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NOVEMBER. 1957
PLANT VISITOR: THE ROAD IS GOOD
Foot Traveler Sees Beauty At Every Wayside
As he sat in the office “talk
ing shop”, he shifted his tired
feet and offered to lend a hand
reading galley proof for the
November issue of Firestone
News.
“I’m a walker . . . walk for
pleasure, and a living, too, I
guess, since I move about from
job to job. Walked all the way
from Delaware to Texas and
several other states, and I’ve
never been happier in my life.”
I.:'.
Brilt Granlham: His eyes have
seen ihe glory . . .
His blue eyes sparkled. Britt
Grantham, 43, is a journeyman
printer, naturalist, artist and
philosopher. He’d stopped at
Firestone after having come
from somewhere near Kings
Mountain the night before.
“Thought I might stop off for
a spell in Charlotte before go
ing home to Rocky Mount. Ex
pect I’ll travel on to Florida to
pick oranges this winter.”
MOST FOLKS who take life
as it comes on the open road
travel by hitch-hiking. Britt
Grantham is different.
“Most tiresome thing in the
world is to stand beside the road
waiting for a ride that may nev
er come along,” he said. “I’d
rather walk. I average about
20 miles a day.
“You know that path that runs
from Maine to Florida? I got on
it one day outside Thornton's
Gap, Va., and the sign said
‘2,000 miles to Florida.’ I walk
ed for three months, stopping
off here and there to work a
little. I’ve been about two
months coming this far.”
Mr. Grantham appreciates Na
ture. You could tell by the way
he poetically described the
grandeur, majesty and splendor
of the things he’d seen in the
United States and in the Carib
bean, where he’d gone by air.
The traveler, who said he’d
People and Places
—From Page 4
T. G. Stacy, retiree, and Mrs. Stacy, along with Mrs. Maudie
Webb of Rayon Weaving, have returned after a five-day visit with
relatives in Norfolk, Va. Mr. Stacy retired here in September, after
40 years in textiles. In the story of his retirement, published in the
October plant newspaper, credit was given to Quality Control for
providing him a “farewell’’ gift of a fishing rod and reel. Actually,
his fellow employees in Twisting sponsored it, and friends in
Quality Control presented him with a gift of money.
Relatives and friends paid compliments on October 12 and 13,
to George Benjamin Harper III, born October 6 at Gaston Negro
Hospital. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. George Harper, Jr. The
father is a conveyor operator in the Warehouse. Out-of-town guests
were Lt. and Mrs. Paul Matthews of Camp Lee, Va., Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Banks of Spartanburg, S. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Reno Rober
son of Raleigh, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cunningham of Stanley visited with Mrs.
Audrey Seymour, one day in October.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barker and members of their family at
tended the annual Whitley family reunion held in Charlotte in
October.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foy of Kingsville, Texas were recent
visitors of Mae Jones.
Mrs. Blake Deanhart was a patient in Gaston Memorial Hos
pital in October.
Ruth Veitch is back at work after a brief illness.
Second Hand Floyd Kelly and Mrs. Kelly recently spent a week
motoring through Western North Carolina and East Tennessee.
James E. Bridges of Rayon Weaving and Mrs. Bridges, smash
hand in SYC Weaving, have moved into their newly-purchased
house on West Sixth avenue.
Claude Jonas recently went on a hunting trip to Cleveland
County. He brought back 17 squirrels, after only a few hours in
the woods.
covered at least 2,000 miles in
the past two years, has dis
covered that there are “good
people everywhere,” and that
“you don’t need much money to
see this great land of ours.”
YOU'D BE surprised how
restful a mound of pine needles
in the forest can be, or a hay
stack along the road, he ob
served.
He finished high school in
Rocky Mount and walked to
Nashville, Tenn., where he at
tended a school of printing.
Then he worked in advertising
a while, until he decided a desk
didn’t fit his wonderlust spirit.
Twice he went to New York to
study art, and then he was off
to the North Carolina mountains
to paint. Next, he wound up in
the Caribbean where he paid
expenses by doing landscape
art.
When he stopped at Firestone,
he allowed as how he’d be in
Florida before winter. “I sorta
follow the seasons,” he grinned.
Said he’d better be moving on,
because he figured on reaching
Charlotte by Sundown.
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PREVENT
FOREST FIRES!
I
Roy P. Seymour, Jr.
Joseph Williams
News Of Men In Service
Airman Roy P. Seymour, Jr.,
of Stanley, is now stationed at
Keesler Field, Miss. He is the
son of Mrs. Audrey Seymour of
SYC Weaving.
His mailing address: A/B Roy
P. Seymour, Jr., AF 1464281,
Box 1169, CMR 2, Keesler AFB,
Miss.
Corporal Joseph J. Williams
spent a leave of a few days in
October with his mother, Mrs.
Katie Webster, battery hand in
SYC Weaving.
Before entering the army.
Corporal Williams was employed
in Carding at Firestone.
His friends may write him at
this address; Sp/3 Joseph J.
Williams, RA 14-561-167; First
Officer Student Battery, Fort
Sill, Okla.
Jerry Robinson, son of G. K.
Robinson, of Spinning, and Mrs.
Robinson, Rayon Twisting, was
graduated from Fleet Sonar
School, Key West, Fla., Septem
ber 13. He and a fellow sailor,
Stanley Keller of Oregon spent
a 15-day leave recently at the
Robinson home in Gastonia.
At the end of their visit, Mr.
and Mrs. Robinson drove them
to their home port at Norfolk,
Va. From there, they went to
Washington, D. C., where they
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tino.
Mr. Tino is Mrs. Robinson’s
brother.
A/3C James H. Ledford spent
a few days in October with his
mother, Mrs. Blanche Hollis of
Carding. James is stationed at
an air base in Greenland.
President Buehanaii Got His Report
The following was reported in Editor’s Drawer, Harpers
Monthly of July, 1881.
A newly-appointed postmaster under President James Buch
anan found by his “instructions” that he was required to report
quarterly. He addressed the following communication to the
President:
Mr. James Buchanan, President of the United States:
Dear Sir: . . . Been required by the instructions of the Post
Office to report quarterly, I know heerwith foolfil that pleasin duty
by reportin as follows.
The harvesting has been going peertly, and most of the nabers
have got their cuttin dun. Wheat is hardly a average crop; on rolan
land corn is yallerish, and won’t turn out more than ten or fifteen
bushels to the aker. The health of the community is only tolerable,
and cholery has broke out about two and one-half miles from here.
There is a powerful awakening on the subject of religion in the
falls naberhood, and many soals are bein made to know their sin
forgiven.
Nancy Smith, a nere naber, had twins day before yesterday.
One of them is supposed to be a seven monther.
This is about awl I have to report the present quarter. Give
my respects to Mrs. Buchanan, and subscribe myself.
Yours truly, Isaiah Johnson, P.M. at Summon, Fulton Co. 111.
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THE library of UNC
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Hagan and children of Detroit, Mich., and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hagan of Laurens, S. C., were mid-October
visitors in the home of Mrs. Mildred Kelton.
Estelle Prince, winder tender, attended a family reunion at the
home of her sister, Mrs. E. L. Tart in York, S. C., in October.
Sarah Hicks, winder tender, went to Norfolk, Va., recently for
a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fonzy Stone.
Form 3547 Requested