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Page Two	THE SLATER NEWS	May 17, 1945

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The Slater News

Published Every Two Weeks

By S. Slater & Sons, Inc.

Established 1790

In The Interest of Its Employees

STAFF

Robert H. Atkinson.........Editor

Cecil Speights.........Asst. Editor

REPORTERS

Weave Room: B. O. Godfrey, Ernes-
tine McCall, Nellie Barnette,
Walker Reid, Gladys Cox, Rosalee
Cox, Sara C. Chitwood, Dovie
Faust, Georgia Bennett, and Louise
Bagwell.

Preparation Dept.: Jessie Vassey,
Dorothy Hawkins, Julia Brown,
Mildred Mull, Mary Wallace,
Lucille Tate, Ruby Drury, Nellie
Ruth Payne, Stanley Hawkins,
Irene Cox.

Cloth Room: Jessie M. Smith, Elsie
Raxter.

Community: Mrs. Raymond Johnson,
W. Earle Reid, Ruby P. Reid,
Doris F. Atkinson.

EDITORIALS

On The Right Track

The union church services
held at the Slater Church of
God on April 29, 1945, and par-
ticipated in by the three de-
nominations represented here
at Slater, is definitely a step in
the right direction.

Here, at this service, were
fathered members of the Meth-
odist Church, the Baptist
church, the Church of God, and
members of other denomina-
tions not represented at Slater,
in a common effort to worship
God together in a great out-
pouring of fellowship. It is our
opinion this was accomplished,
for the service was inspiring
and certainly, as each went to
his or her home, there was a
realization that all had truly
been in the presence of God.

The fellowship of mingling
together in such a service was
likewise good. Perhaps it
brought a deeper realization to
all present that we are child-
ren of God seeking a common
salvation for our souls.

To those in charge of the ar-
rangements for this service, we
say most heartily a good job
has been done. We urge and
hope the good work so well be-
gun will be continued and that
each fifth Sunday a union serv-
ice will be held in one of the
three churches here at Slater.

Those who participated in
the service and those who at-
tended are likewise to be com-
mended for the part they con-
tributed to the success of the
meeting. May all of you con-
tinue steadfast in the faith and
strive to make all such meet-
ing a success.

Again we commend this en-
terprise as worthwhile and de-
serving of the best we can give.
It is our earnest desire to see
such services continued, for we
believe the effort is headed in
the right way and is on the
right track.

For Sale

1—1939 Ford Coupe. See B.
F. Gilstrap, Warping Dept.,
2nd shift.

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SLATER DAY BY DAY

Last summer we had no
system of garbage disposal. We
piled our garbage out in the
back alley and there it stayed,
breeding flies and mosquitoes,
until for the sake of the com-
munity, and in accordance
with the good neighbor policy,
the Company would spare a
truck and a couple of men and
send them around to collect
and dispose of the vermin-in-
fested stuff, without any cost
to we, the people.

Housewives talked over back
fences and deplored the situa-
tion. Villagers wagged their
heads and said, "Something
ought to be done."

So the Civic Club members
(bless their hearts) did some-
thing. They canvassed the com-
munity and got more than half
of the residents of the village
to sign a statement to the effect
tat they would be willing to
pay to have their garbage re-
moved ever so often.

A man was found to do the
work, a price was set, a collec-
tion day decided upon, and the
past winter the project got un-
derway.

But there is still a fly in the
ointment, or rather in the gar-
bage. Of all those people who
said, "Yes, we want our gar-
bage removed," "Yes, we will
pay so much ever so often,"
less than one-fourth of them
are having their garbage taken
up every two weeks.

The man uses his gas and his
time to go to the back door
only to be told, "Get mine next
time." Won't you please, all
residents of the community,
have your garbage removed
every time the truck comes
around? We want a CLEAN
village!

If you are working or are
asleep in daytime, leave your
quarter with a neighbor every
other Tuesday. If youe neigh-
bor is asleep or working, leave
your quarter and your house
number with me at 24 Second
Street. The next collection day
is May 22nd.

For our health's sake, let's
Keep Our Village Free From
Flies and Mosquitoes This Sum-
mer!

Slater Soldier

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former employee of this com-
pany, and at the present time
his aunt, Mrs. Polly Burdett,
is employed in the Cloth Room
of this plant.

The management and em-
ployees of this company to-
gether with a host of friends in
this and surrounding communi-
ties join in extending their
sympathy to the Burdett family
in their irrepairable loss.

