NEW CLASSES STARTED JANUARY 4
Tour Vocational Textile School—
Learn More About Your Industry
Young Farmers
Get Awards
Eight young farmers who were
enrolled in the 1959 National
4-H Club Soil and Water Con
servation program were honored
recently in Chicago when they
each were awarded a $400 col
lege scholarship.
Company president Raymond
C. Firestone presented the
awards at a breakfast attended
by 2,000 delegates to the 38th
annual 4-H Club Congress. More
than 260,000 4-H Club members
were enrolled in the project
which resulted in scientific con
servation practices applied to
CONSERVATIONISTS—
President Raymond C. Firesione
slands in froni of 4-H emblem,
wilh 4-H Club Soil and Waler
Conservation winners. They are,
from left: Clifford Krouse, Min-
den. La.; James Sinclair, Forest
City, N. C.; Vernon Banzet,
Chstopa, Kan.; Mark Anderson,
Colton, Ore.; Joe Carpenter,
Moscow, Tenn.; David Sheegog,
Pauls Valley, Okla.; R. B. Rob
ertson, Greenfield, N. H.; and
Franklin Hitchcock, Devereux,
Ga.
an estimated 1,000,000 acres of
land.
The eight winners, represent
ing as many states, conducted
their national award-winning
projects on 2,788 acres of land
controlled by their families.
A new term in each depart
ment of study began January 4
at the North Carolina Vocation
al Textile School near Belmont.
Departments of instruction in
clude yam manufacturing,
weaving and designing, mill
maintenance (machine shop),
knitting, and tailoring. In each
subject there are two courses
available—one in fundamentals,
the other in advanced studies.
Class hours are 8:20 a.m. to
1 p.m., and 2 to 6:30 p.m., Mon
day through Friday. Included in
the schedule is a class in mill
maintenance at 5-9:30 pm., five
nights a week. For those with
considerable experience in tex
tile manufacturing, classes with
shorter hours are arranged with
in the regular schedule.
Trained Workers Needed
In Textile Industry
Announcing the new term,
principal Chris E. Folk pointed
out that the textile industry of
fers outstanding opportunity for
trained workers — especially
those below the coUege-educa-
tion level.
“At this school—the only one
of its kind in the United States
—the student has approximate
ly one-third of his schedule in
classroom and theory, and the
other two-thirds in lab or prac
tical application,” the principal
said. “Each department is well
equipped with machines cur
rently in use in the industry.”
Mr. Folk added:
“We always try to convince
employees in the mills that we
have much to offer here at the
school. Quite often we hear that
people are surprised to learn
that non-veterans do not pay
a tuition fee, so long as they
are residents of North Carolina.”
The principal emphasized
these additional points:
• For non-veterans attending
the school, the only tuition
charge is the cost of books and
class supplies. This amounts to
$12 to $18 per term of about 12
months, depending on the course
of study.
• Students enrolled under the
veterans educational benefit
program (GI Bill) are required
to pay tuition. This also applies
to students who are not resi
dents of North Carolina. This fee
is calculated on the actual cost
of operating the school, and
money collected goes to the
State Treasurer.
School Welcomes Visitors
Since many people in North
Carolina textiles, and the pub
lic in general, are not familiar
with the operation of the North
Carolina Vocational Textile
School, there is a standing in
vitation to visitors.
At the school, on US High
way 29 out of Belmont near the
Catawba river, visitors can tour
the facilities for a look at class
es in session and the equipment
on which students get practical
application of the theory learn-
Quality Speaks
Gastonia plant Firestone
people who turn out fab
rics for tire construction
have good cause to take
pride in their quality
workmanship, when it is
confirmed by the cus
tomer.
Good products and the
best of workmanship from
start to finish in the tire
building process at Fire
stone’s rubber products
plants, quite often draw
customer praise. An ex
ample is this letter from
Dorothy Hart of Conger,
N. Y., who wrote the com
pany recently:
“I bought a 1955 Chev
rolet in June, 1955. It was
equipped with Firestone
tubeless tires. I have had
the car serviced every 5,-
000 miles and the tires ro
tated at the same time.
“Perhaps you would like
to know that I have 52,-
800 miles on the original
tires, and with never a
flat.
“I am very proud and
tell my friends about this
record. I hope that when
1 need new tires the next
Firestones I buy will give
me as good service as the
original ones.”
ed in class.
Visiting hours are 9 a.m to
12 noon, and 3 to 5:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
YOUR LEISURE-TIME NOTEBOOK
January New Travel Season Down South
No sooner than the New Year
arrives in North Carolina, signs
of balmy weather begin to ap
pear in the travel areas along
the Coast, in the Thermal Belt
and Sandhills, inviting travelers
to the out-of-doors.
Continuing its year - round
travel information service. Plant
Recreation shares this seasonal
reminder: In the Carolinas—the
area most visited by Firestone
travelers — January has many
outdoor attractions to make a
trip away from the job a mem
orable experience.
At this time of year, Wilming
ton leads the roster of suggest
ed places to go. January and
early February promise a hand
some display of camellias in the
historic port city’s Greenfield
Park and at Airlie Gardens.
