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MARCH, 1957
Bloodmobile Nets 157 Pints
On Plant Visit February 18
FATHER-SON TEAMWORK IN DUCK PIN RIVALR Y
In the Father-and-Son duck pin bowling com- Above left, Charlie Ballard, Winding, and sons
petilion which ended in February, two teams Ronnie (middle) and Steve make a tense survey
were named winners in the under-12 and over-12 of one team's performance during the tourna-
age groups. In the matches, a father-son com- ment. He and the sons were winners in the under
bination was pitted against other father-son 12 year class. At right, Payton Lewis, Carding,
teams. Some 40 youngsters and their dads com- and son Randy talk over some bowling strategy,
peted for the honors, of which the payoff will be Top-notch performers in the over-12 class were
a trophy for the winning team in each class, to Recreation Director Ralph Johnson and son
be awarded at the All-Sports banquet in March. Buddy.
Wildlife Week To Be Observed March 17-23
The nation’s No. 1 sportsman,
an ardent trout fisherman and
sometime quail hunter, will join
his fellow Americans in observ
ing National Wildlife Week,
March 17-23. Dwight D. Eisen
hower has congratulated the Na
tional Wildlife Federation, spon
sor of the annual event, for re
minding citizens of the “total
responsibility for the wise and
careful use of our natural in
heritance.
“The citizens of our land have
a deep and abiding interest in
America’s out-of-doors and a
lasting investment in the preser
vation and development of our
natural resources,” the President
Johnson Featured
In ^New South’
Plant Recreation Director
Ralph Johnson was featured in
a photograph and story in the
annual “New South” edition of
the Anderson, S. C., Daily Mail,
distributed in February.
The 112-page edition of the
paper saluted “the New South—
its people and its progress.”
Johnson was featured as the cur
rent vice president of the North
Carolina Recreation Society. He
was elected to that position at
the 12th annual State Recreation
Conference held in Raleigh late
last year.
wrote to the Wildlife Federation.
“Through the cooperative ef
fort of citizens, Government and
private agencies, we can achieve
a common objective, a bountiful
land for all the people.”
THE AIM of National Wildlife
Week, says the Federation, is to
make more people conscious of
their dependence on natural re
sources, and to arouse them to
support conservation programs.
Under the 1957 theme, “Homes
for Wildlife,” state and local
wildlife groups will join in the
observance.
According to the Wildlife Fed
eration, conservationists—by em
phasis on the 1957 theme—can
run the gamut of abuses to
which Americans have thought
lessly or selfishly subjected their
rich land: Soil erosion, forest
fires, stream pollution, the un
wise drainage of valuable wet
lands, the denuding of water
sheds, the conservation of fertile
prairies into dust bowls. The
Federation points out that all
such abuses destroy wildlife
homes and unless checked, can
eventually destroy America.
IN MAKING announcement of
the March 17-23 observance, the
Federation points out that this
year’s theme focuses attention on
the requirement of wildlife for
proper living places where food,
cover, and protection from
weather and enemies are pro
vided in proper combinations.
Like human beings, birds and
fish, mammals and other wild
creatures depend on soil, water
and plants in order to live.
“Healthy, well-cared-for lands
mean bountiful crops of wild
animals and can also mean pros
perous and healthy people,” the
announcement said.
“Man’s ability to learn to live
with and care for the land may
determine his success or failure
in learning to live with other
peoples of the world.”
National Wildlife Week was
originated in 1938 by proclama
tion of the late Franklin D.
Roosevelt. It has since been
sponsored annually by the Na
tional Wildlife Federation and
state affiliates, including the
North Carolina Wildlife Federa
tion, Wildlife Resources Com
mission.
Five employees became gallon
donors February 18 when the
Red Cross Bloodmobile visited
the plant. A total of 157 pints
were donated, exceeding the
quota by 32 pints.
Joining the Gallon Club were
B. G. McSwain, John S. Mitchell,
J. R. Benfield, C. M. Plyler and
Arnold Grindle. Each received
credit cards for one year of free
blood for their families.
For the blood collection visit,
Mrs. Carl Stowe, Girls Club
hostess, served as chairman of
volunteer workers. Assisting her
were Mesdames Carl Rape, G. A.
Perry, J. M. Cooper, E. J. Me-
chem, C. R. Goodwin, Robert
Pence, Clarence Houser, Ratha
Henderson, Paul Walker, Reid
Crouch, J. B. Reeves, and Lloyd
Rosdahl. L. B. McAbee and Al
vin Riley were also volunteer
workers. Mrs. Grace Reeves,
R.N., assisted visiting doctors
and nurses. v
A list of donors:
Wade H. Stiles, L. B. McAbee,
Frontus Lyles, W. B. Ward, Al
vin V. Riley, William J. Brad
ley, Walter Gilmer, David Rol
lins, Joe H. Givens, Cole L.
Whitaker, Luther C. Brown, Be-
lon D. Hanna, Julius B. Reeves
Jr., A. D. McCarter, Mervin F.
