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(70, 'en', 'node_search', ' caillavet family caillavet family ray fri 4232010 1005  mayor raymond caillavet raymond caillavet 18381898 called medeaux was born at biloxi in 1838 he was the eldest son of francois caillavet 18151883 a carpenter and euranie fayard 18181895 raymond caillavet was the grandson of louis arbeau caillavet 17931860 a native of the opelousas post louisiana and marguerite fayard 17871863 of biloxi louis a caillavet was baptized on march 31 1793 with louis carriere and marie despaux standing as his godparents la caillavet s father symphroen caillavet 17461806 was born at bordeaux france his mother was marie rose carriere 1766c 1855 a native of new orleans the caillavet family at biloxi was well respected louis a caillavet the progenitor of the family here had arrived in 1809 from opelousas louisiana his mother rose carriere and brother adolph caillavet c 18031842 joined him at biloxi later la caillavet 17931860 married marguerite fayard 17871863 circa 1811 she was the daughter of jean baptist fayard jr 17521816 and angelique ladner 17531830 these families are among the oldest at biloxi la caillavet was fluent in the french and english languages and acted as an agentinterpreter and representative to wealthy creole families from new orleans as well as his neighbors in land and legal matters he was often called as a witness in probate chancery court matters and his depositions in several court cases reveal something about his life from nap cassibry s excellent two volume series  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  the following has been extracted concerning la caillavet 1 was in biloxi in 1809 and no later than 1812 2 sometimes he was the only one in biloxi who could write 3 served as an interpreter and notary in legal matters 4 he was blind by 1848 la caillavet acquired much land on the mississippi coast in february 1837 he received a us government land patent on 7185 acres at jackson county mississippi described as lot 1 of section 32 t7sr8w it comprised the ne 4 and se 4 of the ne 4 of that section this land is located on the beach front at east ocean springs west of halstead road louis a caillavet was elected treasurer of the harrison county board of police board of supervisors for the term 18411843 jxco ms land deed bk 96 pp 325326 as a young man raymond caillavet took the call of the confederate cause and joined company e biloxi rifles 3rd mississippi infantry csa he served as a private the biloxi rifles were mustered into state service on may 21 1861 at jackson and confederate service at shieldsboro bay st louis on october 5 1861 they were originally expected to be sent to virginia but governor pettus thought they would be better utilized as a home guard protecting the mississippi coast from union excursions young caillavet must have left the coast during the civil war for new orleans here he met and married celina joucheray 18411903 circa 1864 their first two children were born at new orleans they returned to biloxi for birth of their third child in 1869  celina joucheray young caillavet must have left the coast during the civil war for new orleans here he met and married  celina joucheray  18411903 circa 1864 celina joucheray was born at new orleans on november 24 1841 her father was  pierre joucheray  18091842 and mother  louise denis   ca 1812ca 1849 pierre joucheray was born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire on march 16 1809 while louise denis was a native of sable department of sarthe the joucherays were married at paris france circa 1836  joucheray celina be it remembered that on the day to wit the fourteenth of november of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and the sixty seventh of the independence of the united states before me alfred e farstall duly commissioned and sworn recorder of births and deaths in and for the parish and city personally appeared mrs louise denis widow of the late mr pierre joucheray a native of sable department of the sarth in france about thirty years of age and residing on royale street no 358 in the first municipality of new orleans who in the presence of undersigned witnesses doth declare that she bore a female child celina joucheray the legitimate child of the late mr pierre joucheray born at chare sur argoz canton conde born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire in france on the sixteenth of march eighteen hundred and nine and since about six years ago married at paris in france in illegible department the child was born on the twenty fourth of november eighteen and forty one at half past eleven o clock am in a house on louise street between marigny and mandeville streets in the first municipality of this city  louisiana department of archives baton rouge louisiana birth records volume 7 p 189    joucheray pierre be it remembered that on the day to wit the fourteenth of november of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and the sixty seventh of the independence of the united states before me alfred e farstall duly commissioned and sworn recorder of births and deaths in and for the parish and city personally appeared mrs louise denis widow of the late mr pierre joucheray a native of sable department of the sarthe in france about thirty years of age and residing on royale street no 358 in the first municipality of new orleans who in the presence of undersigned witnesses doth declare that her lawful husband mr pierre joucheray born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire in france on the sixteenth of march eighteen hundred and nine and since about six years ago married at paris in france departed this life on the twenty first of may last past at ten o clock pm by falling accidentally into the blind river parish of st tammany in the state of louisiana  louisiana department of archives baton rouge louisiana   death records volume 9 p 383   after pierre joucheray s death in may 1841 madame joucheray and celina disappear until the orleans parish federal census of 1850 at this time celina is living in the household of marcelin effort 18281850 a louisiana born pilot in the first ward of new orleans it appears that her mother remarried or died before 1850  coming home raymond caillavet and celina s first two children were born at new orleans they had returned to biloxi for birth of their third child in 1869 on february 26 1869 raymond caillavet bought a lot fronting on north street at biloxi from his father it was described in the land deed records as having a front of eightyfive feet on north street and being twohundred feet deep it was bounded on the north by north street east by mrs lefaure south by lands of cook and west by a street or road cuevas street 2 he paid 200 for the land here raymond caillavet reared his family and made his livelihood as a carpenter in june 1869 young raymond caillavet for 100 acquired another lot from his father it had a width of sixtyfive feet and was onehundred twenty five feet in depth the lot was bounded on the north by john latour caillavet east by charles t couave cuevas south by a street and west by an alley 3 caillavet conveyed this property to phillip lestrade 18321912 on january 5 1876 as partial repayment for a debt owed lestrade in a partnership that they had once participated 4  public service raymond caillavet also had a career in public service in harrison county and as a city official at biloxi he served as justice of the peace district 1 18731875 corner and ranger 18751877 mayor of biloxi 18771882 corner and ranger 18891891 and city councilman 18941895 in the january 1879 mayoral election caillavet defeated jr harkness receiving 151 of the 200 votes cast in october 1883 while serving as street commissioner of biloxi raymond caillavet was lauded in  the pascagoula democratstar  for his expertise in opening the beach road from porter avenue to a point near the biloxi city cemetery to connect with the shoreline thoroughfare from mississippi city mr caillavet removed trees and stumps but when completed the road had the appearance of a   long avenue shaded on both sides   it was said of commissioner caillavet that   the city fathers could not have appointed a more efficient man for commissioner that the present incumbent    the pascagoula democratstar october 5 1883 p 3   raymond caillavet was elected as secretary of the city of biloxi in january 1885 he defeated thomas d bachino 147 votes to 72 votes  the pascagoula democratstar january 9 1885 p 2   mr caillavet lost to john walker in the biloxi mayoral election of 1888  the biloxi herald march 1888    construction raymond caillavet built a large storage house for the biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company  the biloxi herald february 18 1888 p 8   on february 26 1869 raymond caillavet bought a lot fronting on north street at biloxi from his father it was described in the land deed records as having a front of eightyfive feet on north street and being twohundred feet deep it was bounded on the north by north street east by mrs lefaure south by lands of cook and west by a street or road cuevas street he paid 200 for the land here raymond caillavet reared his family and made his livelihood as a carpenter in june 1869 young raymond caillavet for 100 acquired another lot from his father it had a width of sixtyfive feet and was onehundred twenty five feet in depth the lot was bounded on the north by john latour caillavet east by charles t couave cuevas south by a street and west by an alley 3 caillavet conveyed this property to phillip lestrade 18321912 on january 5 1876 as partial repayment for a debt owed lestrade in a partnership that they had once partcipated 4 raymond caillavet also had a career in public service in harrison county and as a city official at biloxi he served as justice of the peace district 1 18731875 corner and ranger 18751877 mayor of biloxi 18771882 corner and ranger 18891891 and city councilman 18941895 in the january 1879 mayoral election caillavet defeated jr harkness receiving 151 of the 200 votes cast raymond and celina j caillavet reared their family at new orleans and biloxi their children were marie blanche caillavet 18651940 john caillavet b circa 1867pre 1870 aristide bertrand caillavet 18681898 emma rose c murray c 18691955 alice c bellande 18721955 edward caillavet 18741923 clarissa rita caillavet 18771885 william caillavet 18791940 lillian c holley 18831967 and louise c morgan 18811965 raymond caillavet expired on february 16 1898 mrs caillavet died on march 15 1903 both are buried at the old biloxi cemetery  children marie blanche caillavet  18651940 born december 12 1865 at new orleans she moved from biloxi to new orleans circa 1915 where she resided at 830 governor nicholls in the vieux carre blanche never married she kept house for her sister emma before she married william p murray miss caillavet died april 19 1940 at new orleans mrs calvin strayham and alice bellande her sister were with her when she died blanche caillavet s remains were interred at the biloxi cemetery  john caillave tborn circa march 1867 at new orleans probably died before 1880 this may be the same person as aristide caillavet no further information  aristide bertrand caillavet  18681898 born february 10 1868 at new orleans aristide caillavet married ellen gannon on june 17 1890 at biloxi bvm she was the daughter of patrick gannon and anna pennel their children were celina b 1890 arthur aristide 18931893 mary winnie mon 18951977 edward aristide 18981963 aristide caillavet died on january 19 1898 he was buried at the biloxi cemetery  emma rose caillavet murray  18691955born 1869 at biloxi emma caillavet married william p murray 18681895 on may 19 1891 at new orleans their children were edgar murray 18911922 m comelle giglia and robert murray 18931986 m antonia mary lascola emma c murray s corporal remains are buried at st vincent de paul cemetery no 1 in new orleans  alice louise caillavet bellande  18721955 born october 7 1872 at biloxi she married peter bellande 18711933 on august 19 1894 at bvm peter bellande made his livelihood as a bartender and a policeman they resided at 837 lameuse street children roy p bellande 18951964 m thelma giaruso faye b davidson 18981974 m harold davidon aristide c bellande 19011976 m mildred lott elliott a bellande 19041977 m ernestine balius ruth b ragusin 19061993 m albert j ragusin marcel j bellande 19091982 m kate fickes alton l bellande 19121970 m hazel m bonnette 19122002 alice c bellande died on july 10 1955 buried at biloxi cemetery  edward caillavet  18741923 born december 1874 at biloxi edward caillavet relocated to new orleans circa 1896 he was familiarly known as nig caillavet edward caillavet died november 15 1923 at jackson louisiana after a long illness  clarissa rita caillavet  18771885 born april 22 1877 died april 10 1885 no further information  william fernand caillavet  18791940 born january 14 1879 at biloxi he married eulalie rita louge 18871941 on march 19 1910 wf grits caillavet made his livelihood as a carpenter the family resided at 701 west howard avenue at the time of his demise on february 27 1940 rita louge caillavet was the daughter of michael j louge and mary fayard of biloxi she was born on july 17 1887 at biloxi and died there on june 21 1941 their children were william 19111912 irma lucille 19121994 and an unnamed son 19141914 lucille caillavet their only surviving child never married and lived on thomas street most of her life she was close to arnice sanders wagner of mobile the daughter of her aunt mrs tj eugenie louge cox all members of this family are buried at the old biloxi cemetery  louise clemence caillavet morgan  18811965 born february 3 1881 at biloxi as a young woman she worked as a salesgirl in the julius cahn establishment louise married alvah clark morgan 18811979 who she met while he worked in biloxi as the cashier at the l n freight depot their nuptial vows were taken on august 28 1911 at new orleans al morgan was born at trilla near matoon in south central illinois after leaving biloxi in 1911 the morgans resided at memphis forth worth and wichita falls texas before settling at denver colorado in 1917 mr morgan worked for the colorado fuel iron company until 1931 their only child trilla morgan reilly 19132004 was born at fort worth texas on april 25 1913 she was named for trilla illinois the birthplace of her father louise c morgan died november 6 1965 at denver colorado  mary liliana caillavet holley  18831967 born july 19 1883 at biloxi she was known as lillian lillian caillavet married anson holley 18821967 at biloxi on january 29 1907 they resided at 139 magnolia street the holley children were anson holley jr 19081975 lillian h maumus 19101981 lionel holley 19101993 pat h daley 19131986 and raymond holley 19201940 anson holley built biloxi schooners for us lel desporte and the cb foster packing company  references   1 harrison county land deed book 10 p 614 2 book 11 p 522523 3 book 15 p 2425 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1986 p 48 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississppi1986 p 24 p 50 and pp 118119  the ladner odyssey  mississippi historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1988 gladys de villier  the opelousas post  polyanthos inc cottonport louisiana1972 p 25 grady howell  to live and die in dixie  chickasaw bayou press jackson mississippi1991 pp 3033 and p 566 jerome lepre  the caillavet family  mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1984 p 30 p 66 and p 76 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  diocese of biloxi mississippi biloxi mississippi1991 pp 4548 harrison county mississippi register of commissions pp 22 26 28 37 and 51 harrison county chancery court cause no p2781b estate of irma louise caillavet august 26 1994  journals the biloxi herald    william murrayemma caillavet   may 19 1891 p 4 see also july 18 1891 p 4 the biloxi herald    uranie cailavet   december 28 1895 p 8 c 2 the biloxi herald     aristide b caillavet   january 22 1898 p 8 c 1 the biloxi herald    captain raymond caillavet   february 19 1898 p 5 c 4 the biloxi herald    zeline caillavet   march 16 1903 p 6 c 2 the daily herald    holleycaillavet   january 29 1907 the daily herald    lougecaillavet   march 21 1910 p 8 c 2 the daily herald    moran  sic  caillavet   august 30 1911 p 8 the daily herald    edward caillavet dead   november 16 1923 p 3 c 3 the daily herald    blanche caillavet dies   april 20 1940 p 7 c 2 the daily herald    mrs wm caillavet dies   june 23 1941 the pascagoula democratstar    elections at biloxi   january 10 1879 p 3 c 2 the sun herald    lionel j holley sr   february 23 1993 p 2 us censusharrison county mississippi 1850 1860 1870 1880 and 1900  personal communication  hazel m bellandeseptember 1995 fern davidson dubaz o nealseptember 1995 laura thompson creelseptember 1995 trilla morgan reillyseptember 1995 thelma g bellandeoctober 1995 966 views  ', 0),
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(72, 'en', 'node_search', ' william woodward 1859 1939  william woodward 1859 1939 ray fri 4232010 1014 william woodward 18591939  william woodward  self portrait   painted the town  ocean springs  in 1891     published june 16 1994 in  the ocean springs record  revised july 19 2004 william woodward 18591939 was a native of seekonk massachusetts having been born there on may 1 1859 he was a multitalented man and was known in the art and academic world as an art teacher painter etcher preservationist potter and architect woodward has been called the   father of art in new orleans    the daily herald  november 17 1939 p 1   after attending the 1876 centennial exposition at philadelphia william woodward became interested in art he studied at the rhode island school of design 18771883 the massachusetts normal art school 18831886 and by correspondence with the academie julian of paris 18851886  new orleans in 1884 william woodward moved to new orleans here he taught art as an associate professor at the new tulane college and high school professor woodward retired as  professor emeritus of the newcomb college of art   in 1921 he relocated to biloxi mississippi in 1924 after a laudable career in the crescent city in june 1886 william woodward had married louise amelia giesen 18621937 a native of kenner louisiana they were the parents of alma louise woodward 18871939 married william bainbridge logan eleanor woodward 18891939 married clarence blosser and george c moseley william giesen woodward 18921939 and carl ellsworth woodward 18941972 married mollie holland 18941967 the woodwards celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their biloxi home in oak park  the daily herald july 10 1936 p 7   among his many accomplishments william woodward helped organize the newcomb college founded the new orleans art pottery where he hired joseph fortune meyer 18481931 and george e ohr jr 18571918 assisted in the design of the early building on the tulane university campus protested the destruction of the cabildo founded the tulane school of architecture and was associated with the vieux carre commission s efforts to preserve the areas historical architecture  ocean springs william woodward and his spouse louise amelia giesen 18621937 a native of kenner louisiana spent the summer of 1891 at ocean springs mississippi here they drew and painted the local scenery after completing their artistic endeavors under the oaks of this quaint village on the bay of biloxi a large exhibit titled   views of ocean springs    was presented by the artists at the knights of pythias hall on washington avenue  the pascagoula democratstar  of october 10 1891 related   these works of art cover the four walls of the building   the pascagoula democratstar october 10 1891 p 3   the knights of pythias hall was situated on the west side of washington avenue approximately where the law office of hayden s dent esquire now rests at 623 washington avenue the twostory woodframed structure had an area of 3600 squarefeet 30 feet by 60 feet  the ocean springs signal  and  the ocean springs leader  two local journals published in 18921893 by cw crozier and fl drinkwater occupied the first floor while the pythians met upstairs sanborn map1893 and ellison 1991 p 26  washington avenueocean springs mississippi  view south from desoto avenue in 1891  the art of the original 1891 woodward exhibit at ocean springs only two pieces are known to exist here today one is a small watercolor which i facetiously call three little pigs on washington avenue hangs permanently at the walter anderson museum of art wama in ocean springs mississippi it was a gift from dr ronald j french of new orleans the other woodward work is probably a charcoal sketch on watercolor paper titled southern moonlightocean springs it is in a local private collection with a pastel figure study done at his biloxi studio  benachi avenue in 1921 william woodward fell from a scaffold while painting a mural in the united fruit company building at new orleans he damaged his spine confining him to a wheelchair for the remainder of his natural life after an automobile tour of new england in 1923 the woodwards retired to biloxi they settled initially at 123 benachi avenue building a studio home the lot in biloxi on benachi avenue was acquired in may 1922 by mrs louise g woodward from me dalton the consideration was 850 situated on the east side of benachi avenue the woodward lot had fiftyfeet on the street and was one hundred thirtysix feet deep harrison county ms land deed bk 134 p 289  oak park in april 1927 william woodward bought lot 50 in the oak park subdivision he acquired lot 51 in october 1931 the cost of this real estate was 2500 here in december 1927 the woodwards contracted with manuel wetzel for 6000 to construct a one and onehalf story english style cottage studio and gallery this edifice was located on kensington drive near the back bay of biloxi and present day keesler afb the woodward cottage was built of california redwood which had been milled at wiggins mississippi it was roofed with creodipped shingles harrison county ms land deed bk 175 p 54 bk 192 p 464 and  the daily herald december 1 1927 p 2 and february 15 1928 p 2   accomplishments despite his physical handicap william woodward was active in the arts during his retirement years on the mississippi gulf coast when it became difficult for him to paint he reverted to dry point etching and invented fiberloid a simplified etching process in 1927 william woodward organized and presided over the g ulf coast art association in september 1930 professor woodward was named to who s who in america he was the first mississipp artist to be honored and the second biloxi resident dr sharp former president of tulane university had been named earlier the daily herald september 24 1930 p 2 in december 1934 william woodward had an exhibit in the newcomb art school gallery at new orleans among his fifty dry point etchings were nine images representing mississippi gulf coast venues solari s fish wharf our studiobiloxi balloon jib finishbiloxi schooner racing at beacon spearing flounder party the ice manbiloxi joe meyer and george ohr potters solari s oyster wharf and sicilian lugger campbiloxi 1890  the daily herald january 2 1935 p 5   in 1937 william woodward presented a large painting of the now renown newcomb potters of biloxi origins joseph fortune meyer 18481931 and george e ohr jr 18571918 to the biloxi public library today this magnificent treasure is on loan to the ohro keefe museum located at 136 george e ohr boulevard in biloxi in 1938 mr woodward published  french quarter etchings  to promote preservation efforts in the vieux carre section of the crescent city these prints based on his earlier rafaeli oil crayon french quarter paintings were accomplished at his biloxi studio  demise following a brief illness at biloxi where he was confined to the biloxi hospital for four days and cared for by his son and grandson carl e woodward and woodward b logan william woodward was brought on november 9 1937 to the southern baptist hospital at new orleans he died here on november 17 1939 mr woodward was survived by his four children william giesen woodward of syracuse new york carl elsworth woodward of new orleans alma woodward logan of new orleans and eleanor woodward moseley of atlanta mrs woodward preceded her husband in death having passed on october 29 1937 their corporal remains were interred at the southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi  the daily herald november 6 1939 p 8 november 17 1939 p 1 october 31 1937 and november 1 1937 p 8   the artworks of william woodward are prized by today s collectors amazingly at the time of his demise his pictures pottery prints etchings portraits and additional personal property was valued at only 2000 the total value of his estate was 7746 of which his biloxi real estate comprised about 40     harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 16850 december 1939  portrait of george e ohr jr  original in the ohro keefe museum of art at biloxi mississippi references  books regina hines ellison    ocean springs 1892  2 nd edition lewis printing services pascagoula mississippi1991  early views of the vieux carre guide book to the french quarter isaac delgado museum new orleans louisiana1965  history of art in mississippi  dixie press gulfport mississippi1929  mississippi gulf coast yesterday and today 16991939   federal writers project in mississippi works progress administration gulfport mississippi1939  the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  city of biloxi biloxi mississippi1976  collections historic new orleans collection  william woodward   chancery court harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 16850   the estate of william woodward    december 1939   journals the daily herald   picture of biloxian   george e ohr and joseph fortune meyer  in collection at delgado museum in new orleans   march 26 1912 the daily herald   professor woodward again home   april 21 1927 the daily herald   artist commences oak park structure   december 1 1927 the daily herald   woodward home   february 15 1928 the daily herald   woodward in who s who   september 24 1930 the daily herald   prof woodward resigns   january 10 1933 the daily herald     september 26 1933 the daily herald   woodward completes 50 years at newcomb   january 2 1935 the daily herald  professor woodward presents portraits of deans of tulane   june 10 1935 the daily herald   celebrate 50th wedding anniversary   july 10 1936 the daily herald   mrs william woodward dies at oak park   october 31 1937 the daily herald   mrs woodward buried  november 1 1937  the daily herald    oath taken by mrs woodward  december 30 1938 the daily herald   prof woodward ill   november 6 1939 the daily herald   prof woodward dies in orleans   november 17 1939 the daily herald   dr woodward buried in memorial park   november 18 1939 the daily herald   know your coast   the almost forgotten woodward studio   september 26 1956 the mississippi press   portraits hold memories of loving friendship   august 28 1994 p 7b the ocean springs record   half century ago   july 24 1969 the ocean springs record   william woodward painted the town in 1891   june 16 1994 the pascagoula democratstar   ocean springs locals   october 10 1891 the times picayune   old vieux carre presented in whitney bank art exhibit   september 29 1979 maps sanborn map company ny   ocean springs mississippi  sheet 11893  personal communication  dr ronald j french new orleans louisiana may 1993 dr james w nelson gonzales louisiana may 1993 murella powell biloxi mississippi february 1994   coasting the retirement years of william and louise g woodward at biloxi mississippi 19231939  by ray l bellande william woodward painting of a biloxi house 19th century sojourns the mississippi gulf coast had seduced william woodward 18591939 and louise amelia giesen 18621937 his spouse as an artistic and holiday destination as early as 1891 they spent the summer of 1891 at ocean springs mississippi here the woodwards drew and painted the local scenery a native son of seekonk massachusetts william was enraptured by the warmth and tropical beauty of the landscape with its live oaks and brilliant blooms of azalea by the gulf with its colorful assortment of sailing fishing and shrimp boats and the local sights such as the episcopal church in pass christian to popp s ferry in back bay louise on the other hand focused on drawing precise botanical illustrations of the exotic sea life both in watercolor and oil after completing their artistic endeavors under the oaks of this quaint village on the bay of biloxi a large exhibit titled   views of ocean springs    was presented by the artists at the knights of pythias hall on washington avenue  the pascagoula democratstar  of october 10 1891 related   these works of art cover the four walls of the building   the pascagoula democratstar october 10 1891 p 3   an attestation that the woodwards were enamored with the mississippi seashore as a respite from his academic duties occurred in early august 1892 when william geisen woodward 18921939 their first son was born at waveland hancock county mississippi wwi draft registration orleans parish louisiana r 1684928 db 13 three more children were to follow another son and two daughters and it was said that william henceforth preferred his wife to devote her talents to being a wife and mother rather than an artist the woodward family returned to ocean springs in the summer of 1895 they were guests of benjamin f parkinson jr 18591930 a businessman from new orleans who maintained a summer home on biloxi bay in the lovers lane neighborhood mr parkinson raised award winning poultry at his ocean springs estate  the pascagoula democratstar august 23 1895 p 3    biloxi it was at biloxi harrison county mississippi that the william woodward family would spend much of their vacation time especially summers nouveau biloxi or biloxi was the french colonial outpost from which new orleans was founded in 1718 by jeanbaptise le moyne sieur de bienville 16801768 a canadian soldier in the employ of france slowly in the 1840s biloxi began to develop as one of the six sisters a designation for the small resort towns situated on the mississippi sound referred to as the lake between bay st louis and pascagoula as a summer spa serviced by steam packets operating from milneburg on lake pontchartrain biloxi catered to the affluent primarily from the crescent city here waterfront hotels inns and ancillary services grew to accommodate the fortunate who could flee the intense heat and scourge of yellow fever which was pervasive at new orleans from summer into fall the appellation queen city was given biloxi in the late 19 th century sullivan 1985 p 17 and p 41 by 1900 biloxi had become one of the leading seafood packing towns in america here water front canneries using indigenous and seasonal bohemian labor from baltimore processed oysters shrimp fruits and vegetables the new orleans mobile chattanooga railroad the precursor to the l n railroad had begun to serve the region in the fall of 1870 as the population grew biloxi attracted professionals and retirees from other areas and eventually a small art community developed here before 1920 william and louise g woodward retired to biloxi in 1923 and were residents until their deaths in the late 1930s during this time they saw the rapid growth and development of the tourist industry on the mississippi gulf coast large masonry hotels replaced the smaller pre1920 woodframed structures at biloxi the buena vista hotel tivoli hotel edgewater hotel and biloxi hotel rose along the sylvan shores of the mississippi sound there were also several golf links between gulfport and ocean springs to accommodate those enamored with this rapidly developing sport  meyer and ohr in addition to his proficiency in drawing and painting william woodward had been trained in the american arts and crafts tradition first at the rhode island school of design and then at the boston normal school with ceramics as a personal favorite prior to his tenure at newcomb college tulane university william started a pottery enterprise connected with the tulane decorative art league in new orleans in 1885 following upon the success 1884 cotton centennial coincidentally william woodward found help for his fledgling pottery on baronne street the new orleans art pottery from two local biloxi boys joseph f meyer 18481931 and george e ohr 18571918 joseph f meyer would later become the potter for the newcomb pottery and be associated with william woodward at new orleans for many years until he retired in 1927 to biloxi with a heart condition and failing eye sight a very large oil canvas of ohr and meyer throwing pots in new orleans was completed by professor woodward in 1890 it was exhibited at the world s columbian exposition of 1893 at chicago and in 1912 at the delgado museum in new orleans the new orleans art pottery company painting was brought by the woodwards to biloxi and shown in public here at the inaugural show of the mississippi gulf coast art association in february 1927 for many decades this historic painting hung in the biloxi public library before being loaned to the ohro keefe museum at biloxi mississippi in the late 1990s  the daily herald march 12 1912 p 1 february 21 1927 p 2   january 4 1928 p 10  in august 1921 professor woodward lauded ohr and meyer in a letter written to  the daily herald  the local journal at biloxi and gulfport mississippi as follows  biloxi mississippi august 21 1921 editor daily herald    my attention has been called to the letter published august 19 by mr rose concerning the late geo e ohr of biloxi whose ability as an art potter he recommends very highly it is a pleasure to add my testimony to his and say that mr ohr was employed by the no art pottery co in which i had a leading interest for quiet a period associated with mr joseph meyer also of biloxi who now live son deer island and who is now employed in the winter season in turning the beautiful shapes designed and created by the students of the newcomb college for women tulane university of new orleans mr ohr produced when with us the highest class of work in clay on the potter s wheel and at times did his work before the public in expositions i wish to earnestly support the idea of having collections of his work in all schools and exchanges in biloxi properly labeled very likely other art work done in biloxi could be added if carefully selected which would be instructive and creditable yours very truly  wm woodward sr professor of art tulane university  the   daily herald august 25 1921 p 2    preretirement years the daily herald  relates that professor woodward and his family had several holidays at biloxi before his retirement years began delighting equally in the artistic and recreational opportunities with a particular fondness for sailing in january of 1921 william woodward was operated on for a tumor in the sacral region of his spine at touro infirmary in new orleans the ensuing disability forced his resignation from tulane university beginning the academic session 192122 confined permanently to a wheelchair his mobility was limited but his artistic inspiration and production soared he entered upon one of the most creative periods of his life with great pessimism his physician dr parham despaired of william woodward s recovery even after eighteen months of bed and wheelchair yet during this time of convalescence in the summers of 1921 and 1922 william woodward painted prolifically on the coast his thirty studies completed in 1921 were exhibited at the newcomb art school s public gallery he was more active in 1922 completing fifty canvasses in oil including subjects at night and also the popular biloxi regatta the summer of 1922 was a family reunion for mrs louise g woodward during their seven weeks stay at biloxi eleanor w blosser 18891939 their daughter and spouse of clarence blosser 18741920 an atlanta georgia based patent medicine manufacturer brought their  five small children  to biloxi mrs blosser was a newcomb art school alumnus and the chairman of the exhibit committee for the atlanta art association she later married george c moseley 18811930 in atlanta  the daily herald   july 22 1922 p 3 and july 23 1928 p2 the late summer of 1922 was very special to professor woodward as he donated a painting that was made from the lawn of the biloxi city hospital to the local infirmary this image captured the shadegiving live oak trees the water front and the biloxi yacht club with this gift william woodward was expressing his gratitude to the clinic and staff as well as his deep love for biloxi and its people which was mutual  the daily herald september 2 1922 p 3   when interviewed about the woodwards in 1991 dolores davidson smith 19161997 of ocean springs related   i can say that these people have enriched my life and memories they were sweet and loving and when the children couldn t come the grandchildren couldn t come i would go over and stay with them and love them to pieces they were so sweet and gentle   transcriptbiloxi public library of an interview by murella h powell on march 7 1991     benachi avenue to facilitate his trips back and forth to new orleans   william woodward had ordered a speciallyoutfitted dodge touring car with manual controls it was such a success that it prompted an ambitious tour of new england including a visit to his hometown of seekonk massachusetts in 1923 afterwards the woodwards formally retired to biloxi mississippi they settled initially at 123 benachi avenue the brady lot in biloxi on benachi avenue previously was acquired in may 1922 by mrs louise g woodward from me dalton 18571929 a prominent chicago contractor who like the woodwards had chosen to retire in the queen city the consideration was 850 this tract was situated on the east side of benachi avenue and had fiftyfeet on the street and was one hundred thirtysix feet deep  the daily herald april 22 1922 p 3 february 15 1929 p 8 and  harrison county ms land deed bk 134 p 289 they built a studio home that has been described architecturally as swiss chalet mrs woodward assisted in the construction of their home working with red tile and cypress shingles bragg and saward 2004 p 183 building of biloxi 1976 p 127 and  the daily herald september 26 1956   on account of the paralysis of his legs the benachi home had to be constructed at ground level in order that mr woodward could navigate his wheelchair in and out of the premises unaided when outside his home william woodward carried a lecture hall folding chair in his car with wheels attached to the legs he utilized this lightweight chair as his means of locomotion on the streets of biloxi  woodward benachi home and studio at biloxi mississippi benachi avenue was biloxi s avenue of oaks it was much photographed and the subject of william woodward s palette it probably reminded william of the famous  allee  of live oaks in new orleans audubon park which he had seen everyday from his studio in gibson hall at tulane the woodwards would live at the benachi avenue address until 1927 despite his growing involvement in the biloxi artistic community william woodward finally was able to heed his  wanderlust   which had been denied him most years at tulane teaching as he did the summer sessions in 1926 they packed the touring car and set off on another working trip this time to the far west for months he remained in the yellowstone valley painting and finally arrived in san francisco the city which had beckoned members of his mother s family the carpenters of seekonk in the midnineteenth century it had always been a source of romantic speculation to the young william growing up in those closed new england winters the paintings of this period are bolder and broader in handling more impressionistic gone is the careful architectural rendering of william woodward s early painting much is experimental too realized in greater abstraction of form and broad areas of strong color it seems to be a new exciting artistic language more suited to the boisterous spirit of the west than to the careful vocabulary of the eastern arts and crafts tradition perhaps some of the most daring compositions result from the woodward s seavoyage to hawaii where he painted for weeks before returning to southern california and eventually back to benachi avenue upon the demise of louise g woodward in 1937 the benachi cottage was legated to woodward bainbridge logan 19101995 and william ellsworth logan 19151930 her grandsons they sold it for 1100 in june 1939 to vivien stansbury louise g woodward left all of her   vases pottery and pictures to be distributed among my grandchildren in whatever manner by eleanor woodward mosley   sic     harrison county ms chancery court cause no 156021937 and harrison county ms land deed bk 227 p 239  the mississippi gulf coast art association william woodward was the founder of the mississippi gulf coast art association during his retirement years at biloxi in midnovember 1926 he and interested parties met at the biloxi public library and commenced this cultural body which aspired to influence the future aesthetics of the mississippi gulf coast among the charter members of the organization were mary ethel dismukes 18701952 and louise mallard 19001975 of biloxi miss sarah k smith 18781930 of gulf park college dean parkhurst woleben 18911968 of gulfport and emma langdon roche edward c de celle and roderick dempster mackenzie 18651941 of mobile  the daily herald november 19 1926 p 2  as there were several snow birds in the gulf coast art association its annual schedule was characterized by several monthly meetings in the spring fall and winter usually at the biloxi public library on lameuse street occasionally the group would convene at a member s residence or at the art studio on the campus of gulf park college in long beach mississippi a guest lecturer either invited or drawn from within the membership would speak on a particular art related topic william woodward with his years of instruction at newcomb college and tulane university was often the speaker there were generally two public art exhibitions each year