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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES—A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790

THE SLATER NEWS

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

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Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

Vol. 4 Slater, S.C., June 20, 1946 No. 12

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Summer Program
Now Underway
Here At Slater

The Summer Recreational
Program here at Slater got un-
derway on June 10 when play-
ground and other activities
were begun.

James H. "Slick" Oglesby,
Director of Community Activi-
ties, is in charge of the pro-
gram. He is being assisted by
Ed McMakin, formerly con-
nected with this type of work
here but late of the armed
services, and by Misses Frances
Williams and Eloise Loftus, two
of the local teachers from the
Slater-Marietta schools.

For the young children there
will be playground activities at
Slater Hall each morning under
the supervision of either Miss
Williams or Miss Loftis. Sand
bins and other equipment are
on the playground for use of
the tiny tots.

Boys from 9 to 12 years of
age are to play softball and
other such games at the Base-
ball Park. Mr. McMakin will
be in charge of this activity.
Boys from 12 to 16 years of age
will be entertained with soft-
ball and similar activities at
the Ball Park and will be super-
vised by Messrs. McMakin and
Oglesby.

The Girl Scounts are attend-
ing a two-week day camp at
Cleveland Park in Greenville.
This activity begins at 9:30 and
ends at 12 noon each day, with
the girls being carried back and
forth by bus.

A softball league has been
arranged with different depart-
ments of the mill competing,
and is open to adult men. The
first game was played June 11,
and it is planned to continue

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

TO: Consumers, Slater
Water, Sewer & Light
District.

Due to the fact that the
mill will be shut down for
the entire week of July
4th, and in order to give
each consumer the oppor-
tunity to pay his water
bill promptly, without be-
ing delinquent, the water
meters will be read early
this quarter. Your state-
ments will be in the mail
on June 27th, and it is
urged that all pay their
bills on the 28th and 29th
of June.

Your water bill is pay-
able at 46 First Street be-
tween the hours of 2:00
and 8:00 p.m. Your early
cooperation in this matter
is earnestly solicited and
will be deeply appreciat-
ed.

[photo of Mr. Permenter presenting award to Mrs. Waddell, spans cols. 2-4)
Mrs. Marguerite Waddell, winner of the recent Safety Slogan Contest at Slater, is shown
receiving the twenty-five dollar Government Bond, offered to the winner of the contest, from
Mr. E. L. Parmenter, Safety Engineer of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, who served as
chairman of the judges of the contest.

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DEMOCRATS URGED
TO REGISTER NOW

Democratic Party enrollment
books are now at the various
voting precincts throughout
the State, and the book for the
Slater Democratic Club is now
being circulated throughout
the mill. It will be placed in
the commissary for a few days
before closing and it will also
be brought to the drug store
and cafe.

All Democrats expecting to
vote in the election, to be held
in August to nominate Demo-
crats for the various offices to
be filled this year, must have
their names on the club roll to
be able to vote. The books will

(Con't. on page 2, col. 4)

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Contest Winners
Receive Awards

Mrs. Marguerite Waddell
was awarded at $25.00 bond at
a program held at Slater Hall
on Thursday night, June 13, by
Mr. E. L. Permenter, Safety
Engineer of the Liberty Mu-
tual Insurance Company. The
winning slogan submitted by
Mrs. Waddell was "The SAFE
Way Is RIGHT."

Awards were also made to
ten other employees who sub-
mitted slogans in the contest.
The awards for each of these
slogans were $2.00 per person.
Those receiving these prizes
were: Ivah S. Simpson, Georgia
Terrell, Alkin T. Bruce, Frank
Madden, Ray B. Smith, Ivadell
Hill, Grace N. Dodson, Dee D.

(Con't. on page 2, col. 4)

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DOUGHNUT MACHINE
INSTALLED AT CAFE

The Slater Community Asso-
ciation has recently purchased
a doughnut machine which has
been installed in the kitchen of
the cafe. Mrs. Essie Freeman,
manager of the cafe, is now
quite an expert in the art of
making doughnuts, which are
being served in the cafe and
are also prepared for use in the
mill commisasary.

This machine was purchased
from the Doughnut Corpora-
tion of America, with head-
quarters in Atlanta, Ga., and
was installed by Frank L. Sul-
livan, representative of the

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

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Risher Speaker
At Masonic Rites
Sunday 3:30 P.M.

Colonel James F. Risher,
Headmaster of Carlisle School
and Deputy Grand Master of
the South Carolina Grand
Lodge of Masons, will be the
speaker at exercises to be held
at Slater Hall on June 23 at
3:30 p.m.

Colonel Risher is an excellent
speaker and is well known as
an educator and outstand-
ing Mason. He has been con-
nected with Carlisle School, a
boys preparatory school at
Bamberg, S. C. since 1924. In
his classroom and daily life he
has influenced for the better
many of the youths of South
Carolina and other states.
He is a graduate of The Citadel
and is also an inventor of note.

This meeting will be open to
the public and will be held in
the auditorium of Slater Hall.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. This celebration is
in honor of St. John the Bap-
tist day which annually comes
on June 24 and is one of the
two festivals of Masonry. The
other is the Festival of St. John
the Evangelist, which comes on
December 27 of each year.
Ebenezer Lodge No. 101, A. F.
M. for a number of years has
celebrated the Festival of St.
John the Evangelist, but of re-
cent years has not celebrated
the Festival of St. John the
Baptist.

All Masonic Lodges in the
14th Masonic District of South
Carolina have been invited to
attend, and it is expected that
a large number of Masons will
be present from visiting
Lodges. The District Deputy
Grand Master, G. S. Morse of

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

Employees of Slater
Manufacturing Co., Inc.
will have a week's vaca-
tion the week of July 4,
according to the following
announcement by the
Plant Manager:

"The mill will be closed
at 8:00 A.M. on Saturday
morning, June 29, and re-
open Monday morning,
July 8, at 8:00 A.M. in-
stead of the plan previous-
ly announced."

J. A. White
Plant Manager