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VOL 75 No. 34
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 20, 1964
Savanty-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Foote Has No Plans
"To Mine Beryl Ore
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Local News
Bulletins
rftOM CONFERENCE
Mias Sybil Wilson. Distribu
tive Education teacher, has re
turned from the State Lead
ership Conference at Chapel
HUl. Miss Wilson will be at the
high school from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. for students and mer
chants who wish to tontart
her about the DE program.
E1WANIS CLUB
B. S. Peeler, Jr., will narrate
a film strip in color of the Ki
wanis International Conven
tion held in Los Angelos. Calif,
at Thursday's Kiwanis dub
meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the
Woman’s dub.
TO FHP1TLAND
Rev. Darrell Coble, pastor of
East Side Baptist church, is at
tending Fruitland Baptist As
sembly this week, represent
ing the East Side church.
DIXON SERVICE
Dr. P. G. Padgett. Kings
Mountain physician and mode
rator of Kings Mountain Pres
bytery, will fill the pulpit at
9:30 a.m. services Sunday at
Dixon Presbyterian church.
Rev. J. S. Mann, pastor, is on
vacation.
BOLAND SPEAKER
Richard L. Boland, assistant
executive director of the Pres
byterian Home at High Point,
Ailed the pulpit at First Pres
byterian church Sunday at the
11 o'clock services.
BIBLE SCHOOL
First Church of the Xazarene
Is continuing Bible School this
week through Friday from 5
until 7:30 p.m. All children
from age three to 14 are invited
to participate and Mrs. H. G.
Clayton is serving as superin
tendent.
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SENIOR CITIZENS
The Senior Citiezns club will
gather for a picnic Friday af
ternoon at Lake Montonia. It
will be the regular monthly
of the group.
COMPACT SEPT. OPEN
Miss Mary R. Adair, Compact
home economics teacher, an
nounced today that the home
economics room will be open
on Wednesdays and Thursdays
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for adults
and students who would like
help or would like to use the
facilities of the department.
ON COMMITTEE
Mrs. Ida F. Joy. Merchants
Association secretary, has been
appointed a member of the at
tendance and publicity com
mittee for the Southern Con
sumer Credit Clinic to be held
September 15-16 In Charlotte.
LIONS MEETING
Jim Allen, editor of The
Shelby Daily Star, will address
Kings Mountain Uons at their
Tuesday night meeting at 7
o’clock at the Woman's club.
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday at
noon totaled $160.15. according
to report by Mrs. Houston
Wolfe, assistant city clerk. The
Akital includes $139.80 from on
^Plreet meters. $20.35 from off
street meters and $45JH) in
overparUng fines.
Bureau Of Mines
Cenfinns Finding
Of Tons Of Beiyl!
Recover)- of five ml i Lon tons of J
Beryllium ore buried on property
onm-d by Foote Mineral Com- :
pany has been reported by the
United States Bureau of Mines.
A recently released U. S. Mines
report of Investigation No. 6466
entitled, “Continuous Flotation of
Beryl From Spodumene Mill Tail- ,
mgs, Kings Mountain. North Ca
rolina" covers two years of re
search done under the cooperative
agreement between the Bureau of •
Mines and Foote Mineral Com
pany.
Neij O. Johnson, general man
ager of the Kings Mountain op
eration. confirmed the report. He
confirmed it is technically feasi
ble to recover beryllium ore but
selling these beryl concentrates,
as produced, or up-grading them j
to be competitive with imported
grades is the current economic
Dean German, general manager
at Lithium Corporation of Amer
ica's Bessemer City plant, was on
vacation Wednesday and could
not be contacted. Lithium re- '
claims beryllium metal.
Mr. Johnson said no plans have
been made to mine the properties.
"The bureau determined”, Mr.
Johnson said, that 77 per cent of
the ore could be salvaged from
the lithium ore now being mined
here." “We mine the lithium ore
for its contents of mineral crys
tal spodumene.”
