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AUGUST, 1956
Service Milestones
Listed For July
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Seven Complete 20 Years
Seven workers in the plant reached the 20-year milestone
of service to the Company during July. This brought the
total number of the 20-years-of-service group to 226. Those
who were honored in July, and who have received the
customary anniversary watches and service pins; William
P. Reeves, William H. Chastain, O’Dell E. Helms, all of
Carding; Ruth Posey, Spinning. Gatha Lee Piercy, Mary
E. H. Reese, and J. M. Piercy, all of Rayon Twisting.
COMPLETE LONG RECORDS—John W. Hartgrove and Ruth
Minor admire iheir 20lh anniversary gold watches, given to each
on rounding out a score of years' service with the Company. Look
ing on is General Manager Harold Mercer. Hartgrove completed
20 years in June; Mrs. Minor, 20 years in May. As usual each of
them received a lapel pin commemorating the two decades of
service.
Late-Summer Outdoor Movies Listed
During the past month, other
service records listed for terms
of 15, 10 and 5 years included;
Fifteen Years
Ray M. Stiles, Rayon Weaving,
Lessie Tanner, Cotton Weaving.
Ten Years
Nina P. Parker, James C.
Lyles, Henry O. Brown, Carding.
Rufus C. Davis, Spinning; Luke
H. Sadler, Alice O. Conrad,
Woodrow McKnight, Rayon
Twisting. Stella L. Phillips, Ray
on Weaving; Ella L. Ruff,
Charles L. Dodgens, Robert F.
Hager, Cotton Weaving.
Margaret L Rhyne, Helen W.
McCarter, Cloth Room; Buford
Safe-Tire Drive
Is Scheduled
Tire companies will work with
their dealers and dealer mem
bers of the National Dealers and
Retreaders Association in an in
dustry-wide effort to get unsafe
tires off the road. This tire safe
ty campaign is being planned for
the fall months, beginning in
mid-September.
“The month-long campaign is
timed to give motorists tire safe
ty reminders during the back-to-
school season,” M. R. Darlington,
Jr., Managing Director of the
Inter-Industry Committee, said.
Lawrence, Shop. Mescal L. Cer
tain, Quality Control; Bobby A.
Purkey, Personnel.
Five Years
Annie Mae Campbell, Spin
ning; Eugene T. Massey, Spool
ing. Thomas O. Gibby, Ruth G.
Hardee, William E. Waters, Reed
A. Wilson, Jr., Rayon Twisting.
Faye B. Huffstetler, Marcella G.
Miller, Mary R. Galloway, Grace
M. Hudspeth, Beulah B. Haynes,
Dessie M. Welch, Bertha Jolly,
Rayon Weaving.
Claude B. Stewart, Cotton
Weaving; Bobbie B. Baldwin,
Personnel.
Each of these employees has
received a service pin.
Promotional materials will be
prepared that will encourage
children to participate in Old
Tire Roundups, School “Play
Safe” weeks. Tire Safety Checks
and other special events to em
phasize need for safe tires on the
roads.
Recently E. D. Burks, of the
Company’s Public Relations De
partment, received a plaque in
tribute to “distinguished service
to traffic safety.” This commen
dation came to Burks after he
had served as one of a six-man
Inter-Industry Committee for the
nationwide Vehicle Safety Check
campaign held in late May.
Three Westerns and two
comedies are on the schedule to
round out the summer’s motion
picture entertainment at the
Recreation Park in front of the
plant. Begun June 8, the sea
son’s lineup of movies booked 15
full-length features and a serial
story, “Deadwood Dick” of 15
chapters.
Pictures are being shown to
employees and members of their
families each week on the dates
listed. Show time is at dusk.
THE AUGUST schedule began
with the football story, “All
American,” with Tony Curtis.
Remaining on the calendar are:
Canadian Pacific, with Ran
dolph Scott, August 10; Rails
Into Laramie, with John Payne
and Marie Blanchard (color),
August 17; Fuller Brush Man,
with Red Skelton, August 24;
Ricochet Romance, with Chill
Wills and Majorie Main, August
31.
