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now devotes her time 70
teaching and creating rugs
On an individual baala
AZ the present time abe
has a commission for what
she calls an Interpretation"
Of an antique rug. more than
100 years old. for members
OF a prominent family inter-
ested IN Americana.
She never Just copies a
rug: that's why she prefers
the term Interpretation" 20
reproduction. she explained.
Mrs. Mosseller IL the moth
er OF the portrait painter,
Betty Ann Mills. who spent
some time In Washington In
the 4Os.
Ronald also Is a painter,
having studied in New York
where he and his mother had
. studio for 10 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03

working ~ an artist In Aahe-
VILE when abe Nas diverted
into ths hooked rus field.
she had been commits
stoned 10 do some paintings
for an interior decorator and
became interested IN the
hooked rugs brought In reg
ularly BY a mountain woman.
Each week the pattern was
the same and Mrs. Moaseller
discovered that the woman
wouldn't try another pattern
because she didn't know how
10 dye her woods.
The young artist volun-
teered 10 so home with her
70 put on a demonstration
and soon was launched on an
entirely new career.
Rug hooking thrived as q
mountain industry through
the depression up 10 1893.
Mrs. Mosseller recalled. The
bottom dropped out Of the
market. however, after Amer
lean manufacturers took
some Of the patterns 10 Japan
for mass production there.
she said.
Since then imports have
increased steadily. as vari-
Gus countries have started
making hooked rugs on q
transportation basis.
Mrs. Mosseller, who once
kept from 40 to so people
employed In q rug-making
plant. has left this field and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
The MossellerS Make
Rug Hooking an Art
PICTURE IN WOOL
BY FRANCES LIDE
star star Writer

Rug hooking is more Of an
art than a craft with Lillian
Mills Mosseller and Ronald
Mills Mosseller. mother-and-
son team Of Saluda Noun
tain, N. c.
Their creations. which may
be found in private homes
and commercial buildings.
also have been exhibited in
some of the Nations leading
museums.
Two of their rugs in the
First Ladies Hall Of the
Smithsonian Institution
brought the Mills-Mossellers
to Washington recently for a
brief stopover en- route to
Saluda from New York.
Specifically, they wanted to
take color photographs Of
their Smithsonian rugs de-
s7ned severa! years ago
when special display rooms
were built for the First Lady
costumes.
But Mrs. Mosseller also has
an idea to sell to somebody
In the Government.
With so much interest these
days in cultural exchange
programs, why wouldn't the
American folk art she knows
so well be the medium Of i'm
proving relations between the
United States and foreign
countries. she suggests.
A Flood Of Correspondence
In 1850, a two-page spread
of Mills-Mosseller rugs in a
popular women's, magazine
drew a flood of foreign cor
respondence. she recalled.
Even the editors, it seems,
were surprised at the num-
Der of letters from foreign
lands. Italy, Spain, Sweden,
and Belgium responded from
Europe. South Americans
also showed great interest in
the craft" she reported.
"And there were inquiries
from Australia, too.
Many of the Eastern
countries. such as Japan and
India. are using our methods
commercially. We feel that
Russia and Italy-and many
other countries-would well
come these same methods
artistically."
When sheer chance led her
to take up hooked rug design
ing back in the 20s, Mrs.
Mosseller (then an artist
developed her own methods
Of dyeing materials and she
attributes much of her sue
cess to these techniques.
Her son Ronald later in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
Mrs. Sam Pear
To Heed Club

Mrs. Sam Pear has been
elected president Of the
Women's Progress Club for
the coming year. She sue
ceeds Mrs. Harry Fisher. The
primary work Of the club Is
TO hospitalize destitute cancer
patients through DR.. Calvin
T. Klopp, director Of George
Washington University Cam
Ger Clinic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03