Beryllium's strengthening pro
perties have made it an impor
tant alloying material. When al- |
loyed with copper and nickel, it,
is valuable in making aircraft en-1
gine parts and surgical instru
ments. Large quantities of Beryl
lium is now being used in missile
const ruction, space exploration
and nuclear energy.
The actual testing was done
by the U. S. Bureau of Mines
from the Tuscaloosa. Alabama
division and the research they
were doing covered several oth
er mineral ores which have pro
duct possibilities.
In 1961 Lithium Corporation of
America at Bessemer City began
research in the field of Beryllium
and in late 1963 began manufac
turing facilities for the actual
working with the ore.
The U. S. Bureau of Mines re
port continued:
“This report covers tests made
to determine the technical and
economic feasibility of recover
ing beryl (beryllium ore* from
flotation tailings being produc-1
ed at the spodumene (Uthium I
orel concentrator of Foote Min- j
Continued On Page 8
MISS BETHWAKE FAIR — Mlu Jm Hamrick wiU reign as
mat which opens September 16 on the grounds of Softwme
sdtoolo TIm BetbweDs CouiBiioitY imbcctM*
oponlng of the fate, was held Wednesday night with fate patrons
and adeortiseis as guests of the fate association. Software Fate
Is under sponsorship of the Software Progressive Club which
selects the Queen of the Fate. Miss Hamrick, a rising senior at
Rings Mountain high school, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Hamrick.
Mrs. McDaniel
To Convention
DELEGATE — Mn. F. A. Me- !
D—Irt Jr. will rWwd the Mo
ttaad Democratic Convention. 1
Her Feet Hurt 41 Hours Afterward
Bet Ttts Reporter Loved The Fair
ST ELIZABETH STEW AST
My toct hurt but I can't wait
to go again to the World's Fair.
I didn't expect to, not after
reading critical story after story
by reporters who had attended!
this summer’s top tourist attrac
tloin in New York City.
Wc had been told that we'd
i walk and walk and walk. Wc did.
' We had heard about the long
;lines (one-two-three hours* of;
standing before the pavilions all
. over the fairgrounds. Granted. (
there were lines. Peggy Ross and
■ I waited for over an hour to en
ter both the Coco-Cola and Gen
eral Motors exhibits and there
were others like Ford. Pepsi-Co
la and General Electric we tried
to see. Our feet wouldn't let us.
There are beautiful buildings
beside architectural horrors at
the 1964 World’s Fair at Flushing
1 Meadow. Restaurants offer every
thing from hot dogs to gourmet
delicacies.
I In the crowds I saw people of
different nationalities in every
imaginable type of cofejume. Most
of the people were very neatly
dressed. There were, unfortunate
ly. a number of tacky Americans.
We were among the first
crowds of 1236,000 Tuesday and
remained until after the fire
works. returning to Times Square
via a crowded subway. We walk
ed from Times Square to 49th
Street and the Chesterfield Hotel,
just off Broadway. There were 24'
members of our party, a charter-'
ed bus tour to New York and
Washington. D. C., including the
World s Pair.
The Pair has paintings by Goya
and Michelangelo’s Pieta. Most of
the pavilions are free and have
gift shops, some selling equisite
things, others offering nothing1
but Junk. The restaurants at the
foreign pavilions, (like Africa.;
Korea. Japan. Caribbean), fea- i
ture delicacies from their coun-1
tries and a meal would cost from
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Local Delegate
Looks Forward
To Convention
BY ELIZABETH STEWAKT
Mrs. F. A. McDaniel, Jr., a
North Carolina delegate to the
National Democratic Convention,
says she expects “to learn a lot"
at Convention Hall in Atlantic
City next week.
The Kings Mountain woman
said Tuesday afternoon the
North Carolina delegation was
expecting to nominate a favorite
son candidate in the person of
Governor Terry Sanford as nomi
nee on tin* Democratic ticket for
vice-president of the United
States.
