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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES—A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790

THE SLATER NEWS

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Old Slater Mill
PAWTUCKET, R. I.
EST. 1790

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Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

Vol. 4 Slater, S.C., October 16, 1947 No. 42

[column 1]

Garrison Lauds
Spirit Of Slater

The following article
appeared in the Greenville
Piedmont on Friday, February
26, 1947, and was written by
Charles H. Garrison in his
popular column "Caught On
The Wing."

Those concerned at Slater
appreciate very much the kind
words Mr. Garrison has for the
people of Slater, and especially
the baseball team. Mr. Garri-
son's article is as follows:

Slater Spirit:
Folks From Upper County
Uphold It

"Many great words start
with the letter S, but two of
them are Slater and spirit.
Combined they make the Slater
Spirit, and that is an almost
irresistible factor. Of course
you know that Samuel Slater
started the first cotton mill in
the United States. That was in
1790, three years before Eli
Whitney had even invented the
cotton gin. But the spirit and
tradition of Samuel Slater have
continued through the age, both
in the east and here in the south.
Here in Greenville county we
have Slater mill, near Marietta,
where the Slater Spirit was
kindled in 1927 and has burned
brightly ever since.

"Wednesday night it was my
pleasure to hear, first-handed,
considerable about the Slater
Spirit. The Slater baseball
players of the Piedmont Textile
League and their ladies were
banqueted at Dave Stansell's.
Baseball was mentioned, of
course, but the mental diet was
not exclusively about the game
Abner Doubleday is supposed to
have invented. It concerned
things that have been part of
the Slater tradition all of these
years and which is hoped to
perpetuate. For instance, Plant
Manager Jesse White, principal
speaker, said 'While we didn't
win the pennant, just being
second is something of an honor
in itself. But no opponent, no
observer can ever say that a
Slater team has displayed poor
sportsmanship. We had rather
be known as good sports than
as good winners.'

"That note ran down the
entire evening's program. Allen
Suttle, who served as master of
ceremonies and did a good job
of it, opened the way by
declaring that Slater folks had
much of which they could and
should be proud even if they
did not win the pennant. Every
boy on the team was a Slater
product and at least two of
them stayed with the club at a
considerable personal sacrifice,
turning down fancy offers to
play baseball in the faster or
professional circuits. Ref-
erence was made to Bliss Mc-
Call, who pitched for Norfolk
in 1945 and had numerous
offers to play elsewhere, and to
Perry Rampey, who played

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

[Photo of bulletin board at entrance to Slater, spans cols. 2-4]
Above is shown the bulletin board shelter near the front entrance of Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc. The shelter contains four bulletin boards or sections. Here are placed posters of various
kinds, which are changed at frequent intervals (some every day). It is felt this service is well
worth while to everyone through the good displays found there.

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HOMEMAKERS CLUB
HOLDS FIRST MEET

The Junior Homemakers
Association of the Slater-Mari-
etta High School held their first
regular meeting for this school
session on September 19, 1947.

The following officers were
elected at this meeting: Pres-
ident, Betty Vassey; Vice Pres-
ident, Hattie Alma Ervin;
Secretary & Treasurer, Patricia
Summey; and Reporter, Sarah
Wylee.

The following members were
elected to serve as chairmen of
the various committees during
this school session: Program
Committee, Katherine Guest;
Yearbook Committee, Nancy
Ervin, Social Committee, Betty
Bruce; Finance & Welfare Com-
mittee, Josephine Knight; and
Scrapbook & Publicity Com-
mittee, Blondine Voyles.

Twenty new members joined
the club this year, giving a
total membership of 47. Mrs.
James N. Cleveland, II is the
club sponsor.
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School Will Observe
Educational Week Here

National Education Week
will be observed in the schools
throughout the United States
during the week of November
9-15. During this week the
friends and patrons are urged
to visit the schools and become
better acquainted with the
work that is being done.

The Slater-Marietta Schools
are participating in this observ-
ance and cordially invite the
friends and patrons of the
schools to visit them.

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Mrs. Rogers Is
Class Hostess

The T.E.L. Class of Sla-
ter Baptist Church met Tues-
day night, September 30, at the
home of Mrs. Myrtle Rogers,
with sixteen members and one
visitor present.

The meeting was called to
order by the president, Mrs.
Rogers, who also led in prayer.
Mrs. Delia Miller, who has been
confined to her home for some
time due to illness, was able to
be back and brought a very
interesting and inspirng de-
votional.

