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AUGUST, 1958 MHWi PAGE 3 SLOW DOWN — BIKE RIDERS AHEAD There are many bike riders who have never been shown or who have forgotten how to ride a bike in safety. When you spot children ahead of your car in a local neighborhood or out along a country road, assume they know little about safe riding and that their actions may be unpredictable. Slow down, give them as much room as you can, and blow your horn to let them know you are coming. Be ready to come to a sudden stop if necessary. © AMERICAN MUTUAL LIAB. INS. CO. IR Office Has Lost Articles If you have lost it, the Industrial Relations office may have it. From time to time, there are lost-and-found items turned in, and although bulletin board notices are posted, sometimes articles are not claimed. An example is that of a ladies’ wristwatch which the folks in the IR office, as of late July, had failed to return to its owner. Is it yours? Come by and identify it. Quite often there are other items, such as rings, keys, eye glasses that stray in and around the plant. If you have misplaced an article of personal property and think it might have turned up around the mill, check the IR headquarters. If it’s there, identifica tion is all that’s needed to recover it. Rhynes Return From Western Journey THE HILLS BEYOND Requiem mass for Mrs. Lillian Mae Seism, 50, was held June 25 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church of Gastonia, and burial was in Belmont Abbey Ceme tery. Mrs. Seism had worked at Firestone for several years. At the time of her retirement be cause of illness, she was employ ed in Winding. Mrs. Jack Rhyne, Cloth Room, Mr. Rhyne and their son Reggie made the state of Washington their most distant point on a 6,600-mile vacation tour in July. From Gastonia they went through parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and into Wash ington. In Seattle they visited Sgt. Thurman Calhoun, stationed there with the Air Force. He has two brothers who work at Firestone: Bill and Bud Calhoun. On the homeward journey, the Rhynes went to Montana, where they visited the Glacier National Park on the Continental Divide. The Dakotas, Minnesota, Wis consin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, ters, Miss Vertia Robinson of Gastonia and Mrs. Effie Led ford of Gastonia; and a brother, Hugh Robinson of Murphy, N. C. Funeral for George Edgar Robinson, 64, was held at Loray Baptist Church in the Firestone community, July 3, and burial was in Hollywood Cemetery, Surviving besides Mrs. Robin son of the Cloth Room and a son, Horace, of the Shop, are; three daughters, Mrs. Ann Wiley of Gastonia, Mrs. Dorothy Walk er of Victoria, Texas, and Mrs. Martha Badger of Detroit, Mich.; a son, Max, of Gastonia; two sis- Don’t put too much horse power on your boat. Too much power makes the craft hard to control, and may cause accidents. ARRIVALS... Ruben Brown of Carding is a new grandfather. Mr. and Mrs. James Nix are the parents of a son, born in July. The mother is the former Ruby Brown, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Brown. Miss Boulton Weds Brooks Firestone Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Firestone are residing in Pebble Beach, Calif., after their marriage in Holy Trinity Cathedral Church in Guildford, England, June 26. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon ard K. Firestone, he is currently serving in the US Army at Fort Ord, Calif. The bride is the former Cath erine Boulton, daughter of the Very Rev. and Mrs. Walter Boul ton of Guildford, England. Leonard K. Firestone is presi dent of Firestone Tire & Rubber Company of California, and a director of the Firestone (parent) company. Plant Men Added To NCVTS Graduates List Four Firestone men were among the 129 graduates of the NC Vocational Textile School at its 14th annual commencement this year. Their names and the courses completed by each are: James F. Lewis, Jr., Jarvis H. Plemmons, Fred J. Davis — all yarn manufacturing; and Ben jamin F. Massey, weaving and designing. Mr. Davis completed the second course in yarn manu facturing; the others finished first-time courses. At the commencement pro gram, Halbert M. Jones told the graduates that there are no unimportant people and no un important jobs in the textile in dustry. The president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute and the NC Manufacturers Asso ciation cited a “Four ‘M’ ” struc ture in textiles: Machinery, Money, Materials and Men. “By far, the most important is Men. Only as we learn to de velop sound, friendly, construc tive relationships with our fel low workers can we grow in re sponsibility