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Zebulon B. Vance Heritage traiU 1 1 around KirtliplftCC Camp Firestone It takes you on a trip into history, recalling a way of life led by the early settlers on the North Carolina fron tier. Vance Birthplace, one of the State’s many designated historic sites, is located on Route 1, Weaverville. It is open to the public every day except Mondays. Tirtstont MAY • 1969 FIRESTONE Another Honor Ai«sio«iA SAFETY The 22nd consecutive award jointly bestow ed by the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce and the North Carolina Department of Labor was presented at an April dinner meeting in Carolina Restaurant. Site includes the reconstruct ed main dwelling house and s half-dozen outbuildings typical the pioneer farmstead. The dwelling house restoration con tains the chimney from the Original Vance House, also fire places, some paneling, flooring, ^afters and foundation stone. A modern visitor Center & Museum, in use since 1965, has exhibits that portray Zeb Vance’s life and family history, '^he Center has an administra tive office, lecture room, and Public restroom facilities. A free Picnic area is provided. ONCE CALLED the “Mount ^itchell” of all of North Caro- hna’s great men, Zebulon Baird Vance was born May 13, 1830, in a pine log house 12 miles northeast of Asheville, From this wilderness home stead among the Blue Ridge peaks, Zeb Vance went on to attain more high honors than any other person in the State’s history which dates to 1585. At age 24, he went to the North Carolina House of Com mons (Representatives); and at 27, was elected to the first of two terms in the U. S. Congress. When the War Between the States broke out, Vance formed the “Rough and Ready Guards” and served that company as captain. He was later appointed 9 More on page 2 At the annual meeting sponsored by the safety com mittee of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce, NC Labor Commissioner Frank Crane made awards to around 200 Gaston County firms which built good safe ty records while doing busi ness last year. Recognition for doing busi ness safely was a highlight of annual Industry Apprecia tion Week in Gastonia, April 13-19. Safely supervisor Raymond E. Mack received the Firestone award on behalf of "all the peo ple on the job who earned it by establishing an outstanding rec ord of injury control." This 1969 Firestone award continues the record for Gaston County. For this safety honor. Firestone of Gastonia has the distinction of having received the award 22 times along with two other industrial plants in North Carolina. They are R. J. Reynolds and Wetern Electric, both of Winston-Salem. THE 1969 award was the 21st to be made in Gastonia at the annual C of C recognition din ner. The first in the series was presented at Raleigh in 1947, one year before the every-spring C of C meetings were begun in Gastonia. Symbols of the C of C-NC De partment of Labor presentation series are certificates, com memorative plaques and inscrib ed bars attached to plaques for the “in-between” years. This year’s Firestone symbol is the second bar added to the plaque for the 20th award year in 1967. The current plaque is the third one in the series over the 22- year period. Firestone people earned this year’s safety citation by the good record established in in jury control, last year’s record being rated against last year’s GASTONIA NORTH CAROLINA • Willie Kelly of preparation department represents the pride of all people at the Gastonia plant in latest NC Department of Labor honor. It's denoted by 22nd-year bar attached to plaque. statewide injury frequency rate in the textile industry. In “scoring” for the awards, there are two other ways to “win”: By a straight record of no disabling injuries, and through reducing by at least 40 per cent the injury frequen cy rate of the year just preced ing the 12 months for which award is given. 9 Thomas Jefferson said: "Ag riculture, manufacture, com merce and navigation — the four pillars of our prosperity — are the most thriving when left most free to individual enter prise." Play Days On The Way June 8 through August 16 is “in business” time for Firestone playground and wading pool in front of the plant. The company facility for recreation of West Gastonia young sters, is part of the system of parks and playgrounds operated by City Recreation Department. Children up to age 12 are supervised at play by person nel who work for the City Recreation Department. Main at traction is the wading pool. Other facilities are swings, horseshoe pits, see-saws, and ping-pong table. Instruction in crafts is offered during the season. Playground hours: 9 am,-6 p.m., Mondays-Fridays; 9-1 Saturdays. Firestone Contribution To KM Hospital A $1,000 contribution from The Firestone Tire & Rubber ^ornpany increased the on- hand capital to near $900,000 the $l-million expansion Project of Kings Mountain hospital. John V. Darwin, Gastonia r’l ii'estone plant manager, pre sented the $1,000 to Grady H. toward, hospital administrator and treasurer of ths Hospital ^svelopment Fund campaign. I^eceiving the donation in ^Pril, Howard said “The Kings fountain Hospital Development Und accepts this gift on behalf the community we serve. It is ^rough the loyalty and suuport ^ the people of the Greater ifigs Mountain area that we make a reality of the much- ?^®eded proposed wing to our >>ospitai... fHE PROJECTED wing to the Resent hospital structure will J'ovide an additional 35 bsds, Dr‘ • • Plant manager John V. Darwin (left) and Grady Howard, Kings Mountain Hospital administrator the total to 109. Also, the new two-story unit will provide a lobby-waiting area, operating and recovery quarters, a pharmacy, laboratory, and supply areas. The project includes complete renovation of outpatient, X-Ray and dietary space in the existing east unit. More than $247,000 has been raised in recent months of the hospital’s Development Fund campaign. Member of the board of trus tees have approved plans for the new construction, and an architect is working out details. Several Firestone employees living in the Kings Mountain area are served by the hospital there. Howard pointed out that in a recent year, 39 persons from Firestone employee fami lies spent 333 patient-days in the Kings Mountain Hospital. Gastonia-Area Merit Awards IN 1969 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Two high-school seniors, daughters of employees at Firestone’s Gastonia plant, are Certificate of Merit win ners in the company’s 1969 College Scholarship Awards program. They are Esther La Vaughn Gordon, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gordon of 1910 S. Winget Street, Gastonia. La- Vaughn's father works in the warehouse here. She is a sen ior at Hunter Huss High School. Susan Diane Stiles, 18, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall R. Stiles of Route 1, Dallas. She is a senior at Dallas High School. Her father works in weaving-tire cord. Susan’s brother Donald Stiles was a Certificate of Merit win ner in 1967. Merit winners receive the Certificate recognizing outstand ing high-school achievement, plus a company gift of a U. S. Savings Bond. The Gastonia-area Merit win ners were chosen in the com pany’s 1969 College Scholarship Awards program, with selections being made in late April. Nationwide this year, 36 high- school seniors from 15 states have been awarded the com pany’s regular college cholar- ships. All Scholarship and Merit winners are sons and daughters of Firestone employees. The Gaston County Merit winners this year are among the 141 to be thus honored across the country. Since 1953 when the Firestone Scholarship Awards program was started, 482 college scholar ships have been awarded. Of this number, 15 have been from Firestone-Gastonia families, the most recent awarded in 1968. In this year’s program, the only scholarship awarded in • More on page 4
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