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J. A. HANEY, twister tender, and his wife, Mrs. Mona Haney,
a former Plastic Dip Department employee, are shown here getting a
jump on “Clean Up - Fix Up - Paint Up Week,” being observed in
Gastonia the week starting Easter Sunday, April 18. With the paint
ing of their lawn furniture, the Haneys’ home (only recently re
modeled) at 101 North Dalton Street becomes a picture of attractive
ness in the Firestone Community.
Sports Jacket
Award Rules
1. Jackets will go to league
championship teams. No play
off championship winners will
be eligible.
2. Members of league champ
ionship teams must participate
in at least one half of league
games to be eligible for award.
3. After participants win
jackets, they will not be eligible
for another one for three years,
but if they are on a league
championship team during this
period they will be awarded a
star for their sweater or jacket.
4. Jackets will be awarded at
Annual Sports Banquet.
5. Maximum number of play
ers for following activities:
Basketball—Girls (12), Men
(10), Softball (15), Bowling
(7), Boccie (4), Ping Pong (4),
Billiard (7), Baseball (15),
Shuffleboard (4), Volleyball
(8), and Horseshoes (4).
High Scorer
JIMMY GUFFEY, Gastonia
High School senior and summer
months employee here, averaged
more than 30 points per game
during the basketball season
just ended. The 18-year-old hard
wood sharpshooter is also noted
for his ability in softball, volley
ball, and baseball, having played
on plant teams in each of these
sports in addition to basketball.
His mother, Mrs. Maude Johnson,
is a Spinning Department em
ployee.
TIIRESTONE
In The l:^ews
(Editor’s Note: In this column,
“Firestone in the News,” the Fire
stone News quotes news and com
ments about Firestone, its people
and its products, as they appeared
in national magazines and news
papers.)
LIFE MAGAZINE for March 15
printed a page of photographs and
a short article about V. Mae Greer,
who retired on March 1 after 50
years of service for the Company
and was honored at a dinner in the
Clubhouse that evening.
ACCORDING TO RADIO AGE
kinescope prints of the NBC-TV
“Voice of Firestone” program are
being distributed through the Unit
ed States Information Service
throughout Europe, the Far East
and Latin America, the State De
partment has announced. The radio
version of the program, which cele
brated its 25th anniversary on
NBC on November 30, has been
distributed overseas by the State
Department for the past six years.
The television version is to form
part of a new U. S. I. S. program,
“Your TV Concert Hall,” which is
being distributed for television
showings in foreign countries.
Hi ^
IN THE COLUMN, “What I
Think,” in the Cleveland, Ohio,
News for February 3: “As it has
been said many, many times before,
the Firestone Hour on television
and radio Monday nights is one of
the finest musical programs on the
air. It has dignity without being
stuffy. It has personality without
being palsy-walsy. It has depth
without being unfathomable. The
program also has Howard Barlow
as the conductor, plus some of the
nation’s best known musical stars
as guest soloists each week. The
production is nigh onto perfect.
The Firestone Hours helps make
Monday night one of the most en
joyable from the standpoint of
listener and viewer.”
HUNDREDS of newspapers
throughout the country have pub
lished a feature service editorial
entitled “Industry’s Point Four
Program,” which mentions the
Firestone Company as one of the
many companies “carrying on their
own Point Four program on a
world wide basis in a practi al
manner.”
Softball Schedule
Gaston County League
(All Games at Firestone Park)
Friday, April 23
Quinns vs Firestone
6:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, April 27
Eagles vs Firestone
7:30
P.
M.
Friday, April 30
V. F. W. vs Firestone
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, May 4
Firestone vs Akers
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, May 7
Firestone vs City
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, May 11
Firestone vs Brewers
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, May 14
Firestone vs Bryants
7:30
P.
M.
Friday, May 21
Red Shield vs Firestone
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, May 25
Firestone vs Quinns
7:30
P.
M.
Friday, May 28
Firestone vs Eagles
6:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, June 1
Firestone vs V. F. W.
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, June 4
A.kers vs Firestone
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, June 8
City vs Firestone
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, June 11
Brewers vs Firestone
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, June 15
Bryant vs Firestone
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, June 18
Goodwill vs Firestone
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, June 22
Firestone vs Red Shield
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, June 25
Quinns vs Firestone
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, June 29
Eagles vs Firestone
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, July 2
V. F. W. vs Firestone
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, July 13
Firestone vs Akers
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, July 16
Firestone vs City
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, June 20
Firestone vs Brewers
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, July 23
Firestone vs Bryants
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, July 27
Firestone vs Goodwill
6:30
P.
M.
Friday, July 30
Red Shield vs Firestone
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, August 3
Firestone vs Goodwill
7:30
P.
M.
Tuesday, April 27
Friday, April 29
Tuesday, May 4
Friday, May 7
Tuesday, May 11
Friday, May 14
Tuesday, May 18
Friday, May 21
Tuesday, May 25
Friday, May 28
Tuesday, June 1
Friday, June 4
Baseball Schedule
Pony League
Firestone at Optimist
Kings Mt. at Firestone
Firestone at B. City
Optimist at Firestone
Firestone at Kings Mt.
B. City at Firestone
Firestone at Optimist
Kings Mt. at Firestone
Firestone at B. City
Optimist at Firestone
Firestone at Kings Mt.
June 8
June 11
June 15
June 18
June 22
June 25
June 29
July 2
July 13
B. City at Firestone
(All games at 4:30 P. M. until June 8. Starting on this date,
games will be played at 4:00 P. M.)
All-Sports Banquet
(Continued From Page 1)
from individual and team trophies
to the highly sought after “Ideal
Athlete” awards of which there
are six: Four for men, two for
women.
Other awards include jackets in
Firestone’s scarlet and white
colors, being awarded this year
for the first time. The crowning
award, as always, is the Suprem
acy Cup which will be presented by
General Superintendent Nelson
Kessell to the department having
the best over-all record in sports
for 1953.
Participating in the presenta
tion of awards, in addition to Mr.
Kessell, will be General Manager
Harold Mercer (who will also in
troduce the banquet speaker). Su
perintendent Francis Galligan, J.
K. Lewis, local commissioner of
Legion Junior Baseball and former
baseball great with the Washing
ton Senators, and Recreation Di
rector Ralph Johnson.
The large number of employees
to be honored at the banquet were
either members of league winning
teams, or were winners in individ
ual tournaments during 1953. In
some instances they qualify in both
catagories.
In Service
AIRMAN 1st Class W. G.
Henson, Jr., son of Plant Engi
neer W. G. Henson, has been
promoted to staff sergeant in
the Air Force according to word
received here by his parents. The
new sergeant is stationed at
Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa,
Fla. He and his family—wife and
son—are living at Melborn, Fla.
&
A/B CLARENCE ROBINSON,
son of Mrs. Edith Robinson,
reclaimer, would be glad to hear
from his friends in the communi
ty. His address: A. F. 14-501-
368, Fit. 611, Sq. 3726, Lackland
Air Force Base, San Antonia,
Texas.
Sales For Safety
Safety Shoes:
February—130 purchases
Prescription Safety Glasses:
February—25 purchases
FIRESTONE TEXTILES
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