NOV 15 19§§
25
and 30
Years
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OPTIMIST
CLUB
HEARD
A Congressman
On The Telephone
Lennel Keenum
Canteen Service
Loyd J. Watson
Twisting (syn)
Fred Garrett
Carding
Collie Moore
Weaving (syn)
S. P. Bolding
Ind. Relations
Service List
For October
Add four more to the list
of 30-year people at Fire
stone, Gastonia. These, along
with 25-year record-holders
Collie Moore and Lennel
Keenum, all marking service
anniversaries in October, are
presented in pictures here
except Owen Green of twist
ing (syn), (on leave of ab
sence.)
Also in October, 20 others
were honored as they received
service pins for records of 20,
15 and 10 years.
Twenty Burley Williams, Cor-
Years nelius Lowery, Wil
liam Gilmore, Guinn Briggs,
George L. Terry, David Smith
and John Bradley, all twisting
Plant Newspaper
Top In SACIE
Firestone News was honored
at the annual conference of
South Atlantic Council of In
dustrial Editors in Asheville this
fall. The Gastonia plant paper
was cited as the best news-
paper-type publication among
the 104 SACIE member organi
zations in the Carolinas, Vir
ginia and Florida.
Firestone News first won the
same top honor in 1959. It was
cited for photographic excel
lence in 1961, was named first
winner in industrial photog
raphy in 1962 and won first
award in editorial writing in
1963.
The editor, Claude Callaway,
was named to a two-year term
on the SACIE board of direc
tors.
SACIE membership repre
sents employee and service pub
lications in the four Southeast
ern Seaboard states.
(synthetics); Jessie Lee Am
mons, weaving (synthetics);
Samuel Love, warehouse.
Fifteen Earl William Queen,
Years Broadus Moss, Jack L.
Hall, Lowery M. H. Cobb, Ern
est J. Baker, Elene L. Dodgins,
all twisting (synthetics); Marcus
L. Dobbins, weaving (syn
thetics); James S. Garner, weav
ing (cotton); Scott J. McCarter,
shop.
Ten Edwin Eugene Dyer,
Years twisting (synthetics);
Charles Carringer, weaving
(synthetics).
Good Sight: Safety While Hunting
Impaired eyesight can turn
a hunter into a target himself,
reminds the National Society for
Prevention of Blindness. Its
records show that nearly 1 out
of every 4 victims of hunting
mishaps are caused by hunters
mistaking other hunters for
game animals.
Beyond basic rules of safety
in hunting with firearms and
other weapons, the NSPB sug
gests a thorough eye examina
tion for all hunters each year,
preferably at opening of hunting
season.
• Carry spare eyeglasses,
made to your latest prescription
—in case you break or lose your
regular pair.
• Wear shatter-proof safety
lenses to protect against twigs,
ejecting shells, stray pellets,
other field hazards. If you don’t
wear glasses regularly, wear
protective goggles in woods and
fields.
• Watch your sunglasses in
woods, fields, on the road. The
tinting can mislead you in mak
ing out contrasting colors. Driv
ing and wearing sunglasses can
be dangerous, especially at dusk.
Your sunglasses should be either
hardened safety glass or optical-
grade plastic, and in safety
frames.
Carrier Boys
Honored
Don Grant, whose father
Thomas A. Grant is manager of
methods - time study, joined
newspaper carrierboys from
across North Carolina for a visit
to Raleigh on Newspaper Day in
October.
Don and Johnny Hosteller,
representing the Gastonia Ga
zette, had their picture made
with Gov. Dan Moore and Glenn
Adams, a district manager of
circulation for the Gazette.
Glenn is the son-in-law of Earl
Clark of twisting (synthetics)
and Mrs. Clark of main office.
The newspaperboys, chosen as
outstanding representatives of
their publications from across
the state, had the expenses-paid
trip to Raleigh at the close of
National Newspaper Week.
Among highlights of their day
was the visit to the Governor’s
office, a stop at the State House,
Legislative Building, and Mu
seum of History.
A demonstration of the won
ders of communications was put
on for members of the Optimist
Club of Firestone at their ladies’-
night banquet in October.
