The A Textile Hobby ^ CLEARING A Glance At Yesteryear D HOUSE a fabric figure; or to create flowers, trees and grass in a landscape scene. Stitch A Design You m ight do the chain stitch, In Cotton closed-feather, or zigzag-coral stitch all in one design. d Making pictures in cotton Mrs. Taylor says many hob­ stitchery is a popular new hand­ byists create interesting effects work hobby with people who by using varying sizes and tex­ sew at home. To turn out an ar­ tures of thread and yarn in the tistic stitchery design, cotton em­ same picture. broidery is used to outline and ' ☆ ☆ ☆ decorate a picture made with Remember back when ? . • • fabric scraps, says Julia B. Tay­ Ten years ago this month Fire­ lor, extension home furnishings stone News told that the com­ specialist at Clemson University. pany’s celebrated TV program “Designs may be original or “Voice of Firestone” had been traced from magazines,” she polled the best classical-music says, and goes further with the offering on the air. The “Voice,” “here’s how ”: at that time in its 30th consec­ Draw an outline of the motif utive season, was later discon­ you want on a heavy fabric tinued — earning its place Pauline L. Hanna represenled her deparlment Hanna, carding-spinning; Gladys McClure, splic­ backing.. Then 'cut out bright history as the world’s first as Craftsman of the Month for January and at ing. From left, back: Jerry Edwards, 2nd floor scraps from, coordinated prints simulcast (radio-television the same time was named Firestone Textiles twisting; Earl Clark, 4th floor twisting; Roy Full- and solid-color cottons. broadcast both at the same time), Craftsman of the Month. Eleven others were al­ bright, warp preparation; Burlin Adams, fabric Arrangci’ them in patchwork and the oldest continuously- so named departmental Craftsmen for the same treating; Luther Harrison, weaving (syn). Of the fashion within the sketched out­ produced entertainment on ra­ period. group but not in picture: George Jackson Jr. line. Baste in place.' Now, ap­ dio-TV to that time. From left, front; Rosie Francum, mechanical warehouse; Bertha Jolly, chafer weave-cloth plique patchwork to the fabric Also in March of ’58 the paper service; Elizabeth Lewis, administration; Pauline room. backing. noted (now retired) Frank W- Next, add the textured, three- Davis as the second employee Alden R. Haas dimensional look of stitchery at Gastonia to reach a 30-year An outstanding contribution Use a variety of different em­ service milestone (the first was Here 27 Years to Piedmont Scouting is the H ar­ broidery stitches to outline fab­ Nelson Kessell, who retired aS vey S. Firestone Jr. Award made ric cutouts and to make up part plant general superintendent). Alden R. Haas, 44, was buried each spring to Gaston county’s of the overall design. For exam­ in Firestone Cemetery, follow­ top Scout, and to a number of ple, stitchery can be done to de­ ing a memorial service in South other Scouts for excellence. pict the face, hands, and feet of March, 1968 Page 4 Gastonia Pentecostal Freewill Baptist Church. Haas, who died unexpectedly Feb. 14, had been SOME r ecreatio n employed at Firestone for 27 years. In Seasons’ Rounds—A New Year TRAVEL NOTES Survivors — father, George The roots know it. So do the bulbs, the seeds Gardens at Winter Haven, Sunken Gardens Haas of Murphy; wife, Mrs. and everything else alive. It’s a new year — if St. Petersburg, Ravine in Palatka, Ponce de le®^ HAILEY Esther Haas of Gastonia; sons, not by the calendar — by the f'yf'le of season? Springs n^ar DpT.and Bennetlsville Gaslonia Ronnie and Michael Haas of Gas­ March brings outdoor time with carefree travel Festivals, Exhibits — Lots More • The travel They Won $50 tonia; daughter, Mrs. James days from now until long after the last leaf falls calendar for March is “weighted with specials Jones, York, S. C.; half-brother, next autumn. in the Carolinas and neighboring states. For ex­ Richard Haas of Murphy; and From Down Home — in all directions — it’s ample, the Canadian-American Days at Myrtle Safety Money