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Firestone Explcrer Post 328 This Scout Group Has Lively Program Within a few days after School is out this spring, mem bers of Firestone Explorer Post 323 will be tramping and camp- along a lengthy stretch of ''ppal chian Trail. The well- Wii hikers’ trace stretches 2,350 miles from Mt. Katahdin, Mt. Oglethorpe in North Georgia. Since October, mem bers of the Post have been sav ing money toward the Nature trip. This is just one of the varied activities and specialties of the Explorer group, organized here three months ago and already off to such a good start that its program has come to the atten tion of Boy Scout National Headquarters. POST ADVISOR Jesse Liles, loom fixer in Weaving (syn thetics), points out that the Fire stone Explorer group is the only One in West Gastonia. It had its beginning when sev eral boys outgrew Scout Troop 28 of Firestone Wesleyan Meth odist Church, where Mr. Liles had been scoutmaster. When the boys requested him. to help or ganize a post, he discussed the proposal with Firestone produc tion manager F. B. Galligan, long identified with the Scout ing movement here. Mr. Galligan thought it an ex cellent idea and, in turn, ob tained official company spon sorship of the post. Fourteen boys from Troop 28 became charter members and soon there were others from Neighboring troops. John Fender, the post’s asso ciate advisor, explains that the Explorer movement is a recent Mr. Karl Retires —From Page 1 Honored By Textile School In 1954 Mr. Karl received the tirst honorary degree of Master Science ever given by The New Bedford Institute of Tech nology. He delivered the commence ment address to the graduating ^lass of North Carolina Voca tional Textile School at Belmont 1956. The retired president was a 'Member of the New York Cot ton Exchange from 1940 to 1960. He served a three-year term be ginning in 1954 on the Board of Trustees of The Textile Research ^fistitute, a non profit organiza tion with headquarters at Princeton, N. J. The Institute is composed of People in textile mills, suppliers, research groups for the pur pose of conducting long-range study for the benefit of the tex- industry. Mr. Karl was a member of the Rational Council for the Young ^en’s Christian Association. He is on the board of Trustees a past president (1952) of Akron YMCA. belongs to a number of 0 t v» m e r organizations, among ^nich is an honorary life mem- ^I'ship at Craigowan Country ^ of Woodstock, Canada. Mr. Mrs. Karl have one daugh- Mrs. Carl Weber of Akron, Q two grandsons. development in Scouting, with a program which encompasses what used to be the Senior Scouts. It accommodates boys 14 years and through high school, and does not require members to have had previous Scouting experience. “In Exploring, young men or ganize themselves into com panionable groups called ‘posts’ for planning and participating in meaningful activities that con tribute to strong and dedicated citizenship,” says Mr. Fender. Every member is an active participant. Like all others, the Firestone post elects its own of ficers, and through a functional committee setup, carries on its own projects. Behind the group is a post committee appointed by Fire stone, which helps to guide the work. Key men are Mr. Liles as advisor, and Mr. Fender, asso ciate. POST 328 drew up its own Constitution to implement the Explorer Code. The group meets at least once a week at the Fire stone playground. The company has plans to enlarge the present recreation building at the play ground for a permanent meeting place. Program areas of Exploring lead to “balanced experience” through post activities, super activities, specialties, vocational endeavors, social experiences, service and citizenship projects. Post activities of the Firestone group thus far have included a last-summer outing to the Qualla Reservation of Cherokee Indians, for studying Indian lore and reptiles. A winter encampment of three or four days on the South Fork River is planned for early 1962. Outstanding of post specialties here are the Indian tepee com pleted recently, and a vocational project with a 1948-model Chev rolet, as a “lab” for the study of auto mechanics. To buy the auto, members earned money through a car-washing project. AUTO MECHANICS — With motor "lab" (above and from left): Johnnie Stockton, Rich ard Liles, associate post advisor John Fender, Gary Grant and Jerry Buchanan. Mr. Fender is a doffer in Twisting (synthetics). NATURE STUDY — Looking at reptile specimen and minerals collection (from left): Randy Lewis, Jerry Webb, Ray Haw kins and Johnnie Nichols. INDIAN TEPEE with au thentic markings. Checking ex plorer section of Scouting book (from left): Post advisor Jesse Liles, James Givens, Jackie Morris, Ricky Brendle and Billy Warren. Post members not in pictures: Reggie Cunningham, John Flower, Wayne Gaddis, Johnnie Lowery. Mike Rogers. Gray Rowland, David Sanders, Bobby Williams and Raymond Whitfield. 