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MAY, 1959 'fire$fone M®Wi PAGE 3 YOUR TRAVEL NOTEBOOK May Is ‘See North Carolina Month’ May is one of the best months of the year for going places in North Carolina. This reminder comes from Plant Recreation, which posts travel cues each month to help employees and their families to better enjoy their leisure time away from home. Governor Hodges has designated May as “See North Carolina Month,” to acquaint Tar Heels with the State’s coast-to-mountains vacation- lands, and to stimulate in-State travel. It is dedi cated “to the wider use and greater enjoyment of North Carolinians of their own unequalled va cation travel attractions, not only in May but throughout the year. More to see and do, more new roads and more accommodations highlight the travel picture in the State. Surf-And-Sun Season In May, the big attraction is the beach season, which got underway early this month. On the coast, the chain of islands known as the Outer Banks swings out to within 12 miles of the Gulf Stream at Cape Hatteras, where the variety of northern and southern species of fish caught from beaches and boats gives the area its title of “Gamefish Junction”. The entire coast, broken by numerous sounds, inlets and rivers, is excellent for boating as well as for fishing. There are new picnic and camping spots in Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Bodie, Hat teras and Ocracoke Islands. More picnicking and camping areas, and a com munity building in Nutbush Recreational Area at Satterwhite Point have been established at Kerr Reservoir near Henderson, N. C. Westward in the State, new and newly-im proved roads link mountain resorts to America’s most-visited National Park Service attractions: the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Blue Ridge Parkway. At Asheville, largest city in the State’s moun tain region, a popular new visitors’ facility is the marked “Dogwood Trail” to scenic and historic spots in and around the city. New Road Signs For Travelers More highway signs to guide and inform visi tors hsve appeared all over the State during the past year. They range from big overhead signs at bypasses and intersections to rustic roadside signs explaning geographical or historical fea tures. The number of roadside picnic tables, in addition to those at 15 roadside parks along main highways, has been Increased to 450. The “Rooftop of Eastern America” is formed by the Southern Appalachians across Western North Carolina. Here, in the Blue Ridge, Great Smokies, and shorter ranges between, are 223 peaks of 5,000 feet elevation or more—including Mount Mitchell, highest mountain east of the Mississippi. Mountain highways, especially along the Blue Ridge Parkway, are a showcase of wild flowers in May and June. Over 160 miles of Parkway have been completed for sightseeing travel be tween the Virginia line and the Great Smokies Park. The Park and the Parkway meet near the 50,000-acre reservation which is home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. At Cherokee, largest community on the reservation, is Ocona- luftee Village, a recreated Cherokee settlement of 200 years ago. It is open from May through October. Public Lands For Recreation More than a million and a half acres in North Carolina are in publicly-owned lands which have recreational use as their primary purpose, or offer recreational facilities in conjunction with conservation or natural resources, wildlife or historic sites. In State and National Parks from seashore to mountains and in the North Carolina National Forests there are more than 100 deve loped recreational areas for picnicking, hiking, swimming and camping. Mountain hiking trails through wilderness areas are within a short drive of noted resorts. Scenic attractions include waterfalls, unusual rock formations and the cliffs atop mile-high mountains, and gardens ranging from the planta tion of the Southeastern part of the State to the profusion of native flowers and shrubs at high altitudes to the West. Plant Recreation suggests this list from among the numerous special events beginning in North Carolina in May and early June: Hatteras Island, Fishing Contest, through December 1; Coastwise Fishing Contest, through December 1; Southeastern N. C. Fishing Rodeo, through November 30. Chapel Hill, May 12-June 29: “In The Begin ning” at Morehead Planetarium. Chadbourn, May 14: 27th annual Strawberry Festival. Charlotte, May 15: NASCAR Late Model 100- mile Convertible Race. Fontana, May 25-31: Square Dance Week. Hatteras Island, June 6-11: Puerto Rico-Ameri- can Blue Marlin Challenge Tourney. Linville, June 7: Seventh annual Sports Car Hill Climb, Grandfather Mountain. 