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PEOPLE, PLACES and EVENTS in the AFTER S3 YEARS ON THE JOB Shop Painter foreman Homer Harmon and Mrs. Harmon visited in Augusta, Ga., in January. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson, who live in Augusta, traveled to Georgia with the Harmons after visit ing them in Gastonia. Mrs. Anderson is the Harmons' daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Gilliam and family from Albany, Ga., were recent guests of plant engineer W. G. Henson, and Mrs. Henson who works in the Cloth Room. Recent guests of Mrs. Rosie Francum, tool room clerk, were Mr. and Mrs. John H. Thoni and son Stevie of Brodentown, N. J. Mrs. Francum is Mrs. Thoni’s mother. Millwright Joe Burroughs and Wayne Stewart of Franklin, N. C., went on a game-hunting trip in Southwestern North Caro lina recently. They rounded up several wild boars. The remainder of their report: “No bears.” Mrs. B. W. Beckham of Lancaster, C. spent several days recently with assistant plant engineer H. A. Cauthen and Mrs. Cauthen. She and Mrs. Beckham are sisters. Thomas Taylor, loom fixer in Weaving (cotton), recently visit ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Taylor at Murphy, N. C. Warp hand Warren Jackson recently accompanied his brother to Baltimore, Md., where they visited their sister. Mrs. Eula Dunlevy, weaver, with son Joey and daughter Bar bara, visited recently with relatives in Jacksonville, Fla. Barbara works in Main Office. ☆ ☆ ☆ Fate Was Unkind; Neighbors Cared In January, Firestone Textiles people reached a helping hand to a former employee here whose encounter with fate left him with both legs amputated just below the knees, and an assortment of towering bills un paid. The hand which Firestone neighbors held out to Judd Whit aker of 1116 West Seventh Ave nue had $1,434.73 in it. The In dustrial Relations department, which administered the em ployee contributions, applied $1,177.73 of the money to pay Mr. Whitaker’s account at Gar rison General Hospital through January 18. Another $257.25 was turned over to his wife, employed here in Splicing (synthetics). The In dustrial Relations department said that $410 of insurance money had been applied to Mr. Whitaker’s bill also. Mr, Whitaker had put in 12 years at Firestone when ill health forced him to retire in 1957. Late last year, he went to Garrison Hospital with pneu monia. Then doctors discovered he had a blood clot in the legs, and amputation came in Decem ber. By Christmas, he had been in the hospital more than a month. Many individuals and organ izations, including church groups, have collected money for the patient. How much more will be needed depends on how much longer he has to remain in the hospital. A higher percentage of resi dents is employed by the textile industrj'^ in South Carolina than in any other state in the nation. Former Employee At Fort Jackson James C. Barker Jr., whose father is a carpenter in the me chanical department, was gradu ated in late January from the basic military course in the Fifth Training Regiment at Fort Jack son, S. C. The young infantryman was employed in Carding here for two months just before he en tered the service last November. He expects to be assigned at Fort Jackson until around April 1. His address: Pvt. James C. Barker Jr., Co. A, 10th Battalion; Fifth Train ing Regt., Fort Jackson, S. C. Quality and You To keep the quality of our products at its high est, every manufactur ing step must be per- formed with the thought in mind that you are the one who is responsible to the cus tomer. Russell Conrad: Time To Develop His Hobbies For Russell Conrad, the last day of 1959 marked “finish” to a career ix. textiles which span ned the age of the hand-thread ed shuttle to the era of man- made wonder fibers and ma chines that lift loads from work ers’ shoulders. The overseer in Weaving (synthetics) for almost 25 years since Firestone has owned the mill, started work here in 1906. He quit school that year to take a job in the spinning room of the old Loray operation. At the time of his retirement recently, he had completed 53 years’ work within the same walls. THOSE YEARS hold mem ories of a variety of jobs — sweeping, loom fixing, doffing, roving, weaving; as section man and second hand. He moved to cotton weaving in the 1930s, where he became a loom fixer. At about the time Firestone bought the plant from the Man- ville-Jenckes interests, Mr. Con rad recalls that the superintend ent one morning assigned him as overseer in the department which was later converted to rayon and nylon production. “Handle it the best you can, until we get a permanent man,” he quoted the superintendent. “I stayed on that job for more than 24 years of my remaining time at Firestone — all along wondering when they were go ing to replace me,” he joked. Since he had quit school to take his first job here, Mr. Con rad has tried to bridge the gap by attending night school, and by studying at home all these years. At the time of his retirement, folks in Weaving (synthetics) expressed their best wishes while presenting him with a gift of money. A tenth of this he straightway appropriated to Firestone Wesleyan Methodist Church, his regular place of worship. There was a good guess that the remainder of the money would go for something relating to his hobbies of hunting and fishing, and cooking. Anyhow, in his plans for the near future are some trips to the Coast for deep sea fishing, and to Camp Firestone at Lake James for some freshwater angling. IN ONE FAMILY—96 YEARS OF SERVICE—Russell Conrad (second from right), poses with his children whose Firestone serv ice, added to his, amounted to 96 years and 6 months at the be ginning of 1960. They are (from left): Roland, 23 years and 9 months; Clara, 24 years and 6 months; and Earl, 24 years and 7 months. The retiree has two sisters and several other relatives who work at Firestone. SCOUTING Adventure In Friendship And Brotherhood Almost 34 million Americans have been identi fied with the Boy Scouts of America since Scout ing had its beginning in this country February 8, 1910. During that half century, this youth movement has brought the great adventure of the out-of-doors and the lure of unblazed trails. It has brought the adventure of citizenship, the motive to serve other people, the Daily Good Turn, and helpfulness to the nation in time of war and peace. These and other adventures have captured the imagination of boys. One of the greatest of them all has been the adventure of friendship—of brotherhood that speaks around the world. In almost every coun try of the free world today, there are Scouts who are dedicated to tolerance, good will, and friendliness. There are five million Scouts and leaders in the United States, and three million more brother scouts in other lands. The Boy Scouts of America, through its World Friendship Fund, aids Scout associations of other lands. American Scouts have participat ed in ten World Scout jamborees, and this year will be hosts to Scouts from all over the world, at the national Scout jamboree in July. SCOUTS of many countries are working to gether to help build a better world. Their high ideals and spirit of service are significant factors in these efforts toward improved understanding among peoples of the world. Responsible American citizens commemorate the glorious history of the Boy Scouts organiza tion, as it marks its Golden Anniversary. The thousands of citizens who share in promoting the Scouting program would add: “We wish that more men of character, more organizations and groups would help observe the 50th year of Scouting, by enlisting in active support. “Training which Scouting offers our youth is one of the best means of perpetuating good citizenship and the ideals of brotherhood.” FEBRUARY, 1960 PAGE 6 FIRESTONE TEXTILES P. O. BOX 551 GASTONIA. N. C. POSTAL MANUAL SECTION 134.1 U. S. POSTAGE PAID GASTONIA, N. C. PERMIT NO. 29 THE LIBRARY OF Um CHAPEL HILL, n. C. 11990 Form 3547 Requested
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