Life is short and we have never
too much lime for gladdening the
hearts of those who journey with
Tire$ton«
us.
-Amiel
GASTONIA
The wise man does not lay up
treasure. The more he gives to
others, the more he has for his
own.
—Lao-Tsze
VOLUME V
GASTONIA. N. C., NOVEMBER, 1956
NUMBER 11
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LOOKING OVER the "consolation" gift at the contest prize
display at the plant main entrance are Mrs. Alf Bohanan, (left),
Main Office and Miss Phoebe Pearson, secretary to Plant Engineer
G. Henson.
Suggestion Contest Continues
Through Month Of November
Your suggestions can mean ex
tra cash in the pocket and pos
sibly one of three prizes, plus a
“consolation” gift—if you enter
the Suggestion Contest which
lasts through November 30.
The three major prizes are,
^irst: A Firestone clock radio;
Second: An electric mixer;
Third: An automatic toaster.
These will be given to the sug-
gesters ranking first, second and
third in the highest amount of
awards for the total number of
Adopted suggestions submitted
during the contest period.
PRIZES will be in addition to
the cash awards which are al
ways paid for approved ideas,
on the basis of their worth to the
Company.
Besides the three top pre
miums, a portable barbeque grill
will be awarded as a “consola
tion” gift. During the contest,
every person turning in one or
more suggestions will be given
a ticket for deposit in a box lo
cated at the main entrance of
the plant, near the contest prize
display case. A drawing at the
end of the contest will select the
barbeque grill winner.
Detailed information on the
Company Suggestion Award
System appears on page 3, this
issue of the plant newspaper.
Attends NSC Meet
Safety Director Alvin Riley at-
^’^ded the annual meeting of the
National Safety Council in Chi-
^^go, October 21-26. For one of
.h® sessions during the week he
^^ined in a program with safety
directors from all other Fire
stone plants in the United States.
Safety in the textile industry
was included on the program,
which covered a total of 31 topics
in all phases of accident control
and prevention.
UF Campaign For Employees
In Fifth Annual Appeal
Seventeen Community Agencies
Will Share In Your Gifts
The fifth annual Employees United Fund appeal opened at the plant October 22 and
will continue through November 10. General Superintendent Nelson Kessell, for the fifth
consecutive year Chairman of the fund-gathering effort, has announced that workers have
the opportunity to contribute to as many as 17 community and charitable agencies. F. B.
Galligan, Superintendent of the Cotton Division, is serving as Co-Chairman of the drive
this year.
Employees’ pledges are being
taken by volunteer solicitors in
every department of the plant.
Sign-up cards allow for pledges
to the various agencies, to be
paid later through the payroll
deduction plan.
Chairman Kessell points out
that the UF contributor here
may designate the amount he or
she wishes to give to the dif
ferent local, state and national
community organizations and
charities. Every individual is be
ing contacted and given sign-up
cards.
IN LAST year’s UF drive at
Firestone Textiles, the em
ployee contribution of $12,327.07
set a record in the four years of
united community giving here.
The plant UF program is con
ducted each fall, to coincide with
the efforts of the Greater Gas
tonia United Fund in October,
and with the nationwide effort
of Community Chests and United
Funds from Labor Day to
Thanksgiving.
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Com
pany Chairman, is this year a
member of the National Citizens
Committee sponsoring the
—Turn to page 2
YOUR DOLLARS CAN LIFT BURDENS
Look under the word “dollar” in any dictionary and you will
read something like this: “The monetary unit in the United States
equivalent to 100 cents.”
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, well-known American clergyman,
has this definition:
“A dollar is a miraculous thing. It is a man’s personal energy
reduced to portable form and endowed with powers the man him
self does not possess. It can go where he cannot go; speak
languages he cannot speak; lift burdens he cannot touch with his
fingers; save lives with which he cannot directly deal; so that a
man busy all day downtown can at the same time be working in
boys’ clubs, hospitals, settlements, child-care centers all over the
city.”
Let your dollars, contributed with your fellow employees
during the United Fund drive, help perform miracles. Let them
lift burdens you cannot touch.
Men From Plant Attend Textile Exposition
Sixty-two men from plant
management and supervision
here attended the 19th Southern
Textile Exposition, held in Tex
tile Hall, Greenville, S. C., Oc
tober 1-5. Those going from the
plant here divided themselves
into groups to attend the exposi
tion on different days during the
week-long run.
The mammoth textile trade
show, first staged in 1916, is
held once every two years. It
provides a gigantic window-
shopping tour for the textile in
dustry, to show what are the
latest developments in high-
speed machinery, equipment,
supplies, accessories and parts.
The more than 325 exhibits in
cluded many “live” displays, and
many involved new machines
and refinements. At the exposi
tion, some of the machines were
unveiled to the public for the
first time.
ALMOST every major United
States textile machinery firm
—Turn to page 5
GIVE - THE UNITED WAY
Once each year all Firestone Textiles Employees have the
opportunity of sharing their prosperity in a systematic way with
ose who are less fortunate from the standpoint of health and
j^^Ppiness. The privilege of so doing is made possible through the
^J^estone United Fund Drive which is now in progress.
Firestone Textiles Employees have always given liberally to
is most worthwhile appeal and I am sure that this year’s results
gfi be even more outstanding than they were last year. In an
tort to accomplish our goal of 100 per cent participation in all de-
^I'tments, each employee will be solicited for a contribution. It is
^ y sincere hope that you will respond generously and that Fire-
Textiles will maintain its position on the Honor Roll of the
^sater Gastonia United Fund Drive which is now underway.
Hi '
General Manager
EUROPEAN EXHIBIT—Bob Purkey. (left),Rec
reation; and Thomas Grant, Time Study, learn
the workings of an automatic quill winder. The
machine, made in Switzerland, is capable of
winding at the rate of 11,000 revolutions per
minute. After winding, it correctly stacks the
quills in a box, ready for the loom.
LATEST IN SUPPLIES—Ray Clary (left), a
sales and service representative of a supply com
pany from Atlanta, Ga., shows a piece of card
clothing to Carding Overseer S. L. Owens (sec
ond from left), and two other Firestone men.
They are Vernon Lovingood, Sales Yarn Twist
ing; and Charles Ferguson (right). Employment.