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'F'ire^fone MSWi
OCTOBER, 1956
20-Year
Has 240
Roster
Names
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It was a red-letter day for seven employees in Septem
ber when each was honored with a watch and service pin
commemorating 20 years of loyal service to the plant here.
Addition of names of Frank B. Ray, and E. L. Bentley of
Carding; and Harold Freeland, Harry W. Parton, Annie L.
Hubbard, Horace W. Butler and Grady Ivey all of Spinning,
set the total number of 20-year employees at 240.
During the same month, there
were six who moved into the 15-
^ear category, and a number of
others attained 10 and 5-year
records. Following is the Sep
tember listing;
Fifteen Years
William G. Queen, Spinning;
Roy Stiles, Leola M. Chambers,
Rayon Twisting; Giles C. Em
mett, Carolyn Sanders, Main
Office.
Ten Years
Letha G.
Mahaffey, Ola B.
Collins, Jesse L. Helms, Lizzie C.
Kelly, Claude S. Kelly, Spin
ning; Ernest J. Jolly, Bernice M.
Thomas, Rayon Weaving; Ruth
erford Dukes, Shop; Geneva M.
Ballenger, Quality Control.
Five Years
Charles E. Walker, Jerry D.
McMillan, Earl Owenby, Otto
Davis, Benjamin F. Massey,
Rayon Weaving; Neazel Weath
ers, Shop; Maxie Carey, Cotton
Weaving.
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WHEN SIX EMPLOYEES marked their 20th
service anniversary in August, Firestone Tex
tiles President William A. Karl was on hand
to offer compliments. Each received a watch and
a service pin. Here, Mr. Karl congratulates Leona
Dameron, while General Manager Harold Mercer
looks on. In back row, from left: Leonard Me-
Abee. Frank Brown, Ben T. Hanna, Jr.. Marvin
E. Robinson and Emory Beaver.
Fire Prevention Observance; October 7-13
To Check Fires In Home, Plant
Seven principle fire hazards in
the home are listed here in the
order of their frequency;
1. Matches and careless smok
ing
2. Defective chimneys
3. Misuse of electricity
4. Defective heating apparatus
5. Combustible roofs
6. Kerosene and other flam
mable liquids
7. Rubbish
The following recommenda
tions from the National Board of
Fire Underwriters are aimed
toward eliminating hazards that
are often present in factories;
Aisles; Aisles should be kept
clean and clear at all times.
Clothing; Don’t wear oily or
paint-soaked clothing near open
flames.
Gastonia will participate in
the nation-wide observance of
Fire Prevention Week, October
7-13. The Safety Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce is
promoting the local emphasis on
fire control.
National Fire Prevention
Week, set by Presidential proc-
Stairways; Keep clear of all
obstructions.
Torches; Keep clear of all
combustible material.
Static electricity; Observe all
rules of the plant for prevention
of sparks.
J. G. Tino Reports On Foreign Assignment
The new Republic of India is a land of social
extremes, of ancient cultures mixed with the
new. Such is the observation of J. G. Tino, Fire
stone Textiles employee who is spending several
months in Asia in the interest of tire cord manu
facture at the Company’s plant in Bombay.
Mr. Tino left Gastonia in late July and
journeyed to Bilbao, Spain, where the Company
has a tire plant and textile affiliate. He remained
there for a brief assignment, then went to Bom
bay for a several-month assignment in an ad
visory capacity where tire fabrics are con
cerned.
IN LETTERS TO his wife in Gastonia, Tino
reports many interesting experiences. In Spain,
his chief difficulty was the language. Of some of
the customs there—for example—he wrote that
the natives eat a light breakfast at 8;30 a.m., a
very heavy lunch at 2 p.m., and a light dinner
at 10 p.m.
“When I had been in Spain only a week, I had
already had two holidays, not counting Sundays,”
he commented.
On the trip from Spain to India, he landed
at Dhaharan Saudi Arabia for a brief stay while
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the airplane engines were being repaired. He re
calls that the temperature there that day was
115 degrees.
