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THE SLATER NEWS
Old Slater Mill
PAWTUCKET, R. I.
EST. 1790
Vol.4
Slater, S. C., October 1946
No. 18
Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

Equipment Cost
For Soldier Up

Reflecting the steadily in-
creasing costs of materials and
subsistence items, the cost of
equipping and maintaining a
soldier for his first year in the
Army in the continental United
States is now $590.68, or $57.10
more than it cost a year ago,
and $125.42 more than the
same cost in 1944, the War De-
partment has announced.

These costs are averages, and
represent the cost for a com-
posite soldier as he is equipped
for all the various arms and
services of the Army, and com-
puted for the entire Army
strength by the Office of the
Quartermaster General.

During 1946, at prices esti-
mated in January, the soldier's
food will cost $233.92, his
clothing. $133.01 at the outset,
but $104.15 is added to that for
a year's maintenance. His in-
dividual equipment has an
initial cost of $39.65 plus $16.53
for maintenance, and his bar-
rack equipment comes to $49.82
with $13.60 added to maintain
it for one year.

The following table shows
the differences in costs in each
category of supply, including
maintenance, as compared with
1944 and 1945:

Food-1944, $215.45; 1945,
$226.30; 1946, $233.92; per
cent difference compared with
1945, plus 3.3.

Clothing - 1944, $173.70;
1945, $212.00; 1946, $237.16;
per cent difference compared
with 1945, plus 11.3.

Individual equipment-1944,
$44.70; 1945, $63.93; 1946,

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

SLATER CLOTH IS
SHIPPED BY PLANE

During the recent tie-up of
transportation caused by
strikes, the Slater Manufactur-
ing Co., Inc. shipped a load of
cloth by airplane to a finishing
plant at Patterson, New Jersey.

The Meteor Air Transport of
New York City sent a Douglas
DC-3 to Greenville where the
plane was loaded with 7,500
pounds of dress goods. The
plane was loaded on September
17, and by 9 o'clock the next
day the plane had arrived safe-
ly at the Kluger Plant in Pat-
terson, and the cloth was al-
ready in process.

This is the only load of cloth
that Slater has shipped by air-
plane.

The Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc. does not anticipate the
use of airplanes to haul their
products at the present, as the
trucks are now running again.
Perhaps, though, in the not too
distant future, cloth may be
shipped to market by planes.

GIRL SCOUT TROOP
HOLDS WEEKLY MEET

The Senior Girl Scout Troop
of Slater held its regular week-
ly meeting on Wednesday af-
ternoon, October 4, 1946, on the
lawn at Slater Hall.

Pictures were made of the
members present after which
the girls formed a horseshoe
circle and began their meeting.

The meeting was called to
order by the president and the
secretary called the roll, read
the minutes of the last meeting
and took up dues. The girls
then discussed a meeting to be
held on October 7 at the Green-
ville Public Library. Joan Bar-
rett, secretary, and Josephine
Knight, assistant secretary,
were appointed to attend this
meeting as representatives of
the Slater Troop.

The program chairman then
took charge of the meeting, and
the girls stood and sang "My
Country "Tis of Thee." The
program was based on "Around
the World," and Frances Poole
was the first speaker, using
"My Community" as her sub-
ject. Dulcie Cooper spoke on
"My School," and Josephine
Knight then spoke on the sub-
ject "The Sport I Like Best."
The entire troop took part in
discussing "The Modes of
Transportation," and the pro-
gram was ended by singing
several rounds.

The meeting was adjourned
by the girls singing taps as the
flag was being lowered.

Photo of a young girl.

Miss Mary Dodson has been
selected, as one of two girls
from Greenville County, to rep-
resent the Girl Scouts at a
meeting in Asheville, N. C. in
November.

Mary Dodson Is
Scout Speaker

Mary Dodson, a member of
the Senior Girl Scout Troop of
Slater, has been selected as one
of two Girl Scouts in Green-
ville County to represent this
county in a panel discussion to
be held at Asheville, N. C. on
November 6 and 7. The topic
of discussion for this meeting
is "Girl Scouting As We Like
It."

