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Safety Director Cites Fire Causes And
Losses In ^52; Adds Preventive Rules
IN connection with Fire Preven
tion Week which starts October
4th, Safety Director L. B. McAbee
advises that fires last year caused
approximately 10,000 deaths and
wrought nearly a billion dollars
worth of destruction in America.
“In general”, says he, “the prin
ciple causes of fire both at home
and in industry are faulty electrical
equipment, open flames, smoking
and matches, and spontaneous
ignition.”
“In textile plants,” the Safety
Director continues, “the use of
non-safety matches is a frequent
cause of fire.”
Mr. McAbee lists a few practical
rules which, if followed, could
sharply curtail fires everywhere:
(1) Don’t overload electrical
circuits. Don’t leave switch or junc
tion boxes open.
(2) Be extremely careful with
open flames if you must use them
in your home or on the job.
(3) Smoke only in areas where
smoking is considered safe. Never
smoke in bed.
(4) Be good housekeepers
Maintaining clean and orderly con
ditions in the plant or home is the
one most important factor in the
reduction of fires.
FIRESTONE NEWS
Volume 11, No. 17, September 25, 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, Edna Harris, Jessie Westmoreland.
SPINNING—Lois Bolding, Mary Turner, Maude Johnson.
SPOOLING—Nell Bolick, Helen Reel, Rosalee Burger.
TWISTING—Annie Cosey, Frances Huffman, Wilma Smith, Nevie
Dalton, Corrie Johnson, Dean Haun, Margaret Tate, June
Shirley, Elene Dodgins.
WEAVING—Mary Johnson, Lucille Davis, Inez Rhyne, Irene Bur
roughs, Vivian Bumgardner, Nina Milton, Sarah Davis.
QUALITY CONTROL—Dealva Jacobs, Irene Burroughs, Leila Rape,
Catherine Isham.
WINDING—Mayzelle Lewis, Kathleen Hovis.
CLOTH ROOM—Margie Waldrop.
SHOP—Cramer Little.
WAREHOUSE—George Harper, Albert Meeks, Dorothy Sanborn.
MAIN OFFICE—Mozelle Brockman.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE—Sue Van Dyke.
PERSONNEL OFFICE—Flora Pence.
REFRESHMENT DEPARTMENT—Deuel Redding.
1954 Scholarships
(Continued From Page 1)
the start of the second year of the
operation of the Scholarship Pro
gram, Hai’vey S. Firestone, Jr.,
Chairman of the Company, stated:
“The Firestone Scholarship Pro
gram provides for annual financial
assistance awards to worthy sons
and daughters of Firestone em
ployees who seek a college educa
tion. By 1956, the fund will be
providing support for 60 students
annually.
“This scholarship program was
developed by the management of
The Firestone Tire & Rubber
Company to make advanced edu
cation opportunities available for
the children of employees who
might not be able to afford a col
lege education.
“The annual income from the
Firestone Scholarship Fund will
provide enough money to pay for
full tuition, academic fees, text
books, and a substantial part of
the living costs of 15 new students
each year.
“It is our sincere hope that
those students who receive the ben
efits of a college education because
of the Firestone Scholarship Pro
gram will be able to make signifi
cant economic and social contribu
tions to their families, their com
munities, and their country.”
Scholarships will be allocated
to various sections of the country
on the basis of proportionate Fire
stone employment, thereby assur
ing that children of all employees
will have equal opportunity to win
one of the college education
scholarships regardless of where
they may live.
Local winner of the Firestone
Scholarship last year was Miss
Claudette Taylor, daughter of
Second Hand and Mrs. Claude
Taylor. Miss Taylor is now a
scholarship student at Duke Uni
versity.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Henson, Jr.,
of Coca, Fla., announce the birth of
a son, William Gladstone, III, at
the Patrick Air Force Base Hos
pital on Monday, September 14,
1953. Mr. Henson is the son of
Plant Engineer W. G. Henson, Sr.,
and Mrs. Henson.
