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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES--A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790
THE SLATER NEWS

[Graphic of Old Slater Mill]
Old Slater Mill
PAWTUCKET, R.I.
EST. 1790

[Graphic of Slater Mill]
Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

Vol. 4 Slater, S.C., November 26, 1947 No. 45.

[Column 1]

Jaggers Speaks To Slater Folks

The Slater manufacturing Co.,
Inc. very appropriately
remembered National Educa-
tion Week by donating to the
local school $50,000 to be used
toward the erection of a new
high school building. This is
the second gift of this kind, the
first one also being a $50,000
donation made in November,
1946.

The meeting, which was held
at Slater Hall on Thursday
night, November 13, was pre-
sided over by Mr. J. A. White,
Plant Manager. It opened with
the singing of "America" by
the audience, after which the
Rev. Ralph Kaney, pastor of
the Slater Methodist Church,
pronounced the Invocation.

In welcoming those who were
present, Mr. White stated that
the people of Slater are for-
tunate in having a company
like ours, churches like ours,
and a growing, progressive
school. He emphasized the fact
that every individual has a part
to play in making and keeping
the community as we would
like to have it.

Special music, featuring
"The Bells" (adopted from
"The Bells" by Edgar Allan
Poe) by Rachmaninoff was
rendered by the following girls
from the school: Sara Wylie,
Carolyn Marsh, Betty Vassey,
Shirley Scarce, Mildred Farth-
ing, Freddie Truesdale, Frieda
Thornton, and Patricial Sum-
mey. The music was directed

(Con't. on page 2, col. 30

[image spans bottom portion of cols. 1-2]

[photo of Dr. Jaggers at microphone]
Dr. R. E. Jaggers, Professor of Education at the University
of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C., who delivered the main
address at ceremonies in which the Slater Company donated a
substantial gift to the local school. Dr. Jaggers' address was
greatly enjoyed by all who heard him.

[top of column 2]

[photo of officials of large group of men, spans top section of cols. 2-4]
Shown above are officials of the Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc., the Slater-Marietta School,
and their platform guests at the exercises held at Slater Hall recently when the Slater Company,
for the second year, donated $50,000 to a building fund for the erection of a new high school here.

[middle section below image, col 2]

PUPILS DONATE TO
FRIENDSHIP TRAIN

The pupils of the Slater-Marietta
Schools were recently
given the opportunity to
contribute to the Friendship
Train. This train is being
loaded with flour and con-
densed milk to be sent to needy
European families.

Donations from the high
school amounted to $13.74,
while the elementary school
gave $14.45, making a total of
$28.19 contributed by the
school to this worthy cause.
____________
The laws of conscience, which
we pretend to be derived from
nature, proceed from custom.

[column 3, middle section]

Influenza Shots
Given Slaterites

All employees of the Slater
Manufacturing Co., Inc. were
given a chance to take influenza
injections on Thursday, Novem-
ber 20, when D, T. L. Takacy
and Mrs. Cynthia Mangum,
registered nurse, were at the
plant on all three shifts for
this purpose.

Officials of the company re-
port that the response to the
flu shots was unusually good,
with a large percentage of the
employees availing themselves
of the opportunity of taking
these shots which were fur-
nished free of charge by the
company.

At 8:00 A. M. on the morning
of November 20, Dr. Takacy
and the nurse set up their
equipment in the office of the
Superintendent of Weaving,
H. S. Richardson, where all of
the shots were given. It took
until 11:00 A. M. to finish the
first shift, which is the largest
as it includes the Office, Ware-
house, Shop, and Maintenance
Departments. There are only
skeleton forces in most of these
departments on the other two
shifts. At 4:00 P. M. and again

(Con't. on page four, col. 2)

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NOTICE

The following an-
nouncement has been
made in regard to Christ-
mas holidays for the
employees of Slater
Manufacturing Co., Inc.:
The mill will close at
8:00 o'clock A. M., Decem-
ber 24, and will resume
operations at 8:00 o'clock
A. M. Monday, December
29.

This announcement has
been posted on bulletin
boards throughout the
mill.

[column 4, middle section]

METHODIST GROUP
HOLDS MEETING

The Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the Slater
Methodist Church met Thurs-
day night, November 13, at the
home of Mrs. Bob Griffith.

The meeting was called to
order, and Mr. Ted Addington,
the president, presented a very
interesting devotional.

During a lengthy business
session, the Society made plans
to entertain in the church base-
ment on Thursday night,

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

[photo of Frank Cook at microphone, spans bottom of cols. 4-5]
The announcement of the Company's donation to the local
school was made by Frank A. Cook, Director of Industrial
Relations for this group of mills, of the Greensboro, N. C. office.
The local school is near and dear to Mr. Cook's heart, as he is a
former resident of Slater and a former trustee of the school.

[top of column 5]

Local Girls Like
Winthrop College

Miss Elsie Lee Pittman, local
girl now in her second year at
Winthrop College, Rock Hill,
S. C., writes us about life at
Winthrop. Miss Pittman's
letter is as follows:

"Naturally, all towns like to
hear from their students who
are away at college; Slater is
no exception. In view of this
fact, the following Winthrop
girls from Slater have been
interviewed: Misses Ruth
Laws, Doris Hargrove, Fresh-
men, and Frances Miller,
Sophomore.

"Ruth is a Physical Educa-
tion major. When asked her
opinion of Winthrop, she re-
"It's a grand place, and
I wouldn't be anywhere else."
Doris is majoring in Home
Economics, and her reply to
how she likes Winthrop was,
"A wonderful place—it offers
many opportunities of which
every girl should take advan-
tage." Then, our Commercial
Science major, Frances, re-
marked, "I like Winthrop and
enjoy my work here."

"Our aim at Winthrop is to
develop well-rounded lives and
to achieve broad and liberal
culture in order that we may
take our rightful places in the
world when we have completed
our courses. We are here for a
serious purpose; not for social
reasons, but to enrichen our
lives by learning and putting
into practice what we have

(Con't. on page 4, col. 1)

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