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PAGE FOUR JANUARY 24, 1955 At the plant here Henry L. Wilder has been a textile engineer in charge of standards and specifications in Quality Control. Quality Control Engineer Will Move To Akron Henry L. Wilder will report to Akron, Ohio, in early February for his new assignment in the office of William A. Karl, President of Firestone Textiles, announcement has been made by General Manager Harold Mercer. Mr. Wilder, who came with the Company here, October 13, 1953, is a native of Glen Rose, Texas. He completed high school in Pampa, Texas. He transferred to North Carolina State College, Ra leigh, from the Textile School ol Texas Technological College at Lubbock. At North Carolina State College he received a bachelor of science degree in Textile Manu facturing. Mr. Wilder married Velma Win gate of Raleigh, N. C., in 1938. They have two daughters, Juliet, 16 years old and Ruth, J.3 years old. He has held a position in the Quality Control Department here since joining the Company in 1953. Mr. Wilder is a member of Main Street Methodist Church, Past Master Masonic Lodge, Past Pa tron Order of Eastern Star, and is a Shriner. League Standings Are Announced Standings in the bowling, bil liard and basketball leagues for the 1954-1955 season have been announced by Recreation Director Ralph Johnson. The following standings include games played through January 13. First Shift Men’s Bowling TEAM WON LOST Spinning 32 7 Carding 31 8 Weaving 21 18 Gen. Lab. 17 22 Shop 14 25 Twisting 2 37 Half and Half Bowling TEAM WON LOST Radios 25 17 Deluxe 21 18 Supreme 20 22 TV’s 15 24 Boy’s Bowling TEAM WON LOST Mechem’s 14 2 Mercer’s 10 6 Galligan’s 4 12 Kessell’s 4 12 Second Shift Men’s Bowling TEAM WON LOST Weaving 32 8 Twisting 27 12 Spinning 13 23 Carding 0 39 First Shift Girls’ Bowling (First Half) TEAM WON LOST Spin-Gen 19 2 Spooling 15 9 Village 15 9 Office 4 17 Teen-Agers 4 20 Second Shift Girls’ Bowling TEAM WON LOST Spooling 29 4 Weaving Twisting 21 1 15 32 Second Shift Billiards TEAM WON I.OST Twisting 10 3 Spinning 8 6 Carding 6 7 Weaving 3 11 Girls’ Basketball TEAM Pyramid Firestone Memorial Nurses Groves WON LOST 4 0 3 1 1 3 0 4 Biddy Basketball TEAM WON LOST Firestone 4 0 Red Shield 4 0 Rex 3 1 Optimist 2 2 St. Michaels 1 3 Unity 0 4 P. A. C. 0 4 City Basketball TEAM WON LOST Firestone 7 0 Belks 4 3 Gaston Tech 3 4 National Guard 0 7 Trophy Is Prize In Sports Tourney A trophy will be awarded to the winning team in the “His and Her” Bowling Tournament, which began Monday morning, January 17. Approximately 50 individuals from all three plant shifts participated in the opening games, according to Ralph Johnson, Director of Rec reation. Explaining the annual “His and Her” Bowling Tournament setup, Johnson said that this program is conducted in addition to the regular bowling league which is now in progress. In the “His and Her” Tournament, contestants draw for partners, then , the two individuals making up a team compete against all other contestants. According to the rules, two losses will disqualify a team for further participation in the contest. Safety Council Meeting Set Election of new officers is sched uled for the next meeting of the Blue Ridge Safety Council, to be held at the Community Center in Shelby, Thursday evening, Febru ary 10. A fire safety demonstration is planned as a part of the program. Safety Director L. B. McAbee of Firestone Textiles is serving as Vice Chairman of the Council. The Blue Ridge Safety Council is one of the eight safety-promot ing organizations sponsored by the safety department of the North Caarolina Industrial Commission. These organizations exist in the interest of promoting safety edu cation and facilitating exchange of safety information within the industrial plants of North Caro lina, and among other organiza tions interested in accident pre vention and control. Voice Of Firestone Is Popular The Voice of Firestone radio and television program is “riding a rising tide of popularity,” accord ing to Professor Charles A. Siep- man, Chairman, Department of Communications, New York Uni versity, and a director of the Na tional Association for Better Radio and Television. Professor Siepman made the statfeixient December 2, 1954, wlieti he presented Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., with the Lee De Forest Award, honoring him as the individual held to have been responsible for the most outstanding contribution to the cultural development of radio and television during 1954. In making the presentation Pro fessor Siepman said that the size of the radio-television audience is graphically illustrated in the field of music whose devotees Mr. Fire stone “has so long and faithfully served.” “Over the last 20 years we have witnessed the astonishing cultural revolution in the growth of interest in good music,” Siepman noted. “The number of major symphony orchestras has doubled in 20 years, and lesser symphonic orchestras, professional or semi-professional, have grown even faster. Twenty years ago they numbered 250. The figure now stands at well over 900. Attendance at major symphonic concerts has increased by two mil lion. Interest in minor symphonic Haefka Guides Operation Of Plastic Dip; Cord Unit D. J. Haefka, Overseer of the Plastic Dip Department and the Multi-Stage Cord Treating Unit here, stands beside the console which electronically controls the revolutionary tire fabric equipment. In his daily routine of supervising production control on the job as Overseer of the Plastic Dip Department and the giant electronically-controlled Multi-Stage Cord-Treating Unit at Firestone Textiles, D. J. Haefka makes good use of the sciences he learned in college and through his experience iii the field of modern textiles. Mr. Haefka was transferred to the Gastonia plant in January, 1954, from a position he held in the Development Department at The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron. Overseer Haefka attended high school in his home town of Lorain, Ohio, and was graduated from Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, with a bachelor of arts de gree in the physical sciences, with a major in chemistry. A period of army service gave him practical experience as a researcher in the Chemical Warfare Division. While he was with the Firestone plant in Akron he made a special study of rubber chemistry through attending night classes at the Uni versity of Akron. At the plant here he keeps a watchful eye on the gigantic gum- dipping equipment which treats tire cord to be sent to all Firestone tire factories. Through the scien tifically-exacting operation, pre orchestras is even more striking. “Yet over these same 20 years, network offerings of programs of good music have, with minor fluc tuations, declined. Today the lover of good music gets little more than half the amount of programming, in convenient evening hours, that he got 20 years ago.” Citing the Voice of Firestone as a contributor to the revolution in the growth of good music, Pro sided over by Mr. Haefka, auto mobile, truck, and farm equipment operations now may have tires that are stronger, longer-wearing, and safer on the highway and the farm. Woodworking, photography, and ceramics come in for quite a bit of attention in Mr. Haefka’s busy schedule. Interest in the ceramics hobby has developed through the weekly classes conducted as a part of the Recreation Program at Fire stone Textiles. Mrs. Haefka, a native of Akron, | is also a graduate of Wittenberg College. In Gastonia, she has been a teacher of the second and third grades at the North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital, since June of last year. ' The Haefkas live at 139 East- over Drive. They attend the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on South York street. fessor Siepman gave this example of the program’s popularity: Dur ing last October in Los Angeles alone the Voice of Firestone at tracted an audience of 458,000 higher than that of the correspond ing month a year earlier. The rat ing was almost double the average evening-hour rating for the seven stations in Los Angeles. FIRESTONE TEXTILES P. 0. BOX 551 GASTONIA, N. C. SEC. 34.66 P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID GASTONIA, N. C. PERMIT NO. 29 Form 3547 Requested
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