TELL ME
On Fitness
For The Future
Q. What is one of industry’s
most important responsibilities?
A. The preparing of older
workers for retirement. At a re
cent meeting of North Carolina
Association of Industrial Nurses
(of which Firestone nurse Mrs.
A. T. Newton is president), the
program centered on the subject
of retirement.
One of the features of the dis
cussion was an address by Dr.
Lucille W. Hutaff, associate pro
fessor of preventive medicine at
Bowman Gray School of Medi
cine, Winston-Salem. In “Medi
cal Aspects of Retirement”, Dr.
Hutaff listed industry’s biggest
job as getting people ready for
“the sunset years”.
Among other observations the
speaker made:
» A worker needs to be ready
physically and mentally, if he is
to get the most satisfaction and
profit from retirement.
»Among the many ways in
dustry can help employees pre
pare for retirement:
SERVICE YEARS
On The Job
A Long Time
Time flies, and the years
bring their changes to life—
and to a person’s job. Some
are bad, but for the most
part, they’re for the better.
So mused some of the people
who last month joined the
circle of long-time employees
at the Gastonia plant.
Those who reached the quar-
ter-century mark are presented
in photographs on this page. One
man, William Q. Murray of
Weaving (synthetics), became a
member of the 20-year group.
And there were others who had
been on the job a long while
also:
Fifteen Years
Floyd H. Whitaker, Weaving
(synthetics); James A. Dunham,
Weaving (cotton); Ida B. W.
Byers and Luther Brown, Indus
trial Relations.
Ten Years
Emily P. Smith, Banna L.
Booth, John C. Owensby, Wil
liam G. Ginn, all Twisting (syn
thetics); Christine Clark, Main
Office.
• Encourage development of
a variety of interests while the
worker is still on the job.
• Help employees develop an
extra skill as added insurance
against boredom and idleness in
retirement.
» Workers can help themselves
prepare for retirement by prac
ticing good health habits, having
physical examinations regular
ly, and cultivating a wholesome
attitude toward “The Golden
Years”.
Good Grades —
And Graduated
In February, Harold L. She-
hane ended the semester at Gas
ton Technical Institute with a
grade of 4.00 or A—fitting v .^y
to round out a two-year course
in electronics technology. He
was one of two who graduated
at the school last month.
Harold is a graduate of Ashley
High School and an Air Force
veteran. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse L. Shehane, work in
Twisting.
PEOPLE
Fred Chastain
Carding
W. E. Posey
Weaving (syn)
Alice T. Odom
Spooling
Loyd Metcalf O. K. Forrester
Weaving (cotton) Spooling
Five Years
Claude B. Stewart, Shop; Ruth
W. Collins, Winding.
A Doffer Raised A Question
“Did you ever get to thinking about history of the long
ago, and of how folks learned the art of making-do, of how
they didn’t have a lot of things that would have made their
life easier and more enjoyable?” A third-shift bobbin doffer
raised the question. It set us to thinking.
Our forefathers did without sugar until the 13th cen
tury, without coal fires until the 14th century, without
buttered bread until the 15th century, without potatoes until
the 16th century; without coffee, tea, and soap until the 17th
century.
What’s more, they did without pudding until the 18th
century, without gas and matches and electricity until the
19th century. And we have had automobiles for just a few
years.
Sort of makes you thankful for all the good things we
have nowadays—things we usually take for granted.
QUOTING
OUR CUSTOMERS
‘My Curiosity
Is Aroused’
Ben Franklin used to say—
rather colorfully—that a man
who loves his craft will turn out
a job well done, and be jjioud
of it, too. Firestone people who
turn out useful things are pleas
ed that products they make
stand the test of good quality
and dependable service.
From the many letters which
the company receives, these
sample quotations express the
gratitude of satisfied customers:
William F. Iwed
Alsmeda, California
In September of 1954 my wife
and I bought a 1954 Mercury at
Wayne, Mich. Today, over six
years and 52,000 miles later, the
original Firestone Champion De-
Luxe tires are still on our Mer
cury. I don’t think they will
ever wear out.
