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$17,972.60 To UGF The annual United Givers Fund campaign at Fire stone, Bowling Green, in October reported employee and company pledges totaling $17,972.60. Several production shifts had 100 percent partici pation, as did Quality Control, Storeroom and Salaried employees. Award winners in the promotion prize drawing were Murrel Hockenbury, Neel Dillard, Miles Hines, Nellie Woodcock, Ernest Bennett, Eddie Houchens, Ricky Carroll, Roger Beckham and Wilton Gillock. The Bowling Green-Warren County UGF supports 11 community services. Ralph King, Firestone plant manager, is this year’s UGF president. Target for 1973 campaign is $170,000. As of late October, Firestone pledges represented the largest contribution in the campaign. Almanac County, regional and state fairs—most or all of them are history for 1973. This autumn, hundreds of Fire stone Textiles Company peo ple had fun participating in and just attending fairs in the Carolinas and Kentucky mainly. They spent money. And so, a remnant of. Ameri cana lingers on in the fair as an institution. Maybe tha current yearning for “the Good Ol’ Days” helped to make the country’s 2,150 county fairs this year more popular than ever. Figures aren’t available for the 1973 at- tendanc3. IN 1972, more than 70 million visitors—about one-third of the nation’s population — attended fairs to see home economics ex hibits, farm animals, farm ma chinery and equipment, revived pioneer arts and crafts, and the gaudy lure of the midway. Most county fairs run for a week or ten days from August through October, when the ‘har vest is got in.’ People who “come to the fair” are not coun try folks “by a long shot.” Two- ☆ ☆ ☆ Thanksgiving is Ihe holi day of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life . . . a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year— and the deep, deep connec tion of all these things with God. • Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson) The first Thanksgiving that became an established part of our heritage was held in December of 1621, when Gov ernor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony appointed a time of grateful dedication and celebration. After that, occasional feasts were held until 1863, when Thanksgiving Day finally became a nationwide observance. President Lincoln issued the first proclamation. Today the occasion is still a time for giving thanks with reverent prayers, and enjoying the colorful atmosphere of the “harvest got in”, as Gov. Bradford wrote of that first Thanksgiving. This year is the 352nd aniversary of that historic oc casion at Plymouth, Mass. The town has its commemorative celebration Nov. 22 this year. Then Plymouth opens its doors to visitors to tour the historic homes. Many residents serve cider and doughnuts to those who stop by. Nearby Plymouth (Plimoth) Plantation is a replica of the settlement as it looked in 1627. Costumed attendants take visitors on tours of homes and shops. thirds of the American popula tion is, crowded onto two per cent of the land area, and these city-dwellers now and then get a heart-tug for a touch of the land where all our roots grew to begin with. City people spent $200 million looking for a “touch of country” at fairs in 1972—maybe more than that this year. Racing Film Circulating “Generations in Speed”, the 1973 Indianapolis 500 race film, is available on loan through the Firestone Public Relations depart ment. The latest “500” film is a 16mm color-sound produc tion which runs around 25 minutes. It is available for showing to school groups, churches, service clubs, etc. Reservations for loan of “Generations in Speed” may be made through the person nel department of any of the three plants of Firestone Textiles Company — Gas- t o n i a, Bennettsville and Bowling Green. On BG Staff • Domingo Tay See Jr. recently joined the engineering staff at the Firestone Bowl ing Green plant. Domingo earned a BSEE degree at Cebu Institute of Technology, Cebu City, Philippines; and the MSEE de gree from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. His area of concentration was networks and electro-magnetics. At Bowling Green, Domingo is in charge of general plant electronic equipment and machinery, such as the dielectric heating control house of Treating Unit No. 1, which went into production in October. Domingo’s brother, Francisco See, also a Georgia Tech graduate, is