GOING PLACES. . .SEEING THINGS
Outdoor Pageant Returns To April Calendar
AT LIBRARY—Flower arrangement which was entered in the
New York International show was on exhibit several days in
mid-March at Gastonia's Public Library. Carla Fritton (left), Mrs.
Turner's granddaughter, looks over the arrangement with Judy
Murphy, a member of the library staff.
Club Member At Flower Show
Mrs. W. R. Turner Sr., mem
ber of Variety Garden Club of
Firestone, became the first from
the Gastonia area ever to enter
an original arrangement in the
International Flower Show. Her
contribution was placed in the
Ikebana (Japanese) section of
the 1960 International Flowei
Show at the New York City
Coliseum, March 5-12.
The arrangement, of the Heika
type, was constructed along non-
classical, informal lines, in a
base of free-form ceramic. It
featured eucalyptus and imma
ture pineapple, both materials
being used for the first time
ever in arrangements at the
show. It was displayed on a
teak wood table against shoji
screens.
Mrs. Turner, wife of W. R.
Turner Sr., second hand in
Weaving (cotton), and mother
of Mrs. W. L. Fritton of Main
Office, was accompanied to New
York by Mrs. William Gantt,
president of the Kings Mountain
Garden Council. Both women
served as hostesses for one day
during the coliseum show.
A RECORD 200,000 flower
lovers attended the show, theme
of which was “Flowers of the
World.” Represented were more
than 1,000 amateur and profes
sional horticulturists who fea
tured nearly 500,000 blooms,
plants, trees and shrubs, rock
gardens and exhibits of man-
made streams, ponds and water
falls.
A record $110,000 in prize
money was distributed by the
sponsor. International Flower
Show, Inc., a non-profit organi
zation which is aided by the
New York Florists Club and the
Horticulture Society of New
York.
In addition to Mrs. Turner’s
membership in the plant-spon
sored garden club and Ikebana
April brings to North Carolina a parade of
festivals, sports events and outdoor attractions,
all set against a background of Spring-flowers
pageantry. The greenup season, although a bit
late this year, means a lively calendar of in
teresting things to do and places to go in a set
ting of mild weather made more attractive by
the flowers which brighten parks and wood
lands.
Posting this month’s travel notes. Plant Rec
reation includes a reminder that golf courses and
riding trails are prime at mid-South resorts;
that tournaments and horse shows add interest
to the sports scene. Surfcasting along the coast
and trout fishing in mountain regions are coming
in season.
Although the mountain trout season opened
April 2, only native trout will be ready for
anglers until after April 30. By that time, the
Wildlife Resources Commission will have had
time to stock hatchery trout in the streams. De
lay was due to record snows that interfered with
replenishing of streams.
Ocean And Offshore Fishing Good
By late April, bluefish show up in inlets and
surf of the Outer Banks, along with sea mullet,
croaker, perch, flounder and others of more than
30 species along the shoreline. Offshore fishing
is good for many other species, too.
A new fishing and hunting booklet is available
free upon request to the State Travel Bureau,
Raleigh.
Dogwood, the state flower, blooms from the
coast in April and its snowy blossoms spread
westward into early May. The Coast and Sand
hills dress up in azaleas in April, in famed beau
ty spots like Greenfield Park, Airlie Gardens and
Orton Plantation in the Wilmington area. Inland,
Laurel Lake Gardens at Salemburg are famed
for azalea and other spring flowers.
By Easter, Reynolda Gardens at Winston-
Salem are bright with Japanese cherry, tulips,
azalea and other plants. Other places where
bulb plants and ornamentals are showy in April
are the Sarah P. Duke Memorial Gardens, Dur
ham; Coker Arboretum, Chapel Hill; and the
gardens at Biltmore House, Asheville.
April brings to the Great Smokies a shower
of ground flowers, dogwood and shadlow blos
soms. The annual Wildflower Pilgrimage in the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is April
28-30, with Park naturalists guiding visitors to
different parts of the area.
Jamboree Recalls Pirate Days
Dare county stages the annual Dare Coast
Pirates Jamboree, April 29-May 1. It opens
the surf, sun and fishing season to the North
Carolina seashore playgrounds. On this year’s
program: a pirate battle and landing on Kitty
Hawk Bay, coronation of Pirate King and Queen,
and the world’s largest saltwater fishfry on Hat-
teras Island. Pirate costumes worn by local peo
ple and many visitors are reminiscent of the
days when plunderers like Bluebeard scourged
the land under their sinister flag, the Jolly
Roger.
