It’s baseball time again at Fire
stone Textiles, If you are interested
in playing, or having your son
play, contact the Recreation De-
partmient. There’s a league for
every age group: Little, Pony,
Little Bigger, and Industrial.
GASTONIA
Enjoy the facilities of Camp
Firestone. Reservations available
for employees and their immediate
families at the Industrial Rela
tions Office.
VOLUME II
GASTONIA, N. C., MAY 10, 1953
NO. 9
Buys The Best
I^UYS SUPREMES—Elvin Galloway, left, of the Opening Room,
some expert advice on the new Firestone Supreme tire from
Charles Moore, manager of the Firestone Store in Gastonia. Mr.
Gallo-Way was the first clock employee at this plant to buy a set
these tires for his car, shown in the background. The Firestone
^'^Preme tire is the world’s first and only blowout-safe, puncture-
tubeless tire.
Company Vacation Facility Ready To Receive
Employees And Families; Flynn Is Custodian
Vacationers at Camp Firestone
this summer will be greeted by a
new custodian, John Flynn, who
assumed the job of maintaining
the camp as the season got under
way this month. A more familiar
custodian, Joe Beech, now retired,
will in all probability be on hand
for at least a part of the time to
welcome back to the camp old
friends of long standing.
The welcome mat is out at Camp
Firestone—with, perhaps, more
gleam and sparkle than ever—for
Firestone Textiles employees and
their immediate families. A pro
gram of improvement, undertaken
last year, has been completed.
These improvements—better camp
road, new sanitary system, improv
ed outdoor kitchen facilities—have
boosted the camp’s popularity with
Firestone folks. On the basis of
camp reservations already made
for the summer, this could easily
be the biggest year yet for this
employees’ vacation center.
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JOHN FLYNN, left, is the new custodian at Camp Firestone.
His job is to see that those employees who use the camp are given
an opportunity to use its facilities to the fullest. Mrs. Bertha Broome,
right, a spinner, is making good use of one of the numerous recrea
tional facilities—horseshoes.
Camp Firestone
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above are iilusti-ated a few of the activities and facilities
aTv.;^*^ ^6re }g their families at Camp Firestone; (1) The boat landing
*■ ’ ‘ ■— wivinp- nlatform. When hot weather
...... "■f'^oyees and their families at i^amp r, -
th ! also as a fishing pier and diving platform. When hot weather
(II busiest area at the camp-the focal point of sports and
i, and man-made scenic beauty Lake James, on wtach the camp
S" '-ake’jl°‘“-®Wpped by few lakes in the state. The bridge crosses directly over
d a Point The inset shows a fisherman’s view of the surrounding hi s
Mteh"‘ ”;'>«»ol<i„g the dam. (3) Families using the bunkhouses ^e tage out-
M ® in thi 'iining hut, conveniently located on the water front Seated at the
!“W ® is Char es pLr rieht and members of his family and friends.
'^■XPloyed L thr^Y C. Wearing. Another employee, Mrs. Betty Martin, is
seated at left. Her daughter, Becky, Little Miss Firestone of 1952, is seated beside her.
(4) Horseshoe pitching is a constant favorite for camp visitors. Two areas for this
game are provided: one beside cabin No. 1, and another at the water front. In the
picture above, employees William Broome and Mrs. Dorothy Owenby measure a
“tie”. (5) Fishing is the sport that has made Lake James famous in this section of
North Carolina. Taking a breather from a trolling operation is J. B. Reeves, husband
of Plant Nurse Grace Reeves. (6) A good many folks combine fishing and boating with
perhaps more emphasis on boating, as is the case with the ladies in the outboard
motor boat. That the two can be combined successfully, however, is evidenced by the
string of “crappies”, shown in the inset, which are similar to several fine specimens
caught by the boating ladies.