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PAGE TWO JUNE la, 1953 Leaves For Spain »*o** i.*< * ^ f jSIWSSITBIn'* ‘ /I' ' '. -' T'*" V '* • ' ■. I' .' p m NELSON KESSELL, left, General Superintendent, bids fare well to W. A. Karl, President of Firestone Textiles, as he prepares to leave for a 3-month Company assignment in Spain with the Textile Division of Firestone-Histpania, S. A., located in Bilboa, Spain, Firestone-Histpania, S. A., is an affiliate of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. Mr. Kessell, accompanied by his wife, left Gastonia May 20 for New York to board the Queen Mary for Europe. VOICE OF FIRESTONE FOLLOWING ARE “VOICE OF FIRESTONE” PROGRAMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF JUNE June 15—Rise Stevens Peanut Vendor Simons Orch. & Chorus Lover Come Back to Me Romberg Stevens Anvil Chorus from “11 Trovatore’ Verdi Orch. & Chorus Voi Che Sapete from “Marriage of Figaro” Mozart Stevens Overture to Merry Wives of Windsor Nicolai Orchestra Novillero Lara Stevens & Chorus June 22—Mimi Benzell Mascot of the Troop Herbert Orch. & Chorus Summertime Gershwin . Benzell Blue Danube Waltz Strauss Orchestra Batti, Batti, 0 Bel Masetto Mozart Benzell from “Don Giovanni” My Laddie Thayer Benzell & Chorus Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Liszt Orchestra Love is Where You Find It Brown Benzell & Chorus June 29—Eugene Conley Orch. & Chorus Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa Pledge to the Flag Malotte Conley Pan Americana Herbert Orchestra America the Beautiful Ward Conley & Chorus You’ll Never Walk Alone Rodgers Conley & Chorus Festival Overture Von Weber Orchestra God Bless America Berlin Conley, Ch. & Aud. FIRESTONE NEWS Volume II, No. 11, June 10, 1953 Published at Gastonia, North Carolina By Firestone Textiles A Division of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Department of Industrial Relations R. H. HOOD, Editor Department Reporters Carding—Guinn Briggs, Gertrude Sanders, Jessie Westmoreland. Spinning—Lois Bolding, Evie Thomas, Janet Hartgrove, Mary Turner, Fannie Bruce. Spooling—Nell Bolick, Helen Reel, Rosalee Burger. Twisting—Nevie Dalton, Mable Hanna, Hazel Clark, Lassie Crawford, Corrie Johnson, Dean Haun, ElJease Austin. Weaving—Mary Johnson, Lucille Davis, Inez Rhyne, Irene Burroughs, Vivian Bumgardner, Nina Milton. Cloth Room—Margie Waldrop. Quality Control—Dealva Jacobs, Irene Burroughs, Leila Rape, Catherine Isham. Winding—Dorcas Atkinson, Mayzelle Lewis, Kathleen Hovis. Shop—Cramer Little. Warehouse—Bobby Smith, George Harper, Albert Meeks. Main Office—Mozelle Brockman. Superintendent’s Office—Sue Van Dyke. Personnel Office—Flora Pence. Refreshment Department—Deuel Redding. Survey Shows 37 Employee Sons And Daughters Graduated This Month From Schools & Colleges THIRTY-SEVEN sons and daughters of Firestone Textiles employees were graduated from high schools and colleges this month, according to a survey made by Firestone News reporters. Gastonia High School, as usual, had the largest number of Fire stone son-and-daughter graduates with 25. Bessemer City High School was second with 3; Clover High School was third with 2. Other schools represented in the survey, each having one Firestone graduate, were: Cherryville High School, Murphy High School, Bel mont Abbey College, Evans Busi ness College, Marion College, North Carolina Vocational Tex tile School, and the Woman’s Col lege of the University of North Carolina. A list of graduates showing name of parent(s) in parenthesis follows: Gastonia High School—Bonnie Sue Connor, (Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Connor); Juanita Fletcher, (Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fletcher); Sarah Graham, (Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham); Willis Neil Hanna, (Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hanna); Bobby James, (Mr. and Mrs. Carl James); Margaret Sue Lewis, (Mr. and Mrs. Pat Lewis); George Plyler, (Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Plyler); Lawrence Harold Shehane, (Mr. and Mrs. Jess Shehane); Louise Sparrow, (Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sparrow); Claudette Taylor, (Mr. and Mrs. Claude Taylor); Shirley Sue Willard, (Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Willard); Ellen Naomi Wilson, (Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wilson); Janet Wooley, (Mrs. Lois Wooley); Bobbie Tindall, (Mr. and Mrs. Gentry Tindall); Nova Stephenson, (Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Stephenson); Edna