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u. .urn. .smmau I •PSSP" 3 More Parking • Old IR Annex at Second Avenue and Millon Slreet came beneath the bulldozer July 17, Retired With 28 Years Annie E. Grant had 28 years with the company when she re tired from the Bennettsville Firestone Textiles Company, July 31. Annie was a loom knot- ter in the Cord Weaving de partment. Her husband, Faison Grant, retired from the Bennettsville plant in November, 1969. Tuition From Page 1 and in some way helps the em ployee on his job or prepares him for greater responsibility with the company. For more than 20 years, Fire stone employees have been able to complete college courses at a lower cost through the tuition refund program. All fulltime Firestone employ ees — hourly and salary — are eligible to take part in the pro gram. People Who Gave American Red Cross Carolinas Regional Bloodbank had 141 donors when the mobile collection unit visited Firestone Textiles at Gastonia, early July. Of the 141 total, 131 were from Firestone families. AT LAST bloodmobile visit SUMMER HAT End an apt message, seen among odds-and-ends at moving time for Methods & Standards and Firestone News, to new quarters on ihird floor of "main mill" in July. The stop at the plant Recrea tion Center was the second of two regular visits the bloodmo bile makes to Firestone each year. The Firestone donor list: B-H: J. C. Barnes, Roy Bird, Larry Bradley, Ira Broadway, Sammy Bunton, Ida Byers, Em ma Campbell, Joel Carpenter, Sara Carpenter, Douglas Carson, Edna Champion, Roy Chastain, Beulah L. Cook, Annabell Con ner, Christine Cooper, Dorothy Couick, Eva Nell Crawford, El mer Crews, Dezaree Crisp, Ed ward Crisp. Ralph Dalton, Michael Davis, Roy L. Davis, Jane Dobbins, Ray England, Jack Faile, B. R. Farm- TEXTILES er, Helen S. Foy, Ronald Franks, Paul R. Fuller, F. B. Galligan, William H. Galloway, Mary Go forth, Ross Gregory Jr., R. F. Hager, H. G. Hall, Belon Hanna, Pauline Hanna, Charles E. Har- rill, Clyde H. Hayes Jr., Patricia Henson, George High, Charles Hill III, George A. Hill, David Hollifield, Doris Hollifield, Larry Hollingsworth, Fred H. Hollo way, James T. Horton, Horace R. Hughes, E. H. Hurst, Sandra Huss, J-P: Bertha Jolly, E. J. Jolly, Marie Jones, Dianne Jordan, Michael Jordan, A. C. Kessell, Harold Kirkland, Terry Kirby, Ronald Laughlin, Harry Laver, D. N. Lewis Jr., Ollie Liles, An Investment In The Future In the textile industry, there is opportunity for everyone with ambition and ability. And a career in today’s modern textile industry is an investment in the future. These and on the site, an extension of plant parking facilities. Harvey Pickelsimer (left) and George Hill, both Shop, constructed wall at parking lot before surfacing was done. promises are bearing fruit, as evidenced by the fact that each year more than 40,000 persons begin careers in tex tiles. The industry, concentrated in the Southeast, has more than 432,000 persons employed in the Carolinas alone. A recent example of oppor tunity in the textile industry was pointed out through a re search report from North Caro lina A&T State University. The report, released in .July by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor tunity Commission (EEOC), said the Carolinas textile industry has become a major minority hirer. THE REPORT noted that black employees are found working alongside white work ers in most entry-level produc tion jobs. Overall black employment in creased from less than 15,000 in 1960 to more than 61,000 today, or from 4.6 to 14.1 per cent of total employment in the two states’ textile industry. The research, done by the A&T department of economics and center for manpower re search and training, was based on annual reports which em ployers of more than 100 work ers are required to submit to EEOC. Also, findings were based on interviews with industry workers and management, gov ernment personnel and com munity leaders in eight areas of the Carolinas. The report suggested that changes in community racial at titudes had more of an effect on employment practices than did federal pressures or shortage of white