JUNK
.ii .iin Informal urn Jmt-
,i lij Ihi- Itfcrcaliiin
mako easy the
plannini: a vacation
art’ invited to um-
m,
riiostonc Hail
I ri;;ht) is cuiroiit
iuIkts of tht' l.itt
‘"iirk. lUifoni Twim
IJiavi-r, an<! Kal;
l»l»y Tatf, Jack Yur
SMIthii
GASTONIA
F’irotont' Textiles employees
have <cored again! This time
they—72 per cent of them—have
signed tip fur pavroil savings plan
deductions, a near record for this
plant.
(;.\ST()NI.\, X. JUNE 2.'*. l‘tr)3
NO. 12
J
1-i‘t A. L. MtCai* '.
iaUn-r\ honu* in I 't
atiH-d 1 «■
nipftition within i'<
I*. L. & II.
k i*().sta(;k
I I'AII)
N. c.
Km IT NO. 21)
Ml II \l. AKMIHA'HON r*>p.v! I.etwe.ii two mill who
•. vi-al n>U> in the :f7th ar.uiuil lui’.iiinp: of th.' fiiiiu-.l
Mercer.
Yoiiu): Mv. Cl ill); qualified for®
the award **ii tlie basis of his liijrh
sihiilastic aveiatre. exeniplaiy
/ character, ami regular church at-
tcmiaiice. These factors plus ihe
i|':alitics of skill and workmaii-
■' displayed l>y the Scout in the
'v, ''I plaiinintr and liuildini; of a I'utch
oven—his contest project —won for
him what is prohahly the hichcst
honor a Ittcal Hoy Sct»ut can re
ceive.
The winner is i:! years old and
is a rising; Hth jrrad;*r at \ ictory
, ■ 1- . School He has lieen a nienilier of
. |: ,|anapoli. M. morial Day Kac.. .-.re •
a- i;aymo,.M Kirestone. \:cc-I-'-.-si,lcm ..f The Hieston, 1. . J
Company. co,.;:ralul;.t. s IMl \ ukavic i. wii.m i of th_ scoutmaster is II. H.
:n. Hind. -Vuky" drove the cn..re Wilson whose Tr.«.p J p.-Iuced
■ ^ ln!i MnrphMr'temJe!'.U
"■■■ «,
T'.I.ilc lace. ^ i j,,;rle-handed within one week.
In
aihlition to his medallion and
,<1(111.0(1 hond. he was awarded a
certificate of nii-rit am) an expense-
paid trip to the Hoy .'icout camp
at I.ake l.anier.
The 14 other scouts who were
honored at the l.aii(|Uet receiv.-d
Ceitificates of Merit and two-
w'l’ek. expense-paid vacations at
the I’iedmont Hoy Scout Cami>.
Troop 1 Scout W illiaiii Lewis Craig. Jr..
Earns llarvev S. 1 iresloiie. Jr.. Award
I'HK ll.\K\ KY S. riKKSTONK. JU., A\V.\KI> for achiovfim’tit in Si-outin;: was pri'soTiteti
.]i:no ">th t«) William L. (Vai^;. .Ir.. a mrml'or of (iastonia Tn*op 4. at iht* annual l>anqui*i in the Ciirls'
iThi* siivir awanl metiaUion ami a $1UO.OO savinjrs wi*ro to him hy Gtnoral Mana^rer Harulc
L
movies have
“ to five hun-
their families
Join the fun
by attending
'nk(.\ i.'li-( )n Fire-sioiic Tires--
1 to i<i!) •
^iii> Race, (k‘ls Record Purse
. Vukovich of Kresiio. Cali- pit stop. Vukovich led fr.mi start
wi„n, r of the llt.Vt blister- to finish to win with an aven.M
r...-.„:le race, collected a rec .speed of 1^.74(.. only IK m es
total of in an hour slo\»er th.in Uu vn . I .
I.:u- many other valuable a- reconl. The other ’
Ihe Indianapolis Motor Kre.ldie .Vuabashiaii of AH.a> •
uav d.-tr.buted the largest Calif., -n lap r..; Jen '
■^ev.r puid in the history of of Miami. Honda, on ap •>) a d
.Sam Hanks ;.f Huibank. ( alif.. on
M'.;n; won by Vuko- laps 51. and 5;i.
