SEPTEMBER, 1957
S3SWI
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People and Places —From Page 6
Shop
Those vacationing at Carolina Beach, N. C., recently were
Assistant Plant Engineer Hazel Cauthen, Mrs. Cauthen; Oscar
Jacobs and his family, and Electrician Ronnie Rumfelt and his
family.
Benchman Jack Moore and Mrs. Moore visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Moore in Franklin, N. C., a few days ago. From there,
they went to Tellico Plains, Tenn., for a visit with Mrs. Moore’s
sister, Mrs. C. A. Haun.
Kure Beach, N. C., was destination of a recent trip for Brady
Robinson, benchman, and members of his family.
Machinist Howard Moore and his family went to Franklin, N. C.,
for a visit with Mr. Moore’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moore.
Millwright Fred Rockett and Mrs. Rockett spent a summer
week with relatives in Tennessee and Georgia.
Plant Engineer W. G. Henson and his family had as guests in
August, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. GilUam of Albany, Ga., and Mrs. R. L.
Warr of Columbia, S. C. Mrs. Warr is Mrs. Henson’s sister.
Daytona Beach, Fla., was vacation headquarters for Roller Shop
Supervisor Paul Walker and Mrs. Walker in late July.
Fireman Silas Buchanan, Mrs. Buchanan and their son, recently
visited relatives in Baltimore, Md., and New York City.
Plumber Clyde Foy, Mrs. Foy and their son, had a vacation in
Washington, D. C., where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Hunter. Mrs. Foy and Mrs. Hunter are sisters.
Included in the recent travels of Troy Jones, tinsmith, were
a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jones at Marble, N. C.,
and a trip to Fontana Dam and the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park.
Electrician Paul Barker and his family went to Washington,
D. C., in late July to see Mrs. Barker’s sister, Mrs. B. R. Ratchford
and members of her family.
Ed Foy, lathe operator, and Mrs. Foy took a trip to Myrtle
Beach, S. C., in July. Others who were at Myrtle Beach recently
were: Porter McAteer, Shop helper, who went with David Little,
Lawrence Murray and Gene Johnston; Benchman J. L. Patterson,
Mrs. Patterson and their daughter; Miss Phoebe Pearson, Shop sec
retary, who was accompanied by Mrs. Avery Gillespie of Rock
Hill, S. C.
J. B. Mitchell and his family, with Alvin Dill and Mrs. Dill took
time out for a week’s stay at Camp Firestone recently.
Ralph Dalton, lathe operator, and members of his family were
at Carolina Beach, N. C., for a recent vacation.
Electrician Ernest Austin made Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Myrtle
Beach, S. C., highlights of his summer vacation.
In Newport News, Va., Benchman Jerry Howie and Mrs. Howie
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Billy Howie recently. Included in the
trip was a stop at Virginia Beach.
Lake Waccamaw in Western North Carolina was vacation
headquarters for Draftsman Bill Gamble and his family.
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RIDE ON AIR—If your future automobile is
equipped with suspension springs, here's the way
the system will work. Connectiiiig air lines,
reservoir tanks, rubber-and-fabric bellows, level-
izing valves and an air compressor go to make up
the Airide system developed by Firestone. Com
pressed air, regulated by special levelizing valves,
is forced into the bellows chamber to compensate
for heavy loads, or allowed to escape in the case
of lighter loads. This view shows the Airide
spring (black) and reservoir mounted on its
pedestal. Component parts are (1) Airide bellows
of rubber and nylon: (2) Air reservoirs; (3) Air
compressor; (4) Central air supply tank; (5) Air
supply lines; (6) Levelizing valves.
Nylon Featured In Firestone Airide Springs
The Noblesville, Ind., Fire
stone Airide plant which went
into full-scale production in
July, is the first in the industry
built expressly for the produc
tion of rubber air springs.
Synthetic fabric (Nylon), such
as processed at the Gastonia
plant, is featured in the con
struction of Airide springs by
Firestone, which will be offered
as optional equipment on sev
eral 1958 model cars.
■ “The new suspension system is
the greatest advance in riding
comfort since introduction of the
pneumatic tire in the early
1900s,'” said Executive Vice
President, J. E. Trainer.
“Motorists in Airide equipped
cars will experience a smoother
ride than many of us thought
possible a few years ago,” Mr.
Trainer continued.
A MAJOR bus company re
corded 300,000,000 miles on Fire
stone air springs. Trucking firms
also reported traveling millions
of trouble-free miles on the new
suspension system.
“We have on record many
cases of air springs on buses op
erating for 600,000 to 700,000
miles without evidence of wear
or weakening. That is about five
times greater than the average
life of a set of steel springs,” he
noted.
Records show that mainten
ance costs for air spring opera
tion are considerably below steel
spring upkeep. A bus company
executive r e p or t e d Airide
springs were the first significant
innovation that gave almost no
trouble from the beginning. Re
pair bills were so low the com
pany discarded its maintenance
records.
Firestone has been developing
and testing air springs for more
than 20 years. They were first
designed and tested in 1934 by
the Company’s engineering de
partment.