at biloxi a juried show that was held near mardi gras and a nonjuried show in december the summer months were idle after a juried show ended it would be relocated to another gulf coast city for another public viewing often the home town of the artist whose work was chosen best coast scene would become the selected venue in addition to biloxi the gulf coast art association is known to have art exhibits at gulf park college long beach mississippi gulfport mississippi and mobile alabama the mississippi gulf coast art association held its first annual exhibit at the biloxi public library from february 4 th until february 20 th 1927 miss ethel dismukes 18701952 then secretary of the organization exhibited photography and oil paintings her the burden bearer was voted the bestliked picture william woodward won the gold medal for our street   the daily herald february 3 1927 p 2 and february 21 1927 p 2  the art center in early december 1932 artists of the mississippi gulf coast art association decided to commence an art center in biloxi it was located on the north side of west howard avenue between reynoir and fayard streets adjacent to d aquin s drugstore the art center may have been the first artist public meeting place and artist coop on the mississippi gulf coast in addition to rotating art exhibits and association meetings the gulf coast art association planned to have a workroom in their building with north light which is considered excellent for drawing and painting classes and workshops were also planned for the workroom the art center opened in late december 1932 professor woodward william billy logan his grandson and charlotte e tibbs of biloxi worked diligently to bring this project to fruition  the daily herald december 6 1932 p 2 december 29 1932 p 2 and january 10 1933 p 6  william woodward resigned from his very active role as president of the mississippi gulf coast art association in january 1933 he had led the organization since its inception anne wells munger 18621945 a native of springfield massachusetts and resident of pass christian mississippi became acting president mrs munger wintered at pass christian and enjoyed painting during the cooler summers on cape cod in massachusetts  the daily herald february 14 1927 p 2 and january 10 1933 p 6  oak park in april 1927 william woodward bought lot 50 in the oak park subdivision at biloxi mississippi he acquired lot 51 in october 1931 the cost of this real estate was 2500 here in december 1927 the woodwards contracted with manuel wetzel for 6000 to construct a one and onehalf story english style cottage studio and gallery this woodward edifice was referred to as the studio and was located on kensington drive near the back bay of biloxi and the naval reserve park which was later integrated into present day keesler air force base the woodward cottage was built of california redwood which had been milled at wiggins mississippi it was roofed with creodipped shingles harrison county ms land deed bk 175 p 54 and bk 192 p 464 and  the daily herald december 1 1927 p 2 and february 15 1928 p 2 in february 1943   s everal years after william and louise g woodward had passed died their oak park cottage was taken from their heirs by imminent domain the us army air corps had commenced the construction of keesler field in this area of biloxi in 1941 and the woodward property was near the north end of the airstrip the woodward home served for some time as the residence of the base commanding officer although it was metamorphosed with additions its basic architectural style remained intact harrison county ms land deed bk 253 p 327 and down south nov dec 1953 p 38  biloxi and other exhibits while a resident of biloxi professor woodward participated annually in the gulf coast art association exhibition usually held at the biloxi public library in december 1935 he was invited by the newcomb art school to show his work and to celebrate his thirtyfive years of service to tulane university  the daily herald january 2 1935 p 5  following is a listing of some of the paintings shown by william woodward during his residence on the mississippi gulf coast  1927gulf coast art association professor woodward and miss ethel dismukes president and secretary of the gulf coast art association with yeoman efforts assembled and exhibition and sale for the active artists of the association at the biloxi public library in early february 1937 the show was juried by will h stevens of newcomb college miss sarah smith of gulf park college and edmund c decelle of mobile the peoples bank donated a gold medal award for the best oil painting the city commissioners not to be trumped also provided a gold medal for the best gulf coast scene the honorable mention award was a blue ribbon professor woodward had a least two paintings in this initial exhibit of the mgcaa the new orleans art pottery company and our street which was awarded the gold medal for best coast scene louise giesen woodward also participated in this art show  the daily herald february 3 1927 p 2 february 3 1927 p 5 and february 21 1927 p 2  in april 1927 the woodwards ventured to charleston south carolina to attend the southern states art league annual convention while in the low country professor woodward painted the renowned azalea blossoms of magnolia plantation and gardens and visited the terrace azalea gardens at easter they visited with eleanor w blosser and grandchildren in atlanta at mobile the woodwards visited the gulf coast art association show and returned it to biloxi  the daily herald april 21 1927 p 2    1928gulf coast art association midfebruary 1928 was indeed a historic moment in the art history of biloxi there were two exhibits on simultaneously professor william woodward had his own gallery showing while the mgcaa show was hanging in the biloxi public library the woodward display consisted of about forty paintings primarily of biloxi some of his subjects were benachi avenue at its back bay terminus the biloxi lighthouse live oaks in front of the wp kennedy domicile shell roads in the vicinity of solari s fish house and the elliptical shoreline of the back bay of biloxi an art critic from new york city so admired the color and composition of william woodward s spring time near biloxi that he compared the professor to claude monet 18401926 mr woodward related that after he had moved beyond the barbizon style that indeed monet had been an inspiration  the daily herald february 16 1928 p 2  professor william woodward opened the 1929 art association annual exhibition with a talk on art appreciation he emphasized that art excepting religion is the most tangible element in our daily lives woodward lauded the mississippi gulf coast art association for its inaugural efforts and selfless serving to promote cultural activities in this historic region he emphasized that there were limitless natural subjects to be captured on the canvas by local artists for as professor woodward stated   art begins at home   william woodward was honored at this art show by capturing the peoples bank award for the best oil painting for his azaleas in sunlight   the daily herald february 18 1928 p 2    1929gulf coast art association in midfebruary 1929 the gulf coast art association met in the biloxi library with roderick dempster mackenzie 18651941 of mobile acting as chairman of the juried show mr mackenzie was actively engaged in painting murals in the state capitol building at montgomery alabama william woodward received the gold medal which had been donated by the biloxi city commissioners as a prize for the gulf coast art association s juried selection of best gulf coast scene luggers was the title of woodward s award winning oil painting he had painted it in 1891 when he and the family had spent the summer at ocean springs this was professor woodward s second gold medal for best gulf coast scene in the gcaa annual exhibition series  the daily herald february 18 1929 p 2    1930gulf coast art association gertrude roberts smith 18691962 of the newcomb art school and charles w bein 18911966 president of the art school of the arts and crafts club of new orleans were jurors for the 1930 mgcaa art show held on february 22 nd in the biloxi public library professor william woodward was given the first national bank of biloxi award which was a 10 dollars gold piece for the best portrait or figure study he did a pastel portrait of eleanor blosser his granddaughter other winners were the biloxi city commissioners prize also a 10 dollar gold piece for the best gulf coast scene to minor sutter of pass christian for a glimpse of bayou portage a water color the peoples bank of biloxi awarded a 10 gold coin to three artists for their fine water colors sarah katherine smith charles e hultberg 18741948 and professor charles woodward hutson peter anderson of the shearwater pottery won the arts and crafts division top honors for a grouping of glazed pots and charles hultberg garnered a gold medal for his large oil landscape the mgcaa provided the awards to anderson and hultberg  the daily herald february 5 1930 p 2 and february 27 1930    1931 gulf coast art association the fifth annual gulf coast art association show was one of the largest and most exciting presented to the public by the young organization the artists showing work at this juried affair held on february 12 1931 at the biloxi public library were professor william woodward miss ethel dismukes miss charlotte e tibbs deaconess mary truesdale charles e hultberg wilomene t white and virginia theobald of biloxi sarah k smith of gulf park college miss nannie mayes crump of gulfport marie a hull of jackson mississippi horace a russ of lakeshore mississippi ethel s creighton amy watkins and miss emma langdon roche of mobile alabama charles w hutson of new orleans herman a mcneil of new york william c richards of ocean springs mississippi and anne wells munger and minor sutter of pass christian mississippi professor ellsworth woodward of newcomb college and president of the southern states art league and miss ella miriam wood also a resident of the crescent city were selected to serve as jurors and judges  the daily herald february 6 1931 p 2 and february 14 1931 p 2  e ambrose webster 18691935 art maven of the provincetown art colony of cape cod was the guest speaker at the exhibit opening he was impressed with the local exhibit and particularly was enamored with the work of charles w hutson 18401936 and william c richards 19142004 william woodward presented a 10 dollar gold piece to the following winners first bank of biloxipeoples bank award to miss emma langdon roche for the best oil painting biloxi city commissioners award to horace a russ for the best gulf coast scene bay st louis chamber of commerce award to marie a hull 18901980 for the best water color pass christian chamber of commerce award to miss amy watkins for the best figure or head gulf coast art association prize to ethel dismukes for the best art craft and the mrs thornhill broome award to minor sutter for the best pastel drawing  the daily herald february 12 1931 p 10    shearwater visit in may the gulf coast art association met at the shearwater pottery in ocean springs mississippi annette mcconnell anderson 18671964 and peter anderson 19011984 her son and founder of the pottery hosted the membership the andersons gave a tour of their facility commencing in the show room were the finished pieces are sold the group broke for tea and sandwiches before completing the visit by viewing the recently enlarged work shops professor william woodward was not present but members from bay st louis pass christian mississippi city and biloxi were in attendance  the daily herald may 11 1931 p 2    junior art show in early may the biloxi public library hosted an exhibition of works by the junior membership of the gulf coast art association media for the event included oils water colors sculpture cut paper and crayons which were utilized to create portrait still life collage and landscape images exhibiting were josephine alphonso bernadette arndt betty buck peggy cassibry mary c helms carin holmes patti lynn k renshaw and katherine webb  the daily herald may 7 1931 p 2 and may 15 1931 p 2    1932 gulf coast art association the gulf coast art association 1932 art show occurred in midfebruary with dean babcock 18881969 a resident of estes park colorado who was wintering at biloxi and henry m rosenberg 18581947 of new york and a winter guest at citronelle alabama serving as jurors at the business meeting william woodward was reelected president of the gcaa   the daily herald february 15 1932 p 2    newcomb exhibit in september 1932 william woodward president of the gulf coast art association had an exhibit of his vieux carre oil paintings in the recently refurbished newcomb college gallery these turn of the century works featured such french quarter landmarks as the cabildo st louis cathedral the old french opera house and the signature jackson square most of these works had been viewed by gulf coast art aficionados either at local exhibits or in professor woodward s oak park studio  the daily herald september 20 1932 p 2     new etchings process the first fall meeting of 1932 was held in late november at the home of deaconess mary truesdell at 138 fayard street in biloxi professor william woodward delivered an address titled new etching processes in recent months he had been working diligently on an exhibit in this medium  the daily herald november 24 1932 p 2  need to write about woodward s dry point etching technique the 1932 fall exhibition of the gulf coast art association was nonjuried and was open to the public from december 11 th to december 18 th at the biloxi library william woodward presented an oil portrait and several etchings the solari memorial plate an etching of the philip l solari 18681932 oyster house wharf and tree was very popular for each solari print sold professor woodward donated one to a biloxi school philip l solari an italian immigrant and biloxi merchant and his oak tree both expired in 1932 ellsworth woodward his brother made the solari prints at new orleans deacon reed s house also an etching by william woodward was made from a sketch of this massachusetts home work shop well and sweep  the daily herald september 26 1932 p 2 and december 12 1932 p 2  1933 gulf coast art association anne wells munger of pass christian mississippi was elected president of the mgcaa at its annual meeting held in the art center on march 13 1933 professor woodward whose motivation and leadership had guided the mgcaa since its inception in november 1926 was named president emeritus william woodward had resigned his leadership of the organization in early january 1933 other elected officers were emma langdon roche vice president mary ethel dismukes secretary and deaconess truesdell treasurer  the daily herald january 10 1933 p 6 and march 14 1933 p 2  the 1933 gcaa juried art show was held march 20march 25 at the art studio on the gulf park college campus in long beach mississippi william woodward displayed the following works autumn and naval reserve park oils captain wooster s carpenter place boats at provincetown buck sawyer and a coat of arms etchings  the daily herald march 21 1933 p 1  the 1933 gcaa art show was scheduled to be displayed in april at the art center on 512 west howard avenue in biloxi the art center officially closed its winter season in early may with a public tea william woodward president emeritus was present at this function the art center remained closed for the summer months  the daily herald march 14 1932 p 2 and may 2 1933 p 2    1934 gulf coast art association the gulf coast art association opened its 1934 show on february 13 th in the hord building on west howard avenue members work was shown in the following mediums oils water colors wood block prints hand painted china and other arts and crafts techniques the show closed on february 20 th it was marked by the strong pencil sketches of anne wells mungers the pwa commissions of miss charlotte e tibbs and the flower studies of miss sarah k smith of gulf park college  the daily herald february 13 1934 p 3 and february 20 1934 p 6    gulf park college in march the gulf coast art association decided to have a graphics arts show in the studio of miss sarah k smith to open april 16 th at gulf park college in long beach mississippi william woodward presented some of his etchings and was awarded an honorable mention for oyster luggers   the daily herald march 6 1934 p 2 and april 17 1934 p 8  in december 1934 upon his fiftieth year of service to tulane university professor woodward was honored by the newcomb art school with an exhibit of his work in their gallery the woodward showing consisted of fifty dry point etchings nine of these images were of the mississippi gulf coast solari s fish wharf our studiobiloxi balloon jib finishbiloxi schooner racing at beacon spearing flounders party the ice manbiloxi joe meyer and george ohr potters solari s oyster wharf and sicilain lugger camp atbiloxi1890 a couple who resided on park avenue in new york city bought a print of solari s fish wharf   the daily herald january 2 1935 p 5  ws robinson a popular landscape painter from old lyme connecticut and former classmate of william woodward visited biloxi during the winter of 19341935 mr robinson and professor woodward met about fifty years past when both were studying at the massachusetts normal art school in boston like woodward ws robinson had an extensive career as an art instructor after academic posts in new london philadelphia baltimore the teachers college of columbia university he ended his career in 1934 at the national academy of design in new york city   the daily herald january 4 1935 p 2    1935a year of sales and exhibitions professor woodward sold five vieux carre etchings    in march to the lauren eastman rogers memorial foundation art museum at laurel mississippi the lauren eastman rogers art museum was founded in 1923 and the woodward etchings were for its permanent collection at this time william woodward also vended an original vieux carre study done in raffelli oil crayons to a party from cleveland ohio and an oil painting of an oyster wharf on the back bay at biloxi to a patron in boulder colorado both studies were 22 inches by 28 inches  the daily herald march 11 1935 p 8  william woodward s fifty dry point etchings which had been exhibited at the newcomb art school gallery in december 1934 were shown in march 1935 at the massachusetts school of art in boston the school s alumni association sponsored this one man show professor woodward was an 1886 graduate of this institution  the daily herald march 11 1935 p 8  in early april the gcaa held its annual juried show at the studio of sarah k smith at gulf park college long beach mississippi there were ninetyfive art objects from sixteen of the twentytwo art association members in the exhibition professor william woodward displayed three large oils and several etchings his subjects were two french quarter scenes and benachi avenue  the daily herald april 9 1935 p 1  in june 1935 william woodward attended the centennial anniversary of tulane university he presented to the school portraits of eleven former deans and professors whom he had worked with in his long career at the school professor woodward was the only living member of this august group  the daily herald june 10 1935 p 2    jill chancey curator at the lauren e rogers art museum at laurel mississippi relates that their accession records demonstrate that three woodward etchings were purchased in 1935 not five as reported by the biloxi newspaper telephone conversation july 9 2008  1936 gulf coast art association the 1936 juried art show of the gulf coast art association was held in the sun parlor of the white house hotel the fortyninepiece show opened on march 1 1936 and was available for public viewing for about one week miss ethel dismukes exhibited three photographs   inn by the sea   oil tinted   lover s lane   and   wind swept   professor william woodward of biloxi showed the following   portrait of patricia   oil   biloxi light ship at sunset and ship in moonlight   raffaelli oil crayons and   benachi avenue bioxi oyster wharf yellow fever quarantine and pass christian   etchings dean babcock of denver colorado presented several wood engravings while gcaa regulars anne wells munger sarah k smith charlotte e tibbs and nannie mayes crump had works in various media for public viewing  the daily herald march 2 1936 p 2   the april meeting was held on april 14th at gulf park college and was a joint session with the gulfport women s club  the daily herald april 4 1936 p 2    1937 gulf coast art association on march 8 th the tenth anniversary convening of the gulf coast art association annual juried exhibition opened in the art studio of miss sarah k smith on the campus of gulf park college at long beach mississippi there were twelve artists in this show professor woodward had four etchings of gulf coast scenes in this 1937 art show his biloxi lighthouse created considerable interest as well as his other images which captured the coast in the recent past the gcaa art show moved from gulf park college to the biloxi library in midmarch  the daily herald march 8 1937 p 8 and march 10 1937 p 5 and march 16 1937 p 2    1937 mississippi art association the mississippi art association opened it 1937 annual exhibition at jackson on december 15 th professor william woodward won first prize for a scene painted on lover s lane at ocean springs mississippi it was a large canvas other gulf coast art association members exhibiting in jackson were anne wells munger of pass christian mrs jc mcnair of handsboro and miss nannie mayes crump of gulfport william woodward and mrs munger had been members of the state art association for several years while miss crump and mrs mcnair were elected to join this select group in 1937  the daily herald december 25 1937 p 2    1938 gulf coast art association once again the biloxi library was the scene of the 1938 gulf coast art association art show it commenced on march 22 nd william woodward showed his award winning lover s lane painting and a group of etchings there was also a memorial exhibit of the paintings of recently deceased charles woodward hutson 18401936 of new orleans  the daily herald march 22 1938 p 2    1939 gulf coast art association professor woodward s last gulf coast art association show occurred at the biloxi library in early march 1939 his oil painting   biloxi harbor after the races   depicted the effects of a setting sun on the sails of the racing fleet charlotte e tibbs spoke to the group on the picture and the frame the geographic range of the subject matter exhibited was from the gulf coast to as far north as alaska with the works of adolyn gale dismukes 18641953 the widowed sisterinlaw of ethel dismukes to the coastal architecture of cape cod captured by anne wells munger and the water color landscapes of michigan by charlotte e tibbs shearwater pottery had several excellent pieces in their characteristic blue and green glazes as well as the popular little figurines  the daily herald march 10 1939 p 2    1940 gulf coast art association the spring show was held in early march at gulf park college with eight artists representedthere was also a memorial exhibit of the work of professor woodward among the artists exhibiting were william robison of old lyme connecticut jacque tarmosky archibald boggs of long beach miss charlotte tibbs and josephine alfonso  the daily herald march 7 1940 p 7    demise following a brief illness at biloxi where he was confined to the biloxi hospital for four days and cared for by his son and grandson carl e woodward and woodward b logan william woodward was brought on november 9 1937 to the southern baptist hospital at new orleans he died here on november 17 1939 mr woodward was survived by his four children william giesen woodward of syracuse new york carl elsworth woodward of new orleans alma woodward logan of new orleans and eleanor woodward blosser moseley of atlanta georgia mrs woodward preceded her husband in death having passed on october 29 1937 their corporal remains were interred at the southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi  the daily herald november 6 1939 p 8 november 17 1939 p 1 october 31 1937 and november 1 1937 p 8  the artworks of william woodward are prized by today s collectors amazingly at the time of his death his pictures pottery prints etchings portraits and additional personal property was valued at only 2000 the total value of his estate was 7746 of which his biloxi real estate comprised about 40 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 16850 december 1939  references  books jean bragg and dr susan saward  painting the town the woodard brothers come to new orleans  jean bragg gallery new orleans louisiana2004  the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  city of biloxi biloxi mississippi1976 regina hines ellison    ocean springs 1892  2 nd edition lewis printing services pascagoula mississippi1991  early views of the vieux carre guide book to the french quarter isaac delgado museum new orleans louisiana1965  history of art in mississippi  dixie press gulfport mississippi1929  mississippi gulf coast yesterday and today 16991939   federal writers project in mississippi works progress administration gulfport mississippi1939 charles l sullivan  the mississippi gulf coast portrait of a people  windsor publications inc northridge california1985 walter anderson museum of art    across the lake three new orleans artists on the gulf coast   june 11august 31 1994 ocean springs mississippi  magazines down south     gulf coast tours  volume 3 no 6 novemberdecember 1953 chancery court harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 15602   the estate of mrs louise g woodward    december 1937 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 16850   the estate of william woodward    december 1939 federal court civil action no 219  usa v 26551 acres in the city of biloxi   1941  journals the daily herald   letterscommends the work of potter   august 25 1921  1922 the daily herald   art work of tchouticabouffa clay lasting memorial to potter   january 28 1922 the daily herald   benachi lot sold   april 22 1922 the daily herald   to return to new orleans   july 22 1922 the daily herald   presented with oil painting   september 2 1922  1926 the daily herald   organize art association   november 19 1926 the daily herald   artist are biloxi visitors   november 19 1926 the daily herald   gulf coast association  november 30 1926 the daily herald    1927 the daily herald   opening of art exhibit at library   february 3 1927 the daily herald   oak park on the bay  advertisement     february 3 1927 the daily herald   award made by jury of gifted and competent artists for gulf coast art association exhibition at biloxi february 4   february 5 1927 the daily herald   jalan pottery arrives   february 9 1927 the daily herald   art exhibits closes saturday   february 14 1927 the daily herald   art exhibits closes   february 21 1927 the daily herald   professor woodward again home   april 21 1927 the daily herald   artist commences oak park structure   december 1 1927  1928 the daily herald    joseph meyer lived in biloxi   january 4 1928 p 10 the daily herald   woodward home   february 15 1928 the daily herald   two art exhibitions   february 16 1928 the daily herald   second annual art exhibition   february 18 1928 the daily herald   art exhibit opens at pass   christian     march 1 1928 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs    july 23 1928  1929 the daily herald   fine arts department exhibit   january 11 1929 the daily herald   exhibit of women artists   january 14 1929 the daily herald   dalton funeral tomorrow   february 15 1929 the daily herald   woodward is again honored   february 18 1929 the daily herald   another biloxian exhibits   june 13 1929  1930 the daily herald   art prizes offered  february 5 1930 the daily herald   art exhibit opens   february 24 1930 the daily herald   art prizes given in coast exhibit   february 27 1930 the daily herald    joseph meyer buried   march 18 1931  1931 the daily herald   art exhibition to open on feb 12   february 6 1931 the daily herald   art association gives reception   february 12 1931 the daily herald   art exhibition open sunday   february 14 1931 the daily herald   art exhibits   may 7 1931 the daily herald   coast art association   may 11 1931 the daily herald   junior art exhibit   may 15 1931  1932 the daily herald   art association meeting   january 16 1932 the daily herald   art association hear talk on wood block printing   january 20 1932 the daily herald   art exhibit opens   february 13 1932 the daily herald   orleans artist   charles w hutson  here   february 13 1932 the daily herald   art exhibit opens women win prizes   february 15 1932 the daily herald   oil paintings   vieux carre  shown  september 20 1932 the daily herald   miss dismukes exhibit   october 31 1932 the daily herald   oil paintings shown   september 20 1932 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   september 26 1932 the daily herald   december art exhibit   november 15 1932 the daily herald   art ass n meeting   november 24 1932 the daily herald   talks on etching   november 29 1932  the daily herald   art center to open   december 6 1932 the daily herald   exhibit opens sunday   december 10 1932 the daily herald   sixth annual exhibit   december 12 1932 the daily herald   art center interesting   december 29 1932  1933 the daily herald   prof woodward resigns   january 10 1933 the daily herald   etching exhibit at art center   february 15 1933 the daily herald   mr anne munger elected president art association   march 14 1933 the daily herald   art exhibit in progress   march 21 1933 the daily herald   art association tea   may 2 1933 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   september 26 1933  1934 the daily herald   art exhibit   february 13 1934 the daily herald   art exhibit closes   february 20 1934 the daily herald   art association to have graphic arts exhibition in april   march 6 1934 the daily herald   art exhibit at gulf park   april 17 1934  1935 the daily herald   noted artist   ws robinson  in biloxi  january 4 1935 the daily herald   summer art colony in biloxi assured   january 28 1935 the daily herald   professor woodward presents portraits of deans of tulane   june 10 1935 the daily herald   gulf coast art sold   by wm woodward     march 11 1935 the daily herald   summer art colony  march 25 1935 the daily herald   annual art show opens   april 9 1935  1936 the daily herald   mrs munger on pottery   january 7 1936 the daily herald   art exhibit excellent   march 2 1936 the daily herald   gulf coast art association   april 4 1936 the daily herald   celebrate 50th wedding anniversary   july 10 1936  1937 the daily herald   prof woodward resigns   january 10 1937 the daily herald   art association jury exhibits to open march 8   february 22 1937 the daily herald   art association opens exhibit at gulf park studio   march 8 1937 the daily herald   coast scenes predominate in art exhibit now open at gulf park   march 10 1937 the daily herald   spring exhibit in library   march 16 1937 the daily herald   mrs william woodward dies at oak park   october 31 1937 the daily herald   mrs woodward buried  november 1 1937 the daily herald   pictures on display   december 25 1937  1938 the daily herald   to hold arts and crafts exhibit at markham on monday   january11 1938 the daily herald   to exhibit arts and crafts monday   january 15 1938 the daily herald   annual art exhibit opens at biloxi   march 22 1938  1939 the daily herald   coast artists display pictures in spring showing   march 10 1939 the daily herald   prof woodward ill   november 6 1939 the daily herald   prof woodward dies in orleans   november 17 1939 the daily herald   dr woodward buried in memorial park   november 18 1939 the daily herald   know your coast   the almost forgotten woodward studio   september 26 1956 the mississippi press   portraits hold memories of loving friendship   august 28 1994 p 7b the ocean springs record   half century ago   july 24 1969 the ocean springs record   william woodward painted the town in 1891   june 16 1994 the pascagoula democratstar   ocean springs locals   october 10 1891 the times picayune   old vieux carre presented in whitney bank art exhibit   september 29 1979  1940 the daily herald   art association spring exhibit   march 7 1940  interviews  dolores davidson smith 19161997 with murella h powell on march 7 1991 at the biloxi public library biloxi mississippi children  william woodward and louise a giesen had married at new orleans in june 1886 and by the turn of the 20 th century they had four children alma louise woodward 18871939 married william bainbridge logan 18761933 eleanor woodward 18891939 married clarence blosser 1874pre1928 and george c moseley 18811930 william giesen woodward 18921939 married lillian caroline best 18931930 and carl woodard 18941972 married mollie holland 18941967  grand children  alma w logan woodward bainbridge logan 19101995  william elsworth logan 19132002    eleanor w blosser moseley clarence blosser 1913 woodward blosser 1915 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(73, 'en', 'node_search', ' the ohr family ohro keefe museum of art ooma  the ohr family ohro keefe museum of art ooma ray fri 4232010 1024 the ohr family and ohro keefe museum of art ooma  art historians and critics generally are in agreement that george e ohr jr 18571918 the much maligned and not so mad potter of biloxi was the greatest ceramic artist of his time and possibly ever ohr s life is fairly well documented in the literature by himself 1901 dolores bobbie davidson smith 1965 of ocean springs rw blasberg 1973 and 1986 garth clark et al 1989 and others this article will attempt to present a fairly comprehensive ohr family genealogy and other previously undisclosed facts about the renowned ohr family of biloxi george edward ohr jr was born at biloxi mississippi on july 12 1857 his parents george e ohr 18191904 and johanna wiedman ohr 18211905 were immigrants from alsace that interesting piece of geography between the rhine river and the vosges mountains and wurtemberg respectively wurtemberg a former constitutional monarchy is now integrated into the german state of badenwurtemberg in the southwest region of this western european nation while alsace is now a part of the french deparments of basrhin and hautrhin the senior ohr immigrated to america in 1850 from with his parents mr and mrs john george ohr who both expired at new orleans in 1852 at new orleans george e ohr met and married johanna wideman in 1853 clark et al 1989 p 177 and webster s 1989 p 39 and p 1353 by 1852 ge ohr and spouse had relocated to biloxi where he made his livelihood as a blacksmith while mrs ohr would by 1880 operate a grocery store mr ohr is believed to have been the first person to shoe horses in biloxi in this relaxed peninsular village on the mexican gulf george and johanna ohr brought into the world five children augustus ohr 18541927 george e ohr jr 18571918 emma ohr gruntz 18591909 louise ohr schultz 18631909 and mena ohr 18671893 but pre1900   the biloxi daily herald july 8 1904 p 5    biloxi lands george e ohr began acquiring land in biloxi on pass christian road now howard avenue in august 1859 when he paid john and josephine scherer 300 for a tract with about 50 feet on pass christian road that ran south 300 feet to jackson avenue it is very probable that the original ohr blacksmith shop was situated on this parcel harco ms land deed bk 9 p 175 less than ten years later july 30 1868 george e ohr added to this tract by purchasing from francois arbeau caillavet 18151883 and euranie fayard caillavet 18181895 my greatgreat grandparents charles ferdinand quave 18111894 and rose desiree c quave 18141883 louise c lefaure 18171868 the widow of stephen lefaure and marie c bousquet 18251883 the widow of jeanbaptiste bousquet all the heirs of louis arbeau caillavet 17901860 a native of the opelousas post louisiana and marguerite fayard caillavet 17871863 of biloxi a parcel of ground adjacent to and west of their original holdings on pass christian road howard avenue this particular lot had a front of 50 feet on jackson avenue and ran north for 172 feet to the property of priscilla pebukst ritch 18161905 the grandmother of two of biloxi s most renown and beloved school teachers mary alma ritch 18901964 and priscilla ritch 18931972 who toiled for decades at the now demolished gorenflo public school on lameuse street in biloxi the ritch lot had 50 feet on pass christian road harco ms land deed bk10 p 604 it wasn t until late march 1873 that ge ohr would buy the lot that would be the site of the potohrree and domicile of his soon to be famous son ge ohr jr arne bernard and wife adele ladner delauney caillavet bernard 18121880 conveyed to mr ohr a large lot on the northwest corner of pass christian road and delauney street the ohr tract had 90 feet on pass christian road and 200 feet on delauney street john harkness 18271903 was to the north and the pineau property to the west the consideration was 650 harco ms land deed bk 13 pp 626627 it can be ascertained with some degree of certitude that george e ohr was not financially solvent from december 1875 until about 1890 he borrowed sums of money ranging from 150 to 500 from fellow biloxians such as joseph kuhn 1875 josephine scherer 1882 and john bradford 1886 and 1887 harco ms land deed bk 14 p 618 bk19 p 39 bk 21 p 458 and bk 22 p 45 in january 1895 contractor burk was building a onestory commercial building on the corner of pass christian street howard avenue and delauney for the ohr family enterprises the biloxi herald january 9 1895 as we shall see these biloxi lands the legacy of george and johanna w ohr would cause much grief in the family and contribute to some of the erratic behavior of the world s greatest potter in the first decade of the 20 th century george e ohr passed on july 8 1904 mrs ohr died on december 28 1905 at the residence of her son george e ohr jr their corporal remains were interred in section e lot 5 the george ohr family burial plot in the biloxi city cemetery  the biloxi daily herald july 8 1904 p 5 and december 28 1905 p 2 and the biloxi cemetery records bks ac 18411905  the four children of george e ohr and joanna w ohr who survived into the 20 th century found mates within their germanic culture and language as each married german natives or first generation germanamericans a brief biography of each ohr child follows  august ohr august ohr 18541927 married lizzie hahn in may 1877 she may have been the daughter of elizabeth hahn 18121904 the proprietor of the magnolia hotel mrs hahn a native of hanover germany arrived at biloxi in 1847 harco ms mrb 6 p 476 and  the biloxi daily herald october 5 1904 p 5   lizzie and august ohr were the parents of two sons peter joseph ohr 18781953 and john ohr 18791879 peter j ohr became a local farmer in september 1912 he acquired the ne 4 of the se 4 of section 12 t7sr10w from john canaan for 800 peter was a resident of new orleans in june 1918 when he quitclaimed his tract to lizzie betz who held a deed of trust from him peter s nephew leo edgar ohr 18901970 immediately acquired these forty acres and it became his farm peter j ohr died at biloxi in midoctober 1953 his corporalremains were passed through the episcopal church and interred in the biloxi city cemetery  harco ms land deed bk 102 p 107 and trust deed bk 10 p 163 and the daily herald october 13 1953 p 8  august ohr made his livelihood as a laborer in the winter of 1901 he managed a steam wood mill on back bay at reynoir street it supplied stove wood stove wood blocks and cord wood at reasonable prices august also worked for the texas pacific machine shop and the biloxi ice factory in 1904 he was running a merrygoround at vicksburg mississippi before returning to biloxi in late october suffering from malaria in his later life mr ohr was a night watchman in august 1892 lizzie and august ohr divorced in harrison county mississippi harco ms chancery court cause no 523august 1892 and  the biloxi daily herald november 15 1901 p 8 october 27 1904 p 5 and the daily herald april 11 1927 p 2  by 1906 lizzie hahn ohr was married again her new spouse was antoine muller or miller harco ms chancery court cause no 2200ocotber 1906 and cause no 2500october 1907 august ohr married mrs charles wolbarth on july 25 1893 in orleans parish louisiana see hunting for bears orleans parish louisiana august ohr married the widow of william wachenfeld elizabeth montag wachenfeld 18421920 in may 1894 she was born at bodstadt hessen germany the daughter of joseph montag and katherine sour mrs ohr was the mother of charles w wachenfeld 18681936 philip wachenfeld 18711929 august wachenfeld and christina w harvey 18721931 the wife of louis harvey 18741913 before his demise louis harvey was foreman of the gorenflo packing company at biloxi several of his descendants philip i harvey b 1941 david harvey and elizabeth h joachim are prominent in insurance and real estate at ocean springs harco ms mrb 10 p 206  the daily herald august 29 1920 p 1 and the daily herald september 17 1913 p   1  mrs elizabeth w ohr died at biloxi on august 18 1920 august ohr expired on april 10 1927 both were passed through the episcopal church and interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the daily herald august 19 1920 p 1 and april 11 1927 p 2  george e ohr jr on september 15 1886 george edward ohr jr 18571918 married josephine gehring 18681930 a native of gretna louisiana like george s parents her father and mother were also german immigrants by the last year of the 19 th century josephine had given george seven children but only four survived leo e ohr 18901970 clo l ohr 18921989 otto t ohr 18951982 and lio i ohr 18931914 to see the federal census taker on delauney street in june 1900 ellen louise ohr 1887pre 1900 asa eugene ohr 18881893 and flo lucretia ohr 18971900 had expired before june 1900   harco ms mrb 8 p 217 and 1900 federal censusharrison county