‘a- >27.7.'i:t.7H more than ' The toji final official winneis
Kjttii.iin of I.ynwood, <'alif., anil their speed avei a^es wi 11 . p),j] (';,| son <
■•■1 f.i his r.t'.J Indianapolis j Hill Vukovich, Fuel Injection' ■_ ; i
((I JVrANUIXt; SCOl'T—WilUam I.evvis Crain. Jr., winner of
the Harvey -S. I'irestone, .Jr.. .\waid for outstandinc achievement in
Hoy Seoul work is shown here as he received his nie<lalIion from
Ceiieial Manairer Haloid Mercer, l.ookin.- on i.= Stcv.irt,
assistant Sc»»utmaster of Troop 4, (lUstonia.
110 Eniplowe-Donor I oliiiiteers
Offer Blood To A l{(]l Hood mobile
Firestone Textiles employees— Mrs. Fred Moss, Mrs. AV. C. Nefl.
11(1 of them--at'ain volunteeveil to Mrs. William Turner. Mrs. U. M.
yive blooil to the lied Cross Hlood- Hardee. Mrs. Oalwin Ccdeman. Mrs;
mobile when it visited the Cirls’ .1. K. Fleming, Mrs. .lim C(M>i>cr.
, , , Club June l(!lh. total of i:tC« per- .Miss Hetty Hr.vson, Miss Shirley
, „ Isons volunteered to K've blood to j .\,„nion.s. Miss Mary Rose Foy.
I;* ’• V , I’ ‘ the l!(! additional ; Miss Sara Thompson, Miss Sait
Maurice W alsi o ''7-,’ .< beinir townspeople not connected ^ Uocue. Frank Sparrow. J. I.. Pat-
,:„.,onia;llorden Hal owes, ( he^^^ „,„\-i,estone. Iterson. Selson .^rn,stron.^ a.u'.
Hanimill, Jon I aiish. ^ Ipock. Jr. Industrial He-’.Mrs. Ida Worthy.
.tt„.an of I.vnwood. Calif., and their speed avera^-es weie: t,I. 15. IpocK. jr. .noos ..... ... ,„s. ...a
I f„ hi., I'.C.J Indiatiapolis , Hill Vukovich, Fuel Injection | ^ Hill Uirectov. w.s in ‘''j* > ; ) Hlo.^I dom.r voU.nt«<rs from tin
ari .^25,KKI.h( more than .Sp,.,-ial. rJH,7IO; J Ait Cross.'^'- - ..f Troop '>»■ ■‘•cruitiin: of donors. H* 1|h . pla,,t included W. A. lUi.vne. 1.<-..iie.
. : - all time record total Spf«. Welding Clay Smith .Special • I •' ‘ ^ "« ‘‘‘‘.'J'
•I^liiea.md by Lee Wal- ,...;.S-7; :i Sam Hanks. Hardahl visit included ^I
l:.-,.. Special, lU.;,..;:.; . Hed A.aba- - Alfred Fridav, (Continued on l>a«e 2,
-a.-__ r''*'
be made his first (Coi.linu. •• ^ ^
I.arry .McKlv.'. n and Hen Taybn
„f Tro.ip Id, Castonia: .limniy
Hlack, .Morris Ji'iikins. William
liuniKaidner, Tommy Hurrous-'hs.
Mr. Fo.,es,er in can.a-.n. .lie j:-',,''’--
•' a^d, :::;Vm.:i .1.1.. and jm,.
^ r:d niL.::;;
I Drive Nrl> 22 INt Cent In. rraH*
'I*. Moll Sa\in;i> IMaii Parhri|»ali(*n
K(,
: I.;; t
>•'I'- Vbeiir' nan, c..v H.iir.'s
■ (ltiv«* a 2- ■*' II Mirhit'I HooV4i. am) < aiio!
rr- -
r;r,:; t i'-:;;,, ,
this oppo.tnnity to (hank ]o. k. aini \U\U\
ainoti^’
total \ai'
t»f (>oii<l taki*
ixplaiT,- th;it ili«-
»I ;r, pat ion
. ..oM-what
.-at I ■ (■
I arl.r^
. h*‘
.,,1, ,i,e'-lic'io;'-: i.u( all em-:;(..