The new system was adopted
by a major automotive firm in
1944 and tests were started on
trucks and buses. Airide springs
were made optional equipment
on the heavy vehicles in 1953.
Since early development, air
springs have been used on air
plane landing gear, industrial
machinery, trains, buses and
trucks.
When W. G. Lancaster celebrated his 71st birth anniversary
recently, he was honored with a party of 40 guests. Among those
present were J. L. Lancaster and his family and Charles Lancaster
and Mrs. Lancaster. J. L. and Charles are sons of W. G. Lancaster.
Twisting Doffer Odell Human and members of his family
■traveled to Georgia for a recent visit with Mr. Human’s mother,
Mrs. Mozell Human. Before returning to Gastonia, the visitors stop
ped for a while at Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Mrs. Pearl Tate, tie-in-hand, Mr. Tate and other members of
the family, together with Doffer Henry McDaniel and his family
Went to Myrtle Beach, S. C., recently for a week of vacation.
Section Man Freddie Elkins, Mrs. Elkins, tie-in-hand, and others
of the family visited a few days ago at Fontana Dam and Chero
kee, N. C.
Doffer Osborne Sherrill, Mrs. Sherrill and the family have
returned home from a seven-day stop at Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Mrs. Ruth Carpenter, reclaimer, and children Carolyn, Annette,
Dennis and David visited Mrs. Carpenter’s brother, Loyd Huss and
his family at Chase City, Va.
Fontana Dam, Cherokee and Maggie Valley in Western North
Carolina were main stops on the recent travels of Doffer Otho
Davis and his family.
Mount Mitchell, N. C., was a main point of interest on a trip
made by Doffer J. L. Grant and members of his family. While in
that area, they visited Hoover Grant, brother of J. L.
Mrs. Pat Towery of Atlanta, Ga., spent a July week with her
sister, Mrs. Nervie Barbee, spooler tender.
Roy Ball, cloth roll wrapper, and Trula Ball, spooler tender,
'Vacationed in Asheville, N. C., a few days ago.
New Orleans, La., was the vacation destination of Lee Latti-
spooler tender. There she visited her mother, Mrs. Mamie
Chapman, and sister, Mrs. Marie Smith.
Rosalie Burger, creeler, and members of her family visited in
Bryson City, N. C., with Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wiggins.
Included on a recent week-end trip for Vera Short, spooler
tender and her family were stops at Lake Lure and Chimney
^ock, N. C.
It was a visit with relatives and friends in Gastonia for Elsie
Hullander, former Firestone employee, and her daughter of Alex
andria, Va.
Frances Player, winder tender, had as week-end guests in
August Mrs. Joe Daniels and daughter Sheila of Columbia, S. C.
Maggie Reed, starter maker, and Roy Fullbright visited their
sister at Murphy, N. C., in August.
Vacationing at Atlantic City, N. J., in July were Aileen Brimer,
spooler tender, Mr. Brimer and their daughter.
Pauline Dailey, warper helper, Mr. Dailey, Twisting, and their
children spent some time with relatives in Athens, Ga., recently.
Touring Florida on vacation in late summer were Mildred
Smith, warper helper, and members of her family.
It was a mountains-to-coast vacation for Helen Reel, winder
tender, Mr. Reel, Weaving, and members of their family. The Reels
spent some time at Kure Beach and at Cherokee, N. C.
Spineinj
Guests of Doffer W. E. Pope and Mrs. Pope on August 3 and 4
were Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wappler of Glenshaw, Pa.
J. W. Hartgrove, doffer, is reported to be improved, after re
cent treatment in Gaston Memorial Hospital.
V/ill Howard, warper tender, and members of his family were
in Bryson City, N. C., recently.
Spending several summer days at Myrtle Beach, S. C., were
Max Csrey, weaver, and his family.
Loom Fixer Cole Whittaker and Mrs. Whittaker have returned
from a visit with their daughter in Washington, D. C.
In recent weeks Loom Fixer Bill Morris and his family visited
relatives in Eastern North Carolina.
Some fishing at Little River was a chief item of interest on
the vacation of Weaver Albert Wyley.
Grady Wyley, quill hand, and some of his friends made a trip
to Kure Beach, N. C., a few days ago. Ethel Robinson, change hand,
is another employee who spent some time recently at Kure Beach.
Ethel Cole, weaver, went to see relatives in Florida in late July.
A trip to Eastern North Carolina and then to Florida was on
the vacation travels of Clyde Hager, tie-in machine operator.
High Grade Record
At Her Graduation
When Therese Mary Galligan
was graduated from Charlotte’s
Mercy Hospital School of Nurs
ing in August, she had the high
est over-all grade average in the
class of 40 members.
Miss Galligan, daughter of
Cotton Division Superintendent
F. B. Galligan, and Mrs. Galli
gan, was graduated from Sacred
Heart Junior College, Belmont,
with a degree in applied arts.
As a gifted musician, Miss
Galligan has won numerous
awards. She has presented voice
selections on many public pro
grams.
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