mis1ioned Ronald 10 90 q
rug for the executive lobby.
estimated that u had been
walked on BY more than
100. 900 pairs Of feet since
Il was Installed two years
ago. The rus. which portrays
the history Of the pioneer
station. still doesn't show
wear. according 70 Mrs. Mos
seller.
In the First Ladies' Hail.
Mrs Mosseller designed q
rug for the room where Mrs.
Llncoln's inaugural gown "a
displayed. "All ! had 10 80
on" she said. was q letter
written by one Of the guests
who had attended a recep-
ton during the Lincoln adj
ministration and who mem
toned the pink roses Of
the new rug In the White
House."
Mrs. Mosseller studied rugs
OF the period when she was
creating the design. Most Of
her inspiration came from
rugs used on the old river
boats which. she said. had
beautiful interiors at that
time.
Ronald was commissioned
70 do . rug from q daguer-
reotype made during the
Grant administration. This
showed only q part Of the
pattern 50 be created q de-
sign which would harmonizs
with the details known TO be
authentic.
One Of his most entertain
ing picture RUGS. made for Q
large department store IN
Charlotte. IL based on .
French folk song, lie
F1acre," he said.
The lyrics tell Of two low
ers. who are being driven In
q carriage through the night
when an old man steps In
front Of their path. Ronald
explained. The woman in
side tells the coachman not
to stop, That's just my old
husband"
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troduced an element Of hui
NOR to the medium with the
use Of caricatures, thus
starting q trend in the trade
for. picture rugs and rug
tapestries.
One Of Mrs. Mosseller's
best known works is the
hooked rug she designed for
President Franklin d. Roose-
welt in 1943. The President
used it at the Little White
House in Warm Springs, Ga.
ut was in the room where
he died-and it's stin there"
she said.
A picture of the late
Presidents favorite horse is
in the center of the 8-by-10-
foot rug. Worked into the
border is a sort of MIRA
crest along with emblems of
several other New Deal al
phabetical agencies.
Mrs. Mosseller and her son
recently supervised its clean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
Position Deception

Dresses resembling coats
capture attention. These are
usually wooden dresses for
daytime with curved side
width for skirt lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03

ing and were pleased 10 note
that the colors in the rug
are as good as ever.
The long Lasting quality Of
their rugs also was attested
recently when an official Of
q radio and TV studio in
Charlotte, N. c.. which COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03

A native Of the North
Carolina mountains cher an
cestors were the first white
settlers Of Mills Spring near
Tryon) Mrs. Mosseller was
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19


These buildings will be built
y private investors TO the De
pariments specifications and will
oe leased for period OF years
The funds 10 equip the new post
ffices are available in present
y authorized appropriations OF
the Post office Department.
And if legislation is forthcom-
ing after the Easter recess 10 put
an extra cent on frsi-class non
local letters ever a three-year
period. there will also be new
post offices for the old ones in
Dearborn. Jackson OwosSo. Wa
ync and Wyandotte
! WON a LONG FIGHT the
other day when Secretary ~ the
Treasury Anderson issued a new
regulation permitting the educs.
tionsI expenses Of teachers 70 be
deducted fer income tax pvrpos.
IS. The prelude 70 all This was
. lifetime conviction on my part
that il was unfair not - permit
such a deduction. when the edv-
caiicnsI upersding OF teachers
IS s. much an integral part OF
Their lob. On March IS. 1857 I
introduced bill 10 this effect.
And when il didn't look as il the
legislation was going 10 get out
81 committee, literally haunted
secretary ef the Treasury An
ierson and ether Tressvr. De-
7arimenf officials regarding this
situation. Now, the Secretary has
Come through with this new reg.
Jlation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19

Niles Of II Wall st. said the will
the late composer who died
riday, March %, al the age of
81. was being filed this week in
Wcstchester County Surrogatcs
Court.
In addition TO Mr.. IIandy's
$50, Tudor home on a one.
acre plot in Yonkcrs, he was re-
ceiving more than $4,000 q year
in royalties from his various
songs: THE Beale Street Blues"
Memphis Blues" "St. Louis
Blues yellow DOG Bl""s." and
more than 90 other J S ant
religious songs which still arr
being published in maI coun-
tries.
Out in ST. Louis. the city.widc
William Christopher Harfv
Day proclaimed ~ thursday.
April 10 by Raymond II. Tucker,
mayor of ST. Louis, has been
changed to a memorial tribute
to the beloved father of the
blues"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
TOO EXCITING
f0N CG.0RED"

DALLAS. Texas - Segregation
here is being carried to very
line po.ut
The French film, And God
Created Woman starring Bri-
gitte Bardot played here in
several theatres. last in the
Esquire, with no problems and
no complaints.
When il came to booking il
into the Forest Theater. a Negro
mouse, local police stepped in and
banned the playdatc.
The unofficial reason: ITS
too exciting for colorcd folk"
The case may 60 TO court.
Eoth the Esquire and the Forest
are operated by the Interstate
circuit Latter isn't eager for a
brush with the law on that issue.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19

