JUNE, 1958
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Trip Afield? Don’t Tell The Burglar
With the outdoor season hit
ting its peak after early June,
you’ll probably take to the road
for a week-end or vacation stay
away from home. And before
leaving on that trip afield, you
will make preparations to guard
the safety and security of the
property you leave behind.
But if you haven’t been es
pecially careful about simple,
easy-to-forget details, your house
may say: “Come on in, Mr.
Burglar, and browse around.”
If you will be gone for several
days, arrange to have the lawn
mowed on schedule. Stop de-
ARRIVALS. . .
A son, William Howard, Jr.,
was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Roland at Memorial Hospital in
Charlotte, May 13. The child’s
paternal grandparents are Carl
Stewart, Sr., Cotton Weaving,
and Mrs. Stewart of Rayon Re
spooling.
Timothy Allen Saylor was
born at Gaston Memorial Hos
pital April 22, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Saylor. The father
Works in Cord Weaving.
Carl Stewart Has Outstanding School Record
Back in 1954 Carl Stewart’s classmates at Ash
ley High School voted him “Most Likely to Suc
ceed.” Apparently the students weren’t just
guessing idly, for the record since indicates that
he has the ability to lead and to achieve.
When Carl Jerome Stewart stepped up to re
ceive his bachelor of arts degree at Duke Uni
versity early this month, he left behind a most
impressive list of accomplishments over the
period of his four years there on a Firestone
Scholarship.
The son of Carl Stewart, Sr. of Cotton Weav
ing and Mrs. Stewart of Rayon Respooling was
graduated June 2, with honors in history. Thesis
for his major was “The Shaping of American
Neutrality, 1935-1937.”
The student’s rare scholastic and leadership
abilities won for him many honors during his
four years of study.
In his junior year, Carl’s grade average earned
for him membership in Phi Beta Kappa. To be
chosen a member in the third year of college is
in itself a signal honor, since a student’s grade
record must average between “A” and “A-.”
HE WAS NAMED to Who’s Who in American
Universities and Colleges, and in his last year
was elected by his fraternity brothers as the
“Outstanding Senior”. From his freshman year he
was a distinguished member of the Varsity De
bate Team. From 1956 to 1958 he was president
of the Duke Debate Society. He has also served
as president of the Duke Chapter of Tau Kappa
Alpha, national debating honorary. For two con
secutive years — 1956 to 1958 — he was chosen
Duke’s “Outstanding Debater.”
Of his many other extracurricular activities
Carl served as chairman of Religious Emphasis
Week in 1957. He has been associate justice of
the Men’s Judicial Board, supreme judicial body
on the campus. Carl has an outstanding record
as a member of Omricon Delta Kappa, national
senior leadership honorary. In the Duke chapter
of Sigma Chi social fraternity, he was a pro
consul.
The Archive, Duke literary periodical, publish
ed a number of his contributions.
THIS FALL Carl will enter the Duke Uni
versity Law School on a $l,000-a-year scholar
ship. He is one of five recipients of the Law
School regional scholarships this year.
Carl Slewarl: Most Likely to Succeed
The son of Firestone employees was the sec
ond high school senior in the Gastonia area to
receive the Company scholarship after the edu-
cational-aid program was inaugurated five years
ago. Each Company College Scholarship is re
newed annually, and pays the cost of full tuition,
fees and books and a substantial portion of living
expenses at the approved school of the winner’s
choice.
livery of newspapers, milk and
other wares. Stop mail delivery
or get a neighbor to pick it up
daily.
Lock your windows and doors.
Don’t leave your porch light on,
but do leave a light on in the
house, so it won’t stand out at
night as unoccupied.
Leave shades, blinds and dra
peries in their usual position.
IN CASE something springs
a leak, cut off the water. That
would necessitate turning off
the hot water heater, too. Dis
connect all electrical appliances
that may not need to run, such
as refrigerator or water heater.
Seek out a trustworthy neigh
bor and give him your house
key. He might keep advertising
circulars picked up while he col
lects your mail. He could even
come in at night and switch on
a light, if you don’t want one to
burn all the time.
Notify the police of your in
tended absence and the length
of your stay away from home.
If possible, supply the police
with your vacation address, in
case of an emergency.
Sharpen Knives
With Safety
Keeping kitchen knives sharp
can be made easy if you take a
tip from the barber and the
butcher, who depend on sharp
blades for a living.
But don’t consider knife-
sharpening a task only for the
professional, so advises Purley
A. Crandell, an authority on the
subject.
The best method? Crandell
says it’s the old-fashioned whet
ting operation, despite all the
knife-sharpening gadgets yet put
on the market.
The authority prefers a new
silicone carbide sharpening
stone. Use it on the knife blade
in the manner of whittling on a
stick.
THE STONE is paddled across
the blade of the knife, in a whet
ting motion with the right hand,
while holding the knife with the
other hand. Repeat this opera
tion on the other side of the
blade by changing hands with
the whetstone. Two or three
whetting strokes should be
enough for each side.
When a dull knife is sharpen
ed with the stone, tiny serrations
unseen with the naked eye are
returned to their normal straight
position, restoring a keen edge
to the blade.
While sharpening a knife, al
ways be alert to the danger of
an accident. It is also a good
practice to keep idle knives put
away, cutting edges not only
protected but safe for hands that
reach for them and other tools
in the storage drawer.
Rosalie Burger
Elmina Bradshaw
Meet Your News Reporters
In May, Rosalie Burger, start
er-maker in Spooling, began her
seventh year as reporter for
Firestone News. She is one of
the original newsgatherers for
the plant paper. Off the job, she
takes her homemaking seriously,
managing to make somewhat a
delightful pastime of such arts
as trying out new recipes
gathered from magazines, news-
papers, cookbooks, and her
neighbors.
The employee of 14 years
looks forward to visits each
summer to her hometown of
Bryson City, N. C.
“My pastime luxury is an
ardent interest in wrestling,”
she says. She watches the sport
on TV, at the Gastonia Armory
and in Charlotte.
Elmina Bradshaw is another
long-time reporter for the plant
paper. The Twisting employee
has held the volunteer reporting
job for four years. Among her
routine tasks at home, she con
siders her sewing as something
in which to take special pride.
Next to that is the cultivation
of flowers around her 103 North
Liberty street home. She likes
to travel. Each summer for sev
eral years now, she and Mr.
Bradshaw and son Jimmy have
taken a trip to Washington,
where they visit a daughter who
works in the Navy Department
there.