10 & 5 Year
Records
• Brenda Hale, controller
secretary, worked her first
day on the job at Bowling
Green, November 1, 1968. Of
the others who came to work
that same month, 3 are still
on the iob:
Richard Jones, section supervi.^or. Twisting; Kelly
Madison, supervisor, Weaving; Guy Webb, utility
operator. Weaving.
Also in November, there were 3 Bowling Green
employees with 5-years service completed: Roy B.
Houchens, loom starter/fabric changer. Weaving;
Delores Rector, loom knotter/style changer. Weav
ing; Marris Taylor, section supervisor, Twisting-Ply.
Stock/Savings
Note: A proposed merger of Firestone and Borg-Wamer, if ac
complished, would combine the 2 companies into 1 corporate struc
ture. Those who hold stock in Firestone will have the opportunity
to vote on the proposed merger by April or May, 1979.
C-M Seminar
“Gnats versus Elephants” was
the subject of a recent seminar
on employee motivation, at
Chesterfield-Marlboro Techni
cal College, Cheraw, S. C.
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The seminar featured Eddie
Hoffman, well-known employee
and labor-relations counselor.
Attending from the Firestone
Bennettsville plant were
Frances Fletcher, Lemont F.
Williams, Otis W. Frye, Jimmy
Covington and M. D. Coleman.
Chesterfield-Marlboro College
has 4 seminars scheduled—1
during each quarter of 1979.
This old advertisement—date
unknown—was found a while
back by an employee of the
Firestone Des Moines, Iowa,
plant. The ad was placed by a
Firestone dealer in Monticello,
Iowa.
For comparison, look at the
"space" between these costs of
a by-gone time and prices of
today.
• • Major provisions of Firestone’s Stock
Purchase and Savings Plan are explained
in the current booklet, telling how eligible
employees can invest in Firestone common
stock.
The plan is an opportunity to save in a
convenient way and to share in ownership
of the company itself.
Regular full-time salaried and hourly
rated employees in the U. S. with at least
6 months of service are eligible. Also eligi
ble are part-time employees who complete
1,000 or more hours service in a 1-year
period.
Participants in the plan decide now much
of earnings to invest. The amount ranges
from $5 per month to 4 to 8 per cent of
eligible earnings based on service.
THE COMPANY contributes $1 for every
$2 the employee invests in the plan. Deduc
tions and company contributions are in
vested in Firestone common stock. Partici
pants thus become part owners of a multi-
billion-dollar corporation and share in its
progress and future.
Everything an employee stockholder does
to help make the company more successful
also has a direct effect on the employee’s
own rewards as a participant in the plan.
To join the Stock Purchase and Savings
Plan, complete an enrollment form. Person
nel representatives at all plants and loca
tions have supplies of Enrollment Packet
S5977. There are more than 300 participants
in the program from the Gastonia, Bowling
Green and Bennettsville textile division
plants.
December, 1978
Page 4
Waterways with outstanding
recreational values are listed in
“South Carolina River Trails,”
a publication available from the
State’s Dept, of Recreation and
Tourism.
The guide has material on the
rivers offering quality recre
ation, among them the Black,
Congree, Cooper, Edisto, Eno-
ree. Little Pee Dee and Tyger.
These represent the State’s di
verse network of whitewater,
redwater and blackwater
streams, and are superior in
navigability, access and lack of
people-caused disturbances.
Notes on natural history and
historic features along the rivers
are included in the guide. For a
free copy of “South Carolina
River Trails,” write Planning
Division—PRT, 1205 Pendleton
St., Columbia, S. C. 29201; or
call 758-2863.
LUCILLE FOWLER
Some Mighty Good Things To Eat
The earliest European settlers in North
America shared with the native Indians several
things that became a part of our heritage. Com
(maize) and pumpkin are examples.
Although pie made from pumpkin was its most
renowned Colonial recipe, other pumpkin dishes
were favorites as early as the mid-1600s: Soup,
pudding, preserves, fritters, marmalade, bread.