three grandchildren. the best travel time of the year’s program, re­ Beach Mar. 22-27, offering sports events, dances, Prize money: $100 — half of minds Plant Recreation, as it talks about “spe­ home tours, fishing contests, talent shows along it at Bennettsville, the remaind­ cials” this month. the Grand Strand. er at Gastonia. Bobby Hailey at It was the wrap-up of a spe­ Parade Of Native Blossoms • March in the Other SC events: Square Dance Festival, Cam' Bennettsville and K. C. Cauthen cial emphasis in January at both den, Mar. 16; 18th Century Flower Show, Charles­ of the Gastonia plant each re­ plants, commemorating the 50th South brings azaleas and promises dogwood bloom to last into June. Peak bloom time for azaleas is ton, 27; Carolina Cup Races, Camden, 30; ceived $50 in suggestion com­ anniversary of founding of the Spring Festival at Columbia, 31-Apr. 2; Tour petition and a drawing last company’s Suggestion System from now through May. The Carolinas are famed for their many displays. of Historic Homes — Beaufort, 21-28, 30; Hilt^^ month. program. Head, 23; Charleston, 28-Apr. 7. In SC, they are especially showy in Charles­ In NC, a big date is the Folk Dance Festival ton’s oldest landscaped gardens in America, for comfort against the spicy in Raleigh, 29-30. And more for this state: SportS' THE From Middleton and Magnolia Gardens being the main winter weather up that way. men’s Boat and Travel Show of the CarolinaS» Page 2 attraction. Other gardens in the state include THING' The gadget: A maple syrup Charlotte, Mar. 12-17; Holiday on Ice, G reen s­ Cypress near Moncks Corner, Kalmia near Care to adopt the hobby of sap spout — a modern sort boro, 19-24; Antiques Show, Southern Pines, 20- Hartsville, Boone Hall Plantation at Mt. Pleasant, making your own maple sugar? made of sheet steel. You drive 22; Camellia Show, Elizabeth City, 23-24; Hom® Edisto near Orangeburg, Glencairn in Rock Hill, To Firestone people transplant­ it in an auger hole in the tree Show, Greensboro, 30-31. Bomar at Cheraw, Belle Isle near Georgetown. ed from New England, the gad­ and hang a bucket on the spout. Outstanding events in other Dixie states: Fla- get pictured on page 2 is as The older variety was a spile SC cities with marked azalea-dogwood trails; — DeSoto Celebration, Bradenton, Mar. familiar as covered bridges, made of a hollowed-out elder Columbia, Greenville, Florence, Darlington. Fun-Sun Festival, Clearwater, 21-23; Festival o white picket fences and mufflers stalk or other wooden material. Azaleas in NC are showy now into April, with States, St. Petersburg, 25-Apr. 7. Wilmington best-known for its display and fes­ Ga. — Tour of Homes-Gardens, Savannah, tival April 18-21 this year. Wilmington main 21-22; St. Simons Island, 30; Sea Island, 30. gardens are Greenfield Park, Orton Plantation, — Maple Sugar Festival, Monterey, 16-17; NA Arlie Gardens. den Symposium at Williamsburg, 22-23. Other famed azalea gardens in NC; Clarendon Next Month — Carolinas Preview • NC: 44 Safety near Pinehurst, Laurel Lake at Salemburg and Annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, Unio’’ Biltmore at Asheville. And in just two other Grove, Apr. 12-13. SC: Tours of Historic Homes. states Down South: Ga. — Callaway Gardens at Georgetown, 4-6; St. Michaels Plantation Tour> Plaque Pine Mountain, Forsyth Park at Savannah, Worm- Charleston, 6; Come-See-Me Week, Rock At loe Plantation on Isle of Hope; Fla. — Cypress 6-14. FIRESTONE Postoffice Box 1278 TEXTILES ' Gastonia, N. C. 28052 BULK U. S. POSTAGE PAID RATE at Gastonia, N. C. Plant RETURN REQUESTED PERMIT NUMBER 2 9 Through April this year, Bennettsville has possession of thfe plaque representing safety-performance leadership among Firestone’s four textile plants in North America. With trophy: R. E. Mack (left), Gastonia safety manager, and Ralph King, Bennettsville plant manager. Trophy goes next THE LIBRARY OF UfIC to plants 1 & 2 at Woodstock, Canada. The safety rivalry, begun in 1959, involves Gastonia, Bennettsville and Wood- stock plants. chapel hill, N. c* 27515.