ms t623 roll 808 p 21b  post june 1900 zio i ohr 19001904 ojo j ohr 19031991 and george e ohr iii 19061986 were born but only the latter two survived to adulthood josephine gehring ohr expired on march 17 1930 in her home at 409 delauney street she had been a resident of biloxi since 1885 in addition to her children she was survived by two brothers george and louis gehring and three sisters mrs nick koenig mrs william hartley and mrs lg dauenhauer all of her siblings resided in the greater new orleans area mrs ohr s corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the daily herald march 17 1930 p 10  the world s greatest potter george e ohr jr had preceded josephine in death he passed at his delauney street residence on april 7 1918 after several years of declining health prior to his demise ohr had sought medical attention in the crescent city with no avail after his corporal remains had been blessed in the episcopal church of the redeemer they were interred in his burial lot designated as block 13 lot 173 of the 3 rd addition to the biloxi city cemetery in addition to george e ohr and josephine g ohr the graves of leo e ohr lio i ohr and marguerite kuljis ohr are marked in this family burial lot  the daily herald april 8 1918 p 1 and personal observation september 14 2002  the ohr children consistently with his creative and eccentric nature george e ohr jr derived the first name of his children from the first letter of their first middle and surname for example leo was created from leo edgar ohr clo came from clovinia lucinda ohr etc a brief biography of the children of george e ohr jr and josephine gehring ohr follows  ellen louisa ohr ellen l ohr 1887pre1900 was born on june 21 1887 she received the holy sacrament of baptism in the roman catholic church at the nativity bvm in biloxi on july 10 1887 ellen passed on before june 1900 no further information lepre 1991 p 243  asa eugene ohr asa e ohr 18881893 was born in 1888 and expired on december 7 1893 young asa must have been very special to his aunt mena ohr who published a poem in his memory in the local journal following his funeral services and burial his remains were passed through the nativity bvm roman catholic church prior to internment   lepre 1991 p 243 and the biloxi herald december 9 1893 p 8 and december 16 1893 p 8  leo edgar ohr leo e ohr 18901970 was born at biloxi on september 20 1890 his baptism took place in the nativity bvm roman catholic church on october 20 1890 on january 22 1926 leo married mamie catchot 18901961 a native of ocean springs and the daughter of antonio toy catchot 18681952 and adelia mon 18761948 lepre 1991 p 243 and harco ms mrb 37 p 522 as early as 1913 leo e ohr was in the automotive garage and machine business with otto t ohr he commenced the ohr boy s garage at 411 delauney street just north of their familial domicile and on the site of his father s famous potohre biloxi city directory 19131914 p 180 julius m lopez 18861958 biloxi entrepreneur and yachtsman often had leo e ohr as the engineer or pilot of the   belle l  his 30foot 145 hp race boat which was lauded as there is nothing in the gulf that can near equal it in speed   in addition leo owned the   anna may  also a racing speed boat  the daily herald july 13 1913 p 1 and p 8  in april 1915 leo e ohr obtained the harleydavidson franchise on the mississippi gulf coast he rode the streets of biloxi on his new twin cylinder harleydavidson as a demonstrator for interested customers  the daily herald april 26 1915 p 2  by 1922 leo had changed the name of his business to the ohr garage and by 1927 added and machine works to this title as late as 1949 he remained the proprietor of the ohr machine shop in 1958 leo e ohr was renting rooms at 208 lameuse street biloxi city directory 19221923 p 162 ibid 1927 p 158 ibid 1949 p 480 ibid 1958 p 641  ohr farm in addition to being the proprietor of the ohr machine shop at 409 delauney street leo e ohr was a farmer in june 1918 he acquired fortyacres of land the ne 4 of the se 4 of section 12 t7sr10w from lizzie betz for 500 this land situated on the west side of cedar lake road between popps ferry road and us i10 is now very commercial and includes the cedar lake medical plaza and surroundings harco ms land deed bk 122 p 329 here in 1934 leo e ohr harvested the largest sugar cane crop ever grown in harrison county from his fifteenacres of seed grown sugar cane he made over three thousand gallons of cane syrup ohr sold over 1500 gallons to the state welfare board for its program to assist needy families in south mississippi as a result of the national economic depression leo was also in the process of erecting a plant to produce cane syrup which had the potential of being a profitable local agricultural industry  the daily herald january 15 1934 p 8  leo e ohr died on august 17 1970 at the time of his death he was possessed with his cedar lake farm and other biloxi real estate harco ms chancery court case no 1162may 1971l  clovinia lucinda ohr clovinia l ohr 18921989 called clo was born at biloxi on may 1 1892 she was baptized on june 5 1892 in the nativity bvm roman catholic church on april 15 1909 clo eloped and married fredric andrew moran 18881972 a wellknown boat builder and schooner racer of biloxi he was the son of ernest moran and catherine kornman 18541922 lepre 1991 p 243 harco ms mrb bk 21 p 188 and  the biloxi daily herald april 16 1909 p 1  clo and freddie moran were the parents of four children fredric elwood moran 19102001 julia m sutton 19141996 josephine m morykwas 19151997 and joseph joe moran 19151999 joe moran like his father also built boats and in his later life became a nationally acclaimed painter several of mr moran s works are in the smithsonian institute and two american presidents have acquired his art  the sun herald december 1 1989 p b2 and the sun herald march 24 1999    lio irwin ohr lio i ohr 18931914 was born at biloxi on july 26 1893 his arrival was announced by the local journal as   another potter arrived at the art pottery of geo ohr last wednesday of course it s a boy the biloxi herald july 29 1893 p 8  lio i ohr was baptized in the catholic faith at the nativity bvm on august 27 1893 his godfather was joseph f meyer 18481931 the newcomb art school potter lio expired at his parent s home on delauney street on december 12 1914 from a tumor lio had worked for dr jason j harry 18541950 of handsboro as his chauffeur until struck down with his fatal malady in november 1914   lepre 1991 p 242 and  the daily herald december 13 1914 p 4    otto theodore ohr otto t ohr 18951982 called pie was born september 11 1895 on october 6 1895 he received the sacrament of baptism at the nativity bvm otto t ohr married rosalie elder 18901970 the daughter of robert e lee elder 18641931 called lee and nellie catherine williams 18751926 at pascagoula mississippi in november 1913 lepre 1991 p 243  the daily herald november 20 1913 p 8 and jxco ms mrb 9 p 553    elderforetich otto t ohr s fatherinlaw mr lee elder was a prominent ice manufacturer in biloxi elder s early career was as a licensed steamboat engineer he commenced ice making as an engineer with the biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company in 1887 by 1895 elder was chief engineer of their plant with a capacity of making twentytwo tons of ice each day he was also a stockholder with john walker president tp dulion treasurer and wkm dukate 18521916 general manager and secretary dyer 1895 p 19 lee elder married nellie c williams at biloxi on may 11 1889 they were the parents of rosalie e foretich ohr 18901970 ethel e entrekin 18941931 hw will elder 18961931 ruth e vancourt 18991931 mrs je collins and mrs g rossini  harco ms mrb 8 p 476 and the daily herald september 28 1931 p 1  in february 1907 rosalie elder had married lawrence foretich 18841966 in the methodist church at gulfport they had two sons elliott l foretich 19081992 and kenneth lee foretich 19111933 lee foretich was murdered at new orleans during mardi gras madness in late february 1933 he had recently moved to the crescent city from biloxi where he had been at the us coast guard base on point cadet  the biloxi daily herald february 25 1907 p 1 and february 27 1933 p 2  in late january 1914 lawrence foretich married maud kleyle of new orleans at the hotel brielmeire they initially were domiciled in biloxi but eventually relocated to new orleans he expired there in 1966  the daily herald january 29 1914 p 2    otto s life as a young man otto t ohr began making a living as one of the ohr boy s garage owners with his brother leo e ohr by 1922 he as his grandmother johanna w ohr had done in the late 19 th century became a grocer the ohr store was situated at 742 lameuse street circa 1925 otto t ohr was sent to chicago by lee elder to study refrigeration and ammonia returning to biloxi he organized the peoples ice company which commenced his long association with ice manufacturing in biloxi and later at bayou labatre alabama where he was employed by the alabama ice company    biloxi city directory 19131914 p 180 ibid  19221923 p 162 and thelma o palmer september 23 2002  when the otto t ohr family returned to biloxi from bayou labatre in the early 1930s otto worked as an engineer for the anticich ice company and by 1936 had become the manager of the gulf service ice company by 1958 otto t ohr was the engineer for the biloxi freezing company at the time of his death in april 1982 he was an engineer with the biloxi port commission biloxi city directory 1927 p 158 ibid 1931 p 148 ibid 1936 p 193 ibid 1958 p 641 and  the sun    april 21 1982  the children of otto t ohr and rosalie elder ohr were carl otto ohr 19221996 dorothy ohr 19231999 married willis page 19151973 carroll ruth ohr 19241982 married edgar l allen ii marian elizabeth betty ohr b 1925 married thomas r o neil shirley lola ohr 19271986 married charles f kitzmiller 19191997 thelma ohr b 1929 married robert palmer and mary ohr b 1934 married harry lockwood  the sun april 21 1982 p a4 and thelma o palmer september 23 2002  thelma ohr palmer a resident of semmes alabama remember vividly from her childhood that her father would take all of his children to get ice cream in downtown mobile the proprietor of the dairy parlor would invariably comment facetiously   here comes mr and mrs ohr with their little paddles  george ohr jr s only grandson carol otto ohr married helen marie anderson their children were paula maria ohr rutland b 1948 married don wayne rutland mena dianne ohr wentzell b 1950 married bobby ray wentzell carl monroe ohr 19521986 married rosella ann mccaleb and sarah ohr murphy  the sun herald march 5 1996 p b2  carl m ohr married rosella mccaleb the daughter of joseph ellsworth mccaleb and dolores l lemmler mr ohr was a biloxi fireman and served as president of the ml michel middle school pta they were the parents of rachel ann ohr sharp b 1975 and brian ohr the great greatgrandson of biloxi s mad potter mrs ohr s maternal grandfather henry p lemmler 19041953 had once owned a grocery store in biloxi  the sun herald october 22 1986 p a2 and the daily herald october 13 1953 p 6    flo lucretia ohr flo l ohr 18971900 was born on december 17 1897 she was baptized january 16 1898 in the nativity bvm roman catholic church at biloxi she expired on march 21 1900 flo was just over two years old and had reached that stage of her young life when her personality was developing her corporal remains were interred in the ohr family burial lot in the biloxi city cemetery lepre 1991 p 243 and  the biloxi daily herald march 23 1900 p 8    zio ignatius ohr zio i ohr 19001904 was born at biloxi circa september 20 1900 he expired on april 20 1904 from blood poisoning burial was in the biloxi city cemetery in the ge ohr sr family burial lot  the biloxi daily herald april 21 1904 p 1  ojo julius ohr ojo j ohr 19031991 was born january 25 1903 at the ohr home on delauney street he came into the world as a healthy twelvepound baby boy  the biloxi daily news january 26 1903 p 6  ojo j ohr married mae miguez 19001968 the daughter of numa miguez and homelia miguez at pascagoula mississippi on september 12 1924 two of her sisters mrs ralph mattina and mrs armond broussard had also married biloxi men mae was born at new iberia louisiana on may 12 1900 her father numa miguez was killed in late november 1931 in st martin parish louisiana when his car driven by son was struck by a train jxco ms mrb 15 p 418 and  the daily herald november 24 1931 p 2  in january 1945 mae and ojo j ohr divorced in harrison county mississippi without having offspring ojo had to pay the exmrs ohr 2000 assign his interest in three lots located in section 15 t7sr9w jackson county mississippi and convey a lot to her on benachi avenue in biloxi harco ms chancery court case no 21563january 1945 later in her life mae miguez married forrest l churchill 18991968 a native of stoughton massachusetts he was a master sergeant in the usaf and had served in ww ii the churchills resided at 705 dorries street in biloxi mae m churchill expired at biloxi on october 15 1968 her corporal remains were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mr churchill followed her closely in death passing on december 12 1968 his remains were sent to virginia for internment in the arlington national cemetery  the daily herald october 16 1968 p 2 and december 13 1968 p 2  in july 1955 at pascagoula ojo j ohr married marguerite kuljis 19131986 the daughter of luka kuljis 18861965 and tadika pitalo kuljis 18841978 he made his livelihood as the proprietor of ojo s junk yard and machine shop situated at 811 benachi avenue his residence was nearby ojo passed on march 23 1991 mrs ohr died july 24 1986 their corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald july 25 1986 p a2 and march 24 1991 p b2 jxco ms mrb 82 p 158  ohr legacy in addition to the ohr patriarchal family home on delauney street and about sixthousand of his incredible mud babies george e ohr jr left his wife and children a tract of land on the west side of benachi avenue situated north of division street and south of bay terrace he acquired this approximately 22acre parcel in september 1890 from charles fayard the consideration was 130 harco ms land deed bk 25 p 440 the benachi avenue tract was subdivided by the mrs josephine ohr and her children between 1928 and 1930 in october 1930 ojo j ohr acquired a 115foot lot fronting on benachi between geo e ohr and leo e ohr he bought another lot on benachi from leo e ohr in february 1933 this lot became the property of mae miguez ohr after their 1945 divorce harco ms land deed bk 187 p 163 and bk 196 p 587 it was here on benachi avenue that ojo j ohr would found his infamous junkyard on the south and east side of bay terrace a development that was considered as one of biloxi s most fashionable subdivisions of the post ww ii era both ojo and younger brother geo e ohr iii lived in this sylvan setting surrounded by a visual cacophony of abandoned household appliances automobiles buses and other miscellaneous objects of no particular description or value in 1959 the ohr boys relocated their father s remaining pots from the delauney street garage to a brick block building situated within ojoville on the west side of benachi avenue north of division street the no twoalike world s greatest art pottery had been crated for nearly sixty years when a peripatetic picker from new jersey came to town looking for antique automobile parts james w carpenter james w jim carpenter grew up in a dairy farming community in the kittatinny mountains of rural northwestern new jersey light years from the art world of the east coast conurbation stretching from washington dc to boston as a young man he tested milk and eventually owned his own milk truck collecting the raw product from local dairy farmers as the milking business declined carpenter learned to barber but also relied on his avocation collecting antiques to make his livelihood even in the sleepy hollow of montague new jersey with its paucity of fine art carpenter s artistic father had introduced him to an aesthetic culture and a deep appreciation of exceptional art and antiques his experience as an antiquer had brought him in contact with rookwood weller roseville and newcomb pottery some of which collected others he wished that he had as their worth has risen geometrically in recent times with his natural talent for recognizing value and a ready market jim carpenter literally put his barber chair in the corner and with his loving wife miriam affectionately called mim became a full time antiques merchant opening a store in their delaware river valley domicile in addition to regional auctions he traveled the hinterlands in search of treasures florida was a favorite site to seek respite from the harsh new jersey winter and pick for antiques primarily antiquated motorcar components and accessories biloxi in 1966 jim carpenter wandered into new orleans with antique auto parts on his most wanted list he found a dealer and before his transactions were completed asked the man for additional references in order to continue his acquisitions of automotive paraphernalia the ohr boys in biloxi chimed the old junk man how will i find them questioned carpenter oh no problem everyone there knows them do you imbibe a little the august aged gentleman of junk smiled and added i ll tell you this the ohr boys won t do business with you unless you take a nip with them iw harper was their whisky of choice armed with this valuable knowledge carpenter traveled east to the mississippi gulf coast with a bottle of bourbon in hand he entered ojo ohr s junkyard on benachi avenue north of division street mr carpenter soon discovered that the ohrs had a peculiar sense of bartering firstly they would insist that all have drinks until the bottle was empty when jim carpenter found antique auto parts of his liking they would not give him their selling price but insist that he make them an offer the yankee antique seeker soon learned that his offering price was accepted only when tripled by the ohrs who obviously knew the value of a shrimp nickel during this novel visit with the ohr boys carpenter was asked if he would like to see some of their father s pottery when he agreed ojo ohr placed some of george s glazed pieces on a table for him to inspect mr carpenter was surprised as he had never seen art pottery of this style he wasn t knowledgeable in this field of art and decided to consult others before making an offer to the ohr family robert w bob blasberg a wellrespected scholar and new jersey friend of carpenter was conferred with and sight unseen he recommended that carpenter acquire the eclectic ceramic collection hidden at biloxi the final trip after several years of frustrating and futile negotiations with the ohr family jim carpenter gave up two silent years passed and surprisingly one morning he received a missive from ojo ohr inquiring of carpenter s desire to still acquire george s pots ojo was ready to make a deal somewhat bewildered but pregnant with hope jim carpenter returned to biloxi in the winter of 1972 or early 1973 with a cashier s check arriving at the ohr s benachi avenue site he spent the next three days inspecting and crudely inventorying the approximately 6000 glazed bisque and ceramic trinkets and molds that had survived from george s potting years the ohr family finally accepted what will be carpenter s legacy to the curious a large number of green dollars whose value is speculated to range between 50000 and 100000 for their father s mud babies promoting george after battling through several ice storms in a rental truck jim carpenter arrived safely back in new jersey with his cache of ge ohr s pots he generously gave his neighbors each an ohr vessel for assisting him and mim in unloading the truck carpenter had just completed a new store building and although he placed some ohr on the shelves his first year sales proved barrensorry george but no sales a familiar mantra for ohr the initial ohr season wasn t an entire bust as carpenter s collection did increase by two ohr pots as he acquired them through ads that he had seen in trade journals not fazed by ohr s lack of sales jim carpenter decided that now was the time for him and bob blasberg to educate america about the genius of george e ohr in 1973 blasberg published george e ohr and his biloxi art pottery which sold for 300 this was followed by an exhibit of ohr s works ten of which were selected for a juried american art pottery show at the renwick gallery of the smithsonian institute in washington dc carpenter sold about half of the three hundred ohr pots that he brought to the smithsonian exhibit after the show he gave the smithsonian the ten juried pots one of which a combination coffee and tea pot only about seven inches high carpenter considers as ohr s greatest work from his wheel it was from the renwick gallery exhibit that george was discovered by ceramic collectors especially those of gotham sales sales and more sales once george became known and loved jim carpenter chose an interesting marketing strategy each year he limited the number of pots that he would vend some years it took only two months to sell his year s quota this scheme only wetted the appetites of collectors and drove the price up annually by the 1980s new york city was really hot for ohr and carpenter was making excellent sales there once nyc painter jasper johns offered to trade was of his paintings for an exceptional ohr pot carpenter refused and now regrets it as some of john s work now sells for seven figure prices thanks jim biloxi and the art world owe james w carpenter many kudos for his ambitious speculation into a subject of which he was no expert mortgaging his new jersey farm allowed mr carpenter the necessary cash to acquire the art treasures of biloxi s mad potter  george e ohr iii george e ohr iii 19061974 called geo or g was born on august 8 1906 his birth was simply noted in the local journal as   born to mr and mrs geo e ohr a boy   the biloxi daily herald august 10 1906 p 2  at pascagoula mississippi on november 10 1927 geo married iola giadrosich 19061986 the daughter of paul giadrosich and edna apperson she had four brothers edward giadrosich 18981968 rudolph giadrosich 18991978 orville giadrosich and paul giadrosich jr 19161983 and a sister lottie g richards jxco ms mrb land deed bk18 p 51 and  the daily herald october 16 1968 p 2  geo e ohr iii had a wiry physique and the arm and hand strength of his blacksmith father witnesses aver that he could do a pullup using the power generated in his thumb and index finger considered by many as a mechanical genius geo lived on benachi avenue near his brother ojo j ohr he owned three classic cars an original 1903 cadillac a 1908 culver racer and a 1900 mcintyre geo gave the culver racer to frank j duggan 19122000 a longtime employee of ojo geo retired from the biloxi fire department having worked their as a mechanic a design engineer from americanlafrance of elmira new york a fire engine manufacturer came to biloxi to inspect one of its fire trucks that geo had repaired the crankshaft he was amazed at this feat and brought back technology to his company that mr ohr had used to redesign the cooling system for the crankshaft  frank j duggan jr october 8 2002  in september 1947 geo his wife and mr and mrs jimmy richardson of new orleans were at horn island a barrier island about thirteen miles southeast of biloxi when a hurricane hit the region they had gone to horn island to care for their property recently acquired from the us government ohr and his party secured an army duck an amphibious vehicle to a tree and remained in it until the tempest had passed they had an ample supply of canned food and candles for illumination the ohr party was rescued by leo ohr eddie cannette and others from the vessel   whipowill  the daily herald september 22 1947 p 5  george e ohr iii passed on february 23 1974 mrs ohr expired on july 13 1986 their corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald july 15 1986 p a2    emma ohr in 1890 emily emma ohr 18601926 was born at biloxi in december 1860 circa 1890 she married louis gruntz 18641930 a native of germany who had come to america in 1880 louis made his livelihood as a grocer they had two children born in new orleans louis gruntz ii 18921900 and emily gruntz birl wife of paul birl 18941926 in june 1900 the gruntz family were residents of the 3 rd ward 16 th precinct of nola 1900 federal census orleans ph la roll 571 book 1 p 309 emily ohr gruntz expired at new orleans on may 25 1926 she was a resident of the city since 1889 and was domiciled at 2623 st anne street at the time of her demise mrs gruntz was survived by her husband who lived until july 12 1930 and a daughter mrs paul birl her corporal remains were interred in st patrick cemetery no 2  the times picayune may 26 1926 p 2 and july 15 1930 p 2    louisa ohr louisa ohr 18651957 was born at biloxi in april 1865 circa 1886 she married rupert l schulz 18551930 an 1869 immigrant from germany they were the parents of joseph rupert schulz 18871957 pearl schulz fitzgerald 1890pre 1957 anna schulz hourguettes 18921957 and arthur l schulz post 19001957 mr schulz was a machinist and the family lived at mcdonoughville jefferson parish louisiana 1900 federal census jefferson parish louisiana p 105a louisa ohr schulz expired at gretna louisiana on june 13 1957 she had resided here since 1897 in addition to three children mrs schulz was survived by a grandson rupert e fitzgerald and a great granddaughter pearl e fitzgerald her corporal remains were passed through the salem evangelical lutheran church in gretna and they were interred in the mcdonough cemetery also located in gretna louisiana mr rupert l schulz preceded his wife in death expiring on november 9 1935  the times picayune november 10 1935 p 6 and june 16 1957 p 18    mena ohr mena ohr 18671893 never married she died before 1900 and her body buried in the ohr family burial plot in the biloxi city cemetery mena had a good heart as she remembered the demise of her young nephew asa eugene ohr in december 1893 no further information an ohr family time line the following chronological events from 1889 to 1923 demonstrate the trials tribulations and triumphs of the ohr family leading to the insanity trial of ge ohr jr in april 1909 and beyond  1889 the ohr pottery burned in midnovember 1889  the pottery was the first structure to be supplied with water from the water works company  the biloxi herald november 16 1889 p 4  1890 george e ohr suggested to the biloxi herald reporter  that those who cannot afford to buy flower pots should put their pretty flowers in the rear of their houses   now that there is a first class pottery in biloxi here is no excuse for placing pretty flowers and rare plants in old tin cans and painted pots  the biloxi herald june 7 1890 p 4  1891 ohr was awarded a prize for the   most grotesque costume   at the mechanics steam fire company no 2 mardi gras ball held in the knights of labor hall this was the grand culmination of the festivities at biloxi on fat tuesday  the biloxi herald february 15 1891 p 1  george ohr the artistic potter has an elegant line of pottery on hand to which he invites the inspection of the public his stock embraces every variety and is well worth a visit to his pottery where all are welcome whether they buy or not  the biloxi herald may 30 1891 p 4  1893 george and josephine g ohr s eldest son asa e ohr  18881893 expired on december 7 1893  lepre 1991 p 242    george e ohr jr traveled to chicago to demonstrate his ceramic wares at the world s columbian exposition  which was held between may and november 1893 1894 the october fire destroyed the potohre and ohr residence on delauney street  george e ohr sr had uninsured losses of 5000 while ge ohr jr estimated his loss at 3000 in a short period of time   the toil and work of ohr the artistic potter was reduced to ashes  after examining his burned out pottery mr ohr estimated that about 1000 pieces of his artistic work were not harmed by the conflagration  the biloxi herald october 13 1894 p 8 and october 20 1894 p 8  1895 ge ohr jr traveled to atlanta with his art and novelty pottery to exhibit at the cotton states international exposition which commenced in midseptember 1895 ohr s work was not selected for an award but  the atlanta constitution  remarked of ohr s presence at the event    ohr is the comical genius with the long whiskers who makes all sorts of pottery in machinery hall where he is always surrounded by an admiring crowd   the biloxi daily herald january 4 1896 p 8  1896 the wonderful wheel   a novel which was inspired by the image projected by biloxi s mad potter was written by mary tracy earle 18641955 and published by the century company of new york miss earle was the daughter of parker earle 18311917 and melanie tracy 18371889 and resided at ocean springs mississippi for several years some other published works by mary tracy earle are  the man who worked for collister  1898  through old rose glasses  1900 and  the flag on the hilltop  1902 the celebrated potter of this city george e ohr has proven his interest in the human race by placing on howard avenue next to the vienna cafe  a barrel of ice water which is free to all  the cooler is a specimen of his handwork in clay and no doubt those who imbibe will be thankful the cooler carries with it a number of poetic effusions which for originality are unsurpassed   the biloxi herald august 22 1896 p 8  1897 on august 18 1897  jules gabry  18291897 a native of france and t he first potter at the newcomb pottery committed suicide by drowning himself in the mississippi sound monsieur gabry was a friend of ohr and left his kick wheel at the potohre  the biloxi daily herald august 21 1897 p 8  1899 in december 1899 ohr s work was lauded at the natural arts club in new york city as follows   among the potters unknown to new york is geo e ohr of biloxi miss whose exhibit is interesting attaining in some pieces a great richness of color and in one a remarkable effect of dull metal   the biloxi daily herald december 3 1899 p 8  1900 flo l ohr  18971900 the daughter of george e ohr jr and josephine g ohr expired on march 21 1900  the biloxi daily herald march 23 1900 p 8    george e ohr jr sent some of his art pottery to paris france to be exhibited at the paris exposition universelle of 1900 his work was not chosen for an award 1901 george e ohr jr exhibited his work at the providence art club of rhode island in the spring of 1901 and at the pan american exposition at buffalo new york between maynovember 1901 he did not win an award at either event  jb myers formerly of biloxi reported in july 1901 that   mississippi has no state exhibit at the great pan american exposition in buffalo there are exhibits from the smithsonian institute and elsewhere but none compare with mr ohr s handiwork rookwood is represented by a 1000 pieces but if they were cleaned of their paints and decorated they would be a heavy clumsy lot of clay but every piece made by ohr is light brilliant and graceful all in its own beauty   the biloxi daily herald july 18 1901 p 8  1902 biloxi has a potter and a pottery  the potter george e ohr is one of the most original artists in the world and turns out high art pottery with all the ease that the ordinary potter turns out common earthen crocks  he has thousands of pieces and no two are alike at the great international expositions he has exhibited collections of his wares and has been awarded diplomas and medals not a few and that too while in competition with the art potters of the earth he does not sell much of his work because most people do not appreciate it and refuse to pay his price otherwise he might become wealthy by selling his trifles and trinkets at 25 and 50 cents each the clay is found along one of the rivers that flow into back bay  the daily picayune biloxi rich in historical interest march 31 1902 p 10  an exhibit of color photographic images by cs jackson taken at biloxi in may 1901  was shown at the montross hotel in late september among these was one taken of the interior of the ohr art pottery depicting multicolored pots of earthenware with the art potter mounted on a pedestal in the background  the biloxi daily herald february 25 1902 p 8  1903 a poem appeared in the biloxi daily herald about mr ohr in april 1903 as follows   george ohr he went to new orleans the city sights to see he wandered round but nowhere found sights like ohr s potohre disappointed in the sights he wandered far to seek he tied his mustache in a knot and will be back next week    the biloxi daily herald april 18 1903 p 8  1904 zio i ohr  19001904 the son of george e ohr jr and josephine g ohr died on april 20 1904 george e ohr sr  18191904  passed on july 8 1904  george e ohr jr attended and exhibited his art pottery at the louisiana purchase international exposition at st louis missouri  he was awarded a silver medal for his ceramic skills he returned to biloxi in late december 1904  the biloxi daily herald december 26 1904 p 7  1905 johanna wiedman ohr  18211905 the mother of george e ohr jr died on december 28 1905  she legated her estate to august ohr 25 emma ohr gruntz 25 louise ohr schultz 25 and josephine g ohr 25 ge ohr jr was to receive 500 from the sale of the estate and his residence and art pottery at 409 delauney street and 411 delauney street respectively mrs johanna w ohr also requested that her property not be sold for ten years unless all legatees agreed to vend it sooner rupert schultz her soninlaw was named executor of her estate harco ms chancery court cause no 2108  1906 the ohr art pottery had a fortunate break on the eve of january 8th when its oil heater that mr ohr had left burning to prevent his newly thown greenware from freezing fell to pieces the burning oil from the furnace charred the floor and smoke filled the studio there had been a strong north wind blowing at the time which would have directed anyfire onto west howard avenue in biloxi s business district  the biloxi daily herald january 9 1906 p 1  in march 1906 the smithsonian institution of washington dc accepted a small red vase from the works submitted by george e ohr jr to the united states potters association at its annual convention in march 1906  august ohr filed a forced heirship suit in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi to sell the estate property of johanna w ohr on the north side of howard avenue this litigation was ceased by august ohr harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 2151 in october 1906  august ohr filed another forced heirship cause against the heirs of johanna w ohr  in addition to the ohr estate lands and improvements north of howard avenue it included those properties south of howard avenue in depositions the ohr estate properties were valued at 17000 by jw swetman 18631937 a local druggist and between 15000 and 16000 by charles tanner a biloxi realtor harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 2281  1907 in june 1907 rupert and louise ohr schultz louis and emma ohr gruntz and august and elizabeth w ohr sold their right title and interest as heirs of george e ohr and johanna w ohr to charles c redding and joseph lawrence for 12000 harco ms land deed bk 81 pp 388389  charles c redding 18571926 was born at bay st louis mississippi the son of walter redding an englishman and elodie necaise redding came to biloxi about 1870 as a poor teen his work ethic and frugality propelled him to the forefront of biloxi s commercial leaders redding owned a mercantile business on west howard avenue a dozen schooners and interests and stock in the biloxi canning company biloxi box factory cowart sawmill the traction company and the peoples bank of which he was an organizer and director he also served three terms an alderman on the biloxi city council  the daily herald january 7 1907 p 1  in november 1886 charles c redding married ann minerva pittman 18681917 a native of tennessee and the daughter of william pittman and esther reice they reared a family of four daughters and two sons in their large victorian home situated on the northeast corner of jackson street and delauney ge ohr street the redding house is utilized today to host wedding receptions and other special celebratory events p 265  joseph lawrence 18671952 was the son of spanish immigrants in september 1890 he married catherine tucei 18661939 a native of naples italy and the daughter of vincent tucei and seraphine griese they were the parents of five children of which two survived into adulthood mary l coleman 18951952 and joseph v lawrence 19021975 mr lawrence was a city laborer before he commenced repairing and selling shoes and doing business as the guarantee shoe store on west howard avenue the french cafe later occupied this site and was also a lawrence family enterprise in 1902 joseph lawrence became a stockholder in the people bank and was elected to the board of directors in 1911 he assumed the position of vicepresident of the peoples bank in 1932  guice p 51 the daily herald january 13 1939 p 6 and october 9 1952 p 1  in may 1929 joseph lawrence let a contract to manuel wetzel to refurbish the lawrence building on the northwest corner of west howard and delauney street the gabriel jewelry company managed by jr beggs planned to move here in july they had recently acquired the merchandise of edward brady  the daily herald may 28 1929 p 2  ohr heirs commercial rentals 19071909 between july 15 1907 and september 15 1909 charles w redding collected rents from the commercial properties of the ohr heirs on west howard avenue as agent for rupert schultz the executor of the estate of johanna w ohr and spouse of louise ohr from harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 2473 the sanborn insurance maps and city directories of biloxi one can ascertain with a high degree of certitude the lessees of the ohr heirs whose six rental buildings and ancillary outbuildings were situated delauney street north of west howard avenue and on the north and south side of west howard avenue between delauney street and magnolia street the north side addresses were 401405 delauney 202208 west howard and 205209 west howard 1909 sanborn mapbiloxi ms sheet 5 it is interesting to note that several of the ohr heir tenants were italian immigrants or first generation italianamericans who were born in biloxi or new orleans some of these italian families who worked and lived in this section of biloxi were corso esposito fallo martino olivari randazzo seroolini solari taranto tedesco and tucei a brief chronology of the ohr heir tenants between 1907 and 1909 follows  moseley devitt this partnership was a grocery business founded by john moseley and thomas kirkland devitt 18821946 tk devitt was born at harbor springs michigan in august 1907 he married lily rose bourdon 18841951 the daughter of french immigrant ao bourdon sr 18451901 and marie virgets 18471901 of new orleans the devitts resided on lower lameuse street here they reared their three children thomas k devitt jr matthew devitt slidell louisiana and lily d stuart baltimore   the biloxi daily herald   august 16 1907 p and the daily herald    december 16 1946 p 5  in addition to his grocery business mr devitt was seriously involved in the seafood packing industry at biloxi ocean springs and in southeastern louisiana with patrick henry clark 18701927 a new orleanian he chartered devitt clark at new orleans on june 10 1914 they commenced operations in the canning business on point cadet at biloxi in august 1913 when it leased the plant of the bourdoncastanera packing company for the 19131914 shrimp and oyster season devitt took the interest of louis harvey 18741913 their cannery which was modern and wellequiped was situated between the dunbar lopez dukate factory and the barataria canning company  the daily herald august 26 1913 p 8  circa 1926 tk devitt became active in the seafood industry at louisiana he was involved in packing operations at braithwaite wyclosky golden meadow and cutoff he sons were also in the seafood business at louisiana clark expired at new orleans his remain were interred the biloxi cemetery  the daily herald    december 16 1946 p 5  lawrence romeo lawrence romeo 18701932  was a grocer and fruit vendor prior to entering commerce at biloxi in 1896 he was a boat captain mr romeo was the son of antonio romeo 18231898 and angela romeo 18341910 the romeo family came to america in 1889 from riposto an italian city on the east coast of sicily his siblings were louis romeo d 1896 and mrs grazzo d ca 1927   the daily herald april 7 1932 p 2  in 1896 lawrence romeo married josephine taranto 18761967 they were the parents of louis romeo 18981899 anthony romeo 19001900 lawrence romeo jr 19011968 juliet r marchoni 19031932 joseph romeo 19061976 mrs edward hilton b post 1910 and julius d romeo 191619191910 federal census harrison county ms t624 roll 740 p 268 lawrence romeo paid the ohr heirs 30 rent each month francis m dillinger francis m dillinger  18551910 was a native of indiana he operated a candy store and paid mr redding 1800 each month for rent 1910 federal census harrison county ms t624 roll 740 p 268  post son post son occupied this building from july 1907 to 1908 they were jewelers and opticians and sold musical instruments their monthly rent was 18001905 biloxi city directory p 27  abbley dancer abbley dancer was partnership composed of frederick p abbley 18821941 and r anderson dancer 18781915 frederick p fred abbley 18821941 was born in north biloxi the son of captain fritz abbley 18461905 a swiss immigrant and margaret harvey 18471886 the youngest daughter of french immigrant sailor pierre harvey 18101883 and zeline moran 18111883 in march 1905 fred abbley married viola caillavet 18841968 the daughter of francis arbeau caillavet 18561909 and marie dodart 18581942 they were the parents of three children francis abbley 19051905 eunice a brocato 19081996 and bernice a emile b 1909 in 1909 fred abbley was the manager of an  en plein air  movie theater the airdome the airdome was situated at 413 renoir street and occupied a large lot which extended to fayard street with a frontage on west howard avenue in late august 1909 mr abbley