NEW ORLEANS - Leonard
Gunzbnrg, operator OF one Of
New Orleans largest retail jew.
elry near famed Canal .\reet,
closed his doors Friday due 10
lack Of business.
Gunzburg ran en- a strict segre.
cation ticket for mayor Of New
Orleans some few weeks ago and
used many pages Of newspaper
advertisement both for his candi.
dacy and his jewclry store. lie
even erected monster electric
sign on busy Canal Street urging
his election and segregation in
schools and everywhere.
He is credited with believing
that his anti-Ncgro attitude would
attract TO his store many white
customers They were not attract
ed. and the Negroes also stayed
away. The creditors sued. Now
Cunzburg is bankrupt. Ills store
is closed
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
Rev. King
Leads 1000
in Protest

MONTGOMERY - NJ or G
than 1000 Negroes, guarded
by policeman. massed before
the Capitol Easter Sunday
to protest against the mis-
carriage of Justice in white
courts.
The police and state high
way patrolmen took up
guard positions after huge
signs syhbolizing the ku
Klux Khan had appeared on
streets two nights In a row.
The Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr.. leader OF the 1856
Negro bus boycott that led
to bcmbings OF Negro homes
and churches. told the meet
inc that Negroes are robbed
openly with little hope OF re-
dress"
He said the meeting was a
Spontaneous reaction on the
part Of Negroes 70 the recent
eIecfrocvtion Of Jeremiah
Reeves Jr." Reeves, a drum
mer in a Negro Jazz band
was twice convicted Of hav-
ing raped a housewife here.
Leaflets calling for the
mass protest were circulated
last Thursday, urging Ne
groes 10 meet ''in orderly.
dignified protest They also
charged that a white man
had not been arrested for
raining a Negro girl the day
before Reeves was electro
cutei.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
Editors Mail

This letter is TO inform YOU
and your organization of the
pending Cleanup. Paint.Up, Fix.
Up Campaign sponsored by the
Detroit Junior Board of Com.
merce, The theme this year is
Brighten Detroit and Brighten
Your Future" in addition to
Cleanup Paint-Up, Fix Up.
The week of May 1919 as pro-
.'aimed by Mayor louis c.
Miriam, will highlight the Clean.
Up. Paint.Up, Fix Up campaign.
Since any campaign is Judged
BY the publicity il receives, |
would like to point ont the fol.
lowing media cooperating with
the Detroit Jaycee's in this cam
paign; newspapers. the three dali.
les, Is community newspapers,
radio and television announce.
ments; also other means $50, 900
general phamplets, $4,000 pham.
plets to the school child (Home
actlon reports); contests based on
the most improved community;
also 1000 posters in the D.S.R.
buses through last of April and
all Of May.
The purpose Of this letter is
TO request your cooperation by
suggesting to your clients; pro-
duct or institutional advertising
that during this sort of promo.
ton going on coincidentally
with the campaign itself will help
induce the sale Of cleanup tools
and equipment. Any client who
utilIzcs institutional andfor pro-
duct advertising would be per.
forming an important public serv-
zee, much appreciated by the
Jaycees and the community as a
whole, am sure.
Respectfully yours.
Julius G. Dael
Chairman. Publicly.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
GET isl COMPLAINT
ON n. Y. HOUSING BIAS

The Commission on Intcrgroup
Relations has received the first
complaint under the ciiy's anti
bias housing laws. which be.
came effective last Tuesday.
DR. Frank S. Horne, executive
director Of the commission, which
administers the law, said yester.
day that white man had charg.
ed religious discrimination had
prevented him from renting a
Manhattan apartment DIR. Horne
said proceedings were confiden.
tial and the compliments identi.
ty could not be disclosed.
The law makes II illegal TO
refuse to rent private housing
TO anyone because Of race, creed
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
IKTEGRkII0N GUSTS
NEGRO TEACHERS

DALLAS - The indignation Ct
Oklahoma schools has cost 300
Negro teachers their jobs, a So
cial scientist said last Friday
The intes era On OF Negro stu
Gents has not posed a life /
problem but the integr 'icT
Negro teachers is proving more
difficult" DR.. Virgil F. Dougher
~ Of Oklahoma City told the an.
nual convention Of the South
western Social Science ASsocia
ton.
Before indignation there were
1887 Negro teachers in Oklaho
ma, whereas tNo~" are approx
ma'Fv Ia i,il. DR.. Doueher
II said. lie has carried out re
search on indignation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
Named on Committee

