Our Bumper Sticker /
WITHOUT
MACHINES . . .
• •In manufacturing fa
cilities such a s Firestone
Textile Company plants,
people are ever aware of the
manpower factor making its
major contribution to pro
duction and progress.
Yet, men and women with
out machines would be dras
tically hampered. Think of a
primitive soapstone spindle
or a hand loom and their
contrast with any piece of
our present-day machinery.
Thinking of doing things
“by hand” recalls our ances
tors and how hard they
worked to “make do”—even
to survive. On this subject,
one newspaper columnist
noted recently that the aver
age worker today produces
five to six times as much—
per unit time — as did his
great - greatgrandfather 100
years ago. Appreciate the
machines and other “tools of
the trade” and the continu
ing improvements being
made to enable a greater vol
ume of production with ef
ficiency.
People & Places
IN THE
NEWS
Frederick Charles Kessell
went to work for the Georgia
Bank & Trust Co., Atlanta, this
spring. He received the MA de
gree in business administration
from Emory University at the
school’s recent commencement.
At Emory, Frederick was pre
sented the Wall Street Journal
Award. His undergraduate de
gree was earned at the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
Frederick’s father, A. C. Kes
sell, is employed in the Fabric
Treating unit at Gastonia.
Joseph E. Johnson was a suc
cessful candidate for the North
Carolina House of Representa
tives from Wake County in the
primary election this spring.
The Raleigh attorney-busi-
nessman, 30, is son-in-law of
Mrs. Rosie Francum, tool room
clerk (Firestone, Gastonia).
Johnson, a graduate of N. C.
State University and Wake For
est School of Law, is assistant
vice president and attorney with
Cameron-Brown Co., Raleigh.
Mrs. Johnson, the former
Jane Francum, received a Fire
stone Award of Merit in the
company’s college scholarship
program in her senior year in
JULY-GASTONIA
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Emphasis for
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U. S. SAVINGS
BONDS
You’ve seen those “We’re
The PEOPLE TIRE People—
We Care” bumper stickers
around since early this year.
They’re part of a campaign
to promote pride in the work
manship that goes into a
major Firestone product.
Now, a copy of those slickers
has found a place in history.
One of the Firestone red, white
and blue "We Care" banners
this spring was added to a store
of bumper stickers that is a part
of the material in Texas Me
morial Museum, University of
Texas at Austin.
The collection of bumper
stickers at the museum is one
of the very few if not the only
store of this type Americana be
ing catalogued and saved for
posterity.
THE MEMORIAL Museum
registrar, Mary S. Carnahan,
says:
“Last year we had the idea
that a collection of bumper
stickers would be of great inter
est to future historians. The
strips reflect to an amazing de
gree the major issues of the
times in which we live. They are
frequently phrased in delightful
wit, sometimes in bitter venom
and ocasionally on a poignant
note.”
The museum sent out a short
news story, requesting stickers.
“We expected a small return.
with perhaps enough for a po
litically-oriented sticker display
just before last Novembers elec
tions,” recalls the registrar. “We
were astounded by the interest,
as stickers came in by the thou
sands—from all over the U.S.
and some from Canada.”
This way the Firestone sticker
found its way to the museum.
The Gastonia Firestone News
editor read the request for stick
ers in “Collector’s Weekly”, an
antiques - collectables tabloid
published at Kermit, Texas.
A CLIP of the item was sent
along to Firestone’s public re
lations department at Akron,
Part Of Texas
Museum Collection
Ohio. The PR people there con
tacted the museum in Austin,
and arranged to add the Fire
stone sticker to the collection.
The museum’s first display of
stickers was done in three units:
An eight-panel arrangement of
political candidate-issue strips
from 1952 to the present; ecol
ogy stickers with an environ-
mental-protection exhibit; and
a representative sampling of the
other stickers received by the
museum.
Museum officials say that they
often have to explain to visiting
children that stickers are for ex
hibit only—not for sale.
Bowling Green
Service Years
Quality control manager Da
vid Hirsch is one of the several
to have spent most of his five
years Firestone service with the
Bowling Green plant. He began
working in tha summer of 1967
at Gastonia and was one of the
original group transferred from
North Carolina when the Ken
tucky plant began operations in
early 1968.
A graduate of N. C. State Uni
versity, he set up the Quality
Control department at Bowling
Green, with oversight of such
operations as the lab and in
spections.
