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TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS More Than $315, WO In less than two years the Firestone com pany’s matching-gifts plan has enabled col leges, universities and secondary schools to receive more than $315,000 in donations from Firestone employees and the company. Shown on the latest report is $73,309.15 donated by employees to 166 educational in stitutions in 34 states and the District of Columbia, as of Oct. 31, the fiscal year-end. The company matched this amount to bring the total to $146,618.30. The previous report last March showed a donations total of $168,804, half by Firestone employees and the other half by the com pany. Thus the total in donations is $315,422.30 since the program began in early 1967. Get details on the matching-gifts program to education from the Gastonia plant’s in dustrial relations office, or main office at Bennettsville. Mr. Firestone; He Watches Company Grow From Page 1 leadership, he has seen the com pany grow from five plants in the U.S. to 114 plants through out the world; the number of employees from 13,200 to near ly 100,000. Besides his outstanding serv ice to the company, Mr. Fire stone has served in many posi- o When Harvey S. Firestone Jr. announced his retirement from the Board of Directors, he had a word to say about the future of the Firestone com pany. tions of national leadership in civic, religious, educational and humanitarian activities. HE HAS been national chair man of USO since 1951, serving continuously over a longer period than anyone else. Presi dents Truman, Eisenhower, Ken nedy and Johnson appointed him as a member of the USO ‘People Our Greatest Asset’ “The greatest asset the company has is the outstanding people who make up the organization. I attribute the growth and success of the company over the years to all the men and women of Firestone who have devoted their time and efforts to continually improving our products and serving our customers in such a way as to insure our steady progress. “Through our long-established recruitment and training programs, we are most fortunate to have developed, and to be able to continually renew, an organization of dedicated men and women who work with great energy and zeal to advance the ever-growing sales and profits objectives of the company year after year and to assure its future progress and success.” 2.5 And 30 Years Corporation and the Board of Governors. In 1966 he was awarded the U.S. Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. He has been decorated by a number of foreign govern ments; has served as a member of the International Develop ment Advisory Board by ap pointment of the President of the U.S. Among other community services, he has served the Na tional Conference of Christians and Jews (national chairman of Brotherhood Week, 1956), has been active with the Interna tional Committee of the YMCA and United Negro College Fund. He is a charter trustee of Princeton University from which he was graduated. He has served as national chairman of the United Community Campaigns of America and of United Na tions Week. In 1951 Mr. Firestone was named one of the 12 most out standing business leaders of America, as a result of a nation wide siifvey.^'^ Hubert Taylor Twisting (TC) Agnes Lowery Twisting (TC) Ross Laughridge Weaving (TC) 766th Service Watch • The five persons who completed 20 year work rec ords at Gastonia in Decem ber brought the number of engraved service watches to 766. Firestone’s presentation of the commemorative watches dates back to 1955, the year the company mark ed the 20th anniversary of beginning operations in Gas tonia. Also at year’s end, two per sons here — Agnes Lowery and Hubert G. Taylor — joined the 30-year roster, and four more were added to the 25-year group. Pictures here are the 30 and 25- year people (one of group ab sent — Cola Stacy of twisting, 25 years). Also in the list were 10 and 5-year record holders. Twenty Years Twisting (tire cord): Floyd P. Thompson, George E. Lyles, Ellene M. Neemith. Weav ing (tire cord): Johnny T. Crane, Em Franklin Sartin. Ten Years Weaving (chafer): Jud- son B. Looper. Five Years Twisting (tire cord): Marvin J. Jolly, Joann M. Capps. Weaving (tire cord); Syl via C.. Blanton. Those compiling work records of 25 and 30 years receive a company ‘recognition’ gift of $100 and the appropriate lapel Jasper McCollum Roy Bagwell Warehouse Twisting (TC) service pin. The 20-year people are presented the engraved watch and service pin. Others receive a service pin denoting 5, 10 and 15 years of employment. The nicest thing about the promise of Spring is that sooner or later she will have to keep it. • Carolina January mornings being a miie on the chilly side, sometimes demand A a little extra effort to get folks up and on their appointed ways. And with 'critters' SloW also. This mama feline and her offspring greeted a recent frosty morn with some Exit misgiving, and Firestone News shared the scene. Louis J. Campbell IN MEMORIAM _A memorial service _was_ held Dec. 1*6 in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Akron, Ohio, for Louis J. Campbell, vice presi dent of diversified products and a director of the Firestone com pany. Mr. Campbell died unexpect edly Dec. 13 in an Akron hos pital. Double pneumonia was listed as cause of death. As vice president of diversi fied products, Mr. Campbell’s position included leadership of the company’s textile division. He joined Firestone in 1942 as comptroller of the company’s aviation products division. His next assignment, 1944-45, was as assistant treasurer of G and A Aircraft, Inc., then a Firestone subsidiary at Willow Grove, Pa. In 1945, Mr. Campbell was transferred to Firestone Steel Products Company in Akron. He served as^ assistant treasurer and assistant secretary of the division until 1951, when he was named vice president. A year later he became president of the division, the position he held until his election as vice president of non-tire operations in 1958. In January of 1966 he was elected a director of the parent company. In early 1968 his title was changed to vice president of diversified products. A native of Washington, D. C., he attended schools in Newark, N.J., and was graduated in 1930 from New York University. He was a certified public account ant. Mr. Campbell leaves his wif® Dorothy, who lives in Akron; and his step-mother, Mrs. LouiS J. Campbell Sr. of Cleveland. Winter Quarter At Vocational School: 21 Courses Twenty-one courses in the regular curriculum of five ma jor departments are being offer ed in the current winter quar ter begun Jan. 6 at North Caro lina Vocational Textile School, Belmont. Also offered are five special short courses. In the main courses, major fields are in yarn manufactur ing technology, weaving and de signing technology, knitting technology, and mill mainte nance technology. Among the special short cours es are power sewing machine operation, yarn testing, sewing machine mechanics, knitting fix er, and a course in terminology for college graduates who are working in fields related to tex tiles. The school announces three additional courses to begin in February — Card grinding, loof^ fixing and comber fixing. Class schedules at the school are available to employees O'O- all three working shifts of teX' tile operations, with classes set up on an individual basis. Further information on the NCVTS program is available the Firestone, Gastonia, induS' trial relations office. Seen over a desk in one of the Firestone offices: "The man who's too big to study his job is as big as he'll ever get" Volume XVIII January, 1969 Number 1 Page 2 GASTONIA Claude C. Callaway, Editor Monthly publication of the Gastonia, N. C„ plant of Firestone Synthetic Fibers and Textiles Company, a division of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio. Division headquarters, Hopewell, Va. Robert W. Rice, president. John V. Darwin, Gastonia plant manager. Plant REPORTERS Offices Warehouses ☆ ☆ Carding—Payton Lewis Industrial Relations—Jeanne Baumgarner Main Office—Bea McCarter Mechanical Dept.—Rosie Francum Quality Control—Louella Queen, Leila Rape Twisting (synthetics)—Elease Cole, Katie Elkins, Catherine Fletcher Warp Preparation—Elmina Bradsha^' Nell Bolick Warehouse—Harold Robinson, Israc* Good, Rosevelt Rainey Weaving (cotton)—Ruth Veitch Weaving (synthetics)—Ann C o s e ^' Mayzelle Lewis BENNETTSVILLE PLANT Faye Shankle, Mary H. Oliver, Lockamy, Louise S. Preston—Repo*
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