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FROM SEPTEMBER More Service Milestones September’s ‘crop’ of per sons with long-term service at Gastonia added 20 names belonging to the 10 through 30-year categories. H. N. Freeland, Annie Hubbard, Clarence Case and Harry ☆ ☆ ☆ Sweeney With 42 Years When E. F. Sweeney retired Oct. 1 as manager of the Fire stone Textiles plant at Bennetts- ville, S. C., he closed 42 years of service with the company. Joining Firestone in 1924 as a member of the cotton fabric de partment, he had his first as signment at the company’s Fall River, Mass. operation. He later worked at New Bedford and Newburyport, Mass., before go ing to the textile plant at Wood- stock, Canada. He transferred from Wood- stock to Bennettsville to become manager there in 1948. Their Work Totaled 59 Years Household chores and “just taking it easy” as the schedule permits make up the pattern ol life for Marvin and Mrs. (Pearl) Chastain, both recently retired from Firestone. Marvin, who put in 29 years here as a millwright, officially ended his work record in late August. Associates in the me chanical department “wished him well” during a supper get- together at a local fish camp. Mrs. Chastain retired from weaving (cotton) in July after 30 years here. The Chastains, originally from Oconee county, S.C. live at 105 N. Weldon St., Gastonia. Over the first few weeks of retirement, Marvin’s report was “just resting and working a lit tle at home.” “I used to do quite a bit of Parton marked 30-year re cords. They are presented here along with the 7 others who celebrated 25-year mile stones of work. The remainder of the Septem ber list: Twenty Years Clyde Rainey, ware house. Fifteen Years Charles E. Walker, Jer ry D. McMillan, Earl Owensby, all twisting (synthetics). Benjamin F. Massey, weaving (synthetics); Ida Bell Stewart, weaving (cotton); Neazel Weath ers, shop. Ten Years William T. Hallbrook, twisting (synthetics); Clara W. Sudduth, weaving (cotton). James Reel Weaving (syn) Roy Sliler. Twisting (syn) Emily Smith Twisting (syn) Giles Emmett Weaving (syn) Rosy Walker Weaving (syn) Leola Chambers Twisting (syn) 25 and 30 years Harry Parton Spinning (syn) Carolyn Sanders Main Office H. N. Freeland Spinning Annie Hubbard Spinning Clarence Case Shop THE DONORS at recent bloodbank collection The ‘life’ bank was enhanced by 158 pints on the second of two regular yearly stops of the Red Cross bloodmobile at Firestone Textiles recently. The majority of donors were oft-time repeaters, but 11 of them “made a gift of life” for the first time. A number of community peo ple joined members of Firestone families to make the bloodmo bile visit one of the most suc- cesful of the year in the Red Cross collections program. Those who gave: Simeon Adams, MD; David Aim; Daniel Atkinson. Carl Bai ley, J. C. Barnes, S. P. Bolding, Leon Bowman, Bobbie Boyd, Coy Bradshaw, David Britton, Luther Brown, William Brown, John Bryant, Sam Bunton, Sam my O. Bunton, James Burr, Ray Burnell, Lt. Col.; Ida By ers, Ray Byrd. Frank Capps, Melvin Carpen ter, Wade Carpenter, Cornelia Carringer, Edward Carson, Edna Champion, Paul Chastain, Roy Chastain, Henry Church, Vir gil Collette, Dorothy Couick, John Craig III, Eva Nell Craw ford, Samuel Crawford, Eugene Crumpton, Earl Cunningham. Albert Davis, Fred J. Davis, Roy Davis, William Davis, Ralph Dalton, David Deas MD, James Dixon Jr., Clarence Donaldson, Eula Dunlevy. Ray England, Jack Faile, Ralph Far rar, John Fletcher, Leo Foxx, ;.,Edgar ^ Foy.,.-.Dolores. .Fritton F. B. Galligan, Paul Gann, Jackie Gates, Ernest Givens, James Givens, Joe Givens, Ida Glass, John Goff Jr. George Hager, H. G. Hall, Ben Hanna, Pauline Hanna, Wiley Hardin, F. B. Harrison, Floyd Hawks Jr., George High, Jess Hodge, Doris Hollifield, Lloyd Hope, Theron Houser, Jerry Howie, Mildred Hoyle, Horace Hughes. Roy Jackson, George Jenkins Jr., Ray Jones, Thersa Jones, Clarence Jolly, Herschel Jordan. Jerry Keisler, Lennel Keenum, A. C. Kessell. Betty Laughlin, Alvin Ledford, James Lewis Jr., Jesse Liles, Ollie Liles. Charles McArver, Helen Mc Carter, Marcus McCluney Jr., Earl McComb, Cramer McDaniel, Juanita McDonald, Andrew Mc Kay, Richard McMillan, J. Q. McPherson, William Martin, _ Benjamin Ma Robert Mel ton, John Mitchell, Karen Mit chell, Karen Mitchell, Billy Moore, Olive Moretz, Bonnie Moses, Warren Mullinax. George Nelson, Gladys Ny- gard. Dillard Palmer, Jesse Parks Jr., Mattie Passmore, Robert Paxton, Donald Payne, Kenneth Phillips, Beatrice PlaY' er, Charlie Plyler, George Plyl' er. Milligan Ramsey, Deuel Redd ing, Ralph Reep, Margaret Rhyne, Alvin Riley, Alvin Riley Jr., Ruby Riley, Horace Robin son, Jack C. Robinson Rev., Bob' by Rogers. E. M. F. Sartin- Anne Sharp, Walter Sharpe, James Sills, Robert Slover, James Smith, James Smith Jr-i Norman Smith, Lorina Speaf' man. Mack Stafford, W. 0- Stephenson, David Stewart, El' ton Still, Charles