.,.,3^' * < f YOUR TRAVEL NOTEBOOK Hills-to-Seashore: Outdoor Fun In Season 1120 MilKon Program On New automatic curing presses for producing heavy- duty tires are being installed in all domestic tire plants of the company as part of its $120,000,000 modernization and expansion program now in progress. When Firestone completes in stallations of these presses, it will be the world’s largest op erator of this precision-type au tomatic curing equipment. Con struction of five new plants and WATCHING OPERATION of new tire presses at Plant I in Akron, Ohio are executive vice president J. E. Trainer (right) and Harley Black. Presses put in use at Akron are of the type be ing installed at the company's other tire plants in the United State. ☆ ☆ ☆ modernization and expansion of 20 other production facilities in the United States and other countries are included in Fire stone’s growth program. Increased operation of the company’s tire factories can be expected to spur demand for fabrics like those produced at the Firestone Gastonia plant. YOUR SON JOB-HUNTING? For Which Would He Like To Work? □ To the company that has al ways made good profits, or . . . □ To the company that barely makes ends meet? □ To the company that’s big with growing opportunities, or . . . □ To the company that can’t af ford to hire the know-how to help it grow? ARRIVALS... ☆ ☆ ☆ Michael Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Teague, May 13. The father is an accountant in Main Office. Hollis L. Burchfield Jr., April 23. His father is a cleaner in Twisting (synthetics). Sheila Aileen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brimer, May 18. The mother is a spooler tender in Spooling. □ To the company that hires the best managers available even though they may come at big salaries, or . . . □ To the company that is un able to hire top-grade man agement and frequently “misses the boat”? □ To the company that makes lots of money and buys mod ern machines with a large part of it in order to make better jobs, or . . . □ To the company that can’t af ford to buy modern machines when needed? □ To the company where the individual employees as well as management welcome more efficient methods and equipment, or . . . □ To the company where the individual employees resist and resent new machines and ideas that can help them and their company to be com petitive, and prosper? —GE News, Syracuse, N. Y. Outdoor sports, festivals and drama under the stars headline North Carolina’s June travel cal endar—as the highland flower parade reaches peak beauty, and seashore and mountain play grounds swing into full schedule. Flame azalea, mountain laurel and crimson (Catawba) rhododendron adorn the Blue Ridge Parkway and other scenic highroads in the Blue Ridge and Great Smokies through mid- June, and linger several days more at altitudes above 5,000 feet. By mid-month, Catawba rhodo dendron blossoms at mile-high locations such as Craggy Gardens on the Parkway, Roan Mountain near Bakersville, Mount Mitchell, and Grand father Mountain near Linville. Leading events in the mountain area are the 14th annual N. C. Rhododendron Festival on Roan Mountain, June 18; and the 36th annual “Singing on the Mountain” at Grandfather Mountain, June 26. Fishing is better than ever off the waters of Cape Hatteras and along the entire Coast. Moun tain trout are hitting along more than 1,500 miles of streams and on many lakes. History On Outdoor Stages Two outdoor historical dramas open for an other season to play nightly except Mondays through September 4. “Unto These Hills” at Cherokee in the Smokies goes into its 11th season June 24; “The Lost Colony” at Manteo begins its 20th season June 25, on the site of the first English settlement in America. “Horn in the West”, story of Daniel Boone, reopens July 1 at Boone in the Blue Ridge. An added attraction in the Boone area is a narrow-gauge steam train, companion to Tweet- sie. Both operate week ends until July, when they will run daily through summer on regular trips around Roundhouse Mountain. The recent- ly-added steam puffer is the Yukon Queen, brought from Alaska. Down East, New Bern holds “open house” June 11-25, marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of the State’s first Colonial capital, and home of Tryon Palace Restoration. On the program are parades, tours, boat races and golf tournament, and a nightly historical play, “The Third Frontier’. Beaufort Anniversary and Wagon Train Projecting into the travel calendar for early July, two events in the State are outstanding: 1. Beaufort will observe its 251st anniversary the week beginning July 3. The town settled in 1709 will celebrate with a drama, “Unknown Seas”, and a Museum of the Sea will be es tablished on the waterfront. A shrimp boat pa rade is set for July 7; and Homecoming Day July 9 includes a re-enactment of the Spanish invasion of the town in 1747. 2. Many a Firestone Textiles employee with “back-home roots” in Cherokee county, looks forward each year to the Wagon Train celebra tion which travels from Tellico Plains, Tenn., to Murphy, N. C. This, the third annual Wagon Train on July 4, will feature horsedrawn cover ed wagons, horseback riders; and men, women and children in pioneer garb. STATK J'AKKH "' Swtjj Park Syscm w ojie tfee ,Afi |jarks:»r« 'si'fthift a^bon tlisjance kmn ttajos Ywt Ota spend day pjoaicfeing, swjnmiflg, a