Tompkins: Good Time In New Orleans
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WORK
WELL
DONE
Top fork -
lift and fow-
truck drivers
received
awards in
January.
Warehouse
manager Fred
Morrow (left)
presented
Savings Bonds
to Luther
Thompson;
and a check to
Sam Love
(seated) on
truck), and
George Pen
dergrass.
Awards To Truck Operators
While moving materials
during 1963, warehouse fork-
lift and tow-truck operators
built a good safety record,
with three of the drivers
earning awards for outstand
ing work.
First-place payoff, a $25 U. S.
Savings Bond, went to Luther
Thompson, who was third win
ner in 1962.
Tying for second-place honor
were Sam Love and George
Pendergrass, who each received
a check for $7.50.
SEVEN years ago the com
pany set up the truck-safety
program, taking into account the
major property investment in
fork-lift and tow trucks in ware
house service, and the dangers
involved in their operation.
The program stresses main
tenance, with special attention
to driver safety; good perform
ance and operating efficiency.
The three prizes each January
are reckoned on the basis of
such features as the individual
driver’s knowledge and practice
of safety rules as apply especial
ly to his job, alertness, attitude.
John Fowler Jr.
In AFROTC
John Daniel Fowler, Jr., 1963
Firestone Scholarship winner in
the Gastonia area, has been ac
cepted as a member of Century
Squadron, freshman-sophomore
group of the Air Force Reserve
and maintenance of his assigned
vehicle.
Current scoring system is
based upon points earned,
and/or demerits according to
standardized rules having to do
with all phases of safety and
truck operating procedures.
Drivers are periodically told
of their individual point stand
ings throughout the year. Award
winners are selected when scores
are totaled at the end of the
calendar year.
Officers Training Corp at the
University of North Carolina.
Cadet Fowler, a graduate of
Ashley High School, has finish
ed a six-week pledge program,
preparatory to the AFROTC
membership.
John’s mother works in twist
ing (syn. respool).
For their 40th wedding anni
versary Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Tompkins, both of ma n office,
decided to give each other a
present.
So, they traveled to New Or
leans and spent five days revell
ing in the history and scenery
of the Crescent City. The recent
visit there—their first—was an
excursion among one of the rich
est troves of history and legend
in America.
Care For Your
‘Lifting Machine’
The human body is a mechani
cal system of hinges and levers
worked by “cables” just like
many machines, points out a
University of Illinois safety spe
cialist. Each bone, joint and
muscle, he says, has a definite
purpose, and overloading or
using improperly invites in
juries.
These practices will help you
take care of your “machine”:
—Always have a clear view of
where you are going.
—Get close to the object you
are lifting, keep firm footing on
floor or ground.
—Get a good hold and pick
up only what you can control.
—Always bend your knees and
keep your back straight when
lifting. Push yourself up with
your leg muscles—not those in
your back.
Fact of economic life: There
can be no security for any em
ployee in any business that
doesn’t make money.
The Tompkins stayed at the
Monte Leon Hotel in the famed
French Quarter and from ther®
made daily tours to many of th®
storied places of interest.
“They told us that New 0^'
leans is now the second largest
port to New York, so we just
had to take a two-hour boat tnp
to get the feel of the big Miss S'
s'ppi River which curves around
the city like a giant crescent,
said Mr. Tompkins.
They toured the St. Louis
Cathedral on Chartres Street
and Jackson Square, ate at An
toine Alc-atore’s restaurant, took
in sights of the French Market)
Pirates Alley, browsed through
antique shops and museums,
the Court of Two Sisters, visit®^
the parks and toured Loyo^^
University.
Annual Report
Issue Coming
This year's Gastonia edi'
tion of the company's an
nual report issue of plan!
newspapers is expected
be distributed here by lat®
February.
The special issue is 3
progress report and revie'^
of the past year. It is pr°'
duced by the departmenJ
of public relations at Ak
ron, Ohio headquarters/
cooperation with Firestone
plant newspaper editor®
and others in industrial re
lations departments of the
factories and other instal
lations around the world.
