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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES--A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790
Old Slater Mill
PAWTUCKET, R. I.
EST. 1790 THE SLATER NEWS
Vol. 4 Slater, S. C., May 9, 1946 No. 9 Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

Easter Sunrise Service Again Held Jointly By The Churches Of Slater
The sunrise worship service which was held on the grounds in front of Slater Hall on Easter Sunday morning was marked by beauty and simplicity. The chairs were arranged in the form of a cross, thus emphasizing the cross of Christ as a part of our interpretation of Easter. Just prior to the opening of the service, the American flag was raised, adding dignity and solmenity to the reverent occasion.
The service opened with the singign of a congregational hymn, "Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us." At the close of this hymn, the Rev. Charles T. Thompson, Pastor of the Slater Baptist Church, led the audience in prayer. The first special musical number was rendered by a quartet from the Slater Baptist Church, which sang the beautiful Easter number, "He Lives on High." This quartet was cmoposed of Misses Elaine Foster, Mldred Farthing, Shirly Scarce, and ila Kate Arms, accompanied by MRs. W. W. Stephenson.
The speaker of the occasion was the Rev. Thomas L. Bryson, Pastor fo the Slater MEthodist Church. Rev. Bryson delivered his message in the form of a story called "Zera," which he had worked into a reading. This unique presentation, which interested the audience tremendously, entered around a little crippled boy named Zera, who belieed that his body could be healed by the touch of Christ. Throughout the story ran the silver cord of hope and trust harbored in the heart of the lad who knew he coudl be healed if he could locate the Jesus about whom he had heard such wonderful things. Little Zera started out to find Jesus, but the road was long for one whose limbs were twisted and aching. He was unable to reach Christ before the Curcifixion, but arrived at thetomb shortly after the Resurrection. There he talked with the Angel and saw the grave clothes of the Risen Lord. The power of Christ is unlimited, and the crippled boy's limbs were made whole as he declared his faith, hope, and trust at the empty tomb. IT was quite fitting that the sun should penetrate the clouds and make its first apperance in the East as Rev. Bryson reached the part of the story pertaining to the Ressurection of Christ. As the wroshippers looked upon this sunrise, they were reminded of that first Easter morning, when Christ conquered death and walked forth from the grave in all the glory of the REsurrection,
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ANDERSON FINISHES LANDSCAPING WORK
Mr. Rudolph Anderson, of the Mountain View Nurseries of Greenville, S.C., has recently completed a landscape project here at Slater.
A great deal of shrubbery not of an evergreen nature was first removed and then was replaced with evergreen shrubs. The principal types of shrubs used are: Hollies, with several different varieties, azaleas, English laurel, Ligustrum, Photinia, Camelia-sancaqua, running roses, and boxwood.
The space between the Employment Office and Slater Hall was worked out as one big project, and the new shrubbery has been so arranged that many of the new plants, such as the azaleas, will bloom in the spring and summer, while many of the other types have red and yellow berries on a
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Club Is Formed By Third Shift
The third shifters of the PReparation Department have organized a "Good Will Club" among the employees and held their first meeting Saturday, April 6, at Wayside Park.
The menu consisted of fresh catfish and fried chicken with all the trimmings, along with coffee and cold drinks.
Everyone attending this outing reported having a very good time. A few third shifters were not present at this first meeting, but it is felt that the group will turn out 100 percent for the next get-together.
The purpose of the club is to create a friendlier feeling among employees of the department and help them become better acquainted with each other so as to feel at home when working rather than among a group of strangers.
The club has a president and secretary and treasurer. At each meeting, the president appoints an entertainment committee which sets the date, place and manu for the next meeting. In this way, no hardship is thrown upon any one person. The male crew does the cooking, woodchopping, etc., and there are no dishes to wash.
The next outing will be held in the near future, and plans are to have at least one a month during the summer months.

Each day the Stars and Stripes flies over the Mill here at Slater. In this picture the staff photographer has caught Old Glory as it flutters in the spring breeze. This view is familiar to employees and visitors as it is seen upon approachign the front entrance of the plant.

Slater Democrats Organize Club For Coming Primary This Summer
At a meeting of the Slater Democratic Club, held at Slater Hall on Thursday night, April 25, at 7:30 p.m., the following officers for this precinct were elected: President, J. A. White; Secretary, Robert H. Atkinson; Executive Committeeman, George B. Gossett; Enrollment Committee, C. G. Hyer, H. S. Richardson, and Raymond Johnson.
Delegates to the County Convention, which was held on May 6, 1946, at Greenville were also elected. They were: R. P. Canham, L. T. Scarce, Roy Whitmire. A. Stanley Hawkins, MRs. J. G. Chandler, and Mrs. G. E. Blanton.
Democratic club throughout South Carolina met on the weekend of April 27 for the purpose of nominating officers for the various pofficers for the various precincts throughout the State. This was necessary, for the organization of the Deocratic party as the primay comes this summer. The principal officers for the State to be named this year are Governor and State Superintendent of Education. Each congressman will have to run again, and there are local offices in each county to be filled.

Contest Winners Are Announced
The judges have selected the winners of the Slater Safety Slogan Contest which was conducted in our plant in April. The firstp rize of a $25.00 savings bond will be presented to Miss Marguerite Waddell, who has been declared winner of the first prize by the judges. The winning slogan is:
The SAFE Way
Is
RIGHT
A total of 297 slogans were turned in to the judges, and after much time spent and thought by the judges, they have selected the winner and runners-up. The judges stated that there were so many good slogans, they had a hard time determining the best slogans. Writers of the next ten best slogans presented by the judges will be presented a $2.00 check each. They are as follows:
If it is right--it is safe.--By Ivah S. Simpson.
Let's join the safety roll.--By Georgia Terrell.
I can, I will, I must be safe.--By Alkin T. Bruce.
Safety pays in many ways.--By Frank Madden.
Efficiency--the safe way.--By Ray B. Smith.
Think of safety first.--By Ivadell Hill.
Stop! Look! Think! And go safely onward.--By Grace N. Dodson.
Safety pays bigger dividends than insurance policies.--By Dee D. Bishop.
Every job that is well done, is done with safety.--By Edward Chlds.
Work safely at Slater and live safely at home.--By Roy Burnett.

EASTER EGG HUNT GIVEN FOR TOTS
Slater's "Easter Parade" took place Friday afternoon, April 19, when both Story Hour groups combined for an egg hunt. The children met in the library where their arrival was marked by an array of new dresses and EAster baskets filled with pretty eggs and bunny rabbits.
While the eggs were being hidden on the grounds surrounding slater Hall, the children sat on the grass oppositve the library and listened to Du Bose Heyward's story of "The Country Bunny and The Little Gold Shoes," told by the librarian. They then went to Slater Hall, where they had a great deal of fun looking for colorful eggs which they found nestling among the shrubbery.
Those attending the egg hunt were: Wynelle Chastain, Patsy Ivester, Eyvonne Chastain, San-
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