The Slater Girl Scout Troop
has been signally honored in
(Con't. on page 3, col.3)

ENRICHED GRITS
BEST FOR FOOD

South Carolinians like grits
-there's no getting around
that fact. South Carolinians of
today grew up on grits just as
their fathers before them did.
There's a difference, however,
in the grits the members of
present generations have eaten
and those the generations be-
fore them ate.

About thirty years ago there
began to trickle into the State
fancy pure white degerminated
grits. (By degerminated, we
mean that the little yellow
kernal at the base of the corn
grain was removed.) These
grits were prettier than our
home ground grits-they had
all the yellow and black spots
removed from them. They also
had all the best food value re-
moved. People on the whole
preferred the "prettier" grits
not realizing that for food
value one might as well eat
corn starch. Nutritionists tried
to overcome this lack of food
value by encouraging legisla-
tors in South Carolina to pass
a law requiring that all these
fancy grits have added back to
them the vitamins and minerals
which had been removed. The
legislators did just that and
the law was called the Corn
Meal and Grits Enrichment
Law.

Since that time, many people
have gone a step farther and
have asked that even the whole
grain product be enriched and
many millers are doing that. If
all corn products are enriched,
(Con't. on page 3, col. 3)

Photo of young women.

Above are shown the members of the Woodman's Circle recently installed at Slater. The
members above are: First row, left to right: Miss Maxine Brown, Mrs. Evelyn Cashion, Miss
Betty McMullan, Mrs. Frances Williams, Mrs. Ann Ledford; Second row, left to right: Mrs. Edith
Lybrand, Mrs. Veltra Smith, Miss Mary Dodson, Miss Catherine Dodson, Mrs. Jimmie Lou Rice;
Third row, left to right: Miss Elaine Foster, Mrs. Rosa Dudley, Miss Barbara McMullan, Miss
Hettie Howard, Miss Catherine Henson, Miss Elizabeth Ammons.

Carnival Comes
On Halloween

The Senior Class of the
Slater-Marietta High School
will sponsor a Halloween Car-
nival on Thursday night, Octo-
ber 31, at 8:00 o'clock at Slater
Hall. No admission will be
charged to attend this carnival
and the public is cordially in-
vited. Wear a costume to be
in style!

There will be entertainment
at the carnival for all members
of the family. During the en-
tire evening, as well as in ad-
vance, votes will be sold for the
Halloween Queen who will be
crowned at the climax of the
evening's program. A suitable
gift will be presented to the
elected queen who will be a
representative of the school.

An old-fashioned cake walk
will include both the young
and old. The fortune-telling
gypsy will be certain to foretell
your future to your heart's de-
sire. and for those who like
prizes, Bingo will afford them
a chance to win a prize. For
the children particularly, the
fishing booths will be operated;
each fisherman will win a prize.
And for those who like guess-
ing games, we have a place for
you at the carnival. Halloween
would not be complete without
the customary "spook house" to
make your flesh crawl and your
toes curl. Apple bobbing will
be another special feature.
Your skill at throwing darts
will also be tested.

Also plans are being made
to sell hot dogs, soft drinks,
and other eats.
(Con't. on page 3, col. 1)

WOODMAN'S CIRCLE
INSTALLED HERE

The Woodman's Circle has
recently installed a chapter of
their organization here at Sla-
ter. Mrs. Ollie Mayfield of
Greer, S. C. organized the circle
here. It is known as Wood-
man's Circle Grove No. 272.
There are at the present, 26
members of this local organiza-
tion.

The Woodman's Circle was
first organized 56 years ago in
Omaha, Nebraska and now has
Groves throughtout the United
States.

The National Institute of the
Sorority is now in session at
Denver, Colorado. The district
meeting will be held at Green-
ville in November, with head-
quarters at the Poinsett Hotel.

Officers elected for the Slater
Chapter are as follows: Anne
Ledford, president; Betty Mc-
Mullan, vice president; Evelyn
Cashion, financial secretary;
Maxine Brown, chaplain; Fran-
ces Williams, warden; Kath-
leen Henson, musician; Veltra
Smith, club reporter; Bessie
Robinson, sponsor; and Ruth
Campbell, sponsor.