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PAGE FOUR KSlWi APRIL 25, 1955 \ THESE ARE PICTURES of some of the persons who were honored at the 19th annual All-Sports Banquet, April 9. Shown here are, from left: Ann Hubbard, Nora Crouch, Nell Bolick, Mary Helen Pearson, Dorcas Atkinson, Sam Guffey, Ernest Bagwell and Carl Wallace. In the foreground may be seen the Supremacy Trophy. n ANOTHER GROUP of those honored for outstanding sports and recreation participation were, from left: Sue Van Dyke, Robert Nash, Oileen Weaver, Elsie Nash, Mildred Dodgen, Max Cary, Walter Gil mer and Ed Crisp. MORE sports champions are, from left, seated: David Rollins, Charles Taylor, Cloe McDaniel, Marlene Stewart, Lenore York, Mary Helen Pearson, Jerry Westbrook, Dobb Phillips, Roger Lunsford, Jimmy Ipock. Standing: James Barker, Eula Dunlevy, Charles Tate, Elsie Nash, Ophelia Wallace, Clara Burgess, Bobbie Baldwin, Nora Crouch, Ann Hubbard, Charles Dodgen, Lloyd Hager, Betty Queen, Mary Johnson. Anniversary Program Complete (Continued From Page 1) Second—Trouble light (man), Lazy susan (woman); Third—Electric clock (man), Picnic basket (woman). * * Ht FOR THE PLANT tours open to groups, employees and the general public, May 3-6, daily prizes will be awarded to lucky ticket holders. These prizes are: First—Four Firestone tires; Second—Two tires; Third—One tire. During the plant tours visitors other than employees will get a copy of a commemorative booklet telling the Firestone story in Gas tonia. Employees will have received their booklets in the mail by that time. Visitors will be served light refreshments at the end of the tour route. Too, there will be a souvenir for each person making the tour, A schedule of the five-day anni versary program includes: Tuesday, May 3: Plant tours for employees and their families. Tours from 9:30 to 9 p. m. Wednesday, May 4: Tours for school children from the junior and senior high schools, both white and Negro. Teachers will accompany their classes. Tours to be held from 9 a. m. till 12 noon, and from 1:30 to 5 p. m. Thursday, May 5: Tours by civic organizations. Invitations are be ing sent to the clubs. Tours will be from 3:30 to 9 p. m. Friday, May 6: Tours by the gen eral public from 9:30 a. m., to 12 noon, and 3:30 to 9 p. m. Tour tickets will be placed at several distribution points. The tickets may be secured in advance. Saturday, May 7: Barbecue for employees and their families from 11 a. m., till 4 p. m., at the Fire stone boulevard parking lot. Square dance that night. A QUALITY PRODUCT SELLS ITSELF. Champions On Parade ^ ^ ^ At Annual All-Sports Banquet When Firestone held its 19th annual All -Sports Banquet in the Recreational Center, April 9, at 7 p. m., some 200 sports champions stepped front and center to be signally honored for the distinction they had won at the plant in the sports and recreation program during 1954. As an outstanding feature of the.o evening’s program, awards and trophies were handed out all the' way from the coveted Supremacy Trophy for the departments win ning the most honors, to a trophy commemorating the biggest fish catch during the season. * * * PRINCIPAL speaker at the banquet was Rex Enright, head athletic coach at the University of South Carolina. Enright told the audience, which included eminent personalities of the sporting and recreation world, that “the game of life demands no alibis”. He cited football as the all-American game which is “the best proving ground for true democracy,” and lauded the American system of competitive sports as a great force in the development of character. On the banquet program Ralph Johnson, Director of Recreation, served as master of ceremonies. General Manager Harold Mercer made remarks of welcome and Miss Llew Adams responded. After the introduction of guests, Johnson awarded departmental and individual trophies. Special awards were made by General Manager Harold Mercer, Nelson Kessell, General Superintendent, and Fran cis Galligan, Superintendent of the Cotton Division. ^ H= THE SPINNING, Weaving, and Twisting departments were joint winners of the Supremacy Trophy. The title of “Most Competitive Athletes” went to Nora Crouch and Dock Reynolds. During the evening’s festivities General Manager Mercer received a birthday cake, commemorating Firestone Textiles’ 20 years of progress in Gastonia. Firestone Girls Bowling Champs A Firestone girls’ bowling team won the championship in the Ladies Pioneer League the week of April 3. The Firestone girls defeated Cohen’s Dress Shop, winning the three playoff games by the total pinfall of 1,472 to 1,434. Members of the winning team are; Sue Van Dyke, Superinten dent’s Office; Nora Crouch, Spin ning; Bobbie Baldwin, Personnel; Dorcas Atkinson, Winding; Ann Hubbard, Spinning; Mary Helen Pearson, wife of Max Pearson of 3YC Weaving; and Mary Johnson, Rayon Weaving. The Pioneer League, organized about five years ago, was composed the past season of teams represent ing retail stores, industrial plants and service companies. Clean~Up JVeek Through May 1 Firestone employees will have the opportunity to participate in Gastonia’s annual “Clean-up, Paint- up, Fix-up Week, April 24-May 1. Special days during the week’s observance have been designated, to emphasize the various aspects of the campaign. Sunday, April 24, was observed as Church Coopera tion Day, when ministers urged support of the program from the pulpit. Other days are: Fire Pre vention Day, Monday, April 25; Clean-up Day, Tuesday, April 26; School and Health Day, Wednesday, April 27; Paint-up Day, Thursday, April 28; Beautification Day, Fri day, April 29; Safety and Check-up Day, Saturday, April 30; and Jay- cee Paper Drive, Sunday, May 1. Serves On Sports Committee Ralph Johnson, Firestone Recreation Director, has been appointed by Governor Hodges to serve on the Governor’s State Festival of Sports Committee for 1955. The announcement came April 6, in a letter to Mr. Johnson from R. L. McMillan, chairman of the North Carolina Festival of Sports Committee. This is the second year that the rec reation director here has been appointed to the Committee. Among the purposes of the Festival of Sports Committee are the publicizing and promotion of community approval to good existing sports activities in the state, and, where possible, to stimulate increased citizen participation in wholesome sports activities. FIRESTONE TEXTILES P. 0. 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