and reward,” he de clared. THE Vocational Textile School at Belmont is an extension of NC State College. It offers free- tuition courses to North Caro lina residents, in morning, after noon and evening classes. The schedule is arranged so that stu dents may work a full shift in the mills, study textiles in a technical way three or four hours a day, and still live at home with their families. The program of study at the NC Vocational Textile School does not require that a student be a high school graduate. “So long as a person is at least 16 years of age and able to bene fit from the instruction, he will be given a chance,” Principal Chris E. Folk says. It is gen erally considered that an eighth- grade education is required, al though some students with less educational background have done acceptable work at the school, Mr. Folk points out. The list of courses offered in both winter and summer ses sions includes: yarn manufac turing, weaving and designing, knitting, mill maintenance (ma chine shop), and tailoring. [0^ West Virginia and Virginia were the states they passed through on the way back to Gastonia. “The most awe-inspiring na tural wonders we saw were at Glacier National Park,” recalls Mrs. Rhyne. “It contains almost 10,000 acres and has about 80 glaciers, some 250 lakes, water falls, cascades, primeval forests, and mountains as high as 10,000 feet—and of course, the snow and ice and beautiful blue skies.” At Triple Divide Peak the vis itors stood where the water flows into three oceans: Hudson Bay to the Arctic, the Missouri River to the Gulf of Mexico, and the Colorado River into the Pacific. The Rev. J. W. Parson and family of Gillsville, Ga., were recent visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Ammons, both of this department. Mrs. Barney Elliott was absent from work in late July, because of the illness of her retired husband. Katie Mason, roving hauler, is away from her job, on account of illness. Sgt. George Carr and his family were to leave August 14 for Okinawa, where he will be assigned for the next three years. Mrs. Carr is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Dawkins, both of Carding. Main Office Cornelia McArver and sons, David and Allen, spent a recent week at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Also spending a week at Myrtle Beach was Katherine Edwards of Accounting. Mary Johnson, Payroll, was in Greenville, S. C., for a recent week, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Mitchell. Miss Johnson and Mrs. Mitchell are sisters. Zeke Mitchem, Main Office, and Mrs. Mitchem went on a tour of Florida in July. Miss Myrtle Bradley, Accounting, was in Philadelphia, Pa., for several days in July, where she attended the 37th annual conven tion of Pilot Club International. Mrs. Betty Cloninger and her son, Gene, spent three days in July at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Darlette, Jane and Steve Helms were recent visitors in the home of Mrs. Lucille Davis. They are her nieces and nephew. Charles Hart and Mrs. Hart have returned from Robbinsville, N. C., where they visited relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Conrad spent a week in July visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers in Hampton, Va. The Conrads also visited nearby Monroe and Buckeye beaches. A visit to Franklin and the surrounding “Sapphire Country” of southwestern North Carolina was highlight of a July trip for Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Waldrep, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Fish, and Mrs. Mary Brooks. Also in July the Waldreps visited their son, Sgt. Carl Waldrep, at Camp Lejeune, New River, N. C. Grady McAbee, sales Twisting, and Mrs. McAbee, cloth room, spent a week on a trip to points in Georgia during July. They visited relatives at Dalonega, Thomaston and Macon. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wilson went to Myrtle Beach in July. On their return trip to Gastonia, they stopped to visit their son, Otho Wilson, in Sumter, S. C. Mrs. Bonnie Moses was in Asheville for a few days in July. While there, her daughter, Mrs. Lee Dean of nearby Candler, be came the mother of a baby girl, named Bonnie Diane. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dockery spent a July week with his father, L. D. Dockery in Rossville, Ga. Willis Wells and his family went to Chimney Rock and Lake Lure during their July vacation. Others from this department who —More on Page 4 James F. Lewis. Jr. Quality Control Benjamin F. Massey Rayon Weaving Jarvis H. Plemmons Rayon Twisting Fred J. Davis Quality Control
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