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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES — A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790
THE SLATER NEWS
Vol. 4 Slater, S. C., June 6, 1946 No. 11

[Sketch of Old Slater Mill]
Old Slater Mill
PAWTUCKET, R. I.
EST. 1790

[Sketch of Slater Mill]
Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

President Urges
Home Gardens
Again This Year

The President urges the Na-
tion's home gardeners to con-
tinue this year their efforts
which added so much to the
National food supply during
the war. Following a confer-
ence with Secretary of Agricul-
ture Clinton P. Anderson, it
was decided, in view of the
worldwide food shortage, to
ask gardeners of this country
to produce and conserve food
which will help to replace food
especially needed for shipment
abroad.

Secretary Anderson has ar-
ranged to call a conference of
national garden leaders at an
early date. He has appointed
Paul C. Stark, of Louisiana,
Mo., as Director of the National
Garden Program and head of a
committee to plan Department
of Agriculture activities in this
field. This committee will also
work out plans for a broader
long-time program which will
include improvement of home
surroundings in both rural and
urban areas.

Mr. Stark was in charge of
the Department of Agricul-
ture's Victory Garden program
last year. Last August he was
appointed by Secretary Ander-
son as Director of the Food Dis-
tribution Programs Branch of
the Department's Production
and Marketing Administration.
In addition to his duties in this
position, Mr. Stark will coordi-
nate and direct the national
gardening program, and also
maintain liason with other
agencies involved, both govern-
ment and private. The pro-
gram will be carried forward
in the various localities by
working through the State Ex-
tension Services and other es-
tablished agencies.

Commenting on the plans for
this year, the President said:
"During the war period, gar-
dening further demonstrated
its value to our people in many
ways. The splendid response
to the appeal for more home-
produced food was an impor-
tant factor in making it possi-
ble during the war for the peo-
ple of this country to be better
fed than before the war while
supplying the best-fed fighting
forces in the world and provid-
ing essential food supplies to
our allies. The threat of starva-
tion in many parts of the world
and the urgent need for food
from this country emphasize
the importance of continued ef-
fort to add to our total food
supply this year.

"A continuing program of
gardening will be of great ben-
efit to our people. In addition
to the contribution gardens
make to better nutrition, their
value in providing outdoor phy-

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[photo of employees of Weave Room, No. 1, spans columns 2-4, top section]
Shown above is the group from Weave Room No. 1, Job 3,
second shift, under Overseer W. W. Stephenson, who participated
100 per cent in the recent Safety Slogan Contest. They are as
follows: First row: Thomas Hughes, Robbie Leatherwood, Janie
Cody, Grace Dodson, W. W. Stephenson. Second row: Claudell
Henson, Jr., Hollis Peterson, William Coggins, Haskell Jones,
Tom Hawkins. Third row: Harold Dodson, Ernest Jones, Chester
Davis, Richard Williams. Fourth row: Fred Dunn, Aaron Fer-
guson, Sherman Moore, William Hall.

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THIRD SHIFT CLUB
ENJOYS OUTING

The "Good Will Club" of
the Preparation Department's
third shift held their second
get-together on Saturday, May
18, at Paris Mountain State

(Con't. on page 2, col. 3)
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Ex Army Nurse
Returns To Work

Miss Margaret Yongue, Reg-
istered Nurse, recently return-
ed to Slater after serving
eighteen months as a nurse in
the U. S. Army. She received
her discharge on March 4,
1946.

Miss Yongue is a native of
Bowman, S. C., and received
her training at the Nurses'
Training School of the South
Carolina Baptist Hospital in
Columbia, where she was grad-
uated in December, 1943.

Upon her return to Slater,
Miss Yongue became assistant
to W. Earle Reid, supervisor of
the Industrial Vision Program
for the Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc. In addition to help-
ing with the Ortho-Rater Pro-
gram, she will assist with first
aid and with emergency cases
in the plant.

Before entering service, Miss
Yongue was employed as a
nurse at the Wood Memorial
Clinic. A host of friends wel-
come her return to Slater and
wish for her a great deal of
success as she works with the
expanded health program for
the employees of the plant.

Slater Men Hear
Dr. Carl Shephard

Four representatives of the
Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
heard Dr. Carl F. Shephard, of
Chicago, as he spoke at the
44th Annual Meeting of the
South Carolina Optometric As-
sociation in Greenville on Mon-
day, May 27.

Dr. Shephard is assistant
dean of Northern Illinois Col-
lege of Optometry, and spoke
on the subject "Vision Training
and New Developments in Op-
tometry." Dr. Shephard is es-
pecially interested in the In-

(Con't. on page 2, col. 4)
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L. P. Hollis To Speak
To Slaterites Tonight

Superintendent L. P. Hollis,
of the Parker School District,
will speak tonight at Slater
Hall at 8:00 o'clock to the mem-
bers of the Slater-Marietta
Civic Club, and all other inter-
ested parties, concerning the
formation of a Parent-Teacher
Association here at Slater.

