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May 15, 1947

THE SLATER NEWS

Page Three

[Column 1]

CANCER KILLS
IF NEGLECTED

When you drive your
car into a gas station you
expect the attendant to
check the oil, water, tires
and battery and even
clean the windshield.
When any minor noise in
the engine appears, you
rush your auto to a me-
chanic to find out if it is
serious.

That's the way most
Americans treat their au-
tomobiles.

But how much consid-
eration do they give the
human body, a much more
complicated structure
than the automobile? Do
they rush to the body me-
chanic, the doctor, when a
little annoyance appears?
Do they have a complete
overhaul job once a year?

The answer is no. One
of the tragic and astound-
ing results of this lack of
concern over personal
health is the terrible death
toll from cancer which
claims the lives of 175,000
Americans every year.
Early discovery of the
disease (Possible through
regular medical examin-
ations) could save from 30
to 50 per cent of these
lives.

If you will give your
self even a little of the
same attention you pay
your auto, you might well
escape being included in
this toll of cancer dead.
Here are two things you
can do to avoid the rav-
ages of cancer:

1. Be on guard against
the early signs of cancer
which are listed below.

2. Have a complete med-
ical examination at least
once a year. See your
doctor!

Watch for these signs.
They might save your
life!

- Any sore that does
not heal, particularly
about the tongue, mouth
or lips.

- A painless lump or
thickening, especially in
the breast, lip or tongue.

- A bloody discharge
from any of the natural
body openings.

- Progressive change in
the color or size of a wart,
mole or birthmark.

- Persistent indiges-
tion.

- Persistent hoarseness,
unexplained cough or diff-
iculty in swallowing.

- Any radical change
in the normal bowel
habits.

THE AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY
350 Fifth Avenue
New York 1, New York

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Young Folks Club
(Con't. from page 1, col. 3)

rounding communities to come
over and join the club and help
to make it a big success. The
club has big plans for the sum-
mer season, so be sure to get
in on the fun!

[Column 2]

JUNE PRIDEMORE IS
CONTEST WINNER

In the Slater-Marietta Gram-
mar School expression contest,
which was held in the auditor-
ium on Friday, April 25, June
Pridmore won first place. Her
reading was entitled "Victory
for the Dentist." June, who is
a member of the sixth grade in
the Slater-Marietta Grammar
School, is the daugher of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Pridmore of
Marietta.

Other girls who took part in
the contest were Joan Farmer
and Betty Garrett. Joan's read-
ing was "Junior Takes Castor
Oil," while Betty gave "She
Wanted A Cat." These girls are
also to be commended on their
good work.

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DISTRICT VOTES
(Con't. from page 1, col. 1)

The proposed increase in mill-
age means that for every $100
of assessed taxable property,
the amount to be raised will be
$1.50. This is not to be con-
fused with the actual value, as the
tax assessed value is only about
8 percent of the real or true
value of property.

Each citizen should be glad
to contribute this small amount
to better the educational facili-
ties of their children, so go to
the poles on May 26 and cast
your ballot on behalf of the
school children.

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LIBRARY RECEIVES
(Con't. from page 1, col. 2)

tions have been dontaed by F.
J. These are as follows: "Army
Widow," (Saxon), "Satan
Comes Acress," (Barley), "We
Are Not Alone," (Hilton,
"The Devil To Pay," (Ellery
Queen), "The Greene Murder
Case," (Van Dine), "Death In
A White TIe," (Marsh), "The
Circular Staircase," (Rinehart),
"While The Patient Slept,"
(Eberhart), "Microbe Hunt-
ers," (de Kruif), "Escape,"
(Vance), "The Man Who Came
to Dinner," (Kaufman and
Hart), "The House of Exile,"
(Waln), "Hugger-Mugger in
the Louvre," (Paul), "Singing
Guns," (Brand), and "The Spir-
it of the Border," (Grey).

F. J. is an employee of the
Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc.
and is assistant to the Produc-
tion Manager. The librarian
wishes to thank him for this
large number of books which
he has given to the library.
They will be thoroughly enjoy-
ed by many readers.

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"It is better to lose a minute
in avoiding a possible accident
than a month in nursing an in-
jury." - Textile Safety.

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Teachers are not just people
earning a living; they are the
architects of our future in a
land of freedom of opportunity.
- Ivey F. Lewis, "Madison
Quarterly."

[Column 3]

THEATRE GUIDE

MAY 17, 1947
"RUE MADELEINE"
Starring:
James Cagney
Annabella
Frank Latimore

MAY 19, 1947
"TWO SMART PEOPLE"
Starring:
Lucille Ball
John Hodiak

MAY 23, 1947
"HIT PARAFE OF 1947"
Starring:
Eddie Albert
Constance Moore
Joan Edwards

MAY 24, 1947
"DANGEROUS MILLION"
Starring:
Kent Taylor
Tala Birell
Leonard Strong

MAY 26, 1947
"FABULOUS SUZANNE"
Starring:
Barbara Britton
Rudy Valee

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CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?

1. Can you identify the fol-
lowing first lines?
a. "Twas brillig, and the
slithy toves"
b. "Whan that Aprille with
his shoures soote"
c. "Miya sama, miya sama"

2. Who wrote the poem im-
mortalizing baseball's great
"Tinkers to Evers to Chance?"

3. Who wrote "Casey at the
Bat"?

4. What do the following
Latin expressions mean?
a. habeas corpus
b. nobleasse oblige
c. nota bene

5. Who wrote the follwoing
books of childhood?
a. Peter Pan and Wendy
b. Treasure Island
c. The Three Musketeers

6. Do you know what is the
original meaning of these
words?
a. library
b. survey
c. medal

ANSWERS

1. a Jabberwocky from
Lewis Carroll's "Through the
Looking-Glass." b. Introduc-
tion to Chaucer's "Canterbury
Tales." c. Song of the Mikado's
Troops from Gilbert & Sulli-
van's "Mikado."

