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Page Two THE SLATER NEWS July 24, 1947

The Slater News
Published Every Two Weeks
By
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
LILY ALEXANDER----- Circulation Mgr.
CLAUDE GUEST ------- Photographer

REPORTERS
Weave Room: Nellie Barnette, Gladys
Cox, Rosalee Cox, Sarah Canham,
Dessie Burrell, Pearl Price, Doris
Jones and Sarah Lee Foster.

Preparation Department: Jessie Vas-
sey, Julia Brown, Bertha Jones,
Blanche McCall, Nellie Ruth Payne,
Ruth Campbell, D. P. Garrick, Tom
Boggs, and Marguerite Waddell.

Cloth Room: Opal W. Smith.

Commissary: Jorene Vickers.

Office: Betty Foster and Jeanne Er-
nest.

Community: Ruth Johnson, Ruby P.
Reid,

EDITORIALS

Guard Your Health!

It isn't enough that we obtain
medical aid for our injuries
while at work. It is also impor-
tant that we come to work
physically fit.

In order to be able to start
out the day feeling physically
fit, we must start our day at
home, first by having time to
wash, dress and eat. Laying out
our clothes the night before
saves time, but we must have
time to wash, comb our hair
and clean our teeth, for without
doing these important things,
no day can be started right.

Our breakfast should be a
peaceful meal. What you eat is
your business as long as it is
nourishing and chewed well so
as to digest properly. To hurry
your breakfast can cause misery
the whole day long.

If you follow these rules and
still cannot start your job feel-
ing fit, something else is wrong.
How much rest did you get last
night? No one can work all day
with little or no rest at night.
If the lack of rest is your fault
because you were out late, that,
you yourself can remedy, but
if you went to bed and could
not sleep, then you need atten-
tion. Many of us do not realize
we need the advice of a doctor
until we are unable to go to him.
Then he will have to come to us,
which is added expense and per-
haps unnecessary.

We of the middle age group
need a yearly checkup of our
physical conditions. We will be
amazed at all we have wrong
with us. Life can be beautiful
at any age if our health permits
it to be.

If we are working, it is be-
cause we want to or have to.
It is necccesary that you give
your employers a day's work in
return for your salary. Unless
we keep constantly fit in some
manner, how can we continue?
The few dollars we shall pay

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our doctor to keep us on the
job will count little besides your
full week's pay.

Our type of work here is such
that many of us well past
middle age can continue for a
long time. Why not start now
to have our health checked on.
We will live longer and happier
and independent, because we
have a job and can work.
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SLATER
DAY BY DAY
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SOME THINGS I DON'T LIKE

Automobiles that go roaring
along the streets without muff-
lers and make as much noise as
a squadron of B 29's flying low.
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Radios that play loud late
at night after tired people are
abed trying to sleep, and then
tune in bright and early next
morning in time to chime in
with the cocks' crowing.
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Sidewalks that are covered
with sand. A most annoying
situation for the lady fair who
wears open-toe shoes. And low
hanging branches of trees that
take the pleasure out of walk-
ing.
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Gossip! And notice I didn't
say gossipers, I said gossip.
Gossipers are nice people who
have the disease "gossip-pho-
bia"; it's like hydrophobia or
kleptomania. The people who
have it don't even approve of
it either, but when they have an
attack of "gossip-phobia" they
do dangerous things.
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Automobiles parked in the
streets. Suppose that every
person who owned an automo-
bile parked it in the street con-
tinually? There would be a line
of parked cars on either side
of the street all of the time.
And that, my dear, would
create a traffic hazard of great
danger, especially on narrow
streets like ours.
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Tuberculosis

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his mouth.

4. Through objects of com-
mon use, such as water glasses,
dishes, eating utensils, or bed
linen. Any objects that have
touched the lips of a tuber-
culosis patient are dangerous
sources of infection of they are
used by anyone other than the
patient before being sterilized.

5. Through milk. Unpasteuri-
zed milk from cows that have
bovine tuberculosis can give
people the disease.
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Accidents Slay

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vented.

Behind practically every
accident which leads to injuries
or death is a foolish bit of care-
lessness on someone's part. Un-
fortunately, in many cases, it
was not the victim who was
careless, but someone else.

So work and play safely. Cut
out the carelessness at home,
at work or at play. It's tough to
have someone's injury or death
on your mind -- just because
you were careless.
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Cloth Room Chatter

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Foster
and Mr. and Mrs. Duff Stroud
and family spent a very enjoy-
able day at Table Rock State
Park recently. A delicious pic-
nic lunch was enjoyed by all,
with home-made ice cream for
dessert.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson
enjoyed entertaining friends
and relatives at their summer
cottage at River Falls during
their vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. Gay Carter,
Miss Dorothy Higgins, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Meddlin, and Mrs. E.
S. Higgins, all of Asheville,
were the recent guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Garland.

Clara Talley and a group of
friends enjoyed a trip through
the Great Smoky Mountain
National Park during their
vacation. Everyone had a de-
lightful time.

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Epps and
family and Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Epps and family all enjoyed an
out-of-door weiner roast at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Epps recently.

Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Stroupe
of Swannanoa, N. C. visited
with Marie Smith recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith en-
joyed a trip to Charleston, S.
C. during the Fourth. While
there, they visited the Isle of
Palms, Folly Beach, the
Charleston Museum, and the
Park, along with many other
beautiful places. They also en-
joyed a trip to North Carolina
where they spent most of the
day at Asheville Recreation
Park.

Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Epps and
family spent a most delightful
July 4th with Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Johnson at their summer
home at River Falls.

Mrs. Richard Stone of High
Point, N. C. was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Scarce for
several days. They enjoyed her
visit very much. Mrs. Stone
is a cousin of Mr. Scarce.

Misses Aileen Wigington and
Louise Wigington were the
week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Smith recently.
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Many Inventions

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want more science, with a miti-
gation of evils for which scien-
tists themselves are not in the
least responsible, its place in
the world of tomorrow can
hardly be ignored.

The conditions under which
science can be of most use to
the world need to be stated.
Moreover, the liberty of science
undermined by totalitarian
Governments is at stake.
Science can make this the best
of all possible worlds if it is
given a chance. But under
what conditions? It is not for
the physicists, chemists, and
biologists to lay down the new
order, but it is certainly their
function to indicate what a
world they can make if they
are given the right conditions.
We need their interpretation of
what is wrong with science in
the wartorn world and their
picture of the kind of world in
which they can be of the high-
est social good. — Industrial
Topics.

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PREPARATION
DEPARTMENT
N-E-W-S

[Column 4]
Third shifters extend a
hearty welcome to Ralph
Knight as he assumes his duties
in the Warping Department.

Lowell Landreth, the well
known "barbecue chef," has
bought a farm. Wonder if there
could be a lucky woman in his
life!

J. E. Brooks visited his
parents in Danielsville, Ga.
while on his vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Foster had
as their dinner guests on the
Fourth of July, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Hayes and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Foster.

We welcome Frances Duncan
as she begins her new work as
a creeler on the third shift.

Friends of Paul Epps extend
their deepest sympathy in the
death of his father and also a
cousin who was fatally injured
in an accident during the holi-
days.

Marguerite Waddell was de-
lighted to have her mother
spend a week with her recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Tucker
motored to Savannah, Ga. re-
cently, where they visited the
former's mother who was a
patient at the hospital there.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Laws
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed. Laws on July 4th.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Summey
and daughter, Patricia Ann,
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hend-
rix of Rock Hill enjoyed a trip
down the east coast of Florida
during the holidays. They
visited Jacksonville, Daytona
Beach, St. Augustine, Palm
Beach and Miami, Fla.

Misses Hazel and Katie Lee
Tate and Mr. and Mrs. Vanoy
Armstrong and children spent
a few days in Atlanta recently.

First shifters extend a warm
welcome to Mrs. Pansy Bowers
and hope she will enjoy her
work. Mrs. Bowers recently ex-
changed shifts with Mrs. Louise
Hughes.

Mr. and Mrs. Billie Phillips
and son visisted Mr. and Mrs.
Billie Epps and Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Tisdale of Kingstree re-
cently.

Pvt. George Snipes, who re-
cently spent a few days in Sla-
ter visiting his mother, Mrs.
Loyd Bryant, and other rela-
tives, returned to Fort Jackson
Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Trammel
and Mr. and Mrs. Barnie Bayne
enjoyed the scenery around
Table Rock on July 4th.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cisson
and family were recent visitors
with Mrs. Jessie Pearson of
Cedar Mountain, N. C.

Fishing in Georgia streams
was favorable during the
Fourth, according to O. H.
Burgess who made several good
catches there.

James Emery enjoyed a
visit with his parents in
Danielsville, Ga. last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tolley
attended the funeral services
of a relative at Roan Mountain,
Tenn., last Saturday.

During the Fourth, Mr. and
Mrs. Rudolph Looper and
family enjoyed a trip over the
Smoky Mountains and parts of
Tennessee.

Peggy Rose Waddell, accom-
panied by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Waddell, enjoyed a
climb to the top of Chimney
Rock last Sunday.

[Column 5]
Henry McCarson got a big
"kick" watching the racers at
the holiday event on a local
speedway.

We understand "Red Cis-
son is losing sleep trying to
catch a "flying disc."

On a recent Friday, Paul
Goldsmith and relatives en-
joyed a picnic and outing near
the river.

Interesting sights in Georgia
were witnessed by Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Tucker during the vaca-
tion period.

Ruby Mayfield surely can
yell -- especially if a little
mouse comes in sight.

Mr. and Mrs. Junior Ledford
were recent visitors in Frank-
lin, N. C. and surrounding terri-
tory.

Third shifters really appreci-
ate the inside paint job in the
plant, for it gives more light

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The SAFE Way
Is
RIGHT

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[CARTOON STRIP]
the
LIGHTER
SIDE
by
Walt
Ditzen

NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

[strip one - 2 cars crash into each other and 2 angry people looking angrily at each other]
WELL?

[strip 2 - guy sitting on lounge chair, broken leg, listening to the radio]
AFTER A DAY AT WORK -
DO YOU FEEL RUN DOWN?
DO YOU FEEL LUMPS ON YOUR HEAD?
DO YOU ACHE ALL OVER?
DON'T BE A DOPE!
WORK SAFELY!
SPELLED -
S-A-F-E-L-Y!

[strip 3 -young boy walking with school book, looking at father]
I GOTTA LEAVE YOU
HERE, POP,
REMEMBER - BE
CAREFUL CROSSING
STREETS!

From National Safety News
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