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I f965 GASTONIA • NORTH CAROLINA VOLUME XV-NUMBER 5 ' APRIL • 1966 FSZj m^w Your Symbol of Quality and Service Western North Carolina, *Roof Garden Eastern America." is an outdoor para dise reaching in every direc tion from Lake James and Camp Fire- sione. Employ es family mem bers not only enjoy variety recreation at the camp but ^ake it depar ture point for sightseeing-fun tours in the ^ a s t highland empire — the Blue Ridge Parkway a fa vorite route to Scenic splendor. grandfather MTN eCONE MEM. PARK wing Rock '“Newland^^in^l, Bakergvllle Q (181J Sprue* Pln«T^ CRABTREE MEADOWS MT. MITCHELL Roan Mtn ROAN MTN Hickory Marlon Newton CAMP FIRESTONE Shelby Gastonia CHARLOTTE Lake Camp Opening May 2 Springtime sets a flower on every hill in the Blue Ridge and dumps acres of lazy sky over the mountain empire surround- Camp Firestone on Lake James. Poetic — but that’s not all. April’s here and May’s com- so that means days of rest, play and renewal at the com pany’s family retreat in Burke county. Camp Firestone’s 31st season, beginning May 2, will as usu- al offer variety recreation and NEW FILM For Every Wheel That Turns’ It’s the title of an informa- tive film on tire production ^®leased in late March by the ^restone company. . “For Every Wheel That Rolls” a l6-mm color motion picture ^^Plaining the many complex Phases of tire production and ^^Picting some of the hundreds Uses of rubber tires in modern '"ansportation. .Firestone produced the film to §ive tire users a better under standing and appreciation of the ^^tensive research, develop- ^®^t, testing and manufacture today’s quality tires. , "^he film, distributed by Asso ciation Films Inc., is available television, schools, churches, Civic groups and other organi sations. relaxation in a forest setting- on-the-Lake, one of the great water playgrounds of the South. The company-operated fa cility at Nebo-Bridgewater will be in business for employees and family members into October. Earl Crooks is year-round care taker at Camp Firestone. He works under the industrial re lations department of the Gas tonia plant. The camp is ser viced through the plant mech anical department. Plant engineer J. G. Tino Jr., Association Films’ office which serves the Carolinas area is at 324 Delaware Ave., Oak- mont. Pa. Gastonia people may inquire of the firm through the Firestone Textiles industrial re lations office. directs a crew of workmen to make ready the camp each spring. Maintenance and general repair of buildings, equipment and grounds have been made for the season, also inspection and standardization of lifesaving equipment, and stocking fire fighting and first-aid supplies. Throughout the camp sea son, Firestone people enjoy the months of mountain flowers; the many scenic, historic and recreational attractions in the mountain area and at season’s close, the peak of autumn color. Camp Firestone, set in a cove touching Lake James, puts the Firestone visitor on one of the South’s fastest-developing cen ters for water sports. The lake has 6,500 acres of surface and a 154-mile shoreline. For a stay at Camp Firestone, make application in person at the plant industrial relations office. Golf Teaching Series NSC „ ^ lo Jbirestone Award of Honor Textiles For its safety performance from Nov. 10, 1964 to Dec. 31, 1965, Firestone Textiles has received the Award of Honor, the National Safety Council’s highest compliment for in dustrial injury control. The award is presented to an establishment only when its re cord has satisfied rigid require ments laid down in the Coun cil’s award plan for recognizing excellent industrial safety re cords. Howard Pyle, president of the National Safety Council, no tified safety manager Raymond Mack that the plant had quali fied for the award because of its Nov. 10, 1964-Dec. 31, 1965 re cord of 3,045,157 production manhours without a lost-time injury. Mr. Mack said that of a total of 7,916 units in a wide range of U.S. industries the Council evaluated for the top citation, 383 were selected for the Award — More on page 4 ON-JOB EYE PROTECTION—Clarence Donaldson (left) and George Lyles are among the more than 130 employees who have received safety lens eyeglasses in recent weeks, through provision of the plant sight-conservation program. Safety Eyewear Going Well COMPANY SPONSORING “Golf With Sam Snead,” a teaching series starring the professional who has won more golf tournaments than any other man is in its 13-week color schedule on NBC-TV. Be gun March 26, the program is presented Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. EST. Snead’s pupil is Jerry Healey, Chicago sportscaster and television producer who represents the average golfer. Throughout the series sponsored by the Firestone Com pany Snead works on fundamentals with Healey to improve his use of each club through each phase of the game. The series was videotaped at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, site of the 1966 PGA Golden Anniversary Championship. Viewers of the series may have a free 24-page booklet, “The Greenbrier’s Sam Snead Teaches Golf,” from Firestone dealers and stores. Added emphasis for on- job sight conservation has resulted in considerable in crease in the number of em ployees obtaining and wear ing safety glasses. The plant eye-protection pro gram stresses use of the latest style safety glasses, both plain and prescription types. The len ses are a high-impact plastic which afford a remakable de gree of protection wherever there is any eye-injury hazard. At a March safety meeting, a manufacturer representative ex plained the making of safety lenses and demonstrated their strength by attaching a lens to a rubber mallet and driving nails into a piece of wood. At later meetings, plant safety manager Raymond Mack and production manager F. B. Galligan made similar demonstrations. The safety-lens performance was also demonstrated in contrast to a steel ball dropped against the usual glass lenses, breaking them readily. Mr. Mack points out that the company is furnishing the non prescription glasses free to em ployees. The company pays $10 on prescription eyewear. Mr. Galligan stresses that every effort is being made to encourage wearing of the glasses by those who have them, and urges all others to obtain them — wherever there is even the slightest danger of eye injury. PRODUCED AT FIRESTONE HOPEWELL PLANT NF-20: Improved Cord With Nylon Polymer the company’s continuing search for better ^foducts, add an improved nylon tire cord to its list ^ *^utstanding accomplishments. The new cord offers .^diffgj-ent approach to the problem of “flat-spotting” ^ylon passenger tires. E)r. Glen Alliger, Firestone director of research, the cordj named NF-20, is designed to keep the from getting “flat spots” after»fitting idle for from ®^al hours. late March, when the new product was announc ed Dr. Alliger said NF-20 cord would soon be ready for commercial use in original-equipment tires. It was developed and produced in Firestone’s own Hopewell, Va., nylon plant. The cord uses a special ny lon polymer to overcome flat-spotting. Thus far. Firestone has used the cord in tires pro duced for experiments and tests at its indoor facilities in Akron and the Ft. Stockton, Texas, test track. Detroit automotive engineers also have made ride evaluations of the tires featuring NF-20. THE NF-20 cord offers excellent adhesion qualities. In test of flex life, high-speed endurance, noise, ride quality and wearability, the Firestone cord was equal or superior to other cords now being used commer cially. Firestone is the only American rubber company which produces its own nylon filament and manu factures the tire cord. A volume of the Hopewell production is sent to the Gastonia plant for processing into fabric. The fact that Firestone produces its own nylon filament, says Dr. Alliger, “offers an important ad vantage, since it permits our tailoring the product — through research and development — to our specific needs.”
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