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NEWS
JANUARY 10, 1954
KENNETH W. BRADSHAW,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dillard
Bradshaw, Weaving Department
employees, is currently serving
aboard the U. S. S. Wasp on a
world cruise. His address: F. A.
967-37-61 “M” Division, U.S.S.
Wasp, C.V.A. 18, c/o F.P.O.,
San Francisco, Calif.
EUGENE R. WHITWORTH
has received his discharge from
the army following two years
service in Germany in addition
to a year of stateside service.
His sister, Mrs. Elsie Nash, is a
battery hand in the Weaving De
partment.
Ifs Right To Write
How far is “Away-from-home” ? To your sons and friends in the
armed forces it may be half way around the world or the long, long
weeks to the next three-day pass. But letters from home keep our
servicemen within “talking distance”—and snapshots with your letters
almost put you within arms’ length.
~ ® The United States Department
of Defense has asked the friends
and relatives of servicemen to
make letter writing their own im
portant part of the national pro
gram. Cheerful letters, descriptive
in word and picture of the people
and activities which the men al
ways enjoyed at home, are the
kinds that make separation bear
able, that keep them ready for an
easy return to home, school, or job.
(Employees are invited to join
an informal “Write Our Service
men Club” by selecting one or
more servicemen—either acquain
tances or strangers—and writing
them. The servicemen whose pic
tures appear occasionally in the
Firestone News would welcome
letters from anyone at “home”.
Editor’s note.)
The boredom of occupational and “outpost” service can be terri
bly destructive to individual as well as service morale. From the
Pacific and the Arctic outposts to the North African and West German
installations American soldiers, sailors and marines are wondering
“How goes it at home?” At scores of encampments the “Mail Call” is
the most heart warming, morale building, division of military days.
Just as your letters should be personal notes of familiar doings
by family, children, neighbors and friends, make your snapshots of
the close-up variety that show how “Sis” looks in her new hair-do and
how Bud looks polishing up the hot-rod. Be sure to include a good shot
of you and Dad and don’t neglect one of the whole family together.
Good letters are a snap when you use snapshots as the take-off
points for longer, interesting descriptions of your family and his, his
home, home town, and country. If you know a man in service it’s right
to write.
FIRESTONE NEWS
Volume m No. 1, January 10, 1954
Published at Gastonia, North Carolina
By Firestone Textiles
A Dirision of
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Department of Industrial Relations
R. H. HOOD, Eklitor
Department Reporters
CARDING—Edna Harris, Jessie Westmoreland.
SPINNING—Lois Bolding, Mary Turner, Maude Johnson.
SPOOLING—Nell Bolick, Helen Reel, Rosalee Burger.
TWISTING—Annie Cosey, Grace Stowe, Hazel Foy, Dean Haun,
SALES YARN TWISTING—Elene Dodgins.
WEAVING—Mary Johnson, Lucille Davis, Inez Rhyne, Irene Bur
roughs, Vivian Bumgardner, Nina Milton, Sarah Davis.
QUALITY CONTROL—Dealva Jacobs, Leila Rape, Irene Burroughs,
Catherine Isham, Margaret Tate.
WINDING—Mayzelle Lewis, Ann Stevenson, Christine Stroupe.
CLOTH ROOM—Margie Waldrop.
SHOP—Cramer Little.
WAREHOUSE—George Harper, Albert Meeks.
MAIN OFFICE—Mozelle Brockman.
SUPERINTENDENrS OFFICE—Sue Van Dyke.
Among The Retired. . . .
Woodworking Hobby Keeps B. H. Moss Busy
B. H. MOSS, 105 North Liberty
Street, is not a man to enjoy idle
ness. Rather he makes good use of
his leisure time, of which he has
had an abundance since his re
tirement in March, 1953.
‘It’s a fine thing to keep a per
son occupied,” Mr. Moss says as he
gazes about his woodworking shop
in his basement. “I always did
want more time in my workshop,
so now I work here to my heart’s
content.”
A versatile craftsman with either
hand or power tools, he has made
most of the equipment in his shop
(except for steel parts) and sev
eral nice pieces of furniture for
his home.
He says: “If I decide to add a
piece of equipment to my shop, I
make it. Ditto for any piece of
furniture I want. You’d be surpris
ed how far behind I get with my
work,” he jokes, “with my notions
and ideas staying ’way out in front
of my actual output of work.”
The most important tool for Mr.
Moss is his tilting arbor saw with
its one half horsepower, 3450
R.P.M. motor. He built the frame
and bed for this saw with rock
maple lumber. “It’s as sturdy as
steel,” he comments.
Other power tools include belt
and disc sanders with flexible
shafts which allow mobile use. His
cabinets of hand tools include the
entire gamut of carpenter tools.
Neat storage bins opening into
his shop hold select grade cedar,
walnut, and mahogany lumber,
available at his finger tips when he
needs it.
“As I was saying I have more
woodworking ideas than I can keep
up with. Just don’t have enough
time.”
When Mr. Moss isn’t woodwork
ing he’s very likely doing some
thing musical, a decided trait in
the Moss family. He directs the
choir at Loray Baptist Church and
when neighborhood pianos get out
of tune he’s the fellow who has to
tune them. He’s been doing it for
years.
Leisure time? None wasted here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clanton an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Joy, October 26 at Presbyterian
Hospital in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs.
Clanton is the daughter of Mrs.
Hattie Stacy, spinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Setzer,
Warehouse, announce the birth of
a son, Alonzo Setzer, Jr., Novem
ber 13, 1953.
"How /asf were you moving to join pay
roll savings before you ran info the
crowd!"
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B. H. MOSS examines the end of the flexible drive shaft which
connects to several of the powerdriven tools in his home workshop.
Behind him, neatly arranged in new cabinets, are his numerous hand
tools.
To Help Sell Bonds
VETERAN BOND BUYERS—Mr. and Mrs, Dillard Bradshaw,
above, both employees in the Weaving Department, are soon to be
featured in a bond advertisement which will appear in local news
papers, They have been buying bonds as long as they’ve been at
Firestone Textiles (13 years) and both say they’re glad to have had
the opportunity to save a portion of their earnings in this manner.
Memphis Plant Sets
New Safety Record
A NEW record for industrial
safety in the rubber industry has
been set by the Memphis, Tenn.,
tire plant of The Firestone Tire &
Rubber Company, Ned H. Dear
born, President of the National
Safety Council, announced on
Christmas Eve.
As the Firestone plant shut
down for the Christmas holiday
week end, it had completed 7,103,-
472 man-hours of work without a
single lost-time accident. The new
safety mark breaks the previous
rubber industry safety record of
almost six and one-half million
hours which was established by
one of Firestone’s two tire plants
in Akron last June.
The 4,000 men and women re
sponsible for the new safety record
have worked for 10 months and
one day—since February 23, 1953
—without a lost-time accident.
3n iWemoriam 11
Mrs. S. L. Leonhardt, mother oi ,
Lathe Operator Loy Leonhardt> i
died December 14, 1953. Our deep' |
est sympathy is extended to the
family. 1
The Weaving Department
tends their deepest sympathy
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Gordon Car'
penter. Weaving Department, i’’
the passing of their son, Mario^
Leon Carpenter.
Sympathy is extended to
Laura Purcell, spinner, on
passing of her father,
Smith and her sister, Mrs.
Tower, both of Grier, S. C.
Mrs. T. L, Helm passed
November 26 at Concord, -
She is the sister of Fred Cn®
of the Spinning Department.