GASTONIA • NORTH CAROLINA
VOLUME XI - NUMBER 10
SEPTEMBER, 1962
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Rubber • Chemicals • Textiles
Synthelics • Metals • Plastics
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sightseeing
Camp Firestone
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Self
^^ttable distinction in
^^rica’s literary history.
fi Qnn Clayton Wolfe
sau earned for him-
^ remarkable and unfor-
He
Ashi
born and reared in
eville, the “Altamont” of
Homeward, Angel,”
Wolfe wrote with a nostalgic
beauty and deep feeling of
“Dixieland”, the old boarding
house. In reality, this is the
“Old Kentucky Home” at 48
Spruce Street in Asheville.
Since 1949 it has been a
literary shrine where each
year it is visited by people
from all over the world. The
house and its furnishings
have been authentically pre
served, each room a real-life
setting from the pages of
“Look Homeward, Angel”.
Operated by the City of
Asheville, the memorial is
open from mid-May to mid-
October. Wolfe’s grave is in
Asheville’s Riverside Ceme
tery.
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published novel. In
Homeward, Angel”
^heck SS Benefits At Local Office
country almost a mil-
(Jq people over 65 years of age
elj realize that they are
ben f- I'eceive social security
^asto SS
^hat district manager, says
stiji of these people are
and think that they
are benefits because they
more than $1,200 a
If
you aj.g these people,
Asheville is in the center
of many delightful attrac
tions in a vast scenic vaca-
tionland of mountains,
streams, lakes, national parks
and forests, and historic
points of interest.
Each year increasing num
bers of Firestone employees
and members of their fami
lies discover and enjoy this
land of travel variety, all
within a few hours’ driv
ing from Camp Firestone on
Lake James near Marion.
The current season at Camp
Firestone extends to mid-
October, when the highlands
are aflame with autumn
color.
says Mr. Barkley, you could be
depriving yourself of money that
is rightfully yours. Under the
present law a worker over 65
can have fairly substantial earn
ings and still receive some social
security benefits during a given
year.
The amount you can earn
while receiving benefits de
pends on how much your bene
fit is and whether any of your
dependents also qualify for
benefits. If you are over 65, still
working, and have never ap
plied for social security, do it
now, urges Mr. Barkley. You
may find an added source of
income which you have earned
through work under social .^se
curity.
Personnel at the social secu
rity office, 1320 East Franklin
Ave. will be glad to help you.
If inconvenient to go to the of
fice, call at telephone 864-5434.
Campaign In October
Your One Gift To UP
Works Many Wonders
Again this year. Firestone Textiles people will share in
cooperative giving to help their neighbors, through the
Greater Gastonia United Fund. The area fund effort is
October 16-November 9, with most of the Firestone solicita
tion coming during the first two weeks of that period.
This year’s goal is $194,500, an gifts are noted on cards furn-
increase of five per cent over
the figure for last year, but a
normal growth for a city the size
of Gastonia.
This will be the 11th year that
employees here have participat
ed in the Gastonia UF program.
Last year, Firestone people gave
$15,549.98 in the united solicita
tion. As in past years, individual
ished the employee and com
pleted through a payroll-deduc-
tion system.
The Gastonia UF appeal will
coincide with the once-a-year
drive of the 2,200 United Funds
and Community Chests through
out the country from Labor Day
to Thanksgiving Day.
New Winter Tire:
The Tractionaire
An economy-priced winter
passenger tire with nylon cord
is being offered through com
pany dealers and stores. The
Firestone Tractionaire is built
of four plies of nylon cord and
has a positive-traction tread for
driving in ice and snow. It car
ries a 15-month, road-hazard
guarantee, besides the lifetime
guarantee against defects in ma
terial and workmanship and the
Firestone customer-satisfaction
warranty.
The new tire is being built in
tubeless type in a choice of black
or white sidewalls in the two
most popular sizes — 6.70-15
and 7.50-14. The tubed type has
black sidewall in the 6.70-15
size.
Deep-biting traction bars en
able the Tractionaire to have
plenty of pulling power in soft
mud or snow. The bars are de
signed so that they automatical
ly clean themselves of snow or
mud, giving firm hold on all
road surfaces.
Of Litterbugs,
Demerits and
Unsafe Driving
Judging by the appearance
of some of our streets and
highways, one of North
Carolina’s most-often-broken
laws is the one against
throwing trash on the roads
and along their right-of-
ways.
The fact that there is a
fine for such behavior seems
to have little effect on a lot
of people, because most of
the time they can get by
without being caught,
Connecticut, a pioneer in much
traffic regulation, is now assess
ing demerit points against those
who deface the beauty and neat
ness of the roads.
It might be wise for North
Carolina to follow Connecticut’s
example. And it could be that
there is a close relationship be
tween littering and that of traf
fic safety.
Motorists who are so thought
less, careless and inconsiderate
as to clutter the roadside are al
so likely to be thoughtless, care
less and inconsiderate in their
driving too.
^lant Wins In Statewide Safety Contest
■ ^ark
another significant milestone in
safety at Firestone Textiles, Gas-
al, stat^ tradition of a long line of region-
the y ® national honors won throughout
ii\ n the plant has been a named winner
ill VII of the 1961 statewide contest
industry.
^ ^orth Carolina safety competition,
represents te
or more employees.
represents textile manufacturing
Spo ^ ’^ents with 1151 or more employees.
contest and making the
I’e^tij year are the North Carolina
p^^’^ufacturers Association and the
Syjv,, ^^^lina Industrial Commission.
the honor this year is an
Waqug ^^ass tablet mounted on a wooden
'j/t represents 2,403,568 production man-
with only one disabling injury
en-
H S. Baucom, director of safety for the NC
Industrial Commission, wrote in a presentation
letter to Raymond Mack, plant safety super
visor:
“The fact that your plant worked 2,403,568
manhours with one disabling injury for a
frequency rate of 0.42, is an outstanding
record. Those associated with your plant are
to be congratulated for this achievement.”
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LOOKING at the award plaque which com
memorates safety achievement at the plant in
1961 are (from left); Production manager F. B.
Galligan, safety supervisor Raymond Mack,
employee relations manager Ralph Johnson,
and plant general manager Harold Mercer.