The United Fund Drive in the
plant starts November 9th and
ends November 30th. All charity
drives are consolidated in this one
big annual effort. Be a generous
giver—either by cash or payroll
deductions.
VOLUME II
Tire$lon«
GASTONIA
GASTONIA, N. C., OCTOBER 25, 1953
A half-dozen bowling leagues
offer excitement and competitive
thrills to Firestone folks of nearly
every age. If you like to bowl—
or would like to try—join a league
team and enjoy the fun of match-
game bowling in the Men’s Club.
NO. 19
WITH the new bowling season underway, the alleys above,
located in the Men’s Club, are the scene of spirited activity as
individuals, teams, and leagues vie with each other for top positions.
Match games between various teams in plant leagues get priority
of the alleys.
Alleys Readied For Daily Rush
Of Duckpin Bowling Enthusiasts
I>UCKPIN BOWLING, a very
Popular fall and winter activity
sre, was officially ushered in on
ctober 19, when Weaving-Twist-
defeated Main Office. These
I'^anis, members of the Girls’ Bowl-
League, are captained by Mrs.
Rice and Mrs. Bobby Bald-
respectively.
•According to last season’s rec-
approximately 200 Firestone
(employees and family mem-
participated in league bowl-
That mark may be exceeded
year inasmuch as a new Teen-
Girls’ League has been added
^ tile league-lineup which now in-
^ 'ides, in addition to the Teen-
Girls: the American, Ladies’
^oneer. Little, Firestone Girls,
^departmental leagues.
16-week bowling season will
erne thy School
Sets Big Carnival
Self Halloween Carnival is
at for Friday, October 30,
6 ^ “srnethy School beginning at
tijg The event is sponsored by
the ^^^nt-Teacher Association of
Proceeds from the car-
be used for school im-
including the suppli-
of the school lunch fund.
r. t) T
are ' Jr., and Roy Davis
fig^ ^inong plant personnel who
Prominently in this P-TA
of ^ I Ipock being in charge
th,
Pubi
dir,
^^ity and Mr. Davis being
for of stage entertainment
^ ® evening.
events will include
fort^^ l^ween favorites as Bingo
® telling, apple bobbing,
^^^'the-beans, blackface com-
'^^ke walking. Capping the
^I’ivolities will be the
prince and princess
P’^ittiary and grammer di-
Abernethy School.
be highlighted by a number of
tournaments which include such
novelties as a “His and Her” tour
nament, and “l-ball” alley scraps.
At season’s end there will be
additional tournaments to pick
individual and team champions.
Regular league games will be play
ed at 10:30 a, m., and at 6:30 and
7:00 p. m., according to the week
ly posted schedule drawn un by the
Recreation Department.
Tenpins, which is a poor second
in popularity here, will be played
after Christmas.
Firestone Men Lead
Volleyball League
The Firestone Men’s Volleyball
team, part of the National Volley
ball League, holds a commanding
lead at this writing in league com
petition. The team under the lead
ership of Captain Sam Honeycutt
has scored 16 wins against 3 de
feats to date.
Safety Slogans Can Net Prizes
For Authors In Plant Contest
“THIRTEEN” will be the lucky number of winners in the Safety
Department’s “Safety Slogan Contest” to run during the month of
November. First prize will be 25 dollars, second prize—15 dollars,
third prize—10 dollars, and fourth through tenth prizes—5 dollars each.
Add them up and you have 13 prize winners in a contest that’s wide
open to all employees with no restrictions on the number of entries an
employee can make.
Safety Director L. B. McAbee is^
confident that a large number of
employees will enter what promis
es to be a spirited and exciting
matching of wits in the effort to
come up with the best and most
appropriate safety slogans.
“Turn in all the safety slogans
you can think of,” suggests Mr.
McAbee, “the one you believe least
likely to win might come through
a winner.” Each entry must com
ply with the official rules which
follow:
1. All employees of the Gastonia
Plant are eligible to enter the con
test.
2. Slogans must be entered on
official entry blanks.
3. The safety slogans will be
judged on both quality and origin
ality. Slogans copied from others
will not be accepted.
4. The length of the slogans is
limited to ten words or less.
5. There is no limit as to the
number of slogans each person may
turn in. however, each slogan
should be entered on a separate
entry blank.
6. The prizes to be awarded are
as follows;
First Prize $25.00
Second Prize 15.00
Know Your Reporter
Community Fund To Be Consolidated
With Greater Gastonia United Fund
THE EMPLOYEES’ COMMUNITY FUND, launched so successfully last January, has been tied-in
with the Greater Gastonia United Fund, according to an announcement by General Manager Harold
Mercer. This means that a plant-wide drive for funds will be held in November, to coincide with the
United Fund drive in Greater Gastonia, rather than in January of 1954 as would have been the case
had the city not gone into the United Fund.
^ Our employees were generous
in our first united drive, pledging
$11 696.42 to the various recogniz
ed agencies,” explains Mr. Mercer.
At the time of our first drive last
January we told employees that
we would have only one united
drive each year. We did not know
then, however, that Greater Gas
tonia would decide to join the
United Fund and hold a drive be
fore our plant would normally have
conducted its own annual drive.
“The Greater Gastonia United
Fund Drive will be conducted from
November 4 through November
20,” Mr. Mercer continued, “and
we feel justified in stepping up the
date of our annual drive to run ap
proximately concurrently. Thus,
our plant drive will be held in
November—November 9 through
November 30—and will coincide
each year hereafter with the Great
er Gastonia drive.”
Mr. Mercer also announced that
General Superintendent Nelson
Kessell would again act as chair
man for the United Fund drive at
this plant. The same plan of solici
tation as used last January will be
used for the forthcoming drive, ac
cording to Mr. Kessell.
A corps of solicitors representing
each department and shift will per
sonally contact employees. The em
ployee will be given a card on
which are listed all the charities
which were listed in the first drive
plus several new ones which are
included in the Greater Gastonia
United Fund Drive. As was the
case in the first drive, the em
ployee may earmark his contribu
tion as he sees fit, specifying the
amount he wishes to give to each
organization. If prefe^-red, the con
tributor may indicate that he wants
(Continued on Page 2)
MRS. FRANCES HUFFMAN,
Twisting Department reporter,
is a newcomer to the ranks of
news reporters from Firestone
News. Mrs. Huffman who has
worked for Firestone five years
as reclaimer finds her news
paper work both interesting and
informative.
(Continued on Page 4)
I
c.
TO YOUR
EMPLOYEES
COMMUNITY FUND
THIS is the group of solicitors who helped raise more than 11 thousand dollars in the first Community Fund Dr
A similar group will conduct the United Fund Drive, of which the Community Fund is now a part, starting November
ive last January.
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