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Little To Big Waste in materials of pro duction — if uncontrolled — could put a company out of business. “Big things” such as a twister frame which costs now around $25,000, are readily noticeable. But there are “little things” so commonplace that they may be overlooked. Take, for ex ample, travelers. In 1972 the Gastonia Firestone plant alone spent more than $89,000 for ring travelers. People who are directly concerned with costs at this plant say that some $30,000 of that $89,000 expenditure was lost through unnecessary waste. The picture here? One ring traveler and a handful of “half-brothers”—small nylon items vital to the stop-motion control on twister frames. The collection was photographed on the parking lot pavement recently. Someone thoughtless ly emptied a pocket before leaving for home after a shift at work. Multiply this instance and you get some idea of the accrued waste involved. SC: Colorful Names Promised Land. Sound appeal ing? It’s not the renowned place which Moses saw from the mountain, nor is it the eternal abode “Beyond the River” of this earthly life. It’s a little community in South Carolina, and an example of many intriguing place names in the Palmetto State. Of these others, for instance, there is Prettyman’s Mill. And Level Land, Round O, Nine Times, Old House, Six Mile, Strawberry and Yauhannah. August, 1973 Page 4 Mattie Styers I What If I Should Go? AM • Please take good care of me. Perhaps YOUR JOB you don’t think much of me at times, but if you should wake up some morning and find me gone, you would start the day with an uneasy feel- ing. From me you get food, clothing, shelter, and other necessities. Extra or ‘luxury’ things too. Considering the fact that you need me for many things, I wonder that you neglect me as you do at times. What if I should slip away from you? What happiness would go along with me? Your folks at home would worry, and your bank account would dwindle. You would be forced to forego many things that make life most pleasant. Your clothes would look shabby, your courage would weaken, your dash would depart. You would feel beaten. So after all, I am very important to you. Cherish me. Take good care of me and I will take good care of you. I am your job. • Redona testing lire-fabric material in the laboratory at Bennettsville. From Schoolteaching To Laboratory Redona J. David has worked at Firestone’s Bennettsville plant since late 1967. A clerk in the Laboratory, Redona has had 15 years teaching in public schools of Williamsburg, Darlington and Marlboro counties. She has a BA degree from Allen University, Columbia. When not working at Firestone, she de votes some time to her favorite hobbies— playing softball and baseball, swimming and making music on the organ. A member of Independent Lodge #8, she holds the office of secretary. She is a mem ber and secretary of Dyers Hill Methodist Church. Redona lives on Bostic Street in Bennetts ville. She is the mother of four daughters: Gloria, Doris, Pamela and Brenda. Gloria recently graduated from Durham Business College in business administration. Plant Visitor Neel Dillard visited the Fire stone plant while he, his wife Kay and their daughter Felischa were in Gastonia last month. Their stop in Gastonia was part of vacation travel in Tennessee, Georgia and the Carolinas, then back home to Kentucky. High lights of their trip were stops at Six Flags near Atlanta; and Disney World, Orlando. Neel is maintenance foreman at Fire stone Textiles, Bowling Green. Service Years Sampson Barkus was present ed his lapel pin symbolizing the five years of service which he had as of June 26 this year. Sampson works in Ply Twisting department, Bennettsville. Art, Wagon Train, Flatboat Race FOR FUN & ADVENTURE Mrs. Mattie Styers McCann, 74, retired from Firestone of Gastonia, died recently. Funeral was at Temple Baptist Church and burial in Hollywood Ceme tery. Surviving are a sister, Miss Marguerite Styers, secretary in the division personnel office at Firestone; brothers J. B. Styers