SEPTEMBER. 1956
PAGE 7
People and Places —From page 5
week of August 12th at Piedmont Boy Scout Camp, Tryon, N. C.
with Troop 9 of Loray Baptist Church.
Ann Adams, respooler, her children, Mrs. Boyce Davis, her
children, and Bonnie Car Ian spent the week end of August 11th at
Camp Firestone,
Reverend and Mrs. Boyd Brookshire of Russellville, Tenn.,
spent a week end with Nervie Barbee, respooler. Reverend Brook
shire is a brother of Mrs. Barbee.
Betty Bradley, daughter of Mrs. A. C. Bradley, respooler, and
Mr. Bradley, left August 20th for nurses training at Mission
Memorial Hospital, Asheville, N. C.
Buddy Bradley, son of Mrs. A. C. Bradley, respooler, and his
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Decker, flew to St. Louis, Mo., for a visit
with Mrs. Decker’s daughter, Mrs. R. M. Flahire.
Virginia Bridges, battery hand, and her husband, James
Bridges, fixer, spent one week of vacation touring Florida.
Bertie Grant, battery hand, her husband and family spent a
week of vacation in Clearwater, Fla.
Meta Hewitt, her husband and daughter spent the first week
in July at Wrightsville Beach, N. C.
Lillie Crain, weaver, and her husband, Lloyd, spent a few
days vacationing in Danville, Va., and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Mrs. Carroll Moore and daughter of Raleigh, N. C., visited
Mrs. Moore’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Withers, also Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Moore.
Ruth Veitch and her husband, McClure Veitch, visited a brother
in Winnsboro, S. C., during the first week of July.
Mrs. Audrey Mathis, smash hand, who has been a patient at
Gaston Memorial Hospital, has returned to her home on West
Fifth Street.
Mrs. Alice Tale, weaver, and husband, Beauford, fixer, spent
several days in Wilmington, N. C., during August. They went es
pecially to see their son, Bobby play baseball with the Gastonia
Juniors.
Alphonzo Nixon, sweeper, visited his daughter, who was ill,
in New York City during August.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Huffstetler spent two weeks of vacation at
Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, N. C.
Mrs. Ada Robinson, winder tender, is a patient at Gaston Me
morial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ware visited relatives in Atlanta, Ga., re
cently.
Becky Dellinger, daughter of Marcus Dellinger, spent a recent
V/eek with relatives in Belmont, N. C.
Employees taking vacations in mid-summer were Faye Ross,
Winder tender, two weeks at Key West, Fla.; Corene Lewis, winder
tender, one week at Nags Head, N. C.; Hazel Patterson, winder
tender, in Virginia; Bertha Dettmar, winder tender, at Carolina
Beach, N. C.; Ernest Coleman, yarn man, at Murphy, N. C.; Edith
Whidden, winder tender, in Maryville, Tenn.; Bonnie Fletcher,
Winder tender, at Daytona Beach, Fla.; Wylie Carver, yarn man,
at Newport, Tenn.
Paul Ingle, sweeper, and Mrs. Ingle spent the week end of
July 28 at Camp Firestone.
Faye Kennerly, winder tender, entered Gaston Memorial
Hospital on August 7 for treatment.
Brenda Oakes, daughter of Mrs. Faye Kennerly, winder tender,
celebrated her 13th birthday on July 28 with a party. Fourteen
guests enjoyed games and refreshments.
Artists Listed For ‘Voice’ Programs
A long-range program
Schedule of The Voice of Fire
stone has been announced, along
^ith the artists listed to appear
On the Company simulcast,
through June of next year.
In order that listeners and
Viewers may know the artists
appearing from September
through the remainder of this
^ear, the following list of enter
tainers has been prepared:
September 3: Feyer and
^horus; 10; Mildred Miller; 17:
Robert Merrill; 24: Elaine Mal-
and Robert Rounseville.
October 1; Rise Stevens; 8:
"^homas L. Thomas; 15: Dorothy
^arenskjold; 22: Jerome Hines;
Jean Fenn and Theodor Upp-
November 5: Blanche The-
12: Brian Sullivan; 19:
^srbara Gibson; 26: Nadine Con-
and Eugene Conley.
