Foote Officials
Trained Local
Men Foi Jobs
Majority of the men working,
at Foote Mineral Company's
Kings Mountain mill and mine
are Kings Mountain - natives,
trained by a core of experts and
"hard rock" miners who came
here to re-open and develop the
former Solvay plant in October,
1960.
Heading the organization here
, is Alfred B, Chandler, a native
of Australia and a former resi
' dent of Tennessee. He attended
Maryviile college, Maryviile,
Tenn., and received -a B. S-. in
chemistry from the University
of Tennessee. Ife hps also done
special work in chemical en gin
coring at . Ohio state University
and in spectroscopy at Columbia
University.
In 1941, Mr. Chandler began
Apccfy ligation in spectrography
at A Uimlrnim Company of Amer
ica in Alcoa, Tenn., and served
in the U. S, Army for three arid
one- half years as spectroscoplst
assigned to the Manhattan Pro
ject at the Oak Ridge plant of
Tennessee Eastman company.
Mr. Chandler joined the Foote
laboratory in Philadelphia. Pa.,
in 1947 as director of the com
pany's spectrograph^ laboratory
and became Foote's chief che
mist before accepting the position
here.
He is married, has a son and
lives on Meadowbrook road.
E. T. Goter, mill superintendent,
is a mining engineer and a gra
duate of North Dakota School of
Mines. He is the plant's assistant
manager. A mid-westerner, Mr.
Goter worked with American Ru
tile Corp., Roseland, Va.. for
eight years and with National
l^ead, Tahawas, N. Y.. for a year
before coming here in February.
He is married, has two children
and lives on Shelby road.
Bill Hudspeth, a native of Win
ston-Salem. is the plant's chief
chemist and assistant mill super
intendent, lie is a graduate of
Wake Forest college and did gra
duate work hi chemistry at the
University of North Carolina.
Mr. Hudspeth was formerly
with the North Carolina state
minerals research laboratory in
'Asheville where he assisted in
the development of the floatation
process for the separation of li
thium from spodumene ore. The
process is now in use at the Kings
Mountain plant.
He joined Foote here in May, j
is married, has two children and
lives on Meadowbrook road.
Jim Sul lens, a "hard rock" feld
spar miner of Spruce Pine, Is
mine foreman. He has worked in
mitdng al! his life and i.s known
KINGS MOUNTAIN PLANT. FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY ? Above u a view of the mill at the Kings
Mountain plant o| Foot? Mineral Company. The picture was taken from the south side of the mill
and shows drying bins in the foreground. The plant now has a capacity production of 360 tons per day
on a 7-day, 24-hour schedule. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.)
: as a "dynamite artist" for his
skill in blasting pits.
Mr. Sullens came to Kings
Mountain in February and has
three sons also working at the
plant here. His wife, for the pres
ent, remains in Spruce Pine. ?
Fred Dixon, well-known Kings
Mountain native, Is buying, ship
ping and personnel superivsor.
Dudley Rainey, mining engin
eer in charge of mapping, explo
ration and development, is a gra
duate of Colorado School of
Mines and holds a masters degree
from Columbia University.
Mr. Rainey came here in A\ig
ust and . .s wife and one child
Joined him about a month ago.
They live on Grover road.
Rudl VVuennenberg, a gradu
ate of Temple University and an
accountant at the Foote main of
fice in .Philadelphia befpre join
ing the Kings Mountain division
in March, is office manager. He
is married, has a son and lives
on East Kings Street.
Most of the other employees at
the plant are Kings Mountain
area men, including mill foremen
Dennis Goforth and Jack Hart
?oe, of Kingu Mountain, Tom Gor
don, of .York, S. C.. and Boyd
Riley, of Clover, S. C. ,
At present the plant employees
58 men, almost full employment
at this stage of the development,
according to Mr. Goter.
MOliE ABOUT
Foote Mineral'
Continued From Page One
commercial quantities and since
that time hits continued to grow
and today is one of the leading
?producers of rare minerals.
?
The company maintains offi
ces in Philadelphia, Pa., labora
tories in Berwyn, Pa., and plants
at Exton, Pa., and Kings Moun
tain. Along with the Kings
Mountain mine, the company al
so owns a lapidlite mine in Sou
thwest Africa.
Plans are underway for ex
pansion of the milling facilities
here and' mining facilities are
already being expanded, with H.
R. Stewart Construction Co., of
Asheville, clearing land, open
ing new pits. Lee Construction
Co., of Charlotte, under supervis
ion of W. W. Tolleson, of Kings
Mountain, is now completing
several small construction pro
jects at the plant.
Majority of Foote stock is own
ed by the employees, according
to Mr., Chandler, and the compa
riy'.s bonus system gives every
employee a chapce at more stock
as well as extra cash. The com
pany also gives employees hos
pital and medical insurance, he
said.
"All laborers at the plant, for
mer textile workers and farmers,
were trained in their new trade
by experienced miners and are
doing an excellent job," Mr.
; Chandler continued. "We are
very happy with the progress be
ing made in developing this new
industry in Kings Mountain,'' he
added. ?. * . ? ,
MORE ABOUT
Recreation
Continued From Page One
ed the plans.
"This is not .my plan, but
yours," Mr. Graves told the
group. He said that he was not
giving a final report at this
time.
