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., August 23, 1945 No. 17
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Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943
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Victory Day Brings Joy And Peace
To Hearts And Minds Of Slaterites
President Truman's announce-
ment at 7:00 on Tuesday even-
ing brought joy and gladness
to the hearts of all the people
of Slater, and the celebration
resulting therefrom was not
vociferous as in Greenville and
other cities throughout the na-
tion, but was celebrated in a
somewhat noisy manner.
A few minutes after the news
came over the radio, guns were
fired, automobile horns sound-
ed, church bells rang, the fire
siren sounded, and the mill
whistle blew all to the accom-
paniment of joyous shouts of
the citizens of this village.
In a few minutes after the
announcement, the mill closed
and remained closed until 8:00
Thursday morning, July 16th,
when operations were resumed.
Religious services were held at
the Slater Baptist Church with
a capacity congregation. This
service was not scheduled, but
people decided to go to the
House of God to express their
thanks to the Supreme Being
for victory and the cessation of
hostility.
As has been previously an-
nounced, a service was conduct-
ed at Slater Hall on Wednes-
day at 10:00 and was well at-
tended by many citizens of the
village. Appearing on the pro-
gram at Slater Hall were J. A.
White, Plant Manager, Frank
A. Cook, Industrial Relations
Manager, W. Earle Reid, Di-
rector of Educational Recrea-
tion, who presided, the Rev. J.
M. Dean, Pastor of the Slater
Church of God, Rev. Clyde M.
Johnson, Pastor of the Slater
Methodist Church, R. P. Can-
ham and Robert H. Atkinson,
Employment Manager, all of
whom spoke briefly. Various
ladies in the audience rose to
their feet and gave thanks to
Almighty God that the war had
ended in victory for the Allies.
Wednesday afternoon, many
Slaterites repaired to the Ball
Park where a baseball game
was played between boys from
the local Slater - Marietta
Schools and Travelers Rest
High School with Slater-Mari-
etta as the victors.
Regular midweek prayer
services were held in the three
Slater Churches on Wednesday
evening ,and reports reaching
us indicate these services were
well attended.
All places of business were
closed in Slater on Wednesday,
August 15th, but everything re-
sumed business on Thursday
morning with the exception of
the Slater Beauty Shop which
did not open until Friday morn-
ing.
After almost four years of
war, the people of Slater along
with the rest of the world con-
fidently look forward to an era
of peace, and as they turn their
eyes to the future, will en-
deavor to work so that there
will be an everlasting peace.
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CHILDREN GET TRIP
FOR SUMMER WORK
On Monday, August 13, the
Slater Community Association
sponsored a tour of Greenville
for the children of intermediate
age who had helped with the
community parties or had par-
ticipated in the programs.
These children gave their serv-
ices to help make the Summer
Program a success.
A bus, provided by the As-
sociation, left Slater at 9:30 A.
M. Upon arrival in Greenville,
the group was taken to the
Coca-Cola plant. Mr. Jackson,
the superintendent, gave a
short explanation of how the
plant is operated, before con-
ducting the group through the
plant. Pamphlets describing
the plant and rulers were given
as souvenirs to each one.
The group was then taken to
the Woodside Building and
rode the elevator to the roof
for a view of the surrounding
countryside.
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Program Reveals
Good Job Finished
During the summer, the Sla-
ter Community Association has
offered numbers of activities
for the children, young people
and adults of the community,
and on Thursday night, August
9th at 8:00 P. M., a public pro-
gram of entertainment was pre-
sented in Slater Hall by which
the adults were given an in-
sight into what their children
had been doing.
The following is a copy of
the program, and, also, names
of the children who participated:
PROGRAM
Slater Hall, August 9, 1945
Thursday, 8:00 P. M.
Welcome: Bobby Johnson
Reading: Judy Cox — "Tom-
boy"
Songs: "Let the Feet Go Tramp,
Tram, Tramp," "Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star"
By: Judy Cox, Peggy and
Betty Scarce, Frances and
Barbara Hester, Mary Ann
and Patsy Tilley and Doris
Abernathy.
Reading: Molly White — "My
Dolly's Dress"
Songs: "Close as Pages in a
Book," "That's An Irish Lul-
laby," "You Belong to My
Heart"
By Patricia Summey, Mild-
red Connor, Josephine
Knight, and Lila Jean Clark.
Solo: Patricia Summey — "The
Boy Next Door"
Play: "Wildca Willie's Lucky
Number," Jessie White,
Josephine Knight, Patricia
Summey, Junior McMakin,
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