However. Governor Sanford
made it plain Tuesday evening
he was not a candidate for vice
president and thus punctured a
trial balloon hoisted last week
by friends.
Mrs. McDaniel reported the
Tar Heel delegation was polled
in an effort to drum up support
tor Sanford for vice-president.
Governor Sanford said in a
statement. “I think I should
make it clear I am not running
for the job and don't expect to
get it. Like everyone else, I ap
preciate any and all kind words
from friends, and I am grateful
for their friendship in promoting
me as a possible vice-president
ial candidate," the governor
Con tin mil On P>Hir j
Tax Advertising
Begins This Week
Advertising of sale of real es
tate for unpaid 1963 tax hills by
the City of Kings Mountain be
gins this week, with the sale
date to be September H.
Mrs. Houston Wolfe, assistant
city clerk, urged citiwns who
haven’t paid their 1963 tax bills
to pay them prior to the sche
duled advertising dates. She
noted that payments in advance
of the advertising date will
save additional expense*
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Changes Minor
m 196344
AimjHments
The city board of education
ha* adopted its pupil assignment
plan for the coming year, and
except lor providing for removal >
of a sixth grade at the Park
Grace plant, is virtually un
changed from the 1963-64 as
dgnment plan.
Since there was no fifth grade i
at Park Grace last year, the'
schedule provides that children
are assigned to the same schools
they attended last year and this !
year's assignment would auto-'<
matically remove a sixth grade.
Supt. Barnes told board of edu
cation members Monday night
as they adopted the pupil as
dgnment plan.
The major exception:
1 > The new assignment makes
possible having only one sixth
grade at the West plant. West,
with 11 classrooms, had a total
sixth grade enrollment of 45-50
pupils lor the coming term.
Classroom space was not avail
able for a second teacher. The
assignment plan anticipates this
operation at Park Grace: Grades
1-2-3-4-5 and two seventh grades.1
Pupils who completed the fifth I
grade at West school last year I
living outside the city limit* are
assigned to Bethware school and ’
those within the city limits on i
the east side of the railroad art*
assigned to North school. How
eve*. those living south of Gold
street may be assigned to Beth
ware school by request.
Pupils who completed the six
th grade at West school are as-!
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Tax Prepayments
Reach $3.856
Both the Cleveland County and
City of Kings Mountain tax col
lectors are now accepting 196J
tax pre-payments in order that
I citizens may qualify for the full
j two percent discount allowed on
l August pre-payments.
I Tax pre payments Wednesday
at the offi«e of the city clerk to
j tail'd S3.H56.il. Mrs. Houston
Wolfe, assistant city clerk, noted
; that tax pre payments are being
accepted, even though neither the
county or city has completed the
i annual chore of preparing tax
i hills, due to the delay in receiving
new apraisal figures in effect for
1964.
Mailing date for county tax
hills is August 20th. The city ex
pects to mail al| notices in ad
vance of August 31.
A full two ptrcent discount ap
plies on August pre • payments
and a one percent discount will
apply in September.
Citizens wishing to pre-pay one
or both tax bills should visit or
call the respective tax offices.
Schod Opening
One.Wcdi OK
Registration of all high school
students will be held on Thurs
day morning. August 27, at 8:30
a.m.
Principal Harry Jaynes releas
ed this week the following sche
, dule for pupil entry into the
1 building:
I Seniors—enter front of build
| ing.
Juniors - East entrance.
Sophomores -West entrance.
I Freshmen —enter from rear of
building.
“All pupils are urged to follow
this system of entry as it will
promulgate easy handling of the
. large number of students”, Jaynes
i advised.
The day of pupil orientation
will last for approximately a half
day and no lunches will be serv
ed the opening day of school.
Fees for the upcoming year
were also released and they are:
State book rentals- $5.01) per
student.
Student Insurance- -SI -73 per
student.
Vocational fees - $2.00 per stu
dent.
