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• • Firestone plans to spend $330 million on expansion
and modernization of plants and equipment during fiscal
1975, based on the “need to be ready for the growth we see
ahead,” according to company President Richard A. Riley.
Reported capital expenditures in 1974 were $329 million.
“Our long-range outlook is ex- dustry, Riley said some 70 mil-
cellent, the medium-term pic
ture appears fairly strong and
we expect to be able to manage
our way through the short-run
crises that may beset our econ
omy as a whole and our indus
try in particular,” Riley told
those at the annual meeting of
stockholders.
Of prospects for the tire in-
Enrollment Up
At NCVTS
In late January, enrollment at
North Carolina Vocational Tex
tile School was up to 254 stu
dents, about 100 more than
normal. Although the recession
has cut down on textile em
ployment, the increase in stu
dents reflects a pattern that
“when mills slow down, people
have more time to go to school
and upgrade themselves,” said
John Jenkins, the school’s direc
tor.
State - supported NCVTS at
Belmont trains people for su
pervisory and other jobs in the
industry. It has a staff of 13
fulltime and 6 part-time in
structors.
To take care of the enroll
ment, new sections in the winter
semester have been added and
day and night classes are of
fered. There are 2-year degree
and 1-year diploma programs.
Clemson, Georgia Tech, Phil
adelphia College of Textiles,
and Southern Technical Insti
tute of Marietta, Ga., accept
transfer students and give credit
toward bachelor of science de
grees in textile management.
Tuition is free to North Caro
lina residents.
Some Snow
On The Mountain
Shadows On The Slope •
Mandy Farmer (r), daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Farmer (he
is in Firestone Process & Prod
uct Development) was with a
number of Firestone people who
went from Gastonia to ski in the
Boone-Blowing Rock area in
January. They made 2 trips. In
cluded were Boy Scouts from
Troops 21 and 523. Scoutmasters
Farmer and Harry Laver (Fire
stone comptroller) accompanied
the groups for beginners' in
struction and a "skiing good
time."
lion cars and 280 million tires on
the road are 2 years old or old
er. The president added:
• This is a big market for re
placement tires, and we are
ready for it . . . ready for it in
the rest of the world, too, where
the auto population generally is
growing at a faster rate than it
is in our country.
• Original-equipment passen
ger car market will be domi
nated by radials in 1975, with 70
per cent of all new cars using
them. Even with reduced new
car production, the number of
radials is expected to reach 27.2
million, a 34 per cent increase in
original-equipment usage over
1974.
• Replacement market for
radials should reach almost 36
million units in 1975, a 17 per
cent increase over last year.
First-Aid Course
A 3-week standard First Aid
course at Firestone, Bennetts-
ville, had Dana Crosland as in
structor. He is retired from the
Bennettsville Post Office.
Those who received certifi
cates upon completion of the
course in the Firestone Activi
ties Building; David Coleman,
Charles Sweatt, Mary Oliver,
Redona David, Faye Shankle,
Jack Anderson, Margaret Mc-
Caskill, Lewis Cook, J. W.
Mudd, Geraldine Strickland and
Teddy Stubbs.
• Marty
Duckworth
of Main Of
fice (Cost
Accounting)
recorded
this view of
Firestone
tower land-
m a r k and
the Flag fly-
ing high
above the
plant neigh-
hood.
Acorn To Zag
• • Snow and Ice in Au
gust: Hotspot even in the
dead of Winter. And
Goody, OK, Smile and Joy
in all seasons. They're
names of communities in
Kentucky.
The list of interesting
place names in the Stale is
long. So, these are just
more of a Sample (that's a
place, too!):
Acorn, Amos, Beefhide,
Blackjoe, Brandy Keg,
D o g t o w n , Ever, Grab,
G u 11 e 11, Gum Sulphur,
Hard Money, Jinks, Kettle,
Lick Skillet emd Paw Paw.
Pee Vee, Peg, Pomp,
Pride, Skate, Skullbuster,
Sprout, Tongs, Turkey
Foot, Vest, Wax, Win,
Wisdom, Zachariah and
Zag.
$18,610 To UGF
CD
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BOWLING
GREEN
ports, as had schools, govern
mental agencies and utilities.
Small firms, retail outlets and
professions were yet to report.
In January, more than $175,
000 had been pledged toward the
$180,000 goal.
Chairman for the Firestone
UGF solicitation were Jim Grif
fin, projects engineer; and Leroy
Johnson, engineering aid. Sever
al department managers, super
visors and other volunteers
throughout the plant organiza
tion assisted Griffin and John
son.
1
Bowling Green (Ky.) Firestone people pledged $18,610
to United Givers Fund in the 1974-75 campaign. Contribu
tions exceeded the figure of the year before, with 848 em
ployees making Fair-Share pledges in the funds-gathering
effort which carried over into the new year.
In January all industrial “We’re pleased that our peo-
plants had completed their re- pie were generous well beyond
the $17,000 goal of our cam
paign,” said Griffin. A drawing
from names of all those who
participated in the UGF drive
selected prizes. Winners, theii-
departments, and gifts provided
by the company:
Robert Furkins, Maintenance,
GE television set; Virginia Car
ver, Twisting, GE clock radio;
Betty Hurst, Twisting, Corning
pie dish; James Hunter, Twist
ing, Black & Decker drill; Mary
Liles, Weaving, electric grass
shears; Johnny Simmons, Weav
ing, Coleman gas lantern; David
Waller, Quality Control, pop
corn popper.
Money raised through UGF
goes toward support of 12 par
ticipating charitable, character-
building and other people-help
organizations during 1975.
Retreading...
Enough to circle the earth 4
times at the equator. They’re the
more than 200 million tire cas
ings discarded each year in the
U.S.
The Tire Retread Information
Bureau notes that retreads are a
way of recycling tires while
saving valuable crude oil re
serves.
It takes 7 gallons of oil to
produce an average auto tire,
but only 2M> gallons to retread
one.