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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES—A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790

THE SLATER NEWS

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

Vol. 4 Slater, S. C., October 10, 1946 No. 17

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Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

[Column 1]
Mill Entrance Is
Being Improved

The Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc. is putting in a num-
ber of new gutters and repair-
ing the entrance way leading
to the mill. Ashmore Brothers
of Greenville are the contrac-
tors for the job, and, for some
time, this work has been in
progress.

The first work done was the
widening of the entrance of the
road leading to Slater. Con-
siderable dirt was hauled and
the road widened. Next, con-
crete curbing was put in and
dirt was hauled to reinforce
this curbing. At the present
time, workmen are busily en-
gaged in paving the road di-
rectly in front of the mill fence
leading into the mill.

Several days will be required
yet to complete the work. How-
ever, when it is completed,
Slater will have one of the best
roads in the country leading up
to its plant.

At the same time the road is
repaired, the area opposite the
front gate of the mill and
across the road, will also be
paved and utilized as addi-
tional parking space for the
cars bringing workers to work
here at Slater. Curbs and gut-
ters have likewise been placed
around this area and will be
finished in much the same man-
ner as the road leading to the
mill yard.

The area between the Em-
ployment Office and the Dixie
Store has already received curb
and gutter work, and as soon
as the area in front of the mill
is completed, this area will
likewise be paved.

These improvements are in
line with the policy of the
Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc.
in making its plant one of the
best in this section of the state.

(Con't. on page 4, col. 3)

FOOTBALL PRACTICE
GETS UNDERWAY

The Slater-Marietta School
football team is now practicing
under the guidance of Coach
W. A. Woodruff.

This is the first year that the
local school has fielded a foot-
ball team, and local fans are
awaiting the first game on the
schedule.

Due to the fact that the local
team did not get their uniforms
until late, Coach Woodruff has
been able to schedule only two
games to date. These games
are to be played in November.

Coach Woodruff realizes he
has quite a job building a team
from scratch; however, he and
the candidates are busily work-
ing each afternoon to mold the
first football team of the local
school.

[A photograph of a large group of people sitting at tables spans Columns 2 through 4]
[Caption spans Columns 2 through 4]
Above is shown a portion of the group attending the reception given for the teachers of the
Slater-Marietta School which was held at Slater Hall recently. The reception for the teachers
is an annual affair and this year was sponsored by the Civic Club and the Slater Community Asso-
ciation.

[Column 2]
OVERSEAS MAILING
DATES ARE SET

Christmas packages for the
thousands of Army personnel
stationed overseas may be mail-
ed without request slips be-
tween October 15 and Novem-
ber 15, Major General Edward
F. Witsell, the Adjutant Gen-
eral, who operates the Army's
postal system, has announced.

In past war years the mail-
ing period for Christmas pack-
ages was from September 15 to
October 15 to insure receipt of
the parcels overseas before
Christmas day. Since the fight-
ing ended, the number of sol-
diers overseas has been so re-
duced and the movement of
units has lessened so much that
Post Office Department officials
and the Army postal officers
decided this year's gift mailing
period could safely be set back
a month. And with the later
mailing period, they pointed
out, more of the Christmas
packages will actually arrive
either just before or during the
holiday season.

Emphasizing that American
families this year know exactly
where on the world's map their
soldier-relative is stationed, the
postal officers urge the use of
judgment in mailing dates. "If
Joe is stationed in Korea, then
obviously his presents need to

(Con't. on page 3, col. 1)

[Column 3]
Young Richardson
Enters Clemson

Friends of Hines S. Richard-
son, Jr., wish him much success
as he enters upon his college
career.

Junior, as he is known to his
friends, left this community
September 23 to enter the
freshman class at Clemson A.

(Con't. on page 2, col. 3)

[photograph of Richardson]

Hines S. Richardson, Jr., who
recently entered the Freshman
Class at Clemson College. He
graduated from the local high
school in the class of 1946.

[Column 4]
MYRTLE LANE GIVES
BOOKS TO LIBRARY

Mrs. Myrtle Ramsey Lane
has donated to the library three
books which will be of special
interest to readers who like
"mysteries." The first of these,
"The Problem of the Wire
Cage" is written by John Dick-
son Carr, and concerns itself
with the story of a character
called Frank Dorrance, whose
body was found one evening
following a heavy rain, near
the center of a tennis court.
To make the case even more
baffling, there were no foot-
steps but his own leading to
the spot. But, the readers of
the community will want to
read the book, and find out for
themselves just how the story
ends.

The next book which Mrs.
Lane has donated is entitled
"The Siamese Twin Mystery,"
by Ellery Queen. The scene
takes place at Arrow Lodge on
Arrow mountain, and as one
reader has said, presents "one
of the most fascinating cases
Ellery Queen has ever solved."

The other book which Mrs.
Lane has given to the library
is called "The Iron Spiders,"
and is written by Baynard H.
Kendrick. The action takes
place in the Florida Everglades
in the year 1835, and tells the
story of the efforts of white

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

[Column 5]
Mr. Graham Dies
At Landrum Home

Countless friends of Miss
Inez Graham, Bookkeeper for
the Slater Community Associa-
tion, were sorry to learn of the
death of her father, John Alex-
ander Graham, at Landrum on
Saturday, September 21.

Mr. Graham had been a vis-
itor to Slater on numerous oc-
casions and had a host of
friends who knew him person-
ally.

Mr. Graham was a native
South Carolinian, having been
born in Kershaw County. Prac-
tically all his life had been
spent in textile work in this
state and in North Carolina.
Before retiring, he was Super-
intendent of the Ellenborough
Mills in Ellenborough, N. C.,
and left there on account of
his declining health.

Mr. Graham was noted for
his kindness and afability to-
wards his fellow man. He was
a member of the First Baptist
Church of Landrum and served
as a deacon. He was also a
member of the Masonic Lodge
at Landrum.

Funeral services for Mr.
Graham were held on Monday,
September 23 at 3:00 A. M. at
the First Baptist Church in
Landrum. Interment was in
the family plot at the Landrum
Cemetery.

Mr. Graham is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Sallie Ellis Gra-
ham, two daughters, Miss Inez
Graham and Mrs. Irene Cain,
two sisters, Miss Jennie Gra-
ham and Mrs. Flonnie Rodgers,
one brother, Arnold Graham,
one grandchild and one great-
grandchild.

In his passing, the state has
lost an excellent citizen, and
his many friends regret ex-
ceedingly the passing of Mr.
Graham for they realize they
have suffered an irreparable
loss. The beautiful floral offer-
ing to Mr. Graham was a trib-
ute to the esteem in which he
was held by those who knew
him.

SACRIFICE ALLOWS
FAMILY TO LIVE

(Courtesy Coronet Magazine)

George Arnold is not listed
among the great heroes of
Texas. He made no last stands
against Indians or Mexicans.
He was a modest young farmer
who had no greater ambition
than to live quietly with his
wife and children on an isolat-
ed ranch in Hill County.

Arnold did not go in search
of danger. When it came to
him without warning in the
spring of 1880, he fought it
with a bitter courage that made
his ancestors' last stand at the
Alamo look easy.

On a gusty March night,
George Arnold came home vis-

(Cont. on page 4, col. 3)