workers, ‘Stop Fire’ Theme "Help Stop Fire" is theme for the 1973 Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7-13, sponsored internation ally by the National Fire Pro tection Association (NFPA). Samuel T. Lowery, Charles Lunsford, A. D. McCarter, Helen McCarter, David McCarver, Marvin McCurry, Cramer Mc Daniel, Juanita McDonald, Rich ard McGinnis, Richard McMillan, Wayne McMillan. Nick J. Mace, R. E. Mack Jr., James M. Marlowe, Ernest Mason, Ernest Mauney, Ronald Melton, Martin Messers, R. L. Metcalf Sr., Miles Michaels, Jerry Mitchell, Kenneth R. Na tions, Paul Neal, William O’Neal, W. L. Owens, John Owensby, Dillard Palmer, J. L. Parks Jr., Gordon Patterson, James M. Patterson, Carol S. Payne, Clyde D. Phillips. O-W: Bobby R. Queen, James R. Queen, James L. Ramey, Fred Rankin, Ralph L. Reep, Alvin Riley, Vera Robinson, Bobby A. Rogers, Carl J. Rum- felt, Larry Sanders, Mildred Sims, Marlene Stewart, Motell Stiles, Larry Stevens, Pauline Stroupe, Archie Thomas, James O. Thomas, Cindy Tino. John L. Turner, Thomas W. Turner, Franklin Wallace, Jim my Watson, Robert Wentz, Cecil Whitaker, Floyd Whitaker, Paul Whitfield, Barbara Whitworth, Hansford Wilkes, B. H, Wil liams, Philip R. Williams, Bobby L. Wilson, Eula Wilson, Minnie Wilson, Gladys Wright. Frank Gurley Frank L. Gurley, 70, died July 18. He had spent 25 years with the Firestone company, Gas tonia plant, retiring 7 years ago as third-shift production super intendent. Funeral was at Covenant United Methodist Church and burial in Gaston Memorial Park, July 20. Surviving are his widow, Annie; daughter Mrs. James R. Young; son Jim Gur ley; 9 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. A Right To Be Proud “Workers at Firestone Textiles plant in Bennettsville have a right to go around with a broad smile upon their faces these days,” said a recent editorial in Marlboro Herald- Advocate. The editorial went on to say that announcement had been made that the Ben nettsville plant had been honored with an “Award of Merit” from the National Safety Council for the plant’s safety work record. The editorial said: “This is the second highest award that the National Safety Council can give. And this honor is only the latest recognition to come to this plant. It recently was noted for its excellence of suggestions to increase ef ficiency and cut costs, and is regularly a leader in purchases of U.S. Savings Bonds and in contributions to the United Fund of Marlboro County. “Hats off to Firestone employees and management. You are a real credit to our community in many, many ways.” STORE SALE • • Richmond Plaza Firestone Stores of Rockingham, N.C. a while back had a Firestone em ployees' "Vacation-Bound" sale in the parking lot across from the Bennettsville Firestone plant. Rockingham store manag er Willie Kennedy, was "well pleased." Employees purchased specials — tires, television sets, garden tools and supplies. Pur chase of several bicycles was one of the "trends" of the sale. Some employees who bought bikes are riding them to work. GASTONIA REPORTERS Volume XX Number 3 August, 1973 Page 2 Claude C. Callaway, Editor 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. Mem ber South Atlantic Council of Industrial Editors and International Association of Business Communicators. Plant Offices Warehouses Industrial Relations—Dale Callahan Main Office—Bea McCarter Mechanical Dept.—Rosie Francum Quality Control—Louella Oueen, Lelia Rape Twisting (synthetics) — Elease Cole, Katie Elkins Warp Preparation—Elmina Bradshaw, Nell Bofick Warehouse—Harold Robinson. Israel Good Weaving (cotton)—Ruth Veitch BENNETTSVILLE PLANT Faye Shankle. Mary H. Oliver, Sylvia Lockamy, Frances Fletcher—Report ers. BOWLING GREEN Dorothy Kingrey, Mary Snell, Mary Bryant. Brenda Loafman, Teresa Leonard Tires, seat padding, pedal pads, hoses, seals, spark plug covers, window weatherstrips and spring silencers are a few of the more than 600 rubber components contained in a single 1973 automobile. At pres ent, the U S. auto industry uses more than 2 billion pounds of rubber products annually.
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