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Page Four THE SLATER NEWS August 7, 1947

[Cartoon stalk carring a baby]

Births

Mr. and Mrs. William R.
Taylor of Greenville announce
the birth of a daughter, Shelia
Ann, on July 24 at St. Francis
Hospital.

Before her marriage Mrs.
Taylor was Miss Elizabeth
Pearson.

Mr. Taylor is employed as a
weaver in No. 2 Weave Room
of the Slater plant.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stroud an-
nounce the birth of a son on
July 24.

Mrs. Stroud is the former
Miss Margaret Southerlin.

Slater Baptists

(Con't. from page 1, col. 4)

bership enrollments.

For all of these activities and
the blessings they have brought
to the community we are truly
grateful.

You probably wouldn't wor-
ry about what people think of
you if you could know how
seldom they do!

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Cancer, Sneak Thief of Life

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The way to lock the door against
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THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
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[Photo, spanning columns, 2 to 4, of men sitting eitherside of a long table with plates of food outdoors]

The Second Shift Weaving Supper Club is shown above at their outing in July rapidly mak-
ing away with a good supper at the Golf Course. Twenty-nine members attended. Wade Pierce
is president of the Club and Ed Farmer is Secretary & Treasurer.

OFFICE NEWS

Mrs. Clara Schwiers and
Miss Betty McMullan spent the
week-end at Folly Beach,
Charleston, S. C.

Miss Maxine Carter spent
Sunday with friends at Oconee
State Park.

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rogers
and son spent the day with her
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wood,
of Duncan, S. C.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith and
son, Michael, of Spartanburg,
were Sunday visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Bledsoe.

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Phil-
lips, along with friends, pic-
nicked and bathed at Table
Rock State Park Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Hayes
and Mr. and Mrs. Riley Farr
enjoyed picnicking at the Ashe-
ville Recreation Park recently.

Miss Maxine Carter and Mrs.
Connie Henderson enjoyed
their vacation at Virginia
Beach.

Miss Betty McMullan, Mrs.
Clara Schwiers, and Mr. Henry
Wooten went to Miami Beach
for the week of July 4. While
there they visited Indian Vill-
age.

Miss Clarissa Camden, along
with friends, enjoyed a picnic
lunch at Table Rock July 4,
after which they went swim-
ming and boat riding.

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hend-
ricks, Jr. and children of
Greenville visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Bledsoe recently.

Miss Mary Stone, Miss Susie
Tate, Mr. T. G. Hawkins, and
Mr. Roy Tate motored to Ashe-
ville, N. C. during the Fourth.

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hayes
visited Mr. and Mrs. Hovey
Brown of Easley Sunday after-
noon.

Miss Gene Cason was a recent
guest of her aunt, Mrs. R. D.
White, of Greenwood, S. C.

Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Cooper

Junior Homemakers Visit
At Mountain Rest Camp

Members of the Junior Home-
makers' Association of the
Slater-Marietta High School
left Tuesday, July 22, for a
week's stay at the J. H. A.
Camp at Mountain Rest, S. C.

They were accompanied by
their sponsor, Mrs. James N.
Cleveland, II, and Misses Carrie
Baker and Jean Tankersley.

Those members attending
camp were: Jean Hester, Betty
Vassey, Ruth Laws, Sara
Wylie, Darlene Mayfield, Polly
Connor, Doris Hargrove, Lo-
rena Whitted, Lois Sanders,
Betty Bruce, Nellie Mae
Blevins, and Alice Talley.

and son, Mays, visited Mrs.
Clelia Poole of River Fall dur-
ing the week of the Fourth.

Miss Alma Ledford visited
her brother, Nelson Ledford, of

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Economic Ills
Hurt Everyone

In discussing the present
high production costs and high
prices, a prominent citizen
summed up the situation as fol-
lows:

"When production costs and
selling prices get too high, then
people stop buying.

When somone stops buying,
then someone stops selling.

When someone stops selling,
then someone stops working.

When someone stops work-
ing, then someone stops earn-
ing, and

When somone stops earn-
ing, then someone stops buy-
ing."

So, it does make sense that
high production costs which
cause high prices have a far
reaching effect that concerns
each of us.

We can do our share in do-
ing a good job to avoid high
production costs. That means
"our share," as the condition
can never be corrected if we
expect "the other fellow" to do
a good job while we do nothing
to improve the condition.

Franklin, N. C. recently.

Miss Elizabeth Ammons had
as her recent guests, Mrs. Ben-
nett Farmer and daughter,
Mary Bennett, of Altavista, Va.
and also Mrs. Leon Chandler
and children of Pauline.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bledsoe
and daughter, Betty Claire,
were visitors at Lake Juna-
luska on July 4.

The popularity of the late
President Franklin D. Roose-
velt continues in the Middle
American countries as well as
the United States. Five Middle
American Republics -- Costa
Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador,
Cuba, and the Dominican Re-
public -- all have issued postage
stamps bearing Mr. Roosevelt's
likeness, according to the
Middle America Information
Bureau.

Ever think of "heroes" down
on the farm? In the Middle
American Republic of Cuba,
agriculture is important in-
deed. Recently, government
officials in Havana awarded
the Order of Agricultural and
Industrial Merit to Cuban
"heroes in agriculture."