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JULY, 1957
GOD AND COUNTRY—Three members of Troop 20 at West
Avenue Presbyterian Church recently were presented the God and
Country Award. From left, Herbert Nall, Howard Kendrick and
Paul Faris. Herbert's father, Lacy Nall of Rayon Weaving, is typical
of Firestone people who devote themselves to promoting scouting
interests. He is a member of the Troop 20 Scout Committee. Mrs.
Nall, respooling, is also active in Scout work.
Employee Leadership Abounds
Among Youth Organizations
Fraternal Groups Aid Human Betterment
Firestone abounds with leader
ship in youth organizations. Of
these, the widest employee-par-
ticipation is in the Boy Scouts.
Although the Company does not
sponsor Scout troops, men and
women at the plant have en
couraged Scouting in the Fire
stone community and in the
Gastonia area since 1935. That
was the year the Company pur
chased the plant, and since then
hundreds of the management
team and employees have given
of their untiring efforts to ad
vance the Boy Scout program.
General Manager Harold Mer
cer, who holds the Silver Beaver
Award—highest honor for vol
unteer Scout work—has through
the years made an outstanding
contribution to Scouting.
F. B. Galligan, Superintendent
of the Cotton Division, is Gas
tonia District Commissioner of
Boy Scouts and a member of the
executive board of the Piedmont
Council. He is also a troop and
pack chairman.
T. B. Ipock, Jr., director of
Industrial Relations, is a com
mitteeman of Troop 6 and chair
man of Cub training for Gas
ton County.
AMONG OTHERS who hold
positions of leadership are: Max-
ie Carey, an assistant scoutmas
ter; John P. Smith, neighbor
hood commissioner; John Fen
der, chairman board of review.
Troop 28; Charles Houser, Ex
plorer advisor. Troop 10; George
Barnett, group leader; Jessie
Mitchell and John Bradley, com
mittee chairmen; Frank Spar
row, Explorer leader; Lorene
Owensby, sponsor; W. G. Hen
son, committeeman.
Earl Redding is chaplain and
an active member of the Union
Road Volunteer Fire Depart
ment.
Other men at the plant who
are members of the various com
munity volunteer fire depart
ments are W. F. Bradley, Alva
McCarter, Ernest Aiistin, Grady
Johnson and Tracy Whitener.
T. B. Ipock, Jr., director of
Industrial Relations, is a mem
ber of the board of directors of
the Gastonia Rescue Group.
Philip Williams, neighborhood
commissioner and troop commit
teeman; Lewis Clark, board of
review; Alvin Riley, neighbor
hood commissioner and troop
committeeman; Oscar Jacobs,
M. J. Gilbert, Cramer Little, Ray
England, Cramer McDaniel,
Joseph Anderson, Ronnie Rum-
felt, Ernest Givens and Howard
Carson, commissioners; Ruther
ford Duke, finance; W. C. Long,
troop committeeman and G. W.
Carpenter, committee chairman.
Others who contribute to the
Boy Scout program are Ozell
Neely, Otha Chambers, Lacy
Nall, Willie Geter, Joe Moore,
Leonard Bumgardner, Sam Low
ery, George Floyd, Neazel
Weathers, Fred Morrow, Sr.,
W. A. Johnson, W. B. Ward, Al
vin Dill, Boss Parson, George
Foy, Lucille Davis, Charles Mc-
Arver, J. C. Barnes, Bob Purkey
and John Morrow.
The Girl Scout program in the
Gastonia area draws some of its
leaders from Firestone em
ployees. Among those active in
this work are Willie Hannie,
William Kennedy, Mary Posey,
and Hazel Ward, who is a Girl
Scout commissioner.
Lorene Owensby is a sponsor
of Campfire Girls.
Several men and women at
the plant are actively identified
with other organizations exist
ing to promote the welfare and
character-building of youth.
Some of these include: Elton
Still, Ralph Johnson, Marie
Jones, Earl England, Horace
Hughes and Otis Thompson, Red
Shield Boys Club; Bob Purkey
and Ralph Johnson, Optimist
Club.
