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We all have weaknesses. I have figured that others have to put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair not to make a reasonable discount for theirs. —William Allen White Tire$ton« GASTONIA Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, but set earnestly at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day. —Osier VOLUME VII GASTONIA, N. C., JANUARY, 1958 No. I The Payoff: Prizes And Cash For Approved Suggestions During the first three months of the “Prizes-Plus- Money” Suggestion Program here, eight persons in six de partments received attractive premiums in addition to the regular cash awards for approved ideas they submitted. They are: George Honeycutt and Roy Ward, Cotton Weaving; Woodrow Wooten, Quality Control; Horace Robin son and Howard Carson, Shop; George Jackson, Jr., Ware house; Roland Conrad, Rayon Weaving; John R. Carson, Plant Protection. The six-month program, in tended to stimulate added in terest in the Suggestion Awards System, will continue through March 31. Each usable idea turn ed in from last October 1 through the deadline date in March will earn for the em ployee an attractive, useful prize of his choice, to be selected from among five premiums in stock at the Industrial Relations of fice. These are in addition to the cash award paid for an ap proved idea, determined by the value of the suggestion. GIFTS from which to choose are: Desk pen mounted on Fire stone earth-moving tire model, man’s leather wallet, ballpoint pen and mechanical pencil set, cigarette lighter, and a small pocket case containing nail clip per, nail file, bottle opener and small utility knife. Ideas eligible for premiums must be submitted during the period from last October 1 through March 31. Official dates on suggestions turned in will be considered those on which ideas are actually received by the Sug gestion Board. For each approved suggestion, the person turning it in will have the choice of one of the five standard premiums which are posted in photographs on all Suggestion receptacles through out the plant. It is not necessary that sug gestions be adopted within the six-month period through March, in order to be eligible for prem iums—just so long as they are turned in within the stated period. There is no limit as to the number of premiums any em ployee may earn under this program. After the suggestor receives the regular money award for his approved idea, he may pick up the premium of his choice at the Industrial Relations office. m J958 JANUARY a SUN MON TUE W6D THU FW 3 4 10 11 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 THE FACE OF WINTER In a climate where “shirt-sleeve” weather can occur even in January, the hush of a winter wonderland seems far away. This location, a little more than a two-hour drive from Gastonia, was photographed for Fire stone News in a portion of the State where recent snows reached as much as 18 inches in depth. The scene is published here in hopes it will bring a touch of nostalgia to the first few days of your New Year. Maybe some Firestone people will recognize the country side look near the community of Foscoe, in the shadow of Grandfather Mountain. Scholarship Application Forms At IR Office The Industrial Relations office is receiving applications for the 1958 Firestone College Scholarship awards to em ployees’ sons and daughters who are high school seniors this year. Blank forms and information on the Scholarship pro gram have been available at the IR office since early Decem ber. High school seniors who are interested in applying, may stop by the office, or may have their parents pick up the instructions and blanks for them. INCENTIVE—Woodrow Wooten (left). Quality Control labora tory, chooses a desk pen mounted on a Firestone tire model, as ©xtra payment for suggesting that a safety guard be placed on a machine in the Nylon Treating Unit. His suggestion put him among ihe first eight persons to receive gifts in addition to the regular cash payment for ideas submitted during the past three months. L. B. McAbee of the Industrial Relations department presented *he pen. Progress Issue In February The 1957 year-end report to stockholders by Company Chairman Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., will be made available to employees through the special annual issue of Firestone iiewspapers. The Gastonia edition of the publication will be mailed to employees of Firestone Textiles around February 15. This edition of Firestone News is published in Akron by the staff of the Firestone Non-Skid. It will highlight significant points of the Company’s progress during the past year. Some photographs from the Gastonia plant will be in cluded in the special issue in February. To be eligible for the 1958 awards, the applicant must be a senior in high school. Moreover, the applicant must have a grade average that places him or her in the upper half of the school. THE PARENT of an applicant must have five or more years of continuous service as a Firestone employee. Only children of those employees whose average base pay does not exceed $800 a month will be eligible. Each Scholarship award pays the cost of full tuition, fees and books and a substantial part of living expenses at the approv ed school of the student’s choice. Started four years ago, the award program provides for Scholarships to be granted each year to high school seniors on the basis of proportionate employ ment throughout the United States. Application deadline date this year is March 1. Under the Scholarship plan, the Company makes possible educational assistance to the re cipient through the normal four- year period required to finish studies for a college degree. But the Scholarships are awarded on an annual basis, with renewal depending upon the student’s maintaining satisfactory scholas tic and personal performance records. SINCE 1956, the American Council of Education Psycho logical Examination has been a part of the application screening. This test will be sent directly to the principal in whose school the applicant is enrolled. Because scholarships are given out to various sections of the country on the basis of pro- —More on Page 5 Scholarship Plan Means Opportunity One of the activities of our Company of which we are very proud, and one that is gratifying to us, is the Firestone Scholarship Program. Started by our Company in 1953, the program is designed to encourage and help worthy sons and daughters of Fire stone employees, that they might receive advanced educa tion, which will further help them throughout life. Today—as never before—business, industry and our many professions need men and women with higher educa tions. And this need will increase. Each employee has a responsibility to see that no quali fied son or daughter of an employee is overlooked, in bring ing before them the opportunity of our Scholarship plan. It is my hope that every eligible son or daughter will be familiarized with this program, so that he or she can submit an application no later than March 1. The Scholarship program is described in a booklet, avail able to all interested parents. This year, I hope that more sons and daughters of Firestone employees will apply for the Scholarships than ever before. Raymond C. Firestone President
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