Riders in the Sky, with Gene
Autry and his horse “Champ
ion,” September 7.
Blue Ridge
Council Meets
p. W. Logan, manager of the
Loss Prevention Department,
Liberty Mutual Insurance Com
pany, Atlanta, Ga., addressed
the quarterly meeting of the
Blue Ridge Safety Council. The
meeting convened at the High
School auditorium, Tryon, N. C.,
the evening of July 26.
Attending the meeting from
Firestone were: L. B. McAbee,
T. B. Ipock, Jr., I. S. Bull, H. T.
Aldridge and Glenn Cross of the
Akron Offices.
Little Leaguers
Entertained
Members of the Recreation
Council entertained 30 players
of the Firestone Little League
baseball teams at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stowe on
Crowders Creek Road recently.
The evening program consisted
of a hot dog supper in the out
doors and entertainment which
included playing a number of
games.
At World Golf
Tournament
Six-man golf teams from every
Air Force Base in the world
will participate in an August
tournament to be held at Lack
land Air Force Base, Texas,
where A/3C Fred Green, a
former employee here, is a mem
ber of the base athletic staff.
Airman Green reports that the
San Antonio air base was also
host to the golf teams of the
Southwestern Conference of the
United States during the last
week of July. Green’s present
address is: P. O. 120, L.A.F.B.,
San Antonio, Texas. He requests
friends to write him.
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A/3C Hugh H. Bradley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Bradley and
nephew of Nina Milton, SYC
Weaving, is now assigned to his
new station near Sacramento,
Calif. At McCullom Air Force
Base, Bradley is a hydraulics
mechanic on aircraft. Prior to
his present assignment, he at
tended hydraulics school at Shep
pard Air Force Base, Wichita
Falls, Tex.
The airman left for California
July 18, after a 15-day furlough
with his parents who live at 1307
West Second avenue.
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Allen Dills of the U. S. Navy,
has returned to his base after
spending a 16-day leave with his
mother, Mrs. Estie Dills, spooler
tender.
RECREATION PARK HAS VARIETY FOR FIRESTONE COMMUNITY YOUNGSTERS
Each summer the playground in front
of the plant offers variety in recreation
for youngsters of the Firestone communi
ty. The recreation facility, on Firestone
property, and operated by the Gastonia
Park and Recreation Commission, is
supervised by responsible personnel who
are on hand the five and one-half days
a week the park is open. This summer,
the season began June 7, and will con
clude August 25.
These pictures, taken on a recent week
day, show the variety of recreation avail
able at the park.
TOP ROW, LEFT; Youngsters find the
pool an ideal place to cope successfully
with soaring summer temperature.
MIDDLE; Mary Tucker, daughter of
Mrs. Eula Tucker, Ply Twisting; and
Susan Hollifield, daughter of Jay Holli-
field. Ply Twisting, make shadows on
the sand as they enjoy the swings.
RIGHT; It's a lesson in table tennis for
Mary Janice Spencer, daughter of Robert
Spencer, Slock Room Supervisor. Co
operative instructor is Bobby Queen, son
of W. G. Queen. Spinning, and Mrs.
(Edna) Queen, Cable Twisting.
BOTTOM ROW. LEFT; Up from a dip
in the pool for a look into the afternoon
sun: Nancy Wallace and Daune Ward.
Nancy's mother, Mrs. Ophelia Wallace,
works in Spooling; Daune's mother, Mrs.
Louise Ward, in Payroll, Main Office.
MIDDLE: Michael Brown, son
Luther Brown, Quality Control labor®'
tory, gets set to try some horseshoe pitch'
ing.
RIGHT: A seesaw is choice recreation*
for Robert Spencer, son of Robert Sp®**'
cer. Stock Room; and Danny Gallig®**'
son of F. B. Galligan. Superintendent °
Cotton Division.