Library fee- $1.00 ptr student.
' Science fee $.50 per student.
I Phy. Ed. fee $1.00 per semes
■ ter.
I Continual On Pngc 9
School Faculties
VirtuallyComplete
Education Board
b Employing
New Teachers
The city schools faculty is vir
! tually complete following llu
j election ol eight teachers in tht
| past week.
Superintendent B. N. Barnes
said five vacancies remain ani
anticipates no difficulty in fill
i ing them. Still needed are a se.
I ond grade, two sixth grade an.
| one eighth grade teachers a
Bethware and one seventh graa
; teacher at East school. M
Barnes says he has copius at
' plications.
OPENING SET
Kings Mountain children
will answer first day bells for
the 1964-65 term one week
from today at 8:30 a.in. Teach
I era will report on Tuesday for
i initial meetings. Opening day
! will be an abbreviated session
largely devoted to distribution
of textbooks and assignments.
The first full day session will
be August 28th.
The board of education has
■ employed Mrs. Annie C. Wilson
, of Shelby, fourth grade. Park
: Grace; Mrs. JoAnn Starrett. high
school English: John William
Coins, East school; Mrs. Wanda
i Hunt. Davidson; Miss Barbara
I Byers, Compact; Mrs. Johnnie
Moore, Compact; Wilburn L.
Smith, Compact: Mrs. Carol D.
! Jones, Shelby, high school com
mercial.
Resignations were received
from: Mrs. Ellen Sikes, high
school commercial; Mrs. Eliza -
, beth F. Griffith, West second
grade; Mrs. Irene B. Camp, East
1 seventh grade; Mrs. Willie J.
: Kerry, Compact, fifth grade;
James N. Griffin. Compact; and
Vernon K. Johnson, Compact
In other actions Monday night
at the regular monthly meeting,
the board ol education;
1) Discussed the building
needs of Compact and Davidson
plants. Awaiting the recommen
dation of a survey team from
i the state board of education
! which performed surveys of all
schools in Cleveland County,
board members agreed to pro
ceed with building plans when
the survey-team releases its re
port.
2) Re-elected T. C. (Red) Me
Kee as truant officer.
3) Approved an estimate of
classroom needs for a report to
be furnished the state board of
education.
-I > Agreed to pay 's cost of
paving the East school play areas.
East P-TA is to pay 'a of the to
tal cost of $75.
Continued On Page ft
JOINS HERALD — Gary Dm
Stewart U a now mtmbtr of
the staff of the Kings Moun
tain Herald. Ho will succeed
Dick Woodward, who has ac
cepted as a teaching position
in Titusville. Fla.
Stewart Joins
Herald Staff
Gary Dean Stewart has joined
I the staff of the Kings Mountain
Herald, it is announced today by
Martin Harmon, publisher.
A June graduate of Kings
Mountain high school, Stewart
will serve as sports editor and as
i sistant in the news and advertis
ing departments. He will succeed
Dick Woodward, who has resign
od.
Mr. Woodward joined the Her
ald last August. He will termi
! nate his duties with the Herald
: this week.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George T.
Stewart of the Dixon community,
Stewart was formerly employed
by Herman Blalock Grocery. He
is brother of Herald Staff mem
ber Elizabeth Stewart.
■
Postmaster Says
Book Chain Illogal
Kings Mountain Postmaster
j Charles L- Aloxantlor says a
"Little Golden Book" chain op
| (‘rating in this vicinity is "ille
j gal."
Postmaster Alexander notes
! the letters are originating from
out-of-town. "It would he ap
preciated", the postmaster con
tinued, “if recipients will notify
the local postoffice upon receipt
of such letter* or books.”
Vandals Cany Oft Church Safe,
Ba—arlr School In Mail's Hanl
Vandals broke a window at
First Baptist church Sunday
night, entered the church office
and carted away the safe but ap
parently didn't open it.
