PACE FOUR
NSWf
Slioiv SliHI In Srotilinsx
|'77/y\s' Take High Temperdture
^^jHraling At hulidiuipolis Race
TIKKS Srin iVK OVKN l\ ‘*r>00" j.'^on aiul lUrshcy nmi \Va!t Lyon,
Ity l.(IKKN TiHllAI.S |maitaKt'r of aH Firestone tire dc-
Aknm Ui'aron Journ.il Staff Writer vclopnu nt, an«J Riiyinonit C. Ki'n*-
INI)IANAr(»Miv~It was two jstoiie, vice presi<IeiU in charpe of
before race time anil an lesearch and drvilopment.
.'io on Indianapf>!is xhe s|H*e<ls uttaine<t at Iiuiiana-
.siin-.soaked .straii^ht- polis for this one— under the condi
tions which prevaile<l—tell U'lter
Were hoU'd up than words just how well iheir new
office, enjoying I tire met the incomparable chal-
CKUTiriCATK WiNNKItS—T)u‘ 11 Hoy in the picture
alxjve received ( ertificatrs «»f Mcril for ih< ii acconiplislmients in
scoutinjr ft>r the pasl year. AW>n*^ \\'M\ iheiv v'ev\if^v;iiArs they re
ceived ‘J-Week ex}>ense')>aid vacations at the ric«lniont I{oy Scout
i'anip at Lake Kani(‘r.
MdLv I rift Throii'Mi l*l<inl
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KOUKUiN VISITOUS—While in (lastonia fuv two weeks i>l>s»’rv-
injr local public health o]»erali«»ns, the trump abov<- made a lour
of the plant in onler t») see what is bein« tloiu* in hnne plants in the
field of industrial health and safety. Kroni left to rijrht, ihi*y are,
Ralph Micks, public hesilth (‘ducatit>n >t:idrnt front ^'oltnnhia l'niver>
sily; Ur. Viruchairo«>l. public health physician front Thailand; I>r.
H. A. lyen^rar, exchan^re visit«>r anil physic i;:n from India; and .Miss
Laura Hreese t»f the (iast.m ('t»unly Health nepartment.
FircstoiH‘ Scholarshiji \\ iniicrs
(Conlinuoil From I'ajje
A li.st of s«»ns and <laui:htt‘rs tjf
Firestone em)»loyees who w»»n
scholarships in the competi
tion including; the parent’s work
location, shown in parenthesis, fol
lows:
June Laura Adkins, Akron.
Ohio, (Akron Mechanical Uuihl*
injr); Dave Lee l^illhimcr, Hunt-
injrton Park, (’alif., (I^#s Ange
les, Dept. 17); Lucille J. Uobbitt,
Kansas (*iVy, Kaitsas, (Kansas City
Tentral Operatinjr Depi.); Wil
liam L. HreazeaK*, Memphi>, Tvnn.,
(Memphis-Final Inspection Depl.;;
William Karl Hums, Akron,
Ohio, (Akron Xteel P;*m1ucIsK
Janet Ann <*ouuer, Indiatuipoiis,
Indiana, (Noblesville Order-Hill-
ifrir Dept.^; .John (’arl (’rano,
Akrnn, Ohio, (Akron Plant ti);
(’arol Ann (’reamer, Swansea,
Mass., (Fall liivi-i, Ma'^s.. Kxirud-
ed Dept.); Charlott<- D- Dvan, Col- Troop H> of the W
lierville, Tenn., (Memphis Machin- ,di>t ( Inirch for I
nditioninjr and hohlinj;
benefit of a couple of
their cronie.s.
“Yep» Ko!»son already has >jone
back to Akron and U<*rshey has
his cjir runnin;: ami reatly to fol
low,” somebody lauched.
“Aw, they’ll >rel lucky yet, it's
liabh* to }»o overcast by race time.
I see a little cl<*ud up there now/*
drawletl Moore, boss man of The
FiresfiUie Tire & Kubher ('o. op
erations at the r»00.
Sonu'boSy else picked it up there.