What Made February Greats ‘Tick’
HANDWRITING
ANALYSIS
REVEALS
The “big three” of America’s famous people whose birth
days come in Feburary are just about as familiar to every
one as soap and water. Contributions they made to society,
interesting things about their lives—even what they liked
to eat and drink—are widely known.
But what about the inner man
—the real self? What did George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln
and Thomas A. Edison have in
common? How did they differ?
What made them “go” and why?
An eminent New York psy
chiatrist has come up with a
psychograph of each of these
men’s handwriting, shedding in
teresting light on the subject.
FROM the analysis, Washing
ton was intensely driven and
stimulated by imperfections in
himself and in the world around
him. Instead of trying to over
come these stumblingblocks
through denial, explaining them
away, or trying to educate him
self out of them, he chose realis
tic action and “immediate deal
ing with the object world.”
Lincoln, like Washington, was
“stubborn, persistent and fanati
cally goal-conscious.”
Both Washington and Lincoln
were thoroughly sincere and
genuine personalities.
In Edison's case, his laboratory
achieved for him the same
A newspaper fill
er item says that boys have
more colds than girls, but
women have more than men.
The hopeful note about all this
is that a person who recovers
from a cold may expect to be
immune seven weeks.
—Twister Tender
meaning that the world of poli
tics and the military held for
Washington and Lincoln. Like
them, he “fought traditional limi
tations, restrictions and conven
tions without being destructive
and rebellious himself.”
Edison’s unusual handwriting,
developed when he was a teleg
rapher, shows a personality of
genuineness, spontaniety and
originality. He drove relentless
ly to penetrate into the core of
things without being bothered
by convention, prejudice, pre
conceived thought.
MAKING the most of his tal
ents, he found the world the
ideal proving ground for his
capabilities. He was interested
in people as well as in experi
ments; found himself eager to
meet and know people from as
many different backgrounds as
possible.
If forced to be disappointed
in people, the experience only
strengthened his incentive
for further striving and research.
Observed the psychiatrist:
“Edison’s handwriting at age 78
indicates that he was able to
keep his keen mental resource
fulness, power of observation,
originality of thought, and abili
ty to adapt his mind to changing
situations.”
Further observations on per
sonality traits indicated in hand
writing samples here are offered
by Mrs. Claude Callaway, wife
of the Firestone News editor.
She has studied graphology as
a hobby for 15 years.
Washington: Unusually broad
minded. Had natural ability to
get along well with all kinds
of people. Consistently diplo
matic. “Salt of the earth”—un
sophisticated. In spite of his
great achievements in the mili
tary, he was by nature a peace
able man, but aggressive for
causes in which he believed.
Lincoln: Loved action. Incom
pleted things and unfinished
business “bugged” him. Im
patient, often having to make
conscious and determined effort
to keep this trait under control.
Inflexible and downright mulish
in standing up for what he be
lieved. Generosity came with
some difficulty.
Edison: Possessed unusual
sense of color, untiring enthusi
asm, unbounded physical and in
tellectual drive helped along by
strong self-disipline. No dreamer
in the conventional sense, he al
ways knew where he was going.
One of the world’s most note
worthy examples of a creative
personality.
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February, 1984
Volume XIII
Page 2
Number 2
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Published by The Firestone
Tire & Rubber Company,
Firestone Textiles Division,
Gastonia, North Carolina.
Claude C. Callaway, Editor
O Soulh Allantic Council of Indus
trial Editors
PLANT REPORTERS
Carding—Payton Lewis
Main Office—Bea McCarter
Mechanical Department—Rosie Fran-
cum
Quality Control — Sallie Cravr^^^
Louella Queen, Leila Rape
Warp Preparation—Elmina
Vera Carswell, Elease Co^/
Cosey, Katie Elkins, Catn'^
Fletcher
isf^
Warehouse—Harold Robinson,
Good, Rosevelt Rainey
Weaving (cotton)—Ruth Veitcb
o'peli'
Weaving (synthetics)—Irene
Mayzelle Lewis
Winding—Nell Bolick, Ruth Clon*^