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Page Two THE SLATER NEWS June 20, 1946

The Slater News
Published Every Two Weeks
Slater & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Established 1790
In the Interest of Its Employees

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STAFF
ROBERT H. ATKINSON_______ Editor
CECIL S. ROSS______________ Asst. Editor
CLAUDE GUEST ____________ Photographer

REPORTERS

Weave Room: Ernestine McCall,
Nellie Barnette, Walker Reid,
Gladys Cox, Rosalee Cox, Sara C.
Chitwood, Dovie Faust, Louise
Bagwell, Margaret Johnson, Mrs.
Perry Reampey, and Leona Ward.

Preparation Dept.: Jessie Vassey,
Dorothy Hawkins, Julia Brown,
Mildred Mull, Mary Wallace,
Ruby Drury, Nellie Ruth Payne,
Stanley Hawkins, Irene Cox.

Cloth Room: Opal W. Smith.

Community: Mrs. Raymond Johnson,
W. Earle Reid, Ruby P. Reid,
Doris F. Atkinson.

EDITORIALS
Public Conduct

We are at a loss frequently
to understand why the average
person has so little regard for
public property. This may be
a debatable question and per-
haps we are biased about such
a condition, but we have ob-
served for a long time that
people destroy rather than pre-
serve public buildings and such
similar equipment of a public
nature.

Perhaps the reason for this
is due to several causes, one of
which is lack of home training,
and also due to the failure of
our educational institutions to
teach the importance of pre-
serving public property.

Public property usually be-
longs to the tax payers of the
division of our Government, or
in some cases to individuals or
corporations. The latter class
is probably better classified as
semi-public property, and in-
cludes such property as rail-
road stations, bus terminals,
theaters, etc.

We don't have a cure for this
situation but think something
should be done about it, for the
destruction of such property
annually costs thousands and
thousands of dollars and also
inconveniences others who have
to use these facilities. Improper
conduct cannot be condoned in
anyone, and in our opinion it
sets the individual apart from
the classification of a lady or
gentleman.

If we are guilty of such a
practice, let us be lady or gen-
tleman enough to improve our
conduct and stop this needless
destruction of public property.
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Register And Vote

In the last 25 or 30 years the
United States in America has
engaged in war on two occa-
sions in order to preserve the

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democratic way of life. Per-
haps there are those who find
in our Government things to
criticize, but after all we have
more liberty and freedom than
in any other nation on the face
of the globe.

One of the ways this liberty
is guaranteed us is through the
right to vote, for every citizen
has the right to cast his or her
ballot for the man of his or
her choice. We should not take
this privilege as a matter of
course, for thousands have
given us this right by giving
their lives that we might have
this privilege.

The Democratic Party of
South Carolina is holding its
primary in August of this year
with several State offices to be

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filled and also several County
offices as well as the members of
Congress. In order to vote in
this election, it is necessary to
be enrolled on the club roll.
This merely means writing your
name, age, address, and occu-
pation on the book provided
for this purpose. But we dare
say hundreds of people will fail
to do so, and,consequently, will
be voiceless on election day.

Won't you attend to this im-
portant duty now and exercise
this privilege by enrolling? You
should study the issues and the
platforms of the candidates to
be elected so that you can make
a wise choice when you cast
your ballot on election day.

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SLATER
DAY BY DAY

Once in a very great while
there comes to our community
a person who, by the simple art
of using words, says things that
are really worth listening to.

Such was Mr. L. P. Hollis
who came from the Parker
Schools District of Greenville
recently to speak to the school
patrons and teachers on the
value of P. T. A. work from a
teacher's viewpoint.

Not once in the course of his
talk did Mr. Hollis mention
Parent-Teacher Association but
everything he said emphasized
the importance of cooperation
between home and school, as
related to the welfare of the
child.

His message hinged on the
Great Teacher's example when
"He took a child and put him
in the midst of them."

"The child is the most im-
portant thing in our schools,"
said Mr. Hollis. "We are prone
to think of books, and equip-
ment and buildings as of more
value than the pupil. And we
want to teach every pupil alike,
when each child is different."

He said that parents and
teachers alike were afraid of
new ideas in teaching and they
wanted the children to learn
the same things in the same
ways that children were taught
fifty years ago.

Among outstanding new
ideas in education, Mr. Hollis
mentioned the lunch rooms as
a means and opportunity to
teach the pupil health, nutri-
tion, manners, and the lost art
of conversation. Imagine, if
you can, a teacher taking her
pupils to a table each day and
eating a meal with them, and
the children receiving a grade
on their conduct at the table.

From the parents' stand-
point, he brought out the im-
portance of a well-balanced
home life, and the sacredness
of the individual personality.

"Our homes, churches and
schools need to be so attractive
that the children will love them."

And he ended his talk with
a new version of "The House
With the Golden Windows,"
where the little boy learned
that "the house with the gold-
en windows is home."

The only flaw of the hour
was in the very small number
of people present—a couple of
teachers, less than a dozen
school patrons, and half a
dozen other folks.
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Cloth Room Chatter

Mrs. Agnes Bagwell had as
her recent visitors her brother
and his family, Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Roper and daughter, from
New York.

