PAGE FOUR
FEBRUARY 25, 1954
News In Brief
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Plumber Horace Hughes attend
ed a business council meeting of
the Veteran Foreign Wars in
Greensboro.
Rudolph Bulman, son of Fore
man E. G. Bulman, is a patient at
the Memorial Hospital in Char
lotte, N. C.
Mrs. Phoebe Pearson spent the
day at Lake Lure on Sunday, Jan
uary 14.
How Not To Do It
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CHARLES HALL, a usually
safe painter for the Company,
demonstrates an unsafe practice
in the posed picture above. The
ladder is so nearly vertical that
a shifting of the employee’s
weight could cause the ladder to
topple over backwards. The re
sulting injury in such event—
and injury would almost certain
ly follow—could be charged to
poor judgement, if not careless
ness, on the part of the painter.
A ladder should be so placed
that the distance from its base to
the wall is a distance equal to
one fourth of the length of the
ladder.
TWISTING
Fred Deal, twister tender, is
back at work after an absence of
a week, due to illness in the home.
Mrs. Bessie Hodge, mother of
Luke Hodge, twister tender, is
visiting her son in California.
B. T. Hanna, twister tender,
Leon Keisler, section man, Belon
Hanna, second hand, J. C. Crisp,
twister tender, and Lee Owens,
overhauler, spent their vacation
at Daytona Beach, Fla,, during the
week of January 22.
Mrs. Hazel Clark, tie in hand,
and Horace Haun, cable twister,
had as week-end guests, Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Haun, Mrs. Lillian
Wilson and daughter.
Harry Hanna, husband of tie in
hand, Mable Hanna, has been a
patient at Gaston Memorial Hos
pital.
Billy Lankford, son of Mary V.
Lankford, respooler, entered the
Navy, January 18. He is stationed
at Bainbridge, Maryland.
Mrs. Mary Reese, respooler, Mr.
Coy Reese, section man, Minnie
Kilby, Insurance, and Robert Kil
by, main office, visited Lake Toxa-
way recently.
Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. Burns and
brother, Norman, of Camden, S. C.,
parents of Mrs. Ruby Riley, re
spooler, spent last week with her.
Paul Aldridge, cousin of Joe
Aldridge, twister tender, spent the
week end here.
Mrs. Evelyn Hughes, respooler,
had as recent guests, M/Sgt. L. T.
Parks and family of Oak Ridge,
Tenn.
Mrs. Elmina Sutton, respooler,
is the proud owner of two Red Fox
furs, a gift from her husband.
Jack, who bought the furs during
a recent visit to Chicago.
Mrs. Ellease Austin, respooler,
visited in Rockingham, N. C. re
cently.
Thurmond Summey, doffer,
spent his vacation with his mother,
Mrs. S. S. Smith, of Asheville,
N. C.
Mrs. Pearl Aldridge, inspector,
has been out of work due to ill
ness.
Twister Tender Jack Sutton and
wife, Elmina, respooler, attended
the Graduation Exercises at the
Memorial Hospital of Danville,
Va., February 7. Mr. Sutton’s sis
ter, Mrs. Annie Sinclair, completed
her training there.
Mrs. Skeet Fletcher, tie-in hand
spent the week end with her uncle,
Earl Haithcock and family of
Danville, Va.
Twister Tender Leon Hughes
and wife, Evelyn, respooler, had as
a recent guest, their daughter,
Mrs. Robert Baker, who has just
returned to the United States
from Germany.
Mrs. Ina Stiles, respooler, has
as a recent guest, her son, Rev.
J. W. Stiles, who is pastor of a
church in Chandler, N. C.
Aldon Tart, cable overhauler,
spent the week of January 17, va
cationing at home.
Cable Doffer Ed Brockman’s
wife has returned home from the
hospital after having an operation.
Mrs. Brockman is recovering satis
factorily.
Loyd Crain, cable tender, visit
ed his nephew, Carl Guest, in
Durham recently.
Mrs. Myrtle Benton, reclaimer,
visited relatives in Gainesville, Ga.,
recently.
Mrs. Ella Roberts, reclaimer, is
back at work after having been out
sick.
Mrs. Eva Plyler, respooler, had
as dinner guests recently, Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Nash and children.
