march 20, 1953
Tir«$toiie NEWS
PAGE THREE
IN BRIEF
SPINNING
Jack Guffey, doffer, has entered
the Gaston Memorial Hospital for
treatment. Wishes for a speedy re
covery are sent to him. His room
number is 329^ if his friends would
like to visit him or send a card.
S.F.C. Charles W. Ward and his
wife visited his parents, W. B.
second hand, and Mrs. Hazel
Ward, spinner, the week end of
March 14. Charles is stationed at
Camp Gordon, Ga.
Best wishes for a speedy re
covery are sent to William Broom,
Coffer, who is in the Gaston Me-
iftorial Hospital.
SPOOLING
^oyle Rowland, son of Mrs. Lois
liowland, spooler tender, has re
cently returned home from Ger
many. Mrs. Rowland gave Doyle a
^iithday dinner with several of his
^i'iends present.
Miss Margaret Summitt, warper
^^ber, is in the Memorial Hospital.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery
sent to lier.
Wishes for a speedy recovery are
^ent to Mrs. Lela Mitchell, warper
^^Iper, who has been ill for a week.
Twisting
Dixie Griggs, reclaimer, had
§uests, February 23 to 28, hei
pother, Mrs. Frank Ashe, Mr. and
^l^^^illard Palmer of Murphy.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McCreight
have moved to Ohio. Ernest is the
son of Mrs. Ruth McCreight, re
claimer.
Miss Jo Ann Johnson, daughter
of Mrs. Corrie Johnson, reclaimer,
and W. A. Johnson, changer in the
Spinning Department, was home
for the week end of March 6 from
Wesleyan Methodist College, Cen
tral, S. C.
Mrs. Hazel Clark, tie-in-hand,
and family had as week-end guests
recently, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Haun
of Knoxville, Tenn., the former a
brother of Mrs. Clark.
Mrs. Mable Hanna, tie-in-hand,
and husband were dinner guests re
cently of Mr. and Mrs. James Bail
ey, Leslie, S. C.
Mrs. Marie Fogle, respooler, en
tertained her grandson, David, on
his third birthday with a party,
March 7.
Dock Queen, son-in-law of Leon
Keisler, fixer, and also a former
pin boy of the Men’s Club, left
March 9 for Florida to train for
the coming baseball season.
Mrs. Leola Chambers, respooler,
and her husband, Otha Chambers,
splicer fixer, spent the week end
recently at Lula, Ga., visiting Mr.
Chambers’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Chambers.
Mrs. Annie Lunsford, oiler, had
as a week end guest recently, her
nephew Clyde Stalcup, who has
been in the Armed Service seven
years.
WEAVING
Mrs. Vickie Spencer, battery
hand and her husband had as din
ner guests Sunday night, Mrs.
Allen Jones and children of Shelby.
Miss Frances and Inez Brewer,
battery hands, visited their sister,
Mrs. James Hilton in Greensboro,
Sunday.
Mrs. Dorothy Wilson, battery
hand, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Wellman
visited in Charlotte recently.
Mrs. J. C. Costner of Ruther
ford College, N. C., spent several
days with her daughter, Mrs.
Essie Honeycutt, battery hand.
Miss Sandra Spencer, daughter
of Mrs. Ruby Spencer, smash hand,
is feeling much better now and has
returned to her home on South
Dalton Street.
Welcomed back to work after
several weeks of sick leave was
S. C. Tate, slasher tender.
Several employees of the Spool
ing Department have been absent
for several weeks with flu and
have returned to work recently.
They are Miss Margaret Summitt,
warper helper, Mrs. Vera Short,
spooler tender, and Lee Lattimore,
spooler tender.
Maurice Hardin, sweeper, had as
his guest recently, his mother. She
is planning to return to Gastonia
in a few weeks so that she and
Maurice may go to housekeeping.
The daughter of Mrs. Lily Spen
cer, spooler tender, was hit in the
head with a ball bat while playing
at school recently. Best wishes for
her recovery.
Mrs. Bernice Roland, warper
tender, and family spent the week
end recently with Mr. and Mrs. Ro
land of Murphy.
SHOP
Welder Bryant Elders and family
visited their son, Bryant, Jr., at
Camp Lee, Va., the week end of
March 7. They reported a wonder
ful trip. Bryant, Jr., is getting
along fine in the Army. He is a
former employee of the Spooling
Department.
Paul Walker, Roller Shop Super
visor, has returned to his home
after having undergone surgery
at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
Fireman Robert Passmore is
back at work after undergoing
treatment at the Charlotte Eye,
Earl, and Nose Clinic.
Pfc. Joe Lee Harmon, son of
Paint Foreman Homer Harmon,
has received his discharge from the
Army. He was stationed at Camp
Atterbury, Ind.
Ed Taylor, foreman of the
Electrical Department, was on va
cation the week of March 9.
MAIN OFFICE
Mrs. Eula B. Wilson, Super
visor of Payroll Department, will
attend the District meeting of
Pilot International District No. 6,
which is to be held at Rocky Mount,
April 18 and 19. Mrs. Wilson will
be installed as President of the
local Pilot Club at this meeting.
J, L. Kendrick, City Clerk of
Gastonia, and father of Miss
Martha Kendrick, main office, con
tinues ill at the Gaston Memorial
Hospital. The Office Personnel ex
tend to Martha and members of
her family their heart-felt concern
and wishes for a speedy recovery
for Mr. Kendrick.
