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PERFECTION IN TEXTILES — A SLATER FAMILY TRADITION SINCE 1790
THE SLATER NEWS
Vol. 4 Slater, S.C, November 22, 1946 No. 20

[Sketch of Old Slater Mill]
Old Slater Mill
PAWTUCKET, R. I.
EST. 1790

[Sketch of Slater Mill]
Slater Mill
SLATER, SO. CAROLINA
1943

[Column 1]

[photo of James Lybrand, Jr., spans top section of cols 1 and 2]
James Lybrand, Jr., Assistant Treasurer of Slater Manu-
factoring Co., Inc., who made the address of the occasion when
the Slater Company donated $50,000 to a building fund for the
Slater-Marietta School. Mr. Lybrand lived up to his reputation
as an orator and all who heard him were delighted with his
address.
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Books Are Given
By Mrs. Wilson

Mrs. T. M. Williams has very
kindly remembered the Slater
Library by donating two books.

The first of these volumes is
entitled "Lost Ecstacy," and is
written by Mary Roberts Rine-
hart. This book will appeal
especially to the women, since
Rinehart is a favorite among
the feminine readers of the
community. The novel, "Lost
Ecstacy," is typical of all the
other fine books written by
Mary Roberts Rinehart, and
will be enjoyed by those who
read it.

The other book given by Mrs.
Williams is called "Dancing
Saints," and is written by Ann
George Leslie. This powerful
novel won an Avery Hopwood
award at the University of
Michigan in 1942, and deals
with a Shaker Community's
fight against destruction. Many
readers will want to read

(Continued on page 4, col. 4)

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CHAPEL EXERCISES
BY SIXTH GRADE

This year the Grammar
School students of Slater-Mari-
etta School are presenting
chapel programs every other
week. On November 13, Mrs.
Cecile Richey's sixth graders
had charge of the program.
Since November 10-16 was "Ed-
ucation Week," they used that
for their theme.

The program opened with
Robert Henderson reading the
scripture. Ted Smith then
sang "Morning Prayer," and
the school sang "Thanksgiving
Song."

A playlet, "The Talking
Books," was presented by the
following sixth grade students:
Patsy Hunter, Betty Garrett,
Christine Burdette, Richard
Payne, Bobby Murray, Jimmy
Clary, B. J. Albright, Junior
Connor, and Carolyn Dixon.
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Nature couldn't make us per-
fect, they say, so she made us
blind to our shortcomigs.

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Donation is Made
By Slater Outfit

National Education Week
was observed in a big way at
Slater this past week when the
Slater Manufacuring Co., Inc.
made a donation to a building
fund for the Slater-Marietta
School of $50,000 at a public
meeting held at Slater Hall at
7 o'clock on Friday evening,
November 15.

The award was made by
James A. Lybrand, Jr., Assist-
ant Treasurer of the Slater
Manufacturing Co., Inc., who
explained, in his address before
a crowd of approximately 350
patrons and friends of the
school, that the Slater Manu-
facturing Co., Inc., was greatly
interested in the welfare of its
people here. Mr. Lybrand con-
tinued by saying that education
is more than "book learning"
and in his opinion it was the
systematic training of all the
intellectual faculties. All phases
of life, such as churches, homes,
schools, the mill, and general
community activities have a
part in this educational pro-
gram.

Mr. Lybrand traced the
growth of the present school
system from the time when the
Slater-Marietta School was a

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

[photo of J. A. White speaking at meeting, spans bottom of cols 3 & 4)
J. A. White, Plant Manager of the Slater Mill and chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the Slater-Marietta School, presided
at the meeting in which the $50,000 donation to the school fund
was announced, and introduced the speaker of the occasion and
the distinguished visitors.

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[photo of Joseph Bryson at microphone, spans columns 4-5]
The Honorable Joseph R. Bryson, member of Congress from
the Fourth Congressional District of South Carolina, was present
at the meeting when the donation of $50,000 was made to the
local school, and spoke. He expressed the hope that Federal
funds for educational buildings would soon be a reality.

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Class Carnival
Is Big Success

The Halloween Carnival held
at Slater Hall on Thursday, Oc-
tober 31, sponsored by the
senior class of the Slater-Mari-
etta School, was declared a big
success. An unusually large
crowd attended this event.

Most of the persons attend-
ing wore costumes which add-
ed to the attraction of the
crowd.

Attractions of the evening's
entertainment included a va-
ried program. The "Spook
House" and fortune-telling
gypsy were outstanding events.
One of the fastest-moving fea-
tures was the "fish pond,"
whose stock was sold out in
less than 30 minutes.
Chances were sold for an 18½
lb. turkey and the winner of
this large turkey was Mr. F. J.
Brannon, Sr. A box of choco-
lates was awarded for a corn-
guessing contest. Bingo was
enjoyed by a large part of the
crowd. Apple bobbing was an-
other big and fast-moving en-
tertainment. "A prize for a
bull's eye" rang out in the
crowd from the dart board
booth where the young boys

(Con't. on page 4, col. 5)