Your attention is directed to the
feature in this issue entitled,
‘Know Your Firestone Store and
Dealer”.
Tilre$fon«
GASTONIA
See Firestone’s Little League
All-Stars play baseball in the
District Seven Tournament at
Todd Field, 7 p. m. August 1st.
Admission free.
Volume ii
GASTONIA., N. C., JULY 25, 1953
NO. 14
a
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIl
before you leave- ok the way- after you arrive -
Firestone Wins A. L. Sudduth
Little League Baseball Trophy
FIRESTONE, attaching another championship to its long and
illustrious line of local sports achievements, won the A. L. Sudduth
Little League Baseball Championship for 1953 by defeating the
runner-up, Gastonia Combed Yarns, in a double header July 11, The
Firestone club won the first game 6-2, and the second by a 6-0 score.
The 1953 champs concluded reg-0^ —
1,
milk, newspaper and other
iveries. Ask a neighbor to
advertising circulars off
, porch.
lower window shades. If
Of gone three weeks
Jttore, arrange to have your
^ ^owed. Prowlers watch
3 ^'^ch tip-offs.
postoffice to hold mail,
delivery to a neigh-
K doors. Ke-
ber basement windows and
6 SK
■^hut n-f-P
gas and water at mam
•^ast^' electricity at
tor ®'V'^itch unless refrigera-
ojj locker is to be left
(Jig^ ^ current must be left on,
at lamps and appliances
is outlets. If refrigerator
to '^^^*^^6cted, leave door open
6. T P^^vent mold.
T
police how long house
c^jj 1 ■ Vacant and where you
Sery-^ reached in emergency,
^losethoroughly, with
®Uch ^ to safety features
lights, brakes, tires
stearin ^^^nts, brakes, 1
8. wmdshield wipers.
^ first aid kit and flash-
glove compartment. Be
SUrp wuiparuiiem;
have all tire tools.
2.
3.
Speed kills—take it easy. Start
a little earlier and don’t try to
cover too great a distance in a
day.
Long drives at constant speed
make you drowsy. Vary your
speed and stop occasionally to
stretch your legs.
Be sure you understand driving
techniques in different locali
ties. For example, using the
motor compression to assist
braking is necessary in moun
tainous country. A good rule is
to use the same gear to descend
a grade as you used in climbing
it.
Don’t be impatient to make
time. It’s unsafe, and it’s not
restful driving. Watch your
passing. On a mountain road
you may have to poke along for
miles before it is safe to pass.
Signs and signals are not uni
form in all states. Read them
carefully. They are your best
safeguard on strange roads.
Scenery can be taken in small
doses from a moving car, but if
you want to drink deeply of na
ture’s beauty, pull off the road
and stop.
If you leave the children alone
in the back seat, be sure the
doors are locked.
R-e-l-a-x. Don’t try to crowd
a year’s exercise into two weeks.
Take the sun in easy doses.
Don’t nap in the sun. Wear sun
glasses.
Stay out of the water for at
least an hour after eating, and
swim in sight of others. Be sure
water is deep enough and free
of obstructions before diving.
Don’t try to swim too far.
■ibuc
boats. Don’t stand up. If you
fall out and the boat stays on
an even keel, climb in over the
stern. Most boats won’t sink, so
stay with it until help comes if
it capsizes. Check the weather
before going far on a large lake.
Don’t spill gasoline while filling
an outboard motor afloat. A
small amount of gas may spread
on the bilge, set the entire boat
afire when the motor starts.
Don’t sample berries, touch un
familiar plants, or drink impure
water.
Carry an insect repellant with
you.
Stay away from high ground
and single trees in a lightning
storm.
ular season play by defeating St.
Michaels in a double bill, 1-0, and
14-1. All games were played at
Todd Field on West Second Ave.
Coach Ralph Johnson and
xissistant Coach June Badger, a-
long with other coaches and offi
cials of the league, entertained all
players at a banquet at the Opti
mist Club House on Tuesday night,
July 21. Among the officials pres
ent for this banquet were T, B.
Ipock, Jr., president of the league,
and A. L. Sudduth, the man for
whom the league was named and a
great baseball enthusiast in Gas
tonia.
In the season just ended Fire
stone won 16 games and lost two.
The runner-up, GCY won 13 and
lost five. Other teams in the league
were St. Michaels and the Opti
mists Club. This is the first year
that Firestone has won the champ
ionship, however, they have been
i'unner-ups for the past two years.
Three no-hit pitchers were pro
duced on Firestone’s 1953 entry in
the league. These were Bobby Tate,
Buddy Johnson, and Sammy
Honeycutt. Bobby Tate, in addition
to having an exceptional pitching
record, was leading hitter for the
team with an average of .483 for
the season. Another player, Roland
Conrad, Jr., won the league’s
sportsmanship trophy, the same
being presented to him at the
July 21st banquet.
SIX MEMBERS of the Firestone
team will participate as all-stars
on the A. L. Sudduth entry in dis
trict, state, and regional (if they
go that far) Little League compe
tition. Mr. Johnson, assisted by
Sam Fowler, coach of the Optimist
team, will coach the Sudduth All-
Stars. The last time these two
men coached the all-stars was in
1951. That year the Sudduth All-
Stars moved into regional compe-
tion where they won consolation
honors.
District play for the Seventh
District, which consists of Gaston
and Cleveland counties, gets un
derway here at Todd Field on Fri
day, July 31, The state elimina
tions will begin August 10 in
Greensboro, followed by regional
eliminations August 17, in Green
ville, N, C, Finally the World
(Continued on Page 6)
ipany 47 Years.
^^ecutive W. R. Murphy Dies Unexpectedly
P Murphy, In-
Director for the
dean ^ Rubber Company
fubh^ labor negotiators in
Tiif^ ^i^dustry, died unexpect-
fvu- his home in
Mr.’ ^ • He was 63.
to recently a
^^Plovpp k Pl^^t to discuss new
been • with supervision,
to health for a month
For
years he
relations for
^^Panv service with the
Was K
Jf^ded 04- Akron and at-
“>■ thv.: School there.
years following his
schooling he held a variety of jobs
ranging from shoe salesman, usher
at a theater, real estate salesman,
to a stint as newspaperman with
the old Akron Democrat.
On March 16, 1907, he joined
the cost department at Firestone,
after leaving the Akron Demo
crat. Active in sports, he was a
guard on the first Firestone bas
ketball team, participating in
games throughout Northeastern
Ohio from 1913 to 1918. He also
played baseball for the company.
* * *
IN 1913 HE was transferred to
the time study department. Five
years later he was loaned to the
Government to head personnel and
employment divisions of the Rock
Island, 111,, Arsenal, a position he
held until the Armistice was sign
ed ending World War I.
Mr. Murphy returned to Fire
stone in December, 1918 and the
following June was made super
intendent of labor, a title which
was later changed to director of
industrial relations.
Besides his wife, he leave two
daughters, Mrs, Paul T, Norwak of
Pottstown, Pa. and Mrs. William
F. Helmkamp of Akron; two sons,
both medical students, John James
Murphy at Loyola University,
Chicago, and William R, Jr.,
George Washington University,
Washington, D. C.
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VANCE IPOCK, son of Industrial Relations Director T. B. Ipock,
holds the A. L. Sudduth Little League Championship trophy his
team (Firestone) won for the season just ended. The official presen
tation of the award was made to Vance by his father, who is
president of the Sudduth league this year, at the league banquet
held at the Optimist Club July 21.