But the pie best earned its place in Colonial
lore. One story has a New England widower,
Jonathan Grout, being sought after by several
widows. Jonathan waited until Harvest Time,
passed to each one of the hopeful women a
pumpkin and a pint of molasses.-
“Bake me a pie,” he told each one apart from
the others. Then he sampled their offerings. For
his wife he chose the woman whose pie most
pleased his taste!
WHILE on the subject of good things to eat,
Lucille Fowler has two mighty fine recipes that
“go well” particularly in the Christmas season.
Lucille, respooler operator in TC Twisting at
Gastonia, offers these with yams and cranberries:
Berry-Mallow Yam Bake • Combine % cup
flour, % cup packed brown sugar, cup old-
fashioned or quick oats (uncooked) and 1 tsp.
ground cinnamon. Cut in these ingredients >vith
% cup margarine until mixture resembles coarse
crumbs.
From
McLean
Lewis
Perkins
Toss 1 cup this mixture with 2 17-oz. cans
yams (drained) and 2 cups cranberries. Place in
1%-qt. casserole; top with remaining crumb mix,
bake 350° F. 35 minutes. Sprinkle with 1% cups
miniature marshmallows. Broil until lightly
browned. Six servings.
Molded Cranberry-Nut Relish • 1 lb. fresh
cranberries, cups sugar, cups dry red
winewater, 1 envelope unflavored gelatin, 1 6-oz.
pack lemon-flavor gelatin, IVi cups diced celery,
% cup chopped walnuts, 1 cup sourcream, % cup
mayonnaise, orange peel for garnish.
About 6 hours before serving or day ahead,
in 3-quart saucepan combine cranberries, sugar,
wine and cup water. Sprinkle on unflavored
gelatin. On medium heat, bring mix to boiling,
stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low, con
tinue stirring and simmer 3 minutes.
MIX IN lemon-flavored gelatin until well dis
solved. Remove from heat, stir in 1 cup cold
water. Refrigerate about 2 hours. Fold celery
and walnuts into gelatin mix, pour into 3-cup
mold, cover, refrigerate until well set. Stir sour-
cream and mayonnaise until blended, cover and
refrigerate.
To serve: unmold gelatin onto chilled platter.
With shears, cut orange peel into flower petals
for top of gelatin. Serve with sourcream dressing.
Ten servings.
From 1943
• They were almost from
the very beginning . . . Fire
stone Textiles Company of
Bennettsville, S. C., com
pleted its 35th year as a fa
cility of The Firestone Tire
& Rubber Company, Novem
ber 15. The plant is located
on the east side within the
city limits of Bennettsville
in Marlboro county.
Firestone purchased the
factory and other property
from Marlboro Cotton Mills,
November 15, 1943. Just 2
days later, Birch Lewis
started working there. And
the day after that W. Coyt
McLean came to work. So,
last month McLean (left),
section supervisor in Cord
With them here is plant man
ager E. W. Perkins Jr., who pre
sented Lewis and McLean a
$100 check, a diamond-set 14-
carat-gold lapel pin, and con
gratulated them "for many
years of loyal service and
achievements with the com
pany."
Weaving; and Lewis (center).
Quality Control inspector in
supervision, became the first
employees to have put in 35
years at Bennettsville.
Deer-hunting is a special-
interest ‘thing’ for Birch Lewis
of Quality Control at Bennetts
ville. Each year around this
time he looks forward to the
hunts. Birch was proud of a re
cent ‘take’ on one of his hunting
trips.
GASTONIA Survey In January
• A survey on educational attainment and train
ing of the people at Firestone Textiles (Gastonia)
will be made in early January. Information being
sought will go to update employee personal files,
according to Christine Clark, director of training.
She said department managers will distribute
copies of the single-sheet survey, collect and re
turn them to the training office.
The survey asks for the highest grade completed
in school and college or university; other courses
taken at colleges, technical or vocational schools;
home-study courses, programmed instruction, cor
respondence studies, or any other education.
Firestone Textiles Company
P. O. Box 1278 Gastonia, N. C.
December, 1978 28052
BULK
RATE
U. S. POSTAGE PAID
at Gastonia, N. C
PERMIT NUMBER 29
HATTIS B. PASSMORE
RT. 1, BOX 145-A-87
GASTONIA, N. C. 28052