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First In Softball Perfect Attendance 57 AT BENNETTSVILLE Fiiestone Textiles (Bennetts- ville) learn Ihis summer was first place in the regular season of Marlboro County Recreation Department Men's Softball League, with a record of 16 wins and 2 losses. Benny Mc Call (left front) county recrea tion department athletic direc tor, presented the team a trophy. Team members (front, from left); Randy Woodberry, Robin Frye, Jerry Dowdy, and (back, from left): Moses Cov ington, Jim McCaskill, Joe Hood, Mike Griggs, Thomas Norton and Roger Griggs. The end-of-season awards were made at Firestone Field. Besides the team award, Robin Frye received a trophy honor ing him as most valuable play er; and Mike Griggs, the Home Run trophy. He had 17 home runs during the season. This was the first year of a county softball league. GASTONIA Service Records • J. L. Patterson, welder in the person at Gastonia to reach the 35- ment dates from August 25, 1943. Others with service records last month (30 years): Beatrice S. Player, respooler operator in TO Twisting; and Lee R. Sims, carpenter. Shop. And others in August: Twenty-Five Years • Andrew W. Henson, weaver, TC Weav ing; Marlene E. Stewart, re weaver, TC Weaving; Grady G. Wylie, twister bobbin changer, TC Twisting. Fifteen Years • Moetell P. Stiles, automatic splicer opera tor, TC Weaving. Ten Years • James S. Meeks, supervisor. Warehouse. Five Years • Barbara A. Brown, respooler operator; Rob ert L. Carpenter; Jessie B. Faulkner, tape bonder; Joyce G. Humphries, twister operator; Rosie L. Jackson, respooler op erator; Grady S. McMiller Jr., twister bobbin changer; An thony Stewart, twister bobbin changer—all TC Twisting. Shop, became the 183rd ‘clock’ year service mark. His employ- Robert L. Cochran, weaver; Hazel C. Groves, splicer opera tor; Nancy T. Head, splicer—all in TC Weaving. Also Bobby E. Henson, millwright, Shop; Wil liam E. Finger, fabric handler, Warehouse; Steve M. Moxley, power truck operator. Ware house; Ferdinand Wallace Jr., storekeeper. General Stores. 721 2-Year Warranty Firestone’s Steel Belted Radial 721 passenger tires purchased at stores and deal ers during a special market ing promotion, carry a full 2-year warranty. The promo tion period began July 1 and ends Oct. 31. The special warranty provides for free replacement within a 24-month period of a Steel Belted Radial 721 tire which be comes unserviceable on a pas senger car^ because of a defect in workmanship or material and which was purchased at a Fire stone dealer or store during the July-October promotion. Free replacement includes mounting and balancing. This warranty is in addition to the regular warranty on the 721. It is being promoted in news paper, radio and television ads. “We are convinced that the Firestone Steel Belted Radial 721 is the best steel belted radial available anywhere. And we are offering this full 2-year war ranty to demonstrate our belief in the outstanding quality of the 721,” said L. J. Lombardi, company vice president of sales and marketing. Coming To Work • Johnnie Ray Gosnell began work in mid-summer as twister operator learner in TC Twisting at Firestone, Gastonia. At age 17, it's his first job. Johnnie usually rides his bike to work on 2nd shift from home on Pear son Street, Gastonia. Some thinking on metrics— A hectare is a measure of land surface—one equal to about five-tenths of an acre. It takes five milliliters to fill a teaspoon. A tonne is about like an Eng lish long ton, or slightly more than 2,200 pounds. “With aU our dependable and dedicated employees at this plant, we look for a continuation of this good record for the last fiscal quarter of the year,” said Frances L. Fletcher, listing Bennettsville people vi^ho had no absence from work in the May 1-July 31 quarter of this year. The Industrial Relations representative noted that the perfect-attendance record was shared by 57 employees—an in crease over that of the Febru- ary-April quarter. Those with perfect attendance during the fiscal 3rd quarter; James Abraham, William M. Ainsworth, Jerry H. Allred, Elease C. Barfield, Albert Bos tic, Weldon Brigman Jr., Fred die Brown, Ronald Brown, Wal ter Brown Jr., Herdith L. Calhoun, Jr., Jerry M. Coble, Bobby Covington, James F. Covington, Helen L. Creech, Redona J. David, Thomas M. Dismal, Eugene Driggers, Luth er J. Ford, Thomas C. Frazier. A trip to the Caribbean was a summer treat for Mae Jones, millwright (Shop), Gastonia plant. Last year, she traveled in Europe. Also Burnett C. Freeman, Leon P. Freeman, Robert L. Grooms, Robert H. Hailey Jr., William E. Hyatt, Willie Mae Ivory, Elizabeth C. Jordan, Cur tis J. Ledbetter, Archie Leviner, William C. Lewis, James Little, Vera Joyce Lloyd, Helen S. Mc Lean, William C. McLean, Willie McNeil Jr., T. C. Mack Jr., Rufus V. Miles, Ruby Jean O’Tuel, Charles Peterkin, Ron ald B. Peterkin, Woodrow Pur vis. Others; Charles E. Quick, Jer- rie C. Ratcliffe, Rufus W. Sell ers, Faye H. Shankle, Carl R. Starnes, Mary B. Starnes, Mil dred S. Steen, Geraldine Strick land, Charles Sweatt Jr., Lou- gina Thomas, Eugene Thompson, Annie Mae Watson, Betty A. Watson, Otis Watson, Prentiss White, Billy C. Williams, John W. Williams. ☆ ☆ ☆ Charles P. McArver, 63, died August 20. He was retired from Scheduling at the Gastonia plant, with 27 years company service. Survivors are his wife Eugenia McArver, and sisters, Alice Hoffman and Virginia Mc Arver. if'© m AS THE tec Some historians believe that occupational injuries had their grim beginning when the first caveman undertook to flake a spear head from a flint boulder. He got a flying chip in his eye. The Code of Hammurabi, cuneiform char acters cut in stone, includes compensation arrangements for builders and shipwrights hurt on the job in ancient Babylonia. There were plenty of hazards in history’s early time. But it is well to remember that the ancients didn’t have to contend with all the multiplicity of hazards which we take for granted in our lifetime; Dangerous chemicals, nuclear power, high-pressure air and steam, explosives, high-powered ma- • • *• chinery, towering structures—and on and on. With the multiplied work hazards of our time, it is a marvel that we have so few oc cupational injuries and fatalities, in propor tion to the dangers existing. How come? Occupational injury control is successful, for the most part. It works on the idea that injuries are caused. It trains people to work safely; it works at changing environment and situations on the job so as to reduce or eliminate hazards. But still, there are injuries and fatalities —as we know. One of either is too many. Safety is old as the hills. It is as up-to- date as today and tomorrow. FIRESTONE TEXTILES COMPANY P. O. Box 1278 • Gastonia, N. C. 28052 BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID at Gastonia, N. C PERMIT NUMBER 29 MATTIE B. PASSMORE RT, 1, BOX 145-A-87 GASTONIA, N. C. 28052
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