Other events on the April calendar; Sports
car hill climb, Chimney Rock, 23-24; and into
early May; Fabulous Fishermen Contest, Central
Coast, May 1-Nov. 1; Fishing Rodeo, South
eastern N.C., May 1-Nov. 30; Square Dance Swap
Shop, Fontana, May 5-8.
North Carolina is noted for its Easter sunrise
services, most traditional of which is this year’s
188th Old Salem Moravian program, April 17 at
Winston-Salem. Other Resurrection services the
same morning include those at Mountainside
Theatre, Cherokee; Fields of the Wood (pre
dawn), Murphy; Wayah Bald Mountain, Frank
lin; and Hatteras Lighthouse, Hatteras Island.
Now that the outdoor season is here, Plant
Recreation has this special note which will be
of wide interest to employees;
New campgrounds, together with information
about hiking, boating, and outdoor recreation
spots, are featured in “Outdoors in North Caro
lina”, a free publication. Request a copy of In
formation Bulletin No. 142 from the State Travel
Bureau, Raleigh.
International, she belongs to the
Charlotte Garden Club, the Ca
mellia Society; and is a Nation
al Amateur Flower Show judge,
accredited by the National Coun
cil of Garden Clubs.
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Very Present Help'
There are different kinds of strengths. For
example, the circus strong man is admired for
his ability to bend an iron bar; the cool states
man is hailed for his patient courage in inter
national bargaining.
Not all of us have these kinds of strengths.
But all of us can reach for one essential strength;
Spiritual Power. Like the rain, it is showered
on the mighty and lowly.
Still some people obtain it, while others miss
its blessing. Why? Like the weary traveler who
dips his cup in the overflowing spring that he
may quench his thirst, one needs to reach out
and claim this Resource from On High.
Spiritual strength —or call it faith—has a
powerhouse where you can go to have your re
sources renewed.
That place is a house of worship. Here the
faith which brings peace of mind, and helps to
rid us of the tensions of living, is available and
waiting for us.
By worshipping together with our families, our
friends, we can find strength for our lives.
For our houses of worship are the Houses of
God. There, as we turn from ourselves and offer
up praise to the Creator and Sustainer of life,
we find renewed hope and spiritual strength.
“God is a very present help. .
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Find the strength for your life...
WORSH/P TOGETHER THIS WEEK
Golf Championship
At Firestone Club
Teed 100 feet above the
ground, this giant “golf ball”
serves as a water tower at the
Firestone Country Club in Ak
ron, Ohio. The sphere, 21 feet
in diameter with a capacity of
50,000 gallons, serves as an au
tomatic sprinkler system for fire
prevention in the clubhouse.
The Firestone Country Club
has been selected by the profes
sional Golfers’ Association as the
site of the 1960 PGA National
Championship. It will also be
the site for the sixth consecu
tive time of the PGA-sanctioned
Rubber City Open, August 20-
23 this year.
The average motor vehicle
lasts about 4^^ years longer to
day than the average vehicle
did in 1925, when 6V2 years was
the typical age of vehicles when
scrapped. Totaled mileage dur
ing the motor vehicle’s lifetime
has quadrupled—from 25,750 in
1925 to more than 100,000 miles
in 1959.
Textiles Through The Ages . . .
Scientists at the American Museum of Natural
History in New York have learned how cloth was
woven 3,000 BC in Central Asia, although all vestiges
of the cloth decayed thousands of years ago.
The scientists examine tiny pieces of broken pot
tery, rested against a piece of wet fabric by an
ancient potter. From these lasting impressions the
researchers can arrive at what the cloth was made
of, and the skill of the weaver.
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April, 1960 Page 4
Volume IX Number 5
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Published by The Firestone
Tire & Rubber Company,
Firestone Textiles Division,
Gastonia, North Carolina.
Claude Callaway, Editor
Charles A. Clark, Photographer
PLANT REPORTERS
Carding—Edna Harris, Jessie
Ammons
Cloth Room—Margie Waldrep
Industrial Relation s—Flora
Pence
Main Office—Doris Corella
Quality Control—Sallie Craw
ford, Louella Queen, Leila
Rape
Spinning—L illie A. Brown,
Maude Peeler, Mary Turner
Spooling—Nell Bolick, Rosalie
Burger, Ophelia Wallace
Mechanical Department — Rosie
Francum
Twisting—Vera Carswell, Elease
Cole, Annie Cosey, Katie El
kins, Catherine Fletcher
Twisting (Sales)—Elmina Brad
shaw
Warehouse—M a r ) o r i e Falls,
George Harper, Albert Meeks,
Rosevelt Rainey
Weaving (cotton)—^Ruth Veitch
Weaving (synthetics)—Mary E.
Johnson, Irene Odell
Winding—Ruth Cloninger, May-
zelle Lewis