„h., bav. , i-.,.d.d mo t -lionp (.a-t..nu, UiH,.
iiy dio - V-'
I I .. ! I .Ml Sinit h ‘'f I »"«.p .N
■■■ " Wallace lla.n!-,
. ' *h'' pi'" '' ' ('ln‘i Iyv ill*';
i-.,r i" of N-.
,,,.1 I. . . i, / jF M.ii t li *' >f ' \ I )■( hy atnl K"' ■ ’
, ^ (. lU '
I II'11
HI.(H>!» DONOKS—.Sam Ware
(s)iown Ik*U»w). Sj»ooliiijr |)i‘paii-
nient, was one of the lUl em-
ployt-»-s who volunteered bl.iod
to the Ited Cross Hloodniobile
June I1: at the Cirls' Club. S«i-
pervisinc the painless priKwd-
i.- lied Cross Nurse .Maltha
Ho).');s of Charlotte.
.Alliid W. W'i
NO. 13
iggestion
J. Alger
3n system” might
iO by a recognized
uggestion systems
a director in the
laking before this
'ointed to the “dor-
)Iants—which need
through the plant
cts.
a channel of ex
employees to top
nd help the super-
1 to encourage the
free-flow of prof-
d thus aid in en-
^alue to the Com-
emselves.
as a most import-
the employee rela-
JCING the speaker,
rer Harold Mercer
that though this
enviable record in
ion, bond buying,
gged behind other
’ompany in the use
suggestion system,
agnize,” said he, “the
textile industry is
e rubber industry
ffers relatively less
r new ideas, I am
Mr. Alger; Mr. Mercer; Robert Hull, quality control engineer; and T. ±5. ipocK, dr., maus-
lelations director. Mr. Alger is director of the suggestion system for the Firestone Tire & Rubber
Fi^
irst Nylon Cord Tubeless Tire - The
^i^'estone 500 -- Developed By Company
nvL ^ ^^IRST TUBELESS TIRE to be developed with high-strength
jAoxy Cord tVi • .
structioji . combining the safety features of tubeless tire con-
June extra strength of the nylon cord was announced
Rubbpv. n Jackson, President- of The Firestone Tire &
Company.
^^bbey „ Q
Construct] ^^P^^nds and new
proven which this
themselves capable of
the fasf ^ hottest and one
fun at th ^ 500-mile races ever
^Peedwavh ^^‘^^^"apolis Motor
thig 4.,-^7.^ been incorporated
approp-
• “^he neT^ir^^® “Firestone 500.”
miteiy fl ^'^estone 500’ is def-
'With
^‘^kson. “ A said Mr.
1, J the first tire
ly designed for contin
uous high speeds with long wear
and greater safety.”
This is the third of the tubeless
passenger car tire lines which
Firestone has introduced. The
“Firestone 500” will be offered at
a price slightly above that of the
lowest - priced rayon DeLuxe
Champion tubeless tire which Fire
stone has been producing for the
last year.
(Continued on Page 2)
Service Awards
FIFTEEN YEAR PINS
Spooling
Mildred W. Redding.
TEN YEAR PINS
Spooling
Bessie E. Wells
Twisting
William O. Allen
Orbie D. Chastain
Bonnie L. Marsh
C. Weaving
Anthony HoldtSn
William C. Smith
Annis Myers
Plastic Dip
Reese Berryman
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FIRESTONE TEXTILES EXHIBIT-In cooperation with the
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce and the merchants of this city
the industries of Grastonia were invited to place displays of their
products and other items of interest in designated store windows for
one week during June. Firestone Textiles had a window in Maxwell
Brothers Morris furniture store, as partially shown above The
exhibit was designed to feature the Firestone Supreme Tire and the
fabrics from which it—and other Firestone tires—is built Fabrics
exhibited included nylon tire fabric, rayon tire fabric, and cotton
enameline duck. Yarns from the Sales Yarn Department on display
included samples of knitting, warp, and plied yarns on dytex tube
cone, and Franklin spring put-ups. ’