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JUNE, 1959
803 Vehicles Safety-Checked
In Second Annual Program
Lloyd Lewis winds a time
clock on his shift as plant guard.
The 20-year man spent the first
14 years on production in Card
ing. He was a weigher in the
warehouse for about 4 years,
came to the present job 2 years
ago.
☆ ☆ ☆
Ten Honored
For Service
Addition of the name of
Lloyd Lewis to the roster
brought the total number of
20-year employees to 321, as
of May. During the same
month, 9 others were entered
on long-term records, 5 of
them for 15 years each.
Mr. Lewis, a guard in plant
protection, received his lapel
service pin and presentation
watch from general manager
Harold Mercer.
Others receiving service pins
in May were:
Fifteen Years
Loyd G. Crain, Twisting (syn
thetic); Rosie P. Parson, Twist
ing (cotton); Blanche McGinnis,
Weaving (synthetic); Sam Low
ery and Oscar G. Jacobs, Shop.
Ten Years
Ray W. Pearson, Shop; Zula
P. Adams and Mollie E. Grims-
ley, Winding.
Five Years
Eulalia S. Brock, Quality Con
trol.
Scouting Awards
—from page 1
In addition to the Medallion,
Richard received a Certificate
of Merit, a $100 U.S. Savings
Bond and a check for $25.75 to
ward expenses for two weeks
at the Tryon Scout camp.
Others Who Received Awards
Following are names of the
other 39 Scouts who received
awards from the company:
Gastonia: Robert B. Hull Jr.,
David Darwin, Boyce Wilson,
Morgan Whitiner, Charles Ray
Hawkins, Bobby Peoples, Pay
ton R. Lewis, Lonnie Earl
Smith, Frankie Galligan, Pat
rick D. Walsh, G. Lynn Feather-
stone, John D. Carter III, Fred
Hoffman, William E. Robinson,
Billy Jackson Jr.
McAdenville: Keith Gates,
Gene Martin, Jimmy T. Craw
ford, Curtis E. Floyd, Michael
Jaynes. Hardin: Dennis L. Set-
zer Jr., K. B. Garrison, David C.
Thornburg. Olney: Van Riley,
Ricky Parks, Charles C. Faires,
Starr N. Robinson.
In the second annual free
auto safety inspection at the
Gastonia plant, 803 motor
vehicles were processed dur
ing the week of May 18-22.
The voluntary check to
promote safety on the high
ways was offered here as a
part of a nationwide program
during May and June in
more than 1,000 communities
in the 34 states which do not
require motor vehicle inspec
tion.
UF Committeeman
For Second Year
Plant sales manager J. V. Dar
win is serving a second year on
the 14-member budget commit
tee of the Greater Gastonia
United Fund and Council. He
was one of nine members re
appointed to the committee from
last year.
The budget committee screens
and evaluates requests for fi
nances of the various agencies
participating in the UF pro
gram here. This way of studying
agency needs is a safeguard for
citizens who contributed to the
fund. It assures that the money
given will be used the most ef
fectively for community need,
and that there is no wasteful
duplication or overlapping of
program.
Mr. Darwin said that the com
mittee will meet on July 14 and
16 to confer with agency repre
sentatives on the program and
budget of each agency to be in
cluded in the 1949 fund appeal
this fall.
Careful With Fire
In Outdoor Season
Now that the outdoor season
is here, prevention of forest
fires should become a matter of
concern to those who enjoy the
b2ck-to-nature life. Every year,
forest fires destroy millions pf
dollars worth of timberlands
and other property, not to men
tion human injury and death
and destruction to wildlife.
Thoughtfulness and practice
of these basic rules will go far
toward control of forest fires:
Matches—Be sure the match
is out. Break it in two pieces
before throwing away.
Tobacco—Make certain that
pipe ashes and cigar and ciga
rette stubs are dead before
throwing them away. Never
throw them into brush, leaves
or pine needles. Refrain from
smoking while traveling through
crowded woods.
