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Page Two THE SLATER NEWS August 15, 1946

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The Slater News
Published Every Two Weeks
By
Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Established 1790
In The Interest of Its Employees
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NCIE
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EDITORIAL PRODUCTION APPEARSNCE
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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, Sarah Canham, Dovie Faust, Louise Bagwell, Geneva Rampey, Leora Ward, and Pearl Price.

Preparation Dept.: Jessie Vassey, Julia Brown, Mary Wallace, Bertha Jones, Sarah Singleton, Blanche Raxter, Bellie Ruth Payne, Stanley Hawkins.

Cloth Room: Opal W. Smith.

Community: Mrs. Raymond Johnson, W. Earle Reid, Ruby P. Reid, Doris F. Atkinson.
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Slater--Our Town

We who live at Slater are often prone to forget certain things about our home town. We often grumble about this or that and express our desire to get away from it.

At heart, most of us do not mean what we say, for we would hate to be away from this beautiful little village nesting in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

Slater has one of the most beautiful natural settings of any place in the world, and all around us can be found the beauties of nature. Then, we have a good water supply, which is essential to the health of any community.

Good medical facilities are provided at Slater, as well as good churches and a good school.

There are many clubs and other activities of a recreational nature for people.

The homes at Slater are beautiful houses of fairly modern construction, and many have been beautified by their owners until they are real show places.

Then, too, the plant where most of us work is modern and up-to-date in every respect. The physical plant is constantly being improved, and we know of few places in the country that are more pleasing to the eyes than the Slater Plant.

There runs throughout the village a feeling of neighborliness and good will. Slaterites rejoice with one another in their good fortunes, and in times of trouble and distress they come to the aid of the stricken ones.

When we look around about us and see how fortunate we are in many respects, it would seem that we might be able to shrug our shoulders at the few inconveniences that might con-

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SLATER DAY BY DAY
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By the time this is printed, summer vacations will be practically over, and schools will be opening for another brand new session.

Hosts of our little fellows will begin an entirely new expeience among new and strange surroundings. Some of these same little fellows will graduate from high school in a dozen years.

For nine months a year, for five days a week, for twelve years, these children will be away from their homes and under the influence of people who have chosen one of life's most honored and thankless professions--teaching.

And it is the teachers that deserve a very large portion of the praise and honor that comes to the pupils who make successes in life.

Let's look at our teachers for just a minute. As a whole, they are a group of well educated, refined men and women who are endeavoring to keep alive in our community and all communities the best in tradition, manners and learning. They hold up the highest ideals in human conduct and raise our standards of living.

They must send years in study and preparation before they begin to teach. They must keep studying in order to keep teaching.

Their salary is so low that of necessity they must find some other means of support for the summer months.

All of this and much more. Then we asw school patrons, often because of our own lack of information and our own narrow experiences, are prone to criticize our teachers and blame them for our children's lack of interest and lack of progress when it isn't the teachers' fault at all.

Under present overcrowded classroom conditions, it is practically impossible for teachers to give pupils individual attention, and the pupils must want to learn.

So, couldn't we, as school patrons, try to understand the situation a little better and try to give our school and its teachers and their problems a more helpful and understanding attitude during the coming school term?
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front us from time to time; for there are people in our land and in other lands far less fortunate than we, the people of Slater.

As we live our lives in this beautiful and attractive place, let us strive constantly to better things, so that when wej pass on to the Great Beyond it can be truly said of all of us that we made the world, and especially Slater, a better place in which to live.
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Apartment hunters' theme song: "Oh, Promise Me!"--Chicago Sun.
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"False friends are like our shadow . . . keeping close to us while we walk in the sun . . . leaving us when we cross into the shade."--Papyrus.

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Cloth Room Chatter

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hester and fmaily visited Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Rich, of Dacusville, Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Morrison and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Morrison recently spent the week with Mr. Morrison's sister, Mrs. C. J. Enevald, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hood, of Easley, were the recent weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kelly.

Mr. and Mrs. Troy Galloway recently visited Mr. Galloway's father, Mr. A. P. Galloway, of Brevard, N.C.

Mrs. Cathering Burns recently spent the week-end with Mrs. and Mrs. Joe Burns of Sans Souci.

We are happy to hear that Mrs. J. T. Reaves was well enough to be home recently for the week-end. We hope she will soon be home to stay.

Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Patte4rson and daughter, of Travelers Rest, recently visited Mr. and Mrs. George Garland.

Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Link recently enjoyed having as their guests their nephews, Jimmie Brown, of Greenville, and Walker Lazar, of Taylors.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith enjoyed having Aileen Wigington and Norma Jean Guest as their week-end guests recently.

Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Burnett and family and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Burnette and family of Danville, Va., were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Scarce.
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Brannon Receives
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Slater-Marietta Schools in what is now known as the grammar school building, and did all of his primary, grammar and high school work in the local school. In 1942, he graduated from that institution with the highest honors in his class, and accordingly was valedictorian. He also served as president of his class. At high school commencement, he was awarded the Scholarship medal, two History medals, and the Declamation medal. In addition, he was awarded one of the Slater scholarships on that night.

This young man took advantage of his scholarship and attended the Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College at Clemson, and graduated recently in the Class of 1946 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering.

While at Clemson, young Brannon served as a First Lieutenant in the R.O.T.C., was a member of the Y.M.C.A. Council his sophomore year, and was a member of the Baptist Student Council for three years.

In an interview, F.J. says he plans to pursue his education further and expects to attend Georgia Tech. in Atlanta, Ga. this coming season, where he plans to do graduate work in Industrial Management.

He says he was an ordinary student and did ordinary work while at college, and that the majority of the credit for his education must go to his father and mother who constantly urged him on to better work. He is also grateful for the assistance of the scholarship donated by the Slater Manufacturing Company, Incorpor-

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PREPARATION DEPARTMENT N-E-W-S
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Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Keisler were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Robinson.

The quiller hands on the second shift welcome Christine Aiken back to work.

Sarah Singleton wishes to thank the employees of the quiller room for the lovely gift which was presented to her recently.

Miss Louise Barton had as her week-end guests, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Barton, of Rock Hill.

Mr. and Mrs. John Singleton were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Raines, of Greenville, recently.

Mrs. Bertha Jones is out from work due to illness, and we hope she will be back with us soon.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coleman and daughter, Sarah, were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Hawkins.

Mr. and Mrs. Loonie McCall, of Brevard, N.C., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
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Veteran Insurance
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policy may be paid to a veteran. Those veterans who have converted their term insurance to one of the previously authorized plans, are permitted under the amendments to change to one of the endowment plans.

All persons who served in the armed forces b etween October 8, 1940 and September 2, 1945 are entitled to NSLI in any amount up to $10,000. If the applicant has only $8,000, he may get $2,000 more. He may have no NSLI at all--He may get up to $10,000.

The veteran may assign beneficiary's interest to specified relatives of the insured, or he may designate any person or persons, corporation, or his estate as beneficiary in the policy.

Under the new provisions, settlement of any policy may be made in a single lump sum to beneficiaries, or the veterans may elect for payments to be made in equal monthly installments varying at his desire from 36 to 240 months.

Total disability payments under the new provisions mean that a veteran who is totally disabled for as long as six months is paid at the rate of $50 a month on a $10,000 policy, or $5 a month for each one thousand.
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ated.

The scholarship program was conceived by Commander H. N. Slater, who is interested in the program and follows the progress of each participant with a great deal of interest.

During his vacations from college he has worked here at the Slater Plant. Since his graduation in June, he has been active in the civic life of Slater, and is now president of the 16-30 club, an organization of the young people of Slater.

Everyone is proud of the progress young Brannon has made, and congratulate him upon achieving graduation in one of the colleges of this State, and especially being the first holder of a Slater scholarship to finish college. His many friends wish him well in his undertakings in the field of Industrial Management as he continues his college work.

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Brady and family recently.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Howell and children, Lynn and Charles, were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wallace.

Mr. Walter Coleman made a business trip to Washington, D.C. recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Bowers spent the week-end in Penrose, N.C. with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gilreath. Little Jack Bowers is spending the week there.

Mrs. Harris Tolley and Mr. Poole, of Rome Mountain, Tenn. were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. David Tolley and family.

Mrs. J. D. Wallace has as her guests for the next few weeks, her mother, Mrs. Ethel Jamison, and brother, Jimmie.

Mrs. John Mackey, of Hickory, N.C. was the guest ofr Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Harris recently.

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STAY SAFE OFF-THE-JOB, TOO
Phooey on the red light--I'm in a hurry!
Yeah--to get to the cemetery!
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There should be no shortage of workers in Heaven. So many have been killed and gone there.

Trouble is, we need them right here--to make automobiles, refrigerators, textile machinery, cloth, etc.

But we're losing them fast. According to the National Safety Council, of 93,000 persons killed accidentally last year, 17,500 were workers. About half of 9,300,000 injured were workers.

Motor vehicle accidents caused the bulk of these injuries and deaths. The man-days lost from these accidents alone represent a shameful human and economic waste.

It is a waste brought about by little things--"jumping" a red light, for example. Nobody has to run through a stop-light in order to punch the clock on time. He could leave the house a couple of minutes earlier.

A stop-light is for your protection and for the protection of others. It gives you and the pedestrians and other drivers a chance to pass through an interesection safely.

Remember that cars often pile up at intersections because the drivers thought yellow meant "go."

At intersections where there are no traffic lights, observe the signs. If both lights and signs are absent, be sure the way is clear before you attempt to drive across.

In addition, be willing to give up your driving "rights" if doing so will keep you or someone else safe and on the job.