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• Gail Chas- iain (standing) received a 1970 Firestone Col lege Scholarship Award from James B. Call, division presi- president. Pre sented a Certifi cate of Merit and U.S. Savings Bond (from left): Katherine Ann Shull, Prenella Neely, Betsy Goebel, Murphey Ann Moore. From Page 1 Boy Scout Honors One Scholarship; Four Merit Certificates “I’m so grateful to the Firestone company for this opportunity to further my education, that it may help me to make the most of my life. Hoping that I can live up to the trust the company has placed in me, I’ll do my best.” It was Susan Gail Chastain’s response when she was present ed a Firestone College Scholar ship Award at the Gastonia plant recreation center in late May. At the luncheon, the Frank H. Ashley High School graduate received the Scholarship cer tificate from James B. Call, president of Firestone Textiles Company. Mr. Call also presented a Cer tificate of Merit and a $100 U.S. Savings Bond to four other 1970 TRAIL LONESOME PINE high-school graduates from the area. They, and their schools: • Murphey Ann Moore, Hunt er Huss High School, Gastonia. • Katherine Ann Shull, Bes semer City High School, Besse mer City. • Prenella Neely, Dallas High School, Dallas. • Betsy A r r a i n e r Goebel, Frank H. Ashley High School, Gastonia. ATTENDING the awards pro gram with the students were their parents, principals and/or assistant principals of the stu dents’ schools, and those rep resenting the Firestone com pany. Mr. Call noted that Miss Chas tain is the 16th Gastonia-area student to win the Firestone Scholarship since the company began the program in 1953. Nationwide, 39 students won Firestone Scholarships this year, bringing the total awarded to 521. A SCHOLARSHIP is worth up to $1,750 per year toward tuition, fees, required textbooks, and up to two-thirds room- board expenses during four years at college. The Scholarships are renew able up to four years, dependent upon the recipient’s acceptable achievement and record in col lege. A student receiving the grant may attend any accredited col lege or university in the United States, and pursue any desired course leading to a degree. Miss Chastain, who plans a career as teacher of Spanish, will enter Appalachian State University at Boone later this year. ALL FOUR area Certificate of Merit winners plan to enter college this fall. They, and their chosen schools: Murphey Ann Moore and Pre nella Neely, Winston-Salem State University, Winston- Salem; Katherine Ann Shull, Gaston Community College, Dallas; Betsy Goebel, Brevard College, Brevard. HERALDADVOCATE Praise For Bennettsville Story TRAVELING ON VACATION? Outdoor dramas and pageants are in sea son across the Southland and elsewhere. "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" story of a proud mountain people in the Appalachians is adapted from John Fox Jr's famous novel. It is staged at Big Slone Gap, Va., on the site where the story lived. For notes on "drama under the stars" and other travel cues, see "People Going Places", page 4. ‘Exotic Dancer...’ Marine S/Sgt. Truitt McNabb participated in “Exotic Dancer III” war games with the Second Marine Division near Camp Le- jeune, N. C., this spring. Truitt’s wife, Roxie Marie, works in twisting at Firestone. The Lejeune joint - services training exercise involved near ly 60,000 support troops operat ing against an opposing force of Atlantic command units. An editorial in the May 12 Marlboro Herald - Advocate, Bennettsville, S. C., had words of praise for a Fire stone “Traveler” feature in a late-April edition of Fire stone N(3N-SKID, Akron. Referring to the feature, “There’s Only One Bennetts ville,'’ the editorial called it “one of the nicest articles we’ve seen published about Bennetts ville. It went on: “The article says that . . . Rand McNally Atlas shows there is only one Bennettsville, and that is in the heart of Marl boro County, S. C. “The paper goes on to report that Firestone has had a textile plant—‘a good one’—here for 27 years. Included with the article are two photographs: One of Firestone’s textile plant in Ben nettsville and one of the Claud ius Pegues home, Marlboro’s old est house, built in 1770. “The history of Marlboro County is also included in the write-up and many interesting facts of the county are mention ed. "'Yes, the Firestone plant in Bennettsville weaves tire fabric for many tire manufacturing plants, but the people there weave