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October 16, 1947 THE SLATER NEWS Page 3

PREPARATION DEPARTMENT
N-E-W-S

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Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Davis
visited the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Childs last Tues-
day.

First shifters welcome Mrs.
Frances McMullan Dunn back
to the department as a quiller
operator.

Broadus Poole and a group
of friends motored to Brevard,
N. C. recently.

Mrs. Hester Green of Greer,
Mrs. Bessie Tripp Swaney of
Slater, and Mrs. Nellie Ruth
Payne of Marietta visited in
Greensboro, N. C. last week-
end, where they attended the
Tripp—Stigall wedding. The
rites were solemnized on Sat-
urday evening, October 4, at
Ashbroro Street Baptist Church.

Third shifters welcome Dal-

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ton McWhite who will work in
the slasher room for a short
while. Dalton is a regular first
shift slasher tender.

"Pug" Waddell is all smiles
and rightly so. He reports that
he has plenty of hay in for the
winter.

Ralph "Bud" Tripp has re-
enlisted in the Army and is now
stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C.
"Bud" is a former employee of
our Weaving Department.

Several Preparation Depart-
ment employees and their
families were among the 185
persons attending Homecoming
Day at Cox Chapel Baptist
Church. The Nelson-Stamps
Quartet was a special feature of
the program. Lunch was served
at noon on the church grounds.
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Dances Likely
(Con't. from page 1, col. 5)

to Middle America. Some of the
more popular ones like the
Rumba and Conga have already
scored with American dance
enthusiasts. Perhaps the
Dominican Republic's merry
Merengue, Cuba's happy
Habanera, Colombia's buoyant
Bambuco, or Panama's tantaliz-
ing Tamborito may be next,
concludes the Middle America
Information Bureau.
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Garrison Lauds
(Con't. from page 1, col. 1)

center field and managed the
club. Manager Rampey, I might
add, is a brother of Paul Ram-
pey, who has shone so long and
so brilliantly at Easley Mill.

"Harrold Taylor, youthful
Slater star, is also a nephew of
Jack (Ox) Taylor, who for so
many years has been hitting
home runs and displaying good
sportsmanship in the Western
Carolina League. Harold Tay-

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lor's father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Taylor, were among
those present for the evening.

Mr. White mentioned plans
for the 1948 season, saying that
lights had been installed and
that other plans were in the
making. He said installation of
the lights was intended to do
two things: Give the house-
wives a chance to get out in the
evenings, and to provide good
wholesome recreation for the
people of the upper part of the
county. He expressed the
opinion that the attendance
next year would justify the
hopes that have been centered
about the $10,000 lighting
plant.

"Thanks to Allen Suttle for
an invitation to attend this
delightful occasion—one, too,
featured by the presence of the
ladies and the addition of a
serious note that is not always
noted at a baseball gathering."
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Theatre Guide

October 18, 1947
"MY DOG SHEP"
Starring:
Tom Neal
William Farnum
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October 20, 1947
"THE TWO MRS.
CARROLS"
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart
Alex Smith
Barbara Stanwyck
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October 24, 1947
"WINTER WONDERLAND"
Starring:
Lynn Roberts
Roman Bohen
Charles Drake
Eric Blore
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October 25, 1947
"BANJO"
Starring:
Sharyn Moffett
Walter Reed
Jacqueline White
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October 27, 1947
"CYNTHIA"
Starring:
Elizabeth Taylor
George Murphy
Mary Astor
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October 31, 1947
"UNDERCOVER MAISIE"
Starring:
Ann Southern
Barry Nelson
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MIDDLE AMERICA
FURNISHES BALSAM

El Salvador, one of the
eleven Middle American re-
publics, has thousands of miles
of rich forests, among which is
the world - famous "balsam
coast" which yields the major
part of the world's supply of
medicinal balsam, reports the
Middle American Information
Bureau. The sap of the balsam
tree is boiled down much as is
maple sugar. It is, however,
much scarcer than maple sugar,
and is accordingly priced high.
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The attractive tortoise shell
which comes to us from the
Middle American Republic of
Haiti is a relatively rare pro-
duct, because, though tor-
toises weigh from 200 to 300
pounds, they carry only two to
three pounds of shell.

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Neighbors Have
Varied Music

The music of our Middle
American neighbors, considered
by many people in this country
to be synonymous with the
conga and the rumba, is
actually far more complex and
varied, and differs radically
from one nation to the next,
the Middle American Informa-
tion Bureau points out. Not
only do great diversities in
personal syles exist, ranging
from the academic to the ultra-
modern, but individual racial
and cultural patterns, including
Indian, Negro, and Spanish,
have caused striking variations
in the melodic and structural
character of native music in
these countries.

The musical heritage of the
Middle American Indians,
which has been effectively
utilized in compositions by
contemporary composers, is
found chiefly in nations with
large Indian populations. In
Nicaragua, for example, one
can still hear typical melodies
and rhythms built on the
pentatonic scale of the Mayans
and Quiches. But even in this
country, as well as in Panama
and Columbia, one may have to
go deep into the jungles to hear
this music undiluted by Spanish
and Negro characteristics.

African influence, which has
made a lasting mark on the
music of our own country, is
felt mainly in the West Indies—
especially in Cuba and Haiti.
This influence extends as far as
Columbia, where one finds
prominent elements of African
drumming in the percussive
rhythms of popular dances and
songs. In fact, the most common
of Columbia's airs is the Bam-
buco, probably named for the
West African town of Bambuk,
whose people were among the
first to be shipped to Columbia
as slaves.

In Haiti, the land of drums,
African Polyrhythms and
melodic modulations are quite
apparent, just as in the New
Orleans jazz music of the
United States. And the Cuban
rumba and conga, usually
believed to be of Spanish origin,
are really the creation of the
Negroes, whose influence is
most strongly felt in the city
songs, whereas the Spanish
element dominates in the rustic

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airs and dances of the country-
side.

Mexico and Costa Rica are
the countries of Middle Amer-
ica where Spanish musical
characteristics are almost
exclusive, and even there a
unique tropical accent has been
added, largely by means of comm-
plex cross rhythms, which are
not general present in Old
World native songs. The dis-
tinctive flavor of Mexican
popular music is also derived
from the typical band, which
is known in Mexico City and
coastal regions as the Mariachi
band. These colorful groups,
usually consisting of two
violins, a large five-stringed
guitar and a trumpet, are
familiar to United States film
patrons, who have seen them
attired in the customary
ponchos and wide-brimmed
sombreros, accompanying
dancers and singers in cafes or
at village Fiestas.
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SORRY I'M LATE DEAR,
BUT I GOT CAUGHT IN
A BADMINTON GAME!

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SWIZZLE STICK
STIRS MIXTURE

Parched corn is the basis of
the national drink of Guata-
mala, colled tiste, reports the
Middle American Information
Bureau. It is not an alcoholic
drink, however. To the corn are
added cocoa, flour, sugar and
a tiny wild fruit called achote,
all hand-ground into a fine
brick-red powder. The mixture
is stirred with a swizzle stick
into a glass of water, and tour-
ists who have tasted it report
that it is delicious.
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The ribbons Guatamalan
women from Santa Maria Chi-
quimula wear in their hair are
not just decorative. The comb-
ings from their own hair are
woven into these ribbons as
protection against bad luck,
according to local tradition.
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Guatamala, which grows a
large part of the world's coffee
and bananas, was among the
first of the Middle American
republics to have a highway
from border to border, says the
Middle American Information
Bureau. Today Guatamala has
a great road system, to the up-
keep of which every citizen is
required to contribute the
equivalent of two weeks' work,
either in money or labor.