A number of games were
enjoyed by the group. These
games were supervised by Mrs.
Jasper Voyles and Mrs. Tom
Cooper.

Delicious refreshments were
served by Mrs. Rogers and her
daughter, Elizabeth Ammons.

The next meeting will be
held at Rocky Bottom at the
summer home of the Rev. and
Mrs. Charles T. Thompson and
will take the form of a Hallo-
ween party.
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BAPTIST OFFICERS
ARE ENTERTAINED

The officers and teachers of
the Slater Baptist Church met
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hines S. Richardson of Slater
on Monday night, September
29.

A delicious fried chicken
supper was prepared on the
furnace in the back yard.
Twenty-eight officers and

(Con't. on page 2, col. 4)

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BIRTHDAY PARTY
HONORS TINY TOT

On Saturday afternoon,
September 27, little Dorothy
Jean Chitwood of Salter cele-
brated her third birthday with
a party at her home.

Several games were enjoyed
after which the honoree was
presented with many nice gifts.

The young guests were called
into the dining room and all the
children marched around the
table singing "Happy Birthday,
Dorothy Jean". Then delicious
refreshments of vanilla ice
cream and cake were served.

Those attending the party
were: Ovella Sue Taylor, Ray-
mond Reaves, Linda Rice, Mari-
lyn Clark, David Sprouse, Billy
and Shirley Suttle, Billy Ly-
brand, Prissy Wright, Bennie
and Linda Burnett, Wayne
Babb, Ann Henderson, Harry
James Cline, Diane Gunter,
Alton Canham, Mrs. Francis
Gunter, and Mrs. John Reaves.

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Family Reunion Is Held
Here By The Staton Clan

On Sunday, September 20,
the annual reunion of the
Staton family was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Staton on Third Street, Slater,
S.C.

Ninety-one persons were
present for the occasion, in-
cluding four brothers and six
sisters and their families.

Dinner was served on the
picnic grounds and everyone
had a most enjoyable day.

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Dances Likely
To Be Included

Spontaneous dances indigen-
ous to our Middle and Latin
American neighbors, such as
Cuba's Rumba and Conga plus
Brazil's Sambas, have already
become an integral part of U. S.
dance patterns. Many others
equally appealing are merely
waiting for an introduction,
formal or otherwise, the Middle
America Information Bureau
reports.

In The Dominican Republic,
for example, the national dance
is a frothy, lighthearted num-
ber called the Merengue. This
terpsichorean tidbit, which is
also Haiti's most popular dance,
is vocalized while the dancers
are in motion, in a gay air
symmetrically constructed of
two periods of sixteen bars
each, in two-four time. Some
say the Merengue is named
after the French pastry, others
trace it to the Meringa, and
African dance.

Among Cuba's native dances,
the Spanish influence is strong-
est in the Habanera, Guajira,
Punto and the Guaracha. Her
Afro-Cuban dances are the
familiar Rumba and Conga. A
fusion of Spanish and African
choreography is represented in
the Bolero-Son, which is in two-
four time and in syncopated
rhythm, whereas the original
Spanish Bolero is in three-four
time. The Habanera is char-
acterized by the unmistakable
swaying rhythm peculiar to the
Argentine Tango.

The most popular dance of
Columbia is the Bambuco. Its
origin stems from an African
town named Bambuk, from
which slaves were first imported
to Colombia. In its present
form, the Bambuco is a colorful
dance-song, with a combined
meter of three-four and six-
eight, and an opening upbeat
of three-eighth notes. In
choreography it is known as a
"pursuit dance" in which the
male partner pursues the
female, until they unite and
continue the dance together.

On of Panama's typical
dance forms is the Tamborito.
An old air dating back to the
XVIth century, the Tamborito
is unusually sung by a woman
soloist, followed by a chorus
singing the refrain. This dance
is punctuated by hand-clapping
and the rhythmical, insistent
beat of small drums. It is
written in major key and in a
lively two-four time. As the
tempo increases, its syncopated
drum accompaniment is
smoothed into triplet rhythms.
The crowd begins to form a
circle around the partners
dancing opposite each other.
Drummers are placed inside the
circle, next to the dancers, and
the tempo and excitement
mounts until the climax of the
dance.

These are only a few of the many
facinating dances native

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