Merchants Collaborating On “Crazy Days” Promotion — Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.3*20 City Limits 7,206 The figure for Greater Kings Mountain -Is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City Limits figure Is from the United States census of 1950. Starts Thursday On Pages £U Today VOL. 68 No. 34 Established 1889, Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 22, 1957 Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS ■i Public Is Invited To Inspect Foote Mineral Plant Sunday Local News Bulletins KIWANIS MEETING Reports from Harold ICoggins and John L. McGill of the Ki wanis national convention held in (Atlantic City will fea ture the regular Thursday night meeting of the Kings 'Mountain Kaiwanis club. The clulb convenes at the Woman’s clulb at 6:45 ip. m. SUPPER Women of the Church df Dix on Presbyterian church \yll sponsor an ice cream supper Saturday beginning at 6 o’ clock p. ’m. at the church. (Mrs. Wayne Wells is president of •the Women Of the Church. REUNION SUNDAY Annual Weathers-IDedmon family reunion will be held Sunday at iRoseoe Baiptist church in Shellby. Dinner will toe .served picnic-style at the noon hour, and the (business session Will follow.. AUTO FIRE IFire damaged the wiring and interior of a car owned (by Lloyd Peterson Monday morn ing, City IFireman N. M. IFarr reported. City firemen answer ed the call dbut 8:30 to Baker street, where the car had (been parked, he said. ONE PERMIT Building inspector J. W. Web ster issued a building permit Tuesday to .Frank IMitchum to erect a one story frame house on N. Watterson street, at an estimated cost of $4,000. REUNION Annual 'Herndon -Mitcham re union will (be held Sunday, September 1st, at Lake Craw ford picnic area. (Picnic will Ibe served at 12 noon, and all rela tives are invited to attend. WARE REUNION Descendants of James Gri mes and (Edilda Hamrick Ware will hold their annual reunion Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. (Frank 1C. Ware in the Oak 'Grove community. A business meeting will follow the noon meal. Mrs. Jake Hord, of Kings (Mountain, is clan president, and Miss Estelle (Barber, of Charlotte, is clan secretary. REUNION Annual 'reunion of descen dants off Maljor Hugh Borders will be held Sunday, August 25, at Kings Mountain State Park. The clan will gather at New Shelter (No. 2 for a picnic at 12 noon. J. Austell Graham, elan president, will preside. REUNION Annual Harmon family reun ion will foe held September 1st at El Bethel Methodist church, and all descendants of Hey iwood and Polly Branton (Har mon are 'being invited to at tend. Dinner will ibe served at 1 o’clock. UNION SERVICE Sunday night’s union service for five city church congre gations will ibe held at St (Matthew’s (Lutheran church with Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor otf Boyce [Memorial iAIHP church, to deliver the 8 o’clock ser mon. The service will mark the last in the .summer series of union services. ATTENDS MEETING iMrs. Wilson Griffin, of Kings Mountain, attended the lunch eon meeting Thursday of the (Women’s (Auxiliary of the 'North Carolina Pharmaceuti cal association in session in Chapel Hill. The meeting was attended by committee mem bers and officers of the aux iliary. Mrs. Griffin is on the committee on resolutions. Farmers To Cast Ballots Friday "If cotton is to remain the number one money crop of Cleveland County, then we must “roll up our sleeves’’ and do the job of promoting ourselves; otherwise we can see cotton de creased further,” said James Cornwell, chairman of the coun ty committee for the promotion and holding of the cotton re ferendum. He particularly stresses the importance of the Cotton Re ferendum since our county is “cotton minded.” “We need everyone to help put this program across,” he said. Roundtree Hardware in Gro ver, Midway Service Station, Bethware School, and Kings Mountain Farm Center will serve as polls for Township No. 4 when the referendum is held Friday. Polls will be located at Wray Stirewalt’s Store in Waco, Bess’s Store in St. Paul, and Eaker’s Store in Mary’s Grove to take care of Township No. 5. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Rites Thuisday For Perry Child Funeral rites for Richard Scott Perry, eight-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Perry, will toe held Thursday morning at 11 o’ clock from Resurrection Luthe ran church. Rev. Douglas Fritz will con duct the final rites, and interment will be in Mountain Rest ceme tery. Young Perry died Monday night at 8:15 p.m. at his home at 605 Crescent Circle after an illness of seven years. 'He is survived, in addition to his parents, by a sister, Paula Christine Perry, of the home. Death was attributed to ne phirtis. Young Perry’s father is historian at Kings Mountain Na tional Military Park. The body will lie in state at the church 30 minutes before the service. Pallbearers will toe Robert S. McDaniel, Gene Mitcham, Richard H. Jackson, and Robert A. Perry. Child'TFimeral Conducted Monday ' Funeral services for Martha Ann Randolph, four year old -daughter of Hudie and LaVern White Randolph, of Gaffney, S. C., were conducted Monday afternoon from Shuford and Hatchers’ Chapel on East 'Frederick Street in Gaffney. The Rev. Malcom M. Bullock, of Beech Street Presbyterian church, officiated and burial was in Frederick Memorial Gardens. The child died of lukemia after a two months illness. She is survived toy Wer parents and a sister Susan Marie Ran dolph. Also surviving are her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. White, of