a bit of friendship into your life, and they also weave a desire to stay and enjoy, enjoy'. “ ‘Bennettsville has a proud past and a growing future. The Traveler (Firestone travel writ er) salutes the area on this and all other anniversaries’ ’’ (Ben- nettsville’s sesqui - centennial year). Concludes the editorial: “Thank you, Ed Fuller, Fire stone plant manager, and your publication. Firestone NON- SKID, for your grand article on our wonderful county.” GASTONIA Volume XIX Number 6 June, 1970 Page 2 Claude C. Callaway, Editor Gastonia • Troop 6: Jimmy Dean Eddings, Michael Sparks, Timothy Edward Hatcher, Rob ert Andrew Hatcher, William Scott Spargo, Ralph Henry Jor dan IV, Ronald Blair Payseur and Paul Hadden Avery Jr. Troop 30: Cleveland Lewis Clark, Timothy Lawson Sher- mer, Alford D. Forbes and Ed die Goodwin. Troop 35: Charles Alfred Dixon, Omer Heracklis, Gregory Clyde Auten, Brinkley A. McArver, Tommy McCarter and Douglas Lee Stover. Troop 313: Tony Mull, Joseph E. Gettys, Charles Michael Brooks, Daniel W. Willis, Ken neth Henderson and Jerry Long. Bessemer City • Troop 37: ☆ ☆ ☆ Scott Sarvis, R o n a Id Watt, Randy S. Rhyne and Kenneth R. Rayne. Troop 54: Danny Gamble. Stanley « Troop 49: Robert E. Navey, Mike Caldwell, John Robert Murphey and Dean Coley. The company’s top award for Scouting is named for Raymond C. Firestone, chairman and chief executive officer. For many years the award honored Harvey S. Firestone Jr., another son of the company Founder and now honorary chairman. Originally, it was named the John W. Thomas Award, in honor of the company’s first chairman. ☆ ☆ ☆ SC Scout Charles Sweatt III, son Of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sweatt Jr., Bennettsville, S. C., received a $50 U.S. Savings Bond when he was recognized as Most Out standing Scout of Troop 631 in his hometown. The honor came at the 1970 Firestone Scouting Awards din ner meeting in Gastonia, May 21. F. B. Galligan, a former manager of the Firestone Ben nettsville plant and now divi sion general factory manager of Firestone Textiles Company, in troduced the award winner and his father. While in Bennetts ville, Mr. Galligan was a leader • Charles Sweatt III, Troop 631's Most Outstanding Scout, was presented a U.S. Savings Bond. With him here: His father and Troop 631 Scout master, Charles Sweat Jr.; and J. W. Mudd, a shift foreman at Firestone, Bennettsville. in the SC Pee Dee Area BSA Council. Charles’ father, employed in ply twisting at Bennettsville, is Scoutmaster of the Firestone- sponsored Troop 631. The Marlboro County Scout is the first to receive the award which the company makes to the outstanding member of Troop 631. IN MEMORY • Henson, Smith, Donaldson Spring 1970 deaths, Firestone people, Gastonia: • William G. Henson, plant engineer from 1935 to 1964. For many years was active in Loray Baptist Church, Gideons Inter national, and local retired peo ple’s group. Among survivors is his widow, Eva, retired from the cloth room at Firestone. • John Palmer Smith, a Fire stone retiree who last worked here in plant protection service. Was a member of the musical band of Golden Years Club. Outstanding in local Boy Scout leadership. Had been Scoutmas ter and Neighborhood Commis sioner in Piedmont Council. • Roger Donaldson, former Marine Pfc., had worked at Firestone after returning from Vietnam in 1969. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Donaldson, work at Firestone. When in Vietnam, Roger wrote a letter home which the Gas tonia Gazette published as an article on Roger’s views of pa" triotism. That story, also pub lished in Firestone News, was later reprinted in the national Disabled American Veterans magazine. Plant Offices Warehouses REPORTERS Monthly publication of the Gastonia, N. C., plant of Firestone Textiles Company, a division of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio. Division headquarters, Gastonia, N. C. 28052. James B. Call, president; Philip R. Williams, Gastonia factory manager. ☆ ☆ ☆ Industrial Relations—Dale Callahan Main Office—Bea McCarter Mechanical Dept.—Rosie Francum Quality Control—Louella Queen, Leila Rape Twisting (synthetics)—Elease Cole, Katie Elkins. Warp Preparation—Elmina Bradshaw, Nell Bolick Warehouse—Harold Robinson, Israel Good. Weaving (cotton)—Ruth Veitch Weaving, (synthetics)—Ann Cosey BENNETTSVILLE PLANT Faye Shankle, Mary H. Oliver, Sylvi® Lockamy, Louise S, Preston—RepoH' ers.
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