AUGUST 25, 1954
Tir«$ton» NEWS
PAGE THREE
SPINNING
Mrs. Lillie A. Brown, spinner,
has returned to work after a very
long illness.
Mrs. Lucy Phillips, spinner,
visited her son, Tommy Phillips in
Liberty, N. Y., during her vacation.
Ml’S. Phillips also toured New
York City while there.
A/B Gerald Davis, son of Sec
tion Man John Davis and Mrs.
Lydia Davis, spinner, has joined
the Air Force and is stationed at
Lackland Air Force Base, San An
tonio, Texas.
Head Changer W. A. .Tohnson
Went deep sea fishing at Little
River, S. C.
A/B Ronald Thomas, son of
Second Hand Ray Thomas, has
joined the Air Force and is sta
tioned fet Lackland Air Forte
Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Section Man Oliver Taylor, his
'vife, Mrs. Taylor, spinner, and
family spent several days motor-
through the mountains of
North Carolina and Tennessee.
^ The following employees of the
•spinning Department are on their
third week of vacation: Mrs. Mary
Calhoun, spinner, Mrs. Pauline
Wanna, spinner, Doffer Lester
Wilson, and Overhauler Howard
Burgess.
James Pryor, son of Mrs. Virgie
^ ryor, spinner, has returned from
tWo years of service in Japan with
the Air Force.
t^offer Thor Giles is out from
^ork due to illness.
twisting
Section Man Leon Keisler and
his wife, Mrs. May Belle Kieisler,
^espooler, recently visited Mrs.
Estelle Keisler, who is a patient
a hospital at Columbia, S. C.
Section Man Emory McDaniel
^v»d his wife, Mrs. McDaniel, spent
^ recent week end visiting rela
tives in Lake City and Charles^-on,
S. C.
William Cosey, Carding Depart-
his wife, Mrs. Annie Cosey,
listing Department, and their
S^andson, Sonny Brockman, spent
^ Week visiting relatives in Lake
S. C. They also visited Mr.
osey’s parents in Greenwood,
• C., and his sister, Mrs. Jeff
^harpton in Thompson, Ga.
Section Man Emory McDaniel,
wife, William Cosey, Mrs.
^nie Cosey, and the Cosey’s
^^^ndson. Sonny Brockman, motor-
to the Cherokee Indian Reserva-
drama, “Unto These
j ^ • They say they enjoyed the
^i^a tremendously.
"^*^ter Tender Walter Dockery,
V Wife, and daughter spent their
in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
1 Dockery’s father,
Dockery,
offer Thomas Bradley and his
J'la ^ week in Clearwater,
Tender J. B. Easier and
^rs ^ two weeks visiting
parents, Mr. and
lSf_ Q Sawyer of Marbee,
his Hobert Aldridge and
Pearl Aldridge, in-
spent the week end of
Mth Monks Corner, S. C.,
IVtf Aldridge’s mother.
SpQoij Mrs. Kirby McGhee,
snd Twisting Depart-
'^^el^s y^^P^ctively, spent two
tVv Ti,'^*®'ting the former’s mo-
T. McGhee of Cary-
’ ^enn.
I IN BRIEF
J. W. Graham and family of
Richmond City, Tenn., visited
Mrs. Esther Butler, respooler, dur
ing the week of July 4.
J. A. Haney, cable tender, and
family, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Robinson, visited Washington, D.
C., recently.
Roy L. Crawford, husband of
Mrs. Lassie Crawford, respooler,
is at home after spending 15
months in the Army, 14 months of
this being in Korea.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Piercy visit
ed relatives, Mrs. Wm. Duncan
and Lester Brown, in Marshall,
Texas, June 26 to July 8, Mr.
Piercy is a second hand, and Mrs.
Piercy is a respooler.
Mrs. Francis Bass, daughter of
Mrs. Ellen Dixon, respooler, is a
patient at Presbyterian Hospital
in Charlotte, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clark and
son spent their two weeks’ vaca
tion at Myrtle Beach, S. C,, and in
the mountains of Tennessee. Mrs.
Clark is a tie-in-hand.
Lathe Operator J. E. Fletcher
and his wife, Mrs. Catherine Flet
cher, tie-in-hand, spent their va-
vation at Myrtle Beach, S. C.,
Carolina Beach and Lake Wacca-
maw, N. C.
Section Man Oliver Hardy and
family visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Owens in Hemingway, S. C.
