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Page Two THE SLATER NEWS Februrary 14, 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

[NCIE seal] [SAIE seal]

STAFF
ROBERT H. ATKINSON--- Editor
CECIL SPEIGHTS----- Asst. Editor

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

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

Cloth Room: Opal W. Smith.

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

EDITORIALS

Congratulations

The Slater News notices that
a number of officals of this
Company have been promoted
to jobs of greater service to the
Company and wish to congrat-
ulate them upon their promo-
tions. These promotions are in
line with a Company policy of
promoting men already in the
organization.

Most of the promotions are
in the field of service as a part
of the Industrial Relations Pro-
gram. Those which are not
strictly in this field are likewise
engaged in service to their fel-
low-man.

Somewhere it has been writ-
ten that a man cannot perform
a greater service to a friend
than that he give his life for
his friend and truer words have
never been spoken. This does
not mean that a person must
actually die to benefit mankind,
but if he spends his life in help-
ing others who are often in a
position where they cannot help
themselves so that the greatest
amount of good can be done,
his life will not be spent in vain.

So as the responsibility of
these men increased in their
new fields. We urge and cau-
tion them that they ever keep
in mind that they must not lose
sight of the objectives and pur-
poses of a real and worthy In-
dustrial Relations Program. In
this spirit, this newspaper ex-
tends the heartiest of congrat-
ulations and wishes them well
with the expectations that they
will live up to all of the things
demanded of them in their
chosen fields of endeavor.
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A coquette is a woman with-
out any heart, who makes a
fool of a man that hasn't got
any head.—Mme. Delugy.
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The courage we desire and
prize is not the courage to die
decently, but to live manfully.
—Carlyle.

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Cook Promoted

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tinued in this position until
January 1, 1942.

Mr. Cook was among the first
of the officials of the Company
to realize that the changing era
would require the Company to
organize an Industrial Rela-
tions department to handle
such problems.

Since becoming Industrial
Relations Manager, Mr. Cook
has taken an active part in the
development of the work of the
Slater Community Association,
which was the outgrowth of
much of the preliminary work
done while he was yet paymas-
ter. This Association, which is
operated for the benefit of the
employees of this company, was
organized in 1941, and in 1942
Mr. Cook assumed the opera-
tion of most of its work.

Under his leadership, the
Slater Community Association,
which is an eleemosynary cor-
poration to promote the wel-
fare of the employees of this
company, has developed a mod-
ern library, drug store, cafe,
and cloth shop. He was also
instrumental in formulating
plans to improve the commis-
sary. All of these improve-
ments are in line with the pur-
poses of the Community Asso-
ciation, which are to promote
such educational, recreational
and welfare activities and co-
operative enterprises for the
best interest of the people of
Slater.

From the standpoint of the
company, he has continually
worked for improvement, and
in 1941 set up the Employment
Office for this company and op-
erated it until February, 1942,
when a full time Employment
Manager was employed. He has
also developed the Safety and
Health Program of this com-
pany until it has a reputation
of being one of the best in any
textile plant in the state. Since
1940, he has been a member of
the Advisory Council of the
South Carolina Unemployment
Compensation Commission.

In community activities Mr.
Cook has not been idle, for in
1942 he was appointed a trustee
of the Slater-Marietta Schools
and has continued as such until
the present time. He has also
worked with the growth of ed-
ucational and recreational
work, and for years has served
as a committeeman for both the
Girl and Boy Scout Troops here
at Slater. Through the Com-
munity Association, he has ar-
ranged for the awarding of
medals to meritorious school
pupils. In this connection, he
has worked closely in awarding
scholarships to deserving stu-
dents, as furnished by Com-
mander H. N. Slater.

During the last war, Mr.
Cook was instrumental in pro-
moting the Training Within In-
dustry Program here at Slater
and taught a number of these
courses which helped to carry
on the war effort.

