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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES — A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790

THE SLATER NEWS

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Old Slater Mill

Pawtucket, R. I.

Est. 1790

Vol. 4

Slater, S.C., October 30, 1947

No. 43

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Slater, So. Carolina

1943

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Social Security Administration Urges Eligible Workers To Apply

The Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc. has received the following
letter and bulletin from the Social Security office in Greenville,
S. C. We are passing these on to all employees of this company,
especially those who are 65 years of age or over, for their informa-
tion.

It is very true that Old-Age Insurance and Survivors benefits
cannot be received unless proper application is made to the Social
Security Board.

The letter and bulletin are as follows:

"October 14, 1947

"Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Slater, S. C.
Gentlemen:
We find that a great many persons lose insurance benefits
through delay in filing their claims. This is especially true
with persons over 65.
In order to reduce the possibility of loss for these
individuals, we are urging all who are over 65 to file their
claims at once even though they continue to work. This
action on their part makes it possible for us to protect
their interest and reduces the possibility of loss in benefits
due to delay in filing.
If you have any employees in your organization who are
65 years of age or over, I urge that you have them contact
our office promptly in order that we may take the
necessary action to protect them from any loss which
might occur due to delay in filing.
The bulletin printed below stresses the—Two Times
For Action—which everyone should keep in mind.
Thanking you for your cooperation, I am,
Sincerely yours,
(Sgd) James B. Aiken
Manager"

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DON'T LOSE MONEY
SOCIAL SECURITY OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS
INSURANCE BENEFIT PAYMENTS ARE LOST
SIMPLY BECAUSE CLAIMS ARE NOT FILED PROMPTLY
There are TWO TIMES FOR ACTION to prevent LOSS OF
BENEFITS.

TIME FOR ACTION

1. When a worker reaches age 65, claim should be filed even
though he continues to work. (Benefits will not be paid until he
retires from covered employment, but he will be notified that
his claim is in order and the amount of his monthly benefit will
be shown. This benefit may be increased later, if he continues
to work in covered employment.)

TIME FOR ACTION

2. When a worker dies, claim should be filed within three months
of the date of death. If claims are not filed promptly, loss of
benefits may occur.

Remember, Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
benefits are payable for only three months preceding the month
of application, if the applicant was otherwise eligible. Regardless
of the date of first eligibility, benefits are payable for only three
months before the month in which application is filed.

YOU MUST FILE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU CAN
QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS

YOU MUST FILE APPLICATION PROMPTLY IF YOU WISH
TO AVOID LOSING BENEFIT PAYMENTS.

You can file application for Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
benefits Monday through Friday of each week at the address
shown below:

Social Security Administration
201 E. Coffee Street
Greenville, S. C.
(Telephone 4609)

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SLATER LIBRARY CLUBS ARE PREPARING TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN WITH EVENTS

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Members of the library clubs
are busily engaged in activities
preparatory to Halloween. In
addition to learning a number
of new games, the children are
making paper cut-outs, hats,
and decorations to be used at
the Halloween parties scheduled
during the week of October 27.
A Halloween recording called

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"The Laughing Jack-O-Lan-
tern" is also being enjoyed by
the youngsters.

All club members are urged
to be present for these activi-
ties which the Slater Com-
munity Association sponsors
through the library, and
visitors and new members are
always welcome.

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Community Chest Supported Well

Employees of the Slater
Manufacturing Co., Inc. have
again done their part in meet-
ing their quota for the Com-
munity Chest of Greater Green-
ville. The budget for this
company was set at $1,606.00,
and a total of $1,677.75 has
been pledged, which gives the
employees of this company
over 100 per cent toward their
quota. The average amount
pledged here was $2.14 per
person, which is above the
amount expected from each
participant.

W. W. Stephenson, overseer
on the second shift in Weave
Room No. One, had 100 per
cent of his employees participa-
ting, and they contributed an
average of $5.52 each to take
first place for the departments
throughout the mill. Quite a
number of other supervisors
had 100 per cent participation
throughout.

Slater was the first mill in
the Greater Greenville area to
report the results of its drive.
Monaghan Mill of Greenville
and Renfrew Bleachery of
Travelers Rest were also among
the first to report.

The employees of the Slater
Manufactureing Co., Inc. have
always supported the Com-
munity Chest liberally and
generously, and again they
have lived up to their record
of the past.

For several years Slater won
the large red feather award

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COMMON COLD IS AGGRAVATING ILL

Coughs and colds—the season
of runny noses and tickling
tonsils—is about to descend
upon us.

As we understand it, most
people intend to bear up under
the threat by keeping cough
medicine and handkerchiefs
handy for the next several
months. As long as it is
traditional we may as well
follow suit, but we aren't going
to like it. Incidentally, we
aren't one of those people who
can talk themselves into think-
ing that six or seven or eight
months of cold wind and a good
portion of snow and ice is some-
thing to hum happily about.

Nevertheless, when the day
comes—the day of days—when
we're wound up in bed sheets
like a mummy, our nose at its
seasonal peak of sniffles above
a sore throat—when that day
arrives we will know we haven't
spent our idle summer days in
vain.

There ought to be some way
to pass the time when you're
in bed with the annual winter
cold of colds, and we think we
have it.

There's nothing like a sharp
cough to sharpen the mind. The
thing to do, we feel, is to lie
quietly in bed and invent
things that will make life as
simple as we sometimes wish it
were.

(Con't. on p. 2 col. 4)

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Boy Scout Troop Makes Progress In Work During Past Two Years

The Advancement Banner of
the Blue Ridge Council—
Greenville District—of the Boy
Scouts of America was
awarded to Troop 44 of Slater
on Monday night, October 27,
1947 at an Honor Court held
in Greenville. This award is
made to the troop in the Coun-
cil winning the greatest num-
ber of merit badges in a given
length of time.

This is the first time this
award has been won by the
local troop in recent years, and
as far as it could be ascer-
tained, this is the first occasion
for the Slater Scouts to receive
this distinction.

In addition to winning this
honor, the local lads and their
Scoutmaster have been very
active. For the first time in the
history of Troop 44, the group
has two Life Scouts. The two
Scouts here who are entitled
to wear the Life Scout emblem
are Jesse White, Jr. and Jerry
Mack Ballenger.

Jesse White, Jr. is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. White
of Slater and is 13 years of age.
Jesse has been a Scout since
his twelfth birthday, or about
one and one-half years. He is
an honor student in the eighth
grade of the local Slater Mari-
etta School, and serves as
Patrol Leader of the Rattle-
snale Patrol. This young Scout
is a good example of a typical
American boy and his rise in
Scouting reflects his ambition

(Con't. on p. 3, col. 1)

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[Image showing interior of a drug store]

The Community Drug Store here at Slater was snapped by Photographer Claude Guest
during the recent One Cent Sale. Here can be seen Miss Mary Dodson who is waiting on a customer.
The Rexall One Cent Sale is an annual affair and will be held again next year. This sale was the
first of its kind ever held in the history of the store.