JULY 10, 1953
fin0l9M NEWS
PAGE THREE
IN BRIEF
carding
Mrs. Jess Carter, wife of In
termediate Tender Jess Carter, is
I’ecuperating after having a major
operation.
Maford Sanders, sweeper, spent
e Week of June 7 repairing his
on South Highland Street.
Drawing Tender John Herring,
family are spending a week in
artsville, Ga., visiting his family,
intermediate Tender Arthur
arbie and family are spending
days of his vacation at Camp
’restone and then will motor on
to Kentucky.
Hudy Webb, speeder tender,
spent the week of June 15 on va
cation. He spent most of his time
forking around the house.
Overhauler Henry Allen, his
^’fe, and family spent the week of
une 7 in Miami, Fla.
SPINNING
Fixer Oliver Taylor did some
^fipairing on his home while he was
Vacation recently.
Doffer Herman Akers and his
amily spent a few days in Bry-
while on vacation.
Her Odell Hammonds and his
®®nnie, spinner, were on va
cation recently.
SPOOLING
Mrs. Glenda Tolbert, creeler, and
her husband, Howard, spsnt a week
end recently at Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Mrs. Mary Lou Acuff, winder
tender, and family visited rela
tives and friends in Hickory re
cently.
Mrs. Frances Player, winder
tender, had as week-end guests,
her sister, Mrs. Carrie Stafford,
her niece and nephew, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Shopshire of Newport
News, Va.
Mrs. Madge Hembree, crceler,
and family along with her mother,
Mrs. Bertha Stepp, spent a week
end at Crescent Beach.
Mrs. Betty Guffey, warper tend
er, recently received a long dis
tance telephone call from her hus
band, Morgan “Red” Guffey, for
mer employee of the Spinning De
partment, now of the United
States Army stationed in Anchor
age, Alaska. He will be home soon
to stay.
The Reverend Leonard Thomas,
Mrs. Thomas, and children of Hen
derson, were guests of Mrs.
Thomas’ sister, Miss Lottie Rober
son, winder tender.
Mrs. Sara Nichols, warper tend
er, and her family, along with
Second Hand Milton Nichols and
his family, spent a week-end at
Camp Firestone at Bridgewater.
Mrs. Gertrude Hampton, warper
tender, recently had the cast re
moved from her broken ankle.
Norman Price, creeler, and his
family visited friends and rela
tives recently in Murphy and Lake
Lure.
Welcomed back to work recent
ly were two spooler tenders, Mrs.
Lura Bell and Mrs. Chloe McDan
iel. Also the following new em
ployees: Mrs. Mary Townsend,
winder tender, Mrs. Blanch Car
ver, winder tender, Mrs. Eugene
Patterson, spooler tender, Cecil
Phillips, sweeper. Tommy Keenum,
sweeper, and Charles Hyleman,
checker.
Mrs. Glenda Tolbert, creeler,
was called to Asheville due to the
illness of her sister, Mrs. Ruth
Dilling.
The son of Gywnn Hardin is in
the hospital with a broken leg.
Vanna Guyton, winder tender,
has returned to work after sev
eral weeks of illness.
The employees of the Spooling
Department welcome Hildrcd Mc-
Curry, spooler tender, Li ciile De-
vern, spooler tender, and Gwynn-
lyn Hart, winder tender to this de
partment.
Mrs. Leona Lattimore, spooler
tender, had as guests recently her
mother, brother and sister.
Warper Tender Mildred Smith’s
father is a patient at the Gaston
Memorial Hospital.
TWISTING
Mrs. Hazel Clark, tie-in-hand,
and Horace Haun, twister tender
had as guests recently, their
mother, Mrs. H. G. Haun of Al
coa, Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Haun, also of Tennessee.
Miss Patricia Stacy, daughter
of Mrs. Cola Stacy, respooler, and
Claude Stacy, spent the week of
June 22 at the Rotary Girl Scout
Camp with Troop 55, Brownie
Scouts.
Edward Austin, twister tender,
and family had as guests recently,
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Ross of Burling
ton, N. C.
Luther Alford, twister tender,
had as dinner guests on June 21,
the former’s sister of Wilmintgon,
and Mr. and Mrs. A1 Ross of Bur
lington.
Mrs. Grace Stowe, yarn check
er, Mrs. Marie Fogle, respooler,
Mrs. Gillman and Mrs. Creasman
spent the week of June 14 touring
the North Carolina mountains.