Ml', and Mrs. Jack R. Comely an
nounce the birth of a son, Ralph
Walter, who weighs 7 pounds 9
ounces, at the Gaston Memorial
Hospital on Friday, September 18,
1953.
Weaver Raymond Varnadore and
Mrs. Varnadore announce the birth
of a daughter, Deborah Louise, on
August 15.
WILLIAM HALLMAN looks under the hood of his extra powered
1938 model automobile.
What’s Your Hobby?
William Hallman Has Powerful
Engine In Pre-War Automobile
TINKERING with motors and
cars is William (Doc) Hallman’s
hobby. Mr. Hallman, who works
in the Shop, likes to work with
tools whether at work or play. His
modified 200 horsepower pre-war
model Ford is a prime exhibit of
his handiwork. But there’s nothing
original about this Ford except
the chassis and body. The rest as
far as Mr. Hallman is concerned is
a work of art.
The heart of this modified car
is the engine which when properly
tuned can develop 200 horsepewer
and push the speedometer far above
the safe highway driving limit.
CoTisndus of the dangers'of speed
ing, Mr. Hallman saves the speed
for trial runs on modified stock
car racing tracks—a natural tie-in
with his hobby.
On such tracks his car has been
clocked at better than 120 miles
r>er hour, a very satisfactory speed
for a modified stock car. To reach
that speed in a light car and re
main on the track in the process
requires more than just a “souped
up” engine, according to Mr-
Hallman. “This Edlebrock engine
assembly has the power, but with
out special shocks, special trans
mission and rear end assemblies I
could never use anywhere near
all of it,” he explained.
A list of “specials” for this car
reads like a description of an In
dianapolis racer. Among other
things it has twin carburetors,
twin fuel pumps, air-cooled high
compression racing heads, special
front and rear springs, three sepa
rate sets of shock absorbers, ’
special transmission and high speed
rear end, and special twin mufflers-
“She’s not a prize winner
looks or riding smoothness, but on
the stock car tracks this car’s a
real performer.” That’s the word
from a man who knows a good
modified stock car only after he’s
heard it run.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Craig an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Terry Susan, on September 7 at the
Gaston Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Craig is the daughter of Assistant
Plant Engineer H. A. Cauthen.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Petty an
nounce the birth of a son, Johnny
Lee, Jr., on Saturday, August 1, at
Gaston Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Petty is the daughter of Mrs. Ruby
Wiggins, reclaimer.
Bowling Starts October 5
The bowling alleys at the Men’s
Club will open for employees’ use
on October 5.
T. B. Ipock Talks
To Optimist Club
T. B. IPOCK, JR., industrial re
lations director, addressed the Gas
tonia Optimist Club October 21st on
the subject “The Greatest Bargain
on Earth”. Referring to the many
freedoms Americans enjoy under
the Constitution, the speaker, after
elaborating these, confronted his
audience with the danger signs that
lie ahead if America’s freedoms
are to be preserved.
“As never before in American
history,” he said, “we stand at
the crossroads down which are
found freedom and happiness or
tyranny and slavery, depending on
which route we choose to follow.”
Warning that through ignorance
of the provisions of the Constiut-
tion Americans could allow their
constitutional rights to slip away
through default, Mr. Ipock decried
the fact that even law schools in
this country in many instances did
not require a thorough knowledge
of the Constitution as a prere
quisite for graduation. “We need
to be reminded frequently in and
out of our schools of our Consti
tution lest through sheer neglect
it be superceded by government
by men rather than government by
law.”
A Winner
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THE PICTURE above won
first prize in the Second Photo
Contest concluded during the
summer. J. M. Cooper, senior
time study engineer, took the
picture in Bombay, India,
1949. The native made his living?
according to Mr. Cooper, by
charming his Hooded Cobra fov
the amusement of spectators-
For submitting this picture, Mr-
Cooper won five dollars.
Mr. Ipock was introduced t>y k
Recreation Director Ralph Johnson-