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PAGE POUR Tir^^tone. MARCH 25, 1955 liilB-K' JS- 'I ■'-iit-vi p ■3? Galligan Bowling Team - - - - these sons of employees composed the Gam- gan Bowling Team for the 1954-1955 season at Firestone. They are, from left: Michael Conrad, Robert Ramsey, Steve Buchanan, M. C. Huffstetler, Bunny Jordan, Douglas Freeland, and Michael Hardy. This team was named for F. B. Galligan, Superintendent of the Cotton Division. Other teams were named for Harold Mercer, General Manager; Nelson Kessell, General Superintendent; E. J. Mechem, Comptroller. ANSWERS To Quiz (On Page 2) 1. St. John’s, Newfoundland. 2. Generally placed at 1088 feet per second at sea level, at 32 de grees, farenheit. It varies in other temperatures and in different media. 3. North Carolina, with approx imately 6,650 buses. 4. The Island of Corsica, 5. “In God We Trust.” SAFETY HABITS BREED SAFE SURROUNDINGS. Many Attractions In N. C. During Month Of April For those of you who may be planning week end or early spring vacations, a look at the calendar, of special events in North Carolina brings the reminder of several at tractions. April begins with the eighth annual Wilmington Azalea Festival March 31 through April 3. It ends v/ith a gala seashore festival April 29 - May 1, opening the beach Retired Employee Passes Time With Hobbies, Devotes Time To Traveling f • A • MRS. ADAMS proudly exhibits a portion of her bric-a-brac collection at her home on York street. Mrs. Annie Adams is a retired employee who misses her work and fellow workers in the Weaving De partment. She felt she would be lonely after she gave up the daily routine of holding down a job but through her various hobbies she has kept her time occupied. She has been retired about one year. When not “hobbying” with her flowers, sewing, gardening, crocheting and collecting what nots she does some traveling. She lives at 1202 S. York and her neice lives with her. She is 66 years of age and is a member of the Second A.R.P. Church where she seldom misses a service. Her plans for the future include more traveling and time devoted to her hobbies. “I am thankful for Firestone and the ten years I was employed there, the pension plan is wonderful and I don’t know how I would live without it,” she says. She looks forward to receiving each issue of the Firestone News, through the paper she keeps up with what is going on at the plant and her many friends in Weaving. season on the Outer Banks Island. * =i: From the Atlantic Coast to the Great Smoky Mountains Easter is observed with sunrise services. Most famous of Easter obser- ances in North Carolina will be the 184th annual sunrise service at the Moravian Community of Old Salem, Winston-Salem. In early April, flowers—azaleas and dogwood are in full bloom on the coast and as far west as the Mid-South resorts of Southern Pines and Pinehurst and the capital city of Raleigh. In the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham; and Rey- nolda Gardens, Winston-Salem, flowering shrubs are at their best. In the Blue Ridge and Great Smok ies, redbud, dogwood, and silver- bell bloom by around April 20 in altitudes up to 2,000 feet and reach higher slopes during the next two weeks. The big spring run of gamefish makes the North Carolina coast a favorite place for anglers in April, with the spotlight on surf, sound, and piers in the neighborhood of Nags Head and Cape Hatteras, Morehead City and Beaufort; and the southeastern coast of the Wil mington and Southport areas. The mountain trout season opens April 15. Sports Banquet Set For April 9 (Continued from Page 1) Special Awards: Harold Mercer and F. B. Galligan Introduction of Speaker: Dave Smith The Address: Rex Enright A quartet will sing several num bers at intervals during the pro gram. Ms REX ENRIGHT, who will deliv er the address of the evening, is a graduate of Notre Dame, where he played football under K n u t e Rockne. As head coach of USC, he has held his position longer than any athletic mentor in the Atlantic Coast Conference, coming to Caro lina as successor to Don McAllister in 1938. The time since has includ ed 13 active seasons at USC, and a leave of absence from 1943 to 1945 when he served as a commander and athletic officer in the Navy. In 1926 Enright was one of the nation’s top fullbacks and was named to the All-Western team, in cluding the big ten and Indepen dents, He was also a topflight basketball player for the Fighting Irish, After Enright’s graduation in 1927, with a law degree he played professional football with the Green Bay Packers, In 1928 he re ceived his first coaching job with the University of North Carolina as an assistant. In 1931 he went to the University of Georgia as assist ant football and head basketball coach. One of his basketball pupils was Frank Johnson, now basketball coach for South Carolina. ^ ^ IN THE OLD Southern Confer ence, Enright was a member of the basketball, football and boxing committees and held the presidency of the coaches’ association. He was one of the key men in the founding of the Atlantic Coast Conference and has figured prominently in its development. 'H ^ Dave Smith, who will introduce Enright at the banquet here, op erates an automobile agency in Gastonia. Captain of the University of South Carolina golfing team in his college days, he is now one of the outstanding amateur golfers in the United States, AteA/V TO YOU/ wm IT IS IMPERATIVE that we do everything we can to prevent further reduction in the protective tariff against importation of foreign textiles produced at low wages. FIRESTONE TEXTILES P. O. BOX 551 GASTONIA, N. C. SEC. 34.66 P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID GASTONIA, N. C. PERMIT NO. 29 Form 3547 Requested
