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Page Four THE SLATER NEWS March 6, 1947
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Newton
Norris are receiving congratu-
lations on the arrival of a son,
Terry Alan, at the Wood Me-
morial Clinic on February 11.
The baby weighted 9 lbs. and 2
ozs. at birth.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Cash of
Marietta are the proud parents
of a little son, born at the Cole-
man Hospital in Travelers Rest
on February 16. The baby, who
has been named Albert Ebed,
weighed 9 1-2 lbs. at birth.

Mrs. Cash is pleasantly re-
membered in Slater as the
former Miss Inez Stockton.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hopkins
announce the arrival of a
daughter, Georgia Yvonne,
at the Wood Memorial Clinic
on February 22. The little girl
weighted 9 lbs. 15 oz.

Mrs. Hopkins is the former
Miss Bonnie Grace Phillips.

Mr. Hopkins is an employee
of the Slater Manifacturing
Co., Inc. and works in the
Weaving Department of the
plant.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tom Landreth
announce the birth of a daugh-
ter at the Greenville General
Hospital on February 12. The
little girl arrived on the wed-
ding anniversary of her pa-
rents and has been named
Donna Jeanne.

Mrs. Landreth is pleasantly
remembered here as the former
Miss Vara Lindsay.
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Preparation News
(Con't. from page 2, col. 5)
were the recent guests of Mrs.
W. R. Trammel in Woodruff.

Friends in the quilling de-
partment miss Elizabeth Al-
right while she is out nursing
a rheumatic shoulder.

We are sorry to lose Hazel
Guest as a quiller operator, but
we wish her much success as
she takes up her new duties as
office girl of the department.

No prouder grandmother
could there be found since
Louise Lindsay's granddaugh-
ter arrived on February 12.

Mrs. G. J. Vickers spent the
week-end with her brother in
Laurens, and while there they
visited their sister in Columbia.

Mrs. Jettie Ledford had as
her guest for the week-end, her
brother, Mr. Tom Brown, of At-
lanta, Ga.

Mrs. L. O. Harper of Honea
Path, is spending some time
with her daughter, Mrs. Aub-
rey Ledford, and Mrs. Jettie
Ledford.

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Barnett
and son were the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hargrove and family.

Mrs. Hollis Deshields and
baby of Greer spent the past
week with her brother and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Arms.

Mrs. Winford Brock and
daughter, Jane, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Loyd Simpson last week
while Mr. Brook was in N. Y.
on business.

The drawing-in room wishes
to express its sympathy to Mrs.
Gladys Dill in the recent death
of her father-in-law, Mr. T. R.
Dill, of Greenville.

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SENIOR PROGRAM
ABOUT FAMOUS MEN

The senior class of the Slater-
Marietta High School present-
ed the regular bi-monthly
chapel program on Wednesday,
February 19. Since the month of
February is called the
"birthday of famous men," two
short plays about two famous
men born in February were
given. All members of the class
participated.

Paul Shirley, spokesman,
read Psalms 121, after which
the high school student body
arose and repeated The Lord's
Prayer.

The first playlet was "Lincoln
Speaks Again." Those in
this play were: Harold Knight,
Lucy McDonald, Christine Rey-
nolds, Betty Roberson, Jimmie
Pierce, Kathryn Sanders, Paul
Shirley, Doris Hargrove, Fan-
nie Mae Burton, Bobbie Mc-
Mullan, Ruth Laws, Selma
Jean Cole, and Roy Lybrand.
Roy Lybrand portraied Lin-
coln and recited the fammous
Gettysburg Address.

Following this play, Doris
Hargove led the student body
in singing "America the Beaut-
iful."

The second play, "America
Renews Her Vows," was pre-
sented in memory of George
Washington. The characters
were: Selma Jean Cole, Inez
Turner, Ray Dean, Kathleen
Reynolds, C. P. Hunter, Mild-
red Shelton, Mary Dodson,
Paul Shirley, Gene Cox, Rus-
sell Hampton, Cleo Lathan, N.
E. Hughes, Dulcie Cooper,
Thomas Williams, and Fay
Dean.

To climax the educational
program, the student body
sang "America."
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Local Boys Sing
In Large Choir

Eight boys from the Slater-
Marietta School participated
in the "Boys in Music" pro-
gram Sunday afternoon, Febru-
ary 23, at the First Baptist
Church in Greenville. George
Mackey, director of the Rotary
Choristers, directed the "Hymn
Festival" and was assisted by
Mrs. Sara B. Cleveland of the
Parker District. The program
was sponsored by the Rotary
Club and was given in coopera-
tion with the Choristers.

Boys from the city, county,
and Parker schools formed a
mass choir of approximately
400, and were featured, as were
the Choristers, in several
special hymn arrangements.
They were trained in their re-
spective schools by the music
teachers.

The young singers who were
selected from the local school
were: Herbert Farthing, Jerry
Ballenger, Alton White, Ted
Smith, Richard Burnett, Jesse
White, Jr., Weldon Gosnell,
and Bill Duncan.
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CLERICAL WORKER
JOINS STAFF HERE

The Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc. recently employed
Mary Margaret Matthewson to
assist in the work of the In-
dustrial Relations Department.
She will work with W. Earle

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Reid, assistant to the Industrial
Relations Manager, on the In-
dustrial Vision and Safety
Programs.

Mary Margaret is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Coy Glenn of
Union. She resides with her
sister, Mrs. Jack Owens, of
Greenville, and is a graduate
of the Union High School,
where she received her com-
mercial training.

