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JULY, 1957
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Two-Decade List
Gains A Name
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For Maford M, Sanders, Supply Room clerk, his recent
ly-completed 20 years of employment here seem like only a
beginning. It was in early June of 1937 when he came to
work here, and his joining the ranks of the honored 20-year
people last month pushed the catalog of long-term employees
to 263.
Bryant Elders, Shop; Ellie H.
Easter, Warehouse; Alvin V.
Riley, Industrial Relations.
Like all others who reach the
two-decade mark of service,
Sanders has received his gold
watch and service pin.
Also during the month of June,
there were 23 others who receiv
ed pins for terms of service rang
ing from five to fifteen years.
The list:
Fifteen Years
Elvin R. Galloway, Carding;
Virgie C. Pryor and Lillie L.
Brown, Spinning; Lucille M.
Baker, Spooling. James W.
Weaver and Marie E. W. Tart,
Rayon Twisting; Furman F.
Pearson, Charlie M. Parham and
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Ten Years
Elsie L. Chastain and Fred
Johnson, Carding; Martha Lee
Vaughn, Rayon Twisting; Mason
King, Cotton Weaving; William
I. Alexander, Jr., Shop.
Five Yestrs
Buren Tate, Jr., Spinning;
Mary D. Newton and Estie Dills,
Spooling; Gertrude C. Price and
Ada B. Helton, Rayon Twisting;
John H. King, Shop; Paul M.
Cloninger, Winding.
October Splendor
(above): This painting in
brilliant autumn hues is
among the several of
Barbara Abernathy's ad
ventures in oil colors.
Fruits and Nectar; Bar
bara puts the finishing
touches on a still life in
oils.
Harbor Shadows and
Hilltop Barn are wash
drawings in variations of
black. Intensity of gray is
controlled by the amount
of water on the artist's
brush.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SECRETARY
Art Crowns Interests Of Barbara Abernathy
From left: General Manager Harold Mercer, Mayford Sanders, and
Sales Manager J. V. Darwin.
I Didn’t Have Time To Think
Talking about an accident the other day, an injured man said:
“It all happened so quickly I didn’t have time to think.”
He was right. The purpose of safety-consciousness is to fore
stall and eliminate the conditions which add up to an accident
when it is too late to think.
Although some accidents are unavoidable and seemingly in
evitable, an accident will not usually happen until conditions are
created that make it possible. We often have control over these
conditions—which can be and often are in the mind and in the
physical surroundings in which one works.
Under usual circumstances there is plenty of time to correct or
avoid the conditions which make accidents happen.
If we are aware of safety and practice its principles we can con
trol accidents.
Someone has wisely said: “One thought before is worth a
thousand after an accident happens.”
Every year there’s the screen
and storm \windoWs to change,
painting to be done, the lawn
to be cut, other chores. To
stay safe use ladders in good
condition and securely placed.
Avoid climbing too high, reach
ing out too far, working on a
ladder on a windy day. Nearer
the ground, be sure stepladder
spreaders are in place, that lad
der won’t tip over. Be sure
also that any scaffolding is firm
and strong. For mowing the
lawn, gardening, or using a
wheelbarrow, take it easy, lift
correctly, get assistance for
heavy loads. Avoid over-ex-
haustion from working too hard
or long during the heat of a
hot day.
© AMERICAN MUTUAL LIAB. INS. CO.
GET YOUR HOME JOBS DONE SAFELY
Ever since as a child she had
her first box of wax crayons and
a handful of cut-out dolls from
a mail order catalog, Barbara
Abernathy has cultivated her
artistic talent.
The Industrial Relations sec
retary who hails from Connelley
Springs, N. C., modestly displays
only a few of her many drawings
and paintings.
“I used to sit in school and
make pencil sketches when I
should have been studying my
lessons and paying attention to
the teacher,” she recalls with a
capricious grin.
This encroachment upon her
school requirements did not af
fect her academic pursuits, for
she continued her hobby of
drawing and painting through
out her school days, managing to
make “pretty good grades”
through Drexel High School and
Clevenger Business College in
Hickory.
SOME MONTHS ago a friend
introduced her to a correspon-
ARRIVALS...
June 17 was arrival date for
David Bradford Harrison at Gas
ton Memorial Hospital. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Harri
son. The father is Chief Ac
countant at the plant.
dence course in commercial art
from a well-known Norwich,
Conn., school. This summer she
is in the home-stretch assign
ments of the three-year course.
Through the study, Barbara
has been introduced to com
mercial art in the form of tech
niques in wash drawing, pen and
ink, ink brush, pencil and
opaque media. To this she has
added her own experiments
with oil, specializing in still life,
landscape and portraiture.
The art student came to Fire
stone over four years ago from
a job as secretary to the super
intendent of Hickory City
Schools. In her free moments off
the job here, she manages—in
addition to her art hobby in
terests — to spend some time
practicing on the piano, playin^^
beginners’ golf, and traveling.
Employee’s Mother Back From Panama
To Mrs. Gus Cothern, the Re
public of Panama is a tropical
land of plenty, blending the old
world of South America with
the cultures of the North Ameri
can Continent. The mother of
Mrs. Hazel Hice, warper tender
in Spooling, returned recently
from an extended trip to the
isthmus connecting Central and
South America, where she visit
ed her son, Allen Gregory, Mrs.
Gregory and their two daughters.
Mr. Gregory has been a con
struction worker in Panama for
the past several years.
Mrs. Cothern made her trip by
plane, arriving on the Pacific
coast side. There, her son was
waiting to take her across the
isthmus to the Atlantic (Carib
bean Sea) side.
“The only disadvantage I ex
perienced on my trip to Panama
was the language barrier,” re
calls Mrs. Cothern. Spanish is
the official language and is com
pulsory among the natives, al
though English is taught in the
schools.
The Gastonia visitor was most
impressed by the historic sites
of the Republic, especially the
ruins of old forts and reminders
of pirating days, the balmy cli
mate and blooming flowers, and
the distinctive Spanish archi
tecture.
“I was fortunate to visit there
during the dry season,” Mrs.
Cothern said. She explained that
in Panama, bordered on the east
by Colombia and on the west by
Costa Rica, the rainy season lasts
about eight months of the year.
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