Playground Season
TO EARLY
AUGUST
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Splash in the wading pool
. . . swing away . . . see-saw
. . . pitch horseshoes . . . laze
in sun and shade. Youngsters
to age 12 in West Gastonia
have the Firestone play
ground to themselves in the
season which began June 13
and will continue through
August 5.
The company-owned facil
ity in front of the mill is
made available each summer
for operation by Gastonia
City Parks Si Recreation.
Children at play are super
vised by personnel employed
by City Recreation.
The playground operates
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.; Saturday and Sunday,
2-5 p.m.
Textile Industry Saving Energy
U.S. textile manufacturers
have reduced the amount of en
ergy used to produce a pound of
goods by 11.4 per cent. A report
which the American Textile
Manufacturers Institute (ATMI)
completed in May shows com
parison of 1972 with 1976 energy
consumption.
It was compiled to meet re
quirements of a new Federal
Energy Administration (FEA)
program. The country’s 10 most-
energy-intensive industries are
required by FEA to participate.
Under the program, 33 ATMI
member companies must report
to FEA semi-annually on their
progress toward reaching a ten
tative energy-reduction goal of
27 per cent by 1980. Besides the
textile companies which are re
quired to report to FEA, 16 other
ATMI members are voluntarily
participating in the program.
THE 49 TEXTILE firms rep
resented in the report curbed
their energy usage by 9.6 per
cent between 1972 and 1976, but
the figure rose to 11.4 per cent
when energy consumed by “non
productive facilities,” such as air
and water pollution-control de
vices, were subtracted.
Since the textile industry was
at 79 per cent of its estimated
capacity in 1976, compared with
an estimated 84 per cent in 1972,
actual energy efficiency was
better than the figures indicate,
the report noted.
This significant energy reduc
tion is brought about by volun
teer efforts encouraged by high
er energy costs and a strong
economic incentive to save fuel.
Several things have helped in
the industry’s reduction of en
ergy use. Among these are care
ful production scheduling, in
sulation of facilities, use of heat
recapturing and recycling equip
ment, and lowered thermostats.
BOWLING T T r* TT
GREEN U
Thomas Yelton is the current
president-elect and funding
drive chirman of Bowling Green
(Ky.) United Givers Fund. The
Firestone Textiles plant man
ager will move up to president
of UGF for the 1977-78 year.
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TRAIL tucky's Cumberland Mountains, and to better understand
simple pleasures of the outdoors. For other "some places specied"
and "things going on" in Our 3 States, see page 4. (Photo: Ky. Dept.
Public Information).
Lee Truman of South Central
Bell Telephone is the upcoming
president-elect and chairman of
the funds campaign this fall.
Last month the UGF board
approved Big Brothers-Big Sis
ters as a member organization,
bringing to 13 the number of
community services financially
supported through UGF.
Some Bennettsville Notes ...
The Stubbs twins, Freddy
T. and Teddy M., began their
sixth year at Firestone, Ben
nettsville, May 11. The broth
ers who are twister operators
in Cable Twisting, started
their employment on the
same day in 1972.
Also, beginning his sixth
year at Bennettsville, June
16, is Herdith L. Calhoun Jr.
He is a weaver in Cord
Weaving.
At Bennettsville last month,
members of plant supervision
took a safety test. Clock employ
ees attended six safety meetings
to review first aid and see a film
“Safety Record.”
Ralph Lamp of Safety Equip
ment Company met with the
plant Fire Brigade to tell how
and demonstrate the correct way
to mount and use Scott A i r
Paks. Members of the Fire Bri
gade attended two training ses
sions presented b y Marlboro
County Firemen’s Association.
Instructors were personnel of
the South Carolina Fire Acad
emy.
Gene Clay, fork-truck opera
tor at Bennettsville, studied on
ways to do something about a
‘blind’ corner in his work area,
figured that a convex mirror
would do OK.
So, he offered the idea through
the Suggestion System; it was
Marlboro Tech
Plant Visit
• • Claude Smith, plant man
ager (front left) and Jesse Miles,
Marlboro Technical School in
structor (right), with the 24
MVS students who visited Fire
stone Textiles at Bennettsville
recently. Mr. Smith talked on
the plant layout and making of
tire cord, before the visitors saw
production operations—the tour
conducted by Mr. Smith, staff
assistant E.W. Perkins and main
tenance supervisor Lemont F.
Williams.
approved and paid for.
Now, the mirror is mounted at
an intersection adjacent to a
fork-truck route and the Supply
Room walkway (also truck and
auto route). It’s taking care of a
safety hazard, especially for peo
ple who must travel on foot in
this plant area.
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“A person who tolerates the
devil will sooner or later en
dorse him,” Aunt Sadie told
Uncle Jule, as she put a pan of
cornbread into the oven.
Jacqueline Wyatt Shares WC Money
Jacqueline Beth Wyatt shares
with three other Bowling Green
(Ky.) students in scholarships
totaling $1,000, presented re
cently by the Bowling Green
Woman’s Club and administered
by the College Heights Founda
tion.
A graduate this year of War
ren East High School, she is the
1977 recipient of the Firestone
company’s four-year college
scholarship. Jacqueline plans to
attend Western Kentucky Uni
versity beginning this fall. Her
father works in the fabric-treat-
ing department a t Firestone,
Bowling Green.
ISIYM Award
To Farmer
B.R. Farmer has received an award from the
International Society of Industrial Yarn Manu
facturers, recognizing him for outstanding efforts
in organizing ISIYM and directing its growth to
120 members worldwide.
Farmer, Firestone manager—technical service,
was founder-organizer of the Society and its
charter president, 1974-76.
Other Gastonia Firestone members of ISIYM
are D.N. Lewis, manager of Process & Product
Development; and Michael Flanigan, division
chemist—treated fabric processing. Lewis is past
treasurer of the Society and Flanigan is current
program chairman.
ISIYM HAS MEETINGS semiannually, usually
in major centers of the Southeastern U.S. At
meetings and workshops, members present pap
ers on research.
The Society functions for the exchange of non-
confidential information, and to improve prod
ucts and services of member company customers.
Other objectives are to promote communication
and cooperation with textile machinery manu
facturers and suppliers of raw materials, improve
welfare and safety of member-company employ-
• Farmer with Award plaque. Ho was
ISIYM charier preiident.
ees; promote sound legislation for the industry,
customers and employees; and to attract out
standing college and university students to the
textile industry.
Protection You Need
Tennis shoes, sandals, open-toe shoes,
canvas or cloth-type shoes, and stack-heel
shoes. They’re not allowed in plant work
areas at all three production facilities of
Firestone Textiles Company.
And (otherwise acceptable) shoes with
heels higher than inches aren’t permit
ted either.
The new policy, in effect since May 1,
recommends that the shoes you wear at
work have rubber heels and soles (better
traction than leather). And of course the
policy highly recommends safety footwear,
since it gives the protection features you
need on the job.