DECEMBER 10, 1953
T)r«#lont NEWS
PAGE THREE
IN BRIEF
TWISTING
Mrs. Mae Bell Keisler, respooler,
who has been sick for several days,
is back at work.
Mrs. Sadie Glance, respooler, had
as recent guests, Mr. anl Mrs. E.
H. Deese, their two children of
Stanley, and Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Riley of Fort Mills, S. C., parents
of sccond hand Alvin Rilay, Quality
Control supervisor.
Mrs. Gladys Deal, wife of Fred
Deal, twister tender, has returned
home from Gaston Memorial Hos
pital after having a very serious
operation.
Pfc. Donald Dickson of Fort
N. C. spent a few days with
his mother, Mrs. Ellen Dixon, re
spooler.
Section man Coy Reese and Mrs.
Mary Reese, respooler, were called
to Tennessee to be with Mr. Reece’s
father who is seriously ill. His
condition is still very serious.
Judy Caroline Chastain, daugh
ter of Mrs. Florine Chastain, re-
spooler, celebrated her first birth
day November 13.
Mrs. Mable Hanna, tie-in-hand,
and husband, attended a surprise
birthday dinner for her sister, Mrs.
Ellen Byrum of Charlotte. Twelve
Suests were present.
Second hand Claude Taylor, his
''^ife and friends spent the day,
Sunday, November 15 with Miss
Claudette Taylor in Durham, N. C.
^fiss Taylor is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor. She is attending
Duke University.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gamble of
Charlotte had as Thanksgiving
dinner guests, her mother, Mrs.
J^earl Aldridge, inspector; Linda
Kaylor, Mrs. Kathleen Clark, re
spooler; and her husband, Paul
Clark, twister tender.
Overseer H. T. Aldridge spent
Thanksgiving Day on his farm in
Johnsonville, S. C.
I^eclaimer Mrs. Annie Cosey, her
husband and grandson. Section
^an Emory McDaniel and his wife
spent the week end of November
14, in Johnsonville, S. C. with
Cosey’s sister, who has been
seriously ill.
Lathe operator J. E. Fletcher
^nd his wife, Mrs. Skeet Fletcher,
Tie-in hand, motored to Atlanta,
^a., November 21, to see a football
^^nie and visit Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
Oakley.
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'Binding
Dickie Morrison of Fort Jackson,
■ 0. spent the week end with his
Mother, Mrs. Lucy Morrison, warp-
er.
^aye Ross, winder tender, has
Kings Mountain Hospital.
, ^ul Caldwell, yarn packer, went
/Anting Thanksgiving and bagged
rabbits.
Cecil Stewart and children
to California after
^^®nding several months with her
^ ^nts, Mrs. Corine Lewis, winder
®nder^ and Loyd Lewis, Ware-
'J'lse.
'^^OTH room
^ Jack Morris and family
ida ®P^^t the Thanksgiving hol-
’^ith home folks in Gaine-
lu’ ^a.
hog Lib Giles, a patient in the
to several days, returned
hav ^5^ Monday. We are glad to
son of Mrs. Bonnie
Curler, and Fixer Howard
0 reported to Fort Jackson,
■ Monday.
It
Quite a surprise for Mr.
George Robinson when
MRS. ROSA FRANCUM, tool
room clerk, came to work at
Firestone Textiles during
World War II. She liked her job
and has remained on it almost
continuously since that time.
She lives at 313 South Street;
headquarters for her hobbies of
cooking and sewing. Mrs.
Francum’s husband, the late
John R. Francum, was in the
real estate business in Gastonia.
their daughter, Martha, of Detroit,
called wishing them a happy
Thanksgiving.
John P. Smith, Cloth Room, at
tended the wedding of Miss Dot
Swearinger and Robert Hughes on
Thanksgiving Day in Albermarle,
N. C.
SHOP
Former Bench Man John Meroer,
now a student at State College,
Raleigh, has been pledged to the
Sigma Pi Fraternity. John is the
son of General Manager Harold
Mercer.