with Firestone’s engineering department at the company headquarters in Akron, Ohio. WHEN NOT working at his specialty for Firestone, Domingo likes to build radio- controlled model airplanes. In 1964 he placed second in national competition for aerobatic- controlled model aircraft, the trials held in Manila. Some of Domingo’s other serious inter ests: Building electronic gadgetry, listening to good music, and being a stereo and quad rophonic buff. Long Service GASTONIA • • Two men with 35-year service records led the Gas tonia long-time employees list for October. They are Arthur H. Robinson, TC Weaving; and Gentry V. Tin dall, Shop. While these marked work an niversaries, 16 others at Gas tonia had records of from 5 to 30 years. Thirty Years • Hazel R. Foy, TC Twisting; Era G. Gribble, TC Weaving. Twenty- Five Years • Bessie G. Foster, Prep aration; Banna L. Booth, TC Twisting. Twenty Years • Andrew Hinson, TC Weaving. Fifteen Years • Melvin Sikes, TC Twisting; William E. Tomberlin and Charles W. May, TC Weav ing; Lucille G. Callahan, Chafer Weaving. Ten Years • Billy E. Froneberger, TC Twisting; Shirley O. Walker, TC Weaving; Ralph H. Kale, Chafer Weaving. Five Years • Virginia O. Carpenter, TC Twisting; Virginia H. Rob erts, Chafer Weaving; Robert A. Wentz and James G. Swan son, Shop. As you live and breathe! Give to Christmas Seals FOR FUN & ADVENTURE Take Time To Travel Some November’s days—crisp and still colorful with the last swatches of Autumn splendor—offer some of the best for “going places,” especially in Firestone Textiles Company’s “three States”— the Carolinas and Kentucky. Take time to travel some while there is scenic variety, special places to visit and seasonal events to enjoy and “get involved in.” North Carolina’s big event this month is the Carolinas Carrousel with its parade in Charlotte, Nov. 22. NC: Fiddling and Fishing • The Carolinas Holiday Festival at Hamlet is Nov. 17. Plenty of folk-art is offered in fiddling, “picking and singing”, and dancing at these NC locations: Cool Springs, Nov. 17; Terrell, 22; Courteney, 24. Among other happenings: Roundup and Fish ing Contest on Topsail Island, Nov. 24; Old Salem Moravian Candle Tea, Winston- Salem, 29-Dec. 1; Car Show, Winston-Salem, 29-Dec. 2. Morehead Planetarium at Chapel Hill offers the 25th annual “Star of Bethlehem”, Nov. 20-Jan. 7. Some NC events, early Dec.: Craftsmen Fair, Raleigh, 12; Square and Round Dance Festival, Shelby, 7-8; Old Salem Christmas 1800, Winston- Salem, 11. SC: Fiestas, Holidays and Chitlins • Salley hosts one of the State’s most-publicized events, Nov. 24: The Chitlin Strut. Besides chitlins, barbecue and chicken, there are country music and dancing. Other Nov. events: Antiques Show, Florence, 16-18; Thanksgiving Fiesta, Myrtle Beach, 17- 25; SC Bluegrass Festival (also Myrtle Beach), 23-25. And more: Thanksgiving Day Observance, Charleston, 22; Santa Parade, Spartanburg, 23; Carolina Carillon, Columbia, 26-27; Christmas Parade, Beaufort, 28; Miss Merry Christmas Fes tival, Kingstree, 30-Dec. 1; Holiday Fair, Green ville, 30-Dec. 1. Early Dec. in SC: Christmas Parades at West Columbia-Cayce, Dec. 1; Kershaw, 3; Batesburg- Leesburg, 5. Holiday Festival, Myrtle Beach, Dec. 1-Jan. 1; Williamston Christmas Park, 3-27. Ky.: Parades, Drama, Crafts • Some Nov. Christmas parades: Glasgow, Lebanon and Som erset, 23; Louisville, 24; Frankfort and Paris, 26. The Little Loomhouse in Louisville is open year-round, daily (afternoons), inviting you to browse and leam to weave. J. B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville offers “American Draw ings”, Nov. 13-Dec. 30. Kentucky/Artists Craftsmen exhibit at Russell ville runs through Nov. 30. Louisville’s Recrea tion Vehicle Show is Nov. 24-30. Other events: Bluegrass Artists Exhibit, Lexington, 30-Dec. 1; Thoroughbred racing on Saturdays at Churchill Downs through Nov. 24. Other States—Nov. and Early Dec. • Ga.; Thanksgiving Celebration, Sea Island, 21-25; Christmas parade in Savannah, 23 and Swains- boro, 29. Christmas Festival, Atlanta, 30, Va.; Colonial Weekends at Williamsburg, 30-Dec. 2. Traditional Christmas House, Big Stone Gap, Dec. 8-9. FIRESTONE TEXTILES COMPANY P.O. Box 1278 • Gastonia, N. C. 28052 ROBERT PASSaORB 1011 W. SECOND AVE, GASTONIA, N. C. 23052 BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID at Gastonia, N. C. PERMIT NUMBER 29
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