OASIONIA • NORTH CAROIINA
VOLUME X - NUMBER 5
APRIL, 1961
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The secret of personal
management of money; Live
as cheaply the first few days
after payday as you did the
last few days before it.
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FJiOM NC INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Tonya Sue Queen plants her Firestone hybrid zinnia seeds in
expectation of an assortment of pretty colors by early summer.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Queen, 1123 West
Seventh avenue. Tonya's mother works in Twisting (synthetics).
Zinnia Seeds
Add Beauty
To The Land
Giveaway packets of zinnia
seeds distributed through Fire
stone retail outlets bring beauty
to hundreds of thousands of
lawns and gardens across the
country each summer. And some
of the flowers bring touches of
beauty to otherwise unlovely
places like the neglected corner
of a lot.
The Burpee-produced hybrid
Firestone zinnia is one of the
prettiest annual flowers, blos
soming from July into autumn.
Each year the seeds are avail
able only through Firestone deal
ers and stores. For 21 years now,
upwards of three million packets
of the seeds have been distribut
ed in springtime.
Each envelope of 100 seeds
features an assortment of red,
orange, pink, yellow and white.
The fluffy or ruffled typa flow
ers grow to almost three feet,
providing a good backdrop for
tiered or split-level flower beds,
as well as decoration around
porches and patios, and for
sidewalk borders.
Record ‘Good’ For These Students
Clarence W. Donaldson Jr. of
Twisting (synthetics) and Virgil
Rowland, Beaming-Quilling
each received a rating of “Good”
on his work at the North Caro
lina Vocational Textile School
by early March.
Donaldson is enrolled for the
course in mill maintenance;
Rowland is enrolled in the knit
ting course. The report from the
Belmont school takes into ac
count classroom grades, prac
tical work assignments in the
courses studied, general attitude
and student cooperation.
“Employees who work a full
shift in the textile industry and
are ambitious enough to go to
school to improve their value
to themselves and their em
ployers, deserve some praise,”
said Chris E. Folk, principal of
the school.
“We are most happy for the
many reports of supervisors
commending and encouraging
employees for attending our
school,” the principal added.
‘. Above All - - Produce It Safely’
“That well-known slogan ‘Safety First, Quality Sec
ond, Production Third’ was originated in the steel industry
early in this century. It was based on the conviction that
safety is an operating responsibility. It said, in effect: We
must not only produce steel, we must produce steel of high
quality, but above those considerations, we must produce it
safely".
“One of my contemporaries added recently: If we can
not afford safety, we cannot afford to be in business. It’s
that simple. We cannot ‘pass this buck’ or duck this re
sponsibility. .
B. F. Fairless, in California Safety News
Plant Has Another Safety Citation
It was awards time at the
Gastonia March meeting of
the Blue Ridge Safety Coun
cil. And standing in line was
a representative of Firestone
Textiles, to receive one of the
several honors presented by
the North Carolina Industri
al Commission.
Bill Silver of the Industrial
Commission in Raleigh handed
out the framed citations which
represented safety achievement
of a plant’s operating for more
than 3,000,000 manhours of pro
duction without a lost-time in
jury.
Firestone's honor was in
recognition of 4,045,510 man-
hours free of a lost-time injury
during the period September 30,
1959 through January 30, 1961.
The plant here was one of
eight manufacturing establish
ments to receive citations, in the
LAST MONTH
Firestone
A Part Of
B-E Exchange
Once each year a profitable
exchange takes place between
Gastonia business and industry
and Ashley High School. On
Business-Education Day, March
22, the teachers had a “refresher
course” in the American free-
enterprise system at work.
Among things they considered
were how free enterprise serves
the economy; how it is depend
ent upon profits; how it must
satisfy the stockholder, the cus
tomer and the employee; how it
contributes to local government,
and community enterprises.
While teachers were visiting
industries and business estab
lishments, Ashley students were
being informed on American
business — how it operates, its
problems, and the career oppor-
timities it offers. Leaders in
business and industry and the
professions lectured and gave
demonstrations for the students.
THE SCHEDULE began at
noon, when those participating
had lunch with faculty members
at the high school. Representing
Firestone were T. B. Ipock Jr.
and Alvin Riley of the Industrial
Relations department, and E. S.
Fullington, Methods-Standards.
In the afternoon, Mr. Ipock
and Mr. Riley had classes at the
school. At the same time, three
of the teachers visited the Fire
stone plant for a production tour
conducted by Mr. Fullington.
On B-E Day, its sponsor, the
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seven-county area of the Blue
Ridge Safety Council.
Besides the citations to in
dustry, the Industrial Commis
sion awarded a heroism plaque
to Tom Coleman of Shelby and
Ronald Heafner of Gastonia.
Coleman saved a fellow worker
from death on a construction
job; and Heafner, fireman and
civil defense director here, gave
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to
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Riley Chairman
Of BRS Council
When assistant industrial re
lations manager Alvin Riley re
linquished the presidency of the
Blue Ridge Safety Council last
month, he automatically became
chairman of the board of direc
tors for the seven-county safety
group.
In keeping with a long-stand
ing custom of the organization,
the immediate past president be
comes rhairman of the board for
the ensuing year. Mr. Riley was
succeeded as president by Joe
Austin, personnel director of the
a child from Cramerton several
months ago.
Some 500 safety directors and
other representatives from the
BRSC area attended the meeting
in the Armory. Visiting speaker
was Bob Cox of Chapel Hill, ex
ecutive director of North Caro
lina’s youth physical fitness pro
gram.
RCG Love plant of Burlington
Industries.
Other officers elected at the
March meeting in the Gastonia
National Guard Armory; Horace
Doan of Spindale, vice presi
dent; and Harry Mathews of
Shelby; secretary-treasurer.
The Blue Ridge Safety Coun
cil promotes safety education in
the home, industry and in public
places, with emphasis on indus
try. It is one of eight councils
sponsored by the North Carolina
Industrial Commission.
The council has quarterly
meetings at various places in
the Blue Rid^e area v/hich in
eludes Gaston, Cleveland,
Rutherford, Burke, Polk, Mc
Dowell and Lincoln counties.
LQQKING AT THE YARN—Firestone's E. S. Fullington (sec
ond from left) explains the twisting of nylon ply cord to (from
left): B. T. Dickson, executive vice president of Gastonia Chamber
of Commerce; and Ashley High School teachers Mrs. Sue Smith,
Frank Sinclair and Cary D. Qsborne.
Industry Told:
‘Seek Horizons’
Progress demands cooperation
in an all-out quest for new prod
ucts, new markets and new
horizons. That’s what American
Cotton Manufacturing Institute
past pres. J. M. Cheatham told
textile industry management,
technological and merchandising
segments in a recent speech be
fore the annual meeting of the
American Association for Tex
tile Technology.
“We have come a long way in
the textile industry. We are
rightfully proud of our modern
manufacturing processes,” Mr.
Cheatham said. “We are proud,
too, of the quality and style of
our products; the efficiency and
spirit of our people; and the
satisfaction of our customers.”
He said that continued prog
ress within the industry is es
sential not only for the benefit
of textiles and the industry’s
customers, but also “in the in
terests of vitality and growth of
our national economy.”