Making camp—Before build
ing a fire, scrape away all in
flammable material from an
area at least five feet in diam
eter. Dig a shallow bowl-shaped
hole in the center, and in it
Belmont: John E. Hunter III,
Thomas M. Hunter Jr., Harold
C. Stowe. Dallas: Reid Sims.
Ranlo: Leslie Long. Mount
Holly: Lee Edison Hansel. Bes
semer City: Kenneth W. Rum-
ney, Danny Kincaid, Steve Har
mon, Roy Green, George A.
Hook, Sam Smith.
Firestone cooperated in the
extensive safety effort in a num
ber of cities where the company
operates manufacturing plants
and maintains sales outlets.
THE LOCAL program was un
der the direction of L. B. Mc-
Abee, assistant director of indus
trial relations. Assisting him
were T. B. Ipock Jr., industrial
relations director; W. G. Henson,
plant engineer; J. V. Darwin,
sales manager; A. V. Riley, safe
ty director; Claude Callaway and
Charles Clark, Firestone News;
Bob Purkey, recreation; Thomas
Grant, methods and standards;
Samuel Crawford, plant officer;
Jerry Howie and J. L. Parks Jr.,
of the mechanical department.
Also helping out were W. R.
Halstead, director of Gaston
Technical Institute; Captain Roy
Short, Gastonia Police Depart
ment; Charles Moore, manager
of Firestone Stores here, and
W. B. Nivens, also of the com
pany store.
A windshield sticker of mem
bership in the “Circle of Safety”
was placed on each vehicle
which passed inspection. Most of
those which did not meet the
ten-point test were re-checked
after repairs had been made.
Motorists with cars passing in
spection also received a billfold
“Circle of Safety” card. Every
person bringing a car through
the line received two booklets
on highway safety.
The free check was available
to employees and other motor
ists of the general public.
Each year, the safety check is
sponsored nationally by the In
ter-Industry Highway Safety
Committee, of which H. D.
Tompkins, Firestone vice presi
dent, is a member. J. W. Maples,
director of manufacturing, head
ed the committee for the com
pany’s national check lanes.
Cooperating with the Inter
industry committee was the As
sociation of State and Provencial
Safety Coordinators.
build your fire. Keep the fire
small. Never build it against
trees, logs, nor near brush.
Breaking camp—Stay with
your campfire until every spark
is out. To put out fire, stir the
coals while soaking them with
water. Turn small sticks and
drench both sides. Wet ground
around fire.
Is the last spark dead?
Son Of Employee
On Oilers Team
A son of a Firestone employee
h'-re is playing semi-professional
baseball this summer with the
Williston Oilers in North Da
kota.
Jerry Bryson, whose mother
works in Spinning, was gradu
ated from Pfeiffer College,
Misenheimer, N. C., at the spring
commencement. A senior catcher
at Pfeiffer, Jerry’s batting aver
age was .344 for Joe Ferbee’s
Panthers.
When he went to the Oilers
club in late May, he joined two
teammates from Pfeiffer—Hom
er Brawley of Mooresville and
Miles McWilliams from Missis
sippi.
Jerry aims for a career in
coaching.
Cars of Gaston county unit. North Carolina State Highway
Patrol were processed in the check lanes. Other organizations hav
ing their vehicles inspected were the Gastonia City Police; funeral
homes, cleaning and laundering establishments, and catering serv
ices.
One motorist to have his car checked early in the week
was Claude Taylor, supervisor in Twisting (synthetics). Time study
engineer Thomas Grant marks off safety features.
Spooling employee Helen Mason receives her "safe-for-driving'
windshield sticker from plant officer Samuel Crawford. At left'
W. B. Nivens of the Gastonia Firestone Stores; right. Bob Purkey'
recreation.
John Hendricks, second shift warehouse supervisor, gets
Circle of Safety" sticker and booklet on highway accident
vention from J. L. Parks Jr. (middle), and Jerry Howie,
specting mechanics.