Shannon, (Mr. and Mrs. Earle Shannon); Juanita Heafner, (Sister, Miss Ruby Heafner); Ron ald Lewis Boyd, (Mrs. Vernie Boyd); Charles Hyleman, (Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hyleman); Betty Allen, (Mr. and Hrs. Henry H. Allen); Anna Sue Smith, (Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smith); Clyde Moss, Jr., (Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Moss, Sr.); Clyde Phillips, (Wife, Mrs. Betty Phillips); Charles Blaylock, (Mr. and Mrs. Luther Blaylock); Mrs. Dorothy Carrigan, (Mrs. Floy Green). Bessemer City High School— Jane Hoyle, (G. E. Hoyle); Bar bara McClellan, (Ed McClellan); Jieannette Burroughs, (Mr. and Mrs. Joe Burroughs). Clover High School — Homer Newton, (Mrs. Blanche Newton); Helen Compton, (Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Compton). Cherryville High School—La- Vaune Buchlaaian, (Mrs. Maude Lail). Woman’s College University of North Carolina—Betty Little, (Mr- and Mrs. Cramer Little). Murphy High School — Ruby Shields, (Sister of Ray Shields). Marion College, Ind. — Dean Brown, (Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown). N. C. Vocational Textile School— Vernon Brockman, (Wife, Mrs. Mozelle Brockman). Belmont Abbey School—John Mercer, (Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mercer). Evans Business College— Sarah High, (Mr. Marshall High). What’s Your Hobby? Water Skiing Requires Skill; Provides Thrills DRAFTSMAN Roy Harwell has an exciting hobby: water skiing. Exciting and invigorating it should be added. Skimming along the surface of the Catawba River at 30 miles per hour, though not recommended for the faint heart ed, is certainly a spine-tingling experience. “Let me caution those who might want to learn water skiing,” ad vises Mr. Harwell, “that they should use a life preserver, at least while learning. Water sports can be just as interesting when safety rules are observed as is otherwise true.” Thus, all who would like to water ski are sensibly remind ed that water sports can be dang erous unless common sense safety measures are taken. Water skiing is more difficult to do than it appears, according to Mr. Harwell. In order to get “on the water” the skier is dragg ed through the water largely sub merged until a speed of 15 to 20 miles per hour is reached. Then, if the skier can hold on, he literal ly stands up on the water. As long as the motor boat which tows the skier maintains a speed of 20 MPH or better the skier can stay on the surface. The skis used by Mr. Harwell were made in Minnesota and are slightly larger than snow skis. After becoming skilled with the use of two skis, according to Mr. Harwell, it is possible to stay afloat on one ski at high water speeds. Mr. Harwell’s motor boat, which does the towing, is a 12-foot boat with a 16 HP outboard engine. He keeps beat and skis mounted on his boat trailer at his home at 204 West 8th Street. It is a 15 minute drive to his boat landing at Seven Oaks. “If you want to know where I am late in the afternoon on hot days,” Mr. Harwell concludes, “I’ll be at the river,” GLIDING swiftly across the surface of the Catawba River behind a powerful motor boat is Draftsman Roy Harwell’s idea of ® perfect pastime. Using a long tow rope, as in the picture above, he can maneuver almost independently of the boat, _ Loray Baptist Church (Continued From Page 1) He IS a graduate of Wake Forest College, class of 1926, He received his theological training at the Southern Baptist Seminary, from which he earned the doctor of theology degree in 1943, Prior to coming to Gastonia, he was pastor of a Baptist church in Covington, Ky. Dr. and Mrs. Malone, who was formerly Blanch Beach of Wil- liamstoAvn, Ky., have two daugh ters, Marilyn and Myra Sue, both local public school students. The building committee in charge of the construction of the new Loray Church (dedicated last year) was headed by W. G. Hen son, plant engineer for Firestone Textiles. Bioodmobile To Visit Girls' Club June 16th The Red Cross Bioodmobile be at the Girls’ Club Tuesday, 16th. American servicemen Korea are in need of whole bl®^ and blood plasma, according to Red Cross. Industrial Relatio^^ Director T. B. Ipock urges all ployees to sign up to give blood ® June 16. Mr. Ipock cites both critical need for blood overset as well as the local need. As example of the benefit citizens derive from the Red Cro® • 4" Blood Program he pomts out < his family has had occasion to on the Red Cross for seven of blood this year. t II
