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Page Two THE SLATER NEWS July 18,1946

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The Slater News
Published Every Two Weeks
By
Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Established 1790
In The Interest of Its Employees

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STAFF
ROBERT H. ATKINSON _______Editor
CECIL S. ROSS ________Asst. Editor
CLAUDE GUEST________Photographer

REPORTERS
Weave Room: Ernestine McCall,
Nellie Barnette, Walker Reid,
Gladys Cox, Rosalee Cox, Sarah C.
Chitwood, Dovie Faust Louise
Bagwell, Margaret Johnson, Mrs.
Perry Rampey, and Leora Ward.

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

Cloth Room: Opal W. Smith.

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

EDITORIALS

SUPPORT YOUR TEAM!

The Slater Baseball Team is
playing good ball this season,
and to date has lost only three
games, with two of these being
by very, very close scores. In
the first half of the Piedmont
Textile Baseball League's sche-
dule, the Slater Team came out
second and is now interested in
winning the second half so that
they can be in the play-off with
Brandon, winner of the first
half.

Our Baseball Team works
hard to provide entertainment
for the people of Slater, and
from the results so far, we are
sure that they are doing just
that very thing. They go about
their tasks without complain-
ing, but would appreciate it a
great deal if more Slaterites
would be present at the home
games to cheer the team on.

There are comfortable stands
for the fans and the prices are rea-
sonable. Soft drinks and pea-
nuts are on sale by the Boy
Scouts, so why not come out
when the team is at home and
show the boys you are behind
them by adding your voice as
they are cheered on to victory.

Attendance has been good at
games so far. We do not mean
to say that there are not many
loyal rooters each time the
team plays, but members of the
club and officials believe that
attendance at the games could be
greatly improved.
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The Vacation Plan

The Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc. was one of the mills
in this area which recently gave
a week's vacation to its em-
ployees and thus joined a long
list of others throughout this
section of the country adopting
such a plan.

In addition to the week's va-
cation, employees who had been

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employed here for at least a
total of 230 weeks during the
past five years were given 4
per cent of their annual earn-
ings, while those who had not
been here that long but who
had worked in the vacation
year for at least 40 weeks re-
ceived 2 per cent of their yearly
earnings.

The vacation year was
the period beginning April 1,
1945 and ending March 31,
1946. Returning Slater vet-
erans, who had been employed
here before going into service
and who returned to work
prior to March 31, were count-
ed in this plan as if they had
been employed here while serv-
ing in the armed forces. As a
consequence, many of these re-
turning veterans received the 4
per cent amount.

The Slater News commends
this plan of the company and
thinks it is a step in the right
direction for sevefral reasons.
(1) It gave a premium to the
faithful employees who had
worked day in and day out for
years. It also recognized those
who had been here for less time
than 230 weeks and who were
just as faithful. It also took
care of the veterans who had
qualified under the plan. (2)
It gave employees a rest after
their long period of service
when we were engaged in an
all-out war effort. (3) A va-
cation with pay is fast becom-
ing the custom with workers in
American industry, and the
move was in keeping with the na-

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tional trends.

The Slater News hopes and
trusts that everyone enjoyed
their vacation and will work
hard during the coming year,
and that again next year they
will receive the vacation pay.
To those who were not eligible
this year, we hope and trust
that they will fall in the foot-
steps of those who were for-
tunate enough to receive addi-
tional pay by qualifying them-
selves.

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SLATER
DAY BY DAY

All inside and outside the
Building our children are en-
joying themselves.

Every week-day morning
they gather on the steps at
Slater Hall, and at 9:15 when
the doors are opened they rush
around to get to their favorite
spot to play or to get their
favorite game.

Outside they see-saw, or play
on swinging bars, or skate, or
just sit in groups and talk.

They play tennis, or softball,
or dodge ball, or maybe
bouncing balls.

And that little girl out there
swinging by herself is using
every ounce of her strength to
push the swing higher; then
she streches her toes to reach
farther.

And they sit on the steps and
play checkers, or they play
Chinese checkers at tables.

Over there are a couple of
young Americans pitching
horse-shoes.

And the group in the sand
box is building a village. They
have a boarding house, a
church, and a clinic, with little
clean swept yards in front of
each doorway.

Inside they play ping-pong,
or basketball, or boxing. Or
maybe they just sit and talk.

But the children are busy
and happy.

They are learning to play to-
gether and that is the first step
toward learning to work and
live together.

Quietly going from group to
group, looking on here, taking
a hand there, giving a word of
admonition to one or a friendly
smile to another, the play-
ground supervisors keep down
friction and maintain order.
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Cloth Room Chatter

Mrs. Elmeda Hester enjoyed
having her niece, Vera Bell of
Brevard, N. C. , spend the week
with her recently.

Miss Clara Talley and Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Duncan were
recent visitors at the Wallhalla
Fish Hatchery, and the also
visited Oconee State Park.

Mrs. Annie Johnson is very
happy to hear that her brother,
S/Sgt. Eugene H. Southerlin,
will soon be home from Ger-
many.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith en-
joyed a picnic given in honor
of Mrs. Smith's sister, Aileen
Wigington, on her 14th birth-
day which she celebrated June
24. Other guests at the picnic
were: Louise Wigington, Frank
Wigington, Sarah Johns, Nor-
ma Gene Guest, and Louise
Jones. Also Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Wigington were present.
Everyone had a very enjoyable
time.

