.i!.iriil C..i
•\a 'hr fii't y.iuMu' li'i' to
FIRST SHIFT BII.I.IARD
1., Dec. 2‘.l, Weaving-Shop vs
General
30, Twisting vs
Spinning
.Mon., Jan. 5, Tvsistinrr vs (Jeneval
and assistaiit superintendent at
the Gold-Tex Fabrics, Inc., R»vl
Hill, S. C., prior to coming to
Firestone.
Mr. Diggs and his wife, Kuby,
I will make their home at 31-1
j North Boyce Street. They have a
: married ilaughter.
iTues., Dec
URSl SHIFT OK K PINS
,\l.>n.. I' •■. Twisting v.i Spinning
Wv.i., 1)><- Weaving-Sli.ip
*1. Santa
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. -.eral b...i.l,
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talk
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ling V:^
S!;< ( \D SIM! 1 DI CK PINS
ii.-s , !>' C. i'.t, I anlinir-T'.vi'ti' g
u'. 1. Spiniiinj' W avine
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WINDING
The employees of Second Shift
Winding t'ave Miss Georgia DaTts.
■•Mrder a wonderful going
a vay shower. Mi.-s Davis will re-
.-iide in Florida.
.Mis-i -\da Anderson, winder ten-
Getieral attended her fiance’' birthday
Weav-ir' party November 27 and rep..rteij a
wonderful time.
Mrs. Ann Sleph^n'on. winde;
ter.: ,.. ently spt-r.r. -e' -tal d.ivi
i'l r! . - in, N. C w h her lotVer.
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WAREHOUSE
.\lbert .Meeks, cotton trucki
and -Mrs. .Meeks visited in I.invi:
and Grandfather Mountain recer
ly. .Albeit spcni Thanksgiving Di<
hunting with one of his friend
Melvin Knox.
Fred Gordon, laborer, has rt
turned to his home from the ho'-
pital and is showing much in,-
provement. Fred hopes that he will
l)c able to return to his work soo' .j
The Center Baptist Church Sui.
day School held a very successful
convention rcceiitly.
George Jackson and James An
derson of the Warehouse Depart
ment recently went rabbit hunting.
It was reported that the hunt was
very successful.
The employees of the Warehouse
wish to express their sympathy
to Warehouse Employee Major
Wood upon the death of his
nephew, Billy Sanders, and like
wise to Employee Lonnie Gwinn
upon the death of his father, Will
Guinn.
Major Leaguer?
BIM.Y EDDI.EMAN (H’KEN,
l>etter known as "Doc”, is work
ing during the winter months in
the Men’s Club as an assistant.
“Doc” is well known in base
ball circles having just completed
a successful year with the
Wichita Falls, Texas, class “1!”
baseball club. This up and com
ing baseball player is owned by
the Boston Braves and hopes to
see major league action next
year. During the past season he
batted 332, hit 36 homeruns, and
had 146 runs batted in.
PERSONNEL
Mrs. Fan Cooper, wife of Senior
Time Study Engineer J. .M. (iMiper,
visited in Boston, Mass. for two
weeks. Mrs. Coojier flew to Boston
a week liefore Thanksgiving aii:l
returned Decemlier 6 with frieml-
who were on their way to Floriiln
The employc"s of Personnel IH-
partment welcome Mrs. (Irate
Reeves, visiting nurse, back '•'>
work after two weeks of illni-
SEC. 31.66 P. L. & R.
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PAID
(;asto.m.\, n. c.
PEK.MIT NO. 29
lighways in
a year of
mployment
NO. 1
Cb
ishej w'+u
^here. users every-
be- charges the pa-
of haviri^^'^’
fusion.” the trans-
Doi ^ 1^6(1 Cross chair-
^ blood bank
^harlotte^f^^^ the agency in
hi which anyone may
citi very short notice.
*^obile results of the blood-
Gaston County
'^^aled Mr. McKay re-
^^^>000 ^>000 of the county’s
Co ^ad given blood, in
several times. “When
av^ pints of blood,
J needed by each
Korea,” he con-
^ the need for getting
people out for these
The ch
which are working
Mili« Textiles and Tren-
t End Methodist,
Presbyterian, Fire-
Loray Baptist,
^^^linteer groups will supply
Cro^c, ^®^®o«nel to assist the
^ when it visits this
on Wednesday, January
today for his invested authoiity
to perform marriage ceremonies.
If circumstances demand it he
can prepare warrents and dispense
summary justice in minor cases.
However, in most cases, he trys
through friendly and helpful advice
to prevent infractions of the law,
rather than pass judgement on
petty offenders.
just/ice UJ i/iie peace 111 iiitj uli
duty hours. As a JP he is em
powered, among other things,
with the authority of perform
ing marriage cerenu)iiies.
Yet, with human nature what it
is, Mr. Jordan never knows when
he opens his door to callers whether
their presence bodes good oi' evil
for the community.
his increasing regard for the wel
fare of others.
“To the vision of man’s power to
direct his physical destiny, Harvey
S. Firestone, Jr., coupled a I’e-
ligious principle: every nation’s
economic strength ultimately rests
upon a spiritual brotherhood of all
people.
(Continued on Page 2)
itinued
tin ’53
highlighted by
h as this new
Firestone Tire
’t combine the
the output of
)Ilars has been
estone during
luipment, tire
more economi-
is report that,
and methods
ires give more
tth natural and
11 be sufficient
demands. And
ce ample quan-
rubber should,
I developments
ucing areas of
't a strong in-
' the price of
a reasonable
! Government’s
iched the point
has enough na-
rry it through
it war. During
;he rubber in-
from virtually
trols. The only
ontrol is Gov-
of the syn-
in the United
ng operated by
mpanies.
Page 4)
Be Listed
f Gaston
* tax lister, will
‘ January 5 to
)perty for tax-
10 live in Gas-
unty may see
hese dates at
and list their
Kj'. x.ic raw requires that
property—both real and personal
—be listed annually before the last
day of January. In addition to
propei-ty taxes all male residents
pf Gaston County between the
ages of 21 and 50 (unless other
wise exempted by the County Com
missioners) must pay a $2.00
annual poll tax; a dollar more
($3.00) if they live in Gastonia.
STEVE CANYON
(By Milt Canifi
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