Stowe, Maf' guerite Styers, Thurman Sum' mey. James Tate, Luell Thomas, Ray D. Thomas, William Turn' . er Jr,,. Johnnie^Weaver,- JameS Welch, Emory Wheeler, Tracy Whitener, Brady WhitesideSi Barbara Whitworth, Hansford Wilkes, P. R. Williams, Eul3 Wilson, H. Clayton Wright, Vif' ginia Young. trout fishing and bird hunting,” he said. “Now that I’ve got time — think I’ll re-discover those hobbies for extra enjoy ment in the days that are pretty much all mine.” First Bonds Purchasers—And Still Buying Plan Well For High School Success Many children of Firestone families will prepare themselves for trades or other skilled oc cupations. Many will plan to go on to college after high school. Still others hope to qualify for Firestone scholarships. The Firestone Scholarship Committee has some helpful suggestions for beginning high- school students. In planning the future . . . Have regular conferences with your principal and/or advisor about course of study. Take school work seriously, develop good study habits, read good books outside of school and in addition to textbooks. Recommended courses: Four years of solid English courses. to help you better express your self, no matter what field of work you enter; four years of mathematics and three years of physical sciences, including chemistry and physics; at least three years of a foreign lan guage. It is very worthwhile to take part in extra-curricular activi ties which will help you develop leadership, cooperativeness, self- confidence, reliability, creative talents. In every way you can, strive to develop good character and a consideration of others. Human experience is the les- son-book from which we cannot graduate.—Edith Hamilton The 25th anniversary of offer ing U.S. Savings Bonds to the public also marks the 25th year that people of the Gastonia Fire stone Textiles plant have been “investing in their personal fu ture and in the strength of America.” It was Sept. 13, 1941 when the payroll department here sold the first Defense Bonds, as they were then called. On that date, 10 persons bought their first bonds here. Of that number, the five still working here continue buying U.S. Savings Bonds through pay roll accounting. These “origi nals” are Leon Keistler, Vesta Lewis, Margaret Matthews, Wil liam A. Payne and W. O. Stephenson. Retired of that original group are Robert Passmore, Nell Rob inson, William B. Smith and Johnnie D. Wood. One of the group has gone to work else where. RECORDS show the first year of bonds sales amounted to 541, with a payroll deduction of $4,- 730. The most recent year’s sales volume was $374,000. By mid-1942, 32 others had joined the original purchasers in buying “shares in America.” From 1941 on, purchasers have seen the interest rate on Series E bonds increased on four dif ferent occasions, to the current 4.15 per cent when held to ma turity. They have seen other improve ments in Savings Bonds, such as the fewer years it takes for a bond to mature now, and high er rates for the E and H series. Firestone people have set an outstanding record throughout the history of bonds purchasing at Gastonia. In the mid-1950s the plant was cited by the Trea sury Department for noteworthy bonds-saving participation. More than once during the years, pur chase participation rate of em ployee strength has gone to 100 per cent. The current rate close to 88 per cent. "CHARTER members” of the bonds program here and other purchasers who joined them across the past 25 years have been involved in many ^ heart-warming story, observe^ Mrs. Eula Wilson, payroll supe^' visor. She has been overseeing sale of bonds here since the 194^ beginning. “With each buyer of bond^ there have been stories of reali^' ed dreams, the good feeling ^ strengthening the nation’s se' curity and the financial security of the purchaser’s own future. “Houses and lots, cars, maj®^ V 6 appliances and many m o i things that make life bette^ have been possible t h r o u ^ ^ bonds purchasing. Sons daughters of employees h a realized an education or other major goal through the vestment power of U.S. Saving Bonds.” Volume XV Number 10 GASTONIA Oclober, 1966 Page 2 Plant Offices Warehouses REPORTERS Claude C. Callaway. Edilor Employee publication of Firestone Textiles, Gastonia, North Carolina, producing quality tire fabric since 1935. Member, South Atlantic Council of Industrial Editors. ☆ ☆ ☆ Carding—Payton Lewis Industrial Relations—Shirley Greene Main Office—Bea McCarter Mechanical Dept.—Rosie Francum Quality Control—Sallie Crawford, Louella Queen, Leila Rape Twisting (synthetics)—Elease Cole, Katie Elkins, Catherine Fletcher Warp Preparation—Elmina Bradshaw, Nell Bolick Warehouse—Harold Robinson, Israel Good, Rosevelt Rainey Weaving (cotton)—Ruth Veitch Weaving (synthetics)—Ann C o s e y , Mayzelle Lewis NEXT MONTH. • YOUTH appreciation week 'this year is November 13-19.
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