PAGE FOUR
NEWS
MARCH 20,1953
A Conference On "Quality'
Bosses Night” Galled Fine Success By
Top Industrial Recreation Men In Area
“QUALITY” was the main theme of a. series of conferences
conducted in the plant recently by John Ross, standing, of the
Industrial Relations Department, The Firestone Tire & Rubber
Company in Akron. Supervisors from all departments as well as
certain departmental employees attended these meetings.
And One On "Suggestions'
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT .JACK CORNELY, left, studies a Fire
stone suggestion along with Suggestion Board Members Sam Honey
cutt and Carl Rape at one of the regular Suggestion Board meetings.
Mr. Comely, who serves as chairman of the board, gets the opinion
of board members—and in certain cases other plant personnel,
before accepting or rejecting employee suggestions. Other members
of the Suggestion Board, not shown, are: T. B. Ipock (Secretary of
the board), Trenton Ginn, Ray Thomas, John Fletcher, W. R. Turner,
L. B. McAbee, and Quinn Hardin.
FINAL STANDINGS
GIRLS BOWLING LEAGUE
High Flat Game—Ann Turner—92
High Game—Mazel Johnson—123
High Set—Ann Turner—323
High Team Set (1 game)
Spin.-Gen.—466
High Team Set (3 games)
Spin.-Gen.—1346
High Average—Mazel Johnson—
96.46
MAIN OFFICE
Brockman 4076—48—84.44
Baldwin 3809—45—84.29
Sanders 3995—48'—83.11
M. Spencer 3682—48—76.34
H. Spencer 3791—48—78.47
Barton 395— 5—79.
Lewis 200— 3—66. 2
WEAVING-TWISTING
Rice 3928—46—85.18
Owenby 1637—27—60.17
Taylor 289— 5—57. 4
Queen 2094—26—80.14
Johnson 2970—36—82.18
Bumgardner 2656—36—73.28
Arnmons 698—12—58. 3
Jacobs 357— 6—56. 1
SPOOLING
Smith 1588—21—75.13
Atkinson 1923—21—91.12
Guffey 3771—45—83.36
Morrow 4550—54—84.14
Bolick 4868—54—90. 8
Neal 4183—51—82. 1
SPINNING-GENERAL
Van Dyke 2889—36^80. 9
Kilby - 2680—32—83.24
Pence 2865—39—73.18
Turner 4516—50—90.16
Crouch . 3610—45—80.10
Johnson 4655—48—96.46
IN SERVICE
RECREATION directors and
their bosses from Western North
Carolina industrial plants were
feted at Firestone Textiles’ Girls
Club in Gastonia on February 28.
Holding invitations from Fire
stone’s General Manager Harold
Mercer and Recreation Director
Ralph Johnson, the group assembl
ed for food, cigars, and enter
tainment, and a pow wow on some
of the problems and aspects of in
dustrial recreation.
State Recreation Director Ralph
Andrews made the principal talk
of the evening, being introduced by
host and discussion leader Ralph
Johnson. Mr. Andrew’s remarks
illuminated the work of the North
Carolina Recreation Commission
under which he works, and out
lined the numerous . services avail
able to industry, municipalities,
etc., from the Department of Rec
reation which he heads. Mr. An
drew’s, a very convincing speaker,
was attentively heard as he
pointed up North Carolina’s rela
tive position in recreation through
out the United States, and the po
tential yet to be developed here.
According to Mr. Andrews this
state ranks very close to the top
in its overall attention to the rec
reational needs of its people.
* H: *
DURING a round table discus
sion which preceded Mr. Andrew’s
talk, a number of other important
cogs in North Carolina’s Industrial
Recreation picture were heard
from. Among these were Immediate
Past President of the N. C. Recrea
tion Society Tom Hines, a professor
at State College. He was especially
interested in the Industrial Recrea
tion Study Courses at State Col
lege March 5, 6. 7, and 8, to which
he invited all directors present.
