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Tir*ffOfie NEWS
MAY 25, 1954
MR. and Mrs. Howard McCar
ter announce the engagement of
their daughter, Janet Sue, to
William R. Ford. Mr. Ford is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
R. Ford. The wedding will be
solemnized July 2nd. Mr. Mc
Carter is an employee in the
Spinning Department.
iWemoriam
J. KENNETH POWERS, 21-
years-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Powers (Weaving), was
killed in a train-truck collision
in East Gastonia on May 20. Mr.
Powers is shown here as a mem
ber of the Marine Corps from
which he had been recently dis
charged after three years’ ser
vice. At the time of his death
he was employed as a driver-de-
liverer for a dairy company. In
addition to his parents, he is
survived by his wife, the former
Patricia Street; an eight-month-
old son; and two borthers, Paul
Powers, Jr., and Bill Powers.
Sympathy is extended to George
Williams, opener tender, in the
death of his brother, Sam Williams,
who died suddenly April 11, 1954.
Mrs. Fannie Revels, mother of
Benchman Walter Revels, died in
Chester, S. C., April 28. Funeral
services were held at the West Side
Baptist Church with burial in
Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
The Shop expresses its deepest
sympathy to the family.
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Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hall an
nounce the birth of a daughter on
Saturday, May'15, at Gaston Me
morial Hospital. Mr. Hall is em
ployed in the Main Office.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rogers
SYC Weaving and Spinning, re
spectively, announce the birth of a
daughter, Judy Gayle, on April 10.
W. A. Karl To Receive Honorary Degree
From New Bedford Institute Of Textiles
WILLIAM A. KARL of Akron, Ohio, President of Firestone
Textiles, division of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, will
receive an honorary Master of Science degree form the New Bedford
Institute of Textiles and Technology, New Bedford, Massachusetts,
and also will give the commencement address at the Institute’s
graduation exercises on June 4.'
Mr, Karl’s honorary degree will be
one of six presented, the first
ones to be given in the history of
the Institute.
Born in New Bedford on Sep
tember 22, 1898, Mr. Karl attend
ed New Bedford High School. He
then entered the New Bedford Tex
tile Institute and upon graduation
in 1919 received the bronze medal
of the National Association of Cot
ton Manufacturers, an award for
highest excellence.
He was first employed at the
Butler Mill in New Bedford and
joined the Firestone Company in
its Akron Textile Laboratory in
December, 1919. In 1927 he joined
the Purchasing Department in con
nection with the purchase of tex
tiles and the operation of Company
textile plants.
IN 1937 he was placed in charge
of the textile operations and was
elected President of Firestone Tex
tiles in 1940. In this position he
heads the operation of five plants
located in Gastonia, North Caro
lina; Bennettsville, South Carolina;
Woodstock, Ontario, Canada; Sao
Paulo, Brazil, and Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Mr. Karl has been a member of
the New York Cotton Exchange
since 1940.
Last fall he was named to the
Board of Trustees of the Textile
Research Institute, a nonprofit or
ganization with headquarters at
Princeton, New Jersey. The Insti
tute is composed of textile mills,
suppliers and research organiza
tions for the purpose of conducting
long-range research for the benefit
of the textile industry.
Mr. Karl also is a member of the
National Council of the Young
Voice Of Firestone
Goes Off NBC June 7
THE Firestone Tire & Rubber
Company has announced that the
“Voice of Firestone” radio and tel
evision program which has been
broadcast at 8:30 on Monday even
ings for the past 25 years on radio
and the past five years on a simul
cast on television will not be heard
on the NBC network after the
June 7th broadcast.
Company officials expressed re
gret that this announcement be
comes necessary arising from the
fact that the National Broadcast
ing Company has advised that the
8:30 period on Monday night will
not be available throughout the
year and that no other evening
television network time will be
offered to Firestone for continuing
its long-established program for
the benefit of its loyal listening
audience.
Future plans for Firestone radio
and television programs will be
announced at a later date, Com
pany officials said.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Crisp, an
nounce the birth of a son, on May
6 at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Crisp is a twister tender.
W. A. Karl, President, Fire
stone Textiles, division of The
Firestone Tire & Rubber Com
pany.
Men’s Christian Associations and
is on the Board of Trustees and a
past President of the Akron Y. M,
C, A. He is a member of the
Portage and Congress Lake Coun
try Clubs, Delta Kappa Phi Fra
ternity and Tadmor Temple of
Akron.
Camp Firestone Beckons Employees
IMPROVEMENTS at Camp Firestone include the remodeled
second hands’ cabin, top picture foreground. The remodeled cabin
is a combination of two bunk houses joined at the sides and finished
inside in attractive pine paneling. Seen in the background are the
bunk houses which along with Cabin No, 2 are available to em
ployees and their families. The rustic dining hall, bottom picture,
is used by bunk house occupants and contains complete cooking and
serving equipment.
Girls’ Club Scene Of Unique Event
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Mr. and Mrs. George Absher an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Sherry Lee, April 12 at Gaston
Memorial Hospital. Mrs, Absher is
the daughter of Mrs. Mable Hanna,
tie in hand.
MOTHERS-DAUGHTERS BANQUET—The Young Women’s Auxiliary of the Loray Baptist Church
honored their mothers at a banquet in the Girls’ Club on May 6, Most of those in attendance are con
nected with the Company either as employees or as members of employees’ families. Seated around the
outer part of the U-shaped banquet table, left to right, are Mrs, Frank Littlejohn, Mrs, Howard Dellin
ger, Miss Doris Dellinger, Mrs, H. F, Andrews, Miss Becky Andrews, Mrs, Howard McCarter, Miss Janet
Sue McCarter, Mrs, Leonard Jenkins, Mrs, Frank H. Malone, Dr. Frank H. Malone (pastor), Mrs, H. P-
Hogue, Miss Sue Hogue, Miss Elizabeth Draughon, (counsellor), Mrs, M. D, Sanderg", Miss Rachel Mc-
Arver, Mrs. W. G, McArver, Miss Sybil Ray, Mrs, Frank Ray, Miss Edith Ray, Miss Bonnie Blalock, Mrs,
J, Lee Blalock, Miss Annette Sims, and Mrs, Geneva Johnson, On the inside of the “U” are Miss Sara
Littlejohn, Mrs. John Allen, Miss Wadelene Allen, and Mrs, John Merrill,
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