Kings Mountain, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Randolph, of route 1, Gaffney. Open House To Feature Tour, Refreshments Foote Mineral Company will show its Kings Mountain opera tion to area citizens at a mam moth open house on Sunday af ternoon. The Sunday open ) house, to which all citizens are invited, will culminate a series of smaller showings, which will include an advance press tour on Friday af. ternoon and a tour for families of employees on Saturday after, noon. The Sunday afternoon event will begin at 1 p.m. and continue to 5 p.m. Neil Johnson, Kings Mountain manager, commented, “For the past six years, Foote Mineral Company has been extremely busy in developing the operation for production of a lithium pro. duct which has become very im portant, botH to the federal gov ernment and to industry. During the six years, the Kings Moun tain operation has grown consid. erably and, at the same time, has increased its contribution to the community in many ways. Dme to certain restrictions, our plant has not been open to the public and we could not be as neighborly as we would have liked. We are now in position to better acquaint our neighbors with what has been accomplished and with the work in progress now.” For Sunday’s open house, Foote is chartering several buses and tours of the plant, mine area, and other facilities will be conducted by supervisory employees. Re freshments will be served to all. It was first planned to conduct tours on foot, but it was deter mined that too much time would be required to accommodate all persons. The bus tour was the answer. Friday’s press premiere will be gin at 5 p. m. More than 20 rep resentatives of newspapers, wire services, and radio and television stations, and trpde publications are expected to attend the press tour. Following the showing, the visitors will be entertained at dinner at Kings Mountain Coun. try club. Saturday’s employee family party will also 'be from 1 to 5 p.m. Invitation to attend the Sunday open house is issued in a full page advertisement appearing in today’s edition of the Herald. Photos show phases of the 'Foote mining process and details are listed on points of interest the visitors will sfee. The Foote plant may be reached from the N. C. Highway 216 south by the road leading past Park Grace school. The Foote en trance road is marked. Foote Mineral Company’s Kings Mountain plant employ- approxi. mately 250 persons, has a payroll including bonuses, of about $1, 000,000 annually. REVIVAL 'Revival services are continu ing at IFirst Nazarine church with services held nightly at 7 o’clock. Visiting evangelists are Rev. and Mrs. Eddie Burn em, of Ashland, Kentucky. 40 Pine Bidge Community Pupils Seek Admission To Park Grace Approximately 40 county sys tem school pupils, now attending Grover school, are seeking to at tend Park Grace school. The pe titioners live in the Pine .Ridge community. County Board of Education Su perintendent Horace Grigg and Board of Education (Memlber Ed win Moore were to confer with parents of the students Wednes day afternoon. (Mr. Grigg said he didn’t know what arrangements the hoard could make, particularly for the school term (beginning in Sep tember. Principal problem, 'he gussed, would hinge on transportation,. Originally, !Mr. Grigg noted, the Pine Ridge area rwas in the Park Grace school district. However, it was vacant property. Mean time, the route of one Grover school (bus was changed in order that it would cross the Southern (Railroad at the Margraoe under pass, rather than the Southern’s double tracks. When the Pine (Ridge area (became residential, the Grover Ibus transported these children to Grover school. Mr. Grigg said classroom space at Park Grace would ibe no bar to the change, since Park Grace, due to a school papulation drop, lost a faculty member at the close of the recent school term. Park Grace will be a six-teacher school in the term (beginning September 3. Grover school will open for the coming term a day earlier, on Soptemtoer 2. OFFICERS PLAN ACTIVITIES—Officers oi the Kings Mountain high school chapter. Future Homemakers of America, recently met with the chapter advisor. Mrs. John Gamble, to plan the year's activities. Pictured, seated, left to right, are Mary Sides, vice-president Jean Hicks, president and Mrs. Gamble, and standing, left to right, Di anna Neal, historian. Kay McCarter, secretary, and Becky Blanton, treasurer. Other officers present but not pictured are Janice Glad den, Brenda Bridges, and Elaine Burton. Merchants Ready For “Crazy Days” Giazy Prices Will Prevail; Mayor To Sell Kings Mountain merchants will collaborate Thursday, Friday, and Saturday on a weekend “Crazy Days” sale. With 21 firms actively partici pating, in addition to non-partici pating sponsors, the merchants are adding several “new wrink. les” to the customary run of sales promotions. All participating firms, in ad dition to featuring many bargains on their counters and shelves, are featuring “Crazy Days” extra | specials at unusual giveaway prices. Purchase of the giveaways is| not to be 'by normal means of storming the particular place of business to be the first in line at opening time. By prior agree ment, Moyor Glee A. Bridges will serve as the salesman for the giveaway articles. He will visit the participating stores during the weekend, some on Thursday, some on Friday, some on Satur day. To obtain the giveaway item, a customer must be first to ask the Mayor for the particular item. In event