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^U'estone wesieyan metriouisL
01 d lo<iated at 1001 West Sec-
Avenue in Gastonia. On that
th^ celebration will mark
ch? anniversary of the
m founding, and the fourth
'^iversary of the completion of
iiew church plant.
Th
\Y People of the Firestone
Past Church including the
the Reverend Frank B.
proud of the progress
year- has made over the
Pi'ide founding. Their
^'ath^ vainglorious, but is
Tha^t ^ ^^eling of thankfulness,
fulness for a church that
Y^^th^red the storms of de-
the moral upheaval in
has around it, yet withal
strong and determin-
teaching of the funda-
^ ^ virtues of Christian living.
^o^ward with especial
SatY ^° .the April 19 Anniver-
r
rmit One
•ir’s Work
ct February iGtli is u
year and an employee
a week’s vacation. This
d of eight months and
they were eligible for a
1 of each year and there
/antages are two fold,
leans that all employees
e for a week’s vacatiori
ly upon completing their
of credited service and
completing their fifth
;h year of credited ser-
De eligible for an addi
n’s vacation at that time.
i advantage is that em-
ai .Mana^ill be allowed to take
itions at anytime during
that is mutually satis-
ith the employees and
•visors.
uirement that vacations
ed with supervisors is
in order to maintain
without interruption,
lis requirement produc-
be severely restricted
jmbers of employees in
: ts decided to take vaca-
e same time. Whenever
ossible to allow all em-
I take their vacations
i periods desired, em-
ith the most company
be given preference,
or the changes pointed
3r provisions of the va-
cy remain in effect—
ese is the provision for
ly. As in the past, em-
titled to vacations will
:ation pay as follows;
led to one week of va-
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Firestone’s Plant Newspapers
Win Annual Freedoms Award
THE Firestone Tire & Rubber Company and its Chairman, Harvey
S. Firestone, Jr., have received two high honors from the Freedoms
Foundation.
Mr. Firestone was awarded an honor medal in the Public Address
category for his talk, “The Bonds of Brotherhood”.
The Company’s seven publica-'
Ser
Vices are two charter
of the Firestone Wes-
arch: W.
E. Hill.
W. G. Waldrop and
These 50-year
The Wesleyan Methodist Church with its pastor the Rev. F. B.
Dennard shown in the inset^ -
many years for Firestone Tex-
members will be in their _ accus-
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seven
tions have been given the top award
in the Employee Publications cate
gory of the Freedoms Foundation
Awards Competition for 1952. J.
E. Trainer, Vice-President in
Charge of Production, accepted the
award for the Company at cere
monies at Freedoms Foundation
headquarters at Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania, February 22. Vice-
President Richard Nixon presented
the awards.
The Firestone publications won
the award in competition with
several hundred other leading
Company publications. Mary
Kerrigan, supervising editor for
the publications, received a per
sonal honor medal.
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THE seven publications for
which the top award in the Em
ployee Publication category was
given was: the Firestone Non-Skid,
for employees of the home plants
in Akron, Ohio; the Firestone
Californian at the Los Angeles,
California, plant; the Firestone
Southerner, Memphis, Tennessee;
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