and J. Maynard Styers. • • August: Soul of abundance in another growing sea son on its way to richer maturity. Sunny drowsy days . . . joe-pye weed dotting the meadow purple. Here and there, a dogwood leaf turning red—certain signal that another Autumn is coming down the valley. • • August’s here again, with her treasures of fine things in another Golden Season. Down South it means late-summer festivals, early com munity and state fairs and many more seasonal events, not to mention the scenery along the way to where it’s all taking place. In August and early September, the going’s great. And to help with your more meaningful travel overnight, weekends or longer trips on vacation—these travel notes, with emphasis on things in the Carolinas and Kentucky. NC: Trail Rides, Fiddlin' & Several Festivals • Among outstanding August events in this state are the NC Apple Festival at Hendersonville, Aug. 25-Sept. 3; Mountain Crafts Fair at Fon tana, 27-Sept. 1; and Original Bluegrass Festival at Reidsville, 31-Sept. 2. Other Bluegrass fes tivals this month at Spruce Pine, 24-26; Kings Mountain, 31-Sept. 3. Other August events: Fiddler’s Contest at Pin nacle, 25; Outdoor Art, Blowing Rock, 25; Rock Swap, Nantahala Gorge, 25-26; Gun Show, Ashe ville, 25-26; Reedy Creek Wagon Train, 25-26. Early Sept. in NC: Asheboro’s Wagon Train, Sept. 1-2; Bluegrass Festival at Camp Springs, 1-3. NC outdoor drama and season’s closing dates: From This Day Forward, Valdese, Aug. 19; Lost Colony, Manteo, Aug. 25; Unto These Hills, Cherokee, Aug. 28; Horn in the West, Boone, Sept. 1. SC: A Fair, A Regatta & Hillbilly Day • Among major SC events this month are the Upper SC State Fair at Greenville, 30-Sept. 8; Grape Festival at York, 17-18; Foothills Arts & Crafts Festival, Pendleton, 18-19. Other August “doings”: Blacksburg Rodeo, 17- 18; Southern 500 Golf Tournament, Darlington, 23-26. And in early Sept.: Southern 500 Parade, Darlington, Sept. 1; Sunfish Regatta, Beaufort, 1-2; Labor Day Air Show, Santee, 1-2; Southern 500 race, Darlington, 3; Hillbilly Day, Salem, 3; Charleston’s Labor Day Celebration, 3; SC Apple Festival, Westminster, 7-9; Squaredance, Myrtle Beach, 14-15. Ky.: A Spinning Bee, All-Day Sirg and a Flat- boat Race • Fulton has its International Banana Festival, Aug. 15-18, and the Little Loomhouse in Louisville offers a Spinning Bee, 18; while Pres- tonsburg stages Kentucky Highland Festival, 31- Sept. 2. Renfro Valley’s Rodeo is Aug. 24-26; Windy Hollow Jamboree Saturdays in Owensburg. year- round; Renfro Valley All-Day Sing, 23. More: Bluegrass Steam, Gas Engine and Antique-Car Show, Harrodsburg, Aug. 18-19; Gun Show at Paris, 18-19; Flatboat Race on the Ohio, Hen derson to Owensboro, 23-26; National Open Horseshoe Tourney, Lexington, 18-19. Ky. outdoor drama and season’s closing dates. Stephen Foster Story, Bardstown, Sept. 2; Leg end of Daniel Boone, Harrodsburg, Aug. 26; Wilderness Road, Berea, Sept. 2; Book of Job, Pineville, Sept. 1; Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, Van, Sept. 2. Ky. Fairs last half of Aug.: State Fair, Louis ville, 16-25; Brodhead, 12-18; Hartford, 15-18; Frenchburg, 21-25; Calhoun, 22-29; Williamsburg, 29-Sept. 1; Mt. Sterling, 27-Sept. 1; Alexandria, 31-Sept. 3; Leitchfield, 31-Sept. 4. Some Events in Other Stales • Fla.: Commem oration of founding America’s oldest city, St. Augustine, Aug. 15-18. Ga.: “Our Friends the Enemy” pageant, Fitzgerald, 17-18; drama “Drum-beats in Georgia,” Jekyll Island, through Sept. 3. La.: Shrimp Festival at Delcambre, 16- 19. Va.: Surfing Championship, Virginia Beach, 25-26: W.Va.: Arts & Crafts Festival at Beckley, 25-26. Early Sept. in other states: Ohio; Johnny Ap- pleseed Days, Lisbon, 13-15; Texas: Fiesta de Flores, El Paso, 1-3; Texas Folklife Festival, San Antonio, 6-9. FIRESTONE TEXTILES COMPANY P.O. Box 1278 • Gastonia, N. C. 28052 BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID at Gastonia, N. C. PERMIT NUMBER 29 ROBERT PASSMORE 1011 W. SECOND AVE. GASTONIA, H. C. 28052
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