Huffman, Clifford L. Bell, Frank
J. Ledford, Grady Taylor, Hans
ford Wilkes, and David Nichols.
Claude B. Braswell, Neil W.
Broadway, Coy Bradshaw,
James M. Cooper, John A. Ver-
dery, Robert E. Bigger, Beauford
Lawrence, Thomas W. Turner,
Grafton W. Carpenter, Walter E.
Sain, Edgar M. Smarr, Max A.
Thomas, Martin E. Paysour,
John B. Randall, Mrs. Pansy D.
Falls, Eula Wilson, M. L. Ram
sey, Clyde A. Hager, Jerry Bar
ton, and Robert F. Hager.
Jennie D. Bradley, Arthur C.
Bradley, Frank B, Harrison,
Billy G. McSwain, James R.
Kilby, Zeke L. Mitchem, Fred S.
Ballard, Thomas R. Huffstetler,
Kenneth I. Brooks, Edna S.
Lankford, Cecil H. Davis, J. B.
Warren, Edgar F. Riley, J. R.
Benfield, Claude Clark, W. C.
Stephenson, James Saylor, Da
vid R. Britton, Eli Webb, and
Gary P. Lyles.
Odell Thomas, Hazel Rice,
Ada Robinson, Bynum J. Carter,
Bobby B. Baldwin, Barbara
Abernathy, Bobby Purkey,
Rosalie Burger, Raymond A.
Wallace, Vera W. Carpenter,
Charles Ford, James Reel, Floyd
N. Ratchford, John E. Pierce,
Howard Braswell, Ben T. Han
na, Ernest Mauney, John Fletch
er, William C. Shull, and Ellis
C. Kuykendall.
Lex G. Barkley, John S. Mit
chell, Joseph Dunnigan, Albion
Wills, Frank Capps, William
Murray, J. L. Hopkins, Claude
E. Stewart, Carl E. Briggs, Sarah
Nall, James Smith, Charles Tate,
Pauline Stroup, Jesse Liles, Rob
bie Miller, Lucille Baker, Blon-
zeen Mauney, Eva Henson,
Katherine Davis, and Sidney R.
Davis.
Willard P. Stiles, Oscar Hart,
John W. Eudy, Mrs. Ruble W.
Sample, J. Q. McPherson, Lela
Panther, Coit L. Lambert,
Claude S. Seism, Coy H. Willard,
Lewis Connor, William H. Da
vis, John R. Fender, Jud Whit
aker, William L. Grindstaff,
Charles Melborn Plyler, Howard
McCarter, Roland E. Conrad,
Raymond R. Long, Floyd H.
Whitaker, and Willie Hannie.
Humbert Hardin, Lois Shir
ley Bolding, Paul Walker, Ray
D. Thomas, Mabel L. Thomas,
Mabel Mantooth, Ransom F.
Piercy, Ruby L. Riley, Max
Cary, J. B. Mitchell, Cramer
McDaniel, Verdie Smith, Paul
Powers, Edward C. Taylor, Will
A. Brown, Cramer Little,
Charles W. Hamrick, Margaret
Matthews, Sue Carson, and
Clyde Huffstetler.
Gene Carson, J. M. Sosebee,
Philip R. Williams, E. P. Mc-
Arver, William F. Gates, Charles
McArver, L. Tracy Whitener, C.
F. Robinson, Thomas Bradley,
James H. Smith, J. C. Barnes,
William Hogan, Charles L. Blan
ton, Lewis R. Clark, Loyd Smith,
Tom McClure, and Arnold Grin
dle.
Lillian Morrison, Thurman
Davis, Troy Jones, Vesta Lewis,
George Bradley, Viola McCurry,
Lathan C. Carpenter, Maude
Peeler, Doris McCready, and
Nova Crouch.
RECREATION SPARKS LIFE FOR RETIREES
Keeping an active interest in the things that
go on in the world is one of the surest ways of
outwitting the sands of time. And of no mean
importance is the value of recreation, kept up
to the end of one's life. This is the viewpoint
of many in the increasing company of the re
tired from active employment at Firestone
Textiles. Typical of those with a mind to keep
life interesting in the golden years are five re
tirees who were photographed recently, taking
part in activities at the Men's Club. In the upP®^
left photo, a game of checkers whets the minds o
(from left around table): Thomas Little, Thom®^
Davis and Northen L. Harris. Henry M. AU®**'
of the Cotton Weaving Department found kc®*'
competition from his seasoned partner. At
Ed Pike (left), and Archie Honeycutt are
gaged in one of their frequent brush-up games °
billiards.
Help On Your Tax Reporting
You can have free assistance in making out your income tax
reports, through the deadline date of April 15 this year. The plant
income tax service, available since February 25, is provided by
trained personnel who are on hand to help you iron out the prob
lems.
This service is being offered from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday at the Girls Club.
Those who are assisting with the tax reporting for employees
offer these suggestions:
BRING with you the W-2 Income Tax form provided through
the Payroll Department. If you plan to fill in the long form, you
will need to have available all records you have kept during the
past year, such as receipts and other proof that are required for
the various exemptions.