was brought to the court of judge elmer and adjudicated innocent of violating a city ordinance for showing a movie on sunday another trial was held in september in the court of judge zt champlin abbley pleaded guilty and was fined 10 and court costs which judge champlin suspended the people of biloxi were generally apathetic to the socalled blue laws  the biloxi daily herald august 30 1909 p 4 and september 10 1909 pp 12  mr abbley s associate r anderson dancer 18781915 was born at buenavista chickasaw county mississippi the son of john w dancer and carolina e bean he arrived at biloxi circa 1900 and was the brother of jessie dancer cousins 18741957 the spouse of joseph h cousins 18741917 mr dancer worked for lopez dukate at the rigolets in 1904 in november 1911 r anderson dancer married carrie engbarth 18891967 a native of rodney jefferson county mississippi and the daughter of emile engbarth 1855ca 1905 and magalene jeanette arndt 18561938 at the time the engbarth family resided on porter street in ocean springs dr chipman of the pascagoula episcopal church officiated  the daily herald   december 1 1911 p 4 and the ocean springs news    april 15 1915 p 1  circa 1909 mr dancer had come to ocean springs and opened a movie theater on washington avenue called the vaudette he sold it to ew illing 18701947 in september 1909 in november 1909 mr dancer went to lumberton mississippi with willie engbarth 18821957 his future brotherinlaw to open a movie house apparently things did not work as  the ocean springs news  reported that ra dancer sold his movie house and returned to ocean springs in december 1909 with charles engbarth 18931967 after their marriage carrie and anderson dancer ran a store at ocean springs probably on the southeast corner of porter and washington mr dancer expired on april 9 1915 he was buried in the evergreen cemetery ocean springs carrie e dancer remarried fred meyers and was residing at pass christian mississippi in 1962 she was at ocean springs in 1967 no further information abbley and dancer paid 3000 rent each month to charles redding joseph lawrence joseph a lawrence 18671952 the biloxi shoe man owner of guarantee shoe and hat company located at 205 west howard avenue his rent was 1500 each month pearson brothers the pearson brothers grocers operated two stores at biloxi the downtown store was situated at 407 east howard avenue on the corner of main street and howard avenue and called the people s cash grocery the pearson brothers were john p pearson and hw pearson their father clinton patton pearson 18431920 was a native of missouri and was the spouse of e catherine pearson 18481910 a kentuckian he made his livelihood as a traveling salesman their sister may r pearson 18891914 was the store s cashier their rent was 1500 per month they moved out of their building in october 19081910 federal census harrison county ms t624 roll 740 p 227 in january 1907 the pearson brothers advertised as having a   complete stock of fancy and staple groceries    one could purchase 18 pounds of granulated sugar for 100 red cross tomatoes at 10 per can and 2 pounds of butter for 75  the biloxi daily herald january 9 1907 p 4  nikola martino nikola martino 18601942 constructed and repaired shoes for his livelihood he and his spouse lena genusa 18681910 and son joseph martino 18861941 emigrated from italy to new orleans in 1886 three martino children were born in new orleans leanora m stassi 18891973 anthony j martino 18921956 and camille m tedesco 18951942 while peter martino 18971937 and nickola martino jr 19061942 were biloxi natives 1910 federal census harrison county ms t624 roll 740 p 266 after the death of lena g martino nikola married jennie coci capuana 18731941 the daughter of phillip and rose coci she was a widow and the mother of philip capuana 19061968 mrs chris tucei and mrs sidney manuel  the daily herald january 5 1942 p 2  nikola martino s rent was 1000 each month in addition the ohr heirs collected rents from two other lessees during the period 19071907 they were dr hm folkes 18711926 and ld byrd dr folkes rent was 3000 while byrd paid the same amount to charles redding 1907 it is interesting to note that in early 1907  john harry portman  18781917 the able assistant of ge ohr jr was in the plumbing business with wl via 18551921 this and the fact that the few if any ohr pots have been discovered with dates post1906 indicate that the world s greatest potter had greatly reduced his ceramic productivity  the biloxi daily herald january 7 1907 p 3 and  clark et al 1989 p 36  jh portman was a native of biloxi and had been reared in the ohr family home on delauney street  apparently his career as a plumber was short lived as in 1907 portman left biloxi for employment with the us lighthouse board which became the us lighthouse service in 1910 his first assignment was at the sand island light at the entrance to mobile bay in 1915 jh portman transferred to round island where he was employed until he became ill and expired in june 1917 his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the daily herald  june 14 1917 p 3  1909 in april 1909 lemuel h doty jr an attorney who represented joseph lawrence and charles c redding filed a request in the chancery court of harrison county for a non compos mentis hearing for ge ohr jr a jury of his peers met at gulfport and after reviewing the facts immediately declared george e ohr jr sane ohr represented himself during the inquiry mr doty was from an honorable family in lexington mississippi where his father lemuel h doty 18441929 was active in civic and educational affairs his brother am doty was a physician  the biloxi daily herald april 3 1909 p 1 and the daily herald january 11 1929 p 1  it is interesting to note that one of ohr s adjudicators was caspar vahle 18691922 a former resident of ocean springs he had been in the livery and hotel business while domiciled here his mother katherine vahle 18381914 of german ancestry was a principal in the vahle house a hostel situated on the northwest corner of washington and calhoun in the period from 1900 to 1916 casper vahle s sister was married to druggist herman nill 18631904 the vahlenill family left ocean springs and resettled in gulfport shortly after the turn of the 20 th century as they were victims of local arsonists in early september 1909 fs hewes clerk of the harrison county chancery court while attempting at public outcry to sell the ohr estate property on delauney street and west howard avenue was struck in the face by ge ohr jr ohr was vehemently opposed to this partition sale of his family s commercial properties and had protested both verbally and in written letters against it he was particularly displeased with the chancery court not observing a clause in his mother s last will and testament which specifically stated    that   my estate   be kept and administered   a period of ten years before being sold divided or disposed of unless all and everyone of my heirs should want to have it divided and dispose of  for his blow against hewes ohr was jailed at biloxi police chief louis staehling 18661938 a witness to this minor pugilistic encounter averred that he saw mr ohr strike the chancery clerk with his hand and then attempt to hit him again with that of his spouse josephine g ohr  the daily herald september 6 1909 p 1 and harrison county ms chancery court case no 2108  in spite of ge ohr jr s displeasure a commissioner s deed was issued to charles redding and joseph lawrence for the ohr estate property by fs hewes special commissioner in october 1909 the consideration was 12000 george and josephine ohr retained their domicile and art pottery at 409 and 411 delauney street respectively harco ms land deed bk 92 pp 4243 and harrison county ms chancery court cause no 2473  1910 in october 1910 ge ohr jr was again incarcerated in the biloxi city jail in which he described to a local reporter interviewing him as a shameful place to lock a man up in and one of vile sanitary conditions he had been adjudicated guilty of trespassing and fined 10 by the court ohr s failure to pay the fine resulted in his short stay in the local calaboose upon release he wrote a letter published in  the daily herald  further condemning the biloxi jail as   a filthy pen a dirty brick walled jail where a nauseating unsanitary dirt receptaclea dirty and rotten excelsior torn straw mattress is strewn on the floor that never gets a scrubbing   the daily herald october 7 1910 p 1  1911 in late february 1911 ge ohr jr accused of trespassing again  the daily herald february 27 1911 p 8  1918 it was reported that george e ohr jr left for a hospital at new orleans for treatment and his family had not heard from him  the daily herald april 8 1918 p 1  george edgar ohr jr expired at his residence 409 delauney street on the quiet sunday morning of april 7 1918 his health had declined to a state where he sought medical treatment in new orleans his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery after funeral rites in the episcopal church of the redeemer  the daily herald january 9 1918 p 1  1919 in april 1919  the daily herald  suggested that biloxi organize a local museum to preserve its culture and heritage contemporaneously colonel ww mccleland a regular winter tourist from denver colorado commented more specifically in that he lauded the art pottery of george e ohr jr mcclellan boldly and confidently stated the following     one hundred years from now when the names of some of your great men are forgotten people will be hunting for a piece of mississippi mud with the name of george orr sic on it his pottery is wonderful and worthy to be preserved by the city in which he lived and produced this pottery certainly one specimen of each kind of articles he manufactured should be collected at any cost and placed in proper cases where the public may view them now and in time to come  1922  see anthony v ragusin s article in  the daily herald january 28 1922 p 3  1923 the biloxi chamber of commerce had just relocated to their new office and locals were loaning items that were curiosities of biloxi and to promote home grown products and industries josie ohr loaned them some pottery of her late husband and it was recorded as   one of the prettiest exhibits came from mrs george ohr and consists of seven pieces   of beautiful art pottery made in biloxi by the late george ohr in the exhibit loaned  by mrs ohr is several glazed jars and a beautiful glazed miniature house   the daily herald january 5 1923 p 3 some seventy odd years later after much of ohr s valuable ceramic works had left biloxi primarily for art aficionados on the eastern seaboard a museum was founded to honor and display his art in the biloxi public library in recent years with the o keefe family leading the charge a world class ohr museum is planned for the biloxi waterfront overlooking deer island once the homestead of ohr s friend and mentor joseph fortune meyer  references  books robert w blasberg    george edward ohr and his biloxi art pottery    jw carpenter port jervis new york1973 robert w blasberg  the unknown ohr  peaceable press milford pennsylvania1986 garth clark robert a ellison jr and eugene hecht  the mad potter of biloxi the art life of george e ohr  abbeville press new york new york1989 charles l dyer  along the gulf    biloxi miss   women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895 julia cook guice  harrison county marriages 18411899   city of biloxi mississippi 1968 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 pp 242243 chancery court cases harco ms chancery court case no 523   lizzie ohr v august ohr    august 1892 harco ms chancery court case no 2108   estate of johanna ohr    harco ms chancery court case no 2151   august ohr v louise ohr schultz at al   march 1906 harco ms chancery court case no 2200   charles mccormack v lizzie and antoine muller  october 1906 harco ms chancery court case no 2281   august ohr v emma ohr gruntz et al    october 1906 harco ms chancery court case no 2473   charles rushing v joseph lawrence et al  june 1907 harco ms chancery court case no 2500   lizzie muller v pj ohr    october 1907 harco ms chancery court case no 2507  charles rushing and joseph lawrence v josephine ohr harco ms chancery court case no 2990   insanity of ge ohr    1909 harco ms chancery court case no 4162   rosalie e foretich v lawrence foretich   jube 1913 harco ms chancery court case no 21563   mae migues ohr v ojo ohr  january 1945 2 nd judicial district harco ms chancery court case no 1162   estate of leo edgar ohr   may 1971 annie faye chase or annie faye campbell harco ms chancery court case no 8188   guardianship of marguerite kuljis ohr    september 1978 harco ms chancery court case no p804b estate of iola g ohr august 1986 harco ms chancery court case no p827b   estate of marguerite k ohr   september 1986 harco ms chancery court case no 12296   estate of george e ohr   july 1982 harco ms chancery court case no p864b   estate of carl monroe ohr   sealed harco ms chancery court case no p1518b   guardianship of rachel ann ohr   may 1989 harco ms chancery court case no p1519b   guardianship of brian christopher ohr   may 1989 harco ms chancery court case no p1957b   estate of oj ohr  april 1991 journals the biloxi herald   local and personal notes      the biloxi herald   local and personal notes   november 16    1889 the biloxi herald   local happenings   february 15 1890 the biloxi herald   biloxi s carnival   february 15 1891 the biloxi herald   local happenings   may 30 1891 the biloxi herald  april 9 1892 p 1 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 29 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   december 9 1893 the biloxi herald   in memoriam   december 16 1893 the biloxi herald   the flames   october 13 1894 the biloxi herald   local happenings   october 20 1894 the biloxi herald   local happenings   january 9 1895 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   january 4 1896 p 8 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   august 22 1896 the biloxi daily herald   tired of life   august 21 1897 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   december 3 1899 p 8 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   march 23 1900 the biloxi daily herald   local happenings   july 18 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   november 15 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 25 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 26 1903 the biloxi daily herald   to and fro      april 18 1903 the biloxi daily herald   zio ignantz ohr   april 21 1904 the biloxi daily herald   george ohr sr   july 8 1904 the biloxi daily herald   mrs elizabeth hahn   october 5 1904 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 27 1904 the biloxi daily herald   city news   november 26 1904 the biloxi daily herald   mrs joanna ohr   december 28 1905 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 9 1906 the biloxi daily herald   locals   august 10 1906 the biloxi daily herald   moseley devitt   january 7 1907 the biloxi daily herald   wl via co   january 7 1907 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi s new administration   january 7 1907 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   pearson brothers   january 9 1907 the biloxi daily herald   foretichelder   february 25 1907 the biloxi daily herald    bourdondevitt   august 16 1907 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   george ohr declared sane   april 3 1909 the biloxi daily herald   moranohr   april 16 1909 the biloxi daily herald   abbley not guilty says state jury   august 30 1909 the daily herald   george ohr makes trouble   september 6 1909 the daily herald   ohr fined for striking chancery clerk hewes   september 7 1909 the biloxi daily herald   barber assumes roll of reformer   september 10 1909 the daily herald   geo e ohr released from durance vile  october 7 1910 the daily herald   george ohr again in trouble   february 27 1911 the daily herald    dancerengbarth   december 1 1911 the daily herald   devitt and clark have lease on bourdoncastanera co s plant   august 26 1913 the daily herald   louis harvey died this am   september 17 1913 the daily herald   ohrelder   november 20 1913 the daily herald   foretichkleyle   january 29 1914 the daily herald   lio ohr passes away saturday at noon after several weeks illness   december 13 1914 the daily herald   leo ohr has agency   april 26 1915 the daily herald   harry portman dead   june 14 1917 the daily herald   whereabouts of   george e  ohr unknown   january 9 1918 the daily herald   pottery wizard dies in biloxi   april 8 1918 the daily herald   biloxi museum finds favor   april 14 1919 the daily herald   mcclellan honored   august 21 1919 the daily herald   mcclellan   september 2 1919 the daily herald   biloxi resident died yesterday   august 19 1920 the daily herald   art work of tchouticabouffa clay lasting memorial to potter   january 28 1922 the daily herald    exhibits enlarged at chamber of commerce   january 5 1923 p 3 the daily herald   father of lh doty dies at lexington   january 11 1929 the daily herald   renovating lawrence building   may 28 1929 the daily herald   mrs ohr died last night   march 17 1930 the daily herald   return from funeral   november 24 1931 the daily herald   lawrence romeo sr dies   april 7 1932 the daily herald   lee foretich killed   february 27 1933 the daily herald   leo ohr completes manufacture syrup   january 15 1934 the daily herald   jos w swetman taken by death   may 31 1937 the daily herald   mrs joseph lawrence dies at biloxi home   january 13 1939 the daily herald  fred abbley dies   september 30 1941 the daily herald   n martino dies   january 5 1942 the daily herald   tk devitt sr dies   december 16 1946 p 5 the daily herald   survive storm in army duck at horn island   september 22 1947 the daily herald   jos v lawrence vicepresident biloxi bank dies   october 9 1952 the daily herald   ohr death   october 13 1953 the daily herald   mrs mae churchill   october 16 1968 the daily herald   edward giadrosich   october 16 1968 the daily herald   fl churchill   december 13 1968 the daily herald   frederic a moran   july 11 1972 the daily herald   gd   sic   ohr  february 25 1974 the daily picayune   biloxi rich in historical interest   march 31 1902 p 10 the ocean springs news     ra dancer passes away   april 15 1915 p 1 the sun   otto t ohr   april 21 1982 the sun herald   mrs marguerite ohr   july 25 1986 the sun herald   carl ohr   october 22 1986 the sun herald   mrs clo l ohr moran   december 1 1989 the sun herald   ojo ohr   march 24 1991 the sun herald   some of ohr s pottery comes back to grandson   february 18 1993 the sun herald   carl otto ohr   march 5 1996 the sun herald   moran leaves mark on coast   march 24 1999 the sun herald   wayne m morykwas   july 29 2005 the sun herald  ohr s grandson joe moran s photographs in the spotlight november 27 2007 p b8 the times picayune     emily ohr  gruntz   may 26 1926 the times picayune     louis  gruntz   july 15 1930 the times picayune      rupert l  schulz   november 10 1935 the times picayune     louisa ohr   schulz   june16 1957 personal communication  thelma ohr palmertelephone conversation on september 23 2002 frank duggan jr telephone conversation on october 8 2002  post katrina images    the pods   images made december 2007 by ray l bellande images made august 2009 by ray l bellande  museum directors 1992008 margie  gowdie   20082013 denny mecham denny mecham announced in april 2013 that she would be retirng from her fulltime position as executive director of ooma 2013 kevin o brien kevin o brien became ooma director in october 2013 coming from west lafayette indiana he is a native of minnesota and was reared at south bend indiana o brien matriculated to notre dame university where he completed a bachelor degree in fine arts he earned a master degree in fine arts and painting from tulane university kevin met grace benedict his wife while they were both students at tulane grace is an artist and active in her profession the sun herald december 15 2013 p f1  ellen j lippert image by ray l bellandedecember 7 2013 ellen j lippert  associate professor of art history and western humanities at thiel college greenville pennsylvania was on the coast this past weekend to introduce  george ohrsophisticate and rube  her recent book on biloxi s mad potter published by the university press of mississippi ellen made an appearance at the ohro keefe museum of art and pass christian books she held book signings as well as relating the salient points of her treatise of george ohr as a man and potter during the gilded age ellen was received enthusiastically in both venues she was hosted by carol messer of ooma while at biloxi  references  the sun herald   ohro keefe chief retires as final phase begins   april 24 2013 p a2 the sun herald    kevin o brien  opportunity to make a difference   december 15 2013 p f2  ohro keefe museum bibliography journals the sun herald   the hour of ohr   april 2 1991 p c1 the sun herald   mad potter society to promote biloxi s ohr   july 12 1992 p f1 the sun herald   some of ohr s pottery comes back to grandson   february 18 1993 p b1  2000 the sun herald   main street wants museum kept downtown   march 21 2000 p a3 the sun herald   ohro keefe museum could become jewel in the coast crown   july 9 2000 the sun herald   architect gehry talks about biloxi berlin and hollywood   october 12 2000 p a1 the sun herald   gehry shares idea for museum   october 10 2000 p a1  2001 the sun herald   fanciful forms   july 8 2001 the sun herald   millions still needed to build art museum complex   july 8 2001 the biloxid iberville press   ohr site s prehistory   july 11 2001 p 4 the sun herald   biloxi toasts gehry design   july 12 2001 the new york times   recognition for biloxi s mad potter   july 20 2001 p b33 the sun herald   ohr naturally   photo     july 27 2001 p a1 the sun herald  museum receives ohr scrapbook   july 27 2001 p a6 the sun herald   5 million in bonds sought for ohr   august 18 2001 the sun herald   museum bond vote put off by council   august 22 2001 p a1 the sun herald   museum bond issue on agenda   august 25 2001 p a5 the sun herald   ohr museum drops request for bonds   august 29 2001 p a1 the sun herald   ohr s biggest artwork coming home to coast   august 29 2001 p a8 the sun herald   carpetbagger or art savior   september 11 2001 p a1 and a7 the sun herald   shedding light on bits of ohr   september 13 2001 p a8 the sun herald   pots were a hidden treasure   september 13 2001 p a8 the sun herald   ohr urn earns oohs aahs   october 6 2001 p a2 the sun herald   o keefe trying to rally silent support   october 16 2001 p a1  2002 the sun herald   museum million hard to swallow   february 27 2002 the bay press   ohr yesohr noohr maybe   march 1 2002 p 8a the sun herald   museum fans it s good business too   march 2 2002 the bay press   ohr moves reed house offers blues photos   april 26 2002 the bay press   featured artistbrian nettles   april 26 2002 p 2 and p 11 the sun herald   federal grant puts museum at halfway mark   june 12 2002 p a3 the sun herald   the next great art destination   june 23 2002 p d1 the sun herald   vincent creel says he support museum   june 23 2002 p d7 the bay press   ohr museum seeks funding to continue construction   july 8 2005 p 3 the sun herald   ohr to partner with smithsonian  october 2002 p a2 the sun herald   affiliation opens artistic doors   october 28 2002 p a1 the sun herald   ohro keefe gets 250000 gift   november 13 2002 the bay press   ohro keefe museum seeks pleasant reed items   november 18 2005 p 5 the sun herald     mad potter finally gets respect  december 22 2002 p h3  2003 the sun herald   ohro keefe bond clears committee   february 21 2003 p a10 the sun herald   disciples of ohr   march 16 2003 p h1 the sun herald   ohr more than halfway to buildingfund goal   april 2 2003 p a9 the sun herald   biloxi in the spotlight   may 11 2003 p h1 the sun herald   a pleasant place to visit   may 14 2003 p a1 the sun herald   biloxi to consider museum money   june 21 2003 p a3  2004 the sun herald   ohro keefe unveils national council   january 18 2004 p a1 the sun herald   museum gets more county money   june 15 2004 p a1 the bay press   ooma features ohr at world s fair   june 25 2004 p 1 the sun herald   beau ups its ohr donation to 1m   july 9 2004 p a1 the sun herald   ohro keefe takes shape in biloxi   august 1 2004 p h1 the sun herald     students ooh and aah over ohro keefe s architecture   december 30 2004 p a11   2005 the sun herald   biloxi pier is project of museum   march 24 2005 p a2 the sun herald   ohr museum opens fundraising drive   april 19 2005 p a6 the sun herald   and what s wrong with his hair   june 19 2005 p h1 the sun herald    why ohr    june 19 2005 p h1 the sun herald    pollack documentary to focus on gehry ohr   june 19 2005 p h3 the sun herald   museum to open d ohrs   august 7 2005 p h1 the sun herald   starchitects   frank gehry  can t be ignored   august 7 2005 p h5 the sun herald   ohr s ribs tickle fancy or architect   august 26 2005 p a2 the sun herald   plans for ohro keefe museum will reopen   october 9 2005 p f6  the sun herald  museum members ready to rebuild october 20 2005 p a8 the sun herald    ohr and pleasant reed in biloxi   october 23 2005 p a4 the sun herald    ohr has to wait  november 1 2005 p b1 the sun herald    task force hunting pleasant reed items november 22 2005 p b1 2006 the sun herald   ohro keefe getting a boost march 22 2006 p c14 the sun herald   ohro keefe gets tlc march 26 2006 p f11 the sun herald   andy warhol likes george ohr   march 31 2006 p b1 the sun herald   it is hard to be needy   april 7 2006 p a1 the sun herald   ohr pots to make antiques roadshow july 4 2006 p a6 the sun herald   it s time for more ohr   george ohr rising gulf states juried exhibition   august 20 2006 p f1 the sun herald   katrina one year later where we re goingcurators worry museums soon will be history august 27 2006 p 31 the sun herald   ohrdeal architect gehry pledges to help in any way he can   december 12 2006 p a1 the sun herald   head ohr heels december 16 2006 p a11 the sun herald   ohr joins mississippi s hall of fames   december 16 2006 p a4 2007 the sun herald   beachfront needs ohro keefe museum of art to help rouse its recovery february 14 2007 p c6 the sun herald   ohr going back to beach february 15 2007 p a1 the sun herald   ford foundation gives 365000 to ohro keefe   august 14 2007 p a2 the sun herald   the pods are coming the pods are coming   october 30 2007 p a4 the sun herald   museum cleanup brings out volunteers  november 11 2007 p a6 the sun herald    the dance begins at pods   november 27 2007 p b8 the sun herald  ohr s grandson joe moran s photographs in the spotlight november 27 2007 p b8 the sun herald    dances with trees   november 30 2007 p b8 the sun herald    an artistic marriage   december 1 2007 p a3 the sun herald    hundreds take tour of ohr pods   december 2 2007 p a2  2008 the sun herald    reed house rises again   january 29 2008 p b8 the sun herald  gowdy leaving ohr at the end of year february 28 2008 p a10 the sun herald    ohr building to get 700000 grant   march 12 2008 p a9 the sun herald    ohr pods honored by time   magazine    april 5 2008 p a4 the sun herald    private sector bets millions on success of ohro keefe   may 25 2008 p b8 the sun herald    a rare find   three pots owned by john morywas    june 15 2008 p a1 the biloxid iberville press   ohr museum hands on create public art   june 26 2008 p b4 the sun herald  ohr s words put to music by logan skelton september 8 2008 p a2 the sun herald  north carolinian denny mecham selected as head of ohro keefe september 9 2008 p a6 the sun herald  meet denny mecham october 14 2008 p c10 the sun herald  designs on 2010 ohro keefe moves forward with gehry december 17 2008 p a1  2009 the sun herald  mad potter of biloxi takes a bow at the met january 17 2009 p a3 the sun herald  mr ohr goes to jackson mississippi hall of fame may 24 2009 p f1 the sun herald  campaign for more ohr july 11 2009 p a2 the sun herald  ohro keefe aims for a finish with energy excitement july 12 2009 p b6 the sun herald  council delays ohr vote on request for 500000 september 9 2009 p a2 the sun herald  treasure trove september 20 2009 p f1 2010 the sun herald  biloxi city council looking for ways to fund ohro keefe opening february 24 2010 p a8 the sun herald    ohr pods offer amazing glimpse   may 21 2010 p a2 the sun herald    history rests on history   july 26 2010 the sun herald  architect  frank gehry    gets first look at ohro keefe museum august 6 2010 p a2 the sun herald  inside gehry s ohr museum september 5 2010 p a1 the sun herald  george ohr one of a kind  october 10 2010 p f1 the sun herald  ohrography october 10 2010 p f1   the sun herald  design power the meaning of frank gehry october 31 2010 p f1 the sun herald  ohr architect to return for opening gehry keep the small scale of east biloxi october 31 2010 p f the sun herald  ohro keefe museum of art debuts october 31 2010 the sun herald  ohr anderson november 3 2010 p c2 the sun herald  a weekend of legacies november 5 2010 p a1 the sun herald  knight foundation gives 3 million dollars to ohro keefe museum november 3 2010 p a1 the sun herald  the o keefe connection november 5 2010 p b1 the sun herald  this could be a springboard to a world class destination november 5 2010 p b1 the sun herald  full circle november 5 2010 p b1 the sun herald  ohro keefe museum of art timeline november 5 2010 p b3 the sun herald  at the museum november 5 2010 p b3 the sun herald    bobby   mahoney creates ohriginal tshirts december 2010 p a2 the sun herald  door auction book signing set for ohr december 29 2010 p a3 the sun herald  ohro keefe named best new museum  by southern living in its january 2011 issue   december 31 2010 p b1 the sun herald  door auction book signing set for ohr december 29 2010 p a3 2011 the sun herald  doors to ohrs january 9 2011 p f1 the sun herald  supporters get an early glimpse at d ohrs of ohr january 16 2011 p  the sun herald  ohr on the edgemuseum president we need city s help to survive july 24 2011 p a1 the sun herald  letters to the editorohro keefe museum is a luxury not a necessity july 26 2011 p a9 the sun herald  museum officials hold off on pitch to biloxi council july 27 2011 p a2 the sun herald   letters to the editordon t write off the ohro keefe  july 31 2011 p b3 the sun herald  mayor aj holloway  says biloxi can t fund museums august 4 2011 p a1 the sun herald  letters to the editorthe ohr is incredible ugly  august 7 2011 p b9 the sun herald  did katrina end ohr management agreement augsut 10 2011 p a1 the sun herald  museum asks city for 365k for expenses september 7 2011 p a7 the sun herald  seafood museum s 18k restored ohr financing tabled september 28 2011 p a1 the sun herald  deciding the fate of the ohro keeefe museum has been put off long enough september 29 2011 p c2 the sun herald  ohr museum funding a step closer september 30 2011 p a3 the sun herald  consolidate all museums at the ohro keefe october 2 2011 p b9 the sun herald  ohro keefe is a good fodder for barbs and jokes october 2 2011 p b9 the sun herald  ohro keefe is a money pit october 5 2011 p c3 the sun herald  magazine says ohro keefe is a top destination october 6 2011 p a9 the sun herald  look at the ohro keefe from a different perspective october 9 2011 p b9 the sun herald  the ohro keefe receives a reprieve october 2011 p 8b the sun herald  diamonds ohr forever  gala   october 30 2011 p f1 the sun herald  let the ohro keefe go bellyup october 30 2011 p c3 the sun herald  tiffany co donates gehry sculptures torque collection to the ohro keefe  july 20 2012 p a3 the sun herald  2012 p  the sun herald  201 p  the sun herald  201 p    magazines garth clark  antiques    directions george e ohr   september 1985 vol 128 no 3 harper s bazaar    frank gehry and berta aguilera   june 2001 esquire    gehry   july 2001 worth    the next great art destination   june 2002 architectural digest  may 2003 smithsonian    the mad potter of biloxi   february 2004 pp 8894 vanity fair   architecture in the age of  frank  gehry  no 600    august 2010 p 156 southern living  january 2011  history of the ooma tract l ive oak three centuries on the pass of biloxi mississippi section 33 t7sr9w harrison county mississippi abstract  live oak is the 19 th century name appropriately attached to a threeacre tract of live oak graced landscape fronting deer island on the pass of biloxi today this ancient arbor is alive with engineers contractors and laborers who are toiling diligently in the long shadows of its stately oaks erecting the ohro keefe museum a 21 st century creation of internationally acclaimed architect frank gehry george e ohr and frank o gehry are wellmatched as ohr a 19 th century avantgarde art potter is regarded by art historians as totally unique while gehry is the unrivaled master designer of bold imaginative futuristic structures  previous archeological investigations indicate that live oak was once the prehistoric local of native american culture by the late 19 th century it became the scene of large gracious summer homes of affluent businessmen and professional people primarily from new orleans from the land deed records it appears that only one biloxi native has ever possessed a portion of live oak the recorded chronology of live oak begin with an 1807 spanish land grant to a louisiana native of acadian heritage valentine docette richard 17761868 better known as dorsette richards by 1835 richards had vended or bartered his 443acre donation claim george holley 18001883 was the primary recipient of his acreage in 1888 the parcel known as live oak was created when joseph kuhn 18191903 a hungarian immigrant and local lumber merchant sold a 3acre tract from his large land holdings in the dorsette richards land claim on the biloxi peninsula to edward langevin of st paul minnesota after langevin s demise circa 1891 the lot became possessed by george h dunbar 18441917 a seafood processing magnate from new orleans in 1892 mr dunbar split live oak into two lots of equal area his brother francis b dunbar ca 18481908 acquired the western tract the dunbar s had the quarters on their east beach lot demolished in february 1892 in september 1892 they contracted with charles dudley an architect and builder from jackson mississippi to erect two edifices for them at a cost of 11000 from 1917 until 1946 the e 2 of live oak was owned by the new orleans families of eb johnson ernest l jahnke and cyprian a sporl ca sporl 18801936 was the owner of a large marine insurance business at new orleans he also operated the hotel new orleans sporl s avocation was yachting in 1946 an affluent california attorney lynden bowring 18891980 and wilda lopez 18991977 his biloxi wife acquired the lot from mr sporl s heirs hurricane camille in august 1969 destroyed the bowring home they relocated to ocean springs bowring legated his east beach biloxi land to patricia tarr leavant his nieceinlaw it was sold in june 2000 to the city of biloxi by real estate developers who had acquired and option on it from mrs leavitt in 1993 the w 2 of live oak was vended in february 1914 by anna tourne dunbar 18451919 the widow of francis b dunbar to ora nelmes logan the wife of george w logan of new orleans she conveyed it to mary byrne mcgee of laurel mississippi in may 1915 mrs mcghee defaulted on her mortgage and the property was repossessed in april 1917 mrs nelms conveyed her estate to lucinda davis stamps farrar d 1946 lucinda s farrar was the spouse of judge edgar h farrar 18491922 of new orleans he was a lawyer linguist and ethnologist eh farrar was the ceo of farrar goldberger dufour a prominent legal firm of the crescent city in june 1924 mrs lucinda s farrar subdivided the w 2 of live oak into three lots designated lot a lot b and lot c she sold lot a to george e williams of new orleans at this time in august 1944 mr williams vended lot a to sam mitchell of biloxi in a prior agreement with louis w harvey 19041970 mr mitchell traded lot a for cash and a harvey parcel elsewhere in biloxi lot b was conveyed in march 1968 to wilda lopez bowring by the heirs of lucinda stamps farrar mrs ralph jane b wood harrison co ms mrs richard goldsborough wayne co ny edgar h farrar iii bell co texas stamps farrar ii san francisco co calf maud ellen farrer orleans parish la bh goldberger district of columbia joseph h goldberger canadian co oklahoma mrs michael warnock bonneville co idaho and bruce sharp robert sharp and donald sharp all of orleans parish louisiana lot c was sold in august 1924 by lucinda stamps farrar the widow of edgar h farrar a resident of hancock county mississippi to stamps farrar her son in may 1947 stamps farrar to lucille g minor in december 1956 lucille g minor to  lynden bowring  live oak lot which he had acquired in july 1946 from the sporl family of new orleans colonial biloxi  when the french colonial government abandoned its post at biloxi in the 1720s for new orleans on the mississippi river some of the recent immigrants from western europe and french canada remained on the mississippi coast they made their livelihood as sailors fishermen and subsistence farmers cattle and tar production provided barter and cash items with the larger settlements of mobile and new orleans during the spanish colonial occupation of the area land donations on the biloxi peninsula were granted by the spanish representative at mobile from present day point cadet on the east to the present day biloxi city cemetery on the west these grantees were jacques mathurin ladner dorsette richards jeanbaptiste carquote carco angelique fasiar fayard and louis fasiar fayard  valentine docette richard  valentine docette richard 17761868 was the original claimant of the land upon which live oak was erected he is referred to in legal documents as  dorsette   richards  and this nomenclature will be used throughout this essay richards was born at st gabriel louisiana the son of expelled acadians amant richard and marie braux his first wife susanne marque expired shortly after birthing their son in 1798 in 1800 dorsette richards wedded marguerite babin 17701829 a native of belle isle en mer france her parents were also exiled acadians who immigrated to louisiana post1777  cassibry 1986 p 77    dorsette richard claimsection 33 t7sr9w the dorsette richards family settled at biloxi in 1807 he received a spanish land grant on the biloxi peninsula at this time american state papers vol iii p 38 his donation was designated by the federal government as claim no 146 in the district east of the pearl river it was confirmed in 1819 by the federal government in 1824 his land was surveyed and was shown to consist of 44338 acres and designated as section 33 t7sr9w harco ms tract bk 1 p 36 a land patent for section 33 t7sr9w was issued to dorsette richards by the federal government on october 1 1840 harco ms land deed bk 2 pp 290292  george l holley in june 1835 dorsette richards traded all of his merchantable land in section 33 t7sr9w to george l holley for lot 1 of section 23 t7sr10w which contains 11068 acres harco ms land deed bk 1 pp 143144 george l holley 18001883 came to the mississippi coast from new york in the late 1820s with his family it appears from federal census data that there were six children all born in new york  george holley  18001883 benjamin holley 18021860 william holley 18031850 charles holley 18051857 rebecca h norberg 18091880 and nicholas holley 18101860 their mother rebecca holley 17831860 was born at new york their father was a native of rhode island and appears to have died before 1850 george l holley made his livelihood as carpenter and probate judge in july 1859 he married jane elizabeth rand an english lady married sarah m bounds in july 1877  new orleans summer resort affluent people of new orleans used biloxi and over villages of the mississippi gulf coast as summer retreats escaped the heat and yellow fe ver in 1893 george dunbar ft howard ht howard e bell l valle j vandorf august bohne jb blakemore and judge tisso were among the wealthy crescent city gentlemen maintaining elegant summer homes at biloxi th glenn 1893 p 59  joseph kuhn in august 1865 joseph kuhn bought about 125 acres in the dorsette richard claim from george holley for 1000 harco ms land deed bk 4 pp 578581 does not appear to be live oak joseph kuhn 18191903 was a native of budapest hungary he arrived in america in 1840 and biloxi mississippi in 1864 at harrison county in october 1868 he married sarah drake 18391921 a native of ohio their children were christian kuhn 1871pre 1900 elizabeth kuhn 18731929 sophia kuhn 18751927 m ulysses desporte 18611927 rosa kuhn 18781942 m a j bourdon 18731912 and may adele kuhn 18811930 kuhn made his livelihood as a lumber merchant at the time of his demise the kuhn family resided on the corner of holley street and beach boulevard in february 1878 joseph kuhn conveyed to his wife sarah kuhn all of his real property in harrison county mississippi for 2000 kuhn stated that   he owed no debts to anyone and further the transfer of his property to sarah kuhn was not for the purpose of defrauding anyone but to secure to her a support in case of his death  included in this transaction was a piece of property described as follows a lot having a front four hundred feet on the front bay of biloxi running back due north between two parallel lines to the back bay of biloxi bounded west by a street and on the east by estate of toledano harco ms land deed bk 16 pp4748  edward langevin in april 1888 joseph kuhn and sarah kuhn conveyed to  edward langevin  of st paul minnesota for 4000 a parcel of land described as bounded on the south by the gulf of mexico or pass between deer island and the main shore east by toledano estate north by langevin street and west by kuhn street the lot measured 432 feet on the gulf and 321 feet northsouth the terms of the sale were 1000 cash and 3000 to be paid on april18 1891 with 6 interest per annum harco ms land deed bk 23 p 75 in april 1888 edward langevin also acquired lots 1 and 2 of the samuel friedlander estate from wi hodgson