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THF wti^^^qX CI$N AKRON EDITION PROTECT OUR GOOD NAME Vol. 28 AKRON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 19:59 No. 20 Farm Boys Forget Chores On Grand Holiday Tour a PITMEN CALM AS They Brought FarmAppetitesAlong With Them FUTURE FARMERS KLIEG LIGHTS VISIT AKRON, *Pmmm jlM m iM^9 IL^iL Air1 Jmm Hi BLAZE AWAY y^Mf ■ BjtI Ttf*"* -** *^H/ Mm TIMAGAMI Completion of 300,000,- FromNew Mexico to 000th Goodyear Tire for Tennessee Goodyear Antarctic Is News Event Vffi '^Hfl IhB^ ■ ''^MBB^HBrlp* y '^Mm^mm^mim^mmmmm^mmt -^^^^^i^^^^ i^^^tf^B^I H^H Contest Winners;,Visit Tire, Auto Centers First tire 1900 1,000,000th tire 1912 ' ■ Familiar with the practical "^1 ■i9 b .jiMMiM^ itjmmK Wb^ ■■» *v^flHr 100,000,000th tire 1927 applicationof rubber tires on 200,000,000th tire 1932 equipment, '^m^mmU A"~ i Br j^^ farm ten youths, 300,000,000th tire 1939 mJ HlV iH grand prize winnersin Good- year's 1939 national essay Of all the tires built by contest for high school boys Goodyear since thebeginning, ' studying vocational agricul- noneattracted as wide atten- M^^^Jm\ -~-M Am ture, learned how they are tion as the 300 millionth,the built last Thursdaywhen they giant 120 x 33.50-66, built for visited the Akron plants. the South Pole expedition. The ten prize winners, repre- senting as many different states The size of the tire and the from coast to coast, met in Akron noveltyof theproject brought prior to leaving for Timagami, an audience the factory Ontario where they are now en- into joying a week's vacation as which included not only of- guests of P. W. Litchfield. ficials of the Armour Institute, Without exception the boys ex- Chicago, and its Research Founda- The contest winners had lunch at Mr. Litchfield's before starting north. Mr. Litchfield can be seen pressed amazement at the size of tion, which sponsors the expedi- at the right, Cliff Slusser opposite him. Goodyear's Akron plants, the tion, executives of Goodyear and thoroughness and skill shown by of a flock of other companies,but employees. None had ever visited newspaper men. photographers and They Really Did Went AroundHorn a tire plant before. Working under the glare of huge HINSHAW TO HEAD While in Akron the boys dined Klieg lights installed for the Swim in These with company officials at Mr. cameramen, men from the Experi- To Get To Akron Litchfield's home, inspected the mental Job Shop, attired inbrand- UP PRODUCTION world's fair exhibit in Goodyear new coveralls, snapped into their Hall, Derby Downs, the air-dock task as though this were just an- and toured the city. other tire. OUTSIDE U. S. Not Too Big For Them Will See Quintuplets a Of course, taking a tire out of SubsidiaryCompany En route to Timagami the boys mold, no matter how big, was no New traveled by boat to Detroit for a novelty to Foreman W. K. Hop- Set Up to Handle trip through one of the large auto- kins, 111 years service; .Tim Burley, 3k " Export Operations mobile plants. From Detroit the Supervisor, a 24-year man;Ernest wm^^^mx H^m party traveled by car. On the way Liebold, 32 years; Ed Ilartman, back to Akron stops will be made 27 years and Henry Smith, 23 Owing to the increased number at Callander to see the Dionne years. and volume of manufacturing quintuplets, at Toronto too for To the rhythm of the chain operations outside the United the Toronto Exhibition and at hoists they raised the 10-ton lid, States, a company called Good- Niagara Falls. swung it out of the way,climbed year Foreign Operations,Inc., has At Timagamithe boys are under aloft, attached the chains to a been incorporated, to be respon- the supervisionof Clyde Schetter, cradle set in tire itself, picked it sible for overseeing the opera- Public Relations, and veteran up and set it down, ready to have tions of production, distribution Indian guides. and operating of all our business its picture taken. The prize winning party includes: A silent but interested spectator outside of the United States, ac- Harold Smith. Pine. Oregon; Dnle was Maisie, a stuffed penguin, What well known man around cording to a company announce- Smith. Bskerafield, Calif.; John Pat- effective Sept. 1. ricks,Roy, New Mexico;Tony Erquiaga, brought back by Dr. Thomas C. Goodyear is pictured with the ment Fallon, Nevada; Ecklund, Poulter, expedition leader, from Charles Har- two bathingbeauties shown above, As heretofore, A. G. Cameron veyville. Kan.; Dana Stewart, Prince- the icy homelands of Maisie 's will oversee the functions of dis- VmWmW/M'h » ville. 