more than one customer asks the Mayor to sell the "Crazy Days” special, a drawing for the buying opportunity will be con ducted on the spot. It has also been announced that free parking will prevail in the city for the “Crazy Days” pro motion. The parking meters will be covered and the meter police, man will be off duty. Members of the committee ar ranging the event were Jonas1 Bridges, chairman, Dick McGin-i nis, and Odus Smith. Here are “Crazy Days” specials: the participating merchants are: offering: Alexander’s Jewelry, a man’s' Gemex watch'band for 97c and a new universal percolator at $1.03. Baird Furniture, a Jenny Lynn spool-type bed at $3.49. Belk’s Departmen Store, an Heirloom woven bedspread at 77c. Bridges Hardware, a used ro tary lawn mower for 89c. Cooper’s Inc., a used 4-piece chrome dinette for $1.89. Dellinger’s Jewel Shop, a used ladies Bulova watch for 88c. Dixie-Home Store, a 20-pound turkev for a nickel. Eagle Stores, a seven-piece kit chen set for Sic. Keeter’s Department Store, a Golden Key bedspread for 99c. Kings Mountain Drug Company a protekto-pac big for 29c. Myers Department Store, a man’s $24.50 suit for 49c. McGinnis Department Store, a (Continued on Page Eight) ' GETS DEGREE .. Miss Patsy Greene, of Kings Mountain, dau ghter of Mrs. Kilby Greene and the late Evans B. Greene, receiv ed her nursing degree from North Carolina Baptist hospital, Winston Salem, on Sunday. The graduation exercises were held in Wait Chapel at th Wake For est college campus. Frye Stitched, Gregory Jugged Claude Gregory, of 319 Walnut street, is 'being held in Cleveland County jail under a $1000 bond on charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. .The charge against Gregory resulted from a cutting scrape which hospitalized Arthur IFrye, of Baker street, with severe lac erations of the head, ear, nose, neck and chest, iAbout 100 stitch es were required to mend IFrye’s wounds. Acoording to investigating of ficer Paul Sanders, a call was received Friday night around 11:30 to investigate a disturb ance on Walnut street. Officer Sanders said he found IFrye at 319 Walnt street on the porch bleeding severely from cuts. Frye, the officer said, related he had been cut by Gregory, The cutting, Frye was quoted by San ders, occurred at Gregory’s home and had stemmed -rom an argu ment between him and Gregory. Gregory later was arrested at Kings Mountain hospital where he had gone for treatment for a lacerated arm and finger, the of ficer said. IFrye's condition was reported Wednesday as good by his phy sician. IFrye, who is at Kings ‘Mountain hospital, will proba bly be discharged in a day or two, his physician also said. .Preliminary hearing for Gre gory is scheduled for Monday af ternoon at City Recorder’s court. Schools Retain Same Student Assignment Plan The city board of education 'Monday adopted the same pupil assignment plan it used last year. In effect, it means majority of pupils will attend the same schools they attended during the 1956-57 term excepting those who enter high school for the first time and those who at tended other than assigned schools last year, either due to requested or voluntary agree ment toy the Iboard of education. Commenting on the assign ment action by the (board of ed ucation, Superintendent K. N. Barnes said: “In solving the annual prob lem of teacher overloads, we can foresee at least three over load points and will welcome volunteers for change of school assignment from these grades.” (Mr. Barnes said the fbrseeatole teacher overloads are: 1) Too many pupils for the one teacher assigned to first grade at West school. 2) Too many pupils for the one teacher assigned to third grade at West school. 3) Too many pupils (for the one teacher assigned to teach fifth grade at Central school. Under the .state statute govern ing school assignments, parents of pupils have u'p to ten days af ter final publication of the as signment notice to ‘file requests for change of assignment for their children. The legal notice appears for the first time today, will be finally published on lAu gust 29. IMr. Barnes said the same forms used last year, first year the new assignment law was op erative, will ibe used again this year,. The forms are available at the superintendent’s office at Central school. Mr. Barnes said that parents of pupils who have moved to Kings Mountain since the last school term should register their child ren with the respective princi pal of the school the assignment resolution dictates they attend, or at his office at Central school. Text of the school assignment resolution .follows: “Children are assigned to the same schools they attended last school year. Pre-School children are assigned to the school in which they are registered. The following exceptions are made to this assignment: “1. Children having satisfactor ily completed the 8th grade at the North School and East School are assigned to the Central School. “2. Children grades 1-6 living on (Railroad ‘Avenue north of the Gaston Street Intersection, Clin ton Drive, Hill Street, Gillespie Street, Baker Street, Cherry Street, Walnut Street, Chestnut Street, iBennett -Drive, (First Street, Second Street, Cleveland (Avenue and east of Cleveland 'Avenue, Owens Street, Bennett Street, Floyd Street, York Road and all territory east of York .Road who have not Ibeen attending or have registered at Central School, West School, or (North School are assigned to Bast School. "3. Children grades 1-6 living on Childers Street and north of Childers Street who have regis