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PAGE 4 MSWi MARCH, 1959 / ■ Pk' I •>«.,—at V * ~,v, „nf','rw ■>v. RECREATION CENTER Reading Class Offers Adventure In Learning Jane Morehead of Main Office (center), checks the map loca tion of St. Gall, with Swiss visitors Jurge Nef (left), and Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Stoffel. Visitors From Switzerland Left A Lesson In Quality Three members of textile families in Europe visited the plant here recently. They com pared tire-cord production methods with those of making products of silk, cotton and man-made fibres in their home canton of St. Gall, Switzerland. Firestone was the largest tex tile mill and the only tire cord factory that Mr. and Mrs. Pat rick Stoffel and Jurge Nef had visited since they came to this country several months ago. At N.C. State College, Raleigh, Mr. Nef and Mr. Stoffel are tak ing advanced courses in textile manufacturing, while Mrs. Stof fel is studying history, psy chology and English. They plan to be at the school for at least another semester of study, be fore returning to the textile mills they operate in mountain ous northeast Switzerland. Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians will be featured on The Voice of Firestone's Easter Holy Week program for Mon day, March 23. The tradi tional Easter format is one of several special seasonal presentations of the com pany's television program. The Voice of Firestone is telecast in the Gastonia area Mondays at 9-9:30 p.m., EST, from WLOS- TV, Channel 13, Asheville. Quiz Answers —From page 3 1. Mount Mitchell—elevation 6,684 feet. 2. Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park. 3. Wright Brothers National Memorial near Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills. 4. Cape Hatteras National Sea shore, Bodie, Hatteras and Ocra- coke Islands. 5. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Hatteras Island. 6. Mile-High Swinging Bridge on Grandfather Mountain. 7. Salem Tavern, Old Salem, Mr. Stoffel and Mr. Nef both “inherited’’ their life profession through family ownership of textile mills, a tradition that harks back to Medieval times, and the beginning of trade guilds in Europe. In Switzerland today, the tex tile industry operates trade schools. Mr. Nef and Mr. Stoffel attended the same trade school and lived on the same street in St. Gall, but for a number of months had not seen each other until they arrived at State Col lege, thousands of miles away. Mrs. Stoffel, who studied art, textile weaving and designing in her hometown of Zurich, will put her talents to work when back at the family mill. THE VISITORS' German- spsaking canton of Switzerland is the hub of textile manufac turing of that part of Europe. Mills, usually small, turn out products of cotton, silk, and syn thetics. Much of the embroidered and brocaded goods of Europe come from St. Gall. Some fac tories, such as the Stoffel family plant, produce materials from start-to-finish, like fancily-em- broidered handkerchiefs. Other mills, like the one operated by the Nef family, specialize in spinning only. Mills import the greater volume of materials they process. With few natural resources and a largely barren soil, Swit zerland has achieved prosperity through technological skill and high standards of manufactur ing. “In a country such as ours, a manufacturer is most keenly aware of competition and the customer’s demand for a high- quality product,” said Mr. Stof fel. “If we cannot produce quality, we cannot sell our wares,” add ed Mr. Nef. Winston-Salem. 8. Fort Raleigh National His torical Site, Roanoke Island. 9. Fontana Dam (480 feet high) Western North Carolina. 10. Nowhere. All State roads and bridges and ferries in North Carolina are free. The only person who grows old is the one who fails to keep on learning. Truth of this adage is no better appreciated than by the three women and two men who are enrolled in a 25-week course of “Streamlined Reading” at the Firestone Recreation Cen ter. An outgrowth of the famed World Literacy method of teach ing, the TV-Workshop class here was beginning its third month in March, with Miss Myrtle Bradley of Main Office as instructor. Sponsored in this area by the Gastonia Junior Chamber of Commerce, the learn-to-read program here is a part of a vast adventure in learning, scene of which is laid across the far-flung region serviced by station WBTV in Charlotte. An exten sion project of John C. Camp bell Folk School at Brasstown, N. C., it is underwritten by a number of business and indus trial organizations. It has the sanction and backing of hun dreds of service clubs, civic groups, and educational pro grams in the Carolinas. WBTV gives free air time for the filmed lessons. FIRESTONE is one of two reading centers in West Gas tonia. The other is at the Op timist Clubhouse on West Sec ond avenue. Miss Bradley, a leader in the Gastonia Pilot Club, is typical of hundreds of volunteer in- ☆ ☆ ☆ Charles Absher shows two pieces from the students' kit of materials supplied by John C. Campbell Folk School. One of the books here, "Streamlined English," was written by Dr. Frank C. Laubach, who has pioneered the teaching of read ing to millions around the world. f Miss Myrtle Bradley, Fire stone class instructor, clarifies points of a reading lesson for Miss Mae Wells, former em ployee; and Walter Dover, first shift mechanical lift operator. A Dying Ember And A Lesson On Faith A minister went into the home of one of his members who had boasted, “I can worship God by myself as well as I can with others in church.” The visitor sat in silence with his friend. At length the preacher walked over to the fireplace and with the tongs he lifted a single coal from the embers and put it on the hearth. He waited in silence as the coal lost its glow and black ened, while the fire in the fireplace kept on burning bright ly- “You needn’t say a word,” ventured the man of the house, “I see what you mean. I cannot keep the fire of faith burning alone. Look for me in my place at church next Sunday.” You can have the faith that burns steadily and bright, all the days of your life. There is a place where God breathes new life and new faith for everyone. That place is your own church or syna gogue. Plan to be there this week . . . next week . . . every week. There you’ll find the strength for your life. structors in the reading program of both Carolinas. When the class began meeting in the conference room of the Recreation Center here in early January, there were six enroll ed. One man discontinued the course because of his job trans fer. Sessions each weekday Mon day through Friday are from 6:15 to 7:15 a.m. Every morn ing except Wednesdays, lessons center around the TV instruc tion, 6:30-7 o’clock. For a few, minutes after that, there are ex planations, discussions, and an opportunity to practice what has been learned. Wednesday ses sions afford review, personal counseling and more writing practice. The Firestone reading class had its origin in the World Lit eracy program and the work of Dr. Frank C. Laubach, “apostle of literacy” known to millions the world over. Techniques of the Laubach “each-one-teach- one” system were adapted for television use and presented for the first time in the United States over a Memphis, Tenn. station. Results were so en couraging that the lessons on film were made available to other stations. WBTV is a pace maker of the literacy effort in the Mid-South. INSTRUCTION is free of charge. A fee of $3.50 provides the learners study and activity materials, supplied through John C. Campbell Folk School. When at the end of February, the class here had met for 35 sessions. Miss Bradley could point to almost unbelievable progress in her students. Re- marked one of the class, “Maybe before long. I’ll be ready fo^ high school.” “To watch these people learn the use of written communica tion is the greatest thrill of n^y life,’' says the instructor. “I ha^e a feeling that there are many others among our employees and in the community who also should know the joy of learning to read,” she added. The experience of one em' ployee-student most likely sug' gests others who should be the class. Miss Bradley pointed out. For this member of tb® class, plant bulletin board an- nouncements and newspapei" stories of the reading program did not communicate at all. Had not someone told this employe® about the class, he might have missed out altogether. Commented Miss Bradley' “Just as Dr. Laubach’s readii^^ method emphasizes the ‘eaci^' one-teach-one’ principle. Fire' stone people ought to start ^ campaign of ‘each - one - tell' one.’ As a result, perhaps company would be able to naaK® this a repeating course tha could bring the light of readiJ^^ and writing into the lives ® many who might otherwi^^ never learn.” SAFETY Makes SENSE
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