Andrew Kuriplach
Brooklyn, New York
I purchased my auto equipped
with Firestone tires in 1956, and
since then have covered over
51,000 miles. The original four
tires are still on my car and in
good shape.
I had planned to buy a whole
new set of tires, but my curiosi
ty is aroused. I mean to find
out just how many miles these
tires will make. My compliments
to Firestone for a fine product.
W. G. Huber
Detroit, Michigan
My 1959 Chevrolet came
equipped with Firestone tubeless
rayon tires. They have been on
miles at highway speeds at least
60 per cent of the way.
These same tires pulled a 17-
foot trailer at least 1,500 miles
last summer. No flats—never
balanced—no maintenance at all.
I have never had a better tire on
any car.
Airman Honored
At Stewart AFB
A/IC James Bradshaw III,
employed here in 1957, wlas
“Airmail of the Month’’ at Stew
art Air Force Base, Tenn., for
Februaiy. A cost accounting
clerk in the 839th Civil Engi
neering office at Stewart, the
airmen is son of James Brad
shaw Jr., and Mrs. Bradshaw of
Twisting (cotton).
James III was graduated from
Ashley High School of Gastonia
and attended Kings College in
Charlotte for a year. He worked
here during a summer before en
tering the Air Force in late 1958.
VACATION TIME ON THE WAY
March brings Spring, and the
warm-weather segment of the
year during which time most
employees here taP:e extended
vacations from work. Most folks
dream about vacation trips, from
one year to the next. Last sum
mer, some Firestone people
headed North into Canada and
brought back visual memories
such as this photo represents.
It's the ancient French-Canadian
capital of Quebec. A delightful
city to explore, Quebec's medi
eval battlements, gables, dormer
windows and narrow winding
streets hark back to days when
voyageurs and missionaries car
ried civilization deep into the
wilderness of North America.
(Photo: Canadian Government
Travel Bureau.)
“Beware the ides of March.”
The old warning harks back to
a memorable event in history.
When the Roman Empire was in
her glory, she divided the cal
endar into three intervals—with
ides indicating the 15th, or 13th
Warehouse
jVowGTiotes
Mr. and Mrs. James Harden of
Charlotte were guests on a Feb
ruary weekend, of the Rev. and
Mrs. Albert Meeks.
R. W. Rainey of the waste-
house is progressing in his re
covery from a leg operation.
After several weeks with his leg
in a cast, he “graduated” to
crutches, and now is beginning
to do without them.
Fork - lift operator McBrie
Sanders, his sister, and Mrs.
Sanders went to Baltimore, Md.,
in mid-February to attend the
^uneral of his sister-in-law.
From bis first stop at Lack
land AFB, Texas, he went to
Sheppard AFB, Texas, where he
studied finance and accounting.
After a tour of duty at Osan,
Korea, he was assigned to the
Tennessee base. For his honor in
Febi’uary, he received an
achievement certificate from the
base commander, a $25 U.S.
Savings Bond and several other
gifts.
day, depending on the month
involved.
Julius Caesar was murdered
on the 15th—or ides—of March
44 B.C., so the day came to be
remembered as one of doom and
evil-doing.
In recent years, an additional
meaning attached itself to the
ides of March, because it was the
deadline for reporting income
tax in the United States. But
since in recent times that omi
nous date has been extended one
month, the ides of March has
lost some of its dreadful mean
ing.
Scouts Feted
Recipients of the Harvey S.
Firestone Jr. Award for Scouting
here in 1959 and 1960 were hon
ored along with other members
of Troop 35 of Lutheran Chapel
Church at a father-son banquet
there in February. The program
was a part of Boy Scout Week
observance.
Mickey Canipe received the
Firestone award two years ago;
and Ralph Quinn Jr. was the
winner last year. Ralph, an Eagle
Scout, was awarded the Gold
Palm in late February. The Gold
Palm is earned upon obtaining
10 merit badges above the Eagle
requirement.
MARCH, 1961 PAGE 4
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