Kverylx»dy was >rt'tlin#r in their
nickel’s worth. They were havinj; a
fieh! day at the expense of ,f. .1.
IJobson, in char^rt* of tire desijrn
for Fir<*stone, and Mel Hershey.
who is responsible for Firestone
racin^r lire development.
They are two of the men lariielv
responsible for the new tires v^hich
carrie<l ironman Hill Vukovich to
i ^ a iu*ar record victory in the most
Y*'^ '3 ^rruelIin^r r>(tO-mile race of all.
^ ^ 2 I hour.'; U'fore Honorary
i ^ I Starter William Ford sent the
y ^ Ij't'I-car field awav. Uobson and
i Hershey were sittinjr out the start
'“** ^>f the *{7th Memorial Day ractnp:
classic.
For >:ood reason, too, thev had a
new profluct al*out to be pul !o
le.'t—un<Ier the most a<lverse con
ditions.
Heal is one of the bi|ji*est prob
lems to be c insider<*d in the de-
sijrn of anv tire, but especially im
portant in the building of racing
tire.**. On this day, it was the big-
Kcst problem of all because India
napolis had plenty of heat.
At the start, the thermometer
was at A couple hours later it
was in the shade -and a lot
hotter than that on the racinjr
trip. At oi\e point durinjr the race.
Firestone enjrineers reported the
t rack temperature was 1.^0
hottest ever fo. the r>(M*.
This was a day of record per-
1'enn., (Meniphi> I'iant, Dept.
K-'JI); Donald K. Uaiidall, Akron,
Ohio, (Akron Club House); ('lau-
dette S. Tayh>r. (iastonia, N. (\,
((iastonia Twistinjr Dept.); Har-
bara .Mary Traynor, Somerset,
.Mass., (Fall Hivi>r, Mass., f'ut’dejrr*
Thread I-A); Joyce Tublts, .Mem-
len^re of the "hottest” 500 ever.
As it turned out, Robson an<l
Ifersliey had the last lau>rh on
their hecklers—as probably the
hecklers khew they would.
Hut it was only after 200 laps of
racing: that Hershey *‘a<lmitted
that “it went like I knew it would.
Hy (hat, he meant the race was
fast—and there wasn't a single tire
failure.
This wasn’t the fastest 5(Mi but
without a doubt it was the hottest.
It Could have been the fastest,
too.
Several factors fi^rured m pre-
ventinir the new record everybody
has predicted for this year’.s race.
,>fost 'mp<irtant was the fact
Vukovich never was pressed. He
.set such a ^ast pace at the start
that he had a comfortable lea<I
early.
With 20 laps to jro, and Russo
n^ore than two laps }»;ick, Vuko-
vich’s pit crew slo*ved him dowti—
pndiably rememlK*rinc last year’s
race in which he crashed on the
l!»2nd lap with the Ihinjr in the
hajr.
Another bi^r reason this year’s
race was slower than anticipated
was that for !) minutes. 2^ scconds
of this one the vellow lijrht wa« on
an(t Wild Hiil nad to pro slow while
the
was
War lla>ncs,f
rvl. K Donald Dixon,
.Mrs. Kllcn Dixon, rc.'pndl
just completed his basic la
and IS I nu troin
('lerk Schoid. His
K. Donald Dixon. .
Co. 12th Knirr. ('. llu..
•15, Fort Jackson, S. (’
iu'.au’H
t v Kiiy tin
INNING
. Ola Colltf
family
;inia lUach
chter, Mrs.
Wk, Va.
huford Turne
[■f. Marv. spii{
> of thfir va
III Wild Kill mill to c<' smw whilo j ^ >■ {)
o dcliris of four minor wrocks I vV- .
IS l>rinjr rlcarrd. '.k '*; ^ '
AlthoiiKh it wasn’t a new rivonl
phis, Tenn., (Mrmphi," Plant Dt’pl.! f«u‘manc<‘s. The mercury was h»;;h
12:l); Janu's F. Williams, Oj:den, - but the speeds wete hii:her.