Congressman Basil L. White-
ner couldn’t make the trip for
his scheduled speech before the
club, so he spoke by telephone
from his Washington office. At
the Firestone recreation center
meeting place club members
heard the telephone speech over
a loudspeaker. Mrs. Whitener
did attend in person as one of
several guests of the club.
Officiating at the program
was club president Thomas Gib
son Jr. Plant engineer J. G.
Tino Jr. introduced special
guests.
November
• AMERICANA
On Nov. 22, 1809 Peregrine
Williamson of Baltimore patent
ed America’s first steel writing
pen. A great improvement over
the goose-quill style which had
been in use up to that time.
Pierre Lallemont worked out
details for a rotary crank on a
bicycle drive, patented it Nov.
2, 1866.
J. F. Glidden of DeKalb, 111.
patented barbed wire Nov. 24,
1874. His simple design soon
changed the entire land pattern
and way of life in America’s Old
West.
These examples ‘just go to
show you’ that seemingly com
monplace ideas when put to
work can mean a world of dif
ference in people’s lives—even
affect the course of history.
Organized last spring, the
plant-community Optimist club
has 36 members, most of whom
are Firestone employees.
M. E. Hyleman Jr.
Funeral for Spec. 4 Mausby E.
Hyleman Jr. was held at Fire
stone Wesleyan Methodist
Church Oct. 10, and burial with
full military honors was in West
View Gardens near Bessemer
City.
The 21-year-old soldier work
ed at Firestone in twisting for
a time before enlisting in the
service in late 1962. He was kill
ed in action in Viet Nam Oct. !•
His father works in spinning
here. Besides his father and
mother, he is survived by three
brothers and seven sisters.
Since when have you set
down an idea and put it in the
Suggestion System? It could
mean a big difference to you,
others, your company—maybe a
whole industry.
Bringing up a record or
from his native New Englai^*^'
Freddie Kessell of scheduliii9
notes that there has been
pedestrian fatality on the streets
of Paxton, Mass. since 1765.
That was the year Ebeneza
Clapp was scalped by Indians.
Blacksmiths hammered out
horseshoes by hand as recent as
Grandpa’s day. But did you
know that Henry Burden o
Troy, N. Y. patented a horseshoe
manufacturing machine Nov. 23,
1835? Shades of automation i«
that day, too.
'BUFFALOES' Not What They Used To Be
A sign of the times is indicat
ed in a note which came to the
plant newspaper last month, on
the subject of rising prices and
de-valued money. People at
some missionary centers for In
dians in Oklahoma, krote:
“When buffaloes became
scarce for food, shelter and
clothing, the Indians had to find
a substitute. In 1934, when buf
falo nickels were new, some of
us had the idea of ‘herding buf
faloes’ to gather money for
work at the Indian centers. It
was suggested that this culmi
nate at Thanksgiving and that
people give a nickel for every
item of food which had been a
gift of the American Indian—
potatoes, cranberries, corn, etc.
“But since 1934 the price of
food has gone up. And Buffalo
nickels are scarce. Why not con
tinue this Thanksgiving prac
tice, but use other coins with
eagles on them—or with bills
which we might call ‘Buffalo
Bills?’ William Cody was known
as Buffalo Bill, hence this idea.”
I
QUALITY
BUILT IN
NYLON CORD body of Firestone 500 Patrol
tire tested with steel plunger. This rugged check
determines fabric and rubber endurance of tire
construction.
Two Ways Our Tires Are Tested At Akron
TIRE-TEST MACHINE, readied by Firestorj®
laboratory men. tests aircraft tires at up to
300
mph. Jet tires are slammed against the machi**®
to simulate landings.
Susan Davis
Rainbow Advisor
Susan Davis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Davis, was install
ed last month as advisor of Gas
tonia Chapter, Order of Rain
bow. Her father works in weav
ing (synthetics).
Susan is a senior at Ashley
High School. She is editor-in-
November, 1965 Page 4
chief of the 1966 Spinner, secre
tary of the west district of
Junior Civitans, a member of
the bandfront and treasurer of
the senior class.
Susan is a member of Brad
ley Memorial Methodist Church
and vice president of the sub
district of Gaston County Youth
Fellowship. She plans to enter
Greensboro College next year
to major in elementary educa
tion. Her sister, Mary, is a
sophomore at St. Andrews Col
lege.
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