It’s your United Fund and you,
by your generosity, can insure its
success, therieby eliminating all
charity drives except this one big
combined effort each year. Give
once and for ALL!
Tire$fo»i«
GASTONIA
Two contests being held this
mpnth merit your participation:
The Safety Slogan Contest now in
progress, and the Suggestion Week
Contest to be conducted the last
week of November.
VOLUME II
GASTONIA, N. C., NOVEMBER 10, 1953
NO. 20
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INSPECT EQUIPMENT—General Superintendent Nelson Kessell, second from left, examines the
niask of the Emerson Resuscitator, one of the most useful instruments the Gaston Life Saving Crew
possess. Other important pieces of equipment used by the Crew are the Scott Air Pack, left fore
ground; the walkie-talkie, being demonstrated by Crew Captain Ernest Dow; the navy diving helmet;
S'fid the mobile searchlight. T. B. Ipock, Jr., a member of the Crew’s Board of Directors, and 1st Lieut.
I^onald Heaffner, of the Crew, stand at right.
Added To Plant UF Cards. . . .
(Easton Life Saving Crew Included In Drive
The Gaston Life Saving Crew
been added to the list of chari-
^^ble organizations to which em
ployees are asked to give during
the United Fund drive now in pro-
?fess. The Life Saving Crew is
of three groups listed on cam-
^*^ign cards at this plant which are
a part of the Greater Gastonia
United Fund. The others are the
^9-fch of Dimes and the Boy
Scouts.
'The Life Saving Crew was
S^nized in 1948 by a group
lued first aiders whose sol
Posj
abl,
or-
of
pur-
was to make themselves avail-
es.
6 without charge in the event of
^ident or other emergency in
,, their service might save
Among the organizers, and
member of the Board of Di-
was T. B, Ipock, Jr., Di-
of Industrial Relations,
^■^ccording to Crew Captain
, ®st Dow, the group has answer-
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lectors
360
emergency calls since its
’Nation here. He believes that at
le;
ast 12
lives have been saved by
effQj,^s of the crew. This is due
to the fact that the crew
^5^^®ach the scene of an accident,
Quiz
How
many quarts make a
^ho ran for President of the
th^t States on the same *icket
Vip ^^eodore Roosevelt ran for
g '^resident ?
old is the United States?
^hat is the birthstone for
^ ®^ber ?
w‘ ^hat was Samuel Clemens’
^anie?
(Answers On Page 4)
drowning, etc., within minutes after
it happens and can apply first aid,
administer oxygen, or do what
ever the situation demands on the
spot. In many instances, of course,
if assistance is delayed until the
victim can be placed under hospital
or medical treatment the results
are fatal.
The Life Saving Crew at present
consists of 25 volunteers, each
trained in first aid. These men,
some of whom are city fire fight
ers, are available at all times to
answer calls from any point in
Gaston County. Through their
system of radio communications
they may maintain contact with
both City and County Police De
partments, and the Gastonia Fire
Department. The Crew hopes soon
to have centrally located housing
for its equipment in which a crew
member would be on duty during
night hours to facilitate the round
up of other crew members when
needed.
Three Prizes For Winners. . . .
Suggestion Week Featuring Big
Contest To Start November 23
United Fund Drive Off To Good
Start; Payroll Deductions Used
EMPLOYEES are being given an opportunity to contribute to
the United Fund in a thorough plant campaign that started November
9th and will end November 30th. Solicitors in each department are now
in the process of contacting individual employees, giving them pledge
cards on which they can specify how much and to which agencies they
wish to contribute.
o The cards list all the agencies
listed in the Greater Gastonia
United Fund plus The March of
Dimes, Boy Scouts, and a recent
addition: the Gaston Life Saving
Crew. These three agencies are
not included in the Greater Gas
tonia United Fund, but are a part
of this plant’s drive for funds. All
money collected for these three
groups will be turned over to these
groups during their annual fund
drives.
One feature of the first Com
munity Fund Drive, held last Jan
uary, that proved very popular was
the payroll deduction plan. Under
this plan, which is being used again
for the current drive, an employee
may have all or a part of his con
tribution deducted from his pay at
the rate of one dollar or more per
week.
New Sales Record
For Fiscal Year
Set By Company
MORE than one billion dollars
worth of products and services
were purchased by customers of
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Com
pany during the past 12 months to
establish a new sales record for
the Company’s fiscal year which
ended October 31, Harvey S. Fire
stone, Jr., Chairman, announced
recently.
In setting this record. Firestone
becomes one of the few companies
currently reporting more than one
billion dollars in annual sales.
Mr. Firestone also presented an
encouraging picture for the rubber
industry in estimating that total
demand for tires in 1953 will equal
or slightly exceed the all-time
record year of 1950. He also fore
sees 1954 in the rubber industry as
a year of high employment with
production being planned at nor
mal capacity levels.
ANOTHER FEATURE of the
United Fund campaign that meets
with general approval is the pro
vision whereby the contributor may
indicate on his United Fund card
which agencies he wants to give
to, and the amount each such
(Continued On Page 3)
Industrial Recreation^
THE LAST WEEK of November
(November 23-27) has been desi
gnated “Suggestion Week,” accord
ing to an announcement by Indus
trial Relations Director T. B.
Ipock, Jr.
Three valuable prizes, to be dis
played in the plant prior to contest
week, will be awarded to the three
employees who show the highest
total earnings from suggestions
submitted during Suggestion Week.
All employees are invited to parti
cipate and may submit as many
suggestions as they wish.
The total number of suggestions
submitted will not, however, be a
factor in determining the winners.
It is the total cash awards each
employee receives from suggestions
turned in during Suggestion Week
that will decide the winners. An
employee submitting one very ex
cellent suggestion which justified
a relatively high award, might win
over another employee with several
suggestions which are approved
for a small total amount.
As an added feature of the con
test, a banquet for all suggestion-
eers with approved suggestions
(one or more) to their credit dur
ing the year 1953 will be held soon
after January 1st. At this banquet
the winners in the Suggestion
Week Contest will be announced as
well as the winner of the Sugges-
tioneer of the Year Award. The
latter award was established two
years ago for the employee who
enters the most winning sugges
tions in each calendar year. Prev
ious winners are Cramer Little,
Shop; and Samuel Hill, Weaving.
To be counted in the Suggestion
Week Contest, suggestions must be
placed in one of the several sug
gestions boxes within the plant be
tween Monday, November 28, and
Friday, November 27.
RECREATION DIRECTOR RALPH JOHNSON, above, was hon
ored recently by the North Carolina Recreation Society by being
named “Mr. Industrial Recreation” in North Carolina for 1953. The
title was bestowed on Mr. Johnson at the annual society conference
in Durham early this month. The Gastonia Gazette in an editorial
Saturday, November 7, stated: “The Gazette and Gastonians gen
erally are proud that Ralph Johnson has been added to a long list
of Gastonians who have brought honor to the Spindle City, and ex
tend greetings and best wishes to “Mr. Industrial Recreation of
1953.”