Edward Hughes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Hughes, Twisting De
partment, spent a few weeks at
home recently. He was being
transferred to Charleston Munici
pal Airport, Charleston, S. C., from
Chanute Air Force Base, Rantour,
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MRS. ROSALIE BURGER,
spooler, is the third shift report
er in her department. She is
seated above in the huge road
building machine tire which is a
familiar object in the Main En
trance of the plant. Mrs. Burger
lives at 101 Mountain View
Street in Gastonia. She has been
a Firestone employee nine years.
Find;
s Black Cats Unwanted. . . .
Inquiring Reporter Asks: Are You Superstitious?
On everyone is superstitious—well, at least to the extent that they will when a black cat crosses your path. And the “seven years’ bad luck” which is
Occasion “knock on wood”. To the genuinely superstitious, however, a once-in-a- “supposed” to follow the breaking of a mirrow. . . . but wait, let’s let the five
1 e tap on a piece of wood (supposed to continue one’s good luck) is not to be classed employees pictured below tell us about their pet superstitions, or lack of
th, for example, the superstition which requires you to turn your hat around, etc.,
same.
JEAN BROCK, Pur-
been^^ ^®Partment, says “I’ve
Cats ^'^P^^stitious about black
other^ life, but as for the
popular superstitutions
the i’^fluenced one way or
Wouldn’t 1, example I
avoid ®^tra step to
nor talking under a ladder,
to walt^^^ ^
that p just to prove
foj. 4.1^ ^ ^®t superstitious. As
dumber ‘13’ I think it can
than ^ lucky rather
known number. IVe
^ight f ^ ®tes who did all
that n ^^emselves while using
Mrs, ^”^ber on their uniforms.”
stitioj, thinks that super-
can c ^ to the extreme
rather than
taiii tlf ^ them and she’s cer-
^^conv cause unnecessary
I, ®^®^ce. Mrs. Brock and
207 South
tone Boulevard.
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ROY DAVIS, Weaving De
partment clerk, is convinced that
most people are supersitious,
“more than half,” he says. As
for himself, and without being
too emphatic about it, he claims
that he’s not superstitious.
Later on in his conversation
with the inquiring reporter he
hedged by saying that in any
case his wife, Christine, also an
employee, was a little more
superstitious than he. In answer
to the question “What causes
people to be superstitious?” he
said this: “It’s partly a matter
of custom. Folks in some in
stances accept superstitions be
cause they feel that it is custo
mary to accept them. And some
times people accept superstitions
because they honestly believe
that ‘bad luck’ can best be avoid
ed this way.” Mr. and Mrs.
Davis live at 1203 Spencer Ave.
RAYMOND Varnadore, weav
er and former U. S. Marine,
says he is definitely not super
stitious. Debunking superstitious
ideas as a waste of time he says,
“It’s foolish, it seems to me, to
waste time with the many super
stitions you hear about. Not only
is it foolish, but if carried to the
extreme the whole thing becomes
downright silly.” Mr. Varnadore,
who was a staff sergeant with
the Marines in Korea until his
discharge last year, recalls that
many of his buddies in service
were superstitious, but he does
not think their “luck” was any
better, or worse, than his. Mr.
Varnadore lives at 816 Circle
View in Gastonia.
FRANK Montgomery, Shop,
has an unusual idea about black
cats. “If they cross in front of
you going to your right that’s
fine, but, if thej cross going to
your left that’s bad luck.” As
for breaking mirrors, Mr. Mont
gomery wouldn’t want to break
one. Walking under ladders is
all right, however, so long as
you’re sure there’s nothing over
head to fall on you. “I wouldn’t
want the number ‘18’ if ‘12’ or
‘14’ would do just as well, and
most of the time they would.” So
concludes a man who is super
stitious more-or-less about
everything except walking un
der ladders which he reasons is
perfectly all right so long as it’s
safe. Mr. Montgomery lives at
1022 West Seventh Street, has
seven children all of whom have
received high school educations
or better.
MISS BILLIE LYNCH, Plas
tic Dip Department, says she is
superstitous. The “black cat”
idea seems to be her most im
portant superstition. Says she,
“If I’m walking down the road
and a black cat crosses in front
of me. I’ll turn around and go
back every time. I’m not sure
why, but I am sure I wouldn’t
take a chance on going past a
black cat. As for brea^king
mirrows, I broke one three
years ago and I’ve often wonder
ed about my luck since then.”
Miss Lynch, who lives at 112
Elm Street, is not likely to be
seen walking under ladders, and
with a house number only one
step away from a number that
includes “18” she concludes, half
seriously, “I’m not just super
stitious, I’m v-e-r-y supersti
tious.”