The thief or thrives were more
successful the same evening when
West school was robbed of three
film strip projectors, one a View
lux. one a standard model and
I one a Bclltour 16mm projector
: complete with speakers; an Un
derwood typewriter with serial
number 11-9291195; one Webbcore
tape recorded and two record
players.
Police, who investigated both
, the burglaries Monday morning.
' said the safe was apparently
pushed from the church office a
bout 50-75 feet behind the church
and discovered Monday morning.
They said they found no finger
prints nor evidence the safe had
bet?n opened. The window of the
South wing was broken and sev
eral desk drawers were rummag
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Kings Mountain
Gas Usen Share
In $21000>Flas
Bate Bednction
MY ELIZABETH STEWART
If you are a residential gas
customer of the city, chances are
your gas bills will be $20 less
next year.
W. D. Edwards, Jr., consulting
engineer for Barnard A Burk,
Inc., conferring Wednesday with
Mayor Glee A. Bridges and Gas
Supt. Grady Yelton, reported his
survey of present rates and a
proposed plan to cut rates to all
city users of natural gas.
Mr. Edward's recommendation
—to be brought before the city
board of commissioners for ap
proval-would affect 1100 gas
•ustomers who would benefit
;rom a proposed rate reduction of
jver $21,000.
Biggest cut would be to residen
ial users, Mr. Edwards said,
rhero are 834 residences now ser
viced by natural gas. The icduc
ion would approximate 14.85
lercent, based on gas usuage last
winter during what Mr. Edwards
.ermed an ''abnormal and very
old" winter in Kings Mountain.
Reduction to small commercial
nd public customers would ap
proximate 12 percent, and in
; terms of dollars and cents, a in
duction of over $18,000 to resi
dential users; $1,000 to small
commercial customers; and over
$1800 to large commercial custo
mers.
The average reduction to the
1 Continued On Page 8
City Board
Met Thursday
The city board of commission
i ers awarded low bids for trucks
i for the cemetery and gas depart
ment and conducted routine busi
ness at Thursday night’s regular
i meeting.
Victory Chevrolet Company was
low bidder at $1,650. for the cem
, ctery truck and Southwell Motor
Company was low bidder for a
gas department truck at $1,650.
The board authorized Mayor
Glee A- Bridges to remove no
parking signs on Battleground
' road after Clyde Whetstine ap
' peared before the commission to
protest the signs in front of his
j service station.
Upon motion of Comm. T. J.
Ellison, seconded by Comm. Nor
man King, it was unanimously
decided to begin a police Depart
ment retirement system and offer
it to all other employees of the
I rfty.
1 The board tabled action on re
! quest by Hal S. Plonk for water,
sewer and streets to Ashley Park,
a new development. The new de
velopment is located outside the
; city limits.
Also tabled was a request by
spokesmen who want to open a
recreation center in the Fulton
Building. The board noted, that
if parents of teenagers will bfc
present at all times to supervise
the recreation, the request would
be considered.
Copies of the minutes from the
i July meeting, the financial re
port from June 1 to June 31. and
; the annual audit were distributed.
City Attorney J. Roan Davit
1 opened the meeting with prayer.
All members of the commission
were present.
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McDaniels Report
Go Pvinco Rally
City Clerk Joe H. McDaniel and
Mrs. McDaniel, vacationing at
Jekyll Island. Ga. this week, sent
a clipping from an Atlanta. Ga.
newspaper of interest to Kings
Mountain citizens.
A Go Team rally was slated for
Jack Prince for Congress Tuesday
night by the Hall County Repub
lican Party. Mr. Prince is a Kings
Mountain native, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Prince.
The rally, according to the
newspaper account, was to open
the new GOP headquarters on
Washington street.
The article continued. “Anyone
who is interested in electing Gold
water as president. Prince to
Congress, or any local Republican
candidate to office in Hall and
surrounding counties is urged to
attend." Gordon Sawyer. Hall
ouiinty GOP Party chairman safcL