2. Franklin P. Adams.

3. Ernest L. Thayer.

4. a. (that) you have the
body. b. nobility obligates (no-
bility is obligated to show noble
and generous behavior associat-
ed with the high rank or birth.)
c. note particularly; take no-
tice.

5. a. James Barrie b. Robert
Lewis Stevenson c. Alexander
Dumas.

6. a. from librarie, meaning
bookseller's store in French.
b. from the old French surveoir
meaning to over see. c. from
the Latin, Metallum, meaning
metal.

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Honor exists but for the
honorable. - Comtesse Diane.

[Column 4]

HELP AND HINTS
FOR THE LADIES

Only one pound of waste fat
makes six bars of laundry soap!

To give beets added zest,
thicken leftover sweet pickles
juice with a little cornstarch
and simmer with the beets.

There is a new iron being ad-
vertised which has no cord to
get tangled up or be pulled out
of a wall socket. The iron heats
on an electric "plate" which is
attached to the socket by a
cord. The iron itself has a
sponge-like metal base to re-
tain the heat.

Rather than suffer the un-
nerving jangle of an alarm bell
when you wake up in the morn-
ing, why not buy yourself one
of those bedside clock-radios.
By setting the clock, you auto-
matically set the radio for your
pet early morning program.

One company we know of has
put on the market a prepared
pie mixture. There is enough
dough in the box for a two-
crusted pie - all you do is roll
it out. The apples are already
spiced and puffed up, requir-
ing only 1/2 cup of sugar from
you. Tey say 'tis foolproof.

If your refrigeratyor is often
cluttered up with leftover let-
tuce, carrots and so forth, ten
cent stores and department
stores carry plastic or oiled silk
bags for the sole purpose of
consolidating these leftover
foods.

Moths consider the felt in
pianos a very tasty dish. You
can keep them out by placing
a piece of gum camphor inside
the piano case. This is especial-
ly helpful when you close up
the house for any lenght of
time. Lumps of camphor in
trunks or drawers will also dis-
courage mice.

Stretching whipped cream
can be done in this way. Put a
ripe banana through a potato
ricer, add juice of 1/2 lemon, a
teaspoon of powdered sugar, a
pinch of salt. Then fold in the
white of an egg beaten stiff.
Set in the refrigerator to chill,
and when it's to be used, add to
it what cream you have. Then
whip the whole concoction a-
gain, being sure that both whip-
ping bowl and beaters are cold.
Use it like ordinary whipped
cream on puddings, gelatin or
layer cake.

When baking a cake, if it
seems to brown too quickly, re-
duce the heat and cover with a
light brown paper. Baking can
then continue, but the cake
won't brown anymore.

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NEW RECORD PLAYER
NOW AT THE LIBRARY

The Slater Community Asso-
ciation recently purchased for
the library a record player to
be used in connection with the
children's club work. A good
supply of records suitable for
the different age groups has al-
(con't. on p3, col. 5)

[Column 5]

LINES FROM THE LIBRARY

We congratulate the follow-
ing new library members and
wish for them many happy
horus of reading:

Mrs. T. R. Williams
Mrs. Williams recently mov-
ed to Marietta and we are hap-
py to have her find her way to
the library so soon after com-
ing into the community.

Jimmy Davis
Jimmy joined the Boys' Li-
brary Club, where he received
a heart welcome from the
other boys of the club. He is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. G. R.
Daivs of Marietta.

Walter Anderson
Walter is another new mem-
ber of hte Boys' Library Club.
Walter attends the local school,
and is in the fourth grade.

Mary Jane McMakin
Mary Jane recently joined
the Girls' Library Club. She is
the daugher of Mr. and Mrs.
"Bub" McMakin of Slater.

Inez Turner
Inez attends the Slater-Mar-
ietta High School where she
is a member of the senior
calss.

C. P. Hunter, Jr.
C. P. is also a senior in the
local high school. He is the son
of Mrs. C. P. Hunter of Mariet-
ta.

Bobby Eldridge
Bobby Eldridge is one of our
new Story Hour members,
which automatically makes him
a library member too. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. C .W. Eld-
ridge. The Eldridge family re-
cently moved to Slater where
Mr. Eldridge is Plant Superin-
tendent of the Slater Manufac-
turing Co., Inc.

Many thanks to Dale Mc-
White for donating to the li-
brary a very attractive book
called "Little Pig's Picnic.'
Dale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dal-
ton McWhite, is a member of
the Thursday Afternoon Story
Hour group.

The Girls' Library Club wel-
comes Diane Barnes as a new
member. Diane was a member
of Story Hour at one time, but
was unable to attend after she
moved away from Slater. We
are very glad to have her with
us again, this time in the Girls'
Club.

Members of the Boys' Club
were very glad to have J. B.
Norris join them at a recent
meeting. J. B. is not a new li-
brary member, but he is a new
Boys' Club member. We are al-
ways glad to have the Marietta
boys and girls join the library
clubs, and we invite all of them
to participate in the club work.

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(con't. from p3, col. 4)
so been bought; these record-
ings feature music and stories.

The librarian states that the
children are receiving the re-
corded stories and music with
a great deal of enthusiasm.
Since these recordings are edu-
cational as well as entertaining,
they can be used to a great ad-
vantage, and are being given a
place on almost every club pro-
gram.

All children, ages 3-12, are
urged to join one of the library
clubs and hear these recordings
as they are played at the regu-
lar club meetings.