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GASTONIA • NORTH CAROLINA 0 ft ^ Your Symbol VOLUME XIV-NUMBER 13 W of Quality DECEMBER . 1965 ^ and Service x/ 'Tis The Season To 'Take Care' OFF-JOB SAFETY MONTH . Next we come to some careless boys and girls play- with knives and guns. Look at the little boy with the sharp knife (so reads the legend for a woodcut illustration). While whittling, the knife slipped and cut his hand. “See how it bleeds! ber for stressing safety away “Children should never play fi'oni the job among U.S. and '^Uh guns as you see here. Now, deal with a child who has been scalded with a boiling tea pot. . . .Beware of scalding wa ter!” Direct and unvarnished '^ords, but maybe pretty effec- says safety manager Ray mond Mack of these old instruc tions. The examples from the Pictorial Spelling Book publish- in 1847 were designed to ^each spelling, reading — and home safety. Here, they illustrate that home-and-play injuries are no corne-lately subject. And with the added hazards since the '^id-1800s, the problem is tre mendously more serious today people of all ages. So much so that today you are ®sfer at work than anywhere else you go, according to sta- tistics. The figures hold true ^ith the Firestone company. , That’s why the company des- ^Si^ates every May and Decem- Canadian employees. Since these are the months in which off- job hazards are especially con centrated, safety departments at the various plants increase their continuing emphasis on injury control. Mr. Mack cites representative figures of lost-time injuries for the last two Off-the-Job months observed at Gastonia: December 1964—1 auto in jury, 1 home injury; 0 on-job in- juries. May 1965—2 auto in juries, 2 home injuries; 0 on the job. In May and December an ex tensive in-plant effort stresses off-job injury control among employees, with the hope that a safety awareness and concern will be carried home for sharing with the whole family. “There are so many added hazards at this season associated with the holiday observance,” —more on page 5 Yule Parties December 18 The "big date" is coming, and Santa will be here — j'lsl as he has for the past 25 years for his visit with children of Firestone Tex tiles households. It's Dec. 18 at the Webb Theatre in downtown Gas tonia. Two festive programs Accommodating all employ- ®®-household children up to years of age will begin 9 and 11 a.m. People in industrial rela tions and the plant mechani cal department who stage the gala event for the com- Pany each year, say "San- ta's appearance with gifts ^ill flavor the traditional ^^ograms of entertainment P" ftiovie cartoons, short- ®^3th comedy and other features." Booklets and application forms for the 1966 Firestone Scholarship Program will be available by mid-December. Employees with eligible sons or daughters in the last year of high school may get the application material from the industrial relations office. Application requirements must be completed by the end of February and materials must be in the hands of the Scholar ship Committee at the home of fices in Akron by March 1, 1966. So, it is important that high school seniors start early to see that all application material is in on time. In a letter to all plant and field sales managers, company presi dent Earl B. Hathaway said: “With costs of a college educa tion continuing to rise, each of us must make every effort to see that every son and daughter of an eligible Firestone employ ee who wants to go to college has opportunity to apply.” LAND • • QP Lhristmas JDeginnmg NAZARETH, in the Roman province of Galilee in New Testament times, was the boyhood home of Jesus. It figured significantly in His early ministry before He moved to Capernaum. From their home in Nazareth, Joseph and Mary journey ed 85 miles south for the Roman tax enrollment at Bethlehem. There Jesus was born. Today, wo men and children carry water from the town well, but the electric line is a sign of change. LAKE OF GALILEE, a fresh-water body 880 feet below sea level, was in Jesus' day sur rounded by pleasant towns associated with the record of His earthly life. Today the landscape looks much as it did in the First Century. —Israel Government Tourist Office photos Scholarship Materials Ready By Mid-December To Be Eligible • The appli cant must be presently a high school senior, in the upper third of his class, and the son or daughter of an employee (pres ent, retired or deceased) who will have finished five years continuous service with the company by Jan. 1, 1966. Only children of those employees whose average income is not more than $900 per month with out overtime will be eligible. Not eligible are brothers and sis ters of previous winners of Fire stone scholarships. Each Firestone scholarship pays toward tuition, academic fees, required textbooks, and a portion of room and board ex pense while attending school, details of the program are in the scholarship booklet at the IR office. Winners may attend any ac credited college or university in the U.S., studying any course leading to a degree. Each win ner must personally arrange for admission to the school of his choice. Application for college admission should be filed right away, if not already done. Scholarships will be allocated to various sections of the coun try on the basis of proportionate Highland Students Saw Production As an extension of some of their class work, 118 students from Highland High School toured the Gastonia Firestone plant for a look at the manu- Firestone employment. Present ly, there are three students from Firestone Textiles families in the Gastonia area studying under Firestone Scholarships. There have been nine scholarship win ners from the Gastonia plant since the program was begun in 1953. Completed application forms, references, certification of high- school grades, aptitude test re sults and all other material re quired as outlined in the Schol arship booklet, must bo received by the end of February. Each year winners are notified by early May. facturing of yarn and cord into fabric, and its shipment to fac tories where it is built into tires. The students, divided into groups, went on four separate tours, each a week apart in Oc tober and November. The visits were directed by Mrs. Mildred Sadler, teacher of vocations at Highland High. TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF FIRESTONE TEXTILES Nativity replica carved in Wood by North Carolina mountain craftsmen.—Firestone News photograph. General The Christmas Season, with all its joys of anticipation, repeats again the Eternal Mes sage of Peace, Hope, and Goodwill among all men. Christmas is a time of warming the fires of friendship and renewing our belief in the things that do not perish with time and use. My sincere wish is that each of you will share deeply in the true meanings of the Season of Wonder, with its age-old symbols of expectancy and faith in eternal values. I wish for you the joys of family and friends, the happiness of giving with no thought of return, and the supreme hope that He who is Master of Creation will fill all men’s hearts with an urgent sense of Manager’s Christmas Message need for Peace. We always have hope of a better world when we see again the Miracle of Christ mas. May another anniversary of the com ing of the World’s Redeemer renew the spell that has not been broken in ages past; and may it increase the spiritual dominion to embrace all of earth’s peoples. Let these thoughts be with you during this Christmas Season, and add happiness for you and your families throughout the New Year.
Firestone News (Gastonia, N.C.)
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