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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES—A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790

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Old Slater Mill
PAWTUCKET, R. I.
EST. 1790

THE SLATER NEWS
Vol. 3 Slater, S. C., January 25, 1945 No. 2

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Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

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No Time to Celebrate Victory
Until War Is Won Says Admiral

"Our fighting men are fer-
vently hoping that their coun-
trymen, rather than celebrate
a victory half-won, will rededi-
cate themselves to the strug-
gle, and show this dedication
in a continuing flow of sup-
plies which will enable us to
crush the Japanese military
machine in the shortest pos-
sible time," Vice Admiral
Thomas C. Kincaid, Command-
er of the Southwest Pacific
Force, told American war
workers in a special message
recorded at an unnamed Pacific
base.

"No one knows better than
you that this is a war of sup-
plies," Admiral Kincaid con-
tinued. "If there were any
doubt, you would have only to
look at a map. Before one gun
can be fired against the enemy.
we must move tons of equip-
ment great distances —
and a map tells only part of
the story — ommitting such
significant details as enemy op-
position or a sudden typhoon.

"I believe you'll be interest-
ed in a brief report on supplies
during the first thirty days of
the Philippine operations. One
hundred and fifty-six thousand
Navy men manned the ships
and planes of this force — a
number equal to the entire
population of the city of Flint,
Michigan. For these men, we
needed two thousand tons of
food, and two hundred and
three tons of clothing. These
same men purchased through
their ship's service stores, two
thousand tons of miscellaneous
personal items — soap, candy,
cigarettes,—small things which
mean so much in terms of
morale.

"But you can't sink Jap
ships with candy bars. During
the battle of Leyte Gulf one
battleship alone — the Cali-
fornia, venerable veteran of
Pearl Harbor, fired six hundred
tons of projectiles, expending
more than one hundred tons
of powder. Supporting the
landings on the Philippines,
and in subsequent engage-
ments, the 7th Fleet used 74-,
000 gallons of fuel — the ca-
pacity load of seventeen ocean-
going tankers.

"These supplies are the sup-
lies you have given us, and
the present flow is a satisfying
contrast to what we had to
work with during the black
days of 1942, when the onrush-
ing Japs seemed to be on the
threshold of further conquest
and occupations.

"But success brings up an
old problem, by now almost an
axiom. As the enemy is thrust
back toward the inner de-
fenses of his Island Empire,
his lines of supply become
shorter, while ours become
longer. In short, for each new

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SLATERITE DONATES
BOOKS TO LIBRARY

We wish to thank Miss Doris
Graham for the two books
which she recently donated to
the Library. The first of these
books, "Hasty Wedding," by
Mignon G. Eberhart, is a mys-
tery story which all "mystery
lovers" will want to read. The
other book donated by Miss
Graham is, "A Girl Of The
Limberlost," by Gene Stratton-
Porter. This book is especially
interesting to our readers at
this time, since the 16 mm.
feature length picture of this
title was recently shown in the
Library.

Miss Graham lives on First
Street, and is employed in the
Weaving Department of our
plant. Her thoughtfullness in
giving these books to the Li-
brary is greatly appreciated.
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Girl Scouts Set
New Work Goal

The Senior Girl Scout Troop
is rapidly progressing. Having
been organized since October,
they have accomplished many
things, one of the most out-
standing of which was to help
take up gladiolia bulbs at
Meadows Farm. This program
was a worthy one, and the pro-
ceeds went toward Scout uni-
forms.

At present the Scouts are
working toward the goal of be-
ing a Senior Service Troop.
The purpose of this will be of
service to our community and
to the people of it.

The following officers were
elected when the troop was
first organized:
Billie Hamilton — President
Josephine Burdette — Vice
President
Frances Cole — Scribe
Bobbie McMullan — Treasurer

All girls between the ages
of 14 through 18 are urged to
attend our meetings, which are
held each Tuesday at 5 o'clock
P. M.

Our sponsor is Miss Frances
Pollard who has done much
toward hellping our troop get
organized.
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Church Circle Holds
Regular Monthly Meet

The G. I. Josephine Circle of
the Marietta Women's Mission-
ery Society held its regular
monthly meeting at the home
of Mrs. Robinson.

Seven member attended this
meeting. Mrs. Estelle Whit-
mire, circle leader, presided.

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Reid Announces
Film Schedule
For Four Months

The continuation of the 16
mm. picture program in our
Library will be resumed on
January 16. A complete sched-
ule of pictures has been book-
ed for the next four months.
Mr. Reid has continued his
practice of booking films which
will give a broad and varied
program. Several feature
length pictures, based on fam-
ous books, have also been
scheduled.

Dates and titles for these
picture events are as follows:

JANUARY 16: "Give Me
Liberty," "Recalled to Life,"
"Dynamite New York,"
"Drunk Driving" and "Mary's
Little Lamb" (a comedy car-
toon).

JANUARY 30: "Bad Boy"
(a feature length picture),
"Troop Train" (a news film),
and "Going Spanish" (a
comedy).

FEBRUARY 13: "Know
Your Money," "Daylighting
the Trail of the Padres,"
"Crime and Prisons," "The
Causes and Immediate Effects
of the First World War," and
"Dora's Dunking Doughnuts"
(a comedy).

FEBRUARY 27: "Rolling
Down to Meixco," "Life of a
Healthy Child," "The Story of
Dr. Carver," "Railroadin,' "
"Orchids," and "Jack Frost"
(a comedy cartoon).

