GASTONIA • NORTH CAROLINA
AN ALL-AMERICA CITY
VOLUME XIII - NUMBER 8
JULY * 1964
Tir«$ton«
Your Symbol
of Quality
and Service
Raising of the Stars and
^^J^ipes on Mt. Suribachi in
^orld War II, one of the ex-
AM INDEPENDENCE-
fAESSASE
hibits of the American Wax
Museum at Independence Mall
in Philadelphia. Here more than
100 figures and some 30 tableaux
recreate history's greatest mo
ments — and people — in the
Legend of America.
When Thomas Jefferson
Prayed For His Country
A LMIGHTY God, who has given us this good land for our
J\, heritage, we beseech Thee that we may always prove
, ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to
j 0 Thy will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound
^^rning, and pure manners.
^‘Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from
and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our
^berties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes
bought hither out of many kindreds and tongues.
“Endow with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in
, hy Name we entrust the authority of government, that
may be justice and peace at home, and that through
?^ed;ence to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among
nations of the earth,
r “In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thank-
^mess, in days of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to
all of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.
len.’
^^ried Fare
Rec Program
Softball, baseball and golf are
Ports in which employees and
^^i^bers of their families are
^ticipating in the plant recrea-
program this summer.
^ -^Iso on the schedule this sea-
are a community sing with
®ekl
y sessions, activities
through the Retired Men of
Firestone Club, Variety Garden
Club of Firestone; and the class
es and workshops in ceramics.
Firestone playground, with
wading pool for children to 12
years of age, and other recrea
tional facilities, is in its 10-week
season. It is operated by the
Gastonia Department of Parks
and Recreation. Included in the
playground program this season
is instruction in arts and crafts.
^*'oduction Manager At UF Meeting
^lant production manager
Galligan was among the
sel
^^^ted Way volunteer leaders
^jpcted to attend the national
j conference for campaign
^ers at Dayton, Ohio in June.
u Galligan is chairman of
Oct. 8-Nov. 1 Gastonia UF
jPpeal which solicits operating
^ d s for UF participating
agencies for 1965. This year the
UF is seeking a record total of
$212,485.77 for support of 26
community welfare-betterment
services.
The production manager here
met in Dayton with 299 other
UF campaign chairmen from all
over the United States and Can
ada.
The Firestone company recorded an increase of 25.9 per
cent in earnings for the first six months of the current fiscal
year. Chairman Harvey S. Firestone Jr. and President Ray
mond C. Firestone said both the second quarter and first six
months of the fiscal year were the highest sales and earn
ings in the company’s history.
They reported record sales of
$689,444,229 and record estimat
ed net income of $33,857,663 for
the six months ended April 30.
Sales were 7.6 per cent more
than the previous record of
$641,027,522 during the same
period last year. Earnings in
creased from $26,889,001 to $33-
857,663 during the first half of
1963 and exceeded the $30,392,-
317 record for the period in
1960.
ESTIMATED net income for
first six months amounted to
$1.18 per share in common stock,
compared with 94 cents during
the same period a year ago. Pro
vision for domestic and foreign
taxes on income amounted to
$36,050,000 in the first six
months this year and $30,700,000
last year.
The officers said $3,500,000 has
been set aside this year as pro
vision for devaluation of assets
in foreign countries, compared
with $3,142,622 during the first
six months of 1963.
Sales during the second quar
ter totaled a record $356,951,167
compared with the former high
of $336,870,699 in February,
March and April last year.
Record income of $18,284,089
was earned during the quarter,
compared with $12,329,371 in the
—Turn to page 2
Record Sales
And Earnings
FIRST SIX-MONTHS PERIOD
• Scout Costner displays the Harvey S. Firestone Jr. Award
Silver Medallion. With him are Max Robinson (left), his Scout
master, and Firestone Textiles general manager Harold Mercer, who
presented the award.
Ray Costner Is Top Scout
“It’s not often that a Boy Scout makes 32 advancements
in two years,” said employee relations manager Ralph John
son when Gastonia’s outstanding Scout received his award
at the Recreation Center last month.
There are more than 222,000
persons employed in North Caro
lina's 1,077 textile plants. They
earn nearly three-quarters of a
billion dollars a year.
Johnson was referring to Ray
Costner, 15-year-old farm boy
who is this year’s winner of the
Harvey S. Firestone Jr. Award
for all-round Scouting excel
lence. Chosen from 38 boys
nominated for the coveted
award, Costner received from
general manager Harold Mercer
the Silver Medallion, a Certifi
cate of Merit, a $100 U.S. Sav
ings Bond, and a check for
$15.50 to help with expenses for
a week at Camp Schiele in Polk
county.
COSTNER is the 19th Gas-
tonia-area boy to win the Fire-
—More on page 3
A Fair in the
Highlands
LOOKING
AROUND
FROM
CMAP
FIRESTONE
Company-operated Camp Firestone, nest
ling deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is in
its 29th season offering employees and their
families rest-recreation in a lake-and-forest
setting. At Bridgewater-Nebo on Lake
James, Camp Firestone is an ideal “leave-
your-cares-behind” facility in one of the
country’s most-visited highland playgrounds.
And it’s a good point from which to make
sightseeing tours of a far-flung mountain
domain—all no more than a few hours tra
vel from Marion.
Going Back Chiltoskey, Cherokee Indian wood-
carver. Figure at left is of a Cherokee Eagle
Dancer representing those in "Unto These Hills"
outdoor drama at Cherokee. Chiltoskey and pot
ter Tom Case of Arden (right) are among regular
artisans who show their skills at the Craftsmen's
Fair of the Southern Highlands. Asheville.—NC
Travel Information Division photos.
Typical of annual visitor events in the
area is the Craftsmen’s Fair of the Southern
Highlands at Asheville. The 17th annual
Fair is July 13-17.