Polly Burdette enjoyed hav-
ing her niece, from Pennsyl-
vania, for a short visit recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Avery E. Mer-
rell spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Claude F. Bonham in
Asheville recently.

Pvt. Thurman R. Pace was
home on a weekend pass re-
cently. He is now stationed at
Fort Jackson in Coumbia. S.
C. Before entering the service,
he was employed in the Cloth
Room.

Mrs. Annie Johnson will be
leaving soon on a trip to Texas
where she will visit her aunt.
She will be greatly missed, but
we hope that she will have a
very enjoyable trip.
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Risher Speaker
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Greenville, is expected to at-
tend as well as Raymond F.
Mitchell, Grand Steward of the
Grand Lodge, a former District
Deputy.

Ebenezer Lodge will be host
at this celebration. The Lodge,
which is under the leadership
of M. L. Jarrard, Worshipful
Master, is having one of its
most successful years, and
members are glad that they are
able to secure the services of
so able a man as Colonel Risher
to help them celebrate this oc-
casion.

Arrangements for this cele-
bration are in the hands of Rob-
ert H. Atkinson, Cecil G. Hyer,
and Roy M. Whitmore who
were appointed to attend to
this matter at the last regular
meeting of the Lodge.
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Doughnut Machine
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doughnut company.

The doughnut machine makes
the type of doughnut known as
a cake doughnut, which is said
by many to be superior to any
other type.

The doughnut machine was
purchased by the Community
Association to give the people
of Slater the best doughnut
possible to be found on the
market, and from the consump-
tion of the doughnuts being
made, it is apparent that they
are meeting with high esteem
by the public.
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PREPARATION DEPARTMENT N-E-W-S

Max and Madge Robinson, of
Slater, are spending the sum-
mer in North Carolina with
their grandparents and Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Lee.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Terrel
spent Sunday afternoon in
Greenville.

Mr. P. A. Jamison is ill at
his home, but we wish for him
a very speedy recovery.

Mrs. Bessie Robinson and
children, Margaret and Martha,
and Miss Ruth Campbell spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.

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J. C. Campbell, in Shelby, N. C.

The Mary Moffett Sunday
School Class held its regular
monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs. Billie Phillips. After the
business session, a bingo party
was enjoyed. Mrs. Dillard Hice
assisted the hostess.

Mr. Paul Foster reports that
someone borrowed his lawn
mower last summer while he
was in service and forgot to re-
turn it. He would be grateful
if the one who has it will re-
turn it.
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close this year on June 25, and
if your name is not on the roll
by that time you will not be
able to vote on election day.

The rules this year are prac-
tically the same as in former
years, but with one important
exception; that is, men or wo-
men who have reached their
eighteenth birthday, or will by
November 5, 1946, will be en-
titled to register and vote. This
is a radical departure in the
rule of recent years, as hereto-
fore persons have had to reach
their twenty-first birthday be-
fore being allowed to enroll and
vote.

There are a nmber of im-
portant offices to be filled this
year, of which the Governor is
probably the most important.
Likewise to be named are the
Lieutenant Governor, the State
Superintendent of Education,
and the Commissioner of Agri-
culture. Congressmen will have
to run also. Their elections are
not state-wide, but several
counties are joined together to
form a congressional district.
Greenville County is a part of
the Fourth Congressional Dis-
trict. County offices open this
year are members of the House
of Representatives, County
Auditor, and the Magistrates.
There are probably others, but
the ones listed above are the
major offices to be filled this
year.

Several civic organizations
and County Democratic leaders
as well as local precinct officers
are urging the people to enroll
now in order to be able to vote
in the coming primary. If you
have not attended to this duty,
please do so before the books
are closed.
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Contest Winners
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Bishop, Edward Childs, and
Roy Burnett.

The speaker of the occasion
was A. C. Phelps, Personnel
and Safety Director of the
Brandon Corporation. Mr.
Phelps is also Chairman of the
Textile Section of the National
Safety Council. In his address
Mr. Phelps explained the rea-
sons why an employee should
want to be a safe worker. He
compared the safety record
here at Slater with the average
of industries in South Carolina
and commended employees and
management of this compamy
on the greatly improved safety
record during the past three
years. Mr. Phelps spoke very
frankly and to the point.

Music for the program was
furnished by Bob Taylor's

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"Railroad Boomers" from
Radio Station WFBC in Green-
ville. The "Boomers" offered a
variety of music which greatly
delighted the audience. Also
present with the band were the
"Sunshine Sisters" from Radio
Station WFBC who entertained
the audience with several vocal
selections.

Approximately 225 employees
of the Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc. attended the program.
An award was given to the de-
partment having the largest
percentage of employees pres-
ent. The winner in this con-
test was the Drawing-In De-

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[cartoon strip of National Safety Council]
the
LIGHTER
SIDE
by WALT DITZEN

[drawing of employee talking on telephone, another person passed out on floor]
HE'S OUT RIGHT
NOW-COULD
YOU CALL BACK?

[drawing of housewife cleaning around injured man in chair]
SPRING CLEANING
AIN'T ENOUGH—
I HAFTA SWEEP
AROUND YOU YET!

[drawing of five employees, only one is not injured]
YOU'RE NEW HERE,
AREN'T YOU?

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