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FEB Out Of Season A pair of brogans neally park ed in the grass recalls a bygone balmier than that of chilly Feb ruary, now upon us. The scene: Firestone fabric treating unit 8 at Gastonia. Construction work er and footwear owner had chosen to spend a summer lunch season when the weather was hour with feet "uninhibited.' IN APRIL Federal Census Coming Looking ahead. April 1 is the 'big day' in the 1970 census, the 19th in a series that began in 1790, longest track record of its kind in history. Most citizens will be involved, because this will be a do-it- yourself census. The questionnaire will be de livered by letter carrier. Each family will be requested to fill it out, using a pencil-dot language that can be read by FOSDIC, the Census Bureau's ingenious scanning machine. The U. S. Department of Com merce which operates the Bu reau of the Census says: You won't be able to learn anything about any one person from the decennial census. No one can learn about you—you're protected by Federal law. But from the census will come an outpouring of new and vital facts about the American peo ple and their way of life, the people of a city, county, metro politan area and the neighbor hoods in these areas; facts about states and the United States as a whole. Facts and figures which the upcoming census will gather are destined to influence the lives of most people in this country for the next 10 years. Tir«$ton« FEBRUARY • 1970 GASTONIA NORTH CAROLINA Managerial Appointments Six high-level management promotions in Fire stone Textiles Company were announced by Division President James B. Call, at the Gastonia headquarters last month. They are; John V. Darwin—Adminis trative Assistant to the Presi dent. Firestone Textiles Com pany. • Everett J. Mechem—Divi sion Comptroller. • Francis B. Galligan—Divi sion General Factory Manager. • Philip R. Williams—Factory Manager at Gastonia. • Ralph King — Plant Man ager at Bowling Green, Ky. • Edwin E. Fuller — Factory Manager at Bennettsville, S. C. Darwin and Mechem continue working from the Gastonia di vision headquarters. Galligan re turns to Gastonia from Bowling Green. King and Fuller were scheduled to move to their new posts by early February. From 1968 until his new as signment last month, John V. Darwin had been plant manager at Gastonia. From Gaffney, S. C., and a graduate of Duke University, he joined Firestone at Gastonia in 1943. Before that, he had been a public school teacher, a bookkeeper for a tex tile firm in South Carolina, and a department manager for Akers Motor Lines, Gastonia. He was advanced to plant sales manager at Firestone in 1950. Ten years later he was made administrative assistant to the plant general manager, be coming plant manager here in early 1968. Everett J. Mechem was comp troller at the Gastonia plant from 1951, until his newest pro motion last month. Originally from Burlington, Kan., he was graduated from high school there and from Enid (Okla.) Business College. After jobs in auditing and ac counting in Oklahoma, he joined the Firestone Stores district of fices in Oklahoma City in 1937. He finished his first five years with Firestone in the Dallas, Texas, Stores district, then transferred to the accounting de partment of the company’s Ak ron, Ohio, headquarters. For the next four years he was comptroller of a Firestone • More on page 3 GALLIGAN MECHEM DARWIN More Than 4 and 20; And In Several Rows Capistrano Mission in California has its swal lows, and the Gaddy’s Refuge at Ansonville, N. C., is winter quarters for Canada geese. •“Less known is the landmark water-storage tower in front of the Firestone Gastonia plant— as a year-round haven for starlings. On warmer days even in winter, thousands of the birds with a doubtful reputation converge On the tower strutwork at day’s end — their glossy green and purple plumage shimmering in the setting sun. The starling, one of the commonest of the Urban birds, is well at home anywhere, al though they do not prefer deep woods. AN ORIGINAL STOCK of less than 100 intro- dunced from Europe around 80 years ago has grown into multiplied millions over most of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Starlings have a bad reputation because of their overpopulation in cities, for their destruc tion of crops, and because of their sometimes Ornery behavior toward other birds. But they have good qualities, chief among which are their tremendous consumption of destructive insects, and the showy flash of their iridescent wings in graceful flight. From spectator points near their water-tower perch at Firestone,, the observer can study their Pastry of flight. Airborne, a flock appears as a single, joined unit—birds turning singly, bank- ^^g, twisting in unison in the same direction. In these complex maneuvers, their movements are executed without apparent leadership or Noticeable signals. J SO FLIGHT is the starlings" portion. But on the ground, they are decidedly gawky. More sociable in winter, their repertoire of Whistles and shrieking notes ranges from harsh to melodic. And did you know, the starling belongs to the same family as the renowned talking mynah, and a clever mimic of his fellows in the bird kingdom? Harold UCS Award Mercer J. Hugh McArver, outgoing president of the Great er Gastonia United Fund and Council of United Com munity Services, received the first Harold Mercer Me morial Award at the United Fund annual meeting at First United Methodist Church in January. The award, henceforward to years, helped the UF to be an annual recognition of the outgoing presidents of United Community Services, memorial izes Harold Mercer (1902-1969), for 38 years a Firestone execu tive and outstanding communi ty leader. In 1953, Mercer, with other business and industry lead ers, organized the Gastonia United Fund. He served as president in 1955. His vision and leadership especially in the organization’s formative flourish and grow to include most communities of Gaston County. Presenting the award, John V. Darwin noted that “Harold Mercer maintained his commitment to the Unit ed Way by serving on the board of directors for sev eral terms. “He inspired his company and its employees to take the • More on page 2 Applications For Scholarships Eleven applications in the 1970 Firestone College Scholarship competition had been recorded at the Gas tonia plant industrial rela tions office as of late Janu ary. Applications are from sons and daughters in Firestone employee families in the Gastonia area. Completed, applications from high- school seniors are sent to the company headquarters in Akron. Closing date is the end of February. • You can "share a gift of life" Feb. 24 ai the plant recreation center. That's the date for the first of two yearly Firestone visits of the Red Cross Re gional Bloodmobile. The blood mobile stops at Firestone and the plant community of West Gastonia in February or early March and in August every year. Coordinator of the blood-sharing program at Firestone is Ralph Johnson, employee re lations manager.
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