Seven With 15 Years’ Service;
Other Records For February
Seven of the persons who
checked in for their first day
of work here in February of
1945, stayed on to reach their
15-year landmark of employ
ment last month. Total num
ber of 15-year people reach
ed 658, with the addition of
these names in February:
Willie A. Beattie and Mar
garet Truesdale of Spinning;
Myrtle B. Benton and John
R. Fender of Twisting (syn
thetics); Boyd L. Bolynn of
Twisting (cotton); Wayne O’
Dell of Weaving (synthetics);
and Roland E. Huss of the
Mechanical department.
Others in February receiving
lapel pins, recognizing their
long-term service were:
Textile Committee
Work Is Extended
The Federal government’s in
teragency committee on textile
industry problems will be ex
tended indefinitely, White
House news sources announced
in mid-February.
The committee was originated
last year on recommendation of
a Senate Commerce subcommit
tee which studied industry con
ditions. It was to expire upon
making a report to the President
and Congress on what could be
done to help domestic producers
of textiles.
The report, due in January,
has not been completed. Dead
line for the report was extended
as a project to be completed by
the committee.
Ten Years
James C. Walker, Erwin W.
Adams, G. C. Smith, Blair T.
Hovis and Bill E. Smith of
Twisting (synthetics); Emery
McDaniel, Twisting (cotton);
Samuel Crawford, Weaving
(synthetics); Edna B. Champion,
Cloth Room; Julius Parks, Ware
house; Paul A. Caldwell, Faye
M. Kennerly, Marcus G. Delling
er and Bonnie L. Fletcher of
Winding.
Samuel E. Crawford, Industri
al Relations; Charles P. Mc-
Arver, Sales and Scheduling;
J. G. Tino Jr., Nylon Treating.
Five Years
Fred Crawford, James Thom
as Neal and Opal A. Bradley,
Twisting (synthetics); Warren
H. Chastain, E. M. Franklin
Sartin and Betty A. Phillips,
Weaving (synthetics).
There were no 20-year records
listed for February. As of that
month, the number in the two-
decade category stood at 344.
DONATIONS: 165 PINTS IN FEBRUARY
Quota Exceeded On Last Bloodmobile Visit
Mark up another bright
chapter in Firestone’s record
of participation in the Red
Cross bloodmobile program.
The 165 pints donated to the
Carolinas Regional Blood-
bank here on February 22,
made 40 pints over the quota
for the first of two visits the
mobile unit scheduled for
Firestone this year.
Firestone has never failed to
meet the quota of a bloodmobile
visit.
Joining the gallon-donor
group were Myrtle Bradley,
Ralph Dalton, J. Coy Davis,
Horace Hughes, James Kilby,
Charles McArver, E. P. McArver
and Eula Wilson.
OTHERS who offered blood
were:
Hobert Aldridge, Henry Allen,
Lucille Baker, J. C. Barnes, Ern
est Bentley, Pearl Boyd, Arthur
Bradley, Opal Bradley, Virginia
Bradley, Coy Bradshaw, John R.
Brandon, Coy Briggs, Luther
Brown, Maude Bryson, Sammy
Bunton, Rosalie Burger.
Paul Caldwell, James Can
trell, Fred Carpenter, Grafton
Carpenter, Cornelia Carringer,
Gene Carson, John R. Carson,
Jr., Sue Carson, Jack Chadwick,
Edna Champion, Paul Chastain,
Henry Church, Bob Chavis, Vir
gil Collette, Lucy Conner, Ro
land Conrad, James M. Cooper,
Don Corella, Doris Corella, Wil
liam Cosey, Dorothy Couick,
Barbara Craig, John Crane, Eva
Crawford, Samuel Crawford,
Edward Crisp, Earl Cunning
ham.
Fred Davis, Reginald Davis,
William H. Davis, Bertha Dett-
mar, Mary Dill, Eula Dunlevy,
Jack Faile, Edgar Falls, Pansy
Falls, Charles Ferguson, John
Fletcher, Edgar Foy, Luther Foy,
Mary Friday, Francis Galligan,
Barbara Galloway, Meek Garris,
Jackie Gates, Thomas Gibson,
Joe Givens, J. L. Grant, Thomas
A. Grant, Mollie Grimsley,
Arnold Grindle, Carl Guffey,
W. S. Guffey.
Homer Hall, John P. Hall,
Belon Hanna, Ben Hanna, Frank
Harrison, J. P. Hart Jr., Leonard
Hawkins, Clyde Hayes, Jesse
Helms, George High, W. F. Ho
gan, Kent Holcomb, Grace Huds
peth, Robert Hull, Thomas B.