A memorial service for Bonnie
Ledford (Mrs. William Frank)
Marsh was held at First Wes
leyan Church, with burial fol
lowing in Hollywood Cemetery,
Gastonia, June 16.
She had been employed at
Firestone, Gastonia, for more
than 30 years.
Her husband and one brother
survive.
Funeral for Bud C. Jordan, 71,
was held at Carothers Colonial
Chapel in Gastonia, June 11, and
burial followed in Graceland
Cemetery, Greenville, S. C.
Jordan retired from Firestone,
Gastonia, in 1950.
Survivors are his widow,
Sarah Brown Jordan; 5 sons, 3
daughters, 1 brother and 20
grandchildren.
high school. She was graduated
from UNC-Greensboro, is a for
mer teacher in Raleigh public
schools. The Johnsons have
three children.
Johnson, a former officer in
the military police corps, is
holder of the Army commenda
tion medal.
He worked as a page and as
sistant sergeant-at-arms in four
sessions of the N. C. General
Assembly. He has been active in
Democratic campaigns for 15
years. His win in the primary
virtually assures his voter ap
proval in the fall election.
Folkways, Centennials and History
July is the year’s midway and a good time for
going places. It’s a month when Firestone people
are on the go—vacationing. So, some random list
ings and notes that could apply to your interest
along the travel trail.
Folkways and a Fishing Village • Just one of
many N. C. events this month: Visitors to Burns
ville with its crafts interests will have a special
treat in the Music in the Mountains Folk Festival
on Sundays through July 30.
At Beaufort, a North Carolina “treasure town”,
you can view the future through the past, in a
colonial fishing village little changed through th3
centuries. Now through Labor Day, facilities of
Old Beaufort Restoration are open to the public.
There are houses dating to the early 1700s, an
ancient graveyard, and many reminders of th3
past and present bond with the sea.
Charleston's "Majestic Mile" • One of the most
ambitious restorations of recent years is the city’s
“Majestic Mile” along Old Meeting Street. The
new look revives an ante-bellum architectural at
mosphere. Restored buildings and some added,
including a $6-million hotel in keeping with
Charleston’s early days.
Centennials, Fairs, Festivals • A few Kentucky
July events: Centennial Celebration, Nortonville,
July 17-22; Homecoming Festival, Hutchins, 23;
Blue Grass Fair, Lexington, 21-23 and 24-29;
Western Ky. State Fair, Hopkinsville, 31-Aug. 5.
FOR FUN
& ADVENTURE
other Ky. (county) fairs, locations and dates in
July: Frankfort and Falmouth, 18-22; Franklin,
22-28; Albany, Dry Ridge, Hodgenville, Russell
ville, Harrodsburg, Somerset, Shelby, all 24-29;
Owingsville, 27-29; Danville, 28-30; Tompkins-
ville, 30-Aug. 5.
Ky., early August: Summer Festival on Padu
cah’s waterfront, 4-6; NIBROC Festival, Corbin,
4-11; Sacajawea Festival, Cloverport, 10-13 (hon
ors Indian maiden who guided Lewis & Clark
on westward exploration).
Drama Trails • Major ones in season: Ala.:
“The Miracleworker”, Tuscumbia. Fla.: “Cross
and Sword”, St. Augustine. Ky.: “Rameses—Story
of Moses”, Aurora; “Stephen Foster Story”,
Bardstown; “Legend of Daniel Boone”, Harrods
burg; “Book of Job”, Pineville; “Wilderness
Road”, Berea; “Little Shepherd of Kingdom
Come, Van.
Mo.: “Shepherd of the Hills”, Branson. N. C.:
“Unto These Hills”, Cherokee; “Horn in the
West”, Boone; “Lost Colony”, Manteo; “From
This Day Forward,” Valdese. Pa.: “Vorspiel”,
(story of Pa. Dutch people), Ephrata. Tenn.: “On
Top of Old Smoky”, LaFollette. Texas: “Texas”,
Canyon. Va.: “Common Glory”, Williamsburg;
“Long Way Home”, Radford; “Trail of the Lone
some Pine”, Big Stone Gap; “Passion Play”,
Strasburg. W. Va.; “Hatfields & McC(^s”, Beck-
ley.
As you go—^have fun. Travel safely.
FIRESTONE TEXTILES
COMPANY p. O. Box 1278
• Gastonia, N. C. 28052
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GASTONIA, N. C.
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