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i JANUARY 25, 1954
NEWS
PAGE THREE
IN BRIEF
SPINNING
Mr. and Mrs, Clyde Kelly, Spin
ning Department employees, visit
ed Mr. Kelly’s mother of Danville,
Va., Christmas Day.
Mrs. Ola Collins, roller picker,
and family visited Mrs. Collins’
daughter, Mrs. John White of
Florida, during Christmas.
Mrs. Ruby Head, spinner, is back
at work after being out sick.
James Collins, son of Mrs. Ola
Collins, roller picker, has a dis
charge from the service. He served
nine months in Korea.
twisting
Lewis Clark, section man, and
Mrs. Hazel Clark, tie-in hand, visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Paris Aldridge of
^ings Mountain, N. C., recently.
Gene Butler, twister tender, and
Mfs. Esther Butler, respooler.
Visited in Tennessee during the
holidays.
Mrs. Bessie Chastain, respooler,
and Roy Chastain, electrician’s
helper, visited relatives in Easley,
C., during the holidays.
Coy Rees-e, section man, and
*■8. Mary Reese, respooler, visited
Mr. Reese’s father of Tennessee
^'ecently.
Mrs. Mary Reese, respooler, had
guest recently, her brother, J.
Hall.
Sgt, Peggy Gordon of Camp Le-
J^une, N. C., recently visited her
Sister, Mrs. Estell Price, respooler.
fl|/INDING
Mrs. Fannie Black, warper ten-
her son, Leon Christopher, and
pother, Mrs. Katie Hicks, spent a
days in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Visiting Mrs. Lois Jenkins.
Mrs. Esther Turner, winder ten-
. and family spent a week end
^ Dillon^ S. C., visiting Mrs. Annie
burner.
and Mrs. Thurston Peoples
p Greenville, S. C., spent the week
with Mrs. Hazel Nolen, winder
lender.
Becky Dillinger, daughter
^ Yarn Man Mark Dillinger, cele-
^^ated her sixth birthday January
Mrs. Richard Glenn had
n ^®6k-end guests, Mr. and Mrs.
ert Lee of Cleveland, Ohio,
liii Man and Mrs. Mark Del-
Wegf*" Dallas, N. C., spent a
IVTj. South Gastonia with
A. J. Dillinger.
SYq
• WEAVING
of
^^outh’ Ohio, visited Mr. and
on New Year’s Eve.
ing f ^lad to have the follow-
siclj. work after being out
hai^j Sara Ward, battery
Ward, loom fixer; Mrs.
f’r^^^^anton, battery hand; and
Kenley, warp hand,
has Rice, pick out hand,
home from the Gaston
goi}^ '^^ial Hospital after under-
a tonsilectomy operation,
is ^ t^orothy Wilson, weaver,
at Gaston Memorial
where she will undergo a
operation.
• and Mrs. Ernie Davis and
1 of Lynchburg, Va,, spent
°^idays with Mrs. Sara Davis,
hand, and family,
Kttp Prances and Inez Brewer,
hands, and Mr, and Mrs,
Coleman and son, Bobby,
relatives in Hartwell, Ga,,
In Service
A/2C LANTIA PASSMORE,
son of Robert Passmore, Shop,
has returned to his base in Spo
kane, Wash,, after spending
Christmas with his parents. His
address is as follows: A, F. 1442
9728, 814th O.P.S. Squadron,
Fairchild Air Force Base, Spo
kane, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Clanton,
weaver, and daughters, Gloria and
Juanita, spent a week at Fort Lau
derdale, Fla,
Misses Frances and Inrsz Brewer
had as holiday guests, their sister,
Mrs, James Helton and family of
Greensboro, N, C,
COTTON DEPARTMENT
Joseph Moore,' son of Mr, and
Mrs, Tracy Moore, Warehouse, has
returned home after being a pa
tient at the Gastonia Negro Hos
pital,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Williams, Ware
house, and Mr, and Mrs. Berbnett
Williams and son motored to Mor
ristown, New Jersey for the holi
days.
Cpl. and Mrs. Joe Thompson and
son, Joe, Jr,, of Fort Bragg, N. C,,
spent the holidays with Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruth Allison,
Warehouse, had as guest for the
holidays, Mrs. Viola Knox of Wash
ington, D. C.
SHOP
Miss Louise Sparrow of Warren
Wilson College, and William Spar
row of State College, spent the
holidays with their parents, Yard
Man and Mrs, Frank Sparrow,
Louis Hallman and family of
Charleston, W, Va,, visited Yard
Man and Mrs. Frank Sparrow dur
ing the holidays.