Ipock Jr., Joel Isley, Clarence
Jolly, Frank Jolly, Mary John
son, Ralph Johnson, R. L. John
son, Beverly Jones, Bobby Jones,
Troy Jones.
Mildred Kelton, Alfred Kes-
sell, Allen King, Melvin Knox,
Clifford Lawrence, Alvin Led
ford Jr., John Ledford, James
F. Lewis Jr., Bobby Liles, Gary
Lyles, M. D. Loudermilk, Charles
Lunsford, F. W. Lyles, Carl Mc-
Abee, Scott McCarter, Cramer
McDaniel, D. H. Mauney III,
Ernest Mauney, John Mercer,
John Mitchell.
Grace Neely, James Neely,
Dillard Palmer, James W. Park
er, Evelyn Parham, Max Parker,
Mattie Passmore, J. L. Peterson,
Mary Pearson, Flora Pence,
Leroy Posey, Thomas Poteat,
Bob Purkey, M. T. Ramsey,
D. L. Redding, James Reel, Mar
garet Rhyne, Alvin Riley, Ruby
Riley, Ada Robinson, Carmon
Robinson, Horace Robinson, Max
Robinson, Julia Rosedahl.
E. M. Sartin, James Saylor,
Ray Shields, James Sills, Leon
ard Smith, Lloyd Smith, Paul
Smith, Verdie Smith, William
Stephenson, Elton Still, Nellie
Stowe, Chester Tate, Edgar
Thomas Jr., James Thomas, Ray
Thomas, James Thompson, Har
mon Treadway.
John Verdery, Paul Walker,
Algie Warren, Noah Watts,
George Weaver, Cole Whitaker,
Floyd Whitaker, Tracy White-
ner, Charles Wiggins, John Wig
gins, Hansford Wilkes, Philip
Williams, Ronald Willis, Mitchell
Wooten.
New Leaders
For Variety Club
Mrs. W. E. Pope began serv
ing as president of Variety Gar
den Club of Firestone in mid-
February. Other officers elected
at the monthly meeting at the
Recreation Center were Mes-
dames R. G. Henderson, vice
president; H. A. Cauthen, secre-
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tary; E. J. Mechem, treasurer;
Lewis Moss, chaplain; and G. D.
Gates, historian.
Addition of Mesdames James
Andrews, Mattie McCann, C. E.
Honeycutt and David Thornburg
to the membership brought to 16
the total number in the plant-
sponsored garden club.
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NEW GROUP — At the most recent bloodmobile visit here,
these persons joined the one-gallon donor ranks. From left; Eula
Wilson, J. Coy Davis, Myrtle Bradley, Ralph Dalton, James Kilby,
Charles McArver. Not photographed, but belonging to this group:
Horace Hughes, E. P. McArver.
APPRECIATION DINNER — At a company-sponsored dinner
February 16 at the Recreation Center, one and two-gallon donors
were recognized. Some Firestone officials were photographed with
Red Cross leaders. They are (seated, from left): general manager
Harold Mercer, Mrs. Britt Petty, Gaston County Red Cross direc
tor; James Hendley, Red Cross county vice chairman; (standing,
from left): Dr. W. B. Kingsley of Gas+on Memorial Hospital staff;
Thomas Ipock Jr., manager of Firestone industrial relations and
himself a one-gallon donor; James Comer, blood program chairman
for county; Leonard McAbee, assistant manager of cotton produc
tion, who was recruiter for the Firestone bloodmobile visit.
TWO-GALLON DONORS — At the February 16
dinner, 41 persons were honored for having contributed
542 pints of blood in the past 10 years. Two-gallon
group at above left (seated, from left): Francis Galli
gan, James M. Cooper; (standing, from left): Luther
Brown, Ray Thomas, John Verdery.
ONE-GALLON GROUP — csnler (seated, from left):
Inez Rhyne, Lucille Baker, Rosalie Burger; (standing,
from left): Cole Whitaker, John Ledford, Archie Deal,
Thomas A. Grant, John Mitchell, Ollie Liles, Horace
Robinson, Cramer Little.
MORE GALLON DONORS — At right (seated, from
left): Hobert Aldridge, Cramer McDaniel, Luther Foy,
Charles Plyler; (standing, from left): Joe Givens, Arn
old Grindle, W. S. Guffey, Ben T. Hanna, Dewey L.
Smith, Oscar Stephenson, H. E. Carson, Belon Hanna.
Others in this group, but not in photos here: Thomas
Turner, Grafton Carpenter, Bobbie Baldwin, Arthur
Bradley, M. L. Ramsey, Carmon Robinson, J. C. Barnes,
Clinton Guffey, James O. Thomas, Alvin Riley, Roland
Conrad. Next bloodmobile visit at Firestone this year
is scheduled for August.