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AUGUST, 1957
Four Added To 15-Year List;
Others Have Long Service
Four persons moved into the
15-year service classification
during July. In the same month
there were 15 who reached ten-
year milestones; and three who
completed five years of service.
Each of the 18 has received a
service pin.
There were no 20-year records
listed for July.
Following is last month’s list
ing:
Fifteen Years
Spinning: Mervin F. Huffman;
Spooling: Minnie Mae Carpen
ter; SYC Weaving: Irene E. B.
Philips; Shop: Sam Jordan; F.
L. Gurley, Superintendent, third
shift.
Ten Years
Carding: Alfonzo E. Davis;
Spinning: Charles Bishop, Dock
V. Reynolds, Pearl M. Beck
ham, William L. McCarter;
Spooling: Dorothy Beckham, Ira
J. Sanders.
Rayon Twisting: Brady Lee
Whitesides, Edna C. Bishop,
O’Dell Human, Herman Rogers;
SYC Weaving: Virginia M.
Bridges, Velma L. Brooks; Shop:
John E. Fletcher; Industrial Re
lations: Elisha T. Green, Sr.
Five Years
Spooling: Carrie Mae Spivey;
Winding: Corene Lewis, Pearl
B. Peele.
A. C. Kessell of the Quality
Control laboratory completed 15
years of service with the Com
pany here as of April 17, 1957.
His name was inadvertently
omitted from the regular serv
ice roster published in May.
Also, these two names were
unintentionally omitted from
the June service roster: Main
Office: Mildred K. Mack, 15
years; Industrial Relations: Lois
Woolley, 10 years.
Vacation Trip-
Historic Views
Attendance at the Internation
al Naval Review and visits
which included stops at Colonial
Williamsburg and the James
town Festival were chief points
of interest on the recent vaca
tion travels of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Alexander, and sons Larry,
Paul, Jr., and Bruce.
At Portsmouth and Hampton
Roads, Va., the Alexanders
visited aboard the nation’s
largest aircraft carrier, the SS
Saratoga; the HMS Ark Royal,
a British vessel; and a Spanish
craft.
After a brief stop at Williams
burg, they went to Jamestown
for a day of sightseeing at the
Festival of 1957, celebrating the
350th birthday of America.
There the Alexanders observed
the restored settlement of 1607,
and replicas of the small ships
which brought Captain John
Smith and his adventurous
settlers to the shores of the New
World.
“To all who value our rich
and colorful American heritage,
I heartily recommend a visit
to the Jamestown Festival,”
said Mrs. Alexander, who works
in Main Office.
THE FESTIVAL, which con
tinues into late November, is
commemorating achievements of
the settlers who hewed from the
wilderness a new nation. Events
throughout the summer are re
minders of the founding 4f the
first permanent English settle
ment, the establishment there of
the first representative form of
government in the New World,
the flowering of Colonial cul
ture, and the winning of inde
pendence at nearby Yorktown—
all significant milestones in
American history.
Safe Driving
—From Page 1
The vice president urged em
ployees to see that their motor
vehicles are safe to drive, before
leaving on week-end and va
cation trips.
The Inter-Industry Highway
Safety Committee recently con
ducted a volunteer vehicle safety
check in the 34 states that do
not have a law requiring
periodic vehicle inspection.
“We are sure that hundreds
of Firestone employees have
had their vehicles safety-check-
ed,” said Mr. Tompkins. “For
those who haven't, we suggest
a trip to a reputable service cen
ter for the 10-point vehicle safe
ty check. Moreover, employees
need to see that their cars are
kept in safe-driving condition at
all times.”
ADDITIONAL safety advice
which Mr. Tompkins urged upon
employee vehicle operators in
cluded:
At NCINA Meet
Mrs. Roxie Newton, third
shift nurse, attended a meet
ing of the North Carolina In
dustrial Nurses Association at
Elkin, July 26.
Dr. Harry Johnson, chairman
of the occupational health com
mittee of the North Carolina
Medical Society, was the speak
er.
The meeting was sponsored
by the Chatham Manufacturing
Company. Plant Nurse Mrs.
Lula B. Holcomb, was hostess.
Included on the meeting sched
ule was a conducted tour of the
Chatham Company store.
Annual payroll of the textile
industry in North Carolina is
about 650 million dollars — the
largest single industry payroll
in the state.
Observe speed limits at all
times.
Take care that “no passing”
rules are always followed.
Don’t pass on hills or curves-
“We do not wish to make a
crusade out of this support of
traffic safety, but we would lik®
to see all Firestone employees
go through the next 12 months
without denting a fender,” Mr-
Tompkins said. He concluded:
“It may take a few minutes
longer to drive a hundred mileS>
but we are sure that all of
will be happier if we ‘Take Tin^®
to Live.’ ”
Speed, Main Cause Of Road Accidents
When you take to the road in
a motor vehicle and speed ex
cessively, accident and death
are grim monsters forever
tracking at your heels.
Reckless haste is the parent
of 43 per cent of all accidents on
American highways. Thus ob
served Chief Accountant Frank
B. Harrison, who alerted em
ployees here against highway
accidents, with emphasis on ex
tra caution in travel during the
plant closedown for vacation in
late July.
Mr. Harrison addressed ap
proximately 75 persons on the
supervisory level, urging them
to carry the traffic safety mes
sage to every level of employ
ment. His remarks were appli
cable to all highway travel on
local and away-from-home trips.
“When you’re driving 65 miles
per hour, you have one chance
in seven of staying alive,” he
said. “And when you drop your
speed to 50 miles, your chances
of being killed are decreased to
one in 88.”
SAFETY — especially on a
long trip—is a planned affair,
he noted. Among recommenda
tions he offered were:
Have your vehicle safety-
checked before you go.
Be alert to obey all traffic
laws.
Anticipate peak travel hours
and try to avoid being on the
road at such times.
Stop and enjoy the sights,
thus reducing your highway
fatigue. . ■
The Spindle City Toastmas
ters Club, of which Mr. Harri
son is president, has joined in
the annual “Slow Down and
Live” summer traffic safety
drive which lasts through Labor
Day, September 2. The club is
supplying speakers for groups
in the Gastonia area, in an ef
fort to help reduce the rising
traffic accident-death toll in the
United, States, Canada and
Puerto Rico.
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AMONG ACRES OF SKY
Near the midway point of the 22nd consecutive season at Camp
Firestone, the application book of the Company-owned back-to-
nature retreat indicated a full use of facilities, extending into
September.
The Industrial Relations Department, which began receiving
applications from employees and members of their families on
May 11, reports that week ends are most popular with visitors to
the Bridgewater camp, although the facilities are much in demand
on weekdays, too.
The added and improved buildings and other facilities this
season have enabled the camp to accommodate more persons than
ever before. Here is Cabin No. 1 at the Western Carolina wildwood
hideaway, located on Lake James, one of the state’s largest and
most picturesque man-made bodies of water.
our sehools, our hospitals
and our churches writh your money and your
hearts...you help develop good citizens by
working with our children...you keep our
merchants thriving with your steady payrolls.
WITHOUT YOU!
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