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Below, left: Randy Lewis of
Gastonia Scout Troop 10 studies
the petroleum section of the
geological display. In this model
Mr. Schiele has attempted to
present a simplified diagram of
petroleum formation and the rig
ging process by which it is ex
tracted from the earth. Randy
is the son of P. R. Lewis of Card
ing, and Mrs. Lewis of Spinning.
Middle: Mr. Schiele demon
strates the use of a stone mortar
and pestle used by Indians for
grinding corn. It was found at
Trading Ford, N. C., on the Yad
kin river. Libby Fox, a secre
tary at the Piedmont Council
headquarters, holds a blowgun
of the type weapon used by
North American Indians to shoot
small game. In foreground, an
Adirondack pack basket; back
ground, a display of tree speci
mens and leaves.
Right: Herbert Nall, son of
Lacy Nall of Weaving (rayon),
and Mrs. Nall of Twisting (ray
on). The Troop 20 Scout looks
over skeletal reproductions of
giant walking reptiles which
roamed the earth from around
205 million to 40 million years
ago. Dinosaurs and fossil re
mains, together with the petrole
um exhibit, are arranged in a
display case which was a Fire
stone contribution to the mu
seum facilities.
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Below: Part of the classification of rocks
and minerals of economic importance to man.
Middle: A taxidermy section, featuring small
wild animals native to the southeastern
United States. Right: An ornithology collec
tion. Number by entry is for identification
from a key chart.
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Scout Leader Builds A Nature Museum
Piedmont Council Boy Scout
executive R. M. Schiele retired
last April. But one thing he
couldn’t put aside was his love
for Nature lore, which had been
whetted over a period of more
than two-score years in natural
Company Makes
Small Tires
Firestone is now manufactur
ing a tire in size 5.0-15 for the
French-built Renault Dauphine.
The new tire, available in black
and in black with white side
walls, is the ninth size in the
company’s line of tubeless tires
for imported cars. The nine sizes
now cover 95 per cent of the
foreign-made cars operating in
the United States. All of the
tires are produced in this coun
try.
Besides the 5.0-15, sizes avail
able are 5.00-14, 5.20-13, 5.60-13,
5.60-15, 5.90-13, 5.90-15, 6.40-13,
6.70-13.
history museum work, and in
Scouting leadership.
So, when he turned over af
fairs of the Piedmont Council to
Scout executive Eugene J. Jones,
Mr. Schiele shifted his whole
attention to expansion and im
provement of the museum of
natural history he had been de
veloping for some 30 years.
It all began when he came to
Gastonia from Augusta, Ga. He
brought along a few odd pieces
in a collection which has grown
to a sizeable showplace, and the
only one of its kind in this ter
ritory.
THE MUSEUM occupies about
half of the street floor of the
Piedmont Council headquarters
building at 113 West Third ave
nue.
The founder-curator of the
museum has collected, classified,
and displayed thousands of spec
imens from the fields of ge
ology, archaeology, zoology and
botany. Outstanding in the
collection are studies of rocks
and minerals of economic im
portance to man; pre-historic
animal-life reproductions; small
animals of the southeastern Unit
ed States; and birds of North
America, with emphasis on spe
cies native to North Carolina.
Indian antiquities compose an
extensive collection. A “live” ex
hibit features two reptiles, a
copperhead and a rattlesnake,
both in captivity at the museum
for several years.
The wealth of material is
growing almost daily. Since most
of the exhibits pertain to Gas
tonia, the Piedmont and the
whole of North Carolina, the
curator is especially anxious that
all citizens hereabouts know of
the museum.
“We are constantly attempting
to impress upon the people of
Gastonia and surrounding area
that we have a free public serv
ice here for them,” says Mr.
Schiele.
“We try to make it known that
the work we are doing here is
intended to benefit children and
grownups alike.”
Former Employee
In Germany
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Pvt. Blair P. Lail is serving
with the US Army in Ludwigs-
burg, Germany. He is a former
Firestone employee of the Weav
ing (cotton) department. His
father, Lawrence Lail, works on
the fifth floor of the Twisting
department here. Blair's ad
dress:
Pvt. Blair P. Lail RA 53308169;
569-OD Co. DAS; APO 154; New
York, N. Y.
Green is the new look in
highway safely signs in
North Carolina. The Tar
heel State is pioneering the
new color, distinguishing
directional signs from stop
signs (red), caution signs
(yellow) and regulatory
signs (white).
Men An Essential
In Manufacturing
“We live in a day of great op
portunities which call for an
inspired and crusading spirit on
the part of leaders in industry,
business and labor. This chal
lenges us to find the way by
which owners, managers, finan
ciers, labor, government and the
general consuming public can
work in harmony. The goal of
this harmony is to bring about a
full and efficient use of our re
sources, factories, and distribu
tion systems for greater prod
uctivity and higher living
standards for all Americans.”
These were words of the com
pany’s executive vice president
James E. Trainer when he ad
dressed 200 military officers at
Fort McNair, Wash. He spoke
to those attending a course on
material management at the In
dustrial College of the Armed
Forces.
Mr. Trainer’s talk dealt large
ly with the manufacturing phase
of the country’s industrial life,
and its basic parts — listed as:
Men, Machines, Money, Material,
Management, Markets, and
Methods.
HE OBSERVED that the cen
tral achievement of the free-
enterprise system in America
has been the great rise in the
standard of living to its present
level—high in comparison with
the past, and high in comparison
with other countries today. He
added:
“While having only one-fif
teenth. of the world's population
and about the same proportion
of the world’s area and natural
resources, the United States has
more than half of the world’s
telephone, telegraph and radio
networks; more than three-
fourths of the world’s automo
biles; and almost half of the
world’s radios. We consume
more than half of the world’s
copper and rubber; two-thirds of
the silk; a quarter of the coal and
nearly two-thirds of the crude
oil. Our problems have less sig
nificance when we face these
over-all benefits.”
Mr. Trainer noted that the in
crease in the labor force of the
United States is estimated to
exceed 10 million in the 1955-65
period; and more than 13 mil
lion from 1965 to 1975.