an auctioneer at new orleans for 23753 the conveyance included the brick residence outbuildings and dependencies lot 1 had 85 feet on the gulf 281 feet on magnolia 81 feet with lot 2 and 281 feet east 3 in november 1891 eleanor langevin of st paul minnesota the widow of edward langevin conveyed lots 1 and 2 of the friedlander estate to frederick william elmer for 27004 her daughters mary michand and emma flanagan and their husbands achille michand and thomas j flanagan signed the warranty deed charles and mary e michand of st paul gave elmer a quitclaim deed on the property in april 18925 on january 19 1892 joseph kuhn and sarah kuhn acknowledged that the langevin mortgage of 3045 on a parcel of land known as the oaks had been paid harco ms land deed bk 27 pp 310311  george h dunbar in december 1891 the heirs of edward langevin mary michaud achille michaud emma flanagan thomas j flanagan and eleanor langevin conveyed their beach front lot to  george h dunbar  for 5500 harco ms land deed bk 27 pp 308309 same description as above emma flanagan signed at quebec canada mary michaud wife of charles michaud achille michaud tj flanagan and eleanora langevin signed at ramsay county minnesota george h dunbar 18441917 was born at new orleans the son of george w dunbar 18161878 of bridgewater massachusetts and charlotte z hacker 18221910 siblings he was educated at georgetown university and almost immediately after graduation he enlisted in the confederate states of america army and served as an aidedecamp on the staff of general buisson postbellum dunbar returned to his native new orleans and entered business  the daily herald october 19 1917 p 1  gh dunbar was married three times his final spouse was susan foucher children f foucher dunbar george w dunbar guinnes havana cuba mrs stephen voorhies 5527 prytania nola mrs alcee j gelpi 124 s cortez nola and mrs auguste capdeville 2453 esplanande nola mrs foucher dunbar was the daughter of ec fenner lived on lee street  the daily herald april 19 1912 p 8  inventor   public life buried st louis no 3  lopez dunbar s sons co  the lopez dunbar s sons company was commenced in 1884 when lazaro lopez 18501903 and wkm dukate 18521916 resigned from the biloxi canning company the biloxi canning company was located in section 27 t7sr9w in the city of biloxi mississippi on the back bay of biloxi at the head of reynoir street it was originally called the lopez elmer and company this company was organized in 1881 with a capital stock of 8000 by lazaro lopez f william elmer 18471926 wkm dukate william gorenflo 18441932 and james maycock 182618921 lopez dunbar s sons was situated on east beach in biloxi in 1895 it was the second largest oyster canning plant in the united states the factory utilized the norton brothers machinery to pack its shrimp with the patented muslin bag insuring a good product its shrimp were marketed under the dunbar standard deer head lion head and pelicans labels see  the biloxi herald  biloxi chief industry september 12 1892 p 4  lot division in february 1892 the dunbars had the families residing on their east beach tract vacate their quarters immediate demolition was ordered for all buildings on their scenic home site  the biloxi herald february 6 1892 p 4  on march 31 1892 george h dunbar divided the oaks lot into two equal parts which he conveyed to his wife susie foucher dunbar 18581920 and brother francis b frank dunbar ca 18481908 mrs george h dunbar received the east half and francis b dunbar the west half the dimensions of each lot were 217 feet by 417 feet francis b dunbar paid his brother 2250 while his spouse paid only 1 harco ms land deed bk 27 pp 444445 immediately thereafter on the same day francis b dunbar conveyed his western lot to his wife anna therese tourne dunbar 18451919 for 1 harco ms land deed bk 27 pp445446  two homes in late september 1892 the dunbar brothers contracted with charles dudley an architect and builder formerly of jackson mississippi but now established in biloxi to erect two homes their completed cost was approximated at 11000  the biloxi herald september 28 1892 p 4  cost of building materials in biloxi at this time rough lumber 7 10 per thousand board feet at the sawmill dressed lumber 8 17 per thousand board feet brick 8 12 per thousand cypress shingles 2 3 75 per thousand  the biloxi herald april 29 1893 p 8  francis b dunbar resided at 2326 esplanade avenue in new orleans two sons fb dunbar and james v dunbar 622 canal commercial bank bldg and a daughter mrs emile christ 705 calhoun nola expired in new orleans at his home head of dunbar cannery interests at the time  the biloxi daily herald january 31 1908 p 1  mr and mrs francis dunbar and miss alice dunbar of new orleans are now occupying their summer residence here  the biloxi herald june 10 1893 p 8   in late june the family left biloxi for chicago where they planned to remain for several weeks  the biloxi herald july 1 1893 p 8  mrs dunbar expired in may 1919 at new orleans she resided at no 3 everett place at the time  the daily herald may 31 1919 p 3   west half of live oak  ora nelms logan in february 1914 anna t tourne dunbar of new orleans the widow of francis b dunbar conveyed her home and lot in biloxi to ora nelmes logan for 8000 6500 was financed for three years at 6 interest by mrs logan included in the sale were all buildings and improvements a ½ interest in an artesian water well and all furniture and personal property contained in the house except boats and some family portraits mrs logan was required to carry insurance of not less than 6000 on the buildings harco ms land deed bk 107 pp 9192 in midfebruary 1914  the daily herald  announced that miss jessie a smyly s agency had arranged the sale from mrs dunbar to gw logan of new orleans her home was lauded as   one of the most beautiful and attractive homes in biloxi or anywhere on the coast   the daily herald february 12 1914 p 1  lien cancelled by mrs anna tourne dunbar on may 3 1915 harco ms land deed bk 111 pp 405406  mary byrne mcgee et al in may 1915 ora nelms logan the spouse of george w logan of new orleans sold to mary byrne mcghee addison f mcgee jr and marie jones mcgee wife of addison f mcgee jr of laurel mississippi for 8000 the w 2 of the oaks the sale included all buildings and improvements a ½ interest in an artesian water well all furniture and personal property in the house except all religious pictures a large quantity of galvanized roofing material pulleys and ropes and the gas machine financed and had to carry 6000 of insurance on the buildings harco ms land deed bk 111 pp407408  ora nelms logan in february and march 1916 mary byrne mcgee of laurel marie jones mcgee wife of addison f mcgee and a resident of jacksonville duval county florida and addison f mcgee of west point troup county georgia defaulted on their promissory notes and returned their property to ora nelms logan of new orleans harco ms land deed bk 115 pp7174  lucinda stamps farrar 909 east beach drive in april 1917 ora nelms logan of hancock county mississippi conveyed to  lucinda davis stamps farrar  18571946 of new orleans for 7750 included all buildings and improvements ½ interest in artesian water well all furniture and fixtures in and personal property in buildings bathhouse pier and riparian rights at this time the former frank dunbar home was described as having fourteen rooms and a large beautiful lawn the jessie a smyly real estate agency handled the transaction  the daily herald april 9 1917 p 4 and  harco ms land deed bk 118 p430 lucinda s farrar was the wife of  judge edgar howard farrar  18491922 he was born in concordia parish louisiana the son of thomas prince farrar and anna mary girault young farrar was educated at the university of louisiana and in 1871 received his masters degree from the university of virginia he married lucinda davis stamps at new orleans in june 1878 lucinda was the daughter of captain issac davis stamps and mary humphreys their children were  edgar howard farrar jr  18791911 m may clara spearing  mary humphreys farrar   18811969 m dr joseph goldberger 18751929  lucinda farrar   18811910  anna girault farrar  18821970 m richard f goldsborough b 1871  edith barnes farrar  18841959   mildred maury farrar  18871967  jane kempe farrar   18891982 m ralph bouligny wood 18841967  issac davis stamps farrar   called stamps  18941950 m maude tobin white the daughter of albert sidney johnson white 18661934 and ellen tobin and  thomas prince farrar  19011951 m beatrice howard 18861933   the daily herald january 7 1922 p 1   and 1900 orleans parish louisiana federal census t623574 p 11a ed 102  although judge farrar and family had a residence at new orleans they planned to stay at biloxi for sometime especially the summer season  the daily herald april 9 1917 p 4  lucinda stamps farrar expired at 909 east beach on november 1946 her funeral service was held at the church of the redeemer with the reverend ea demiller attending mrs farrar s corporal remains were sent to nola for burial in the metairie cemetery  the daily herald november 13 1946 p 5  farrar children edgar howard farrar jr edgar h farrar jr 18791911 like his father was a new orleans attorney he also matriculated to the university of virginia young farrar was shot to death by two thieves in early november on the corner of peniston and magnolia streets in the crescent city he was the nephew of mrs emd anderson of 210 west water street in biloxi  the daily herald november 2 1911 p 8 and november 3 1911 p 8  stamps farrar stamps farrar was an attorney with his father s law firm anna f goldsborough anna girault farrar 18821970 married richard f goldsborough b 1871 a maryland native and new york attorney on january 31 1904 at nola she was living at biloxi in 1922 in may 1930 she and her daughter  ellen goldsborough  were at biloxi were involved in interior decoration as their wall panels were sent to a new country club at birmingham alabama anna had a son  frances goldsborough  who graduated from biloxi high school and went to new york to work a branch of the hibernia bank situated in nyc he was appointed assistant manger of the bank in may 1930  the daily herald may 27 1930 p 2  anna farrar goldsborough passed on december 1970  mary f goldberger living in washington in 1922 mildred m farrar mildred maury faurer 18871967 was a native of new orleans she resided at 909 east beach in biloxi since 1927 she was an episcopalian and interred in the metairie cemetery  the daily herald february 2 1967 p 2  jane k farrar wood jane kempe farrar 18891982 married ralph bouligny wood 18841967 of new orleans at the church of the redeemer in biloxi on september 12 1916 the young couple honeymooned at asheville north carolina before traveling to their home in cuba where mr wood was employed with the cubanamerican sugar company  the daily herald september 13 1916 p 3  in retirement the wood family lived in the hermann house at 523 east beach in biloxi ralph b wood retired as the executive vice president of the cuban american sugar company a daughter mrs james pringle of long beach both interred at the southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi  the daily herald october 26 1967 p 2  jane died on may 12 1982 a daughter mrs leo seal thomas p farrar thomas prince farrar 19011951 was born at new orleans and practiced architect there he lived at biloxi where he did scenic painting and costume designs in june 1933 he married beatrice howard 18861933 formerly mrs robert c ocher of new york mr farrar relocated to new york city and worked in theatre design until his death there in june 1951 his corporal remains were interred in the metairie cemetery at nola the daily herald june 1 1933 p 2 and the times picayune june 12 1951 p 3  edith b farrar edith barnes farrar lived at chicago in 1922 west halflot a harvey house  in june 1924 lucinda stamps farrar subdivided her w 2 lot into three lots which were designated as lot a lot b and lot c the three lots were surveyed by jd ferguson in july 1923 mrs farrar conveyed lot a to george e williams of new orleans for 14000 right of ingressegress granted as an easement across the south end of lot b but not to be carried when williams sells lot a harco ms land deed bk 141 pp 585587  george e williams george elliot williams 18861944 married adele monroe 18891944 in orleans parish louisiana on june 7 1911 orleans parish marriage record bk volume 33 p 320 in december 1929 george elliot williams 18861944 of nola to adele monroe williams 18891944 of new orleans lot a for 14000 included all household fixtures and furniture located in the dwelling house harco ms land deed bk 184 pp246247 in august 1944 george e williams and adele monroe williams to sam mitchell and mae pringle mitchell for 15000 royse r aiken had an unrecorded lease dated september 16 1943 a notice was sent to aiken to cancel his lease harco ms land deed bk 267 p 288  sam mitchell in july 1944 sam mitchell 19031984 native of hancock county mississippi entered into an agreement with louis h harvey mrs louis h harvey and miss irma e harvey the harvey s owned a lot on the northwest corner of beach boulevard and fayard street mitchell agreed to buy the ge williams lot and then trade it for the harvey property and also give 5000 to the harveys it was also agreed that in the event that the houses on each lot were destroyed by fire or damaged to make them unfit for habitation before the contract was consummated the contract would be voided sam mitchell owned the bungalow on west beach boulevard harco ms land deed bk 266 pp 126129 sold in august 1944 bk 267 pp 303304 in august 1944 sam mitchell conveyed lot a to irma e harvey and louis w harvey harco ms land deed bk 267 pp 301302  louis w harvey louis wachenfeld harvey 19041970 was the son of louis h harvey 18741913 and christina wachenfeld 18721931 he married mary l barnes 19101999 of handsboro mississippi children louis w harvey 19341996 philip i harvey b 1941 and kenneth karl harvey 19511990  the sun herald november 14 1999 p a11  row in september 1954 row easement granted to mississippi state highway commission by louis h harvey bk 387 pp 390391  west halflot b 909 east beach  in january 1943 lucinda davis stamps farrar drafted her will in this instrument she devised and bequeathed to her daughters edith barnes farrar of chicago illinois and mildred maury farrar 18871967 of biloxi mississippi her home situated on the corner of kuhn and beach street at biloxi mississippi for the period of their natural lives mrs farrar included all furniture fixtures and contents of her house she excepted from this donation all appurtenances that had been designated for other family members in addition her spinster daughters were provided an annual income from a trust fund created from cash stocks and bonds owned by their mother as gorenflo was the trustee after her daughters demise her remaining assets to be divided by her living heirs harco ms chancery court will bk 9 pp 241243 the other heirs at law of lucinda davis stamps farrar were mary farrar goldberger anna farrar goldberger jane farrar wood thomas prince farrar issac ds farrar jr and maud ellen farrer harco ms chancery court cause no 53890 mrs jane farrar wood v the unknown heirs of edgar howard farrar and lucinda davis stampsmay 1967 lucinda davis stamps farrar died on november 22 1946 she lived at biloxi but was a legal resident of louisiana mildred m farrar resided in her home at 909 east beach until her death on february 8 1967 she was a native of new orleans and had lived at biloxi since 1927 funeral services at the episcopal church of the redeemer her remains interred in the metairie cemetery  the daily herald february 8 1967 p 2  after miss mildred m farrar s demise her home became the property of her mother s living heirs these were determined by the probate court to be anna farrar goldsborough a daughter jane farrar wood a daughter edgar howard farrar iii only child of a son now dead dr joseph goldberger mrs mary g sharp and mr benjamin goldberger  children of mildred maury farrar  miss maud ellen farrar and mr stamps farrar ii harco ms chancery court cause no 53890may 1967mrs jane farrar wood v the unknown heirs of edgar howard farrar and lucinda davis stampsmay 1967 fifteen shares of stock in the borgnemouth realty company a louisiana corporation bk 589 pp 152154 in march 1968 mrs ralph jane b wood harrison co ms mrs richard goldsborough wayne co ny edgar h farrar iii bell co texas stamps farrar ii san francisco co calf maud ellen farrer orleans parish la bh goldberger district of columbia joseph h goldberger canadian co oklahoma mrs michael warnock bonneville co idaho and bruce sharp robert sharp and donald sharp all of orleans parish louisiana conveyed to  wilda lopez bowring  the following  that certain lot or parcel of land situated on the northeast corner of east beach boulevard and kuhn street having a frontage on the gulf of mexico of 84 feet and extending back in a northerly direction for a distance of 230 feet more or less being bounded on the south by the gulf of mexico east by the property of williams now of harvey north by the property of bowring west by kuhn street in the city of biloxi  harco ms land deed bk 610 pp 340344  west halflot c909a east beach in august 1924  lucinda stamps farrar  the widow of edgar h farrar a resident of hancock county mississippi sold lot c to  stamps farrar  her son harco ms land deed bk 142 pp 484485  stamps farrar in october 1938 stamps farrar opened his home for the weekend of the laurence moore barkley and malcolm tullis wedding which was held at the church of the redeemer their guests for the barkleytullis nuptials were mrs farrar s mother mrs albert sidney white and ellene white her sister mrs lillian lewis and hampden lewis also of new orleans stayed at the farrar summer home on east beach  the daily herald  october 9 1938 p 3  lucille gillis minor in may 1947 stamps farrar to  lucille g minor  for 6000 harco ms land deed bk 298 pp 338339 lucille gillis minor 18891954 was born in new orleans louisiana on march 6 1889 the daughter of alfred barr gillis and lucille bohn living in 1956 she married  john duncan minor  18761937 a native of southdown plantation terrebonne parish louisiana they were the parents of  lucille m minor  the spouse of hastings mortimer and  joan minor  19151956 john d minor was the son of henry c minor d 1898 of houma and anna louise butler the daughter of judge thomas butler of west feliciana parish both families were southern aristocratic his grandfather william j minor d 1869 was the founder of southdown plantation near houma louisiana his sister was mrs david pipes jr of southdown young jd minor attended tulane university where he was a member of the alpha tau omega social fraternity he returned immediately to manage the business operations at southdown upon the passing of his father in 1898 mr minor retired from the sugar business in 1912  the daily herald august 9 1937 p 8    southdown plantation it would be remiss without providing some chronology of the southdown plantation situated at houma louisiana here in the 1820s on a former spanish land grant william j minor the son of stephen minor a resident of the natchez district and friend of manuel luis gayoso de lemos who administered the government of spanish louisiana from 17971799 began to cultivate indigo by 1830 he was growing sugarcane and by 1846 a sugar mill had been erected at southdown in 1859 a onestory greek revival brick edifice was erected for the minor family after wj minor s demise in 1869 his seven children inherited southdown soon henry c minor and sister katherine lintot minor acquired the interest of their siblings and ran the plantation for many years in 1893 a second floor and round turrets were integrated into the former greek revival building metamorphosing the structure to the queen anne architectural style after miss kate l minor passed in 1923 the sugarcane plantation survived until the 1930s when it was sold to commercial entities in the 1970s through the efforts of esther b mccollam of ellendale plantation and the terrebonne parish historical cultural society southdown was placed on the national register of historic places in july 1975 valhi inc the corporate owner donated southdown its servant s outbuildings and about 5 acres to the local historical society the former minor plantation was open for public touring in 1986 and today remains an integral part of the history of houma and terrebonne parish louisiana  antiques gazette june 1993 p 7   in august 1915 john duncan minor acquired for 5500 from oscar g keller lot 3 being share no 3 in the partition of the estate of john h keller at biloxi mississippi harco ms land deed bk 112 pp 346347 here at 543 east beach eightyfeet west of lee street the minor family made their home until august 1930 when mr and mrs minor sold their estate to winifred c green for 9900 harco ms land deed bk 187 p 166 john d minor s aunt katherine lintot minor 18491923 the daughter of captain william j minor and rebecca ann gustine passed at new orleans in late 1923 she resided at houma louisiana but was prominent in the ladies auxiliary at the touro infirmary in the crescent city  the daily herald december 4 1923 p 3  john duncan minor expired at his home at 3211 prytania street where he had resided since 1932 he had been active in the social circles of the crescent city in regards the mardi gras and its carnival organizations minor s corporal remains were interred in the magnolia cemetery at houma louisiana  the daily herald august 9 1937 p 8  lucille g minor passed on june 25 1954 at her home at 909a east beach in biloxi her daughter joan desmond minor resided here until she became ill in mrs lucille minor mortimer  inherited in 1925 she was living at biloxi and attending school in the north visited mr and mrs edward caffery her relatives at havana cuba in the summer of 1925  the daily herald august 27 1925 p 3  in late august 1928  miss joan minor  returned to biloxi after a twomonth stay at camp allegheny in west virginia guests at the minor home compliments of miss lucille minor were miss maud werner hastings mortimer miss mildred brown and john stafford all of nola  the daily herald september 1 1928 p 2   in december 1956 lucille g minor mortimer conveyed to  lynden bowring  1980 for 6000 harco ms land deed bk 416 p 343 title cleared in november 1961 when lucille g mortimer harco ms land deed bk 487 pp 491492 sister joan minor expired in louisiana on may 29 1956 lynden bowring also owned the east half of the live oak which he had acquired in july 1946 from the sporl family of new orleans east half of live oak lot in july 1917 mrs george h dunbar of new orleans to edwin b johnson for 1 cash in hand harco ms land deed bk 119 pp 310311  edwin b johnson edwin b johnson  18621930 was born in mississippi during the civil war circa 1889 he married  martha moss  18641930 a tennessee native their only child was born before 1900 but did not survive in 1900 the johnsons were domiciled at clarksdale coahoma co mississippi where he was a merchant 1900 coahoma co mississippi federal census t623805 p 11a ed 25  in december 1924  eb johnson and mattie moss johnson  sold  their residence at  941 east beach  to  cora stanton jahncke  18851970   the wife  of  ernest lee jahncke  18771960   of nola  for 15000 the johnson family planned to return t o their home at  clarksdale mississippi the johnsons lived here for some time and always had the welfare and civic improvement at heart mr jahnke will use the home as a summer residence when the jahnckes bought the house they borrowed the money from cyprian a sporl by 1930 the johnsons were domicled on john street living in their own home valued at 10000 mr johnson s occupation was rental property collector no further information the daily herald december 18 1924 p 3 harco ms land deed bk 143 p 412 and 1930 coahoma co mississippi federal census r1142 p 9a ed 13  commodore  ernest lee  jahncke commodore ernest l jahncke was a native of new orleans he was a speedboat driverracer and owner of the several fast watercraft   at the 13 th annual regatta of the biloxi yacht club held in july 1912 captain jahncke introduced the  humpty dumpty  a most unusual hydroplaning vessel in outline she appeared to be the integration of a boat and rocking chair  humpty dumpty  was constructed of mahogany and finished with a high luster varnish on the water she had a top speed approaching thirty miles per hour much interest had developed at the july regatta as there were innuendos that the  bella l  the very fast motorboat of julius m lopez 18861958 would meet in a match race  the daily herald july 12 1912 p 1  unfortunately neither captains jahncke nor lopez could agree on a racing rules format for a match race in biloxi at the july summer regatta no future contest was planned  the daily herald july 12 1912 p 1  july 1916 storm following his actions during and post july 1916 tempest comodore ernest lee jahncke of the southern yacht club was dubbed the hero of the recent storm he spent 2000 of his own finances in assisting biloxians by taking mail to new orleans on the  clarabelle as  the train and telegraph were inoperative commodore jahncke sent a tug boat to the coast to take vessels to deep water and tow the pile driver working at the biloxi yacht club to safety as well as assist boats during and after the hurricane  the daily herald july 10 1916 p 2  in early august 1919 captain jahncke moored the   aunt dinah  his expansive houseboat at biloxi with his spouse and family aboard as usual the jahnckes planned to spend some vacation time in biloxi in may 1923  the daily herald  related that   this boat has been coming to biloxi for the summer season for a number of years and its presence adds much to the pleasure of the summer colony of visitors who come to spend the season  the daily herald august 4 1919 p 4 and the daily herald may 28 1923 p 3  while a resident of biloxi jahncke built an eyecatching fence on the south elevation the fence was replicated from that of an old english estate of renown the fence pillars were constructed of brick  the daily herald november 5 1964  adele townsend jahncke in 1926 the jahncke s daughter adele townsend jahncke 19091993 was a student at sophie newcomb college in new orleans she was captain of the freshman basketball team and was considered one of the best competitive sailors along the gulf coast after graduating from newcomb adelle made her debut at new orleans and washington dc in 1933 miss jahncke married charles w dotson 18981974 an attorney at farmer city illinois he was a graduate of the university of illinois one son charles w dotson jr 19361998  the daily herald december 10 1926 p 4 and october 13 1933 p 2  in may 1928 lee jahncke was lauded for the fine improvements made to his east beach home  the daily herald may 24 1928 p 2  captain ernest lee jahncke defaulted on his mortgage payment to sporl and in december 1932 hanun gardner trustee sold the jahncke home to cyprian a sporl for 6500 harco ms land deed bk 196 pp 342343  cyprian a sporl purchased by cyprian a sporl 18801936 on december 10 1932 from hanun gardner trustee for 6500 harco ms land deed bk 196 pp 342343 ca many sporl was the son of cyprian a sporl and louise soule d august 1930 of new orleans and bay st louis he had two brothers edward f sproul 181956 and walter sproul and four sisters alice sproul 1956 l elsie sproul 1956 hilda sproul and laura sporl killeen d march 1956 the spouse of joseph l kileen  the daily herald august 28 1930 p 5 and the daily herald march 6 1956 p 2  at new orleans many sproul resided at 6550 oakland drive with his wife adrienne de lappe and children harold d sporl and cyprian a sporl ii 19051999 he was a member of the southern yacht club and owned a fiftyfive foot motor vessel  wendy  in early july 1913 sporl participated in the nearly three hundred mile new orleans to pensacola motor boat race his watercraft was propelled by a 40 hp murray tregurtha engine  the daily herald july 3 1913 p 4  cyprian a sporl ii 19051999 donated  cocheco  his 30000 76foot disel yacht to the uscg in april 1941 he also enlisted in the uscg at this time the  cocheco  was to be used for patrol duty  the daily herald april 21 1941 p 5  in september 1936 the sporl property was adjudicated by the harrison county chancery court to adrienne de lappe sporl ca sporl ii and hd sporl harco ms land deed bk 212 p 253  wwii during wwii the sporl family of nola allowed their home to be used by the women s uso for a small rental  the daily herald november 5 1964  lynden bowring  18891980   lynoaks lynden bowring in july 1946 for 30000 the sporl family conveyed their biloxi home to  lynden bowring  harco ms land deed bk 288 pp 517518 mr bowring called his mansion  lynoaks  in later years lived on 1 st floor and rented the 2 nd and 3 rd floors clara l d aquilla october 23 2000  lynden bowring  18891980 was born in los angeles california made his livelihood as an attorney and rumored to have made money in the movies business in hollywood described as a loner and eccentric bache whitlock october 19 2000 during his life bowring was married three times he had two children with his first wife but they as well as his spouse preceded him in death his second nuptial ended in divorce lynden married wilda lopez 18991977 the daughter of lazro lopez ii 18771918 and eurilda seal 18791966 miss wilda lopez was the valedictorian of the 1915 class of biloxi high school and delivered an appropriate speech to her nine classmates and audience she went on to study at randolph macon college at lynchburg virginia wilda s other siblings were clara lopez tarr froede 19021936 beverly lopez berggren 19041991 florian seal lopez 19111957 john beverly lopez 19151970   the daily herald may 29 1915 p 1  prior to her marriage to lynden bowring wilda lopez had married dr james edward wallace 18771942 in the roman catholic church at biloxi mississippi on january 9 1920 harco ms mrb 31 p 493 dr wallace was a native of natchitoches louisiana he came to biloxi in 1914 and was affiliated with dr hyman m folkes 18711926 the husband of teresa lopez 18731951 mrs folkes was wilda s aunt bowring affiliated with ct bowring and co ltd of london england a shipping firm owned a onehalf interest in the carlton apartments on union drive in los angeles owned the  rum runner  a large motor yacht 65 feet in length and a relict of the prohibition era moored in front of the east beach home built boat house and slip for it in ocean springs boat never utilized but fulltime employee maintained the craft bache whitlock october 19 2000  ocean springs in august 1969 hurricane camille destroyed the bowrings biloxi home in 1970 the bowrings relocated to ocean springs bruce duckett remember mr bowring as an elderly gentleman approcahing him to buy his home on helmers lane lynden wanted a site on the inner harbor at ocean springs for the  wilda b  aka  rum runner   he convinced a golfer to relocate to gulf hills and bought his home and land at 207 general pershing avenue bruce duckett october 10 2000 in july 1970 wilda lopez bowring acquired from lester b larson and jennie c larson the following property in ocean springs their residence address was 207 general pershing avenue commencing at the southwest corner of hellmers lane and general pershing avenue go south 925 feet to the pob thence south 3315 feet along the west margin of general pershing avenue to the waters edge of the os small craft harbor thence n 70 degrees 20 w 200 feet along the waters edge of the small craft harbor to the fence line dividing the larson and howell property thence n 19 degrees 20 e 257 feet along an old fence line thence s84 degrees 20 e 128 feet along an old fence line to the point of beginning said land lying in section 37 t7sr8w  jxco ms land deed bk 381 pp 587588 in may 1971 mrs bowring acquired from earl w paul and ilsedore paul the following  commencing at the southwest corner of hellmers lane and general pershing avenue go south 925 feet thence n84 degrees 20 w 128 feet along a wire fence thence north 663 feet along a wire fence to the south margin of hellmers lane thence n84 degreese127 feet along the south margin of hellmers lane to the pob  jxco ms land deed bk 401 pp338339 their residence address was 207 general pershing avenue there was a rental house on one of the lots house fire caused by lightening destroyed most of their home september 13 1977 mr bowring was led out of the burning house by alice duckett mrs wilda l bowring suffered burns and smoke inhalation and died in late october as a result of injuries from the conflagration she was a member of the colonial dames daughters of the american revolution les masques carnival club and the biloxi yacht club member of st alphonsus catholic church buried at the biloxi cemetery  the ocean springs record september 15 1977 pp 12 and the daily herald october 27 1977 p a2  mrs wilda bowring left an estate valued at approximately 300000 her principal beneficiaries were patricia t leavitt of ocean springs mississippi barbara t kroningen of downers grove illinois jxco ms chancery court cause no 33566 in june 1978 lynden bowring executor of the estate of wilda lopez bowring sold to charles e carr and joy r carr the two parcels above jxco ms land deed bk 621 p 501 in 1996 dr william pontius built a large home lattiude at hellmers lane on the former site of bowring s boathouse when lynden bowring expired on april 8 1980 he was living at his apartment house at 414 east howard avenue in biloxi he willed his real estate at 900 east beach biloxi to  beverly lopez berggren  his sisterinlaw and  patricia tarr leavitt  his nieceinlaw harco ms 2 nd jd chancery court cause no 9853  cause no 9853estate of lynden bowring1980 patricia tarr leavitt executrix of lynden bowing s estate bowring was married three times his first wife died and he divorced his second spouse two children born of first marriage but children died wife preceded him in death no children left property at 900 east beach biloxi to beverly lopez berggren his sisterinlaw and patricia tarr leavitt his nieceinlaw mr bowring was affiliated with ct bowring and co ltd of london england he owned a onehalf interest in the carlton apartments on union drive in los angeles lynden bowring died on april 8 1980 berggrenleavitt beverly lopez berggren  19041991 called bee and lillie was the daughter of lazaro lopez ii and eurilda seal she was educated at the sacred heart academy and mississippi southern college miss lopez married captain oscar e berggren 18931964 no children they resided on suter street at biloxi she was a charter member of les masques carnival club passed on at biloxi on october 26 1991  the sun herald october 29 1991  captain oscar e berggren was a native of fjallbacka sweden he made his livelihood on the sea during his fortysix year naval career captain berggren had worked for the waterman and morgan steamship lines during wwii he sailed on merchant vessels from canada to europe facing the relentless pursuit of german uboats he was fortunate as on several occasions his ship had close encounters with german torpedoes captain berggren was a member of the masters mates and pilots association  the daily herald january 6 1964 p 2  mrs beverly lopez berggren legated her interest in live oak to patricia t leavitt clara lopez campbell d aquilla b 1936 was her executrix mrs d aquilla was legated mrs berggren s home at 1092 west beach blvd in biloxi harco ms 2 nd jd chancery court cause no p2077b  patricia tarr leavitt  b 1919 was the daughter of leslie r tarr 18971972 and clara lopez 19021936 leslie r tarr met miss lopez during wwi when he was a sailor posted at the gulfport naval station they eloped and were married at ocean springs mississippi on december 8 1918 by judge od davidson 18721938 mr tarr resided at glendale california where he was employed as a newspaperman in los angeles miss lopez was a student at newcomb college in new orleans at the time of her nuptials  the daily herald september 6 1919 p 4 and  jxco ms mrb 11 p 573 the tarrs had another daughter  barbara tarr kroninger  19211983 who was born at biloxi mississippi on february 15 1921 her mother had come here from california for a visit with her family and barbara was born here   barbara tarr was a stewardess for delta airlines and during wwii had been a navy nurse she married lt jg nolan kroninger usn a native of cowden illinois on september 26 1946 he was aboard the  uss lexington  when it was sunk by japanese aircraf in 1942 the kronigers eventually settled at downers grove illinois  the daily herald   february 18 1921 p 3   october 7 1946 p 6  and clara l d aquilla october 23 2000 clara l tarr divorced leslie r tarr in california he was a resident of santa barbara california in 1941 and passed on at newport beach california in july 1972 clara then married paul o froede 18961968 in new york on may 28 1929 mr froede was a native of brooklyn and had been a regular visitor to biloxi the newly weds planned a sixweeks honeymoon trip through new england and canada before returning to biloxi  the daily herald june 5 1929 p 2  patricia jeanne tarr married  clyde m leavitt  b 1910 a naval architect from syracuse new york he was the son of clyde leavitt and patricia mcgowen miss tarr was a student at the university of mississippi when they met mr leavitt was employed at ingalls shipbuilding corporation in pascagoula at the time they married in jackson county mississippi on june 7 1941 two daughters were born from this union clara l d aquilla and jxco ms mrb 33 p 550 in april 1974 the leavitts bought lots 1 and 2 of block 50 gulf hills on 13901 puerto drive from wh mecom jr jxco ms land deed bk 495 p 549 sold gulf hills home in november 1994 to phillip l severson jr the leavitts moved to las cruces new mexico where they reside presently jxco ms land deed bk 1053 p 156 mrs leavitt suffered a stroke recently and is recovering claire l d aquilla october 18 2000  phillip d ward in march 1984 mary l harvey sold her lot to phillip d ward bk 142 p 585 in march 1984 bergrrenleavitt sold their lot to phillip d ward bk 142 p 587  robert e hebert in april 1987 robert e hebert took a deed of trust from phillip d ward on the property he defaulted on his payments to hebert in april 1988 james b person substitute trustee sold the lot to hebert bk 200 pp 6869 when hebert defaulted on his performance conditions and provisions of his deed of trust with harvey and leavittbergreen larry c corban jr trustee sold on july 3 1989 to mary l harvey for 8365614 bk 211 pp 208210 corban sold the other lot to berggrenleavitt for 15353775 bk 211 pp 212214  mrs berggren dies when mrs beverly lopez berggren passed she legated her interest in live oak to patricia t leavitt mrs berggren was known as bee and lillie clara lopez campbell d aquilla b 1936 was her executrix mrs d aquilla was legated mrs berggren s home at 1092 west beach blvd in biloxi harco ms 2 nd jd chancery court cause no p2077bmarch 1993  frederick j burmont in march 1993 for 5000 patricia t leavitt and mary l harvey 19101999 sold an option to purchase the site to frederick j burmont in march 1993 if option selected the selling price would be 800000 harco ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 53 p 417 in october 1993 patricia t leavitt and mary l harvey sold live oak to the oak place development company a mississippi corporation harco ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 262 pp 8485 oak place development company led by frederick j burmont and headquartered at daytona beach florida in may 1994 the stockholders voted to sell their biloxi land to ronald w blacklidge for 1700000 sold in june 1994 to blacklidge with oaks at tullis inc of gulfport harco ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 271 pp421434  oaks at tullis oaks at tullis inc to city of biloxi mississippi harco ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 358 pp 7886  references  chancery court causes harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 14868   ex parte mrs adrienne de lappe sporl et al   september 1936 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 24334   the estate of lucinda davis stamps   december 1946 will book 9 pp 241243 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 37904   the estate of joan minor   october 1961 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 53890   mrs jane farrar wood v the unknown heirs of edgar howard farrar and lucinda davis stamps   may 1967 harrison county mississippi chancery court 2 nd judicial district cause no 9853   the estate of lynden bowring  1980 harrison county mississippi chancery court 2 nd judicial district cause no p2077b  the estate of beverly lopez berggren   march 1993 mississippi state highway commission v mildred farrar mrs ralph b wood edith barnes farrar mrs joseph goldsberger mrs richard f goldsborough maude ellen farrar stamps farrar and edward h farrar  cause no 12936   harco ms land deed bk 399 pp 4445  cause no 27220 clara m campbell jackson county mississippi chancery court cause no 33566   the estate of wilda lopez bowring   january 1979 books american state papers  volume iii public lands 18151824 the southern historical press inc greenville south carolina1994 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume 1 and volume ii special issue no 5 mississippi coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1986 charles h dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian mississippi1971 th glenn  the mexican gulf coast illustrated  graham delchamps mobile alabama1893 magazines antiques gazette   southdown plantation now historic house and museum   june 1993   journals the biloxi herald   local happenings   february 6 1892 the biloxi herald   biloxi chief industry   september 12 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   september 28 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   april 29 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings  june 10 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings  july 1 1893 the biloxi daily herald   kuhndesporte   may 1 1903 p 5 the biloxi daily herald   joseph kuhn   november 25 1903 the biloxi daily herald   necrologyfrank dunbar   january 31 1908 the biloxi daily herald   kuhnbourdon   december 20 1909 p 8 the daily herald   new orleans man killed by robbers   november 2 1911 the daily herald   biloxi news   november 3 1911 the daily herald  humpty dumpty speed marvel is sensation of biloxi motor races   july 13 1912 p 1 the daily herald   will be no race between speeders   july 12 1912 the daily herald   speed boats off on long cruise   july 3 1913 the daily herald   dunbar property on east beach has been sold to new orleanian   february 12 1914 the daily herald   thieves ransack the dunbar home   june 22 1914 the daily herald   ten graduates are given diplomas at closing exercises   may 29 1915 the daily herald   jahncke is hero of recent blow   july 10 1916 the daily herald   woodfarrar   september 12 1916 the daily herald   woodfarrar   september 13 1916 the daily herald   judge farrar to come to biloxi   april 9 1917 the daily herald   geo h dunbar dies in new orleans   october 19 1917 the daily herald   prominent man dies in new orleans   october 24 1918 the daily herald   mrs frank dunbar dead   may 31 1919 the daily herald   ernest lee jancke here   august 4 1919 the daily herald   girl of southern noted family joins husband in los angeles   september 6 1919 the daily herald   mrs dunbar dead   february 9 1920 august 27 1925 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   february 18 1921 the daily herald   prominent biloxian sarah kuhn dead   april 26 1921 the daily herald   death claims prominent biloxi resident in judge eh farrar   january 7 1922 the daily herald   farrar remains buried   january 9 1922 the daily herald   edgar h farrar   january 9 1922 the daily herald   miss kate minor dead   december 4 1923 the daily herald   aunt dinah in local port   may 28 1923 the daily herald   biloxi news  lucille minor     august 27 1925 the daily herald   miss jahncke captain   december 10 1926 the daily herald   improving williams home   may 24 1928 the daily herald   biloxi news   september 1 1928 the daily herald   elizabeth kuhn dies   june 17 1929 p 2 the daily herald   froedetarr nuptials   june 5 1929 the daily herald   goldsborough bank head   may 27 1930 the daily herald   mrs ca sporl dies   august 28 1930 the daily herald   may adele kuhn dies   december 3 1930 p 2 the daily herald   farrarhoward   june 1 1933 the daily herald   miss jahncke to marry   october 13 1933 the daily herald   ca sporl dies   january 27 1936 the daily herald   attend sporl funeral   january 29 1936 the daily herald   ca sporl dies   january 31 1936 the daily herald   mrs paul froede dies   september 24 1936 the daily herald   john duncan minor dies   august 9 1937 the daily herald   barkleytullis wedding   october 9 1938 the daily herald    sporl gives yacht to coast guard   april 21 1941 the daily herald   dr james wallace world war captain dies at biloxi   october 28 1942 the daily herald   kroningertarr   october 7 1946 the daily herald   mrs farrar dies burial in new orleans   november 13 1946 the daily herald   mrs laura sporl kileen   march 6 1956 the daily herald   know your coast   the biloxi house with the english fence 1956 the daily herald   mrs joan minor   may 29 1956 the daily herald   minor rites   may 31 1956 the daily herald   capt berggren taken by death   january 6 1964 the daily herald   know your coast     the biloxi house with the english fence    november 5 1964 the daily herald   miss mildred farrar   february 8 1967 the daily herald   rb wood  october 26 1967 the daily herald   widow   mary h farrar  of dr goldberger dies in biloxi home    september 12 1969 the daily herald   louis w harvey   january 20 1970 the daily herald   mrs wilda lopez bowring   october 27 1977 the ocean springs record   saved from fire september 15 1977 the sun herald   mrs beverly berggren october 29 1991 the sun herald   mary l harvey november 14 1999 the timespicayune   married  anna g farrar and richard f goldsborough     january 1 1905 the timespicayune   miss lucy farrar s brilliant career ends sadly in paris   october 28 1910 the timespicayune   dr goldberger pellagra s foe dies for science   january 18 1929 the timespicayune   jahncke named to special duty with navy here    may 19 1941 the timespicayune   mrs farrar 89 expires at biloxi   november 213 1946 the timespicayune   stamps farrar last rites held   may 4 1950 the timespicayune   stamps farrar   may 5 1950 the timespicayune   thomas p farrar dies in new york   june 12 1951 the timespicayune   deaths   edith barnes farrar     february 21 1959 the timespicayune     ernest lee   jahncke rites planned today   november 17 1960 the timespicayune   mrs jahncke rites planned   march 20 1970 the timespicayune   deaths   anna farrar goldsborough     december 12 1970 the timespicayune     anna farrar goldsborough   excartoonist s rites are held   february 2 1971  personal communication  a bruce ducketttelephone conversation on october 10 2000 at ocean springs mississippi bache whitlocktelephone conversation on october 19 2000 at ocean springs mississippi clara l d aquillatelephone conversation on october 18 2000 at biloxi mississippi clara l d aquillainterview at 1092 beach blvd on october 23 2000 at biloxi ms cause no 9853estate of lynden bowring1980 patricia tarr leavitt executrix of his estate married three times first wife died divorced second two children born of first marriage but children died wife preceded him in death no children left property at 900 east beach biloxi to beverly lopez berggren his sisterinlaw and patricia tarr leavitt his nieceinlaw bowring affiliated with ct bowring and co ltd of london england owned a onehalf interest in the carlton apartments on union drive in los angeles bowring died april 8 1980 1699 views  ', 0);