For Sale

2 Rabbit Dogs, 2 years old.
Tom Shelton, Slashing Dept.,
2nd shift, or write Cleveland,
S. C.

1 Bull Calf, 6 weeks old.
Lewis Strickland, Slashing
Dept., 2nd shift, or write Mari-
etta, S. C.

4 White Swan Ducks. David
Batson, Slashing Dept., 2nd
shift, or write Travelers Rest.,
Route No. 2.

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Cloth Room Chatter

Mr. and Mrs. Duff Stroud
had as their Sunday guests, Mr.
adn Mrs. Earl Turner and Mr.
Stroud's mother from Green-
ville.

Miss Clara Talley spent Mon-
day night with her sister, Mrs.
Frances Pace, on First Street.

Mrs. James N. Hall, of
Charleston, and Mrs. Nannie
Shirley, of Greenville, spent a
few days recently with Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Shirley.

Mrs. Mildred Coleman tells
us that her husband, Pfc. Cole-
man, in now somewhere in Bel-
gium.

Mrs. J. W. Johnson enjoyed
having Miss Mabel Kemp and
Miss Hazel Campbell as her
guests Wednesday night.

Mrs. W. W. Southerlin, the
mother of Mrs. Annie Johnson,
is having a pleasant visit with
her sister, Mrs. J. W. Langen-
bach in Texas.

Mr. L. T. Scarce is very
proud og the tomato plants he
has blooming.

Miss Pearl Foster, of Frozen
Creek, Ky., was a recent visitor
of Miss Janie McCluney.

We are very glad to have
Mrs. Estelle Kelly back on the
job. She has been out for sever-
al weeks due to the illness and
death of her son, Mr. Cleve-
land B. Kelly. We extend to
Mrs. Kelly and relatives our
heartfelt sympathy in their be-
reavement.

Mrs. Lila Henry, Mrs. Agnes
Bagwell, and Miss Mabel Kemp
are on the sick list. We wish
for them a speedy recovery.

We extend a welcome to Mr.
Henry Lyda and Mrs. Oleta
Galloway, as they begin work
in the Cloth Room.

Everyone had a grand time
at the chicken supper the
Cloth Room had Saturday
night at Wayside Park.

Richardson Made

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N. C., on January 28, 1906. He
attended the Prospect High
School in N. C.

On December 22, 1928, Mr.
Richardson married Miss An-
nie Mae Montgomery, of Lan-
caster, S. C., the wedding tak-
ing place at Rock Hill, S. C. To
this union two children have
been born, Hines S. Richardon,
Jr., and Carol Ann Richardon.
Yound Richardson is 15 years
of age and is a member of the
rising senior class of the Slater-
Marietta High School, while
Carol Ann has not yet entered
school due to the fact that she
is only two years of age.

The new superintendent has
been engaged in textile work
practically all of his life. He
began his career with the
Springs MIlls in Lancaster, S.
C., in 1924. At various times he
has worked for the National
Weaving Company, of Lowell,
N. C., and the Luray Rayon
Mills, of Alta Vista, Va., be-
fore coming to S. Slater &
Sons, Inc.

Mr. Richardson is a member
of the Slater Baptist Church, in
which he is a deacon. He is al-
so an active member of Ebe-
nezer Lodge 101 of the Masons.
In addition, he is also a mem-
ber of the Woodmen of the
World.

Mr. Richardson has always
been popular with both super-
visors and employees of this
company, and has many friends

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GOINGS-ON IN WEAVE ROOMS

Mrs. Frances Duncan recent-
ly visited her sister, Mrs. Ruth
Riddle, who is a patient at the
Greenville General Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hen-
son and Mr. Wink Henson were
the week-end guests of Mrs.
Henson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. T. Strickland, of Luck, N.
C.

Mrs. Beatrice Foster has been
out from work several days due
to transportation difficulties.

Mrs. Cecil Stroud and sisters
were visitors in Greenville Sun-
day.

Misses Gladys and Rosa Lee
Cox visited friends in Greer re-
cently.

Employees of the 2nd shift
in Weave Room No. 3 wish to
welcome Mr. Ed. Ballenger as
their new overseer. He replaces
Mr. R. A. Wilson who was
transferred to Weave Room
No. 2.

Sgt. Newman L. Hall, son of
Mrs. Frances Hall, is now sta-
tioned at Camp Pendleton,
Ocean Side, Calif.