“When I arrived in Bombay, the Firestone
representative who met me said it had rained 19
inches in the preceding four days, and that the
rains would last for another month. On August
19, there had fallen 90 inches of rain, since June.”
IN EARLY September, he reported that the
rains had abated to “about 10 times a day.” The
temperature there never gets above 90 degrees.
Shortly after he arrived in Bombay, the Gas-
tonian attended a luncheon at the Taj Mahal
Hotel there, given for Chief Justice Earl Warren,
who was on a six-day visit to the country.
The land to which Tino has gone on business
for the Company, has one of the oldest civiliza
tions in the world. It is a country of color,
legend, and strong economic and social contrast.
With the more than 3,000,000 population of Bom
bay alone, people sleep in the crowded streets,
on sidewalks, or anywhere they can lie down.
Tino noted that in India there are 14 different
languages with more than 200 variations of dia
lect.
“Chief religions are Moslemism and Hinduism.
Adherents to other religions are the Buddhists,
{jikhs, Jains, and Parsees. Of India’s total
population of more than 372,000,000, there are a
little less than 9,000,000 who are Christians.”
THE CONSTITUTION adopted in 1947 abolish
ed the caste system. Now the untouchables—call
ed by Mahatma Gandhi “children of God”—are
being provided with special education and eco
nomic advantages by the government.
Under the new constitution, great strides are
being made, particularly in the fields of educa
tion and resources development.
India’s agriculture affects 70 per cent of the
people. After this, one of the chief industries is
textiles.
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J. G. Tino: In India — to work and to learn.
lamation, aims to encourage all
citizens of all communities to
organize effective programs for
reducing the needless waste
caused by preventable fires.
RECORDS show that nine out
of ten fires are directly trace
able to human error or neglect.
As an example, 92 per cent of
the nation’s 145,180 forest fires
in 1955 were man-set.
Fire prevention is especially
applicable to the home, the fac
tory, and the forest.
Safety leaders point out that
active prevention is the only
measure that will stop fires be
fore they start^ Each person
must become fire-aware, in oi>
der to remove the cause of pre
ventable fires.
Statistics show that every day
all over the country, fires snuff
out the lives of men, women and
children, destroy almost a billion
dollars worth of property each
year, and put people out of work
and leave thousands injured and
maimed. It is toward the re
duction of such losses that Na
tional Fire Prevention Week is
scheduled each year.
Awarded Church
Scholarship
Miss Lois Louise Sparrow,
daughter of Frank Sparrow,
yard maintenance, and Mrs.
Sparrow, has received a $200
scholarship from the Presby
terian Church board of-missions,
to further her studies in ele
mentary education. Miss Spar
row, a graduate of Warren Wil
son Junior College, Swannanoa,
is in her Senior year at Tuscu-
lum College, Greenville, Tenn.
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AT A RECENT family gather
ing, Mrs. Louella Queen (front,
left), of Cable Twisting, was
photographed with her mother
and two generations of her de
scendants. Sitting beside Mrs.
Queen is her mother, Mrs.
Emma Isham, who is holding her
great granddaughter, Phillis Ann
Sweet, 8 months old. The child’s
mother, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Willis Sweet of Halifax, N. C.,
is standing. The missing mem
ber of four generations of Mrs.
Isham’s descendants is Mrs. No
vella Isham Willis, mother of
Mrs. Sweet. Mrs. Willis, who
died several years ago, at one
time worked at the plant here.
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Don’t Pass The School Bus
When It Stops For Pupils
Halt your car or other vehicle when approaching a stoP'
ped school bus, else run the risk of a maximum fine of
Thus comes a stark reminder from the North Carolina Moto
Vehicles Commission.
Now that rural schools are in full operation, the Coiii'
mission reminds the state’s more than a million and one-ha
drivers that the law requires traffic in both directions
halt when approaching a stopped school bus.
From the Motor Vehicles Commission office come
ures showing that an average of near 30 motorists are j
ed each school month for failing to halt for a stopped schoo
bus.