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Old Slater Mill
Pawtucket, R. L.
EST. 1790

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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES -- A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790

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THE SLATER NEWS

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Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

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Vol. 3 Slater, S. C., June 14, 1945 No. 12

Softball Popular
Sport At Slater

The Slater Softball League
began its season on May 28,
1945, and two weeks of very
successful play has been com-
pleted, with the Office team
leading with three wins and no
losses.

The League is sponsored by
the Slater Community Associa-
tion, and games are being play-
ed under the direction of Mr.
Fred Penland. All games are
played at the Slater Ball Park
at 5:30 P.M., on Monday, Tues-
day, Wednesday, and Thursday
of each week.

A large number of employees
are taking part in the games
and a lot of interest is being
shown by those playing. Em-
ployees interested in partici-
pating in the games are urged
to come out when their teams
are playing, and those who do
not wish to play will be wel-
comed as spectators and grand-
stand coaches. The League
standing and game scores for
the frist to weeks are as fol-
lows:

League Standing

	Won	Lost
Office	3	0
High School	2	1
Preparation	1	2
Weave Rooms	0	3

Scores
Office 17 -- Weave Rooms 8
High School 7 -- Preparation 1
Office 10 -- Preparation 5
High School 15 -- Weave Rooms 2
Preparation 13 -- Weave Rooms 12
Office 11 -- High School 6
Weave Rooms 16 -- Office 16 (Tie)
Preparation -- High School (Rain)

The Weave Rooms and Of-
fice played to a 16 to 16 tie,
which lasted 10 innings before
being called. This game was by
far the most exciting game
played yet. Another close
game was the one in which the
Preparation team edged out
the Weave Rooms 13 to 12,
with the Weave Rooms almost
catching up the last two inn-
ings.

The schedule for the remain-
der of the season is as follows:

June 18 Weave vs Office
June 19 -- Prep. vs High School
June 20 -- Prep. vs Office
June 21 -- High School vs Weave
June 25 -- Prep. vs Weave
June 26 -- Office vs High School
June 27 -- Weave vs Office
June 28 -- Prep. vs High School
July 2 -- Prep. vs Office
July 3 -- High School vs Weave
July 4 -- Prep. vs Weave
July 5 -- Office vs High School
July 9 -- Weave vs Office
July 10 -- Prep. vs High School
July 11 -- Prep. vs Office
July 12 -- High School vs Weave
July 16 -- Prep. vs Weave
July 17 -- Office vs High School

CHURCH OF GOD TO
OBSERVE HOMECOMING

The Reverend J. M. Dean,
pastor of the Slater Church of
God, has announced that Sun-
day, June 17, 1945, will be the
annual home-coming day at
the Slater Church of God and
all-day services will be held.

At midday, a picnic dinner
will be served on or near the
church grounds, and everyone
attending is urged to bring a
well-filled basket of provisions
for this occasion.

A number of former pastors
of this church will be present
for this event. At this writing,
Rev. Dean said he was certain
that the Rev. Carl Cox and the
Rev. O. H. Tollison will be
present. He is in hopes that
other former pastors will be
able to be present.

The State Overseer of the
Church of God in South Caro-
lines, the Rev. Zeno C. Tharp
of Greenville, S. C., will also be
present and will take part in
the program.

Mr. Dean announces there
will be special music at both
the morning and afternoon
services, and all persons who
have attended the Church of
God know that a real treat is
in store for them, as this church
is noted for its good singing
and music. The Hicks sisters,
well-known singers, have
promised to be pesent.

The public is cordially invit-
ed to attend the services and
the picnic dinner, as a cordial
welcome awaits everyone. Mr.
Dean is desirous of having as
many former members present
as can be here for the day, and
hopes to see a number of his
friends present also.

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Buying War Bonds
Will Hasten Peace

When the U. S. Marines
raised Old Glory on Iwo Jima
they unwittingly raised the
standard for the Seventh War
Loan Drive. A drive which can
shorten the duration of the war
considerably if we back up
those Marines by going all out
in the purchase of war bonds.

There is no time to sit back
and relax because the war news
is all in our favor and because
our aramies are forging ahead
on every front. Now is the time
to renew our faith in our arm-
ies by buying a share of free-
dom in the form of a war bond.
It takes money to win wars,
and if we give our men the
equipment they need to win
battles, the day of final victory
will arrive sooner.

Let's back up the Seventh
War Loan Drive one hundred
percent. What if you have
bought bonds until it hurt! If
you knew that your loan to
Uncle Sam would save the life
of a soldier you'd be more than
glad to put the money on the
line, wouldn't you? Well, that's

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Harold Veal Slain
On Western Front

The many friends of Private
First Class Harold M. Veal and
the Veal family were saddened
to learn that Pfc. Veal was
killed in action in Germany on
April 25, 1945.

This popular Slater man was
with the American Third
Army under Gen. Patton, and
was killed just a few days be-
fore the cessation of hostilities
of the cessation of hostilities
of the United States and her
Allies and Germany. He was
serving as a rifleman in an at-
tack on Regen, Germany, when
he was instantly killed by a
gunshot wound through his
head.

Pfc. Veal is the son of
Thomas C. Veal, one of the
plant guards here at S. Slater
& Sons, Inc. His wife, the form-
er Miss Estelle Newton, is em-
ployed here as a weaver in our
Weaving Department. He also
has one brother, Dillard Veal,
employed in the Weaving De-
partment. Pvt. Veal is also sur-
vived by one small daughter.

