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THE SLATER NEWS

May 15, 1947

[Column 1]
The Slater News
Published Every Two Weeks
By
Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Established 1790
In The Interest of Its Employees

STAFF
Robert H. Atkinson - Editor
Cecil S. Ross - Asst. Editor
Lily Alexander - Circulation Mgr.
Claude Guest - Photographer

REPORTERS
Weave Room: Nellie Barnette, Gladys
Cox, Rosalee Cox, Sarah Canham,
Louise Bagwell, Pearl Price, Ethel
Clary, and Doris Jones.

Preparation Department: Jessie Vas-
sey, Julie Brown, Bertha Jones,
Blanche McCall, Nellie Ruth Payne,
Ruth Campbell, D. P. Garrick, Tom
Boggs, and Marguerite Waddell.

Cloth Room: Opal W. Smith.

Commissary: Jorene Vickers.

Office: Betty Foster and Jeanne Er-
nest.

Community: Ruth Johnson, Ruby P.
Reid, and Doris F. Atkinson

EDITORIALS
Social Security
No Matter What Age You
Die -

Here is something you want
to tell your family: Under old-
age and survivors insurance,
survivors benefits are payable
when you die - no matter at
what age that happens.

That is something some work-
ers' families don't understand.
The wife and child of a living
wage earner can't get benefits
until the worker is 65 or over
and stops work. But they can
get survivors benefits when the
worker die anytime, whether
it is before he is 65 or after -
provided he is insured at the
time of his death. There may be
monthly benefits, or just a lump
sum, depending on who makes
up the family. But almost al-
ways something is payable to
an insured workers' family
when he dies.

If the worker leaves no one
immediately eligible for month-
ly benefits, a lump-sum death
benefit is payable if a claim is
filed within two years. This
lump-sum goes to the widow,
widower, child, grandchild, or
parent in the order named. If
the worker is survived by any
such relative, the lump-sum
may be paid to other relatives
or friends in reimbursement for
burial expenses.

So don't delay telling your
family. You are building bene-
fit rights for them. Make sure
they know they can get their
benefits when you are gone -
no matter at what age death
comes.

FOR SALE
One fresh milch goat. Gives
three quarts of milk per day.
Price $15.00. See E. W. Bruce,
Holiness Hill near Slater.

[Column 2]
SLATER
DAY BY DAY

Art Linkletter says "people
are funny." I too say that peo-
ple are "funny," sometimes do-
ing things the unsafe way.

What? You don't believe it?
O.K., I'll prove it.

Look at all of the unsafe
things people do which result
in injuries.

You know something? People
have more accidents than any-
body. 'Sa fact!

For instance, take the fellow
who grinds on an emery wheel
without first putting on gog-
gles. Or the mechanic who tries
to remove a nut from a bolt
with the wrong kind of tool.
Accident? Most likely, but
why?

How do lots of people lift
things? With those big strong
leg muscles? Oh, no! With their
backs which nature intended to
be used only to bend with. Peo-
ple moan with backache for
ages. And big strong leg mus-
cles get soft and flabby because
they aren't used to lift with as
nature intended.

Children who leave toys on
sidewalks, skate on doorsteps,
and fishing poles in front yards.

Boys who go around break-
ing bottles. Sure, it's fun to hit
a bottle or glass jar with an
airgun or sling shot - it goes
p-in-g! That's lots of fun! In a
pig's eye it is. A few weeks lat-
er it's summer time. Boys go
barefooted and step on broken
glass. That's fun too, I suppose!

But my-oh-my, how about the
home owner who fails to re-
place that broken plank on his
front steps? Or maybe the
whole set of steps is so shaky
it rocks in the wind. 'Twould be
much simpler to fix the things
than to post guards about to
warn people to "watch out for
that broken step!"

Any why not trim all the low
hanging branches of trees? And
remove trees when they present
traffic hazards?

[Cartoon, spans the bottom of columns 2 and 3 of a barber giving a haircut]
"JUST A SHINE!"

[Column 3]
CLOTH ROOM CHATTER

Everyone is happy to see Sal-
lie Guestback at work in the
Cloth Room after being out sick
for quite some time. She was
greatly missed while she was a-
way.

Mrs. Estelle Kelly enjoyed
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Walker of Liberty recently.

Mr. and Mrs. George Garland
and family visited relatives in
Johnson City, Elizabethtown,
and Asheville for the week-end.
They has a very enjoyable trip.

Everyone was sorry to learn
that little Betty Ann Coggins,
daughter of Mrs. Estelle Cog-
gins, has broken her ankle. We
hope that Betty Ann will soon
be well again.

LOST
One man's brown leather bill-
fold with zipper containing
$3.30 in cash and drivers'
license with name Helen Vir-
ginia Mull. Lost in vicinity of
Slater Cloth Shop on May 13.
Finder may keep cash and re-
turn billfold and papers to
Sarah Hannon Cooper, Weav-
ing Department, first shift.

FOR SALE
Two lots, 75 x 100 ft. Located
on tar and gravel road on Holi-
ness Hill. If interested, see E.
W. Bruce, Holiness Hill.

And quit dumping garbage
on vacant lots? That, my dear,
is a very silly thing to do. Bad
for your health, y'know.

Oh well, this column is long
enough an Monday's wash is
still not on the line.