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(74, 'en', 'node_search', ' manuel eugene jalanivich 1898 1944  manuel eugene jalanivich 1898 1944 ray fri 4232010 1037 manuel eugene jalanivich 18981944   courtesy of gertrude jalanivich medlock  chronology 1897 born on june 24 th at biloxi mississippi son of luca jalanivich 18661902 and manuella morranna 18591929  1902  luca jalanivich expired at biloxi on august 20 1902 from heat prostration 1905 mrs manuella m jalanivich married francisco mueso 18601940 a spanish immigrant at biloxi on november 18 th  19031914 manuel e jalanivich studied art in the biloxi public school system with miss mary ethel dismukes 18701952 she had training in oils and watercolor with jh twatchman 18531902 and kenyon cox 18561919 of new york city among others 19101912  studied pottery with george e ohr 18571918 the mad potter of biloxi  1915 operated his own pottery booth on howard avenue next to keller s barbershop 1917  studied at the niloak pottery in benton arkansas 19181919 enlisted in the us navy at new orleans louisiana on march 28 1918 stationed at newport rhode island discharged here on march 12 1919 with the rating of seaman 2 nd class 19191921  durant kilns to study with leon volkmar 18791959 at the bedford village pottery westchester county new york city here he met his life long companion ingvardt olsen 18881959 a 1908 danish immigrant from copenhagen who had been trained as a technician at the royal danish copenhagen chinese kilns 1921  jalanivich and olsen went to central america and worked in panama for awhile 1922 moved to san francisco 1925 taught a short pottery course at the national academy of design in honolulu hawaii  1927 jalanivich showed several pieces of his california pottery at the 1 st gulf coast art association exhibit held at the biloxi public library in february 1929 jalanivich s mother expired in july on lameuse street at biloxi mississippi 19371939 taught at the california school of fine arts san francisco now the san francisco art institute jalanivich instructed his students primarily 1938  jalanivicholsen commenced a ceramics school for women in the san francisco bay area 1939 jalanivich and olsen works a bowl and table pieces on loan from the sg gump company of san francisco displayed at the san francisco golden gate international exposition closed san francisco studio and moved to belmont california 1940 moved to belmont california and built a home in rural setting at 901 holly road 19421943  jalanivich and olsen taught art and pottery to recovering wounded american veterans of the south pacific theatre at the letterman hospital in presidio at san francisco 1944 expired at belmont san mateo county california on june 15 1944 buried at woodlawn memorial park in colma california  jalanivich bust  courtesy of maxine mcgraw palmer image by mary himel wichmann2002  manuel e jalanivich 18971944   biloxi s bootblack potter manuel eugene jalanivich who was born at biloxi mississippi on june 24 1897 the son of  luca gevenilovich genovish givulinovich  or  giovulnovich   18611902 anglicized to jalanivich and manuella morrano 18581929 often spelled morano he was baptized  emmanuel genovish  sic in the roman catholic church of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary at biloxi on december 25 1897 lepre 1991 p 131 in the 1900 federal census of harrison county mississippi luca jalanivich listed austria as his country of origin which indicates that he was probably a croatian immigrant family lore relates that luca may have come from trieste jalanivich had been in the united states for ten years mrs jalanivich was born at new orleans louisiana of louisiana born parents although in the 1910 federal census they are listed as being french in 1900 the jalanivich family resided on croesus street in biloxi mississippi 1900 federal census harrison county ms p 46 and gertrude jalanivich medlock january 11 2002  manuel jalanivich and mauella morano jalanivich mueso 18581929 in the redwoods of california  courtesy of gertrude jalanivich medlock luca and manuella jalanivich married at the nativity of the blessed virgin mary mother roman catholic church in biloxi mississippi on october 13 1894 they were also the parents of john matthew jalanivich 18951967 and mary amelia louise j sablich 19001991 lepre 1991 p 132 and harco ms mrb 10 p 264 in 1902 luca jalanivich was employed as a cook he expired from a heat stroke on august 20 1902 his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the biloxi daily herald august 22 1902 p 6  francisco mueso on november 18 1905 mrs manuella m jalanivich married francisco mueso 18601940 at biloxi frank mueso was a native of spain at biloxi he made his livelihood as a fisherman at an oyster factory in 1914 the muesos were living at 519 lameuse street  the biloxi herald november 20 1905 p 4  the biloxi city directory 1914 p 155 and 1910 federal census harrison county ms p 266  early art training at an early age manuel e jalanivich demonstrated an artistic ability which was observed in his biloxi public school classroom by mary ethel dismukes 18701952 miss dismukes the daughter of george dismukes d 1909 and adella mcdonald 18461924 was a native of pulaski tennessee she came to biloxi in 1897 with her family mary ethel called ethel was an artist and photographer she made her livelihood as the supervisor of arts for the biloxi public schools until her retirement in may 1914 as early as 1910 ethel dismukes taught art classes on a private basis as late as may 1949 she was having public displays in biloxi of her student s work in pencil wax crayons oil and watercolor     the daily herald may 30 1910 may 22 1914 p 2 and may 31 1949 p 5  miss dismukes worked in oil watercolor and ceramics her art education was with john henry twachtman 18531902 and kenyon cox 18561919 of new york city louis loeb 18661909 and clifford carlton 18671946 she was an active member of the gulf coast art association new orleans art association nashville art association among others ethel dismukes had art studios at pulaski tennessee san antonio texas and new york city sutton 1929 pp 168169 it is apparent that manuel jalanivich was enrolled as a private art pupil of miss dismukes prior to may 1913 at this time she held a display of her students works in china painting charcoal and watercolor it was described as   one of the most attractive and artistic exhibits that has ever been arranged in biloxi  of miss dismukes twenty pupils nineteen were female young jalanivich being the lone male he was described as   biloxi s talented little bootblack artist   the daily herald may 21 1913 p 8  biloxi school days manuel jalanivich began to win recognition and awards for his artwork in the biloxi central school as early as the seventh grade the thanksgiving holiday of 1913 was celebrated in the public school with songs recitations and dances jalanivich s contribution to the program which was well lauded was a series of illustrations depicting scenes from the daily regimen of the pilgrims as each picture was shown to the student audience an appropriate paragraph was read describing the action  the daily herald april 11 1914 p 8 and december 4 1913 p 6  in midmay 1914 miss dismukes of biloxi public school art department held an exhibition of student arts and crafts in the central school art room pupils from both the high school and primary schools of the city had their art on review for their family and friends a highlight of the student exhibition was a threemasted vessel built by manuel jalanivich the model ship was about 1 ½ feet in length during the past winter jalanivich had sold more than 30 of his sketches and paintings  the daily herald may 22 1914 p 1  souvenir pamphlet in the spring of 1914 manual jalanivich was preparing a small book on biloxi his marvelous watercolor illustrations were of biloxi landmarks and scenes beauvoir the biloxi lighthouse the new biloxi high school the elks club the us post office the back bay bridge the biloxi yacht club the country club the biloxi hotel benachi avenue east beach west beach back bay beach piers large watermelons piney woods and a private yacht jalanivich s narrative of biloxi was excellently illustrated in calligraphy  the daily herald april 11 1914 p 8    george e ohr jr joseph fortune meyer in addition to miss dismukes another artistic neighbor of the jalanivich family was george e ohr jr 18571918 the mad potter of biloxi ohr s art pottery was situated on delauney street only 500 feet as the crow flies from the jalanivich residence at 519 lameuse street here on the west side of lameuse street near the corner of mcelroy street the muesojalanivich family resided in a double shotgun house sanborn mapbiloxi 1914 sheet6 a young manuel jalanivich was taken in by ohr the retired genius potter and taught to use the potter s wheel manuel worked as a shoeshine boy on the streets of biloxi possibly to succor his family or buy art supplies joseph fortune meyer 18481931 the tutor and sponsor of george e ohr and master potter at newcomb college also resided at biloxi during jalanivich s adolescent years  evans  1973 p 24 and  the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 11  pottery booth in march 1915 manual jalanivich opened a pottery booth on howard avenue next to keller s barbershop the young potter made his wares at his home on reynoir street here he had a lathe potter s wheel and had built an oven kiln for burning firing his green ware jalanivich acquired his clay on back bay and up the tchoutacabouffa river as did george e ohr  the daily herald march 13 1915 p 2  niloak in arkansas circa 1917 manuel jalanivich left biloxi to study at the niloak pottery which was situated at benton arkansas about fifteen miles southwest of little rock niloak is a palindrome of kaolin the arkansas pottery was named for the fine deposits of very pale white clay found here post civil war john hyten began potting here making utilitarian items for local farmers and families such as jugs crocks and butter churns his sons paul charles and lee hyten continued the business  the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 11 and  hhtp  wwwgeocitiescom niloakpottery   ww i 19181919  after a year in arkansas manuel jalanivich enlisted in the us navy on march 28 1918 at new orleans he trained for military duty at newport rhode island while there he made the acquaintance of a wealthy patron who was enamored with his artistic creativity and exceptional ceramic forms unfortunately she expired during his tenure in rhode island but her correspondence to the bedford village pottery in new york where he later found employment in march 1919 jalanivich was discharged from the us navy at newport with the rating of seaman 2 nd class national archives and records administrationmilitary record and  the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 11  durant kilns 19191920  the durant kilns were located at bedford village new york mrs jean durant rice the wife of a wealthy ophthalmologist sponsored this westchester county pottery lead by american master potter leon volkmar 18791959 volkmar came from a family of artisans his father charles volkmar ii was a renowned painter and potter while leon volmar s grandfather known as carl volkmar specialized in portraiture cloutier and schmid 1985 pp 34 it was at the durant kilns that manuel jalanivich s would met the two men ingvardt olsen 18881959 and leon volkmar who would most deeply influence his personal as well as creative life with ingvardt olsen jalanivich formed a life long bond that would result in their harmonious enterprise the jalan pottery at san francisco and belmont california arguably leon volkmar was the dominant artistic influence in manuel s jalanivich s brief but prolific ceramic career it was from volkmar that he adopted his interest in the ancient pottery styles of the orient and mediterranean basin like volmar jalanivich would also flourish as a teacher of ceramics  the biloxi news  reported that while employed at the durant kilns manuel e jalanivich worked on a 3000 pottery project for a vanderbilt dinner this is corroborated as table and art ware were significant products of durant from its conception until the demise of mrs rice in 1919 after her death leon volkmar s work at the durant kilns became more like studio pottery as with george no two alike e ohr jr duplication was not volkmar s modus operandi  the biloxi new february 13 1927 p 11 and  cloutier and schmid 1985 p 4  ingvardt olsen 18881959 and jalanivichapril 1973 ingvardt olsen while at the durant kilns in eastern new york manuel jalanivich met ingvardt olsen 18881959 olsen was a native of copenhagen denmark and had studied at the royal danish copenhagen chinese kilns he came to the united states in 1908 jalanivich and olsen became close friends and eventually settled together at san francisco where olsen had been an interior decorator  the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 11  hawaii1924 manuel e jalanivich and ingvardt olsen left san francisco on march 1 1924 aboard the ss president adams for honolulu hawaii and taught ceramics for several weeks at the national academy of design  crew lists of vessels arriving at honolulu august 1912november 1954 a3422 r 75 and the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 1  1927 gulf coast art association exhibit the gulf coast art association which was led by professor william woodward 18591939 and mary ethel dismukes 18701952 held its first exhibit at the biloxi public library from february 4 th until february 20 th 1927 the show which was composed of oil paintings water colors pastels lithographic drawings block prints sculpture photography pottery metal work and embroidery was juried by will h stevens of newcomb college at new orleans sarah k smith of gulf park college at gulfport mississippi and edmund c decelle of mobile  the daily herald february 3 1927 p 2  those exhibiting at the biloxi show were  peter anderson  19011984 ocean springs  gertrude burton  ocean springs grace cheeseman gulfport alethia b clemens biloxi edmund c decelle mobile  mary ethel dismukes  18701952 biloxi camille j ehrenfels nola  robert h holmes  18691949 ocean springs dorothy hopkins biloxi charles w hutson biloxi  charles e hultberg  18741948 biloxi  manuel e jalanivich  18981944 biloxi california  louise mallard  19001975 biloxi william h muir gulfport anne wells munger pass christian christine northrop pass christian mrs granville osoinach gulfport sarah k smith gulfport miss cr tibb biloxi clara tucker biloxi alice walsh gulfport  louise giesen woodward  18621937 biloxi and  william woodward  18591939 biloxi  the daily herald february 5 1927 p 5  on opening night of the juried exhibition the winning artists selected by the three jurors were as follows gold medal sponsored by the peoples bank for the best oil painting   a western scene  by charles e hultberg gold medal given by the biloxi city commissioners for the best mississippi coast scene   our street   by william woodward and ribbon for honorable mention was won by edmund c decille for   mardi gras     the daily herald february 5 1927 p 5  on february 8 1927 three pieces of  jalan pottery  for the biloxi exhibit arrived from california they consisted of a large jardiniere worth 15000 and two pieces a light blue bowl and a small jar valued at 2000 apiece these works of manuel jalanivich were lauded for their form color and glazing the ceramic art of peter anderson of the shearwater pottery at ocean springs was also praised  the daily herald february 9 1927 p 2  the final award for the first gulf coast art association exhibit was given by the first national bank on the basis of votes placed by visitors to the show the gold medal for the most popular picture was won by miss mary ethel dismukes for    the burden bearer   professor woodward s large oil painting of potters joseph meyer and george ohr placed second miss dismukes photograph titled   sunshine and shadow  was third in popularity woodward s painting of two of the biloxi boys hangs in the ohro keefe museum at biloxi on loan from the biloxi library  the daily herald february 21 1927 p 2  mother s death mrs manuella m j mueso expired at the residence of her daughter mary l sablich on july 1 1929 mrs julius sablich lived at 629 lameuse street manuella was a roman catholic and member of the woman s benefit association her survivors were francisco mueso john jalanivich of biloxi manuel jalanivich of san francisco and mary l sablich manuel jalanivich was touring in mexico at the time of his mother s demise  the daily herald july 2 1929 p 12  jalanivich on his potter s wheel  courtesy of gertrude jalanivich medlock  jalan pottery jalan pottery was the name chosen by jalanivich and olsen to produce commercial ceramic ware in california it was identified by its large scale simple form color style and crackled glaze jalanivich created wheelthrown forms and also did extensive clay modeling while ingvardt olsen specialized in glazing olsen s persian or faience blue and eggplant glazes were well accepted wf dietrich in 1928 described the jalan pottery as  jalanivich and olsen are making an attractive line of glazed pottery using a buffburning body and lead glazes their output is handmolded on a potter s wheel it is fired in a round kiln approximately 3 feet inside diameter of their own design and built by the gas company city gas being used for fuel the clay from california sources is fired to 2000 f and the glaze to 15001700 f  in june 1941  the american home  a monthly magazine published from 19281977 by nelson doubleday   featured an article   what s happening in the usa   which was very complimentary of the jalan pottery ceramics it related jalanivich s boyhood biloxi mentors miss dismukes and george e ohr and the struggles that he and olsen indured to establish their name in the california commercial market they spent almost nine years experimenting and perfecting the jalan glazes that made their ceramic wares a treasure to buyers and now collectors  the daily herald june 11 1941 p 7  jalanivich and olsen marketed their ceramics well in addition to their bay area patronage gumps department store in san francisco vended jalan pottery jalan s adaptation to a chinesestyle form met with great success in san francisco as many affluent citizens were decorating their domiciles with teak furniture coromandel screens lacquered chests and middle eastern of oriental rugs  bray 1980 p 43  19291939 depression years jalanivich and olsen were kind spirited gentlemen as they believed that they had the responsibility to share their experience and knowledge with others for this and financial reasons they taught private studio lessons on one day or evening each week from 1929 to 1938 students worked in clay modeling utilizing slab and coil techniques as well as molds bray 1980 p 43  19321933 south sea islands in march 1933 mary jalanivich sablich manuel s siter received a letter from manuel relating that he had spent eight months in the south sea islands and would be returning to his san francisco studio by april 10 1933 the daily herald march 20 1933 p 2  san francisco art institute manuel jalanivich taught at the california school of fine arts now the san francisco art institute from 1937 to 1939 in 1937 he and ingvardt olsen commenced a ceramics school for women at their baker street home in san francisco their students ranged from socialites to schoolgirls jalanivich said of his pupils   most find a deep joy in working with their hands school teachers weary of tussles with youngsters come and find a curious peace in attempting to express some kind of beauty   evans 1973 p 25 and the san francisco chronicle november 1 1937  vivika t heino vivika timeriasieff heino 19101995 who would later marry otto heino was a student of jalanivich at the california school of fine arts vivika also took private classes with him she went on to study with glen lukens 18871967 at usc and was awarded the second mfa degree from the new york state college of ceramics at alfred university in 1944 vivika and her husband otto heino b 1915 were honored in october 1995 with an exhibit the vivika and otto heino retrospective which was held at alfred university she had taught pottery to otto heino b 1915 and they eventually married and settled at ojai ventura county california today in california otto continues his highly praised ceramic work   bray 1980 p 43 and  wwwottospotterycom  and http nysccalfrededu mus heino   belmont california in 1939 olsen and jalanivich closed their san francisco ceramic operation and relocated to the sleepy peninsula town of belmont san mateo county california with a population of only three thousand here they built a modest home in 1940 at 901 holly road their domicile is extant and situated in a quasirural hillside environment surrounded by over twentyfive thousand people with a view of san francisco bay  san mateo county auditor s records and joan m levy january 9 2002   a review of the telephone books of belmont california from 1938 until 1946 reveal that the names of jalanivich and olsen first appeared in the white pages there in september 1941 the listing is jalanivich olsen pottery on holly road phone number 1264 in march 1943 their listing was manuel e jalanivich holly road phone number 1264 and ingvardt olsen same phone number after june 1945 there is no listing for either men  joan m levy january 9 2002  ww ii manuel e  jalanivich and ingvardt olsen taught art and pottery to recovering wounded american veterans of the south pacific theatre at the letterman hospital in the presidio at san francisco  evans 1973 p 25  deaths manuel jalanivich expired at belmont california on june 15 1944 there are inconsistencies in the reporting of the cause and place of his death  the courier bulletin  a local journal related that he expired   in a belmont sanitarium after a long illness    while  the san francisco chronicle  wrote that his death was   at his belmont home following a brief illness     in biloxi mississippi jalanivich s demise was reported by  the daily herald  as a sudden heart attack at his home in belmont california  the courier bulletin   june 23 1944    the san francisco chronicle june 21 1944 and the daily herald june 19 1944 p 6  on june 15 1944 manuel jalanivich s corporal remains were interred in section n of the woodlawn memorial park cemetery at colma california private funeral services preceded his burial in the chapel of crosbyn gray company at burlingame   the courier bulletin june 23 1944 p 3  ingvardt olsen passed on july 9 1959 at san francisco he was survived by a cousin edward w neison of san francisco olsen s corporal remains were interred at woodland memorial park colma california next to those of manuel eugene jalanivich  san francisco examiner july 14 1959  jalanivich s estate in march 1945 ingvardt olsen the executor and only heir of the estate of manuel e jalanivich filed for probate in the superior court of california of san mateo county california jalanivich s estate consisted of real property in san francisco california probably baker street appraised at 8500 a 1938 chevrolet town sedan appraised at 540 and 83464 in cash in a commercial account on deposit in the redwood city branch of the bank of america the market value of jalanivich s estate for tax purposes was established at 1137346 of which mr olsen paid 79264 in inheritance taxes the superior court of california san mateo county case no 11473 march 1945  sablich remembers uncle manuel  james eugene sablich sr 19212005 was interviewed by ray l bellande in may 2002 at his home on 440 porter avenue in biloxi mississippi present at the meeting were his wife shannon randazzo sablich and gertrude jalanivich medlock b 1924 a niece of manuel jalanivich bellande jim give us your early recollections of your uncle manuel jalanivich in biloxi  sablich  the earliest recollection that i have is that he came down to visit biloxi and his sister jim s mother and brother johnny jalanivich with his friend ingvardt olsen that was when we lived on 626 lameuse street and that wasn t yesterday that was quite a few years ago bellande how old were you then  sablichi was in the fifth or sixth gradeabout ten eleven or twelve years old about 1931 he manuel came down to visit us and stayed with mother and daddy in the house with us he took over my bedroom and my brother s bedroom before he left biloxi to go back he had to sit down to make chalk crayon pictures of me and my brother bellande were they pastels or colored chalks  sablich  colored chalk i was so proud of that bellande were they a good likeness  sablich  very good bellande did he jalanivich ever talk about ethel dismukes  sablich oh all the time she lived and had her studio on lameuse street one block from the beach i visited that place many times too bellande did she dismukes recognize his early art talent in the biloxi public school system  sablich well this is something that i don t know anything about bellande when manuel came here biloxi did he ever visit her miss dismukes  sablich every time he came to biloxi he visited miss dismukes and he would go to ocean springs to see mr peter anderson because they came up together and he would go down and watch him do his work bellande did he jalanivich ever talk about his early life in biloxi  sablich no but my mother mary jalanivich sablich did my mother told me that when he was just a little tot that he would always go around mr ohr s pottery shop on delauney street mr ohr took a liking to him and gave him a broom to clean up his shop after him as the years went by he taught my uncle manuel to do this pottery work as far as i know he stayed here long enough to learn enough to go to california to start his own pottery bellande did jalanivich have his own pottery shop on lameuse street in biloxi  sablich  i don t know anything about that bellande did manuel make any pottery when he visited biloxi  sablich  to my knowledge no bellande do you know anything about him jalanivich going off to the navy  sablich   yeah i don t know if whether it was the navy or army but that s where he made the little statue that i got while he was in camp in louisiana the war ended before he got any further and he came back to biloxi bellande do you know anything about him jalanivich meeting a wealthy woman in virginia  sablich  i don t know anything about that bellande is there anything else about his visits to biloxi  sablich he always visited friends involved in pottery and art bellande was there anyone besides miss dismukes or peter anderson or ohr  sablich i knew somebody else in those days my daddy cut her hair  jesse smiler  i think she was involved with miss dismukes she was a real estate agent bellande did you know miss dismukes sisterinlaw  sablich well i met her every time i went to see miss dismukes bellande did you ever go anywhere with him jalanivich in biloxi  sablich we always went to the beachwachenfeld s pier and hagan s pier or the riviera pier bellande how long would he jalanivich stay in biloxi  sablich  maybe two weeks bellandedo you have anything to add gertrude medlock  medlock  the time that i remember him coming to see us he had a convertible touring car that s about all that i can remember about him sablich  he had a big big buick i remember uncle manuel and ingvardt both made an extended trip to africa and stayed there a year or better he made some pottery over there and as i told you earlier i have a statue made of a native and she had a big to do or bonnet or something when my mother and daddy moved out there over on the beach i had it outside to load in the car   and i forgot it i d give every damn thing in the world if i could find it bellande did he jalanivich make several trips to biloxi  sablich yes i bet he made about three trips to biloxi he brought ingvardt when he made my picture jalanivicholsen exhibitions  the following are some of the known dates and locations of which the ceramics of the jalan pottery have been on public display  1927 gulf coast art association exhibit biloxi mississippi 1935californiapacific international exhibition san diego california 1936 national ceramic exhibition museum of fine art syracuse new york also known as the fifth national ceramic exhibition robineau memorial and named for american art potter adelaide alsop robineau 18651929 of syracuse new york the amberghirth gallery san francisco california 1937contemporary crafts exhibition philadelphia pennsylvania and oakland art gallery s exhibition of sculpture where work received an honorable mention 1939decorative arts exhibition of the golden gate international exposition at san francisco 1948 ingvardt olsen and charles nye 7 th annual pacific coast ceramic exhibition rotunda gallery san francisco california 1978oakland museum oakland california 1978  lang gallery of scripps college claremont california 1993oakland museum oakland california 1994renwick gallery of the national museum of american art smithsonian institution washington dc 1994cincinnati art museumcincinnati ohio  2003the ohro keefe museum of artbiloxi mississippi born of biloxijoseph meyer george ohr and manuel jalanivich  manuel e jalanivich with sculptures  linda jalanivich seymour was inspired by the bust of the african woman in the center of this image photo courtesy of maxine mcgraw palmer  contemporary jalanivich artists linda jalanivich seymour b 1947 the daughter of david w jalanivich 19201980 and faye winton krohn 19191999 resides in the st martin community north of ocean springs like manuel e jalanivich her great uncle linda works in clay primarily as a hand builder linda was inspired by the bust of an african woman that manuel e jalanivich had created in 2001 she studied pottery with brian nettles at the ohro keefe museum of art and sculpture with dee shaughnessey at the spiral gallery linda j seymour had a show just faces at the art house in ocean springs in october 2005 twentyfive pieces of her sculptures were featured  the ocean springs record october 6 2005 p b4  epilogue  the biloxi boys jf meyer ge ohr jr and me jalanivich were among the most notable american potters of the late 19 th and 20 th century being reared at biloxi on the mexican gulf they experienced the humid subtropical climate tropical cyclones or hurricanes and shared the joie de vivre provided by the unique southern european culture which proliferated here until postww ii while meyer and ohr were instrumental in the art scene at new orleans being instructors in the early years of the newcomb college art program instituted by william woodward 18591939 manuel e jalanivich shared his ceramic knowledge with eager students at the california school of fine arts in san francisco today each of these native biloxi art potters is remembered for his uniqueness meyer for his glazes simple forms and affiliation with newcomb pottery ohr for his skill on the potter s wheel exciting glazes and marketing schemes and jalanivich for his large forms and moulds all are collectible in recent years the value of ohr pottery has risen geometrically meyer s newcomb pottery has also become very valuable jalanivich s works are located primarily on the west coast and are still reasonably priced if they can be located ebay is an excellent place to commence a search for the works of these artists  local jalan collections  robert guy chatham 19502002 see obituary  the sun herald  may 27 2002 p a6 courthouse road gulfport mississippi 228 8969006 andrew w fofo gilich ii 2026 tulleries drive biloxi mississippi 39531228 3851232 maxine mcgraw palmer b 1939  279 palmer cove jackson mississippi 39272601 3727385 james e sablich  19212005 440 porter avenue biloxi mississippi 39530228 3747321  references  the arts and crafts movement in california  oakland museum and abbeville press new york1993  biloxi city directory 19131914  piedmont directory company ashville north carolina1914  jean m bragg and dr susan saward  the newcomb style  newcomb college arts crafts and art potterycollector s guide jean bragg gallery new orleans la 2002  hazel v bray  the potter s art in california 1885 to 1955  oakland museum art department oakland california1980 garth clark robert a ellison jr and eugene hecht  the mad potter of biloxi  abbeville press new york1989 dane cloutier and bob schmid  journal of the american art pottery association   leon volkmar the master potter who made history    vol 1 no 3 mayjune 1985 paul e cox  potteries of the gulf coast  iowa state college iowa1935 p 197 paul evans jalan transitional pottery of san francisco spinning wheel april 1937 p 24 david e gifford   a brief history of arkansas art potteryouachita niloak and camark    the national society of art pottery collectors  vol 1 no 1 spring summer 1996 lois lehner  lechner s encyclopedia of us marks on pottery porcelain clay  collector books padukah kentucky1988 p 226 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  vol i catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  the potter s art in california 18851955  oakland museum art department oakland california1980 cantey venable sutton  history of art in mississippi  the dixie press gulfport mississippi1929  circuit court harco ms circuit court marriage record book 10  giurilinovichmorano  october 13 1894 p 264 superior court of california san mateo county california case no 11473   in the matter of the estate of manuel e jalanivich    march 1945 internet hhtp  wwwgeocitiescom niloakpottery  niloak pottery company    journals the biloxi daily herald   funeral of luka giovulnovich   august 22 1902 the courier bulletin   jalanovich   june 23 1944 the courier bulletin   well known ceramic artist dies in belmont   june 23 1944 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   may 30 1910 the daily herald   biloxi boy has artistic talent   april 16 1912 the daily herald   to show friends their art work   may 21 1913 the daily herald   biloxi high doings   december 4 1913 the daily herald   biloxi youth is talented artist   april 11 1914 the daily herald   art exhibit at central school   may 22 1914 the daily herald   biloxi youth makes pottery   march 13 1915 the daily herald   art exhibit is enjoyed by many   may 22 1916 the daily herald   sablichjalanivich   june 6 1918 p 3 the daily herald   opening of art exhibit at library   february 3 1927 the daily herald   award made by jury of gifted and competent artists for gulf coast art association exhibition at biloxi february 4   february 5 1927 the daily herald   jalan pottery arrives   february 9 1927 the daily herald   art exhibits closes   february 21 1927 the daily herald   mrs frank mueso dies   july 2 1929 the daily herald   biloxi news    march 20 1933 the daily herald   manuel jalanovich sic in california  the daily herald   jalanivichweems   march 31 1936 the daily herald   mcgrawjalanivich   february 8 1937 p 8 the daily herald   mueso funeral   february 29 1940 the daily herald   jalanavich sic gaining fame as potter   june 11 1941 p 7 the daily herald   visit art exhibit   may 31 1949 the daily herald   miss dismukes dies   february 18 1952 the daily herald    manuel jalanivich dies in california   june 19 1944 the daily herald   jm jalanivich   october 9 1967 the daily herald   david w jalanivich sr   november 10 1980 the ocean springs record   the biloxi boys meyer ohr and jalanivich   september 5 2002 to october 31 2002 the ocean springs record   seymour s sculptures put faces in new perspectives   october 6 2005 pb4 the san francisco chronicle   sf potters rise to fame   may 8 1919 or 1935  the san francisco chronicle   clever potters bring art to this city   december 17 1922 the san francisco chronicle   sf women reviving old art of ceramics   november 1 1937 the san francisco chronicle   death splits famed team of artists   june 21 1944 the san francisco chronicle   funeral notices   july 14 1959 the san francisco examiner   funeral notices   july 14 1959 the sun herald   mrs mary louise sablich   february 14 1991 the sun herald   gertrude trosclair jalanivich   june 5 1996 the sun herald    james eugene jimbo sablich   september 23 2005 p a6 the sun herald    mr dewey p jalanivich sr   december 8 2006 p a10  personal communication   gertrude jalanivich medlockconversation at 13809 plano road gulf hills january 1112 2001 mark jawgiel email january 31 2002 joan m levy san mateo county historical museum email of her search of the belmont california telephone books from 19381946 on january 9 2002 jeff gundersonemail from the san francisco art institute january 15 2002  jgunderson sfaiedu  james e sablichtaped interview in may 2002 maxine mcgraw palmerconversation at byram mississippi on june 22 2002 269 views  ', 0);
