GASTONIA BENNETTSVILLE BOWLING GREEN
NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA KENTUCKY JULY • 1973
Dedicated Men and Women
“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.
“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 ad
vance the ever-growing sales and profits objectives of the
company year after year and to insure its future progress
and success.”
• Statement by Harvey S. Firestone Jr., upon
his retirement as a director of the
company. (See obituary, page 3).
GARY HOWE
1973 Top Scout
Before the summer is over, two major experiences will
have become a part of the eventful life of Gary Howe. The
17-year-old Eagle Scout of Troop 25, Gastonia, last month
became the 25th in the Gastonia area to receive the Fire
stone company’s highest award for Scouting excellence.
And upcoming soon is his planned trip to the American West
-—backpacking, rock-climbing and exploring.
Gary will visit the Grand your serious consideration for
Canyon, Teton National
Park, Rocky Mountain Na
tional Park, the Painted
Desert and other places of
interest.
Gary received the Raymond
C. Firestone Award at the an
nual Scout Banquet in Firestone
Recreation Center, June 20.
Recommending him for the
honor, Scoutmaster Jim Stroupe
said;
“A hardworking, cooperative
and alert young man, Gary
Howe is certainly deserving of
• • Firestone Textiles Company President James B. Call pre
sented 1973 Silver Medallion to Scout Gary Howe.
Gallons Of Generrosity
Eighteen employees at the
Firestone Gastonia plant were
honored at a luncheon recently,
for their contributions to the
Red Cross Regional Blood Pro
gram. Records of donating blood
were from 1 to 4 gallons.
Those who have given 1 gal
lon: Fred H. Holloway, Larry
M. Stevens. Ronald L. Franks,
Dorse! J. Saylors, Paul Whit
field, Bea McCarter, Edward
Crisp. For 2 gallons: Jerry S.
this high award.”
He received the Silver Medal
lion, symbol of the award, a
Certificate of Merit, a $100 U.S.
Savings Bond, and a $27.00
check for an expense fund to
Schiele Scout Reservation in
Polk County, or for purchase of
scouting equipment.
Besides Gary’s recognition, 17
other Scouts from Gaston Coun
ty were named Merit Winners
for their noteworthy achieve
ment in Scouting.
• More on page 2
Come along with me
'Wolf' Williams, grandson of Burley Williams
(a Firestone retiree), added some special inter
est to the Firestone Playground at the Gastonia
plant when he brought his pet white mouse one
day last month. Wolf was frisbee champion at
the playground last year. He has other pets in
addition io his mouse: Five dogs, a bird, a snake,
a hamster and a guinea pig. What does he call
his albino mouse? "Blackie"—of all things! The
little animal rides on his master's shoulder
and head; listens and obeys Wolf's commands.
Some Reasons Why Women Work
Mitchell, Doris C. Hollifield, Roy
L. Davis, Algie Warren, Melvin
Carpenter.
Those with records of 3 gal
lons: Dorothy Couick, Eula Wil
son, Ida Byers, Helen McCarter;
and 4 gallons: James Thomas,
Fred Davis.
Company appreciation gifts
are to 1-gallon donors, a sterling
pencil; 2-gallons, a sterling pen;
3-gallons, a leather billfold; and
for 4-gallons, a portable radio.
Why do women work at Fire
stone? For a host of reasons,
and many of them not too clear-
cut and some overlapping. But
some are basic.
A sampling of 15 women sur
veyed at Firestone’s Gastonia
plant last month gave these
reasons for working:
«... “To earn money (either
as primary or supplemental in
come), and
«... To satisfy a need to be
creative, and to feel that my
work is appreciated for its qual
ity.”
Nine of the number surveyed
chose “the need to earn money”
as main object for their work
ing. The other six said they
work to meet “the need to be
creative and have satisfaction in
a job well done.”
Miss Emilie
Came Back
For A Visit
It had been 53 years, and
not many of the old-timers
were still around. Changes—
scads of them, yet much that
was familiar.
A flood of memories came
rolling back when Miss Emilie
Schultz returned for a visit at
the Firestone Textiles mill in
Gastonia last month. She had
departed what was then Loray
Cotton Mills for work in the
Far East in 1920.
The pioneering company nurse
and advisor in health and sani
tation back in the old Loray
Mill days, now lives at Penney
Retirement Commimity near
Jacksonville, Fla.
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A THIRD reason suggested on
the survey was: “I work to de
velop interests outside my home,
so as to become (or continue to
be) a well-rounded person.” Al
though none of the number in
terviewed selected this as a pri
mary reason for working, most
agreed that this reason is a
factor somewhat embodied in
the other two basic reasons
mentioned in the survey.
Women in production, offices
and supervisory jobs at Gaston
ia are represented in the sur
vey. Age range is from 19 to
62 years. The survey was a
portion of a larger survey be
ing conducted by the Firestone
Non-Skid.
RETIRED
Giles Emmett of TC Twist
ing completed a long career
with Firestone, Gastonia, in
June. He went into retire
ment with a record of 31
years and 8 months service,
all at the Gastonia plant.
Henry Church who was
among those who retired and
were reported in Firestone
News, June, had 33 years
and 3 months service, the
last several of that time in
the Shop at Gastonia. The
June paper erroneously re
ported his service record as
23 years.
• • At 79, Emilie Schultz continues to find avenues of
service, ways to keep her days interesting and rewarding.
Handbag in her lap is one she wove of Florida longleaf pine
needles. Katie Elkins, beam knotter in TC Twisting and wife
of Freddie Elkins, general foreman in that department, shows
a tiny bell-shaped necklace which Miss Emilie received as a
gift from her nursing-school alumni friends.