DETROIT-Two nationally KIN.
own veteran Educators with long
records on specialization in the
needs Of elementary and secon-
Diary schools had been named
consultants TO Detroit Citizens
Advisory Committee on School
Needs, George Romney, chairman
OF the c:tywidc volunteer com
mit:cc, announced today.
The new consultants are DR.
Nolan c. Kearney. assistant SUI
perintendent of the ST. Paul,
Mimi, public schools, elementary
school specialist, and DR. Will
French, professor emcreitus of
education, Teachers College Co.
lumbia University. secondary
school specialist.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
FEAR NO EVIL.

for personal dcprcssions, ,hov
may look out on their world
and see it involved in tragic
shadows. Nevertheless. tb;s
verse exalts the truth tha,
the universe as God made !,
and the life which God mean,
10 be lived within il ara
beautiful. God looked >,
everything and saw that i
was very good"
.
I'm THE IMAGE or con
SO God created man in his
own image, in the image Of
God created he him.
Gen len
Those religious concen.
tons which first come into
sight at primitive levels NAV
DC the root of greater adult
faith; and the greatness Of
developed faith must not be-
disparaged because its origin
was in crude ideas. That Is
the double truth which en-.
erges from this verse, and
from the ,Exeg. on it.
THE early thinkers about
God thought of him as cor.
poreal (cf. Exeg So does the
child. There is an instructive
yearning for Someone whom
we can see and touch. A
little girl whose mother was
kissing her good night and
about to go downstairs clunp
to her and did not want to
let her 60. But, darling
said her mother, you have
your doll, and God is with
you Yes said the little
girl, i know | nave my doll
and that God is with me.
but ] want somebody with a
skin face
But Of course. there is the
equally important fact that
we are more than bodies; and
the danger is that il we never
get beyond the bodily con.
captions we forfeit the deve.
Iopment of our Spirit. All
frus growth depends upon
.i'c gradual lifting Of all our
awareness above the limits
Of our physical sensations"
0 Spirit, source of light,
Thy grace is unconfined;
Dispel the gloomy shades of
night,
Reveal the light of Mind.
First verse Hymn 240. {.
S. HymnaD
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
Senator
Potter.
reports
+. he Latest news from Washinxton
Of special interest TO Michigan

NEW POST OFFICE BUILDINGS will be poisoning
all Michigan BY next Spring Under the CONNER
cialeasing program of Postmaster General Arthur Sum-
meeld construction will be started by early fall on new
5ldgs in Baroda Bessemer Carleton Cncsanng Columbia
vile Concord. Damondale, Flushing Hartford Putnam.
Hopkins Kalamazoo parchment Branch Lake Oren Mar
cite Milan. Mount Clemens Muir. Napoleon New Boston
North Adams Oseeo. Oxford. Pontiac Quincy. Rodney
romeo ST Clair Shores, Taylor Center, VeSaburg. Williams
an1W
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
TEACHERS SEEN as StArEjoATs
IN UNITED STATES CRISIS

ANN ARBOR-"Let's flcc it,
the American people are sud
eniy afraid and they are seek
ins q scapegoat in teachers, .
Dean George ID Stoddard CT the
School Cf Education. New York
University. said recently at The
University Of Michigan
What the Jews were To the
vcngeful Nazis. the teachers are
now in the L. s. TO a powerful
clique that guessed wrong. Their
guess was that teachers were
unimportant in world affairs.
The Devil reappcars as the
ghoSt Of the mild. scholarly and
humane John Dcwey-a man who
worked three quarters Of a cen
tury to remove from the eyes
of youth the binders OF medieval
scho!asticisn and superstition
Surely France. Spain. Argentina
Cuba. the Dominican Republic
Egypt, and Russia are no part
Of Dcwey's world Shall we emu.
late them?" he asked
THE people have stoutly resist
ed any plan 10 permit The us.
as a nation To enter into the
local school situation. In spite
OF proposals that would prevent
Interference, there is today nc
general federal assistance TO edu
eaton
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
SHOTGUN BLAST RIPS
NEGRO FAMIlY'S HOME

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-For the
third time in three months, a
shotgun blast ripped into the
brick home Of Negro family
located in an all-whitc block on
Princess Street.
Pellets from the blast we're
retrieved from the wall of q
second-floor bedroom. Owner of
the house, Mrs. Bertha Goudelock,
So, said she was awakened by
a single shot, fired from the
street below just after midnight.
The pellets struck the wall over
her bed. None of the occupants
were harmed.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19