Lathe Operator J. E. Fletcher
and Paul Walker, Roller Shop, at
tended the Duke-Georgia Tech
game in Atlanta recently.
Mrs. W. G. Henson, Jr. and baby
son, W. G. Henson, III, of Mel-
borne, Fla., are visiting Plant
Engineer and Mrs. W. G. Henson
and Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. McAteer,
the latter, parents of Mrs. Henson.
She returned by plane to Melborne
on November 19.
Lathe opeartor Cramer Little
spent a week’s vacation fishing at
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Mr, and Mrs. Harry Heilig, em
ployees here during the summer,
visited in the Shop during the
Thanksgiving holidays. Harry is a
senior in electrical engineering at
N. C. State College and Mrs. Heilig
is a senior at Women’s College,
Greensboro.
Electrician’s helper Clyde Moss,
Jr., a member of the Cotton Cords,
local barber shop quartet, sang re
cently in Gastonia and Charlotte
in the annual parade of barber
shop quartets. Clyde Moss, Sr.,
Assistant to the General Superin
tendent, sang as a member of the
Tune Twisters Quartet and also di
rected the Gastonia Chapter
Chorus.
Mrs. Rosa Francum, Horace
Hughes, J. G. Tino, Jr., and Horace
Robinson make up the committee
to plan the annual Christmas party
for the Shop.
'^Songs By Idabelle
Firestone”-- A New
RCA Record Release
“SONGS by Idabelle Firestone”
is the title of a new recording re
leased by RCA Victor during the
first week in October in response to
thousands of requests.
Rise Stevens, famous mezzo so
prano Metropolitan Opera star and
frequent guest on the “Voice of
Firestone” radio and television pro
gram, recorded four of Mrs. Fire
stone’s songs with Howard Barlow
and the Firestone Orchestra for
the extended-play 45 rpm record
ing.
One of the copies of the record
ing is the 10,000,000th extended-
play recording produced by the
record industry. The 10,000,000th
EP disc was presented to Rise
Stevens in brief ceremonies at the
record plant.
Miss Stevens sang one of the
songs, “Bluebirds,” on the “Voice
of Firestone” program Monday,
October 5. The other songs includ
ed on the recording are the open
ing and closing theme songs of the
“Voice of Firestone,” “If I Could
Tell You” and “In My Garden,” and
“You Are the Song in My Heart.”
:(! * *
A tribute to Mrs. Firestone and
her songs appears on the jacket of
the album, excerpts of which fol
low:
“In December, 1928, radio listen
ers heard for the first time a
musical program called ‘Voice of
Firestone,’ dedicated to the best in
music of the present and the past.
In March, 1948, the ‘ V oice of Fire
stone’ was broadcast experimental
ly on both radio and television and
in September, 1949, the program
became a regular simulcast.
“Among the musical highlights
of the year 1953, the Twenty-
Fifth Anniversary of the ‘Voice of
Firestone’ stands out as a gala
occasion. The first coast-to-coast
radio program to complete 25 con
secutive vears of broadcasting and
five consecutive years of telecast
ing, it has won the hearts of mil
lions of music-minded Americans
to whom it has become ‘must’
listening every Monday evening.
Iirdividiial Tournaments
To Start December 14tb
INDIVIDUAL contest matches
will start Monday, December 14th
in bowling, billiards, shuffleboard,
ning pong, and checkers tourna-
Lnts Pairing and rules will be
posted on Monday mormng, De
cember 14; all entries must be
submitted prior to December U-
Winners in each activity wi
receive trophies. Other prizes in
clude lighters and billfolds for
men; jewelry and billfolds for
women. Within the limitations
above, employees are invited to
complete in as many activities as
they wish.
PLASTIC DIP
Pvt, Eugene T. Massey, son of
Minnie Massey, winder tender, has
been transferred to Fort Benning,
Ga.
Mrs. Barbara Howe, creeler ten
der, her husband and daughter
visited the former’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Martin of Green
ville, S. C. during the Thanksgiving
holidays.
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