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Marguerite Styers and her sister, Mattie McCann, spent sever
al days of vacation time in Blowing Rock and Linville Falls recent
ly. Going with them on the trip were Misses Pearl and Ruth Gard
ner.
Mrs. Howard McCarter, Payroll, and Mr. McCarter of Spinning
spent a recent week’s vacation at Daytona Beach, Fla.
Homer Hall, plant sales, went with members of his family
for a visit with friends at Pilot Mountain, N. C. At Hanging Rock
State Park in Stokes County they enjoyed swimming, boating, and
picnicking.
Helen Spencer and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Brady Spencer,
spent a recent vacation of one week in Plymouth, Ohio. They visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Don Ford there.
John R. Brandon is a newcomer to the accounting department.
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon and children Kathryn Ann, John R. and
Suzan Lynn live in West Cramerton.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Honeycutt and family of Akron, Ohio visit
ed in Gastonia during late July. Mr. Honeycutt—for several years
with the Gastonia plant—is assigned to the textile division at Fire
stone’s home offices in Akron. His wife is also a former employee
here. Mr. Honeycutt’s sister, Mrs. Robert Pence, works in Indus
trial Relations.
Shop
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Dill had a vacation at Myrtle Beach, S. C.
recently. Mr. Dill is sanitation foreman.
Gear machine operator Richard Littlejohn and Mrs. Littlejohn
recently spent a week visiting in Washington, D. C., as guests of
Mr. and Mrs. David Withers. Mrs. Littlejohn and Mrs. Withers are
sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Austin, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Richardson, spent their vacation at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Mr. Austin
is an electrician here.
Carpenter Clinton McLeymore, Mrs. McLeymore and the chil
dren vacationed in Murphy, N. C., and Athens, Ga., visiting rela
tives and friends.
Electrician William Floyd Hogan and members of his family
spent a vacation in Andrews, N. C., and Atlanta, Ga. On the trip
they visited relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fletcher and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Jenkins
spent a week at Daytona Beach, Fla., recently. Mr. Fletcher is a
lathe operator here.
Tool room clerk Rosie Francum and daughter Jane, ac
companied by Mrs. Robert Huggins, spent their vacation visiting
relatives and other acquaintances in Arlington, Va., and Washing
ton, D. C.
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He Recommends
Safety Shoes
Bill Eugene Smith can put up
a good argument that protective
footwear is its own best adver
tisement. The doffer-tender in
Twisting (synthetic) learned by
experience that it pays to stick
with safety shoes off the job as
well as at work.
Recently when 'he was giving
his 1707 Pope avenue lawn a
clipping, his riding type ma
chine got out-of-hand. The blade
hacked away at the employee’s
left foot, but the only damage
was the leather covering sliced
from the steel toecap.
☆
☆
☆
Mr. Smith; From experience
comes appreciation for safety
shoes.
Sights Aplenty
On 4,996-Mile
Westward Trek
Motoring 4,996 miles this
summer gave Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Stowe Sr. a deeper appreciation
of “America the Beautiful.” The
Firestone club hostess and her
husband crossed ‘purple moun
tains and fruited plains’ from
Gastonia to as far west as Yel
lowstone National Park. They
traveled through, or across, por
tions of 14 states on the trip
that took them to the western
rim of Wyoming, and as far up
as North Dakota.
“Of course, there was really
too much to see in the few days
we had for the tour,” the Stowes
reported. “We had traveled ex
tensively in other parts of the
country, but were never so
thrilled with such beauty as we
saw on this trip.”
On the way, they were im
pressed with the beauty of Ken
tucky, especially around the lake
developments near Paducah.
CHIEF POINTS of interest
west of the Mississippi which
the travelers listed included
Denver, Pike’s Peak, and Can
yon City, Col., and Jackson
Hole, Wyo.
They especially enjoyed the
national forests and parks,
spending the most time in the
Grand Tetons of Northwest
Wyoming, and the Wyoming-
Montana portion of Yellow
stone. (Part of Yellowstone is in
Idaho.)
At Cooke, Mont., the Stowes
turned on the heat in the motel
room and settled down to sleep
under two woolen blankets.
From Cooke, they traveled to
North and South Dakota. Before
starting the southward journey
home, they stopped for a visit
with relatives in Minnesota.
Economy is half the battle of
life. It is not so hard to earn
money as it is to spend it wise
ly.—Charles H. Spurgeon
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ARRIVAL
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CHAPEL of the Trans
figuration at Moose, Wyo.,
is one of the most-visited
buildings of its kind in
America. The rustic log
structure with quaking as
pen pews and altar has a
large window which
frames the Tetons, as they
reach 7,000 feet above the
floor of the valley.
SUMMER SNOW on the
Bear Tooth Plateau, along
U.S. Highway 12 in Mon
tana. Mr. Stowe took this
picture at the northeast
approach to Custer Na
tional Forest. Highest
point is Granite Peak, ris
ing 12,850 feet above sea
level.
Enjoying the South Fork and Catawba rivers during vacation
were Wade Ledwell, Gentry Tindall and Furman Pearson.
Benchman John Mercer and his sister Sarah spent a week
visiting Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Pomeroy in Plainfield, Ind. During an
other recent week, John and Sarah were at Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Electrician Warren Huffstetler recently passed the state ex
aminations, which granted him North Carolina license for elec
trical contracting.
Lathe operator Cramer Little, Mrs. Little and daughter Betty
made a recent trip to Salem, Va., by way of the Skyline Drive.
While there, they attended the Biblical drama, “Thy Kingdom
Come”, at Sherwood Amphitheatre.
George Edgar Huffstetler ar
rived June 21 at Gaston Mem
orial Hospital. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Huffstet
ler. The father is a Shop electri
cian.
W. S. Huffstetler and members of his family spent a one-week
vacation at Kure and Wrightsville beaches off the North Carolina
coast recently.
Dotty and Betty Jane, daughters of Dorothy Perry, winder
tender, are spending the month of August visiting relatives in
Connecticut.
Winder tender Viola Webb and members of her family visited
on a July week end with Mr. and Mrs. Parnell Lewis at the Lewis
home in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hagan of Laurens, S. C. were July visitors
in the home of Mildred Kelton. Mr. Hagan is Mrs. Kelton’s brother.
A VACATION
Many Things
To Many Persons
This being the season for vacations, it’s a good
time to say a few words about that national
custom. A vacation means many things to many
persons. Here are a few of them, some or all of
which might apply to you;
A vacation, generally, is an overrated period
in which people spend money they can’t afford in
order to do things they wouldn’t be caught dead
doing at home. It is the time we pay outrageous
rates for accommodations not suitable for our
automobile 50 weeks of the year.
It is a mad two weeks in which we eat over
cooked meals in cafes and undercooked meals
out-of-doors. If your wife put any one of these
meals before you at home, you’d accuse her of
spending all day playing bridge.
We drive hundreds of miles to see sights which
don’t compare with phenomena a short distance
from our doorstep; we wear get-ups we wouldn’t
be seen emptying the garbage in at home, and
we buy souvenirs which make our friends won
der about our sanity.
We take hundreds of pictures, and later drive
our friends wild insisting that they look at each
one and be astounded. We return home tired
and broke to find the yard grown tall and the
roof leaking.
And it’s just as well. Because it makes home,
even with the leaking roof, seem like a better
place—until next year, when we won’t be able
to wait to get away again.—Tulsa Daily World
WEAR
EYE PROTECTION
AT HOME FOR
THE SAME REASON
YOU WEAR IT
AT WORK