Ctah, (Hedortd<» Ih'ach, ('alif.). | And thal brin)*s us back to Hob-
Srout I'rooji 20 Pakc^ Sanborn Troj»hv
For 2nd car \l Ki<‘ld l)av K\<*rciscs
Hoy S<’out 'I'Kiop L'o of the West
Avi*hu«‘ Pn>byteii;in (Munch wt»n
• he K. L. Saidiorn Aw;»rd at the
annual Scmit Firld Day exercises
at tlj(‘ Sei'ond Aveiiiu' Playground
on June 'I he troop defeated
Knd Mel ho-
,> ln»iHirs bv a
The winning ln>op has for its
scoutmaster, Hruce Said»orn, son
of the late R. L. Sanbirrn, the n\an
for whom the trophy is named. The
late Mr. Sanborn was for niariy
years an outstandiiiir leader in
H<»y Scout activities in (iastonia. !
(Jrier H<»wen is sc»nitnjaster of tht
runner-ups. Troop 10,
ist); Joi- K. Duckett, Atlanta, (ia.. score of I't t<»
(Atlanta. 'la.. Store Manaywr, | The scorecanl for Troop 20
.Margaret Mary Kfland, Akron, |showed that they < arneo’ |>t place
Ohio, lAkion, Plant !i); Waltcr^in liJ'pertion. Knot Tyiojr, Sijiual-
John Farrell. Akron, Oljjo, (Akionjinvr, Fiie-by-fii* lion. Kope Throw-
(^uality ContioU; Do»is Jeaii 1 in;', lleiay. and Water Hoiliii^^.
Hai’.es, .\kriin. (»jio, (Akron l>()wn-|They phued 2nd in Kii'l Ai<l. ‘ Special. 12t*.21i>,
town Wa!ehoU'«'i: Jack W. Join*', Kliut-and- t<« I. 'W u\ Pitchinjr, Hinkle Sp4'<*ial, I
Cuyahoj;a Fall'. Oliio, ;md Oi
I'huit I, Tube lt»Hi?n); Janje> F. Ka»‘e. 7 Jiin Katlnnann. I'
shi;,
Ka«-e \\ iiniers
(Continued Freun Pa*rt’ I)
1, (irancor-KIj'in Piston
a new rtvor<!
at the finish, (here were records
^ralore throujfhout most of the
race. Vukovich turned in new rec
ords for one, two and four laps
and was ahea<i of last year's time
at each of the 2r>-mile marks
through the first 100 miles.
And he heal the books at 200,
275, 1^75. and 42E> Wfore another
yellow lijrht slowed up the .*«how
for most of the next 25 miles. Hv
then, with victory ajrain within
reach, Vukovich f«»rirol ab<nit
further records and concentrated
on the job of ridinjr out the race.
N%», (hey didn’t do it in record
time (his time. Hut it wasn't be
cause the ru)>ber wasn’t there.
As Vukovich said afterward:
ilrove to victory and fame «»n
Firestone tires l<«lHy when I w<u\
the famous !ndianap(dis f>00 mile
race at I2H.7|(> miles per hour. It
was a hot <lay with the temperature
at dvjrrees and the track rejjis-
ten’d I'lO dej:re»-s. Despite the heat
arul the terrific speed that caused
many cars to drop out with me
chanical failure, the new Fire
stone (ires perfornunl perfectlv.
Th<*re was no lost time due tt^ pit
>top< for tires. Kverv mile was
hard foujrlit. 1 irive full credit to
JKKKV ULAYLOI K. s :
Mrs. Helle Hlaylock, l-at!’
hand, and Luther Hlaylock,
die sc‘t(<T, has been in tho A
Force for two years. He is :
stati<mei| in Newft>un«!lantl. ir
address is as folloxs **: A
Jerry K. Hlaybtck. AF 11H'-’" '
Wih XKA(' Section S.l \. Ai
Kf.2, c o PM, Xew York. X. V
Mi'iiaily, Ma; • lie-
( llai Jfoid. Con/.».