L. B. McAbee, assistant direc
tor of Industrial Relations, is a
director of the Gastonia Cham
ber of Commerce and chairman
of the safety committee of the
C of C. He is also a member of
the planning committee of the
State Safety School, sponsored
by the extension division of
North Carolina State College.
Troy Jones is a precinct elec
tion committeeman and a pre
cinct election judge in his neigh
borhood.
Fraternal organizations, with
their human betterment pro
grams, provide a wealth of com
munity service. Among those
employed at Firestone there are
more than 100 men and women
who are members in approxi
mately a dozen of the better-
known fraternal groups. Some of
these people are leaders, many
are past leaders and all are ac
tively engaged in the duties of
their membership.
A list of membership in the
various orders follows:
Mason: Cole Whitaker, J. M.
Cooper, Charles Ferguson, T. B.
Ipock, Jr., Clyde Moss, Cicero
Falls, Bill McSwain, Charles Mc-
Arver, Mack Dawkins, Charlie
Plyler, James Dunham, Robert
Nichols, Jack Kennedy, T. J.
Galloway, Earl Redding, Marvin
Robinson, Cramer Little, H. C.
Robinson, John Fletcher, H. T.
Aldridge, Frank Davis.
Herbert Broaden, Howard
Love, Albert Meeks, John
Adams, Sam Love, Earl Floyd,
Israel Good, Finley Williams,
Buford Lawrence, George Chalk,
Nelson Jackson, John Loyd,
Rutherford Duke, Jessie Glover,
Garland Cabe, Otis Dye, Andrew
Starnes, Burlie Neely, James
Walker, Tom Hunter, George
Barnett, Luke Sadler, Elmer
Holland, Edward Knox, Harry
Stewart, John Owensby, Samuel
Glenn, Willie Geeter, Ozell
Good Accomplished
Through Veteran
Organizations
Many persons contribute to
community betterment through
membership and service in such
organizations as the American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Disabled American Veter
ans, and the auxiliary branches
of some of these groups.
Among those of the American
Legion are: Walter Irvin, Tom
my Taylor, George Barnett,
Frank Allison, Ben Hanna, Jr.,
John Loyd, George Chalk, Bu
ford Lawrence, George Pender
grass, Ben Byers, Paul Peeler,
Charles Plyler, Marion Hughes,
Ralph Quinn, Bill McSwain,
Charles Ballard, Horace Hughes,
J. A. Waldrop, Corneilus Clark.
VFW: Walter Tate, Edward
Atkinson, William Hope, Horace
Hughes, Jim Bates, Clyde Foy,
Howard Martin, James Ledford,
James Baker, Cladell Arnold,
William Queen, Ernest Austin,
George Dow, Leon Dawkins,
Grady Stacy, Mack Dawkins,
Leffel Campbell, J. G. Tino, Jr.
James Helms, Maxie Carey,
Samuel Grissom, Ernest Baker,
John Anthony, James Burris,
Alton Medlin, George Lyles,
Lloyd Smith, James C. Smith,
Clarence Green, James Massey,
Ralph Whitesides, James Price.
C. O. Starr, William Rainey,
George Williams, Frank Jolly,
Joseph Brewer, Fred Holloway,
James Garner, Edgar Byers,
Avery Carpenter, James Trues-
dale.
In the American Legion, some
hold positions of leadership,
typical of which are: Sam Low
ery, post executive board; and
Nelson Jackson, post treasurer.
Among women who partici
pate in activities of the VFW
and Legion auxiliaries are; Mar
gie Waldrop, Juanita McDonald,
Miriam Cable, Edna Dawkins
and Blanche Hollis.
Neely, Gary Lyles, Harold Mer
cer, W. R. Turner.
Odd Fellow; G. A. Perry,
Joseph Anderson, Frontus Lyles,
Leonard Tench, Frank Davis.
Eastern Star: Eula Wilson,
Elizabeth Harris, Lorene Owns-
by, Lois Bolding, Roxie Newton.