Employees of the second
shift in Weave Room No. 3,
are glad to have Mrs. Willie
Mae Henderson working with
them.

Mrs. T. E. Jones spent the
week-end with her sister-in-law,
Mrs. M. B. Jones.

Miss Margaret Johnson had
as her Sunday visitor, Miss
Betty Cox.

Georgia Lee Bennett spent
the week-end with Mamie Gra-
ham.

Mr. L. E. Bridges was the
dinner guest of Pete Jones re-
cently.

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who wish him well as he begins
work in his new duties.

Mr. Richardson has been suc-
ceeded as superintendent of
weaving in Weave Room No.
One by Robert L. Sartain, who
has been with this company for
a number of years in various
capacities in our Weaving De-
partment. Mr. Sartain was born
in Danielsville, Madison
County, Ga. on September 13,
1910, and is the son of Oscar
V. and Beulah Kinf Sartain.
He received his education in
the Athens, Ga. high school,
and before coming to S. Slater
& Sons, Inc., worked with the
Southern Manufacturing Com-
pany, of Athens, Ga., and also
at Monaghan Mill, in Green-
ville, S. C. Mr. Sartain married
Miss Mary Reid and the family
resides at 10 Batson St., Mari-
etta, S. C., with a son who at-
tends Slater-Marietta School.
Mr. Sartain is a member of
Marietta Baptist Church and is
also prominent in Masonic ac-
tivities.

Among other changes in our
Weaving Department, we find
that J. E. Farmer has been pro-
moted from overseer of weav-
ing on the second shift to over-
seer of weaving on the first
shift in Weave Room No. One.
V. R. Clark, who for some time
has been overseer on the third
shift has been promoted to the
same job on the second shift, to
succeed W. W. Stephenson,
who resigned. Joe T. Johnson
has likewise been promoted
from third shift overseer to
overseer on the second shift in
Weave Room No. One, to re-
place J. E. Farmer. W. L.

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Employees of the third shift
in Weave Room No. 1 welcome
Miss Margaret Johnson and
Mildred Garland as new em-
ployees.

Employees of the first shift
in No. 1 are happy to have
Mrs. Ethel Bryant back at
work, after being away due to
the serious illness of her
mother, Mrs. Phillios, of Ga.

Weave Room No. 1 is very
proud of all the nice promo-
tions the loom fixers and over-
seers have gained in the past
few days.

Mr. Alfred Cooper tells us
that his son, who was reported
missing in action some time
ago, is now a prisoner of war
in Germany.

Harold "Sambo" Knight,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Knight, left recently for the
Navy. His brother, Fred, is in
the Paratroops, another
brother, Ralph, in the Navy,
and a sister, Virginia, is serv-
ing with the WACs overseas.

The many friends of Mrs.
Nora Waldrop, of Second St.,
will be glad to know that she
is recovering nicely from in-
juries received in a fall at her
home several weeks ago.

Among out-of-town guests
visiting Mrs. Waldrop, were
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Brannon,
Mrs. Dora Stancell, and Mrs.
Sally Waldrop, of Piedmont.

We are sorry to learn that
Miss Louise Waldrop, cadet
nurse, has had to undergo an
operation at Mary Black Hos-
pital, and we wish for her a
speedy recovery.

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Saxon and George Eanes have
been promoted from loom fix-
ers to overseers of weaving on
the third shift.

Over in Weave Rooms Two
and Three, where H. B. Gos-
nell is superintendent of weav-
ing, changes have also been
made. We find in Weave Room
No. Two that W. O. Cathcart
is now overseer of weaving on
the first shift in place of T. W.
Jones, who left the employ of
this company to go with Jud-
son Mill, of Greenvill, S. C.
R. A. Wilson has recently been
transferred from Weave Room
No. 2 to overseer of weaving
on the second shift in No. Two,
and on the third shift L. P.
Ward has been promoted from
loom fixer to overseer.

In No. Three Weave Room,
G. E. Ballenger has been pro-
moted from overseer of weav-
ing on the third shift to the
same job on the second shift,
while E. P. Cashion has been
promoted from loom fixer to
overseer on the third shift.

The remainder of the super-
visory staff in the rest of the
mill remains the same. Friends
of the new supervisors and
those promoted extend to them
best wished as they go about
their new duties.

Nazi Surrender
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for having given us the victory
in Europe, and now help us to
win the victory in Japan."