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THE SLATER NEWS

Vol. 4 Slater, S. C. May 29, 1947 No. 33

Diplomas Awarded
To Twenty-Nine

Nineteen girls and ten boys
received State High School Di-
plomas at the annual com-
mencement exercises of the
Slater-Marietta High School
Tuesday night, May 27. The
program was held at Slater
Hall with a capacity crowd at-
tending.

The Invocation was pro-
nounced by the Rev. Charles T.
Thompson, pastor of the Slater
Baptist Church, after which
Miss Lucy McDonald gave the
Salutatory.

Special music, "Ride Out On
Wings Of Song," was rendered
by the Girls' Glee Club under
the direction of Miss Kathaleen
Farnsworth, music teacher in
the local school.

The address of the evening
was delivered by Dr. C. G.
Campbell, pastor of the Vine-
ville Baptist Church in Macon,
Ga. Dr. Campbell spoke on the
subject, "If I Could Graduate
Again." In introducing his sub-
ject, the speaker asked the
question, "If I could graduate
again, what would I do?" He
answered this question by em-
phasizing four points. In the
first place, Dr. Campbell said
that he would grow a well-
rounded personality by con-
serving physical strength, by
continuing to develop learning,
by making friends, and by de-
velopeing his spiritual personali-
ty. He clinched this point by
directing the following state-
ment to the graduating class:
"Whatever you are going to do
in life is going to be condition-
ed by what you are." In the
second place, Dr. Campbell em-
phasized that if he could grad-
uate again, he would seek, with
all the wisdom at his command,
to choose a vocation early in
life. As his third point, the
speaker stated that he would
have a few simple rules by
which to live. He outlined these
rules as follows: I would stick
to the truth, I would do right,
I would be loyal, and I would
play fair. In concluding, Dr.
Campbell pointed out that if
he could graduate again, he
would risk his life and his for-
(Con't. on page 4, col. 1)

CIVIC CLUB WILL
SPONSOR "WEDDING"

The Slater-Marietta Civic
Club held a business meeting
at the Slater Library on Tues-
day evening, May 20, with Mrs.
Aubrey Ledford, president of
the club, presiding.

The main purpose of this
meeting was to make plans for
a "Womanless Wedding" to be
held at Slater Hall sometime in June.

The local Civic Club is spon-
soring the "Womanless Wed-
ding" and the public is invited.
Other announcements concern-
ing this program will be made
at an early date.

[Photo spanning columns 2 to 4. Pictured are men and women with the back row standing and front row sitting outdoors.]

Members of the senior class of the Slater-Marietta School were shown in Washington, D. C.
near the National Capitol with Hon. Josepth R. Bryson, Congressman from the fourth district of
South Carolina.

Those in the picture are: First row reading from left to right: Fannie Mae Burton, Mary Dod-
son, Jimmie Pierce, Paul Shirley, Gene Cox, Ray Dean, N. E. Hughes, C. P. Hunter, Russell
Hampton, Kathryn Sanders, and Fay Dean.

Second row reading left to right: Inez Turner, Cleo Lathan, Betty Roberson, Frances Poole,
Bobbie McMullan, Ruth Gossett, William Cox, Mrs. William Cox, Congressman Joseph R. Bryson,
Superintendent J. H. Barnett, Doris Hargrove, Mildred Shelton, Ruth Laws, Selma Jean Cole, Kath-
leen Reynolds, Christine Reynolds, and P. G. Webber, driver.

MEMBERS HEAR
ANNUAL REPORT

The annual meeting of the
Slater Community Association
was held at Slater Hall on
May 20, 1947 at 7:30 P. M. with
a small number of persons pres-
ent.

This annual meeting of the
Association is called for in the
Constitution of the Association
and is always held on the third
Tuesday in May of each year.

Present were the members of
the Board of Governors of the
Association and the business
manager, Allen Suttle. This

(Cont. on page four, col 2)

Both Library Groups
Present Program Soon

Both Story Hour groups will
be presented in a joint program
at Slater Hall on Thursday
night, June 12, at 8 o'clock.

