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JULY, 1959
10-WEEK SEASON
Recreation Variety
At Company Playground
Firestone Park offers a variety of recreation activities
for youngsters in the West Gastonia area during June, July
and August each year. The company-owned playground
facilities, in front of the plant, are made available as a pub
lic service to the City of Gastonia for a ten-v^eek schedule
each summer. It is operated by the City Recreation De
partment, which furnishes supervisory personnel during all
hours of playground operation.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; and
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
Photographs in this layout were taken of children from
Firestone families when the park was in its third week of
operation.
PING PONG pointers—Buford Turner
had a word of instruction for Vickie
Bolick.
HIGH SWING, then a pause before a
try at horseshoes for Conrad Foster and
Glenda Hughes.
SHADE, fancy style, coming up for
Vancey Hudspeth (left), and Cheryl
Sudduth.
Firestone Plans
Giant Expansion
—From Page 1
Other Major Projects Listed
Expansion and modernized
programs are underway, or are
scheduled for, Firestone’s tire
plants in Akron, Ohio; Potts-
town, Pa.; Memphis, Tenn.; Des
Moines, Iowa; Los Angeles,
Calif.; and Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada.
Other U.S. facilities scheduled
for expansion are the synthetic
rubber plant at Lake Charles,
La.; the plastics plant at Potts-
town. Pa.; and the plant at Mag
nolia, Ark., where defense and
industrial products are manu
factured.
Foreign tire plants in the ex
pansion program include those
at Sao Paulo, Brazil; Buenos
Aires, Argentina; Valencia,
Venezuela; and Bombay, India.
Commented the Gastonia
plant’s general manager, Harold
Mercer:
“This expansion of our com
pany, especially in the tire
manufacturing plants, can be
expected to considerably in
crease the future demand for
tire cord from such company
units as Firestone in Gastonia.”
FIRST DIP in the wading pool was
cool enough to bring a frown to Gary
Hudspeth.
HIGH UP on the seesaws was choice
recreation for Mike Hardy and Sandra
Hewitt.
NOTHING like the shade of a hickory
tree for tops in relaxation for Kathy Mc
Ginnis.
Chairman Spoke
To Stetson
Graduates
Today’s college graduates are
not hired for what they already
know, but for their demonstrat
ed ability to learn, Harvey S-
Firestone Jr., company chair
man, reminded the graduating
class of Stetson University Col-
. Jege^^of Law _at St.^JPetersburg
recently.
The class included his son,
Harvey S. Firestone III, who was
graduated third in the class of
36 members, and named to the
1958-59 edition of “Who’s Who
Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges.”
The company chairman spoke
on “New Horizons.”
Stetson awarded the speaker
the honorary doctor of laws de
gree.
Robinsons Live
In Gastonia
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Lane
Robinson are living at 1210
Lower Dallas road in Gastonia,
after their marriage in Loray
Baptist Church last month.
Mrs. Robinson is the daugh
ter of S. P. Bolding, plant pro
tection, and Mrs. Bolding, and a
graduate of Ashley High School
and Carolina Business College of
Charlotte. She is employed at a
local plant making paper con
tainers.
Mr. Robinson, son of Mrs.
Dowd Robinson of Blowing
Rock and the late Mr. Robinson
was graduated from Blowing
Rock High School and attended
Lees-McRae College at Banner
Elk. He is employed in the of
fice of a Cramerton textile plant.
Shortly before her marriage,
Mrs. Robinson was honored at
the traditional White Bible Cere
mony in Loray Church. The
The Bureau of Public Roads
estimates there will be 81 million
motor vehicles on the highways
of the United States by 1965.
This would be some 16 million
more vehicles than are on the
roads in mid-1959.
local unit of the Girls Ambassa
dors organization of Southern
Baptist Churches presented the
bride-elect with a copy of the
Scriptures, bound in white
leather.
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.
Julj Calendar Offers
Many Travel Ideas
North Carolina’s cool green mountains and
sparkling ocean beaches offer the best in facili
ties for fun and relaxation during July. Diver
sions range from square dancing, horseback rid
ing and golf at mountain resorts, to fishing and
surf-and-sun bathing on the Coast.
Camping, picnicking, and hiking are popular
from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
to the Outer Banks Islands in the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore area. Boating, water skiing
and fishing are good all across the State.
This brief rundown of the July travel picture
in North Carolina comes from Plant Recreation.
Each month it posts travel notes for employee
families on overnight, week-end and vacation
trips.
Outdoor historical dramas in the State playing
nightly except Mondays are “The Lost Colony”
at Manteo on the Coast; “Unto These Hills” at
Cherokee in the Great Smokies; and “Horn In
The West’' at Boone in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
All three dramas play into early September.
"Chucky Jack" and "Thy Kingdom Come"
In the event you are traveling into the neigh
boring states of Tennessee and Virginia, Plant
Recreation suggests that you attend a showing
of two other widely-acclaimed open-air dramas.
At Gatlinburg, Tenn., on the western edge of
the Great Smokies, “Chucky Jack” plays nightly
except Sundays at Hunter Hills Theatre. With its
season extending into early September, the play
centers in the story of the Lost State of Frank
lin—now a part of Tennessee—and in the life
and time of John Sevier. The hero of Kings
Mountain and first governor of Tennessee was
called “Chucky Jack” by the Indians, after his
pioneer home on the Nolichucky River. The 16
scenes of the drama trace the career of the
patriot-statesman, whose character and leader
ship at a crucial time helped to mold the founda
tions of American democracy.
An added attraction of your Gatlinburg visit
is the “Chucky Jack Special,” a trackless train
which operates sightseeing trips around the re
sort village.
“Thy Kingdom Come,” between Roanoke and
Salem, Va., is a poignant drama from the Bible-
It re-creates life of 1,900 years ago, when pagan
ism was crumbling before the advance of the
Christian faith. The drama is presented nightly
except Mondays at Sherwood Amphitheatre
through September 6.
NO Travel Literature Available Free
The latest edition of North Carolina Travel-
book lists 199 places to go, with accommodations
and attractions in “Variety Vacationland.” ^
copy of the 116-page publication is yours free
from the Department of Conservation and De
velopment, State Advertising Division, Raleigl^-
The book listing things to do and see while
traveling in the State is a guide to hotels, motels-
lodges, fishing and hunting camps, dude ranches,
summer camps for boys and girls, and religio^^
assemblies. It has information on lodgings,
eluding seasons and special attractions. Also
eluded is a map of main highways and briel
descriptions of communities and vacation regioi^;
A larger publication, “Variety Vacationland,
may also be obtained free from the Departme^
of Conservation and Development.