GIFTS OF LIFE'
They Gave
344 Pints
Firestone Textiles (Gas
tonia) annual Blood Donor
Luncheon in August recog
nized 18 employees who
made 344 pints ‘gifts of life’
through the American Red
Cross Regional Bloodbank.
The records of 1 through 5
gallons were reached over
the past year, or the 2 last
bloodmobile visits to Fire
stone plant/community.
Donors with 1-gallon con
tributions received a sterling
pencil; and those with 2 gal
lons, sterling pens. Pencils
and pens are engraved with
name and amount of blood
given. Those having 3 and 4-
gallon records received a $15
gift certificate; and with 5
gallons, a $20 gift certificate.
Donors and number of gal
lons lo their credit (first pic
ture, from left): Patricia E. Hen
son, 1; James O. Thomas, 5:
Melvin W. Carpenter, 3; Juanita
M. McDonald, 2; Moetell Stiles,
1; Buster Stiles. 3; Dorothy
Couick, 4. Other picture (from
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left): Ross Gregory, 2; Bobby
Queen, 3; Clarence L. Jolly, 3;
George C. High, 4; Jimmy L.
Watson, 1; Bobby L. Wilson, 4.
Not at luncheon: C. M. Thomas-
son, W. E. Lindquist, Gradie
Cook and Harry Laver, 1 gal
lon each; Jerry Mitchell, 3.
BENNETTSVILLE
Service Time
Elzanie Dease, twister op
erator in Cable Twisting,
completed 10 years service
with the company at its
Bennettsville plant in Aug
ust.
Also last month, 3 others
had 5-year employment rec
ords: Moses Covington, assis
tant frame mechanic. Ply
Twisting; Mildred H. Free
man, respooler operator, Ply
Respooling; and Charles May
Frazier, loom creeler, Cord
Weaving.
Vacation Travel
Retired rewinder operator
(Gastonia) Ida Deaton vaca
tioned this summer in Virginia
and Pennsylvania. She and the
others of a touring group visited
the Pennsylvania Amish country
around York and Lancaster.
☆ ☆ ☆
• The fall season of park pro
grams and special events in
South Carolina will be high
lighted by the first Upcountry
Folk Music Festival at Pioneer
Days, Sept. 23-24. It’s a week
end of folkways—music, stories
and workshops; muzzle-loaders
shooting competition, pioneer
games, sorghum demonstrations,
cider-making and primitive
crafts at Kings Mountain State
Park.
The current issue of SC parks
programs and special events
brochure lists things going on
August through December. For
a free copy, request from Pro
gram Section, Division of State
Parks, 1205 Pendleton Street,
Columbia, S. C. 29201, or tele
phone (803) 758-8735.
Tree Enterprise-Free People’
The 1978 Bowling Green (Ky.) Free Enterprise Fair at
Western Kentucky University is Sept. 27-28. Keynote speak
er will be Earl Nightingale, whose daily radio broadcast,
“Our Changing World,” is aired on more than 1,000 radio
stations. !
"Free Enterprise and Free
People" is the theme of this
year's fair.
Firestone Textiles is
among some 80 industries
and organizations sponsoring
display booths in Diddle
Arena during the 2-day fair.
Brenda Hale, secretary in
the plant comptroller’s of
fice, is coordinator of Fire
stone’s exhibit.
Bowling Green plant man
ager Thomas Yelton is a
member of the fair steering
committee and chairman of
the student forum, a new
feature of this year’s pro
gram. He is also on the
executive round-table com
mittee. Comptroller Joseph
Duffy will be on the forum
panel. Duffy is a member of
the fair’s details/follow-up
committee.
TENNIS WINNERS
• • Firestone Textiles (Gas
tonia) Tennis League will have a
singles tournament Sept. 29, 30
and Oct. 1 at Gaston College
Courts.
A League doubles tournament
at Gaston College 3 days in
August had 8 teams partici
pating in the competition. They
were David Lake-Jerry Wilkes,
Robert Stackston-Max Graham,
Earl Cunningham-Larry Brad
ley, Chip Hurst-Harry Spencer,
TOPS IN
TOURNAMENT From left:
Taylor, Murawski, Cunningham
and Bradley.
John Murawski-Cliff Taylor,
Mike Campbell-Bill Lindquist,
Hal Hayes-Ralph King and
Brian Schroeder-Doug Crews.
First-place winners of the
double elimination tournament
were Murawski and Taylor.
Cunningham and Bradley re
ceived runner-up honors.
Although our schedule continues to be full, it is increasingly
evident that we must do all possible to improve productivity. You
know the only REAL cure for inflation is to become more efficient
and actually end up with more goods produced for our present cost.
So, we ask for your thoughts and suggestions on this, because com
petition is getting more and more pressing all the time. We simply
must produce more high-quality material with reduced defects and
waste ... We can do it!
WE
CAN
DO
IT
p. R. WILLIAMS Factory Manager, Gastonia