Mrs. Annie Johnson has just
returned from a two weeks visit
to Shamrock, Texas. She says
that she had a wonderful trip
and that Texas is a beautiful
country. Mrs. Johnson made
the trip to Texas by train and
returned by car with her aunt,
Mrs. J. W. Lamgenbach, and
son, Colie, whom she visited
while in Texas. Although Texas
is a beautiful country, Mrs.
Johnson is glad to be back with
her many friends. She was
greatly missed while she was
away.

We are vsorry to hear that
Mrs. Jim Bates is in the hospi-
tal very ill. Her many friends
wish her a speedy recovery.

Home Coming Day will be
observed the second Sunday in
July at the Shiloh Baptist
Church. Everyone is invited to
be present with a will-filled
basket.
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CUNNINGHAM-WALDROP

Of interest to their many
friends is the marriage of Eva
Lucille Cunningham to Charles
J. Waldrop on June 1 at 11:00
A. M. in the home of the offi-
ciating minister, Rev. B. Lester
Huff.

The bride wore a light blue
gaberdine suit with white ac-
cessories. Her corsage was of
orchids.

The bride is the youngest
daughter of Mrs. Vannie S.
Cunningham and the late Rob-
ert L. Cunningham. She is a
graduate of Travelers Rest
High School and is now em-
ployed in the office of Slater
Manufacturing Co., Inc.

The bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Waldrop.
He is a graduate of Ellen
Woodside High School and is
now associated with Textile
Transit Company.

After a wedding trip through
Georgia and Alabama, they will
make their home in Travelers
Rest.

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PREPARATION DEPARTMENT NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hughes
motored to Belton Sunday to
see Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Hughes,

Mr. and Mrs. Billie Phillips
were recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Burgess of Anderson.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Terrell
and children visited relatives
in Ware Shoals last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whit-
mire and children, Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Whitmire and son, all of
Greenville, visited in the home
of Mrs. Bessie Robinson recent-
ly.

Mr. and Mrs. Laten Green
and daughter spent a recent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Barton of Rock Hill.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowers
of Rock Springs, Georgia, visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Fred Terrell a
few days last week.

Mrs. Nettie McCall has been
absent from work for several
weeks because of illness. We
wish for her a very speedy re-

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covery. We miss you, Nettie,
and here's hoping you'll be
back soon.

Mrs. Allie Mae Stockton is
happy to report that her
brother, Jack Batson, is home
with a discharge from service.
Jack was stationed at Parris
Island, S. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Terrell
and children spent a delightful
Sunday afternoon at State
Park recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hughes
had as their Sunday dinner
guests Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Hughes and son, Boyce, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Clamp and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Hughes and Don Bishop all of
Belton, S. C. They all enjoyed
a visit to the Cleveland fish
hatchery in the afternoon.

We wish to welcome John
Jackson back to work with us
on the first shift. John has re-
cently been discharged from
service.
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Vision Program
(Cont'd. from page 1, col. 1)

By way of explanation: Any
employee may see any doctor of
his choice at any time, but if
he selects a doctor who is not
on the approved list, he will be
expected to pay for the exam-
ination himself. Any employee
wishing to have a professional
eye examination before he re-
ceives a report on his Ortho-
Rater test will be expected to
pay for his own examination.

Already, Mr. Reid has receiv-
ed profiles for several depart-
ments, among them being the
Cloth Room and the Prepara-
tion Department.

Supervisors and employees of
this plant are both interested in
the results of the Ortho-Rater
Program, and so far a number
of employees have had their
eyes checked further. As a re-
sult, many have been enabled
to get suitable glasses in order
to improve their vision.

The Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc. is interested in this
program and hopes that
through the program many per-
sons, who are unaware of the
fact that their vision is either
deficient or beginning to be-
come so, can have their vision
corrected by obtaining suitable
glasses, as it is a known fact
that no one can do good work
when they are unable to see the
work they are attempting to do.
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FOUND

One fountain pen in Slater
village. Owner can obtain same
by identifying. See J. W. John-
son, Gate Watchman from 7:00
p. m. to 1:00 a. m.
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"The thoughtless are rarely
wordless."—Howard W. New-
ton, Redbook.
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"Give me again my hollow tree,
A crust of bread, and liberty."
Alexander Pope, Satires.
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"Family jars should never be
used for preserving domestic
happiness." — Frank Pixley,
Woman's Home Companion.

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"Teachers are people
Perpetually yearning
To meet one small boy
Not allergic to learning."
NEA Journal
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[4 panel comic strip]

[panel 1]
[sketch of young boy pointing man with untied shoelace]
[text baloon: HEY JOE - YOUR
SHOELACE IS
IS UNTIED]

WHEN YOU SEE AN
UNSAFE CONDITION—
REPORT IT!

[panel 2]
[sketch of woman talking to bald man, sign telling to KEEP HAIR COVERED]
[text balloon: IT AIN'T
FUNNY!]

[panel 3]
[sketch of 2 men, one putting out fire]
[text balloon: NOW WHAT IF
EVERYBODY DID THAT?]

[panel 4]
[sketch of 2 men walking toward car]
[text balloon: I'M SO CAREFUL
ALL DAY—AT
NIGHT I
LIKE TO
RELAX
A LITTLE]

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