Mrs. Mattie Nash is visiting her
daughter, Eva Plyler, respooler,
for two weeks.
Roy Jordan, tape man, is back
at work after eight week’s absence
from his work due to illness.
Miss Sherry Ratchford spent the
past week end with her aunt, Mrs.
Hazel Foy, tie-in hand.
Mrs. Annie Inman, mother of
Lonnie Mitchell, twister tender, is
back at home following a brief
confinement in the Gaston Me
morial Hospital.
Mrs. Dixie Briggs, reclaimer, had
as a recent guest, her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Ashe of Murphy, N. C.
CLOTH ROOM
Mrs. George Robinson, cloth bur-
ler, had as guests, her brothers,
Loftin and Lawson West of An
drews and Marbee, N. C.
Mrs. Jack Morris, wife of Baler
Jack Morris, has returned home
after spending several days in the
hospital.
Gordon Wilson, fixer, reports
that his wife is back at home and
showing improvement following a
confinement in the hospital.
The department is sorry to hear
of the illness of Mrs. Etheleen
Firestone Scholar
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6. Other general or specific
comments about life as a student
at Duke:
I have enjoyed my first semester
at Duke very much. The most ex
citing thing of all is getting to
know people from the various sec
tions of our country. Among our
many differences, we are still able
to find some things in common.
Recently we had a 4-inch snow, and
it was so strange to see eighteen-
year old girls screaming and hol
lering about it. One of the Flori
dians ran right down stairs and
phoned her mother to tell her that
she had actually seen snow. Al
though it was “old stuff” to the
Northerners, we North Carolin
ians introduced some of them to
snow cream for the first time.
One semester, one-eighth of my
college career, is already over. Now
I am beginning a new, and I hope,
even better one. I will make every
effort to avail myself of the op
portunity I have been given to
further my education, and I hope I
shall always be deserving of it.
THIS snapshot shows Miss
Taylor on the Woman’s College
campus of Duke University.
Nichols’ father, Richard Jenkins.
Mrs. Nichols is a cloth burler.
Mrs. Ruby McAllister, cloth bur
ler, had as week-end guests, Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Gouder, of Fort
Knox, Ky.
Miss Annette Sims, daughter of
Mrs. Genever Johnson, cloth burler,
went with the Science Club of Gas
tonia High School to Raleigh for
a few days.
J. M. Smith, father of Mrs.
Genever Johnson, cloth burler, is
seriously ill.
Mrs. Eutice Brock, inspector, is
in the Gaston Memorial Hospital
for a few days.
James Earl Moses, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Moses, cloth
room, is home on furlough. After
his visit here, he will return to
Camp Lee, Virginia, for further
training.
SYC. WEAVING
Mrs. Edna Ledford, battery
hand, is out of work with an ill
ness.
Mrs. Oleen Weaver was called to
Lula, Ga., due to the illness of her
mother.
Little Miss Gale Capps, daughter
of Mrs. Augustine Capps, weaver,
celebrated her sixth birthday, Jan
uary 20.
Miss Nina Milton was a dinner
guest of Mrs. Lillie Lail and Linda
on January 17.
Mrs. Donna Barker, battery
hand, is back at work.
Men^s Basketball Scoreboard
10 Wins
0 Losses
Firestone 63
Quality Cleaners 24
Firestone 70
National Guard 24
Firestone 74
Belks 22
Firestone 53
Volunteers 31
Firestone 106
Gaston Tech 18
Firestone 45
Quality Cleaners 31
Firestone 119
National Guard 26
Firestone 64
Belks 32
Firestone 38
Volunteers 27
Firestone 118
Gaston Tech 33
Totals 750
268
"Tires”
Win Trophy
Square Dance Fun
LET’S PROMENADE!—Square Dance Caller Sonny Taber,
right, sounds the call as Dancers Llew Adams and Jimmy Moss
emerge from a bridge of extended arms at the Office Personnel
Square Dance in the Recreation Center on February 5.
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CAPTAIN BUDDY JOHNSON, son of Recreation Director
Ralph Johnson, is shown here receiving the Gastonia Little League
Bowling trophy which his team, the Firestone Tires, won with a
clean-sweep record of 30 wins, no losses. The presentation took
place following the last game of the season at the Recreation Bowl
in Gastonia.
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