0 Another specialty is an exten sive collection of rocks and min erals. A major specialty in prospect is a life-rescue project, complete with a trailer fitted with emer gency equipment. Plans call for the trailer to be parked at the Firestone playground — ready for any emergency mission. Money collected from a post fishfry in the playground in late January will go for this rescue undertaking. Of service projects, the post sponsors a skating party for it self and all youngsters in the West Gastonia area every other Saturday throughout the year. It rents Skateland on Highway 321 and invites the youngsters along for wholesome fun and recreation. The word is passed around through schools, church es, and by telephone. AS SPONSOR, the Firestone company promotes the post pro gram in various ways besides providing a permanent home for meetings. It helps with trans portation, supplies leadership direction, and offers encourage ment in special ways, such as helping members to meaningful pursuits through the YMCA. Right now, several young men of the post are enjoying six- month memberships in the Y as a gift from some Firestone em ployees who made the donations during the last “Join-the-Y” campaign. At a reecnt meeting, post members brought a resolu tion, which their advisor passes on here: “On behalf of Explorer Post 328, we express appreciation to the Firestone people who made possible our several gift mem berships at the Y.” Textiles Division Has New President Richard M. Sawyer became president of Firestone Tex tiles Company, a division of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Jan. 1. Mr. Saw yer, 56, had been assistant manager of the division for four years. He succeeds W. A. Karl, who retired at the end of 1961. The textile division includes 2500 employees in the home of fice at Akron, Ohio and plants in Gastonia, Bennettsville, S. C.,; Woodstock, Ontario, Canada; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Buenos Aires, Argentina. The plants produce cotton, rayon and nylon fabric for use in Firestone tire manufacturing and for sale to outside consumers. A member of Firestone’s 1929 college class, Mr. Sawyer was assigned to the company’s tex tile mill in New Bedford, Mass. ☆ ☆ ☆ R. M. Sawyer, president of Firestone Textiles Company, a division of the parent company. January, 1962 Page 3 In 1935 he was named comptrol ler of the Gastonia plant and re mained here until 1943, when he transferred to a textile opera tion in Fort Worth, Texas, which Firestone then owned. From 1945 to 1957 he served as plant manager of the textile facility at Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mr. Sawyer, born in Salem, Mass., was graduated from Low ell Textile Institute with the de gree bachelor of textile engi neering. He earned his master’s degree in textile research from Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology. The North Carolina Depart ment of Motor Vehicles says you can never be sure of what will happen when you’re driving a motor vehicle. Traffic conditions can — and do — change quickly. So, never let familiarity lull you into a false sense of confidence. You can travel the same road every day for years without inci dent. Then suddenly, an emer gency which could lead to an ac cident, an injury or a fatality. Company To Askim Firestone has a technical-as- sistance agreement with Aktie- selskabet Askim Gummivare- fabrik in Askim, Norway, for manufacture of tires and other rubber products. The Norwegian company will continue to build tires under the Viking name and will as sume manufacturing Firestone tires. Firestone has had its own outlets in Norway for the dis tribution of tires and other products which will now be made for them by Askim. The American company will send technical and production coordinators to Norway so that Firestone production methods will be followed. The Norway company is one of the most important works in the country. It employs 1,700 workers in the main plant at Askim, near Oslo. It is the only producer of tires in Nor way and employs around 3,000 people in all of its three plants.
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