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Maurine Joyce Smethers 1927 - 2010

Maurine Joyce Smethers of Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina was born on July 26, 1927, and died at age 83 years old on August 3, 2010.
Maurine Joyce Smethers
Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina 29732
July 26, 1927
August 3, 2010
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  • 07/26
    1927

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    July 26, 1927
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  • 08/3
    2010

    Death

    August 3, 2010
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    Maurine Joyce Smethers lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1927, in the year that Maurine Joyce Smethers was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1938, by the time she was just 11 years old, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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