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there were uneven groves of trees on the west end of the island the middle was characterized by dense growth and the eastern end of the sand bar was fairly devoid of tree growth ware 1982 p107  us  map survey of 1851   richard clague jr 18211873  the back bay of biloxi 1862a drawing and finished oil painting  mississippi gulf coast art association founded in november 1926  mgcaa william woodward 18591939 formerly of new orleans was the founder of the mississippi gulf coast art association during his retirement years at biloxi professor woodward had relocated to benachi avenue at biloxi in 1923 he had relocated from new england to the crescent city with ellsworth woodward his brother to teach art at the world business and cotton centennial held in 1884 and 1885 in midnovember 1926 he and interested parties met at the biloxi public library and commenced this cultural body which aspired to influence the future aesthetics of the mississippi gulf coast among the charter members of the organization were mary ethel dismukes 18701952 and louise mallard 19001975 of biloxi miss sarah k smith 18781930 of gulf park college dean parkhurst woleben 18911968 of gulfport and ella layden roche edward c de celle and roderick dempster mackenzie 18651941 of mobile  the daily herald november 19 1926 p 2  the mississippi gulf coast art association held its first annual exhibit at the biloxi public library from february 4 th until february 20 th 1927 miss ethel dismukes 18701952 then secretary of the organization exhibited photography and oil paintings her the burden bearer was voted the bestliked picture william woodward won the gold medal for our street   the daily herald february 3 1927 p 2 and february 21 1927 p 2    1927 gulf coast art association exhibit the gulf coast art association which was led by professor william woodward 18591939 and mary ethel dismukes 18701952 held its first exhibit at the biloxi public library from february 4 th until february 20 th 1927 the show which was composed of oil paintings water colors pastels lithographic drawings block prints sculpture photography pottery metal work and embroidery was juried by will h stevens of newcomb college at new orleans sarah k smith of gulf park college at gulfport mississippi and edmund c decelle of mobile  the daily herald february 3 1927 p 2  those exhibiting at the biloxi show were  peter anderson  19011984 ocean springs gertrude burton ocean springs grace cheeseman gulfport alethia b clemens biloxi edmund c decelle mobile  mary ethel dismukes  18701952 biloxi camille j ehrenfels nola  robert h holmes  18691949 ocean springs dorothy hopkins biloxi charles w hutson biloxi charles e hultberg 18741948 biloxi  manuel jalanivich  18981944 biloxi california  louise mallard  19001975 biloxi william h muir gulfport anne wells munger pass christian christine northrop pass christian mrs granville osoinach gulfport sarah k smith gulfport miss cr tibb biloxi clara tucker biloxi alice walsh gulfport  louise giesen woodward  18621937 biloxi and william woodward  18591939 biloxi  the daily herald february 5 1927 p 5  on opening night of the juried exhibition the winning artists selected by the three jurors were as follows gold medal sponsored by the peoples bank for the best oil painting   a western scene  by charles e hultberg 18741948 gold medal given by the biloxi city commissioners for the best mississippi coast scene   our street   bywilliam woodward and ribbon for honorable mention was won by edmund c decille for  mardi gras    the daily herald february 5 1927 p 5  on february 8 1927 three pieces of jalan pottery for the biloxi exhibit arrived from california they consisted of a large jardiniere worth 15000 and two pieces a light blue bowl and a small jar valued at 2000 apiece manuel jalanivich s work was lauded for its form color and glazing the ceramic work of peter anderson of the shearwater pottery at ocean springs was also praised  the daily herald february 9 1927 p 2  the final award for the first gulf coast art association exhibit was given by the first national bank on the basis of votes placed by visitors to the show the gold medal for the most popular picture was won by miss mary ethel dismukes for   the burden bearer   professor woodward s large oil painting of potters joseph meyer and george ohr placed second miss dismukes photograph titled  sunshine and shadow  was third in popularity  the daily herald february 21 1927 p 2    1927gulf coast art association this show was juried by will h stevens 18811949 of newcomb college miss sarah k smith of gulf park college and edmund c de celle of mobile professor woodward had a least two paintings in this initial exhibit of the mgcaa the new orleans art pottery company and our street which was awarded the gold medal for best coast scene  the daily herald february 3 1927 p 2 and february 21 1927 p 2  in april 1927 the woodwards ventured to charleston south carolina to attend the southern states art league annual convention while in the low country professor woodward painted the renowned azalea blossoms of magnolia plantation and gardens and visited the terrace azalea gardens at easter they visited with eleanor w blosser and grandchildren in atlanta at mobile the woodwards visited the gulf coast art association show and returned it to biloxi  the daily herald april 21 1927 p 2  1928 exhibits at an exhibition of her works sponsored by the woman s club and held at the biloxi public library from february 23 to february 27 1928 miss dismukes displayed an eclectic ensemble of approximately eighty art objectsover forty photographs eighteen oil paintings four watercolors two pastels and craft work in china copper and wood in addition she delivered two lectures  history and legends of the gulf coast and the vieux carre  by popular vote visitors to her exhibition selected  rosy dawn  and  reflections  as the best in her show miss dismukes sold several pieces and received solicitations for portraits  the daily herald february 22 1928 p 2 february 23 1928 p 2 february 25 1928 p 2 and february 27 1928 p 2    1928mississippi gulf coast art association midfebruary 1928 was indeed a historic moment in the art history of biloxi there were two exhibits on simultaneously professor william woodward had his own gallery showing while the mgcaa show was hanging in the biloxi public library the woodward display consisted of about forty paintings primarily of biloxi some of his subjects were benachi avenue at its back bay terminus the biloxi lighthouse live oaks in front of the wp kennedy domicile shell roads in the vicinity of solari s fish house and the elliptical shoreline of the back bay of biloxi an art critic from new york city so admired the color and composition of william woodward s spring time near biloxi that he compared the professor to claude monet 18401926 mr woodward related that after he had moved beyond the barbizon style that indeed monet had been an inspiration  the daily herald february 16 1928 p 2  professor william woodward opened the 1929 art association annual exhibition with a talk on art appreciation he emphasized that art excepting religion is the most tangible element in our daily lives woodward lauded the mississippi gulf coast art association for its inaugural efforts and selfless serving to promote cultural activities in this historic region he emphasized that there were limitless natural subjects to be captured on the canvas by local artists for as professor woodward stated   art begins at home   william woodward was honored at this art show by capturing the peoples bank award for the best oil painting for his azaleas in sunlight   the daily herald february 18 1928 p 2   more  pass christian the mississippi gulf coast art association 2 nd annual art show opened at pass christian on march 1 1928 the rafferty building was selected as the viewing venue at the pass this show will move to mobile at a later date  the daily herald march 1 1928 p 2    1929 exhibits in midjanuary 1929 the biloxi public library was the venue of an art exhibit of the professional women artists of mississippi among those showing their water colors pastels and oil paintings were mrs wq sharp of jackson vice president of the mississippi art association and worker in pastels and water color miss mary clair sherwood teacher at all saints college at vicksburg miss charlotte e tibbs of biloxi miss betty mcarthur a teacher at mscw  marie a hull  18901980 of jackson who recently had three works accepted by the philadelphia watercolor association and others at the chicago art institute miss mary ethel dismukes is exhibiting  lover s lane ocean springs the waifs  and  spring   which was sketched at city park in nola  adolyn gale dismukes  mrs george dismukes was showing mt mckinley alaska auroral lights and valley of ten thousand smokes mrs anne wells mounger of pass christian and miss sarah k smith of gulf park college also sent paintings a 20 prize for the most popular painting in the exhibit was sponsored by the first national bank  the daily herald january 14 1929 p 2  when the coast zone of woman s clubs meeting was held in the biloxi public library on october 31 1929 an exhibit of miss dismukes photographs were on display in the clubroom the images were of local scenery appropriate for the occasion  the jackson county times november 9 1929 p 3    1930   1931   1932 miss dismukes october exhibit in late october 1932 miss dismukes replaced her former sidewalk display of oil paintings and photographs in a store window on west howard avenue in biloxi with a new showing of her work this photographic display dealt primarily with the jefferson davis family of beauvoir some of these images were the beauvoir pavilion where jefferson davis 18082008 wrote the rise and fall of the confederacy  winnie s piano the davis trunk and the episcopal church of the redeemer  the daily herald october 31 1932 p 2    gulf  coast art association the initial 1932 convening of the gulf coast art association occurred on january 18 th at gulf park college dean babcock 18881969 a resident of estes park colorado wintering at biloxi was the guest speaker and henry c barrow 18951945 staff artist for the times picayune  displayed his pencil drawings of new orleans scenery dean babcock spoke of the history of wood cut prints which had its origins in japan mr babcock s own work in block prints was an amalgamation of the later european method and that of the japanese his works on display were used to illustrate the principles in creating wood block prints barrow had made prints of pine and oak trees since arriving at biloxi  the daily herald january 20 1932 p 5    newcomb exhibit in september 1932 william woodward president of the gulf coast art association had an exhibit of his vieux carre oil paintings in the recently refurbished newcomb college gallery these turn of the century works featured such french quarter landmarks as the cabildo st louis cathedral the old french opera house and the signature jackson square most of these works had been viewed by gulf coast art aficionados either at local exhibits or in professor woodward s oak park studio  the daily herald september 20 1932 p 2     new etchings process the first fall meeting of 1932 was held in late november at the home of deaconess mary truesdell at 138 fayard street in biloxi professor william woodward delivered an address titled new etching processes in recent months he had been working diligently on an exhibit in this medium  the daily herald november 24 1932 p 2 the sixth annual gulf coast art association fall exhibit was nonjuried william woodward presented an oil portrait and several etchings the solari memorial plate an etching of the philip l solari 18681932 oyster house wharf and tree was very popular for each solari print sold professor woodward donated one to a biloxi school philip l solari an italian immigrant and biloxi merchant and his oak tree both expired in 1932 ellsworth woodward his brother made the solari prints at new orleans deacon reed s house also an etching by william woodward was made from a sketch of this massachusetts home work shop well and sweep  the daily herald september 26 1932 p 2 and december 12 1932 p 2    the art center in early december 1932 artists of the mississippi gulf coast art association decided to commence an art center in biloxi it was located on the north side of west howard avenue between reynoir and fayard streets adjacent to d aquin s drugstore the art center may have been the first artist public meeting place and artist coop on the mississippi gulf coast in addition to rotating art exhibits and association meetings the gulf coast art association planned to have a workroom in their building with north light which is considered excellent for drawing and painting classes and workshops were also planned for the workroom the art center opened in late december 1932 professor woodward william billy logan his grandson and charlotte e tibbs of biloxi worked diligently to bring this project to fruition  the daily herald december 6 1932 p 2 december 29 1932 p 2 and january 10 1933 p 6  william woodward resigned from his very active role as president of the mississippi gulf coast art association in january 1933 he had led the organization since its inception anne wells munger 18621945 a native of springfield massachusetts and resident of pass christian mississippi became acting president mrs munger wintered at pass christian and enjoyed painting during the cooler summers on cape cod in massachusetts  the daily herald february 14 1927 p 2 and january 10 1933 p 6    1933 february found the mgcaa holding a showing of etchings at the art center designated a loan exhibit because some individuals from the mgcaa loaned pieces from their private collections for the viewing pleasure of the membership as well as the public anne wells munger of pass christian and cape cod massachusetts   the daily herald february 15 1933 p 2  anne wells munger of pass christian mississippi was elected president of the mgcaa at its annual meeting held in the art center on march 13 1933 professor woodward whose motivation and leadership had guided the mgcaa since its inception in november 1926 was named president emeritus other elected officers were emma langdon roche vice president mary ethel dismukes secretary and deaconess truesdell treasurer  the daily herald march 14 1933 p 2  the 1933 gcaa juried art show was held march 20march 25 at the art studio on the gulf park college campus in long beach mississippi autumn and naval reserve park oils captain wooster s carpenter place boats at provincetown buck sawyer and a coat of arms etchings  the daily herald march 21 1933 p 1  the art center at 512 west howard avenue officially closed its winter season in early may with a public tea william woodward president emeritus was present at this function the art center closed for the summer months  the daily herald may 2 1933 p 2    1934 dorothy hopkins left for chicago on june 25th to spend the remainder of the summer studying at the american academy of art she is becoming biloxi s best known artist miss hopkins has studied at nola and has had many exhibitions she recently completed a portrait of judge white and other works under the pwa  the daily herald june 25 1934 p 5    1935   1935art colony from june 22 to august 17 1935 an art colony was held at the white house hotel on biloxi s west beach hans wang 19071942 a native of new orleans whose parents were norwegian immigrants ran the art school mr wang resided at 4714 st peter street in the crescent city  the daily herald january 28 1935 p 3 and march 25 1935 p 5    chairman biloxi s presidential ball in january 1936 mayor john aw o keefe 18911985 appointed miss mallard chairman of biloxi president s ball committee the president s ball was held on january 30 th in honor of the natal anniversary of president franklin d roosevelt funds raised from these dances were for the benefit of those disabled with infantile paralysis the proceeds were utilized for research acquisition of hospital equipment and to pay for treatment of those crippled with this malady in 1935 the president s ball raised more than 1 million dollars of which 30 per cent went to the warm springs georgia foundation  the daily herald january 13 1936 p 2    1938   mgcaa the gulf coast art association meeting for january 1938 had a change in venue the markham hotel at gulfport mississippi was selected for the january 17 1938 art show george wilkinson manager of the hotel allowed the association the use of the mezzanine for their exhibits and the gold room for their lecture program  the daily herald january 11 1938 p 5  anthony v tony ragusin 19021997 of the biloxi chamber of commerce entered twentysix images in the mississippi art association exhibition in early april tony s photographs depicted the fishing industry fishing birds and bridges of the mississippi gulf coast  the daily herald march 31 1938 p 6    1941 the biloxi camera club was organized in september 1941 with mary ethel dismukes 18701952 as its first president the daily herald september 19 1941 p 7  1943 the art work of sergeant harry dix 19071968 of new york city and stationed at keesler field and tech sergeant manuel bromberg b 1917 formerly at keesler field was to be displayed in the london national gallery dix s works chosen for the exhibit were barracks scenes and px at night while bromberg s card players and tent interiors was going to london captain peter de anna of washington may also have his art work in the final selection the daily herald october 20 1943 p 2 private birney quick 19121981 of duluth minnesota was selcted to paint murals at keesler field the daily herald november 5 1943 p 2  1948 charles e hultberg 18741948 native of sweden and retired from american can company and resident of biloxi since 1922 died at his porter avenue residence mr hultberg won the people s bank gold medal award for the best oil painting at the 1 st gcaa in 1927  the daily herald february 5 1927 p 5 and november 20 1948 p 6    1951 william steene of gulf hills and horace c russ of lakeshore were jurors for the gcaa show held at the markham hotel s marine room in november  the gulf coast times november 8 1951 p 1    references  the daily herald   organize art association   november 19 1926 the daily herald   artist are biloxi visitors   november 19 1926 the daily herald   gulf coast association  november 30 1926 the daily herald   opening of art exhibit at library   february 3 1927 the daily herald   award made by jury of gifted and competent artists for gulf coast art association exhibition at biloxi february 4   february 5 1927 the daily herald   art exhibits closes saturday   february 14 1927 the daily herald   art exhibits closes   february 21 1927 1928 the daily herald    joseph meyer lived in biloxi   january 4 1928 p 10 the daily herald   woodward home   february 15 1928 the daily herald   two art exhibitions   february 16 1928 the daily herald   second annual art exhibition   february 18 1928 the daily herald   art exhibit opens at pass  christian     march 1 1928 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs    july 23 1928 19291936 the daily herald   etching exhibit at art center  october 31 1932 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs  dorothy hopkins     june 25 1934 the daily herald  etching exhibit at art center   february 15 1935 the daily herald   summer art colony in biloxi assured   january 28 1935 the daily herald   annual art show opens   april 9 1935 the daily herald   summer art colony   march 25 1935 1937 the daily herald   test need for museum in biloxi   january 18 1937 p 2 the daily herald   museum supporters to meet   february 24 1937 p 2 the daily herald   community art center to be discussed   february 27 1937 p 5 the daily herald   museum supporters to meet   march 13 1937 p 10 1938 the daily herald   ragusin enters pictures   march 31 1938 1941 the daily herald   biloxi camera club organized   september 19 1941  1943 the daily herald   keesler painting will be displayed in london gallery   october 20 1943 the daily herald   artist to paint murals at keesler field   november 5 1943 1948 the daily herald   charles e hultberg dies   november 20 1948 p 6 1951 the gulf coast times   william steene honored by art association   november 8 1951 p 1 1959 the daily herald      macmahon  gibbs outlines place of art in everyday life   july 23 1959 p 18 biloxi artists sarah k smith sarah k smith was born at oakland alameda county california in june 1878 to reverend george h smith 18471920 and rachel moorer smith 18561920  references  the daily herald   gulf park again displays wisdom   may 27 1921 p 8 the daily herald   gulf park college deserves to rank with strongest of girls schools   august 1 1921 p 2 the daily herald   woman s club at gulf park college   november 23 1922 p 5 the daily herald   detail of rotary art exhibit   november 23 1922 p 5  charlotte e tibbs charlotte e tibbs 18781971 was born at new york lived on iberville drive in biloxi  alethia b clemens alethia beatrice clemens 18741960 was born september 6 1874 to bruno richard clemens 18301915 and emma p savers 18431930 her father was born at hanover germany and was a ship pilot condederate war veteran and former yacht racer for wealthy new orleanians mrs clemens was born in alabama bruno and emma married in harrison county mississippi in february 1860 and had five children emma josephine clemons 18611892 m albert gerdes 18531917 mary alice clemons 18631931 edward clemons 18661942 noalee clemons 18721936 m charles h delmas 18551938 and alethia b clemens 18741960  education attended sophie newcomb college at new orleans where she studied the normal art course from 1906 until her graduation in 1910 alethia b clemens expired at biloxi mississippi on january 13 1960 references  the daily herald   miss clemens returns to alexandria   september 14 1915  louise j mallard louise josephine mallard 19001975 was born march 22 1900 at new orleans louisiana the daughter of george f mallard 18541926 and julia rousseau 18751947 her parents married at new orleans on june 14 1893 children george f mallard ii 18941916 prudent mallard 18951918 julia maria mallard 18971899 louise mallard 19001975 and albert mallard 19011982 m evelyn mcshane 19021960  1928 mardi gras louise designed mardi gras floats using a japanese influence  pilot club   louise mallard anecdotal stories louise hired a plumber to fix a leak in her house waited and didn t show came late and knocked on the screen door and invited him she had called down from upstairs where she sat on the commode with a umbrella in her hand above the leaking pipe this was her method for emphasis the leak to the plumber maria mallard june 27 2008 louise got tired of the canopy on her mallard bed and cut the four posts to remove it maria mallard june 27 2008 in the 1940s alton bellande 19121970 a young biloxi fuller brush salesman went to the mallard home on benachi avenue to make a potential sales call louise welcomed him into her home as their families knew one another alton observed dust coating much of the mallard furniture and floors and anticipated making at least a brush sale miss mallard was taken aback at his suggestion that her house was in need of a thorough cleaning bellande departed frustrated and scolded louise with this comment   louise you need more than brushes to clean this place you need a large broom   betty bellandetoland june 28 2008 expired january 28 1975 references  the daily herald   photo   february 21 1928 p 1 the daily herald  miss mallard awarded cup   may 1 1935 p 2 the daily herald     chairman biloxi presidential ball  january 13 1936 the daily herald   photo   june 7 1936 p 5 the daily herald   miss louise j mallard   january 29 1975 p a2 the daily herald  the daily herald   albert mallard   april 1982 p patsy mallard ellmer 8752592 maria mallard 2090087  dusti s bonge    references    charles kuper   aubrey h gardner aubrey h gardner 19112004 was born february 10 1911 in tulsa oklahoma to george gardner 18671930 and parents divorced before 1920 died july 1 2004 in ocean springs mississippi references  the daily herald   gardner buys out collins sign shop   november 9 1954 p 14 the ocean springs news   art gallery resumes class   january 13 1966 p 1  mary ethel dismukes 18701952  beauvoir circa 1933 image by ray l bellande june 2002 property of the biloxi school system mary ethel dismukes was chosen by professor ellsworth woodward 18611939 director of the issac delgadgo museum of art at new orleans to participate in the government sponsored public works of art project her commission which commenced in middecember 1933 was to paint in oils of  beauvoir  the  church of the redeemer  the monument commemorating the site where iberville landed in 1699 and a phase of the fishing industry miss dismukes commissioned ended on february 15 1934  the daily herald february 2 1934 p 6  mary ethel dismukes 18701952 was born at pulaski giles county tennessee on april 13 1870 the daughter of george r dismukes 18401909 a merchant and adella mcdonald dismukes 18461924 her father expired at pulaski tennessee in march 1909 she was present for his demise   1880 giles co tennessee federal census t9 1257 ed 111  and the daily herald march 22 1909 p 1  miss dismukes came to biloxi in 1897 with her family she resided at 113 lameuse street with her mother her brother was george e dismuke 18741937 miss dismukes was a member of the woman s club biloxi magnolia art club biloxi tree association  the daily herald february 18 1952 p 4  mary ethel dismukes called ethel had studied at the art student s league of new york under john h twachtmann 18531902 clifford carleton 18671946 and kenyon c cox 18561919 from 1900 until she was hired by the biloxi public schools in may 1902 miss dismukes was the first principal of an art department in the biloxi educational system her hiring resulted in an art studio being incorporated into the new addition to the biloxi central school on main street at biloxi those students choosing her course were instructed in charcoal drawing pen and ink drawing painting in oil water color and pastel and china painting burnt wood etching or pyrography was also offered  the biloxi daily herald may 30 1902 p 8    george e dismukes and adolyn gale george edward dismukes 18741937 was a mining engineer he was born at pulaski tennessee on july 17 1874 and educated in a private college there george e dismukes married adolyn gale 18641953 a native of memphis tennessee his livelihood took him to georgia alaska california oregon and other mining districts of north america dismukes was an authority on gold mining and a mine appraiser he expired at ethel s home at 113 lameuse street on august 18 1937 george and adolyn had lived with miss dismukes for approximately ten years his corporal remains were sent to memphis tennessee for burial in the elmwood cemetery  the daily herald august 18 1937 p 2  adolyn gale dismukes was also an artist in 1929 her oil paintings were exhibited in the tennessee painter s exhibit an annual show which was held at the watkins institute in nashville since the 1890s mrs dismukes had traveled to alaska with her husband works from this region dominated her exhibition as she had oil paintings titled  bering sea aurora light  and  valley of the thousand smoke  the daily herald june 13 1929 p 2  adolyn g dismukes expired at biloxi mississippi on july 22 1953 she was the daughter of thomas gale 18161912 an englishman who founded the lemongale dry goods company in memphis colonel gale had come to america in 1823 and spent his entire life in the south primarily in tennessee adolyn g dismukes corporal remains were interred in the elmwood cemetery at memphis tennessee  the daily herald july 23 1953 p 12    1903 art exhibit in late may 1903 miss dismukes held an art exhibit of her student s annual works at the main school  the biloxi daily herald may 20 1903 p 6    1904 art exhibit mary ethel dismukes  biloxi high school  art teacher  opened her studio in the high school building on november 15th for public viewing of the charcoal pen and ink oil water color and china painting that was done by her students and herself  the biloxi daily herald november 15 1904 p 5    biloxi school of art miss dismukes spent the summer of 1909 at pulaski tennessee by june 1910 miss dismukes had opened a private art academy at 131 lameuse street her family home classes in drawing and painting were held in the weekday mornings during the summer months  the biloxi daily herald september 4 1909 p 8 and the daily herald may 30 1910 p 8    dresden exhibit in 1911 ethel dismukes traveled to the international art exhibit at dresden germany dresden a large industrial and arts center is situated in east central germany on the elbe river dresden china is made at meissen fourteen miles to the northwest webster s 1988 p 343 and 748  1913 western tour in early july 1913 miss dismukes ventured to the west coast to reacquaint herself with relatives and friends residing there before her fall return to biloxi she planned side trips to the mariposa and calararus valleys as well as yosemite and yellowstone national parks while in california miss dismukes went to san diego los angeles and san francisco  the daily herald july 7 1913 p 7    invite to leipsic leipzig  in december 1913 the biloxi city schools received an invitation to participate in the may 1914 international art exhibit at leipsic germany leipsic now spelled leipzig is a large industrialcultural center in east central germany about 60 miles south east of dresden it is the site of karl marx university and the burial place of js bach the quality of the art produced by miss dismuke s biloxi pupils made an excellent impression at dresden which secured an offer to exhibit at leipsic  the daily herald december 29 1913 p 3 and webster s 1988 p 660    retirement in may 1914 ethel dismukes retired from her art teacher s status in the biloxi public school system the culmination of her career in education was marked by an exhibition of student works from all the city schools held at the central school s art department student artisans demonstrated their abilities in traditional art as well as stained glass window design sofa pillow design paper cutting home design and interior furnishings miss dismukes was lauded as having   done magnificent work as instructor in this department   she planned to hold private art classes after her teaching career ended  the daily herald may 22 1914 p 2  in june 1910 miss dismukes had opened a private art academy at 131 lameuse street her family home classes in drawing and painting were held in the weekday mornings during the summer months miss dismukes continued private art lessons well into her retirement years she was a major force with william woodward 18591939 in starting the gulf coast art association in the mid1920s  lameuse street in june 1919 miss dismukes acquired a house and lot on the west side of lameuse street between water street and beach boulevard from fl and edith stone the dismukes lot was fortyfive feet wide and one hundredone feet deep harco ms deed trust deed bk 124 pp 6970 in september 1935 ethel dismukes sold her house to mrs geneva adams hale of elkins west virginia the consideration was 1500 cash harco ms land deed bk 206 pp 549550 in september 1940 ethel dismukes and geneva a hale recorded a lease purchase agreement in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi the rent payable to grant and tonsmeire local attorneys was 20 per month in advance on the 14 th day of each month miss dismukes was responsible for the water rent she had an option to purchase the house from mrs hale for 1500 plus interest of 8 annually from february 11 1933 to the date of purchase harco ms land deed bk 234 pp 566567 in september 1941 mrs hale vended her lameuse street property to miss dismukes for 2350 harco ms land deed bk 243 pp 406407 ethel dismukes sold her house to mrs victoria s kornman for 12600 harco ms land deed bk 243 pp 406407  1926 exhibit at delgado art museum in the fall of 1926 the  new orleans art association  held an exhibit at the delgado art museum miss dismukes biloxi resident and a nola art association member had two entries in the show of twentyseven artists her canvasses were titled   golden glow   and   rosy dawn  respectively   golden glow   a sylvanlandscape scene in the biloxi area   was lauded by visitors for its strong color while   rosy dawn   was painted from the porch of the beach home of mr jahncke of new orleans formerly the domicile of mrs er johnson  the daily herald december 3 1926 p 9    the gulf coast art association and art center william woodward 18591939 was the founder of the mississippi gulf coast art association during his retirement years at biloxi in midnovember 1926 he and interested parties met at the biloxi public library and commenced this cultural body which aspired to influence the future aesthetics of the mississippi gulf coast among the charter members of the organization were mary ethel dismukes 18701952 and louise mallard 19001975 of biloxi miss sarah k smith 18781930 of gulf park college dean parkhurst woleben 18911968 of gulfport and ella layden roche edward c de celle and roderick dempster mackenzie 18651941 of mobile  the daily herald november 19 1926 p 2  the mississippi gulf coast art association held its first annual exhibit at the biloxi public library from february 4 th until february 20 th 1927 miss ethel dismukes 18701952 then secretary of the organization exhibited photography and oil paintings her the burden bearer was voted the bestliked picture william woodward won the gold medal for our street   the daily herald february 3 1927 p 2 and february 21 1927 p 2    1928 exhibit at an exhibition of her works sponsored by the woman s club and held at the biloxi public library from february 23 to february 27 1928 miss dismukes displayed an eclectic ensemble of approximately eighty art objectsover forty photographs eighteen oil paintings four watercolors two pastels and craft work in china copper and wood in addition she delivered two lectures  history and legends of the gulf coast  and the  vieux carre  by popular vote visitors to her exhibition selected   rosy dawn  and   reflections   as the best in her show miss dismukes sold several pieces and received solicitations for portraits  the daily herald february 22 1928 p 2 february 23 1928 p 2 february 25 1928 p 2 and february 27 1928 p 2  1929 exhibits in midjanuary 1929 the biloxi public library was the venue of an art exhibit of the professional women artists of mississippi among those showing their water colors pastels and oil paintings were mrs wq sharp of jackson vice president of the mississippi art association and worker in pastels and water color miss mary clair sherwood teacher at all saints college at vicksburg miss charlotte e tibbs of biloxi miss betty mcarthur a teacher at ms cw  marie a hull  18901980 of jackson who recently had three works accepted by the philadelphia watercolor association and others at the chicago art institute miss  mary ethel dismukes  is exhibiting   lover s lane ocean springs the waifs  and   spring   which was sketched at city park in nola  adolyn gale dismukes  mrs george dismukes was showing mt mckinley alaska auroral lights and valley of ten thousand smokes mrs anne wells mounger of pass christian and miss sarah k smith of gulf park college also sent paintings a 20 prize for the most popular painting in the exhibit was sponsored by the first national bank  the daily herald january 14 1929 p 2  when the coast zone of woman s clubs meeting was held in the biloxi public library on october 31 1929 an exhibit of miss dismukes photographs were on display in the clubroom the images were of local scenery appropriate for the occasion  the jackson county times november 9 1929 p 3    woman s club miss dismukes served as chairman of the art department for the biloxi woman s club for several years in march 1930 she presented a talk to this group titled the art of moving picture   the daily herald march 20 1930 p 2    1932 exhibit in late october 1932 miss dismukes replaced her former sidewalk display of oil paintings and photographs in a store window on west howard avenue in biloxi with a new showing of her work this photographic work dealt primarily with the jefferson davis family of beauvoir  the daily herald october 31 1932 p 2    1932 exhibit gcaa the 1932 nonjuried art show of the gulf coast art association was held in middecember 1932 at the biloxi public library fourteen member artists exhibited their oils watercolors pastels etchings and wood block prints there were no craft works in the show dean babcock of denver colorado planned to donate three wood block prints and six prints to biloxi high school if they were desired  the daily herald december 10 1932 p 2    art center in early december 1932 local artists decided to commence an art center in biloxi located on the north side of west howard avenue between reynoir and fayard streets adjacent to d aquin s drugstore the art center may have been the first artist public meeting place and artisit coop on the mississippi gulf coast in addition to rotating art exhibits and association meetings the gulf coast art association planned to have a workroom in their building with north light which is considered excellent for drawing and painting classes and workshops were planned for the workroom the art center opened in late december 1932  the daily herald december 6 1932 p 2 and december 29 1932 p 2    photographic recognition  bellman street oak a photographic image made by miss dismukes won the mississippi award given by the american forestry association in their competition   most beautiful photographs of trees in america    a 1934 traveling exhibition of award winning photographs and other excellent images was planned by the american forestry association they selected four additional photographs by ethel dismukes for this venue which was limited to one hundred photographs they were   ruskin oak crawford oak close up of crawford oak and parkingham oak   the daily herald january 9 1934 p 2    pwa 1934     mary ethel dismukes was chosen by professor ellsworth woodward 18611939 director of the issac delgadgo museum of art at new orleans to participate in the government sponsored public works of art project her commission which commenced in middecember 1933 was to paint in oils of beauvoir the church of the redeemer the monument commemorating the site where iberville landed in 1699 and a phase of the fishing industry miss dismukes commissioned ended on february 15 1934  the daily herald february 2 1934 p 6    1936 exhibit the 1936 juried art show of the gulf coast art association was held in the sun parlor of the white house hotel the fortyninepiece show opened on march 1 1936 and was available for public viewing for about one week miss dismukes exhibited three photographs   inn by the sea   oil tinted   lover s lane   and   wind swept   professor william woodward of biloxi showed the following   portrait of patricia   oil   biloxi light ship at sunset and ship in moonlight   rafaelle oil crayons and   benachi avenue bioxi oyster wharf yellow fever quarantine and pass christian   etchings dean babcock of denver colorado presented several wood engravings  the daily herald march 2 1936 p 2    wpa images in early december 1936 miss mary ethel dismukes spoke to the gulf coast art association at biloxi her topic was about a photographic project that she and two other photographers in mississippi were involved miss dismukes was traveling in the southern counties of mississippi making images to be used in the histories being written by the writer s group probably for the wpa federal art project which was instituted in may 1936 miss dismukes photographs were taken of antiques fire arms elderly people unusual people ie the whittaker negroes and the hot boys caucasian with marked physical traits she also spoke of the history of biloxi  the daily herald december 8 1936 p 5    1941 miss dismukes was a founder in september 1941 of the biloxi camera club she was its first president sidney levine of philadelphia was vicepresident and john lockett treasurer their first meeting was in the biloxi community center on september 18 1941 the daily herald september 19 1941 p 7  1941 exhibition in what may have been her most versatile art showing miss dismukes held an exhibition at the biloxi communicty house shortly before thanksgiving 1941 the show featured watercolors etchings oil paintings photographs handtined in both oil and watercolors plain photographs black and white and craft work of special interest were her excellent study of negro people and of the local magnificent live oak trees miss dismukes also took pleasure in creating wild flower images with her camera the daily herald november 22 1941 p 3   1943 art week state chairman in october 1943 the american artists professional league appointed mary ethel dismukes as the mississippi state chairman for national art week which was held novemb er 1st through november 7th miss alethea clemens was the biloxi chairman for the local event the annex on the rear lawn of the biloxi community center was the venue for national art week local and mississippi coast artists participating were mrs albert tee austin mrs edgar balthrope alethea clemens mrs george dismukes mrs robert drover sergeant william t dunn mrs jc mcnair sarah k smith charlotte tibbs and estelle parker the daily herald october 21 1943 p 4 and november 5 1943 p 3  dismukes art school of art the dismukes art school of art was founded in the late 1940s it was the vehicle through which she gave private art instructions at biloxi on november 27 1948 miss dismukes opened her  little art gallery  at 113 lameuse street in conjunction with the art of her students and invited exhibitors  the daily herald may 31 1949 p 5    demise miss ethel dismukes died at biloxi mississippi on february 18 1952 she was survived by adolyn gale dismukes 18641953 her sister in law miss dismukes had been in st petersburg florida since september 1951 and had returned to biloxi in early february in