Two other outstanding recrea
tional leaders, H. C. (Joby) Hawn,
of the P. H. Hanes Knitting Mills;
and Roy (Pop) Ellington, of The
Stowe Mills in McAdenville, were
heard from. Both expressed the
view that management was be
coming increasingly interested in
the sports phase of recreation as
a developer of the type leadership
needed in the plants in supervisory
positions.
Industrial Division officers pre
sent for the event were President
Ralph Johnson and Vice-President
Roy (Pop) Ellington. Both indicat
ed that they were pleased with the
first “Bosses’ Night” ever under
taken by the division.
PRESENT for the February 28 “Bosses’ Night” at the Girls’
Club were state wide leaders in industrial recreation shown above,
left to right, State Recreation Director Ralph Andrews, Stowe MillS;
Recreation Director Roy (Pop) Ellington, Hanes Knitting Mil^>
Recreation Director H. C. (Joby) Hawn, N. C. State College Professor
Tom Hines, and Firestone Textiles Recreation Director Ralph
Johnson. The “Bosses’ Night” idea was conceived by Mr. Johnson
who presently serves as president of the society’s Industrial Division.
Tubeiess Truck Tire Developed
(Continued From Page 1)
Camera Club Has More
Available Time In
Company Darkroom
JAMES E. MOORE, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Britt Moore (twist
er tender and respooler respec
tively), has finished his basic
naval training in San Diego,
Calif., and is now serving on the
island of Guam. His address:
N.S.D. Comm. Store, Box 32,
Navy 926, c/o Fleet Post Office,
San Francisco, Calif.
IN ORDER that more employees
may use the photographic dark
room, adjoining the Firestone News
office, the room will be available
for employee’s use during office
hours (8:15 a. m. to 5:15 p. m.)
and from 7:00 to 10:00 p. m. each
photographic procedure will be
Tuesday. Instruction in dark room
available during these hours. No
photographic experience is neces
sary, and no equipment needed on
the part of employees who wish to
see demonstrations in film develop
ing and printing.
been eliminated so that a signifi
cant material and weight saving
is made with no sacrifice in ulti
mate tire mileage or durability.
* * *
AN EXAMPLE of the weight
saving involved can be drawn from
a tractor trailer outfit previously
equipped with 0.00-20 tires. A
single 9.00-20 tire, tube and flap
weighs approximately 104 pounds,
a conventional rim 66 pounds mak
ing a total assembly weight of 170
pounds. The new tubeiess tire on a
drop-center rim weighs approxi
mately 134 pounds—giving an
assembly weight saving of 36-
pound wheel position.
The tractor trailer unit equipped
with ten of the new tubeiess truck
tires would thus have a reduction
of 360 pounds in unsprung weight,
which is a big factor in the truck
ing business.
The tread, body and sidewall con.
struction of the new Firestone
tubeiess truck tire are essentially
the same as tires now in use. The
air impervious innerliner, which re
places the tube, is an inherent
vulcanized part of the casing. The
troublesome tube and flap are
eliminated. The difficulty normal
ly encountered in mounting a truck
tire, tube and flap on a two or
three-piece rim has been reduced
to a minimum. Mounting and de
mounting of heavy, over-the- high
way truck tires is as easy as a
passenger car tire.
THE FIRESTONE tubeiess
truck tire and drop-center rim is ^
unit assembly and as such can be
made to fit hub and wheel mount' =
ings of trucks now in use, giving
identical clearances.
In addition to the advantages
just noted, the new tubeiess truck ^
tire runs appreciably cooler-
means more durability of tir®
body, and longer tread life.
Tests now in progress show tha^
the drop-center rim and tubleS®
combination would be practical '
truck tires in “over-the-highwa^
sizes.”
For those applications whei’^
larger, stiffer types of tires j
normally used, there has been
veloped a removable flange rif*’:.!
which utilizes a rubber “0” rin^^'
for holding the air pressure. :
tire will have the same forced
bead fit and all of the constru^'||
tion advantages of the sma^®^
sizes.
^bbinns
Mr. and Mrs. Luther T. ThoiwP'
son announce the marriage of thei^
daughter. Miss Gladys Thomps^^
to Mr. Ervin Worthy of this city*
of
The marriage
January.
event
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