Much of Mr. Cook's work
cannot be measured in physical
assets, but can be shown by
improvements, both in the
plant and in the community, of
services rendered.

The new official is a Baptist
by religious preference. On
July 4, 1937 he married the
former Miss Beatrice Petty, of
Macon, Ga. The Cooks have
two children—Frank A., Jr.,
seven years of age, and Gloria

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Mayson, four years of age.

Until suitable office space and
housing is found for Mr. Cook
and his family in Greensboro,
they will continue to reside
here, and Mr. Cook will direct
much of his work from Slater
until he can be moved to
Greensboro.

A host of friends here and
elsewhere rejoice with him in
his promotion, and wish him
great success in his new and
chosen field.

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Cloth Room Chatter

Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Link vis-
ited Mrs. Link's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Batson, of Mari-
etta, Sunday.

Mr. J. M. Hood, of Easley,
spent the weekend with his sis-
ter, Mrs. Estelle Kelly, of
Travelers Rest.

Several employees of the
Cloth Room have been out sick
recently. We are glad that
most of them have returned to
work, and we wish for the
others a speedy recovery.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Morri-
son and family visited Mr. Mor-
rison's grandmother, Mrs.
Jones, of Hendersonville, N. C.
last Sunday.

We are happy to welcome
back two of our boys who
worked with us here in the
Cloth Room before entering the
service. They are Coy Camp-
bell and Alvin Henson. Both
of these boys were in the Navy.
We wish for them much success
in their civilian life.
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CHALLENGE ISSUED
BY GOSNELL'S MEN

H. B. Gosnell, Superintend-
ent of Weave Rooms 2 and 3,
together with overseers and
loom fixers from that depart-
ment, have issued a challenge
to Robert L. Sartain, his over-
seers and loom fixers from
Weave Room 1 to a basketball
game and two or three boxing
bouts.

So far, we haven't heard
whether Mr. Sartain and his
men have accepted, but in case
they do, be on the look-out for
quite an evening of entertain-
ment.

After the display of athletic
ability, it is the plan of the
group to get together for a sup-
per and an hour of good fel-
lowship.

Mr. Gosnell and his force
hope "the opposition" will ac-
cept as they are out to give
and receive a good time.
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Glee Club Organized
By Local High School

The Slater-Marietta High
School has organized a Glee
Club under the direction of
Miss Kathleen Farnsworth.
Try-outs were held for member-
ship.

The Glee Club elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, H. S.
Richardson, Jr., Vice Presi-
dent, Mildred Shelton; Secre-
tary, Elizabeth Ballenger;
Treasurer, Dillard Veal; Re-
porter, Mildred Connor.

The Glee Club is now being
organized into the different
voice groups: Soprano, alto,
tenor and bass.
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Pay Increase
(Con't. from page 1, col. 3)

plants, together with the in-
crease here, will amount to ap-
proximately $700,000 per year,
according to officials.

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PREPARATION
DEPARTMENT
N-E-W-S
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Mrs. Louis Hughes had as
her guests Sunday night her
two brothers, Cpl. Willie H.
Johnson, who has recently re-
turned from overseas, and Pvt.
George M. Johnson, who is
home on a thirteen day fur-
lough.

Miss Margaret Campbell, of
Shelby, N. C., is visiting her
sisters, Mrs. Bessie Robinson
and Miss Ruth Campbell.

Mrs. J. D. Wallace is a pa-
tient at Coleman's Hospital in
Travelers Rest.

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Royston
and daughter, of Baltimore,
Md., visited Mr. and Mrs. Billie
Phillips Wednesday night.

Mr. David Batson visited
friends and relatives in Green-
ville over the weekend.

Mrs. Vick Robinson recently
returned home from the Green-
ville General Hospital after
nine days of treatment there.
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Sprouse Named

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can be promoted to a higher
grade or rank. One boy has
already passed all of the tests
necessary for promotion to the
rank of Second Class Scout. He
is A. B. McMakin, Jr.

