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NEWS
NOVEMBER 24, 1954
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Bob Purkey, above, shipping
clerk at Warehouse, is shown
receiving his shipping instruc
tions for the day. He has been
employed here at Firestone for
7 years. Through him all fabric
is loaded and shipped to various
points. Mr. and Mrs. Purkey
live on Poston Circle.
PERSONNEL
T. B. Ipock, Jr., Personnel Di
rector, was visited by his brother,
Durham Ipock, November 15-17.
Durham Ipock is a Baptist mini
ster from Nashville, North Caro
lina.
Fred Q. Honeycutt, former Fire
stone employee and father of
Firestone News typist, Mrs. Flora
Pence, has been in serious condi
tion at the Gaston Memorial Hos
pital since November 5. We are
happy to announce that he is stead
ily improving.
SHOP
Engineer Harold Umstott and
Irving Bull, Electrician Horace
Robinson, and Lathe Operator
Cramer Little went for a fishing
trip to Sneeds Ferry, Carolina
Beach the week end of November
6.
Miss Louise Sparrow, student at
Warren Wilson College, Swan-
nanoa. North Carolina, spent the
week of November 8 with her par
ents, Yardman Frank Sparrow and
Mrs. Sparrow.
Let’s Count Our Blessings
As we mark the observar.ce of another Tanksgiving Day it is
altogether too easy for us to lose sight of the deeper meaning of the
occasion, amid the festive atmosphere traditionally associated with
the holiday.
Out of our forefathers’ struggle for survival against a back
ground of that first hard winter in the Plymouth Colony, the Thanks
giving observance originated as a natural outgrowth of men and
women who knew the meaning of Divine guidance in their lives. The
annual day of humble acknowledgement and gratitude has come to
bear the distinction of being one of our major holidays originating on
the American continent.
Even if the roots of Thanksgiving did not go deep into the history
of our country, it would be fitting that we of Firestone Textiles survey
the unnumbered benefits attendant to life under the American flag.
For the privilege of living in a country where the right of choice is an
inherent privilege, the opportunity of earning the necessities of life in
addition to uncounted material gifts that peoples of underprivileged
nations consider as luxuries—these are but the beginning of the end
less roster of our benefits from the Source of all mercies.
The grace of gratitude is high on the list of crowning excellen
cies which bespeak the noblest qualities in civilized men. And through
out the history of mankind ingratitude has proved to be a point of
departure into barbarianism.
The Pilgrims of Plymouth set for us a worthy example in 1621.
We dare not overlook the import of its meaning.
FIRESTONE NEWS
Volume III, No. 18, November 24, 1954
Published by The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Firestone Textiles Division
Gastonia, North Carolina
Department of Public Relations
CLAUDE CALLAWAY, Editor
Department Reporters
CARDING—Edna Harris, Jim Ballew, Jessie Westmoreland.
SPINNING—Ray Thomas, Mary Turner, Maude Johnson.
SPOOLING—Nell Bolick, Helen Reel, Rosalee Burger.
TWISTING—Pearl Aldridge. Dean Haun, Carrie Johnson, Lorene
Owensby, Dorothy Baber, Kathleen Clark.
SALES YARN TWISTING—Bonnie Dockery.
SYC WEAVING—Vivian Bumgardner, Lucille Davis, Sara Davis,
Nina Milton, Juanita McDonald.
CORD WEAVING—Roy Davis, Irene Burroughs, Mary Johnson.
QUALITY CONTROL-—Dealva Jacobs. Leila Rape, Louella Queen.
WINDING—Mayzelle Lewis, Dorcas Atkinson, Ann Stevenson, Chris
tine Stroupe.
CLOTH ROOM—Margie Waldrop.
SHOP—Rosa Francum.
WAREHOUSE—George Harper, Albert Meeks.
PLASTIC DIP—Frances Huffman
MAIN OFFICE—Mozelle Brockman.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE—Sue Van Dyke.
PERSONNEL OFFICE—Barbara Abernathy.
Huskins Addresses
Safety Meeting
J. Frank Huskins, chairman of
the North Carolina Industrial
Commission, discussed “Problems,
Yours and Mine, in Administering
the Workmen’s Compensation Act,”
at the regular quarterly meeting
of the Blue Ridge Safety Council,
held jointly with the Gaston Per
sonnel Association, in Masonic
Temple, Gastonia, November 11, at
7 p. m.
Safety Director L. B. McAbee
of Firestone Textiles is serving as
Vice Chairman of the Blue Ridge
Safety Council. This organization
is one of eight such groups spon
sored by the safety department of
the North Carolina Industrial Com
mission for the purpose of pro
moting safety education and facil
itating the exchange of safety in
formation within the industrial
plants of North Carolina, and a-
mong other organizations inter
ested in accident control.
The Gaston Personnel Associa
tion is composed of individuals in
personnel work or in a supervisory
capacity in Gaston County indus
tries.
Benchman letter Patterson en
tered Gaston Memorial Hospital
November 12.