Mr. Hollis is well-known in
the field of educational activi-
ties and has had much experi-
ence in community affairs
throughout his career, includ-
ing Parent-Teacher Association
work. Leaders of the Civic Club
feel that they are fortunate in-
deed in securing the services of
so able a speaker.

The public is cordially invit-
ed to hear Mr. Hollis, and it is
hoped that a large audience
will be on hand to hear him.

[headline spans columns 4-5]
Slater-Marietta School Graduates
Seventeen At Annual Commencement

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SLATER RESIDENT
REMEMBERS LIBRARY

Mrs. Bennie Bradberry has
given three very interesting
books to the Slater Library.
The titles are "Hard Facts" by
Howard Spring, "Great Son"
by Edna Ferber, and "Captain
From Castile" by Samuel Shell-
abarger. These books have
rated high among "best sell-
ers," and all three are reviewed
in "Book Review Digest," a
publication of the H. W. Wil-
son Company.

In reviewing "Hard Facts"
by Spring, the "Book Review
Digest" states: "This first vol-
ume of a projected trilogy tells
the story of the founding and
early years of the weekly pa-
per, Hard Facts. Its owner and
promoter, a small-time job
printer, Daniel Dunkerley, is
one but only one of the leading
characters; others are Alec
Dillworth, editor, his sister,
Elsie, and the young clergy-
man, Theo Crystal, who falls
in love with Elsie. As a back-
ground to the story of these in-
terwoven lives is a picture of
Manchester, England in the
1880's."

In discussing "Great Son" by
Edna Ferber, the "Book Re-
view Digest" for 1945 says it
is "A chronicle of four genera-

(Con't. on page 2, col. 3)
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Natural Rubber
Shipments Upped

Shipments of natural rubber
to the U. S. from three Middle
American countries are increas-
ing, according to recent reports
from the U. S. Department of
Commerce. Panama exported
514,000 pounds of rubber to the
U. S. during the first eight
months of 1945. In one month
—October, 1945—the tiny re-
public of El Salvador shipped
almost 5,000 pounds of the
vitally needed product. The
government of Costa Rica an-
nounces that its new rubber
acreages will reach maturity
within one or two years, which
will multiply present produc-
tion totals.

News of increasing ship-
ments is being welcomed in
American business, government
and agriculture circles. When
Japanese conquests cut off Far
Eastern sources of the product,
the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture, in cooperation with
American enterprises such as
the United Fruit Company, re-
introduced rubber to this hemi-
sphere, and conducted experi-
mental plantings of the crop.

(Con't. on page 3, col. 2)

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The 1945-46 session of Slater-
Marietta High School came to
a close on Thursday night, May
23, when seventeen boys and
girls were presented State High
School Diplomas by J. H. Bar-
nett, Superintendent of the
school.

Preceding the final exercises,
the annual sermon was deliver-
ed Sunday morning, May 19,
by the Reverend M. C. Patter-
son, pastor of the Third Pres-
byterian Church of Greenville.
The graduating address was de-
livered by Dr. B. Rhett Turnip-
seed, Superintendent of the
Greenville District of the South
Carolina Methodist Conference.

During the graduating exer-
cises Thursday night, a number
of awards were presented by
Mr. J. F. Whatley, County Su-
perintendent of Education, and
Mr. F. J. Brannon, Jr. of Slater.
Medals were presented to the
following pupils:

Best all-round senior boy—
Dillard Veal.

Best all-round senior girl—
Kathleen Nelson.

(Donated by Slater Manufac-
turing Co., Inc.)
__________
Best all-round Home Ec-
onomics pupil—Mildred Shel-
ton.

Best Mathematics pupil —
Betty Talley.

Best Science pupil — Betty
Vassey.

Best 7th grade Civics pupil—
Madge Burgess.

Best Typing pupil—Kathleen
Nelson.

Best Shorthand pupil—Fan-
nie Mae Burton.

Public school music—Caro-
line Dixon.

Grammar school citizenship
—Herbert Farthing.

(Donated by Slater Commun-
ity Association.)
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High School declamation—
Dillard Veal.

High School expression—Mil-
dred Connor.

High School English—Betty
Talley.

Grammar School declamation
—Jesse White.

Grammar School expression
—Vivian Hughes.

(Donated by Slater-Marietta
School.)
__________
Senior History—Hines Rich-
ardson, Jr.

(Donated by Hale's Jewelry
Company.)
__________
High School scholarship —
Billy Vassey.

(Donated by Mr. F. G. Ham-
blen.)
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The Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc., scholarships were
awarded by Mr. J. A. White,

(Con't. on page 4, col. 3)