C477.
GASTONIA • KORTH CAROLINA ^ ^ f O M ^
Your Symbol
VOLUME XII - NUMBER 12 W
of Quality
vly
NOVEMBER • 1963 H W i
and Service
Record $17,813.38
To United Fund
Firestone people at the Gastonia plant pledged a record
^^')813.38 to the Greater Gastonia United Fund financial
^ampaign this year. At the same time they reached another
level when the record average gift was $13.17.
figure this year exceeds
year’s total UF gift by al-
$1,000. The response of
irestone people is in the tradi-
of a growing concern for
6 many health-welfare-recrea-
^on-social services made possi-
® through the United Fund,
production manager F. B.
^lligan. He and production
^anager P. R. Williams Jr. were
^ airmen of the in-plant solicita-
lon during the first half of
October.
^ OUR PEOPLE made a won-
®rful showing, and we know
the agencies dependent upon
^ ® United Fund Appeal for sup-
deeply appreciate your
Port
^^oklets Explain
ss
Prog
ram
social security provides a
protection against three
*^]or lifetime “risks”: Old age,
liability, and death.
is important to remember
^he program provides this
®time protection—not only re-
fernent benefits in the senior
but also individual and
payments in case the
earner becomes disabled,
in case of death.
'^rite to the nearest social se-
^ I'ity office for two free publi-
^ ions dealing with the types of
^^'^tection you are buying with
® social security taxes you are
Paying:
g * Booklet 35 — Your Social
^*^Urity, a simple explanation
kindness and generosity," said
Mr. Galligan in a message to
employees.
He said the 26 UF agencies
“aid us all in the Gastonia area
—young and adult, rich and poor
—in health, social welfare, rec
reation and character - building
services.
“We realize your extreme
measure of concern in reaching
this level of giving toward com
munity betterment. We know
you will derive deep satisfaction
in seeing the different service
agencies meet the pressing
needs of our community, coun
ty, and state.”
The Firestone financial pledge
went toward the Greater Gas
tonia UF goal of $212,485.77 this
year, in a campaign held Oct.
8-Nov. 1. Money in this year’s
campaign is earmarked toward
operation of the UF agencies
during the coming year.
In meeting standards of the
United Fund Appeal (such as
80 per cent employee participa
tion, payroll deduction and a
minimum average gift of $10
from employees) Firestone is
again eligible for the UF high
est award, the engraved Com
munity Service Plaque.
of the main features of the SS
program; and Leaflet 855 —
Social Security Benefits. This
tell you how you earn social se
curity credits, how many credits
or units of coverage you need
for benefits to be payable, and
how to estimate the amount of
your benefits.
LUCKY FAIR-SHARERS Those who guaged iheir
United Fund giving by the "fair-share" plan re
ceived tickets for a prize drawing. Winners, de
partments, and prizes (front, from left): Barbara
Mason, splicing, electric mixer-chopper; Eula
Dunlevy, cloth room, stereo console; Colsia
Brown, cotton weaving, air conditioner; (back,
from left): Edward Knox, maintenance, four Fire
stone DeLuxe Champion tires; Charles Cauthen,
warehouse, electric toaster; Otho Chambers,
twisting, electric can opener.
Heart Symposmm Scheduled
How to live sensibly and
lessen your chances of hav
ing a heart attack . . . and
what to do in case one comes.
This is the subject of a sym
posium set for Wray Junior
High School auditorium,
Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting, a joint presenta
tion of the local Industrial Man
agement Club and the Gaston
County Heart Association, is
part of a November-through-
December special emphasis on
coronary care, through the edu
cation program of the county
heart association.
Dan Moser is president of
the local heart association; Dr.
Brice Dickson Jr. is chairman of
the association’s heart-education
program. Chairman of the Nov.
21 symposium is Edward Cros
by, member of the Industrial
Management Club.
The program at Wray school is
free to people in industry and
the general public, said Mr.
Crosby. Local physicians will
participate in a film presenta
tion, talks, a general discussion,
and a question-answer period.
Boosting Interest
In Winter Treads
He Pioneered
Synthetic Rubber
Dr. John N. Street, a pioneer
in the development of synthetic
rubber, retired from Firestone
Oct. 16. Vice president of the
company’s research. Dr. Street
spent 37 years with Firestone.
A native of Belleville, Ontario,
Canada, Dr. Street was graduat
ed in 1921 from Syracuse Uni
versity, later received the master
of science degree there. Also, he
studied at the University of
Iowa.
During his Firestone years he
was closely identified with de
velopment of synthetic rubber
from experimental stages before
World War II, to its use today in
far greater quantities than nat
ural rubber.
There's nothing negative about this reverse
image. The eyecatching white snow tire with the
black sidewall (left) is a conversation piece in
tended to stimulate interest in Firestone's Town
& Country Winter Treads. A thin layer of white
rubber is applied before curing the tread to the
buffed casing.
At National Lodge Meeting
Mrs. Ida Worthy, industrial relations (Recrea
tion Center), was a delegate to the triennial ses
sion of National Grand Lodge of Free and Accept
ed York Rite Masons in Columbus, Ohio, Oct.
19-25.
As North Carolina Grand Lecturer in the Or
der of Eastern Star, Mrs. Worthy reported to the
Columbus session. She is a member of Kings
Mountain Ada Chapter 7 of Eastern Star. As state
lecturer she visits chapters throughout North
Carolina on speaking and instruction missions.
She is serving her second year in this capacity.
Mrs. Worthy is also Most Ancient Matron and
Lecturer for the Kings Mountain Herald of Jeri
cho Court, and state officer and chaplain of her
chapter of the Daughters of Islam.
VISITOR • Nihat Ferit Yapar
(second from right) visited the
plant Oct. 28. The director of
Research. Turkish Employment
Service, Ministry of Labor, is
touring this country until Feb
ruary, as guest of the State De
partment.
Others in picture (from left):
Firestone employee relations
manager Ralph Johnson, Gas
tonia businessman W. E. Mc
Crary, and Earle Brockman,
Gastonia manager, NC Em
ployment Security Commission.
V
X