"Open the back door, Rich-
ard, so I can carry this big
heavy pan of wet clothes
down those uneven steps."

"O-o-o-o! My foot slipped!"
Sloppy house shoes, not even
fastened - uneven steps - big
pan piled too high with wet
clothes. F-A-L-L! "See what I
mean?

People are "funny."

[Column 4]
PREPARATION DEPARTMENT N-E-W-S
Mary Brooks had as her sup-
per guests Sunday night, Mr.
and Mrs. Buford Bellamy and
children,, Mildred Brooks, and
Mrs. Addie Belle Brooks of
Danielsville, Ga.

We all miss Paul Jones and
Mrs. Glen Wilson, who are out
sick. We hope they will be back
at work soon.

Frances Hall and Mrs. Sloan
Duncan gave a miscellaneous
shower honoring Mrs. Raymond
Cox recently. She received
many nice and useful gifts and
wishes to thank all the second
shift girls for the git they gave
her.

Mrs. Norma Bowles and fam-
ily had supper with her uncle,
Mr. J.K. Masters, at Pickens
Sunday night.

We welcome Mary Harrill as
a quiller hand on the second
shift and hope she will enjoy
her work here.

We are also glad to have Ben
Gilstrap back with us.

Mary Hightower recently en-
joyed a visit with her uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Pittman, of Charlestown, S. C.

All the second shift girls are
glad to have Maxilee Keisler
back with them. "Mac" has
been away for some time.

Mrs. Norma Bowles enjoyed
having dinner with her daugh-
ter, Lorraine, at Furman Uni-
versity Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hughes
visited in Belton over the week-
end.

Mrs. Billie Phillips and son,
Donnie, and Capt. Charles H.
Brown were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hunt of
Seneca Saturday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Laten Greene
and children spent the week-
end in Asheville.

Mr. Paul Foster and Mr. Bil-
lie Phillips made a business trip
to Philadelphia this week-end.

Misses Lila Arma and Mar-
garet Armstrong spent the
week-end at Slater with Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Arms.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hargrove
visited Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Har-
grove in Greenville Sunday.

Mrs. Brucie Hamilton visited
her daughter, Mrs. Lonnie New-
comb, and family in South Bos-
ton, Va. last week.

Mrs. Lessie Bowers had as
her guest last week, her sister,
Mrs. O. M. Hinson of Charlotte.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hawkins
of Greenville visited Mr. and
Mrs. H. Lloyd Simpson on Sun-
day.

Mr. and Mrs. George Beshere
and Mr. Saggi of Charleston
are visiting Mrs. Beshere's
brother, Mr. Clyde Tilley, and
family.

We are glad to see Pansy
Bowers back at work. She was
out quite a while due to a re-
cent illness.

John Martin and daughters,
Sara John and Elizabeth, were
the overnight guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Sloan Tate of Ebenezer.

Sadie Brady and family were
proud to have her brother home
from the Army recently. He has
been serving as a military po-
lice in Japan.

Mrs. Pansy Bowers had as
her dinner guest last Wednes-
day, Mrs. Jewell Brooks from
Royston, Ga.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cole-
man and Sarah attended the
Operetta at Travelers Rest
School Thursday night.

HUMOROUS STUNT
(con't. from page 1, col. 4)

ginning with the heart, the pa-
tient jumped up and "kicked
the bucket."

Characters for the program
were as follows: Doctor, Jesse
White; patient, Bobby Joe
Sprous; nurses, Bobby Jean
Shirley, Faye Garland, and
Martha Epps; doctor's assist-
ans, J. H. Bowles, Bill McCar-
son; other patients, Reid Drury,
Joan Mullinax, Dean Vickers,
Louie Wallace, Betty Jean
Guest, and Bobby Jo Talley.

Other pupils who helped
with the mateirals, stage scen-
ery, etc. were: Herbert Farth-
ing, announcer, and Thomas
Cox, Gene Addington, Bill Dun-
can, Donald Lane, Edward Tal-
ley, Doumis Chapman, Helen
Conner, Bobby Johnson, Elaine
Foster, Martha Epps, Weldon
Gosnell, Ralph Johnson, and
Betty Ruth Moody.

COMMENCEMENT
(con't. from page 1, col. 5)

Diplomas and other awards
of merit will be presented at
the commencement exercises on
May 27.

Members of the graduating
class are: Fannie Mae Burton,
Selma Jean Cole, Dulcie Marie
Cooper, Gene Guest Cox, Fay
Ellen Dean, Walter Ray Dean,
Mary Elizabeth Dodson, Lettie
Ruth Gossett, Russell Trescott
Hampton, Doris Janette Har-
grove, Nelson E. Hughes, Jr.,
Colon P. Hunter, Jr., Harold
Thomas Knight, Cleo Myrtle
Lathan, Ruth Laws, Roy M. Ly-
brand, Lucy Mae McDonald,
Barbara Ada McMullan, Virgin-
ia Faye Masters, James Ansel
Pierce, Jr., Helen Frances
Poole, Christine Reynolds,
Kathleen Reynolds, Mary Bet-
ty Roberson, Kathryn Sanders,
Mildred Faye Shelton, Paul
Edward Shirley, Inez McGrew
Turner, and Thomas Franklin
Williams.

The SAFE Way
Is
RIGHT

[cartoon depicting man driving a coffin stating "convertible model for postwar speeders"]
"TAKE IT EASY"