Visitors to Wilmington and the
lower Cape Fear area will want
to see the famous Orton Planta
tion, founded in 1727. It is re
nowned for its collection of ca
mellias, magnificent live oaks
and pines, magnolia, holly, yau-
pon, cedars and camphors.
Other famed spots for camel
lias are Clarendon Gardens at
Pinehurst and Laurel Lake
Gardens at Salemburg.
Outer Banks Highway
Through traffic can move fast
er and the three largest ocean-
front resorts in Dare county are
less congested, now that a new
20-mile section of Highway 158
has been opened on the Outer
Banks. It is a “back of the
dunes” route paralleling the
original 158 now used for lei
surely motoring to and through
Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills
end Nags Head.
At Whalebone Junction, it
links with Highway 64-264 to
Manteo and the mainland, and
the Hatteras Highway in the
Cape Hatteras National Sea
shore area. Wright Brothers Na
tional Memorial at Kill Devil
Hills is directly on the new
highway.
Lofty Look at Hatteras
If you are in the Hatt-ras
area, the famed lighthouse there
has a new look—inside. Tallest
in America, the lighthouse has
Points Of Care For Your Poinsettia
Frequent watering, humid at
mosphere, a location in filter
ed light and free of drafts —
these are basic points of care
for the poinsettia, which is tra
ditionally among the “leftover”
items of Christmas.
Variety Garden Club of Fire
stone has these additional sug
gestions for the care of your
poinsettia:
After the bracts, or leaf-flow
ering portions have withered,
cut the plant back to four inch
es and store it in a cool place
until summer. Then, plant it
outside.
December flowering poinset-
tias are started in June by tak
ing cuttings from stock plants in
a greenhouse. You can do the
same with yours. Cuttings root
in 10 to 14 days. They are then
potted and nurtured to their full
bloom size.
been spruced up for visitors who
climb its spiral stairs for a lofty
look at Hatteras Island and the
surf which rolls in from the
turbulent waters known as “the
graveyard of the Atlantic”.
Closer home to Gastonia, a
new travelers’ attraction is be
ing developed in a pasture off
Highway 49 near Concord.
There, two businessmen operate
Buffalo Ranch. They have built
up a herd of around 40 of the
oxlike critters of foundation
stock brought from Colorado.
Cowboys, horses, cattle and
covered wagons add further
“Old West” flavor to the ranch
which is open to visitors on
Sunday afternoons.
Free Boating Bulletin
With the many Firestone
boating enthusiasts in mind.
Plant Recreation includes this
note concerning the North Caro
lina Boating Safety Act which
became effective January 1. The
law provides for registration,
licensing and regulation of the
operation of watercraft on
North Carolina waters. The State
Wildlife Resources Commission
administers and enforces the
law.
An information bulletin on
boating in North Carolina is free
upon request to the State Ad
vertising Division, Raleigh, The
publication includes a directory
of marinas, yachting and boat
ing clubs, ski clubs, and sailing
clubs.
Page 6 January, 1960
MOLD PARTS
AT CENTER
MAKING MISMATCH
POSSIBLE
MOLD PARTS
AT SIDE
PROVIDING
TRUE TREAD
ANOTHER FIRESTONE ADVANCE
New Method of Molding Tires
A new method of molding
tires, developed and introduced
by Firestone as the first of
many surprises in its 60th anni
versary year, has brought about
one of the most promising ad
vances in the tire industry. The
new process makes possible
manufacture of a tire that ap
proaches perfect roundness.
“For 60 years Firestone and
other tire manufacturers have
produced tires in two-piece
molds that part at center of the
tread,” said J. J. Robson, Fire
stone director of tire engineer
ing and development. “Now the
company will use a new-type
mold which allows the tread to
be fashioned as a single unit, re
sulting in an unbroken ring of
tread that produces nearly-per-
fect-round tires.
Freedom of Tread Design
The mold gives freedom of de
sign across the tread face, so the
center area can be completely
tractionized. Firestone calls this
the “Total Traction Principle”.
Until this development, all
tires produced had a seam line
around the center of their tread
where the mold parted. Thus the
most important part of the mold
was split in two pieces and sub
ject to mismatching and irregu
larities. Although the accepted
method for more than a half
century, it limited any tread de
sign, and roundness of tires
could not be controlled care
fully.
First tire to be built in the
improved mold will be the new
Firestone Nylon “500,” of premi
um quality featuring X-101
tread rubber and designed for
high-speed turnpike driving.
Company tests have led to
this list of advantages of the
new tire: Improved traction for
all driving conditions, added
smoothness of operation and ad
ditional riding comfort, improv
ed tread wear—up to 35 per
cent, increased durability at
high turnpike speeds, added
stability for easy car handling.
In Three Rim Sizes
The new “500” will be on sale
in all 13, 14, and 15-inch rin^
sizes. Company passenger tire
plants in Akron, Ohio, Memphis,
Tenn., Pottstown, , Pa., D®®
Moines, Iowa and Los Angeles,
Calif., will be producing it by
early 1960.