Mrs. R. C. Hall of Salisbury is
at the present time a guest of her
son, Homer Hall, main office. Mrs.
3n iHlemoriam
MRS. GERALINE BARNETT
Mrs. Geraline Barnett died on
March 7, 1953. Mrs. Barnett was
buried in Banks County, Ga. She
was the sister of Boss Parsons,
elevator operator.
MRS. BERNICE JENKINS
Mrs. Bernice Spencer Jenkins
died recently. She was the sister
of Robert Spencer, Supply Room.
MRS. R. L. CLODFELTER
Mrs. R. L. Clodfelter of Win
ston-Salem, mother-in-law of Wil
liam Blackwtell, main office, died
Monday, March 9, at Winston-
Salem.
.JAMES F. BAKER
Janies F. Baker died February
26 in Kershaw, S. C. He was the
father of Mrs. H. A. Webb, whose
husband, H. A. W.ebb, works in the
Twisting Department.
Hall is convalescing from a recetil
operation at City Hospital in Win
ston-Salem. Best wishes for a com
plete recovery are with Mrs. Hall.
Connie Brock, husband of Mrs.
Jean Brock, main office, is coti-
valescing nicely at their home on
South Firestone Street from a
recent operation at the Gaston Me
morial Hospital. Best wishes for
a speedy recovery is extended to
him.
BINGO
The last bingo game of the
season will be played in the Girls’
Club on Thursday, March 20.
In,
S^i!£»llReporter. . . .
^^tive Participants Find It Difficult To Pick Their Favorite Sport
Ban sports interest at the moment fixed on the forthcoming annual Sports
Set tv, inquiring reporter decided that now might be an appropriate time to
opinions and preferences of several employees as regards the recreation and
'^he <3^ Program conducted for employee’s benefit by the Recreation Department.
Occas’ Banquet is the highlight of the sports year at Firestone. It is the
sjj for honoring those employees who have excelled in the various competitive
s carried on by the Recreation Department. Thus it is the one time of the year
when one’s attention is diverted from current seasonal activities and directed toward
a review of the entire program—with emphasis on the outstanding participants iji
each activity. Against this background the question, “What is your favorite plant
recreational activity?”, was tossed out to five active participants in the Company’s
program. The answers came back quickly. ... at about the speed of a fast-pitched
softball, for instance, from the pitching arm of Junior Lancaster. Here’s what he, and
the others, had to offer:
JUNIOR LANCASTER, twist-
thinks Firestone’s recrea-
^onal program has so many in-
^’^esting phases that is is not
to pick the one that is per-
®Q^^ally most appealing. He likes
all—a fact that doubtless
^^kes him a valuable addition to
® liecreation Council, on which
^ serves now as member in
of selecting all-star team
Mr. Lancaster believes
^hat Firestone Textiles “has the
^®t recreation program among
^dustries in this area, with some
in u ■■ ■'
ama, wiin som<
^^^%h everyone.” Al
^avorif. ^ necessarily
ho „ ^ Junior Tjfi n
t necessarily his
on n.’ Lancaster will
this gp ^ ®*^ftball diamond again
^^®t the
^ oing the pitching for
Shift Twisting Team.
ANN TURNER, a spinner,
takes bowling in preference to
all other recreational activities
at Firestone. Says she, “I rate
bowling a big first with baseball
a poor second. Of course, I’m
just a spectator in baseball, but
I do my share of participating
in bowling.” Miss Turner is one
of Firestone’s leading girl bowl
ers with an average-pins-per-
game of 90 for the season. In the
Girl’s Bowling League, for the
season just completed, she had
high flat (92) and high set
(323).
JAMES BALLEW, section
man in the Carding Department,
says, “I like bingo, ceramics,
photography, and bowling. You
might say that I go in for the
less strenuous activities.” Mr.
Ballew was one of the first em
ployees to join the recently
formed Camera Club, a fact that
tends to bear out his professed
fondness for non-strenuous pas
times. He says also, “I think the
Sports Banquet is a fine thing,
and I’m looking forward to be
ing there. If I get there it will be
the first time that I’ve had an
opportunity to attend and I
mean to really enjoy it.”
WILLIAM (BILL) DEAL,
sweeper and son of Section Man,
Reil A. Deal, is an all-round
athlete with an especial liking
for baseball. “I’ve been playing
baseball—and softball—since I
was big enough to hold a bat in
my hands. Give me a first base
man’s glove on a warm spring
day and I’m happy.” Bill seems
to be happy in almost any ath
letic activity. In softball last
season, for example, he batted
452 in the Industrial Softball
League, and in duck pin bowling
he has averaged in the current
season 102.
LOUISE DILL, speeder tender,
likes the take-it-easy type recre
ational activity such as ceramics,
to mention her current favorite.
“I had never done any ceramics
work until Firestone started it
as a part of the recreation pro
gram for employees. Now I’m
turning out plates that look nice,
if I do say so myself. Even
reached the point that I can
decorate my work with clay
flowers that come out of the
kiln looking like the real thing.”
Though Mrs, Dill prefers non-
athletic activities, she’s proud of
the fact that Firestone has a
balanced program.
Your Recreation Program Needs Your Participation