The success of scouting here
is due in large part to the ef-
forts of the new scoutmaster.
Mr. Sprouse has been a scout
since he was 12 years old, when
he was enrolled in a troop at
Ware Shoals.

Scoutmaster Sprouse was
born at Lannett, Alabama, on
May 21, 1902, but at an early
age moved to Ware Shoals in
this state with his parents. Here
young Sprouse attended school
and when old enough went to
work in the mill. He continued
his education at night school
and was graduated from high
school.

When 12 years of age, Mr.
Sprouse joined the Scouts and
rose to be a Second Class Scout.
He had to drop scouting in or-
der to attend night school and
did not resume scout work until
he became scoutmaster of
Troop 25 at Brandon Mill in
Greenville, S. C., where he
served for four years. During
his term there, the Brandon
Troop was recognized as one of
the best in Greenville County,
and as fast as a boy ceased to
be a member of the scouts, an-
other was ready to take his
place. Mr. Sprouse resigned
his work at Brandon to move
to Anderson in 1929. He did
not resume scouting until his
affiliation with the Scout Troop
here at Slater.

The new scoutmaster is mar-
ried and has two sons who are
Bobby Joe Sprouse, age 11, and
David Waldrop Sprouse, age 6.
Both are attending the Slater-
Marietta Schools. Mrs. Sprouse
is the former Miss Sue Ellen
Waldrop. The Sprouses were
married December 20, 1928.

Mr. Sprouse is a Baptist by
religious preference and is di-
rector of the Baptist Training
Union at the Slater Baptist
Church. He also is a teacher in
the Sunday School of the same
church, where he has a class of
Intermediate boys.

The Slater scoutmaster is a
Mason, and is a member of
Ebenezer Lodge, the local Ma-
sonic Lodge.

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Mrs. Alice Barton, of Rock
Hill, has been visiting her son,
J. T. Barton.

Mr. James Guest recently at-
tended a birthday dinner in
honor of his grandmother, Mrs.
J. N. Stroud. All of Mrs.
Stroud's children were present
for this occasion.

Mr. Seldon Bray is absent
from work due to illness. We
wish for his a speedy recovery.

Mr. B. L. Bridges, Mr. Luke
Hopkins and wife, and Mrs.
Tom Wakefield, of Greenville,
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Vick Robinson Sunday.

The first shift slasher men
are happy to report that the
hoods have been taken off the
slashers. This gives them more
light and air. Mr. Paul Foster
says that this makes him feel
quite at home, for it seems more
like it was before he went into
service.

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Except for a short time, Mr.
Sprouse has been employed
here at Slater in the Weaving
Department as an overseer and
loom fixer for the past ten
years. During the short time
he was employed elsewhere, he
and his family continued to re-
side here.

Everyone here at Slater feels
that the Scout Troop is for-
tunate in having as scoutmaster
a man of Mr. Sprouse's ability
and experience. The best wishes
of all are with him in this im-
portant work.
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Thompson Returns
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Army tents, and his work
among simple mountain folk
for work amid the screaming
shells of a bloody battlefield.

But the Lord called and he
went.

Now he is coming back to
take up where he left off, and
sometime early this spring Rev.
Charles T. Thompson will again
be pastor of Slater Baptist
Church.

When the church extended a
call to Rev. Thompson some
weeks ago, he wasn't able at
that time to give a definite an-
swer. Now he sends word back
that after much serious thought
and earnest prayer he feels that
his place is here, and as soon
as he is released from the Army
he will return to Slater as pas-
tor of the Slater Baptist
Church.

Brother Charlie comes back
to his charge with a vast store
of deeper, richer experiences
and a very grateful knowledge
of the protective power of
"Whoever arranges things."

And the people of Slater are
indeed happy to have him back.

So, welcome home, Mr.
Thompson, Mrs. Thompson, and
daughter Ann!
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