111.; Donald Sudman, St. Mary'B, ancestors. in the beach costumes of 20 years tribution. Ohio; Paul Holley. Vanleer, Tenn.: Lt. Comd'r Scott E. Peck Sam Ohastain, Moore* Hill, Ind.; and The tire,along with the penguin, ago! G. K. Hinshaw will oversee all Robert Ector, Wilmington,Del. a scale model of the Snow Cruiser, Lt. Comd'r Scott E.Peck, color- A friend of his swiped the pic- production operations. He will ful naval officer whohas seenserv- the tires for the accompanying from his files and sent it in deal directly with the superin- and and an Airfoam mattress ture ice on the Airships Akron ALUMNI MEET airplane, tendents of the plants outside of ocean on SQUAD for the went on exhibi- to prove that the girls actually Macon, and crossed the explorers, the United States. as- tion last at Polsky 's, will be did wear bloomers and long stock- the Graf Zeppelin, has been The Squadron will hold its week Financial matters will be under signed to the Akron area, as in- shown later in Radio City, New ings in that modest era. the direction of R. B. Howard, sixth annual reunion Septem- York and elsewhere. Putting in spector of materials manufactured ber 16 Wingfoot Lake, on He refused to identify the hero Assistant Treasurer, who recently for the Navy. at the big tire downtown stopped returned from several years' serv- the hangar side, activities traffic for two hours on Main st. except to say that it wasn't Hank A Nebraskan, Comd'r Peck starting at 2 p. m. Old friend- Sam Rigger Foreman, Gillen or Jim Stafford or Lou ice in our Australian organiza- joined the Navy before America renewed, there Mitchell, tion. was ships will be took the great plate glass window Hurley. entered the World War, will be baseball and oversee assigned Wingfoot Lake in other out and put the huge tire in place, The owner of the picture can C. L. Weberg will all to games until refreshment time. in fashion, claim it at the Clan office if he comptroller's functions. 1917, qualifying as balloon and typical Goodyear in [Turn just 28 minutes. wants it back. [Turnto Page 4] to Page31 THE WINGFOOT CLAN.- 2 SELLERS COVERS Here Are WinningPicturesInCamera Contest TWO VIRGINIANS 8226 MILES IN GET XXV AWARDS Cook and Cash Are SEEING AMERICA Among Recipientsoff 25 Vacationers Log Plenty Year Pins This Week of Miles; Girl Goes Four more Goodyear men be- To Venezuela came proud owners of brand-new 25-year pins Sellers, Engineering, took during the past two J. W. * weeks. ina lot of territory during his two IBr^^L w m m Bm mXmmw* K. H. H. Cook, husky Virginian, weeks. He and Mrs. Sellers mo- widely tored to the coast via Memphis, known because of his size and sense of humor, worked 10 New Orleans, El Paso, Los years in Francisco, Portland the oil fields... taught Angeles, San Bflg school for four years (bet a dollar and Seattle. On the return trip vfli l A V MmmmmWSBBwHk he visited Yellowstone Park. took no nonsense from the they bigger boys) ...has spent his en- Saw the Carlsbad Caverns in New tire Goodyear service in the pit, Mexico, the Coolidge and Roose- starting when it was a harder job velt dams in Arizona and the that it is today was a member Grand Coulee Damin Washington. ... Mexico for of the second and third Industrial Visited 19 states and Assemblies, moved up to the a total of 8,226 miles, with Mrs. Above, Thee, Specification, Senate, where he spent four years, Sellers doing all the driving. They W. E. tabes care that the pony won't run away with the little Thee's and their his last year as president .. never once had the hood up on the hobbies are baseball and prize except for oil and water nnd visitors. The Thee children are those— farthest re- car moved from the pony's neck. Bight M. H. Reid, fights. Married, has one grown returned with five Goodyear tires son. full Akron air. Merchandise, and his two daughters, Sarah Ann and of Elizabeth, roughing it on Bass Lake, Mich. Herbert Smith, Air Bag Cure, J. J. Martin, Sweeper, came broke into print during his vaca- E. took a GoodyearPliofilm umbrella home - W. Thee : «fl nL* ■■£ - k from Manchester in Merrie Olde tion and got the thrill of the year to the Missus today, first prize in this week's Photo England, where he worked for the when he made a hole-in-onc at Contest. The picture of Thee, the children and the street department has worked 20-year ... Stafford, N. Y. Herb, a pony, was taken on his farm at Uniontown. for no company in U. S. except George Carlson, man, was visiting The second prize-winner,M. H. Reid, Merchandise, Goodyear ... starting out as a general line salesman out of Ba- walked off with a rubber flashlight, copped by his tavia, N.