Prior to entering service in
June, 1944, Pfc. Veal was em-
ployed in our plant as a loom
fixer, and had been connected
with this company since De-
cember, 1937. Prior to locating
at Slater, the Veal family lived
at Shelby, N. C., where they
were connected with the Cleve-
land Cloth Mill of that city.

Mrs. Veal has been notified
by Brigadier General H. E.
Dager that her husband was
killed on April 25, and that his
passing has caused the deepest

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NOTICE

The new fire siren,
which has been installed
on the roof of the boiler
room, will be sounded
Saturday morning, June
16th, at 8:00 A. M., in-
stead of the whistle.

Slater residents are be-
ing notified of this change
so that they may know
what is taking place when
the trial blast of the siren
is sounded.

RED CROSS WORKER
HERE EACH TUESDAY

Beginning Tuesday, June 5,
a Home Service Worker from
the Greenville County Ameri-
can Red Cross Chapter, Mrs.
Robert C. Scott, will hold office
hours from ten to twelve in the
Community Library at Slater.
This extension of the Home
Service Program into local
communities, including Slater,
Tigerville, Piedmont, Simpson-
ville, and Fountain Inn, is be-
ing sponsored at the suggestion
of the Executive Committee of
the local chapter.

A local committee has been
appointed to serve in Slater.
The members are as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. W. Earle Reid,
Chairmen, Miss Inez Graham,
Robert H. Atkinson, Frank A.
Cook, Reverend J. M. Dean,
Reverend P. G. Curry, Rever-
end C. M. Johnson, and Mrs.
Raymond Johnson. This com-
mittee will be responsible to in-
terpret and publicize the serv-
ices to be offered to the county
under the extended Home Serv-
ice Program.

Mrs. Scott will be able to as-
sist servicemen, ex-servicemen,
and their families with any
problems which have arisen
during the man's service or, in
case of the exservicemen, fol-
lowing discharge. Examples of
service given include informa-
tion as to means of obtaining
family allowances or increasing
allowances, causes for delays
and reasons for non-receipt of
mail, means of obtaining emer-
gency furloughs when there is
serious illness or other acute
home situations necessitating
the presence of the servicemen

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Naval Chief Lauds
American Workers

The following is a letter re-
ceived from Fleet Admiral E.
J. King commending American
workers on the part they play-
ed in winning peace in Europe
and asking their continue
help for victory against Japan :
To All Civilian Workers :

General Eisenhower has an-
nounced the cessation of or-
ganized resistance in Europe.
A thrilled and grateful nation
is justifiably proud of all who
made this accomplishment pos-
sible.

But this is total war -- a
global war. We are but half
way to complete victory. There
remains to be conquered the en-
tire Japanese nation. Men are
still fighting, and still dying,
and will continue to fight and
die in the hard push to Tokyo.

The casualty lists tell the
story, tragic yet glorious, of
the fighting men's will to win
unconditional victory, no mat-
ter what the cost. We have a
solemn compact with these
men. The road that lies ahead
demands from each of us a

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Bombing The Japs
Takes Much Gas

"For many months, now,
scarcely a day has passed with-
out our B-29's making their
appearance over the Japanese
homeland. The men in those
airplanes know what their job
is," said General of the Army,
H. H. Arnold, Commanding
General, Army Air Forces in
his Victory in Europe Day
statement. "Japanese industry
will have to be battered into
the same chaos that engulfed
Germany's military machine. . .
Together with the Royal Air
Force, we disrupted the entire
German war economy. . . . We
forced them on the defensive
and gave an airtight cover to
our invasion on D-Day. When
the time came, we paralyzed
their transportation system to
the point where the German
ground forces were unable to
execute the most desperately
needed maneuvers. Air power
was our margin of victory. And
the thing to remember is that
to give us this all - important
margin, tens of thousands of
the finest me who ever lived
lie in nameless graves scatter-
ed everywhere. . . .

"Daily our aircrews return
to their work at the risk of
death and of capture by the
Japanese. They have read the
details of the Death March on
Bataan as closely as you have.
They know what and whom
they are up against. And yet,
they return to their targets
day after day -- night after
night -- simply because they
know it must be done. Remem-
ber these men on this day of
victory and in the days to come
until final victory is won. Re-
member that althought a great
battle has been won, their war
-- your war -- goes on."

As the air war shifts to the
Pacific Ocean area, larger for-
mations of superfortresses will
darken the skies over Tokyo.
Super-fortress crews fly mis-
sions that range from 12 to 18
hours and bomb from altitudes
of a few thousand fee above
the streets of Tokyo, Nagoya,
and other Jap industrial cent-
ers, to the lower reaches of the
sub-stratosphere. On occasions,
fast, high altitude makes the
gasoline consumption of a
bomb-heavy b-29 as high as
1,000 gallons per hour. The
round trip from American air
bases in the mariannas to Tok-
yo and back requires approx-
mately 6,000 gallons of gaso
line per aircraft. The contents
of 75 10,000-gallon railroad
tank cars are require to serv-
ice a fleet of 125 superforts for
one such raid on the capital of
the Japanese Empire. The four
engines of a B-29 in taking off
consume 90 gallons of avia-
tion high octane gasoline. In
these few minutes a super-fort-
ress consumes an "A" book
holder's six-month's supply of
gasoline, equal to the distance

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