'UL. Service Milestones For April Both Mary B. Calhoun and Pearl B. Boyd of Spinning came to work here on April 25, 1939. When they reached their 20-year service mile stone last month they brought to 320 the total num ber of those who have com pleted a score of years at the Gastonia plant. While each of them received a Service pin and gold watch, 15 others of their fellow workers completed service records rang ing from 5 to 15 years. April service pins have been distribut ed to; Fifleen Years Mary M. Reeves, Carding; Grace D. Beaver, Twisting (ray on); Vaughn E. Stiles, Weaving (rayon). Ten Years Horace A. Helms, Cloth Room. Five Years Charlie Young, Carding; Edith B. Davidson, Otis Dye, Grady L. Davis, Pauline Mauney, Twist- A line of five Air-buoy boat trailers with springs of Airide by Firestone is being produced by the Electric Wheel Company, a Firestone subsidiary. Note the air springs, or bellows, on the axle next to the wheel. Any trailer in the line can be ad justed to carry loads of various weights up to its rated capacity, by changing air pressure in the bellows. Auto Safety Inspection —From page 1 In April service pins and watches went to (seated from left): Ruth Bolick, Virginia Bradley—who completed 20-year records in March; Mary Calhoun (receiving watch from general manager Harold Mercer); and Pearl Boyd. Industrial Relations manager T. B. Ipock Jr. (left) and Cotton division superinten dent F. B. Galligan look on. ing (rayon); John C. Petty, Ben R. Byers, Warehouse. Ethelda C. Robinson, Estev H. Holden, Marlene E. Stewart, Weaving (rayon); Blanche L. Hollis, Winding. Cooperating with the Inter industry committee in the na tionwide program is the Asso ciation of State and Provincial Safety Coordinators. H. D. Tompkins, Firestone vice presi dent, is a member of the Inter industry committee. J. W. Maples, director of manufacturing, is heading the committee for Firestone’s na tional employee program. When Firestone participated in the plan last year, it was the first business or industrial concern to conduct a nation wide safety check for employees in conjunction with the national voluntary Vehicle Safety Check for Communities, sponsored an nually by the Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee and Look Magazine. Last year approximately 1,300 communities and counties took Firestone Men GCRA Officers Two Firestone men are among the five newly-elected officers of the Gaston County Recrea tion Association, to serve for the ensuing year. Ralph John son was chosen treasurer, and Bob Purkey, secretary. They are recreation directors at Firestone Textiles. Mr. Johnson served as first president of GCRA, having been elected at the organization’s first meeting in April of 1956. GCRA membership includes professional recreation supervi sors in communities, business and industry of the county. It is a central agency through which all matters related to rec reation in the county can be cleared. Among its aims are: To foster and maintain the highest standards of qualifications, training and ethics; to stimulate and further interest in all wholesomie forms of recreation; to work with other agencies or organizations having similar or related objectives, and to strive for coordination af activities of all agencies—public, private, commercial, and industrial— concerned with the provision of recreation. part and a total of more than 2Va million vehicles were check ed for safe-driving conditions. Of this number, about 10,000 vehicles were inspected in Fire stone test lanes across the coun try. At the Gastonia plant (619) vehicles were processed. Goal of Three Million Vehicles This Year Nationwide last year, one out of every five vehicles checked was found to be defective in one or more of the ten check points. This year a goal of three million checked vehicles has been set. “The voluntary vehicle safety check gives every motorist an opportunity to do his part in making his community a safer place to live,” said Raymond C. Firestone, president. “Even the best drivers are poor risks if they are driving cars with bad brakes, worn tires, or other neg lected items. “Our company wants to assist in this program in every way possible to help motorists every where. We are especially inter ested in making the opportunity for safety inspection available to our employees, because of our continuing interest in keeping them safe, both on and off the job.” CHAIRMAN of the Gastonia plant committee is L. B. Mc- Abee, assistant manager of in dustrial relations. Serving with him are T. B. Ipock Jr., manager of industrial relations; A. V. Riley, safety director; W. G. Henson, plant engineer; J. V. Darwin, Sales manager; and Claude Callaway, Firestone News. Also cooperating and assisting in the program here will be Captain Roy Short of the Gas tonia Police Department; W. G. Halsted, director of Gaston Technical Institute; and Charles L. Moore, manager of the Fire stone Store, Gastonia. It marks a big step in a man's development when he comes to realize that other men can be call ed in to help him do a better job than he could do alone. —Andrew Carnegie
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