AND I'VE ALMOST WON AN.
OTHER fight in connection with
the ALLEGATION of sufficient funds
TO complete the Great Lakes Con-
Meeting Channels on schedule.
To-day received a letter from
Drigidier General J l. Person.
Assistant Chief or Engineers for
Civil Works. saying that an adj
ditional four million dollars
could be used for this project
and have again urged the
Subcommittee on Public Works
Of the Senate Appropriations
Committee TO recommend appro-
val of this additional amount for
the fiscal year 1859
have pointed out that if the
Connecting Channels are not
completed within reasonable
tine after the 81. Lawrence Sea
way is in use. loss Of vitality
needed toll revenue Will result
The effect of slow down and
strctch.out on this work can be a
serious problem in the State OF
Michigan Furthermore. il means
delay IN the extension of the
benefits Of the ST Lawrence
seaway to the Upper Lakes
States, with consequent defer
ment Of private and municipal
plans for expansion Ct facilities
TO take fall advantage Of the St
Lawrence Scaway. This again
would retard economic develop.
mcnt in the Great Lakes area.
Best wishes.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
SEEK AFRICAN "un"

ACCRA; Ghana-An organiza.
lion patterned after the United
Nations, will be proposed this
month to representatives of
African nations attending a con
ference called by Ghana's Prime
Minister Kwame Nkrumah.
The organization. a permanent
one, will be aimed at coordinat-
ing the foreign policies Of Afri.
can nations. The headquarters. il
is planned. will be in Africa. and
no part Of Africa-including
south Africa-will be excluded
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
VIEWS Of the
NEWS

from the aim to END control by
non-Africans.
Expected TO attend the confer
encc are President Nassau. Uni.
ted Arab republic; Habib Bour.
guiba, Tunisia; and William V.
S. Tubman, Liberia.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
coco THOUGHTS TO RsMsMBsR

REJOICE in the Lord. ye ,hteoys for praise Is
co.rrlv Tor The urri Jhf
Praise TIE Lord with harm: sim unto him with the
psa!icrY and an instrument OF ten strings.
Sing unlo him new song; play ski!fvlly with a Ioyd
noise
For me word Of the Lord Is ri1hi; and all his works
are done in truth" - Psalms 33:l-4.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19
Estimote Handy Estote
At More Than $50 G's

N.W YORK II The estate OF the late William ChiSo
pher Ill ndy Father CT the Blues was estimated here
yesterday Tuestay, as Exceeding $3.50 OOo
IandyS attorney. Edward
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-04-19

through their own INDIVIDUAL efforts we Understand.
shouldn't be NECESSARY 10 argue the for edu-
Gated Negro in the South Vel as in the North Nor
should he necessary 10 remind the thousands CT
Negro residents that education costs money for Ne
gro Institutions Just it does white Institutions The
miracle Indeed is that such college for example Ben
nett Of Greensboro y c. turn out good material
as il can while operating on lesSthanmeager budget
Unfortunately. too many Negroes living III the North
the JNCF another facet Of segregated living in the United
States and withhold support for that reason apparently
thinking BY queer lack logic that they are helping
speed Indignation Segregation hard but part
the American picture in certain sections of the country
and trying DENY it exists refusing lock squaey
in the face acconpshes nothing The nipple truth is that
as lNCF publicity points oct the 80 member colleges
located 70 percent Of al coegoage Negroes live
Most Of their students would be able to get first
class education elsewhere 90 percent Of the young
and "Onca i've IN states whc.e the doors other
cole ses closed 10 them
Il IS light 10 p, o'et tic situation wrch makes
'As f.Ue il is wFo1J 10 pretend that porting
TIE eolle7es struggling in tc face OF seq egation
!. helping support iAst secre CATION. Obviously all
fre Negroes of the South cannot North TO
attend inteerated colleges and universities. OBJ
vousY they should not stay Of schools while
such organizations as the NAACP and independenf
civic groups fighting for admiitonee 70 quail
fled schools in the South which now close their
doors 10 Negroes Obviously il is wrong close
ire doors OF college because il happens 10 be
Negro one; Tor better 10 keep lis doors open
and work toward me day when II and its neigh
boring institutions ignore color
And lastly should be Obvious that if segregation is
gong to end IN the South viii be largely through the
efforts Of educated Negroes in the South itself They will
have the mental equipment TO seek am end TO dis
elimination lntGently as far the legal processes Of
community or state concerned Moreover, they will
have the quiet pride and screpec which education brings
and winch VIII command the respect of intelligent white
people helping complete the future legal indignation into
communal and social inegration.
In our opinion few contributions could be greater in
'eStmen IN the future of great America than those
gwen The United Negro College Fund-and they should
be as generous possible
Reprinted in part from INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER