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AN EDITORIAL Lets Keep It In The Family “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” We would be the first to agree to that old school- book principle. But we need also to realize an other truth: We never really leave the company completely when we walk out the factory gate. We take a bit of the company home with us because, like most Firestone employees, we as sociate with our fellow workers off the job. We discuss our work with our family and when en tertaining or visiting friends the topic of what- went-on-at-work often rolls around before the evening is over. The other night a friend and fellow employee said: “The Blank Company must be a good place to work. Tom Jones over there never seems to have any complaints." “That’s what you THINK,” his wife interrupt ed. “But what do you KNOW? Maybe Jones has more sense than to gripe in public.” She was right. Tom Jones is a pretty sensible man. He knows he can damage his company by speaking against it. People in public relations work talk about “the corporate image”. It’s another way of saying “company reputation”. We like the word reputa tion better, because it suggests how a company’s image is obtained. A COMPANY gets its reputation the same way an individual gets his—by its actions and by what it says. It speaks only through the service or product it offers and through the people who make up the company. We are the spokesmen for Firestone, and the general public decides what sort of company our firm is by what we say about it. Are you 100 per cent happy in the job you have? If you are, you’re a rare individual in deed. We all go home at the end of the workday once in a while complaining about a “bad day in the office” or “rough time at the plant”. Doctors tell you that if you have a complaint, it’s best to air it . . . get it off your chest. That’s sensible, but the WHO you tell it to is most important. It won’t help our company’s image or reputa tion if we air our gripes in public. CHRONIC complainers are universally un popular. The “good listener” is usually more patient than sympathetic, for in the back of his mind he thinks, “If he doesn’t like it there, why doesn’t he work somewhere else?” “Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.” That old saying still has truth in it. Complaining about problems at work hurts the individual and the employer’s reputation. Suppose you had a disagreement with some member of your family. Would you go around telling outsiders what a terrible family you have? You can see why we say: “Keep it in the family.” Each one of us can help keep Firestone a good place to work by being good-will ambassadors to the public ... by supporting our company through purchase of its products, by boosting it among our acquaintances and by keeping our minor complaints “in the family.”’ March: The Beauty Of Azalea Time RECREATION TRAVEL NOTES Festivals, flowers, sports events, historical res torations, museums and many more. They’re all a part of March, as this month brings Spring and the beauty of azalea time to the Carolinas and the mid-South. By Spring’s arrival March 21, many Firestone rvo^nio w’U hpv'' and week-end trips. The next two seasons in the outdoors are especially rich in choices for people who go places with a purpose, says Plant Recreation. Its travel cue this month: For a wealth of ideas on places of interest in North Carolina, get your free copy of the 1964 Travel Guide published by the Depart ment of Conservation & Development. Get your colorful book on Variety Vacationland by writ ing Travel Information Division of C & D, Ra leigh. By early March camellias are blooming pro fusely in the gardens around Wilmington and other locations in the eastern half of both Caro linas. A late camellia show is at Elizabeth City, March 21-22. Mountain Youth Jamboree • The 16th annual Mountain Youth Jamboree in City Auditorium at Asheville is March 13-17. This outpouring of songs and dances by young people whose fore fathers left a heritage of folklore in the moun tains they settled, is one of the outstanding folk festivals of the nation. Its counterpart for oldsters is the Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festi val in early August each year. Outstanding of seasonal sports events are the 50-mile and 100-mile trail rides of Moore Coun ty Hounds at Southern Pines, March 12-14—a good spectator sport. Morehead Planetarium at Chapel Hill offers “Easter the Awakening” through April 6. Fire On The Bow At Union Grove • For the 40th year in a row, the old-time fiddlers’ conven tion will be in session at Union Grove near Statesville this month. The program, one of the largest of its kind in the country, features tra ditional folk talent from severa^ states. It has grown so large in recent years that it will this time play continuous shows during the day and up to midnight of March 28. This is a good time to visit Charleston, one of America’s oldest and most historic cities. It re tains some of the atmosphere of the 18th cen tury, with many houses of that era still standing along its narrow, crooked streets. TWO PLACES you’ll want to visit are the Bat tery (pronounced Bottery), and historic Fort Sumter. March brings a special invitation to visit the famous old plantation gardens of the Low Country, best known of which are Cypress, Middleton and Magnolia. When you plan your trip to Charleston, infor mation on places of interest and personalized guided tours in and around the city will make the stay more meaningful and enjoyable. Write to the Chamber of Commerce at 50 Broad Street, Charleston. The 192nd annual Moravian Easter Sunrise Service is at Old Salem, Winston-Salem, March 29. Other Easter pre-dawn and sunrise programs are at Fields of the Wood in Cherokee County, at Boone, Wayah Bald near Franklin, Asheville, Cherokee and Hatteras. April Preview 9 NC Azalea Festival, Wil mington, 2-5; Albemarle Craftsman’s Fair, Eliza beth City, 15-16. P. 0. BOX 1278 Editor Firestone News Many thanks for the nice pic tures you made for the District 4 of NC Little People of Ameri ca during our stay in Gastonia late last year, when the busi nesses of your city were our convention host. The pictures were perfect. We will long re member the kindness of the people in Gastonia. (Francis Killen Granite Quarry, N. C. Could you supply us with 2,000 reprint copies of the page feature on Daniel Boone Bo tanical Garden in September, 1963 Firestone News? * * * We want to distribute a major por tion of the reprints at the South eastern Flower and Garden Show in Charlotte, March 7-15. «Mrs. B. W. Stallings Boone, N. C. Note: Reprints were supplied. FIRESTONE TEXTILES POST OFFICE BOX 1278 GASTONIA, N. C. Return Requested Johnnie Davis Twisting (syn) Annie Hyleman Spinning SERVICE RECORDS LAST MONTH Melvin Knox Shop Add the five 25-year em ployee records in February to those that have gone be fore and you have a total of 535 at the Gastonia plant. The February records: Annie B. Hyleman, Johnnie Coy Davis, Bertha Dodgen, Ern est R. Mauney, and Melvin P. Knox. While these persons marked anniversaries, received service lapel pins and a company ap preciation gift of $100, 15 others celebrated work anniversaries of from 20 to 5 years. The 20- year people received service pins and a gold watch; others received service pins. The list: Ernest Mauney Twisting (syn) Bertha Dodgen Twisting (syn) Twenty Years William G. Floyd Jr., twist ing (synthetics); John W. Ratch- ford, weaving (cotton); Charles W. Hamrick, roller shop; Bettie R. Thomas, quality control. Fifteen Years Jossie N. Ledford, Hazel H- Clark, Henry L. Jenkins and Cola M. Stacy, twisting (syi^' thetics); Ollie D. Smith, weaving (synthetics); Ethel L. McAbee, cloth room. Ten Years William H. Keenum and Glenn Henry Bell, twisting (synthet ics); Paul D. Neal, weaving (synthetics); Kenneth V. Stines, shop. Five Years Colin Lakes Quinn, nylon treating. Tilf«$fone March, 1964 Page Training means learning rules. Experience means learn* ing the exceptions. U.S. INOIVIDUAl INCOME TAX RETURN-1963 £ ,1oioUi»W i ,1 19c) « 50. II POV"*"" „c) o.. I»'9« I*” 7^. — How to get MORE out of your tax refund When you get your '63 tax return (Form 1040), take a look at line 23 on the bottom of the page. It gives you the option of taking your refund in U. S. Savings Bonds instead of a check for the total amount. There are two big advantages: 1. Taking your refund in Savings Bonds gives you an easy way to hang onto it. 2. When your Bonds mature, your refund becomes 33V3% bigger. You get back $4 for every $3. You also get a nice red, white and blue feeling from knowing you’re helping your country’s future as well as providing for your own. Think it over when you ask f^r your refund this year. Quick facts about Series E Savings Bonds • You can buy Bonds where you on the Payroll Savings Plan • You pay no state or local tax and ca» . defer the federal tax on interest unt* the Bonds are cashed • You can get your money when need it • Your Bonds are replaced free if 1®®*’ destroyed, or stolen SERIES E 0000 000 opOE Keep freedom in your future with U.S. SAVINGS BONDS The U.S. Government does not pay ior thit advertisement. The Treasury ment thanks Tht Advertising Council and this newspaper for their patriotic sapP^ MAR 13 1964 fSS BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NUMBER 29 GASTONIA, N. C. read ‘Keep It In The Family’ THE LIBRARY OF UNC CHAPEL HILL, N. C. —This Page
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