White Shrine: Roxie Newton,
Charles McArver, Frank Davis,
Herbert Broaden, Albert Meeks,
W. R. Turner.
Elks: Edward Tims, F. B, Gal
ligan, J. V. Darwin, Howard
Love, Marion Burris, Henry
Gordon, George Adams, Burlie
Neely, George Enlow, Tom Mc
Clure, Tommy Taylor, David
Ratchford, WiUie Geeter, Frank
Davis.
Knights of Pythias; Charles
Ferguson, Lawrence Wilson, Bu
ford Lawrence, John Stowe.
Community Service.
When the Industrial Relations
Department asked employees to
list their community service ac
tivities, one man took a long-
range view of his contributions
to making the community a bet
ter place in which to live.
There were the usual answers
on church, school, civic, profes
sional, fraternal and welfare ac
tivities.
Did he have additional com
ments? Some of his entries on
the survey sheet ran like this:
Member of PTA? Check.
Leadership duties: Transpor
tation officer for the “Three
Teeners.”
Explain duties: During school
seasons, wait on and drive chil
dren of three families to Grier
vSchool five mornings a week—
come rain, shine, snow or hail.
Contribute to worth - while
A number of employees are
engaged in work with Civil Air
Patrol and Civil Defense. Joyce
Waddell, John Freeman and
Charles Ferguson are with the
CAP.
Among those who volunteer
service with Civil Defense are:
Winston Phillips, James Hamil
ton, James Donaldson, Juanita
McDonald, T. E. Gibson, Jr.,
Charles Ferguson, Tracy White-
Moose; Horace Hughes, J. G.
Tino, J. B. Mitchell, James Bal-
lew, Marvin Hudson, Troy Jones,
William Hope, T. S. Huff stickler,
Clyde Huffstickler, J. B. Easier,
Rother Henderson.
Eagles: Homer Hall, H. T. Ald
ridge, Claude Taylor, Otho
Chambers, Ralph Johnson, O. K.
Forrester.
Woodmen of the World: Earl
Shannon, Joseph Anderson, C.
O. Starr, Homer Stephens, Clar
ence Houser, S. L. Owens.
Redmen: Donald Hoyle,
Joseph Anderson, W. F. Brad
ley, John Goebel.
Junior Order of Mechanics:
Gradie Cook.
WOW Circle; Gene Alexander.
P.S.D.A.: Marcus Dellinger,
Ray Hutchins.
Pocahontas; Betty Holbrook.
.. All The Way
youth endeavor? Yes, Supervise
activities of teen-age daughter
and behavior of her friends also
when they are together.
Serve in welfare organization?
The Family Home and Wel
fare Association.
Nature of work: Routine duties
as vice president and assistant
general manager. Attempt to
feed, clothe and provide shelter
for my family, in a respectable
manner.
Other community services?
The Home and Garden Op
eration. Mow grass every two
weeks, scrape off house paint
every two years and repaint dur
ing one week of summer vaca
tion.
Hold any public office? Yes.
Taxpayer. Contributions to city,
county, state and federal govern
ments.
ner, Joseph Anderson and John
Goebel.
Then there are those who con
tribute to their country through
the National Guard, and the
Naval and Army Reserve pro
grams. Among these are: Wil
liam Hyleman, Naval Reserve;
Darrell Lawing, active Army Re
serve; James Price, W. H, Davis,
J. O. Thomas, Lee Beckham, Na
tional Guard.
These Serve In Miscellaneous Ways
CAP LEADERS—Besides devoting many hours each month to
Civil Air Patrol activities. Employment Manager Charles Ferguson
(left), and John Freeman (Spinning), are always on call to aid in
such emergencies as hurricanes, tornadoes and in event of enemy
invasion. In recent years they have been among key personnel in
emergency communications, electric power supply and rescue work
of storm disasters on the Eastern seaboard. Mr. Ferguson, who ranks
a major, is North Carolina Communications Officer for CAP. This
picture was made at Mr. Freeman's residence, where his communi
cations equipment is installed. He is supply officer for the Gastonia
squadron, CAP.
Some Keep Freedom’s Vigil;
Help In Time Of Disaster