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GASTONIA • NORTH CAROLINA
VOLUME XII - NUMBER 2
FEBRUARY,1963
1963
MON 'TXJB , WEO THU
Boreas blows.
Nature feels decay,
conquers all
We must Time obey.
—from "Winter"
By Alexander Pope
'N THE CYCLE
OF THE YEARS
Another year—still young
—would remind us that the
progression of the seasons
bringy its harvest oi change
and loss. Snow, wind, rain
and sunshine are companions
in inevitable waste as well as
in renewal through the cycle
of the years. Things in Na
ture, man and the things he
has contrived, wear out.
Somehow it speaks to us
that man, as a creature of
Time, is privileged in each
generation to make the best
of life, using wisely and well
the tools at his command.
Herein is no small lesson for
us in our jobs.
We cannot stay the hand of
Time but we can redeem it
in the sense that we can do
our best at producing useful
products of quality, with
pride in workmanship. At
this task we wisely master
the tools of production, ere
they pass from the scene and
are replaced by new and bet
ter ones.
® ^lant and Mr. Johnson
State DRPA Certificates
of Textiles was one
firms from four states
the District of Columbia
^j^^^ceive both an individual
corporate honor from
Sok Cai’olina State College
j^^ool of Education Jan. 19,
tin ^^'^‘^gnition of contribu
tes to the Department of
v^.^^eation and Parks Ad-
^g^istration.
.^’^Ployee relations manager
Johnson received an in-
tjo Certificate of Apprecia-
' and general manager
jjj. Mercer accepted a Cer-
on behalf of the Gas-
plant.
§|, Bryant Kirkland of
^ ® College presented the
“in recognition of val-
South Carolina, Virginia, Penn
sylvania and the District of Co
lumbia.
Mr. Johnson has been a leader
in the Recreation and Parks pro
gram since it was begun in
1947 and first called the Depart
ment of Industrial and Rural
Recreation. He has planned and
participated in the annual in
dustrial recreation workshops at
NC State; has been a speaker
and discussion leader at the
Southeastern Parks and Main
tenance recreation workshops.
Through the years, the Fire
stone plant has lent leadership
to the Department of Recrea
tion and Parks Administration
program.
%
® and meritorious service to
department of Recreation
Parks Administration.”
were 60 Certificates pre-
to individuals, firms and
North Carolina,
Bloodmobile
Is Coming
People here this month
will have an opportunity to
“make a gift for life” while
upholding a long - standing
record of response to the Red
Cross’ appeal for blood.
The first of two visits of
the bloodmobile in 1963 is set
for Feb. 22 at Firestone Rec
reation Center. Hours are 11
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Every year the bloodmo
bile comes to Firestone in
Plant Gets Its Fourth
Citizenship Citation
For the fourth consecutive year, the Firestone Gastonia
plant has been recognized for “outstanding citizenship” be
cause of employee-company participation in the Greater
Gastonia United Fund appeal.
Firestone was one of 23 firms
presented the Citizenship Award
at the United Fund annual meet
ing, Jan. 18. Four of these firms,
honored for the first time, re
ceived the UF Bronzed Plaque.
An engraved tab to be attached
to the original award went to
Firestone and the other repeat
er firms.
A special award went to pro-
Brotherhood Week
In February
A dinner meeting and awards
ceremony Feb. 28 will climax ac
tivities of Brotherhood Week in
Gaston county. Brotherhood
Week this year is to be observed
nationally Feb. 17-24 in more
than 10,000 communities.
Special programs and activi
ties call attention to “the great
ideals upon which American de-
mocracj’^ v/as founded and to
which our great religions pre
scribe.”
The 1963 slogan is "Brother
hood is Democracy At Work:
Believe it—Live it—Support it!"
This is the 30th anniversary
of Brotherhood Week, sponsored
through the years by the Na
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews. The NCCJ carries on
a continuing year-round pro
gram of education and promo
tion of brotherhood ideals. The
once - a - year observance each
February attempts to focus spe
cial attention on the practice of
“living and supporting brother
hood and democracy.”
duction manager F. B. Galligan,
last year’s vice chairman of the
industrial division of UF, for
leadership in raising 104 per
cent of the $124,000 quota. This
was $15,000 more than the pre
ceding year, and totaled 63.3 per
cent of the total campaign re
sult.
PLAQUES and repeater
awards honored firms with 15
or more employees each and
participating in the UF giving
through payroll deduction; and
which had at least 80 per cent
employee giving with an aver
aged donation of at least $10 per
worker.
Firestone people gave a record
$16,585.40 through the UF appeal
last year. In the community-
wide program of giving, the in
dividual Firestone employee
made an averaged contribution
of $12.46.
Among basic ideals emphasiz
ed are the equality of all men
and the belief and practice of
fair play among people.
“Brotherhood Week is an op
portunity for us to measure our
actual conduct against these ex
alted ideals and goals,” said gen
eral manager Harold Mercer.
Mr. Mercer received the local
Brotherhood Award in 1959. He
and production manager F. B.
Galligan have been outstanding
in Brotherhood leadership
throughout the years.
The NCCJ, sponsor of Brother
hood Week, is a voluntary or
ganization which carries out its
—More on Page 2
Winners By Early May
Scholarship Deadline Near
February 22
Recreation Center
February and again in Au
gust. On its second stop in
1962, it received 127 pints of
blood from Firestone em
ployees, members of their
families, and others in the
plant community.
On its Firestone visits
through the years the blood
mobile has had outstanding
donor response. There has
never been a time that the
quota has not been met.
Closing date for 1963 Firestone
scholarship applications is al
most here. High-school students
who have not begun to process
their application must hurry to
make the deadline. Those in the
process already, will have no
time to spare.
Completed application forms,
required character references,
grades certification, aptitude-
tests results and all other in
formation required (outlined in
the scholarship booklet at the
Industrial Relations office) must
be received by the Scholarship
Committee in Akron by Feb. 28.
Applicants must be presently
a high school senior; the son or
daughter of an employee who
has completed five years of con
tinuous service with the com
pany by Jan. 1 of this year and
in the upper third of his or her
class.
Only children of employees
whose average income is not
more than $850 per month with
out overtime will be eligible.
All necessary application ma
terials and full details are at the
IR office.
Scholarships are allocated to
various sections of the country
on the basis of proportionate
Firestone employment. Winners
this year will be notified by
early May.
SAFETV Mates SENSE