Tape Man Giles Gainey and his
wife visited their daughter, Mrs.
T. J. Thompson in Hampton, Va.,
and A. B. Davis of Hartsville, S. C.
Twister Tender C. L. Lane and
family spent their vacation visit
ing the former’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Lane in Mullins, S. C.
They also spent a few days at
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hughes
visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bak
er, the latter their daughter, in
Amesbury, Mass. They also tour
ed Maine, Vermont, New Hamp
shire, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Twister Tender Jack Sutton and
his wife, Mrs. Elmina Sutton, re
spooler, spent their vacation with
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Dickey in
Memphis, Tenn.
Fixer Otho Chambers and his
wife, Mrs. Leola Chambers, re
spooler, spent a week visiting the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. L. Chambers in Lula, Ga.
Mrs. Marie Fogle, respooler,
spent her vacation visiting Mrs.
Florence Grigg and Mrs. Rosie
Smith in Washington, D. C. She
also visited her son, M. L. Fogle,
in Virginia.
Mrs. Carl Whitesides, respooler,
her husband and two children
spent the week of July 4th at
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Twister Tender Horace Haun,
his wife, Mrs. Nell Haun, tie-in-
hand, and their two children visited
relatives in Knoxville, Louden,
Maryville, and Tellico Plains, Tenn.
They also spent several days at
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Mrs. Bertha Dodgen, respooler,
and son spent a week at Myrtle
Beach, S. C.
Mrs. Ina Stiles, respooler, visited
her son in Asheville, N. C., during
vacation. Mrs. Stiles also visited
in Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Mrs. Joan Sells, daughter of
Mrs. Ina Stiles, respooler, is a
patient in the hospital in Tampa,
Fla.
Twister Tender Larry Lee is a
patient at Gaston Memorial Hos
pital.
MISS MARY ROSE FOY,
daughter of Employees Edgar
and Hazel Foy, has completed
her pre-nursing course at Wof
ford College and plans to enter
Spartanburg General Hospital
School of Nursing September 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Gentry of
Shelton, Conn., visited Mrs. Sadie
Glance, respooler, the week of July
4.
SPOOLING
George Ballew, sweeper, has re
turned to work after three weeks
of illness.
New employees in the Spooling
Department are as follows: Clarice
Ray, Elizabeth Friday, Clara Bur
gess, Earl Ware, Kenneth Stines
and Annese McDaniel.
Mrs. Maggie Reed, spooler ten
der, and her son, Johnny, spent a
recent week end in Murphy, N. C.
CORD WEAVING
J. B. Warren, Weaving Depart
ment, has recently moved to Vance
Street, Gastonia, from Shelby,
N. C.
Leroy Posey’s father has been
very sick for several months. Mr.
Posey works in the Weaving De
partment.
Gary Lyles has been transferred
to the first shift Weaving from
the second shift.
Kenneth Bradshaw called his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dillard
Bradshaw, by telephone from
California. Mr. Bradshaw is serv
ing on the U.S.S. Wasp and will
sail for a tour of duty in Japan
September 1.
Weave Room Clerk Hoy Davis,
his wife, Mrs. Christine Davis, tie-
in-hand, and their children attend
ed the Blanton reunion in Shelby,
N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferguson and
children of Austell, Ga., were
guests of Clerk Roy Davis and his
wife, Mrs. Christine Davis, tie-in-
hand. Mrs. Ferguson is a cousin of
Mrs. Davis.
Carlin Dugan, Jr., son of Mrs.
Rachel Dugan, tie-in-hand, has
been sick but is feeling much bet
ter now.
Mrs. Risbeth Webb, her hus
band; Mrs. Evelyn Parham and
her husband spent one day at the
summer conference of the A. R. P.
Church at Bon darken.
Mrs. Z. B. Poston of Lake City,
S. C., is visiting her sister, Lessie
Tanner, Weaving Department.
Loom Fixer Joe Adams has en
tered Gaston Memorial Hospital
for treatment.
Loom Fixer Hansford Wilkes is
a patient at Garrison General Hos
pital.
Miss Nina Milton, smash hand,
spent her vacation visiting in
Thomaston and Warm Springs, Ga.
Weaver Carl Stewart, Sr., and
his wife, Mrs. Hazel Stewart, re
spooler, spent Sunday, August 15,
with their son, Carl, Jr., at Ridge
crest, N. C.
