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jsLlsL Page H NEWS Februar.' 15, IL Completing its 5-<th year, the sl'ogestion system PAin «i;t S59.378, Largest award of S1,300 went to J. R. Lewis of St. Louis for an idea on repairing mileage account tires. H. D. Tompkins (left) presented the check as H. L, Frentz, Mileage Sales Manager, looked on. Plants Have Varied Employee Activith Mi' tdUci -X ^ At plants where land was available and employees were greatly imi;| ested, gardening programs w^ere sponsored. Above are Des Moines casmi winners receiving awards. I |M‘■' ' hl'l ;tiu! i><»r |M> tiiie to p i Inin llo» Savml hotography — or j it — you’re in- Camera Club. The j-kroom is available Ich Tuesday after- 4ping and printing- ,1,. .Mv 'iresluJ ‘‘ IvXlil' ,.ar M>- (ilr. Karl jm hrsl sdiiitiitio] „ the Hi.n.ii-rfu: iijfanizatioii. Tl liat 1.1'*"* •*'** * |!y NO. 5 rmit One kr’s Work Cl Softbali WAS IWULAR many places, AS THIS scene in Akron shows. I’aktuipation in recreational activities was greater than ever. Activities varied according TO EMPLOYEE INTLKESTS IN THE VARIOUS PLANTS. Sports, as always, were popular and golf LEAGUES WIRE ACTIVE MANY PLACES. HERE ARE ME.VIBERS OF A FOURSOME IN MEMPHIS. .'I - f >■ Red Cross Bloodmobiles visited many' Firestom | PLANTS, AS SHOWN IN THIS AkRON PHOTO. Ml 17- ir.ctOuiNi; r .)i*f'Toa.s AV ' : vV»T4i ■' ct February iGtli is a year and an employee a week’s vacation. This d of eiglit months and they were eligible for a 1 of each year and there ! vantages are two fold. leans that all employees e for a week’s vacation ly upon completing their of credited service and completing their fifth ;h year of credited ser- be eligible for an addi- ^k’s vacation at that time. witnkssE, u*l advantage is that em- ai Mana^-ill be allowcd to take tions at anytime during that is mutually satis- ith the employees and "visors. ■■fuirement that vacations ed with supervisors is I'nv^ii.ia in order to maintain ) without interruption, lis requirement produc- l be severely restricted ambers of employees in ts decided to take vaca- e same time. Whenever ossible to allow all em- 1 take their vacations ; periods desired, em- ith the most company be given pi’eference. I or the changes pointed 2r i)rovisions of the va- cy remain in effect— ese is the provision for ly. As in the past, em- titled to vacations will jation pay as follows: led to one week of va- inued on Page 3) iresU)| iflidl ‘‘••ill, l«>v'aU'i in u fl*'u!.i,v ^ I fifru-tl: . ; .! i'lrestone wesieyan metnouist ^h^i'ch, located at 1001 West Sec- Avenue in Gastonia. On that a double celebration will wiark fiftieth ■ “ chur - anniversary of the ® founding, and the fourth fu ^'^^^'Sary of the completion of iiew church plant. rpr We r of the Firestone Past Church including the Reverend Frank B. their P’^'oud of the progress year- ^ made over the Pnde founding. Their ^'ath vainglorious, but is Tha^w^ f^sling of thankfulness, had for a church that Pres the storms of de- the moral upheaval in has around it, yet withal ed . strong and determin- Wienta/^^ teaching of the funda- ^ virtues of Christian living. ititere^l^^ with especial ®ary the April 19 Anniver- tne' ^an Firestone’s Plant Newspapers Win Annual Freedoms Award THE P’irestone 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-' The Wesleyan Methodist Church with its pastor the Rev. F. B. Dennard shown in the inset. ^^rvices ofcharter — Church- w Wes- members will be in their accus- A. ^^^<irop and tomed pews for these services, if Hill. These 50-year health permits. Mr. Waldrop work ed many years for Firestone Tex tiles and before that for the Man- (Continued on page 6) 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. * * * 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; (Continued on Page 2)