Since assuming her duties at
Slater, she has shown a great
deal of interest in her work, a
nd is proving to be capable
and efficient. Her friends in

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Slater and elsewhere wish for
her continued success in her
new work.

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[photo of a white man wearing a dress shirt and tie at a desk]
Above is Dr. T. L. Takacy
of Slater. He is the guardian of
the health of the people of this
community. As a physician, he
ranks among the best in this
section of the State.
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Many Changes In
Hundred Years

Only 100 Years Ago
There was not a public lib-
rary in the United States.

Almost all furniture was im-
ported from England.

An old copper mine in Con-
necticut was used as a prison.

There was only one hat fac-
tory and it was cocked hats.

Every gentleman wore a
queue and powdered his hair.

Crockery plates were object-
ed to because they dulled the knives.

Virginia contained a fifth of
the whole population of the country.

A man who jeered at the
preacher or criticied a sermon
was fined.

Two stagecoaches bore all
the travel between New York
and Boston.

A day laborer considered
himself well paid with two shil-
lings a day.

The whipping post and pil-
lory were still standing in Bost-
on and New York.

Buttons were scarce and ex-
pensive, and the trousers were
fastened with pegs or lace.

Leather breeches, a checked
shirt, a red flannel jacket and
a cocked hat formed the dress
of the real artisan.

Beef, pork, salt fish, pota-
toes and hominy were the
staple diet all the year around.
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OFFICE NEWS
Miss Mary Stone, Mr. Roy
Tate, Miss Sue tate, and Mr. T.
G. Holcombe motored to Cen-
tral, S. C. Sunday.

Miss Elizabeth Ammons
spent the past Sunday with her
brother-in-law and sister, the
Rev. and Mrs. Leon Chandler,
of Pauline, S. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rogers
had as their week-end guests,
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Wood and
Miss Mae Wood of Lander Col-

lege.
Miss Jeanne Ernest visited
friends in Brevard, N. C. Sun-
day.
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CANCER IS
DEADLY FOE

According to an old
fable, there was a camel
and he got his nose under
the edge of the tent after
pleading with the kind-
hearted Bedouin that he
had no shelter. Well, ev-
eryone knows the ending
of the tale; pretty soon
the camel had the whole
tent and the well-meaning
but foolish nomad was on
the outside, looking in.

Cancer is no camel. It's
a killer that lurks in the
lives in if we are not
alert. But its end result
might remind you of the
fable, because cancer in
its early stages can be
mighty deceitful. A slight
irritation on the skin first
gives little discomfort.
Unless medical attention
is promptly received, the
whole body becomes in-
habited with cancer and
the day comes, sadly
enough, when you might
as well fold your tent like
the arab because ad-
vanced cancer means al-
most certain death.

A skin irritation is only one
of the signs that the
camel has his nose under
the edge of the tent. There
are numerous others such
as a painless lump espe-
cially in the breast, lip or
tongue, persistent indiges-
tion; a progressive change
in the color, or size, of a
word or a mole; any radic-
al change in normal
bowel habits; hoarseness
that fails to clear up
quickly or an unexplain-
ed cough; bloody dis-
charge from any of the
natural body openings;
and finally, any sore that
does not heal.

In the case of the camel,
all the Arab lost was his
tent. In the case of can-
cer, you can lose your life.
Watch for these signs
and above all have a
thorough medical exam-
ination at least once a
year.

The American Cancer
Society, 350 Fifth Ave-
nue, New York 1, New
York.

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I ofter quote myself. It adds
spice to my conversation.
-- George Bernard Shaw.

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CLUB PRODUCES A
NUMBER OF POETS

At a recent meeting of the
Girls' Library Club, several of
the girls present wrote poems
pertaining to Eskimo life. This
original activity was carried
out as a part of the Eskimo
unit on which the library clubs
have been working during the
past month. The poems are
as follows:

ESKIMO NIGHT
Eskimo night is very bright,
The skies are blue,
The ground is white;
It's a wonderful sight
To see the stars so bright,
Beneath the skies at night.
--Betty Lou Phillips and
Margaret Robinson
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ESKIMO LAND
In Eskimo land the ground is white,
Short is the day, long is the night;
They like to play in the ice and snow,
Dressed in their furs with arrows and bows.
--Peggy Scarce
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ESKIMOS
Eskimos are funny people,
They don't have a church with a pretty steeple;
In winter, they have no sun,
To tell the truth, they have lots of fun.
--Frieda Thornton
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IN ESKIMO LAND
In Eskimo land, life is grand;
They sing and play
And ride on a sleigh
And play on snow
--Mary Ann Tilley and Sandra Burgess
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ESKIMO LAND
In Eskimo land, they ride and play,
And in the winter they ride on sleighs;
They also fish and hunt for game,
But in the summer it's not the same;
They live under tents that are made of skin,
They lick their babies to clean their skin.
In winter they live in houses of ice,
For us, it's awlful--but for them, it's nice.
--Joyce Snipes
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Ebenezer Masons Will
Confer Master Degree

The Master Mason degree
will be conferred on a class of
candidates by Ebenezer Lodge,
Slater, S. C. on Saturday night,
March 8, 1947, at 7:30 P. M.
at the Lodge Hall.

All members of the local
Lodge are urged to be present,
and all visiting Master Masons
will be welcomed.

M. L. Jarrard of Cleveland
is Worshipful Master.
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