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news
May, 1980
Gastonia
North Carolina
Bennettsville
South Carolina Bowling Green, Kentucky
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Tina
Collins
Cynthia
Dunlevy
EE Savings Bonds
NEW
PROGRAM
Scholarship & Merit winner
Tina Renee Collins of Gastonia is one of 36 high-school
seniors who won college scholarships in the Firestone Com
pany’s Scholarship Awards Program for 1980. Winners are
all sons and daughters of Firestone employees or retirees.
From the 382 applicants na- of Dorothy Collins and the late
Percy W. Collins. A senior at
Hunter Huss High School, Tina
plans to major in biology in
college. She is active in the Beta
and French clubs; was named
to Who’s Who Among American
High School Students. Her
father worked in TC Twisting at
Firestone-Gastonia, up to his
retirement in 1974.
lion wide, 81 students were
awarded Certificates of Merit
and 10 shares of Firestone com
mon stock. Cynthia Maria Dun
levy of Gastonia is one of the
Merit winners.
Each scholarship grant is
worth up to $12,000 toward
tuition, fees, textbooks and ex
penses of room and board dur
ing four years of college. The
scholarship student can attend
any accredited college or uni
versity in the United States and
pursue any desired course lead
ing to a degree.
THE 117 scholarship and cer
tificate winners live in 24 states.
Tina Collins is the daughter
Cynthia Dunlevy, Gastonia
Merit winner, is also a student
at Hunter Huss. She was named
Miss Hunter Huss last fall.
Cynthia plans to major in music
in college. Her parents are Sea-
mon and Mrs. (Eula) Dunlevy.
Mrs. Dunlevy is a weaver in
Chafer Weaving.
PLAYGROUND
Another season of recreation
and "whiling away Summer" is
coming up for West Gastonia
youngsters. Firestone P1 a y -
ground in front of the textile
plant has its wading pool as
main attraction for children up
to age 12.
The company-owned play-
place is made available each
summer for service to youth as
part of the City of Gastonia
Recreation & Parks/Play
grounds program. The upcoming
season begins June 7 and runs
through September 1. Hours are
8 A. M.-5 P. M., Monday-Friday;
10 A. M.-5 P. M., Saturday: 1-5,
Sunday.
Children at play are super
vised by personnel employed
with City Recreation. Besides
the wading pool there are
swings, seesaws, and a place for
pitching horseshoes.
People at U. S. plants of Firestone Textiles Company made
new enrollment for purchasing Bonds through payroll dur
ing the annual corporate U. S. Savings Bonds campaign in
late April. Employees decided the amount of money they
wanted to have set aside from wages and salaries for the
different “sizes” of the new U. S. Energy Savings Bonds.
This new EE series has been selling since January 2 this
year.
By June 30, all Payroll Sav
ings programs will be converted
to the new series. Of course, all
Savings Bonds, old and new,
earn interest for the owners
throughout the year.
The new EEs are sold in
denominations of $50, $75, $100,
$200, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and
$10,000. Purchase price of each
bond is half the figure it bears—
example: The $50 EE Bond costs
the buyer $25.
EE SERIES Bonds retain the
safety, convenience and security
features of the old Series E, but
with some improvements.
Among changes for EE Bonds:
They have a guaranteed life
of 11 years and interest rate has
been increased to 7 percent at
maturity. They must be held
for at least 6 months from issue.
A person can buy up to $15,000
(purchase price) in a year.
Firestone people at Gastonia
were buying Bonds at 58 per
cent of the employment when
the April sign-up campaign
started; at Bowling Green it was
61 percent. Bennettsville em
ployees consistently maintain
100 percent or near to that in
participation. Each year the
Bonds campaign there aims at
holding the high rate and in
creasing allotments.
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Still timely
Then and Now • In a recent
issue of Firestone Hawkeye
(employee publication at the
Des Moines plant), there was a
piece an employee there had
brought in. It was from a 1942
Office of Price Administration
bulletin dealing with the tire
and rubber situation during
World War II.
The Hawkeye editorial com
ment: “It is interesting to note
that one column in the bulletin
is very applicable to tires today,
as it was then. But some of the
items now pertain to conserv
ing our gasoline as well.” This
was the OP A bulletin piece:
Windows above
The topmost windows of
South or back side of Firestone
Textiles plant tower. West Gas
tonia landmark reaching high
above the mill's fifth-floor level.
Rounded tops of windows and
arched brick masonry are ex
amples of fine workmanship not
generally seen close-up. There
are a dozen panels—three to
each side of the tower, just
under roof and location of the
flagpole.
☆ ☆ ☆
Bowling Green Firestone Tex
tiles was among industries in
Warren County honored during
the 16th annual Kentucky In
dustrial Appreciation Week,
April 6-12. More than 650 plants
and industries were recognized
as new or as having expanded
during 1979.
What You Can Do to Make
Your Tires Last • 1) Drive,
start, stop slowly 2) Take curves
slowly 3) look out for bumps
including curbs 4) Inflate tires
properly at least once every
week 5) Keep wheels aligned
6) Keep brakes adjusted 7) Shift
all tires every 5,000 miles 8) Re
pair brakes, cuts and leaks prop
erly 9) Straighten or replace
bent rims 10) Share Your Rides!
Park discounts
• Again this Spring-Fall out
door recreational season. Fire
stone Textiles plants in the U. S.
are participating in several
amusement/theme park dis
count programs for employees.
Some are Six Flags Fun-
seekers Club, Fun Club, Pass
port Club and Magic Kingdom
Club. Among the recreation
parks included in these ‘pack
ages’ are Six Flags over
Georgia, Atlanta; Six Flags
Over Mid-America, St. Louis;
Six Flags Over Texas, Dallas;
and Astroworld, Houston.
Also Carowinds, Charlotte;
Kings Island near Cincinnati;
Kings Dominion 20 miles north
of Richmond (features the Fire-
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