MARCH 13: "With William-
son Beneath the Sea" (a fea-
ture length picture), "Para-
troops" (a war film), "The
Cave Man," and "Mickey's
Clever Tricks" (a comedy).

MARCH 27: "History of
Aviation," "Canals in Eng-
land," "North Carolina . . . .
Variety Vacationland," "Mem-
ories," (Organlogue), and
"Trolley Ahoy."

APRIL 10: "Calling of Dan
Matthews" (a feature length
picture based on Harold Bell
Wright's book bearing the
same title, "Dover" (war
news), and "What's To Do"
(a comedy).

APRIL 24: "Our Neighbors

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Missionary Society
With Mrs. Bowers

The Women's Missionary
Society of Marietta Baptist
Church, Marietta, S. C., re-
centlly held its monthly meet-
ing at the home of Mrs. G. W.
Bowers. Mrs. D. P. Bates, the
president of the society, pre-
sided at the meeting.

A number of members were
in attendance and all of them
enjoyed the program given.
This program was under the
direction of Mrs. Henry Bat-
son, who is the program chair-
man.

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INVESTITURE RITES
FOR NEW GIRL SCOUTS

On Wednesday, December 20,
1944 an investiture service was
held at Slater Hall by the
Brownie and Intermediate Girl
Scouts of Slater.

Six new members were ad-
mitted to the Brownie Troup
and six others were promoted
from the Brownies to the Inter-
mediate Scouts.

The six new Brownie mem-
bers were: Margaret Robinson,
Joan Roland, Ruby Tolly, Shir-
ley Goodwin, Barbara Godfrey
and Ferne Barrett.

Those promoted to Intermed-
iate Scouts weere Joan Farmer,
Caroleen Smith, Fredie Trus-
dale, Edwina Owens, Sara Faye
Johnson and Dale Whitted.

After the promotion services
were ended, members of the

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Women's Society
Hold Meeting

The regular monthly meet-
ing of the Women's Society of
Christian Service of the Slater
Methodist Church met with
Mrs. Lucille McMullan on
January 16 at 7:30 o'clock P.
M. As this was the first meet-
ing of the New Year, it natur-
ally was one of the most im-
portant meetings to be held
during the year.

Mrs. E. A. McGill was in
charge of the devotional exer-
cises. Mrs. Ted Addington read
a lovely poem about the New
Year.

In the business session which
was held after the devotional
program, the principal business
consisted of planning for the
ensuing year. Committees were
appointed to look after the dif-
ferent phases of work pertain-
ing to the local society, and in
addition, pledge cards were fill-
ed out for the New Year. A
new committee was appointed
and is to be known as the pro-
motional committee. This com-
mittee will look toward the ex-
pansion of the local society.
Mrs. Henry B. Taylor and Mrs.
E. A. McGill were appointed by
the President to serve on this
committee.

Plans were also made for the
society to send as many repre-
sentatives as possible to an ad-
vance meeting of all Methodist
Churches in the Greenville Dis-
trict. This meeting is to be held
Sunday night, January 21, at
7:30 at the Buncombe Street
Methodist Church. One of the
speakers on this program is to
be Mrs. L. L. Hardin, President
of the upper South Carolina
Conference of Women's Socie-
ties of Christian Service.

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Country Now Produces In A Day
More Than For Entire Year 1940

In crediting the accomplish-
ments of the Army Service
Forces, General Brehon Somer-
vell, Commanding General,
ASF, in his annual report on
the Army Service Forces, stat-
ed that in the final analysis it
is the American people who
have made the supply achieve-
ments of the ASF possible.

"American Enterprise," he
said, "has done a magnificent
job in producing supplies for
military use. In the space of
four short years our industrial
resources have been mobilized
to a degree that once seemed
impossible. At present this
country produces In A Single
Day more supplies for the War
Department than were produc-
ed for it in the entire fiscal
Year of 1940. This is a record
in which the entire nation may
take due pride. But it is a
record that Must Be Maintain-
ed Until Final Victory Is Ours.
American management and
American labor must throw
themselves into the emergen-
cies that will continue to de-
velop with the same enthusiasm
and effectiveness that they
showed during the more criti-
cal periods of the war. Pro-
vided the changing needs of
the war and their urgency are
understood by management and
by labor, the result will never
be in doubt."

In another recent speech,
General Somervell said, "It
would save us all a lot of sleep-
less nights if we could know
that the last bullet would kill
the last Jap, and that that bul-
let would be fired by a soldier
who had just eaten the last K
ration, just before the last artil-
lery shell and the last bomb
had been dropped into the last
enemy position. We are expect-
ed to have enough of every-
thing but not too much of any-
thing, and thus end the war
with our books in perfect bal-
ance. I wish we could do this.
It would certainly spare us a
lot of trouble later. On the
other hand, it would make
trouble at the present time if
we were short a single item
which was needed by a single
soldier on the battlefield. We
are looking forward to years
of investigation of why we
didn't have enough of some
things and why we had too
much of others. It will be very
easy to apply hindsight to all
of the problems we face today,
and to ask why we didn't solve
them at once.

"Manufacturers complain be-
cause we change models. I as-
sure you we don't change them
because we like to be fickle.
We change them only when we
see that we are going to get
licked if we don't, or if it is
evident that a change will save
an American life or hasten a
victory. The latest and most

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