Fixer Zeb Bradley’s family has
returned to their home after
spending the summer in Frank
lin, N. C.
Mrs. Clara Mitchell, reclaimer,
has been sick for three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Soffold of
Atlanta, Ga., are visiting Mrs,
Myrtle Benton, reclaimer.
Glenn Evans, grandson of Mrs.
Ella Roberts, reclaimer, has had
another operation at Baptist Hos
pital, Winston-Salem, N. C., and
is showing much improvement.
Mrs. R. E. Taylor of Lexington,
S. C., is visiting Mrs. Jesse She-
hane, reclaimer.
Second Hand Jesse Hodge, his
wife, Mrs. Kate Hodge, reclaimer,
and family spent a week end at
Camp Firestone.
Mrs. Mary Reese, respooler, had
as guests recently, Caroll Hall of
Newport, Tenn., and Aubrey Hall
of Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. Hazel Clark, tie-in-hand,
had as her guests recently, Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Tallent and child
ren of Alcoa, Tenn.
Mrs. Oleen Weaver is recuperat
ing nicely after a recent operation
at Garrison General Hospital.
Mrs. Earline Gordon and family
attended the Lawter Reunion in
Saluda, N. C.
Mrs. Ruby Barton of Aiken,
S. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Augustine Capps, Weaving De
partment.
Betty Cloninger and family spent
their vacation at Carolina Beach.
SHOP
Alfred G. Crawford and his
wife, the former Miss Cornelia
Gantt, arrived from Astoria, Ore
gon, recently. Mr. Crawford, a
former Shop employee, was sta
tioned with the Pacific Fleet in
Astoria and has received his dis
charge. Mr. Crawford is the son
of Millwright James N. Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford visited the
Yellowstone National Park, Red
Wood Forests, Salt Lake City and
many other places on their way
home.
Lathe Operator T. H. Triplett,
Mrs. Triplett, and their son spent
their vacation at Boone and Blow
ing Rock, N. C.
Harold Umstott, engineer from
Akron, Ohio, conducted the prayer
services recently at the West End
Methodist Church. Mr. Umstott,
also, taught the Men’s Bible Class
on Sunday.
Plumber Lowery Davis and Mrs.
Davis visited in Virginia during
their vacation.
Sanitary Foreman Alvin Dill
and Mrs. Dill spent four days at
the Wesleyan Methodist Church
Conference in Califax, N. C. From
there, they visited in Boone and
saw the drama, “Horn in the
West.”
Draftsman Billy Gamble spent
his vacation in Washington, D. C.
Mrs. W. G. Henson, Jr., and her
son, W. G., Ill, have returned to
the city from Florida, where Mr.
Henson is stationed in the Air
Force. Sgt. Henson, son of Plant
Engineer W. G. Henson, will join
his family here after receiving his
discharge from the Air Force in
December.
Quiz Answers
(Answers From Page 2)
1. Mercel Cerdan, Randy Turpin,
and Bobo Olson.
2. Boston Red Sox (1949), De
troit Tigers (1950).
3. Sammy Snead
4. Mississippi State—Maroons
Cornell—Big Red
Harvard—The Crimson
Alabama—Crimson Tide
5. George Troutman
MR. AND MRS. W. H. Cleven
ger announce the marriage of
their daughter, Barbara, to
Pete Glaze of this city on June
10. The wedding was solemnized
in York, S. C. The new couple
live at 808 West Airline Ave.
MISS JO ANN SPENCER,
daughter of Mr. ai\d Mrs. A. A.
Spencer, was married to Edgar
Wright, Jr., of Bessemer City on
August 25, in an eight o’clock
wedding at West Avenue Pres
byterian Church. The bride’s
mother is an employee in the
Spinning Department; her
grandfather is Employment
Manager J. K. Spencer.
HELP THE MAINTENANCE
CREWS FOR YOUR SAFETY
Maintenance jobs arc nearly
always in process soniewliere
in the plant. You can help the
maintenance crews maintain a
good safety record by staying
out of roped off areas; not
bothering them or getting in
their way; leaving their equip
ment alone; and keeping out
froin under ladders and scaf
folds (where objects aloft can
he (Jislodgeti and fall). Don’t
start equipment on which they
are working.
Henieinber while their work
may be inconvenient to you at
the moment, it is necessary, re
sulting in a safer and better
place for you to work.
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