The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-27
MurrdY Urges Continuation
Of Present Price Control Act
Rube Smith Writes
fContinurd From Paor One)

(Continupd From Paor One)
a new addition to the industry in the
district and is under the management
of my old friend Harry Jenkins Her"
met Cy Lewellyn, Paul McCrea and
several other eastern potters who seem
to he quite contented in their new sur
roundingS
Our next stop was the Wallace
China Co. under the management OF
many years Here | met Bea Nc
GOwan, Bill WitherOe, and Pat Sulli-
van.
Superintendent Ford is confronted
with Il real job in his effort to intro
duce modern methods of manufacture
ing. He is making considerable prog
reSS and before long | predict the
Wallace China Co. will compare
favorably with any modern chnaware
shop.
On Friday evening | was the dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hull, and
brothers Hull and Pace enroute to Il
meeting of Local Union 1S6 dropped
me off for Il chat with Andy McGowan
who in his uniform as Il guard at an
army defense plant, compared favor
ably with any of New YOrk'S finest.
Picking me up on their return from
the meeting | spent the night at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs George Pace,
which goes To prove that old fashion
ed potter's hospitality is not II lost
art on the West Coast
Saturday morning Brother Cy Scar
rett, jiggerman, Santa Anita Pottery.
met me at Brother IiulrS office and
took me in charge which proved to be
Il real treat. If there is any spot in
the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
which Brother Scarrett doesn't know
not tell YOU either. We visited Bur
bank where ! met Jack Wade and
recalled that he and | worked to-
gether in Ford city at the time the
POltcrs Herald was born. No doubt
many oldtimerS will recall my front
contract labor which was signed
Jack" that was before | adopted
the non de plume, "IIis NobS' The
POtterS Herald files will no doubt
show this occurred over forty years
age.
From Burbank we visited the Santa
Anita genernIware shop where ! met
Lewis Weigand, president of Local
Union 1873. On Easter morning Bro
ther Weigand took me for IL tour of
the interesting spots in Los Angeles.
| have worked in Il great many pot
terry towns and cities and as we all
know, pOtterS are people who seem TO
be able to adjust themselves to any
community, however, the Brothers and
Sisters whom ! met here seem to be
the most contented lot as has been my
pleasure to meet up with to date.
Just think of it, YOU visit one of the
boys and he takes You out in the back
yard and presents to you, ripe on the
vine, oranges, peaches, lemons, grapes
and flowers of most any specie YOU
Their homes are open day and night
and you will find their hospitality dill
cult to equal
Among the celebrated historical
spots in the eastern pottery center to
mention, II few are Of course i'm Tren
ton, the famous Swamp Angel and
stone bridge in East Liverpool the
celebrated "DiamOnd' and the famous
Tin Soldier which | understand has
of recent date been assigned seminal
duty in Itiverview Cemetery, but here
in Los Angeles the sights are many
and wonderful. The great cross i'm
Forest Lawn Cemetery can be seen
from any part of the city. a bit of
Old Mexico on Alvera street, China
town on east Broadway, Beverly Hills
and Hollywood, the home of glamorouS
movie stars, seems to dim out the old
familiar land spots which belong 10
another day.
On Easter morning we en- nJoyed lis
tening to sunrise services in Forest
Lawn Cemetery ut II distance of six
miles, that my friends is remote con
troll pcrS0niiicd.
Now Brn!herS and Sisters these are
my Impressions of West Coast pottery
towns. OF course there are always
some VIII" are difficult 10 please, who
would like to have the Ohio river and
ia" DelaWar" river moved out here
and rs one chap stated "hr would like
10 have JonOthan Creek from Crooks
vile, ohio placed in the dry bed of