The Story Hour perform-
ances have become annual oc-
casions at Slater, since each
group has staged a program
during the summer for the past
three years. However, this is
the first time that both grouos
have been presented together.

The public is cordially invit-
ed, and urged to attend the pro-
gram to be given on June 12.

Poppy Sale Helps
Needy Veterans

Each year during the week of
Memorial Day the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United
States conduct their National
Sale of Buddy Poppies, made
by disabled and needy ex-ser-
vice men patients in govern-
ment hospitals.

The V. F. W., the "Gold
Stripe" organization, all of
whose members have seen ser-
vice overseas or in hostile wat-
ers, believe that this annual ap-
peal is a means of giving tribute
and honor to those who have
(Con't. on page 3, col 1)

[Advert, column 3]

BUY a
BUDDY POPPY

VETERANS
OF
FOREIGN WARS

UNANIMOUS VOTE
INCREASES LEVY

In the school election on the
question of raising the millage
in this School District by 15
mills, the citizens of this School
District voted on May 16 by a
vote of 47 to 0 for the new levy.

For many years the Slater-
Marietta School District has
operated on next to the lowest
levy of any Distruct in the
County. The vote May 26
brings this School District in
line with many of the other
School Districts in this County.

The levy for school purposes,
beginning with the term open-
ing in September, will be 28
mills for general school pu-
poses plus the addition of one
mill for the retirement of
school bonds now outstanding
on the high school portion of
the local schools.

Formerly in an election of
this kind, only property holders
could vote, but in the past few
years laws have been amended
so that any qualified elector in
the district can vote. A quali-
fied elector in South Carolina
is one who holds a registration
certificate and has his tax re-
ceipt.

In this election, the polls
were located at the schoolhouse,
and managers for the election
were Mrs. L. T. Scarce, Miss
Eloise Taylor, and Mr. G. B.

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

Scouting Here
Makes Progress

Scouting at Slater is an in-
stitution for Scouting which
has been here for many years.
To give all the past history of
Scouting here would require
much work and research. A
brief history of Scouting will
give us an insight into the
movement here at Slater.

It was only a few years after
the plant began operation that
a Boy Scout Troop was organ-
ized. This troop was organized
by the Baptist minister, the
Reverend Mr. Wynn, who took
a great deal of interest in
young boys. The Scouts met in
a neat little cabin located in
the meadow near the school-
house. It is said the highest
rank attained by a member of
that troop was First Class
Scout.

Succeeding Mr. Wynn as
Scoutmaster was James H.
"Slick" Oglesby. "Slick" has
always been a Scout's friend.
Under his guidance, Troop 44
produced five Star Scouts. Mr.
Oglesby is also holder of the
Scoutmaster's key which is a-
warded to Scoutmasters who
have proven themselves out-
standing Scout leaders. The
Scouts of this era built the
Scout hut which is located in
the pasture not far from Slater
Hall.

During the war years, Scout-
ing at Slater suffered due to
the lack of a Scoutmaster af-
ter Stanley Hawkins resigned
as Scoutmaster due to the press
of other duties. For a time the
troop was disbanded, but in the
fall of 1945, Mr. C. L. Sprouse
became Scoutmaster, nad under
his direction Scouting has again
"come unto its own." At pres-
ent there are six Star Scouts
in the local troop, which is a
good record, especially for the
length of time which has elaps-
ed since the reorganization of
the group.

Authorities are pretty well
in agreement that Scouting is
one of the best form of train-

(Con't. on page 3, col. 5)

SCHOOL RAISES
FUND IN DRIVE

Two days, May 1 and 2 were
set aside at the Slater-Marietta
School for a Cancer Drive. A
total of $41.00 was collected
during this drive and sent to
the American Cancer Society.

Mrs. James N. Cleveland, II,
of Marietta distributed pam-
phlets to every student in the
school. These pamphlets were
read and discussed in the var-
ious classrooms.

Students and teachers of the
local school are to be congratu-
lated on their work in aiding
this worthy cause.