The plans call for a central
recreation area to be located on
the property between East Ridge
street. Dilling street, Cleveland
avenue and the Loom-Tex mill. .
Mr. Graves said that the cen
tral area would probably have a
building with tlub rooms, kitch
en, gymnasium, dressing rooms
and possibly other rooms, an
athletic field with lights and per
manent bleachers for baseball,
football and softball, parking for
500 cars, tennis courts, a swim
ming pool, recreation area for
small children, wooded and oth
er area and would be a year
round center.
Other sections to be developed
would include three white cen
ters, including a small play
ground near Bridges Airport, the
present stadium area for horse
Tar Heel Leads
Cincinnati Gxoup
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ROCK HILL, S. C.? the Cin
cinnati Symphony Orchestra, con
ducted by Thor Johnson, will give
a concert at' Winthrop College
Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 8 p. m. in the
Winthrop auditorium.
The third number on Win
throp's current artist series, the
concert will mark the second ap
pearance here of the Cincinnati
Orchestra and Conductor John
son. Their previous performance
was on the artists series three
years ago.
Reared at Winston-Salem. N.
C., and educated at the Universi
ty of North Carolina. Johnson
has been music director and per
manent conductor of the Cincin
nati Symphony since ISM?. The or
chestra's musical growth tinder
his baton has been widely ac
claimed, until today the organi
zation ranks as one of th?j top 10
American symphony orchestras
For the Winthrop concert the
orchestra will play four selec
tions: Bach, "Sinfonia in E Flat
Major": Brahms. Symphony No.
1 hi C Minor"; Roy Harris. "Cum
berland Concerto"; and Respighi,
"The Pines of Rome".
Roy Harris, American compos
er, was commissioned by' Johnson
and the Cincinnati Symphony tc
write "Cumberland Concerto".
The score was completed August
5 of this year and was. premiered
soon after at Cincinnati. The
Winthrop concert will be the sec
ond public performance of the
composition.
The orchestration for the "Con
certo" includes, in addition to the
customary string and wind in
struments, the baritone tuba, alto
saxophone^ vibraphone, gong; sus
pended cymbals, harp, and ampli
fied piano.
Ticket information on the con
cert may be obtained from the
Bursar's Office, . Winthrop Col
lege.
shows and two lighted Softball
fields, and a picnic area at the
old waterworks, and a Negro
area at Davidson school, Mr.
Graves continued.
Purpose of the meeting was to
decide on location of the central
recreation center, it was pointed
out, so that efforts to obtain the
property, which is owned by Bur
lington- Mills, Inc., could be
launched.
Representatives from the fol
lowing organizations were pres
ent: American Legion, Kiwahis
club, Lions club, Junior Chamber
of Commerce, city schools and the
city board.
Recreation commission mem
bers present included Mr. Chand
ler, Rev. P. D. Patrick, Mrs.
George Houser, Mrs. Harry Page,
W. K. Mauney, J^, and Hunter
R. Neisler.
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INSIDE FOOTE PLANT, LITHIUM-BEARING ORE IS "FLOATED" FROM ORIGINAL ORE ? Shown in
progress above Is the floatation process by which spodumene (lithium-bearing ore) is separated
'nom pegnatite ore, which is mined from the open, quarry-like pits at the plant The pegntite is
crushed before reaching this stage. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.)
Little Theatre
Invites Members
The Kings Mountain Little
Theatre is now accepting appli
cations for membership for the
1951-52 season, It was announc
ed this week by B. S. Peeler, Jr.,
president of the organization.
Persons interested in joining
the Little Theatre are requested
to communicate with Mr. Peeler,
or any of the other officers or
members, who will present their
names for consideration at the
next meeting of the group.
Mr. Peeler po'nted.out that
applicants need not necessarily
have special acting talent to be
a member of the Little Theatre
organization. "It takes as many
people back stage in staging a
play, as it does for the cast," Mr.
Peeler said. "If you likei to paint,
design or make costumes, con
struct scenery or handle light*
ing and sdund effects,' all of
these things are necessary too,'
and we canJind a; jab for you."
The Little Theatre group plans
to present three plays during the
1951-52 season and new members
will be needed to participate in
these productions a* actors, ac
tresses, or stangs-hands. In ad
dition to these productions, plans
for the production of Robert Os
bome's historical drama "Then
| Conquer We Must!" are also be
ing lormulated for next year,
and this will require many addi
tional members, Mr. Peeler said.
I Those who would like to take
a part in this community effort
as a member of the Kings Moun
tain Little Theatre are being re
quested to get their applications
in promptly, if unable to com
municate with Mr. Peeler or any
other officer or member, applica
tion may be made by letter.
"All that you need to state Is
your name, adress and telephone
number. Also include any par
ticular skill or fault. If more
than one member of the same
family wishes to apply the infor
mation can all be given in the
same letter. Mail your applica
tions to Kings Mountain Little
Theatre, Inc., and you will be no
tified as soon as possible after
the application has been presen
ted before tiie full membership
for their approval," Mr. Peeler
continued.
The applications will be pre
sented at the next scheduled
meeting, November 6th, Mr.
Peeler urged all members to at
tend the Tuesday meeting stat
ing that many important mat
ters are to be discussed.
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