December 3: Cesare Siepi; 10:
^orothy Warenskjold; 17: Je-
Hines; 24: Eleanor Steber;
Feyer and Chorus.
THE VOICE of Firestone is
heard on radio over WGNC, 1450
kc, Gastonia, and WAYS, 610 kc,
Charlotte; and on television
from WLOS, Channel 13, Ashe
ville, Monday evenings, 8:30-9,
Eastern Standard time.
R. B. Stewart, 57
Roy Bryant Stewart, 57,
formerly employed here and
father-in-law of Thomas Grant,
Time Study, died August 5.
Funeral services were held in
Bessemer City August 6, and
burial was in Bessemer City
Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Stewart, who lived at 314
South King street, Gastonia, is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie
Grayson Stewart, one son, Law
rence B. Stewart of Gastonia;
two daughters, Mrs. Thomas
Grant of Gastonia, and Mrs.
Harold Mauldin of Lavonia, Ga.;
two brothers, Carl G. Stewart of
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Chief Cause of Forest Fires: Carelessness
The month of September brings the first day of
autumn, and with the coming of autumn, danger
of forest fires is greatly increased. State Forester
Fred H. Claridge reported recently that careless
ness on the part of smokers caused 52 of the 174
forest fires which occurred in just one month—
June—this summer, in North Carolina woodlands.
Those fires, said the state forester, burned over
3,295 acres of forest and open land and caused
damage estimated at $22,829.
AS A GUARD against carelessness, the follow
ing suggestions can help you prevent loss of
natural resources through forest fires:
Matches—Be sure the match is out. Break it in
two before throwing it away.
Tobacco—Make sure that pipe ashes and cigar
or cigarette stubs are dead before throwing them
away. Never throw them into brush, leaves or
evergreen needles. Don’t smoke while traveling
through the woods.
Making Camp—Before building a fire, scrape
away all inflammable material from a spot five
feet in diameter. Dig a hole in the center, and
in it build your campfire. Keep your fire small.
Never build it against trees or logs or near brush.
Breaking Camp—Never break camp until your
fire is out—dead out.
How to Put Out a Campfire—Stir the coals
while soaking them with water. Turn small sticks
and drench thoroughly. Wet ground around
fire area.
Be sure the last spark is dead.
Gastonia and Ralph O. Stewart
of Moores ville; three sisters,
Mrs. W. S. Fraley of Sanford,
Mrs. Finley Woods of Atlanta,
Ga., and Mrs. RiUa Sarvis of
Bessemer City; and a number of
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
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Funeral services for Mrs. Re
becca Ward Rhinehardt, 64, were
held Wednesday afternoon,
August 1, at Firestone Wesleyan
Methodist Church. Burial was in
Gaston Memorial Park.
Mrs. Rhinehardt was a native
of McDowell County but had
lived in Gastonia for 56 years.
Among her survivors who are
members of Firestone families
are a brother, Willie Ward, Spin
ning; a daughter, Ha Webster,
Rayon Weaving; two sisters,
Mrs. Bertie L. Conrad, wife of
R. E. Conrad, Rayon Twisting;
and Mrs. Mae L. Pryor, wife of
James Pryor, Rayon Twisting.
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Minnie Sims, aunt of Lee
Sims, doffer in the Twisting De
partment, died July 12.
Augustus Neil, father of Tom
Neil, elevator operator in the
Shop, and grandfather of Bill
and James Neil, both twister
doffers in the Twisting Depart
ment, died August 6.
ARRIVALS...
The daughter born to Mr. and
Mrs. Frank E. Capps at Me
morial Hospital, August 2, has
been named Katie Ann. She
weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces
at birth. The Capps live at 1103
West Third avenue. The father
is employed in the Cloth Room.
In Greensboro
Miss Phyllis Sweeten became
the bride of Larry Dean Honey
cutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Honeycutt, on Sunday, August
12th at Marietta Street Baptist
Church, Gastonia. Mr. and Mrs.
Honeycutt are making their
home in Greensboro, N. C.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ste
phens announce the birth of a
son, Robert McRoy, August 9th
at Garrison General Hospital.
Mr. Stephens is a twister tender
in the Twisting Department.
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Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Thomas
announce the birth of a son on
August 1, 1956. Mr. Thomas is
a cable twister doffer in the
Twisting Department.