Pipe Fitter Horace Hughes and
Mrs. Hughes attended a Western
Conference meeting of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars in Kannapo
lis, N, C,, on January 9.
Bench Man Pressley Wallace has
returned to work after having been
out with sickness,
PLASTIC DIP
Buster Stiles, machine operator,
and family visited Mr, and Mrs,
Lum Stiles of Murphy, N, C,, and
Mr, and Mrs, Lawrence Price of
Waynesville, N. C,, during the
holidays,
Mrs. Frances Huffman, winder
tender, had as guests for the week
end, Mr. and Mrs, L, C. Varnum
of Graham, N, C,
Mrs. Ruby Peters is now working
in the Winding Department,
Harold Hovis, winder fixer, has
a new Oldsmobile.
PERSONNEL
Ralph Johnson, recreation
director, has recently been ap
pointed to the office of County
Chairman of Camping and Activi
ties of the Boy Scouts,
su cu
A/1C Richard K. Franklin and
Mrs, Franklin of El Paso, Texas,
announce the birth of a son, Janu
ary 3, Mrs. Franklin is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ward,
Syc. Weaving.
Mr. and Mrs, Tommy Ruff an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Vivian Maxine, on January 5 at
Gaston Memorial Hospital, Mrs.
Ruff is the daughter of Mrs.
Sadie Glance, respooler.
Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson,
Cotton Department, announce the
birth of an eight-pound son,
Michael Jerome, on December 26,
1953 at the Gaston Negro Hospital.
3Hn ifWemoriam
MACHINIST Mate 3/C Leon
Carpenter, 22, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Carpenter (Weaving
and Twisting Departments, re
spectively), lost his life in a
plane crash in the Pacific, ac
cording to word received by his
parents from the Navy Depart
ment. He entered the sei’vice in
February, 1951,
DEUEL REDDING, shown at work in the Camera Club dark
room.
What’s Your Hobby!
Redding Learns Darkroom Technique;
Finds In It New Thrills For Shutterbugs
DEUEL REDDING, refreshmentO
clerk, finds photography both edu
cational and recreational. For
these reasons he calls it a hobby
of his and makes it a point to use
the Camera Club darkroom as
frequently as possible.
Mr. Redding is a novice photo
grapher, by his own admission,
having started only recently the
task of developing and printing his
photographs—the dividing line, it
seems, between snapshot takers
and serious amateurs. “The dark
room part of photography is the
most interesting,” he says, “and
requires the most skill,”
For his snapshots he uses either
a Duo-Flex No, two “620”, or a
Brownie, same size, with flash at
tachment. “I prefer the flash cam
era,” he continues, “since, with it,
I can take indoor pictures of
children, my favorite camera sub
jects,”
The greatest thrill in the life of
an amateur photography, accord
ing to Mr, Redding, is the moment
he sees a picture appear on photo
graphic paper in the developing
tray, “You feel like you’ve really
created something,” says he, “and,
if the picture is good, you have as
as matter of fact,”
IN the darkroom he uses both
contact and enlargement printing
techniques. In the first process
the picture must be the same size
as the negative, but with an en
larger the picture can be “blown-
up” several times the size of the
image on the negative and still re
tain sharpness. For printing papers
he uses several sizes and types up
to the eight-by-ten professional
press-type variety.
“It takes a little patience to ac
quire what is called ‘darkroom
technique’,” Mr. Redding conclud
es, “but once the fundamentals are
learned you can look ahead to a
very satisfying hobby. And with
luck,” he adds as an after-thought,
“you might turn out some pretty
good pictures.
Community Singers
Elect Officers
The Community Singers, a group
meeting weekly in the Recreation
Center on Tuesday nights, has
elected officers for the year 1954.
They are : John Gaddis, president;
Lenelle Keenum, vice-president; S,
L, Owens, secretary-treasurer;
Alonzo Gaddis, song leader; Frank
Mclntoch, assistant leader; and
Mrs, Joanne Woods, pianist.
How It Looked In 1902
THE MAIN MILL of what is now Firestone Textiles looked like this in 1902. The photograph
above, taken soon after the plant was constructed, belongs to Edgar L. Lewis of Gastonia, Mr, Lewis,
an employee of the Loray Company at the time the picture was taken, believes this is the oldest and
possibly the only photograph of its type in existence today. In 1902, Mr, Lewis was what would now be
called a payroll clerk; today, his niece. Miss Edith Lewis, carries on the family tradition as a Main
Office employee in the Payroll Department,