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June 6, 1946 THE SLATER NEWS Page Three

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GOINGS-ON - - - -
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Mr. and Mrs. Morris Stroud
are the proud parents of a
daughter. The little girl has
been named Virginia Gale and
was born May 16 at Coleman's
Hospital.

Two of our veterans have re-
ceived promotions recently.
They are Avery McCall from
Filling Boy to Weaver and
Darrell D. Toby from Loom
Fixer to Overseer. We wish
them both success in their new
work.

We welcome Howard
Stephens as Loom Fixer. We
are also glad to have Ruford
McClain back at work.

Miss Louise Booth of Augus-
ta, Georgia, was a recent week-
end guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Gunter. Miss Booth is
Mrs. Gunter's sister.

Mr. and Mrs. Mays Stroud
attended the wedding of Mrs.
Stroud's niece, Miss Grace Fos-
ter, to Mr. Fred Batson on May
18 in Greenville.

Nellie Barnette and friends
were recent visitors in Brevard,
N. C.

We welcome Charles Lowe
and Boyce Pack back to work
with us. Both men are vet-
erans.

We welcome Tom Childress,
who has been recently dis-
charged from the Navy, back
to work again.

Miss Janie Cody and Tom
Shelton recently motored to
North Carolina.

Mrs. Frank Williams, from
Canton, N. C. visited Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Capps recently.

A. W. Moon spent the past
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Daniel and family.

Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Burrell
were delighted to have an over-
night guest, Mrs. Willis War-
ren, who is a returned mission-
ary from North Africa. She is
a former Greenville girl known
to countless friends as Della
West before marriage.

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Miss Pearl Price spent Sun-
day afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Strickland and fam-
ily.

We hated to see L. W. Ivey
go back to California. He is
a very good loom fixer, but it
seems as if we weren't lucky
enough to keep him.

Jack Harvey has been on the
sick list for several days. Glad
you are back at work, Jack.

Mrs. Bernice Foster was all
smiles last week for her son,
Cpl. Joe E. Foster, came home
to stay a few days.

We are glad to have L. E.
Smith, loom fixer, back at work
with us on the second shift in
Weave Room 2. We believe he
likes Slater too well to stay
away long.

Mr. K. W. Yeomans is out
from work to rest awhile. We
hope he will be back at work
with us soon, as everyone
misses him.

Second shift employees in
Weave Room 2 wish to congrat-
ulate James Allison, who re-
cently received a two dollar
bonus for having less seconds.
He seems very proud too.
James, keep that good work
up!

Miss Sollie Cox seems to en-
joy motoring to the mountains
on Sunday afternoon.

Lonnie and Vester Crowe and
Jim Hendrix had very good
luck on May 4 when they went
on a fishing trip. When the
fish started to bite, believe it
or not, they caught blue catfish
18 inches long. As they were
cooking their fish, other fisher-
men passed by with their
mouths watering. They enjoy-
ed the trip so much they are
planning another soon and will
carry their families.

We all regret that Mrs.
Gladys Garrett is out sick, but
hope she will soon be back at
work.

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Slater Observes
Mothers Day

Mothers' Day really began
for Slater mothers this year on
Saturday evening when little
children couldn't keep their
Mothers' Day gifts any longer.

And it ended Sunday even-
ing when the mothers closed
their eyes on a day when their
hearts had been filled with a
queer mixture of pride and
love.

The hours in between con-
sisted of happy surprises and
loving gifts.

Of the wearing of red or
white flowers as Slaterites went
to their individual churches.

Of Sunday School lessons dis-
cussed around the theme of
mothers own duties and privi-
leges.

Of church programs arrang-
ed in special tribute to mothers.

Of Sunday dinners prepared
and served by mothers' hands.

Of young mothers looking
into the future and dreaming
of their children's success and
fame.

Of old mothers looking into
the past and recalling the days
and nights of anxiety and wor-

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ry, and the moments of pride-
ful joy as they watched their
children grow and develop.

But perhaps the true mean-
ing of the day was best express-
ed by the pastor of one of our
local churches when he said—
"Mothers are the greatest
moulders of character in the
world, and character is man's
greatest asset."
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Natural Rubber
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The United Fruit Company's
Department of New Crops car-
ried forward long-range re-
search on high-yielding strains
of rubber trees. Its findings
were made available to this
Government, as well as to the
Governments and citizen-farm-
ers of the ten countries of Mid-
dle America.

Reports from Middle Ameri-
can plantations indicate that
the rubber plant has been
thriving well in its native soil.
American warborn enterprise
is now paying off dividends
both for Middle America's
economy and U. S. peace-time
needs for natural rubber.

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Theatre Guide

June 7, 1946
"SPIRAL STAIRCASE"
Starring
Dorothy McGuire
George Brent
Ethel Barrymore
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June 8, 1946
"BANDIT OF SHERWOOD
FOREST"
Starring
Cornel Wilde
Anita Louise
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June 10, 1946
"SHOCK"
Starring
Lynn Bari
Vincent Price
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June 14, 1946
"MY REPUTATION"
Starring
Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
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June 15, 1946
"APOLOGY FOR MURDER"
Starring
Ann Savage
Hugh Beaumont
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June 17, 1946
"DOLL FACE"
Starring
Vivian Blaine
Dennis O'Keefe
Perry Como
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President Urges
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sical exercise, recreation, and
relaxation from the strain of
modern life is widely recogniz-
ed. The Department of Agri-
culture through a long-time
garden program can do much
to encourage more attractive
home surroundings and improv-
ed community development,
and can provide a large body
of citizens with much needed
assistance in home gardening."
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[photo of employees working with skylight grading, spans bottom of col. 3-5]
Skylight grading is comparatively new here at Slater. In this picture can be seen a number
of cloth graders operating skylight grading frames. In this operation the cloth is graded as
it passes before lights in front of the operator instead of over the top of the grading frame as
in the other method used here.

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[Boxed] Local Man Talks
On Radio Program

Robert H. Atkinson, Indus-
trial Relations Manager of this
company, was heard on the
Coca-Cola Sports Parade Sat-
urday night, May 11, at 6:00
p.m. over Radio Station WFBC
in Greenville.

In an interview, Mr. Atkin-
son discussed the various activ-
ities at Slater which contribute
to the recreation and welfare
of the employees of Slater Man-
ufacturing Co., Inc.

This program is sponsored
daily by Coca-Cola Bottling
Company of Greenville, and
features discussions by differ-
ent institutions in this territory,
such as was in the case of the
interview with Mr. Atkinson.

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new library member. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerome Ramey and attended
the local grammar school dur-
ing the past session. We are
glad to have Eva Jean and
hope that she will come to the
library often.

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Tommy Ballenger is a new
member of the Boys' Library
Club. He is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Ballenger of Slater.
Tommy's brother, Jerry Mack,
has been a member of Boys'
Club for some time. In fact, he
is almost a "graduate" of the
club, and it was he who
brought Tommy to the library.
We are happy to have Tommy,
both as a club member and a
new library member.

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"Keep your wagon hitched
to a star, but always have your
bag packed ready to shift stars
at a moment's notice," Horace
Fletcher once said to William
Dana Orcutt.

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"Depend on the rabbit's foot
if you will, but remember it
didn't work for the rabbit!"—
R. E. Shay.