b'hu Dus id Nel HI
Iowa, (D<'.> Moirn -
.01); Meryl ■
ef, (*onfi.,| 'I io»ip up
! ' ol Imj.*’. won fil't pi;
. 1>'- Mon.I . Ahl. K)int-a-Mi -ted. Tenl
\l:nA. D. pt -Ih;'. (■'I;*!' M..I ini-
iny Fire>t«*ne tires. They stood'
Jack Mc(Jrath, up under the uni^hest puni'^hnu iit |
♦» Jimmy ' anv tires have ever received. Thi-
e'<iri^' D.iywalt. Sunuir .^p\iiai, 12L:i7‘.»; perfornu‘d like chan»pions. I wouUl
7 Jio» Kathn>ann. Travehui Trail- rn*t risk my life on a»\y other make.
t.\er all tr Speeial. I21.(i7li; > Krnie .Mc-U'nr i»wner> should ihoo'^e Fin*
in Fi» - t C‘»y, C!iapn»an Speoiul, I2'.i. UU; 1 >t«»ne. the I 're if eltarnpions. be
Pifrh' Tony IhUerliaU'-en, .Nj^aj.inian cau<e it is ^:it- v the
in<i !»•» Special. 122.1 -i; H> Jinjni> Dav peedway (o /jx
it , P(' <'lani . < ' .t, !l'*-2o:t. j*. >te('tion ..n tVf-
T. Roben
Ethel \U
lerwent an o
t wi:ihcs for
iMr. ami Mrs.
Fayetteville ;
erV parent; '
fnRi. fpinner,
i>t»ng Dtjpai'l
l^ttffer David
iren cnj<»ye<i
«’Ti in Floritl
Sfftion Man ,
T<m<ils renv
U*cn fjuite
1 I T1 ^
" .y Jo Rai .
Jil'iam Kamse
®'f>. iiiidei w
•ation rcccn ‘
"ifi to her he
■fir from he ^
l.vdia n ^
'ii"n Man Jo t
■ lial Day
'IV Saiufra I
c'lsd Hand \VJ
s spiiuu'r,
tfn |i(ix an({
' t^Utr.
'“f> I’hillipsF
\Irs.
movies have
• to five hun-
ttieir families
Join the fun
by attending
NO. 13
Lggestion
J. Alger
3n system” might
!0 by a recognized
uggestion systems
a director in the
iaking before this
'ointed to the “dor-
)lants—which need
through the plant
cts.
i 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,
fer Harold Mercer
that though this
enviable record in
ion, bond buying,
gged behind other
’ompany in the use
suggestion system,
'^'nize,” 5?Hid he, **the
textile industry is
e rubber industry
.■fers relatively less
r new ideas, I am
Mr. Alger; Mr. Mercer; Robert Hull, quality control engineer; and T. tJ.'ipocK, jr., inaus-
^ ^^lations director. Mr. Alger is director of the suggestion system foi* the Firestone Tiie & Rubber
-_^^Pany.
Nylon Cord Tubeless Tire - The
^ii*estone 500 -- Developed By Company
f’iRST TUBELESS TIRE to be developed with high-strength
structio^^^ combining the safety features of tubeless tire con-
June extra strength of the nylon cord was announced
KubhoT. m Jackson, President of The Firestone Tire &
'-ompany.
^^bber r. (
and new
ProvpH which this
"^'^^standil
of +1,. „ S the hottest and one
Withstanding the hottest and one
of the fastest 500-mile races ever
run at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway have been incorporated
in this tire which has been approp
riately named the “Firestone 500.”
“The new ‘Firestone 500’ is def
initely the safest tire ever de
veloped with nylon cord,” said Mr.
Jackson. “And it is the first tire
specifically 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.
Service Awards
FIFTEEN YEAR PINS
Spooling
Mildred W. Redding.
TEN YEAR PINS
Spooling
Bessie E. Wells
Twisting
William U. Allen
Orbie D. Chastain
Bonnie L. Marsh
C. Weaving
Anthony Hold»in
William C. Smith
Annis Myers
Plastic Dip
Reese Berryman
roup
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FIRESTONE TEXTILES EXHIBIT—In cooperation with the
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce and the merchants of this city,
the industries of Gastonia 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.