Mr. and Mrs. William Leonhardt
and children have return,ed to
Bessemer City to make their home.
Mr. Leonhardt was discharged
from the Air Force recently. He is
the son of Lathe Operator Samuel
Leonhardt and Mrs. Leonhardt.
SYC WEAVING
Micky McDonald, draw-in-hand,
received several gifts at a surprise
party given in honor of her birth
day, at Rankin Lake recently.
Thirty attended the event.
TWISTING
Roy Ball, bailer in weave room,
and Mrs. Ball, respooler, attended
the funeral of Mrs. Ball’s grand
father in Murphy, North Carolina
recently.
Mrs. Yates Baker, respooler, and
Mr. Baker visited Western North
Carolina in early October, where
they saw the fall parade of colors
in the mountains.
New employees in Second Shift
Twisting are: Mrs. Gladys Lue
Lancaster, Mrs. Marjorie B. Hud
son, and Cordelia Haynes.
Mrs. Ina Stiles, respooler, spent
5 days with her daughter, Mrs.
Joan Sells of Tampa, Fla. Mrs.
Sells and her baby daughter re-
turnel to Gastonia with Mrs. Stiles
for several weeks.
Mrs. Kathleen Cable and baby
son of Hampton, Va., are making
their home in Gastonia with her
mother, Mrs. Evelyn Hughes, re
spooler, while Mrs. Cable’s hus
band, S/Sgt. Paul Cable, is in
Korea.
Mrs. Odell Thomas, wife of
Doffer Odell Thomas is a patient
'n Gaston Memorial Hospital.
Thomas Bradley is a patient in
the hospital.
J. H. Medlin, father of Alton
Medlin, has returned home from
the hospital after a serious illness.
SPINNING
Mrs. Stanley Ledford has re
turned to work, after having been
out on sick leave. Mr. Ledford is
a doffer at Firestone.
Mrs. George Moore, roller pick
er, gave a birthday dinner for her
husband recently.
James Walls, doffer, is in the
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Green and two
children spent the week end of No
Officials of the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the Blue
Ridge Safety Council, and the Gaston Personnel Association attend
ing the joint meeting of the Safety Council and Personnel Associa
tion, were (from left): L. B. McAbee of Firestone Textiles, and
Vice Chairman of the Blue Ridge Safety Council; J. Frank Huskins,
chairman of the North Carolina Industrial Commission; Jack Rankin,
president of Gaston Personnel Association; C. V. Elrod, chairman
Blue Ridge Safety Council; and H. S. Baucom, director of safety,
North Carolina Industrial Commission.
vember 6, in the home of E. T.
Green, fixer.
WINDING
Ed Carswell, Yarn Packer, spent
a week end deer hunting near
Fayetteville, North Carolina, re
cently.
Viola McCurry has returned to
work in this department.
Mark Dellinger celebrated his
birthday November 17.
Employees of this department
express sympathy to Mrs, Ruby
McCoig in the death of her sister,
Mrs. W. W. Sprouse.
McAbee On Program
Committee
L. B. McAbae, Safety Director
at Firestone Textiles, has been
chosen to serve on the program
committee of the 1955 North Caro
lina Safety School, conducted by
the School of Engineering, Division
of College Extension, North Caro
lina State College, Raleigh. Mr.
McAbee went to Raleigh Novem
ber 20, to begin work on plans for
the school program.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Harris an
nounce the birth of a son, Novem
ber 9, at Gastonia Colored Hos
pital. Mr. Harris is a Shop em
ployee.
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Joe Presnell, brother of Mary
Turner, spinner, was killed in an
automobile accident in Mississippi
recently. Mr. Presnell had been in
the Air Force since June, 1954.
Nadine Conner And
Eugene Conley Will
Star In Simulcast
Nadine Conner and Eugene Con
ley will star on The Voic-i of Fire
stone radio-TV sumulcast for Mon
day evening, November 29. The
program will include the following
selections:
Bugler’s Holiday; The Gelida
Manina, from “La Boheme”; Mi
Chiamano Mimi, from “La Bo
heme”; 0 Suave Fanciulla, from
“La Boheme”; Dance of the Co
medians, from “The Bartered
Bride”; and Give Me One Hour,
from “The White Eagle”.
Besides the guest artists. The
Voice of Firestone program fea
tures regularly the Firestone
Orchestra and Chorus.
School is in session.
Drive carefully. Protect
the life of a child.
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Members of the Firestone Wesleyan Methodist Church recogniz
ing the need for a building for their scouts and recreational needs
for young people, have just completed a fine structure on South
Ransom Street.
The building is 30 feet by 50 feet and was constructed at a cost
of $6,000. Included in the building is a scout room, recreational
room, kitchen consisting of gas stove, hot water heater, several
cabinets, and a food bar.
Carl Briggs was chairman of the building committee on this
project and members of the church volunteered their time and labor
in the construction.
When not in use by members of the Firestone Wesleyan Meth
odist Church, the new scout building will be available to other
groups outside the congregation, the Rev. C. E. Hedgepeth, pastor
of the church, has announced.