addition to her many years serving as secretary of the mgaa ethel dismukes was past president of the woman s club assisted in the organization of the magnolia art club and the biloxi tree association her corporal remains were sent to pulaski tennessee for internment in the family cemetery  the daily herald february 18 1952 p 4   landing of d iberville   iberville landing painting evokes memories   written by ray l bellande and published in  the ocean springs record  on may 22 2008 the recent showing of iberville s landing a landscape oil painting by mary ethel dismukes in the hancock bank building on washington avenue awakened in me journeys of another time as a lad growing up in 1950s in the back bay section of biloxi we often crossed the back bay of biloxi by motorcar invariably my father would point to the cross and boulder in the st theresa catholic school yard nestled on the margin of back bay and comment that is where iberville landed naturally my siblings and i didn t know nor were sure of who or what was an iberville or a d iberville was mary ethel dismukes 18701952 called ethel the artist was a native of pulaski tennessee she had studied at the art student s league of new york under john h twachtmann 18531902 clifford carleton 18671946 and kenyon c cox 18561919 from 1900 until she was hired by the biloxi public schools in may 1902 miss dismukes was the first principal of an art department in the biloxi educational system her hiring resulted in an art studio being incorporated into the new addition to the biloxi central school on main street at biloxi those students choosing her course were instructed in charcoal drawing pen and ink drawing painting in oil water color and pastel and china painting burnt wood etching or pyrography was also offered  the biloxi daily herald may 30 1902 p 8    manuel jalanivich and alice tee austin manuel jalanivich 18971944 a biloxi native became both a public and private art pupil of miss dismukes he would become an acclaimed california potter and clay sculptor circa 1922 with his life partner ingvardt olsen 18881959 a danish ceramicist who had studied at the royal danish copenhagen chinese kilns in copenhagen denmark manuel started jalan pottery in san francisco to produce commercial ceramic ware it was identified by its large scale simple form color style and crackled glaze jalanivich created wheelthrown forms and also did extensive clay modeling while olsen specialized in glazing olsen s persian or faience blue and eggplant glazes were well accepted wf dietrich in 1928 described the jalan pottery as  jalanivich and olsen are making an attractive line of glazed pottery using a buffburning body and lead glazes their output is handmolded on a potter s wheel it is fired in a round kiln approximately 3 feet inside diameter designed by them and built by the gas company city gas being used for fuel the clay from california sources is fired to 2000 f and the glaze to 15001700 f  jalanivich and olsen marketed their ceramics well in addition to their bay area patronage gumps department store in san francisco vended jalan pottery jalan s adaptation to a chinesestyle form met with great success in san francisco as many affluent citizens were decorating their domiciles with teak furniture coromandel screens lacquered chests and middle eastern of oriental rugs  bray 1980 p 43  alice tee austin 19082001 nee weir who would reside on front beach near the ocean springs inner harbor in the parlinaustin house for nearly sixtyyears was also a student of miss dismukes she studied art contemporaneously with manuel jalanivich her ability as an artist was lauded at the may 1916 art exhibit held by ethel dismukes for her private students miss weir s paintings of a candle stick and wildflowers were noted by  the daily herald  columnist covering the event alice had also creatively decorated miss dismukes doorbell with raffia  the daily herald may 22 1916 p 3  miss alice t weir was also a pianist of note she was under the tutelage of the sisters of mercy at the sacred heart academy in december 1921 when her interpretation of puerto rican composer juan morel campos 18571896 indilio was praised by critics as played with perfect ease and carrying out a number of difficult passages while at newcomb college in 1930 miss weir won first prize for a poster contest sponsored by the louisiana society for prevention of cruelty to animals while at newcomb she continued to paint in oils and water color and won awards at several art exhibits for her excellent works  the daily herald december 15 1921 p 6 and may 27 1930 p 2  retirement in may 1914 ethel dismukes retired from her art teacher s status in the biloxi public school system the culmination of her career in education was marked by an exhibition of student works from all the city schools held at the central school s art department in june 1910 miss dismukes had opened a private art academy at 131 lameuse street her family home classes in drawing and painting were held in the weekday mornings during the summer months miss dismukes continued private art lessons well into her retirement years she was a major force with william woodward 18591939 in starting the gulf coast art association in the mid1920s  the daily herald may 22 1914 pp 12  william woodward in 1884 william woodward had relocated to new orleans from his native new england here he taught art as an associate professor at the new tulane college and high school professor woodward retired as   professor emeritus of the newcomb college of art   in 1921 he and his spouse retired to biloxi mississippi in 1924 after a laudable career in the crescent city among his many accomplishments william woodward helped organize the newcomb college founded the new orleans art pottery where he hired joseph fortune meyer 18481931 and george e ohr 18571918 assisted in the design of the early building on the tulane university campus protested the destruction of the cabildo founded the tulane school of architecture and was associated with the vieux carre commission s efforts to preserve the areas historical architecture iberville s marker and the dar in chapter xi of broken pot the unpublished historical narrative of schuyler poitevent 18751936 who resided at 318 lovers lane in ocean springs he relates the origin of the wooden cross and marker that in april 1920 were placed by the gulf coast chapter of the daughters of the american revolution on the back bay of biloxi in present day d iberville then called north biloxi or across de la baie to commemorate the april 1699 landing of pierre le moyne sieur d iberville 16611706 the site chosen by the dar was just east of the 1928 biloxi bay bridge prior to selecting north biloxi this organization approached schuyler poitevent and suggested that his biloxi bay home on lovers lane be the site of the memorial to iberville and fort maurepas mr poitevent vehemently opposed the idea in response to this rejection the local dar chose to build their memorial in what would become the schoolyard of st theresa s catholic school fortunately this travesty has been removed and now rests ironically in a glass case in the sacred heart catholic school on le moyne boulevard at d iberville  1699 historical committee iberville s landing by miss dismukes was acquired by the walter anderson museum of art in 2005 it was loaned to the 1699 historical committee for their april 25 th soiree held in the hancock bank lobby this event preceded the 2008 landing of iberville commemoration which was held on april 27 2008 on front beach with dr strawford hale dees representing iberville and dr william w walker as bienville this was the first landing celebration since hurricane katrina in august 2005  the ocean springs record april 24 2008 p a1   the 1699 historical committee commenced the iberville landing event in early april 1974 when the 275 th anniversary of french canadian hero pierre le moyne sieur d iberville 16711706 arrival and erection of fort maurepas at present day ocean springs was celebrated on front beach the first cast of this reenactment included orey a young 18921986 who portrayed iberville frank t pickel 19121982 as bienville and marby r penton 19221995 as commandant sauvolle the 1699 historical committee received its state charter in march 1971 betty bradford milsted was president  the ocean springs news march 11 1971 p 1 and april 11 1974 p 3    references  patti carr black  art in mississippi  17201980 university of mississippi press jackson mississippi1998 cantey v sutton  history of art in mississippi  dixie press gulfport mississippi1929  webster s new geographical dictionary  merriamwebster inc springfield massachusetts1988  journals the biloxi daily herald   art department   may 30 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   may 20 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city news   november 15 1904 the biloxi daily herald   city news   march 22 1909 the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 4 1909 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   may 30 1910 the daily herald   leading memphian died early today at home in biloxi   april 19 1912 the daily herald   local news paragraphs of interest   july 7 1913 the daily herald   biloxi high school doings   april 18 1914 the daily herald   art exhibit at central school   may 22 1914 the daily herald   biloxi youth   manuel jalanivich  makes pottery   march 15 1915 the daily herald   class exhibits work of art   may 7 1915 the daily herald   art exhibit is enjoyed by many   may 22 1916 the daily herald   gulf coast association  november 30 1926 the daily herald   gulf coast association  november 30 1926 the daily herald   artist from coast attracts attention at orleans exhibit   december 3 1926 the daily herald   opening of art exhibit at library   february 3 1927 the daily herald   award made by jury of gifted and competent artists for gulf coast art association exhibition at biloxi february 4   february 5 1927 the daily herald   jalan pottery arrives   february 9 1927 the daily herald   opening of art exhibit at library   february 3 1927 the daily herald   art exhibits closes saturday   february 14 1927 the daily herald   art exhibits closes   february 21 1927 the daily herald   exhibition of pictures   february 22 1928 the daily herald   art exhibit at library   february 23 1928 the daily herald   art exhibit great success   february 25 1928 the daily herald   art exhibit to remain open   february 27 1928 the daily herald   fine arts department exhibit   january 11 1929 the daily herald   exhibit of women artists   january 14 1929 the daily herald   another biloxian exhibits   june 13 1929 the daily herald   woman s club meeting   march 20 1930 the daily herald   miss dismukes exhibit  october 31 1932 the daily herald   art center to open   december 6 1932 the daily herald   exhibit opens sunday   december 10 1932 the daily herald   art center interesting   december 29 1932 the daily herald   biloxi wins recognition   january 9 1934 the daily herald   coast artists are painting scenes for pwa art project   february 2 1934 the daily herald   fifty pictures at art exhibit   december 10 1934 the daily herald   annual art show opens   april 9 1935 the daily herald   talks on historic points of interest   december 8 1936 the daily herald   art exhibit excellent   march 2 1936 the daily herald   george dismukes dies   august 18 1937 the daily herald   exhibition of pictures   august 18 1941 the daily herald     biloxi camera club organized   september 19 1941  the daily herald   miss dismukes wins chamber of commerce cup   october 1 1943 the daily herald   miss dismukes is art week chairman   october 21 1943 the daily herald   art exhibition attracting many visitors   november 5 1943 the daily herald   opening art gallery   november 13 1948 the daily herald   art gallery opens   november 23 1948 the daily herald   visit art exhibit   may 31 1949 the daily herald   ceramics display   october 1 1949 the daily herald   fall art exhibit   october 22 1949 the daily herald   coast art exhibits are being planned   october 29 1949 the daily herald   art exhibit   november 7 1949 the daily herald   miss dismukes dies   february 18 1952 the daily herald   mrs dismukes dies   july 23 1953 p 12 the jackson county times   woman s club notes   november 9 1919 the ocean springs record   painting to be part of d iberville commemoration   april 24 2008 p b4 638 views  ', 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(76, 'en', 'node_search', ' the biloxi boys jf meyer george e ohr jr and manual e jalanivich the biloxi boys jf meyer george e ohr jr and manual e jalanivich ray fri 4232010 1039  t his article was published in the ocean s prings record from september 5 2002 thru november 14 2002  ah the biloxi boys to some this nomenclature might rekindle one s past memory to a time and place when audacious lads from biloxi ventured across the biloxi bay bridge to capture the hearts of our local lovely lassies in dance halls like the mark seymour s anchor inn they were usually repulsed and sent scurrying home by the jealous and protective guardians of our fair maidens then one might fancy the biloxi boys as a rowdy group of young men from the point or back bay who on a saturday night in the spirit of bravado and machismo might venture into town and demonstrate their pugilistic talents to the locals well surprise in the next weeks we will investigate a more gentle and creative nature of biloxi boys a group of folk and studio potters all born in the 19 th century who claimed biloxi as home and whose lives transcended almost a hundred years these men have left their art works in the galleries private collections and halls of higher learning from new york to san francisco and biloxi to chicago their names from oldest to youngest are joseph fortune meyer 18481931 george edward ohr jr 18571918 and manuel eugene jalanivich 18971944 of the biloxi boys only george e ohr jr the freak potter has become more than a regional name in the ceramics world coincidentally in april 1909 ohr had to defend himself before a jury in the chancery court of harrison county to establish his sanity joseph f meyer won his fame as the potter in residence at the newcomb art school in new orleans while manuel e jalanivich reaped laurels for his wheel thrown and molded work in california  the biloxi daily herald april 3 1909 p 1    19 th century biloxi the lives of the biloxi boys ranged from antebellum time to near the end of ww ii an era in which biloxi developed from a small seasonal seaside resort into a major american seafoodpacking center these men all shared a peninsular environment defined by its geographic setting on the mexican gulf and biloxi bay and regionally known for its verdant flora and magnificent live oaks shell roads victorian architecture creole and other ethnic foods roman catholicism and the  joie de vivre  transported here by southern europeans primarily french and spanish immigrants such a semitropical haven also included heat humidity hurricanes ravaging insects and occasional outbreaks of tropical diseasesyellow and dengue fever joseph f meyer in addition to sharing biloxi mississippi as their home place  the biloxi boys  were blessed with artistic creativity joseph f meyer the senior of the trio was born of alsatian parents francois antoine meyer 18131870 and jeanne francoise begin 18171892 in the village of buthiers hautesaone france on february 19 1848   bragg and saward 2002 p 79  here in the franche comte in the shadow of the jura mountains of eastern france the meyer family had been potters for several generations francois a meyer left france alone and went to pittsburgh and then settled at biloxi mississippi circa 1851 his family joined him at biloxi in 1857 francois a meyer owned a home and store in the back bay section of biloxi here he also made pottery young joseph meyer attended school and learned to pot from his father the 1860 august hurricane destroyed the meyer store and pottery it was described in 1928 by an aging joseph meyer that   the hurricane just scattered our pottery through the whole beach and ruined us    ibid p 79 and the daily herald   january 4 1928 p 10   photo  joseph f meyer at the potter s wheel interestingly in september 1917 men excavating for the laying of a keel for a boat at the biloxi shipyard and box factory at elder s point on back bay found some art pottery shards mrs joseph f meyer read an account of their discovery in  the daily herald  and reported to the journal s staff that   her husband s father fashioned these  strange designs sixty odd years ago   the daily herald september 11 1917 and the daily herald    september 18 1917  it these broken pots were indeed the work of fa meyer it would place their family habitat near present day east bay view avenue and hiedenheim or several blocks east of the boomtown casino there is no evidence in the land deed records of harrison county mississippi that indicate that fa meyer possessed land here this does not preclude the fact that he could have been a renter or lessee after the 1860 august hurricane conditions worsened for the meyer family as francois developed rheumatism and couldn t work effectively then unfortunately the civil war came to the mississippi coast with its economically devastating sea blockade joseph meyer then a lad of fourteen supported the family by rowing deserters and unfortunate victims of the conflict to sanctuary on union held ship island twelve miles south of biloxi on one trip he earned fifty dollars the family also made salt by evaporating seawater when federal forces departed ship island in april 1862 for their assault on new orleans meyer happened to be there with a deserter the invading yankee armada under admiral david glasgow farragut 18011870 took him to the crescent city there young meyer after much difficulty located his father who had left biloxi seeking work earlier francois a meyer lived on st bernard avenue and worked as a potter in an old milk barn near city park the area was still wilderness joseph meyer stayed with his father at the pottery until his death in 1870  the daily herald   january 4 1928 p 10   on october 26 1872 joseph meyer married felicie laurance pineau 18471920 at new orleans they were childless but did adopt norma e lorrey who would marry james e walther 18841974 the walthers gave the meyer s two grandchildren norma walther kneale b 1926 who resides in the st martin community of west jackson county and james walther b 1931 a metairie louisiana resident meyerohr and the new orleans art pottery company george e ohr jr a childhood friend and biloxi blacksmith was invited to new orleans by meyer he arrived there in 1879 to learn the pottery trade and stayed until 1883 joseph f meyer closed down his kiln and sold shoes and dry goods at new orleans from 1883 until 1886  the daily herald    january 4 1928 p 10  in 1885 ellsworth woodward 18611939 and his brother william woodward 18571939 both creative and welltrained artists from massachusetts who had instructed young ladies in arts and crafts during the world s industrial and cotton centennial 18841885 which was situated in present day audubon park founded the ladies decorative art league after the cotton centennial had closed in june 1885 their young female students were eager to continue art classes the ladies decorative art league was chartered in 1885 as the vehicle to continue this style of education in order to offer a complete schooling to the young ladies the woodwards developed the new orleans art pottery company here pupils could understand the entire ceramic process including kilns and glazes this corporation had a capital stock of 1000 and was located on baronne street opposite the facility which housed the ladies decorative art league these institutions were vital in providing an uninterrupted period of art education to the young ladies at new orleans from the cotton centennial until newcomb college was established founded in september 1887 with ellsworth woodward as head of the art department  ormond and irvine 1976 pp 1113  since the woodward brothers were visual artists and not ceramicists they hired joseph f meyer to construct a kiln and throw the green ware for their baronne street operation meyer built a kiln similar to those used by french folk potters the sevres porcelain works near paris also employed this type of furnace  cox 1935 p 154   for assistance with his ceramic classes meyer summoned ge ohr his young biloxi protege to new orleans some of the clay for their operation was mined at harrison county mississippi on the tchoutacabouffa river probably at holley s bluff nw 4 nw 4 section 7 t7sr9w it is believed that our own peter anderson 19011984 also utilized argillaceous deposits from this prominent escarpment the clay was transported to the new basin by coastal schooner the terminal of the new basin canal conveniently was only four blocks from the new orleans art pottery company on baronne street  ormond and irvine 1976 p 13 and bellande 1995 p 19  return to biloxi by 1890 the new orleans art pottery was in decline and was reorganized as the new orleans art pottery club joseph f meyers and spouse returned to biloxi at biloxi in october 1890 joseph meyer bought lots 3 and 10 in square 3 of the summerville tract on point cadet for 1200 from ada c bailey in september 1901 the meyers acquired the west half of lot 4 and part of the west half of lot 9 in square 3 of summerville for 600 also from mrs bailey these tracts comprised one acre and were located on the water almost equidistant between pine and cedar streets the meyers maintained a residence at biloxi on this site overlooking deer island at biloxi joseph meyer boarded guests and did some ceramic work harrison county mississippi land deed book 25 p 514515 and harco ms land deed bk 49 p 52 and  the daily herald january 4 1928 p 10  deja vunola in 1894 joseph f meyer received an invitation from the woodward brothers to erect a catenary kiln for the newcomb art school and subsequently returned o the crescent city in 1896 he joined the staff at newcomb after the dismissal of potters jules gabry and george wasmuth while at new orleans creating pottery for the newcomb art school ladies to decorate the meyers also maintained their biloxi home mrs lucretia buzolich lee b 1912 a life long resident of point cadet remembers her mother telling her that she took care of mr meyer s chickens and got the eggs in return she also recalls that the meyers later moved to deer island in may 1913 joseph meyer sold his beach front property at biloxi to the seafood company for 4000 the grand casino biloxi occupies this site today harco ms land deed bk 104 pp 221222 and lucretia b lee february 1995 the seafood company had been incorporated in april 1913 by henry e gumbel of new orleans and biloxians isidore heidenheim 18571918 and ed glennan mr heidenheim had just retired as manager of the barataria canning company harco ms chattel deed bk 14 p 77 and  the daily herald september 19 1912 p 1  newcomb art school joseph f meyer remained as potter of the newcomb art school from 1896 until his retirement in 1927 his tenure at this institution was marked by the production of large volumes of high quality ceramic wares which generally conformed to standard pottery shapes although his miniature ali baba jars were considered unique meyer was not a decorator but seriously experimented with glazes and consistently studied the relationships between color heat and silicate chemistry another of his many assets was his ability to coordinate with the individual decorators on their designs in 1904 meyer lost the sight in an eye due to a cataract and needed an assistant from this time until he threw is last pot for student decoration in 1925  deer island on june 23 1916 joseph f meyer for 200 bought lot 1 of block no 10 from the deer island improvement company the lot was 51 feet wide and 150 feet deep it was located in section 2 t8sr10w on the north side of deer island here meyer built a summer home on piers approximately seven feet above the sand it was the most easterly of the four homes on the island at that time mr houston gollott of biloxi was the carpenter and the lumber was transported probably from pascagoula by schooner meyer built the exterior stairway from ships ballast harrison county mississippi deed book 116 p 294 and captain arthur baker february 1995 long time deer island resident captain arthur baker 19062000 of biloxi remembered uncle joe as meyer was affectionately known to the locals as jovial observant and interested in nature baker recalled that meyer once hauled some large concrete pillars relics of the old deer island improvement company in his metalwheeled wheelbarrow to build a bulkhead in front of his home hurricane camille in august 1969 destroyed the old meyer home but his rock and mortar stairs survived they were demolished later captain baker also recalled that uncle joe meyer once gave fellow artist ge ohr jr a small sailboat  arthur baker february 1995  last days mrs felicie meyer died on april 4 1920 at the age of seventythree she suffered from diabetes it is believed that her remains were interred at new orleans joseph meyer had permanently retired from the newcomb pottery in 1927 because of a heart condition and continued eyesight failure he spent the rest of his life with his adopted daughter mrs james e walther at 1202 felicity street uncle joe meyer died on march 16 1931 at new orleans his remains were interred at the old biloxi cemetery near life long friend and fellow artisan george e ohr  the daily herald   march 18 1931 p 2  professor william woodward of tulane and newcomb is also buried at biloxi where he died on november 17 1939 his corporal remains rest in the southern memorial park cemetery on the west beach george e ohr jr art historians and critics generally are in agreement that george e ohr jr 18571918 the much maligned and not so mad potter of biloxi was the greatest ceramic artist of his time and possibly ever ohr s life is fairly well documented in the literature by himself 1901 dolores bobbie davidson smith 1965 of ocean springs rw blasberg 1973 and 1986 garth clark et al 1989 and others this section will attempt to present a fairly comprehensive ohr family genealogy and other previously undisclosed facts about the renowned ohr family of biloxi george edward ohr jr was born at biloxi mississippi on july 12 1857 his parents george e ohr 18191904 and johanna wiedman ohr 18211905 were immigrants from alsace that interesting piece of geography between the rhine river and the vosges mountains and wurtemberg respectively wurtemberg a former constitutional monarchy is now integrated into the german state of badenwurtemberg in the southwest region of this western european nation while alsace is now a part of the french deparments of basrhin and hautrhin the senior ohr immigrated to america in 1850 from with his parents mr and mrs john george ohr who both expired at new orleans in 1852 at new orleans george e ohr met and married johanna wideman in 1853 clark et al 1989 p 177 and webster s 1989 p 39 and p 1353 by 1852 ge ohr and spouse had relocated to biloxi where he made his livelihood as a blacksmith while mrs ohr would by 1880 operate a grocery store mr ohr is believed to have been the first person to shoe horses in biloxi in this relaxed peninsular village on the mexican gulf george and johanna ohr brought into the world five children augustus ohr 18541927 george e ohr jr 18571918 emma ohr gruntz 18591909 louise ohr schultz 18631909 and mena ohr 18671893 but pre1900   the biloxi daily herald july 8 1904 p 5    biloxi la nds george e ohr began acquiring land in biloxi on pass christian road now howard avenue in august 1859 when he paid john and josephine scherer 300 for a tract with about 50 feet on pass christian road that ran south 300 feet to jackson avenue it is very probable that the original ohr blacksmith shop was situated on this parcel harco ms land deed bk 9 p 175 less than ten years later july 30 1868 george e ohr added to this tract by purchasing from francois arbeau caillavet 18151883 and euranie fayard caillavet 18181895 my greatgreat grandparents charles ferdinand quave 18111894 and rose desiree c quave 18141883 louise c lefaure 18171868 the widow of stephen lefaure and marie c bousquet 18251883 the widow of jeanbaptiste bousquet all the heirs of louis arbeau caillavet 17901860 a native of the opelousas post louisiana and marguerite fayard caillavet 17871863 of biloxi a parcel of ground adjacent to and west of their original holdings on pass christian road howard avenue this particular lot had a front of 50 feet on jackson avenue and ran north for 172 feet to the property of priscilla pebukst ritch 18161905 the grandmother of two of biloxi s most renown and beloved school teachers mary alma ritch 18901964 and priscilla ritch 18931972 who toiled for decades at the now demolished gorenflo public school on lameuse street in biloxi the ritch lot had 50 feet on pass christian road harco ms land deed bk10 p 604 it wasn t until late march 1873 that ge ohr would buy the lot that would be the site of the potohrree and domicile of his soon to be famous son ge ohr jr arne bernard and wife adele ladner delauney caillavet bernard 18121880 conveyed to mr ohr a large lot on the northwest corner of pass christian road and delauney street the ohr tract had 90 feet on pass christian road and 200 feet on delauney street john harkness 18271903 was to the north and the pineau property to the west the consideration was 650 harco ms land deed bk 13 pp 626627 it can be ascertained with some degree of certitude that george e ohr was not financially solvent from december 1875 until about 1890 he borrowed sums of money ranging from 150 to 500 from fellow biloxians such as joseph kuhn 1875 josephine scherer 1882 and john bradford 1886 and 1887 harco ms land deed bk 14 p 618 bk19 p 39 bk 21 p 458 and bk 22 p 45 as we shall see these biloxi lands the legacy of george and johanna w ohr would cause much grief in the family and contribute to some of the erratic behavior of the world s greatest potter in the first decade of the 20 th century george e ohr passed on july 8 1904 mrs ohr died on december 28 1905 at the residence of her son george e ohr jr their corporal remains were interred in section e lot 5 the george ohr family burial plot in the biloxi city cemetery  the biloxi daily herald july 8 1904 p 5 and december 28 1905 p 2 and the biloxi cemetery records bks ac 18411905  the four children of george e ohr and joanna w ohr who survived into the 20 th century found mates within their germanic culture and language as each married german natives or first generation germanamericans a brief biography of each ohr child follows  august ohr   august ohr  18541927 married lizzie hahn in may 1877 she may have been the daughter of elizabeth hahn 18121904 the proprietor of the magnolia hotel mrs hahn a native of hanover germany arrived at biloxi in 1847 harco ms mrb 6 p 476 and  the biloxi daily herald october 5 1904 p 5   lizzie and august ohr were the parents of two sons peter joseph ohr 18781953 and john ohr 18791879 peter j ohr became a local farmer in september 1912 he acquired the ne 4 of the se 4 of section 12 t7sr10w from john canaan for 800 peter was a resident of new orleans in june 1918 when he quitclaimed his tract to lizzie betz who held a deed of trust from him peter s nephew leo edgar ohr 18901970 immediately acquired these forty acres and it became his farm peter j ohr died at biloxi in midoctober 1953 his corporalremains were passed through the episcopal church and interred in the biloxi city cemetery  harco ms land deed bk 102 p 107 and trust deed bk 10 p 163 and the daily herald october 13 1953 p 8  august ohr made his livelihood as a laborer he worked for the texas pacific machine shop and also for the biloxi ice factory in his later life mr ohr was a night watchman in august 1892 lizzie and august ohr divorced in harrison county mississippi harco ms chancery court cause no 523august 1892 and  the daily herald april 11 1927 p 2  by 1906 lizzie hahn ohr was married again her new spouse was antoine muller or miller harco ms chancery court cause no 2200ocotber 1906 and cause no 2500october 1907 august ohr married the widow of william wachenfeld elizabeth montag wachenfeld 18421920 in may 1894 she was born at bodstadt hessen germany the daughter of joseph montag and katherine sour mrs ohr was the mother of charles w wachenfeld 18681936 philip wachenfeld 18711929 august wachenfeld and christina w harvey 18721931 the wife of louis harvey 18741913 before his demise louis harvey was foreman of the gorenflo packing company at biloxi several of his descendants philip i harvey b 1941 david harvey and elizabeth h joachim are prominent in insurance and real estate at ocean springs harco ms mrb 10 p 206  the daily herald august 29 1920 p 1 and the daily herald september 17 1913 p   1  mrs elizabeth w ohr died at biloxi on august 18 1920 august ohr expired on april 10 1927 both were passed through the episcopal church and interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the daily herald august 19 1920 p 1 and april 11 1927 p 2  george e ohr jr on september 15 1886 george edward ohr jr 18571918 married josephine gehring 18681930 a native of gretna louisiana like george s parents her father and mother were also german immigrants by the last year of the 19 th century josephine had given george seven children but only four survived leo e ohr 18901970 clo l ohr 18921989 otto t ohr 18951982 and lio i ohr 18931914 to see the federal census taker on delauney street in june 1900 ellen louise ohr 1887pre 1900 asa eugene ohr 18881893 and flo lucretia ohr 18971900 had expired before june 1900   harco ms mrb 8 p 217 and 1900 federal censusharrison county ms t623 roll 808 p 21b  post june 1900 zio i ohr 19001904 ojo j ohr 19031991 and george e ohr iii 19061986 were born but only the latter two survived to adulthood josephine gehring ohr expired on march 17 1930 in her home at 409 delauney street she had been a resident of biloxi since 1885 in addition to her children she was survived by two brothers george and louis gehring and three sisters mrs nick koenig mrs william hartley and mrs lg dauenhauer all of her siblings resided in the greater new orleans area mrs ohr s corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the daily herald march 17 1930 p 10  the world s greatest potter george e ohr jr had preceded josephine in death he passed at his delauney street residence on april 7 1918 after several years of declining health prior to his demise ohr had sought medical attention in the crescent city with no avail after his corporal remains had been blessed in the episcopal church of the redeemer they were interred in his burial lot designated as block 13 lot 173 of the 3 rd addition to the biloxi city cemetery in addition to george e ohr and josephine g ohr the graves of leo e ohr lio i ohr and marguerite kuljis ohr are marked in this family burial lot  the daily herald april 8 1918 p 1 and personal observation september 14 2002  the ohr children consistently with his creative and eccentric nature george e ohr jr derived the first name of his children from the first letter of their first middle and surname for example leo was created from leo edgar ohr clo came from clovinia lucinda ohr etc a brief biography of the children of george e ohr jr and josephine gehring ohr follows  ellen louisa ohr ellen l ohr 1887pre1900 was born on june 21 1887 she received the holy sacrament of baptism in the roman catholic church at the nativity bvm in biloxi on july 10 1887 ellen passed on before june 1900 no further information lepre 1991 p 243  asa eugene ohr asa e ohr 18881893 was born in 1888 and expired on december 7 1893 young asa must have been very special to his aunt mena ohr who published a poem in his memory in the local journal following his funeral services and burial his remains were passed through the nativity bvm roman catholic church prior to internment   lepre 1991 p 243 and the biloxi herald december 9 1893 p 8 and december 16 1893 p 8  leo edgar ohr leo e ohr 18901970 was born at biloxi on september 20 1890 his baptism took place in the nativity bvm roman catholic church on october 20 1890 on january 22 1926 leo married mamie catchot 18901961 a native of ocean springs and the daughter of antonio toy catchot 18681952 and adelia mon 18761948 lepre 1991 p 243 and harco ms mrb 37 p 522 as early as 1913 leo e ohr was in the automotive garage and machine business with otto t ohr he commenced the ohr boy s garage at 411 delauney street just north of their familial domicile and on the site of his father s famous potohre biloxi city directory 19131914 p 180 in april 1915 leo e ohr obtained the harleydavidson franchise on the mississippi gulf coast he rode the streets of biloxi on his new twin cylinder harleydavidson as a demonstrator for interested customers  the daily herald april 26 1915 p 2  by 1922 leo had changed the name of his business to the ohr garage and by 1927 added and machine works to this title as late as 1949 he remained the proprietor of the ohr machine shop in 1958 leo e ohr was renting rooms at 208 lameuse street biloxi city directory 19221923 p 162 ibid 1927 p 158 ibid 1949 p 480 ibid 1958 p 641  ohr farm in addition to being the proprietor of the ohr machine shop at 409 delauney street leo e ohr was a farmer in june 1918 he acquired fortyacres of land the ne 4 of the se 4 of section 12 t7sr10w from lizzie betz for 500 this land situated on the west side of cedar lake road between popps ferry road and us i10 is now very commercial and includes the cedar lake medical plaza and surroundings harco ms land deed bk 122 p 329 here in 1934 leo e ohr harvested the largest sugar cane crop ever grown in harrison county from his fifteenacres of seed grown sugar cane he made over three thousand gallons of cane syrup ohr sold over 1500 gallons to the state welfare board for its program to assist needy families in south mississippi as a result of the national economic depression leo was also in the process of erecting a plant to produce cane syrup which had the potential of being a profitable local agricultural industry  the daily herald january 15 1934 p 8  leo e ohr died on august 17 1970 at the time of his death he was possessed with his cedar lake farm and other biloxi real estate harco ms chancery court case no 1162may 1971l  clovinia lucinda ohr clovinia l ohr 18921989 called clo was born at biloxi on may 1 1892 she was baptized on june 5 1892 in the nativity bvm roman catholic church on april 15 1909 clo eloped and married fredric andrew moran 18881972 a wellknown boat builder and schooner racer of biloxi he was the son of ernest moran and catherine kornman 18541922 lepre 1991 p 243 harco ms mrb bk 21 p 188 and  the biloxi daily herald april 16 1909 p 1  clo and freddie moran were the parents of four children fredric elwood moran 19102001 julia m sutton 19141996 josephine m morykwas 19151997 and joseph joe moran 19151999 joe moran like his father also built boats and in his later life became a nationally acclaimed painter several of mr moran s works are in the smithsonian institute and two american presidents have acquired his art  the sun herald december 1 1989 p b2 and the sun herald march 24 1999    lio irwin ohr  18931914  lio i ohr was born at biloxi on july 26 1893 his arrival was announced by the local journal as   another potter arrived at the art pottery of geo ohr last wednesday of course it s a boy the biloxi herald july 29 1893 p 8  lio i ohr was baptized in the catholic faith at the nativity bvm on august 27 1893 his godfather was joseph f meyer 18481931 the newcomb art school potter lio expired at his parent s home on delauney street on december 12 1914 from a tumor lio had worked for dr jason j harry 18541950 of handsboro as his chauffeur until struck down with his fatal malady in november 1914   lepre 1991 p 242 and  the daily herald december 13 1914 p 4  otto theodore ohr otto t ohr  18951982 called pie was born september 11 1895 on october 6 1895 he received the sacrament of baptism at the nativity bvm otto t ohr married rosalie elder 18901970 the daughter of robert e lee elder 18641931 called lee and nellie catherine williams 18751926 at pascagoula mississippi in november 1913 lepre 1991 p 243  the daily herald november 20 1913 p 8 and jxco ms mrb 9 p 553    elderforetich otto t ohr s fatherinlaw mr lee elder was a prominent ice manufacturer in biloxi elder s early career was as a licensed steamboat engineer he commenced ice making as an engineer with the biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company in 1887 by 1895 elder was chief engineer of their plant with a capacity of making twentytwo tons of ice each day he was also a stockholder with john walker president tp dulion treasurer and wkm dukate 18521916 general manager and secretary dyer 1895 p 19 lee elder married nellie c williams at biloxi on may 11 1889 they were the parents of rosalie e foretich ohr 18901970 ethel e entrekin 18941931 hw will elder 18961931 ruth e vancourt 18991931 mrs je collins and mrs g rossini  harco ms mrb 8 p 476 and the daily herald september 28 1931 p 1  in february 1907 rosalie elder had married lawrence foretich 18841966 in the methodist church at gulfport they had two sons elliott l foretich 19081992 and kenneth lee foretich 19111933 lee foretich was murdered at new orleans during mardi gras madness in late february 1933 he had recently moved to the crescent city from biloxi where he had been at the us coast guard base on point cadet  the biloxi daily herald february 25 1907 p 1 and february 27 1933 p 2  in late january 1914 lawrence foretich married maud kleyle of new orleans at the hotel brielmeire they initially were domiciled in biloxi but eventually relocated to new orleans he expired there in 1966  the daily herald january 29 1914 p 2    otto s life as a young man otto t ohr began making a living as one of the ohr boy s garage owners with his brother leo e ohr by 1922 he as his grandmother johanna w ohr had done in the late 19 th century became a grocer the ohr store was situated at 742 lameuse street circa 1925 otto t ohr was sent to chicago by lee elder to study refrigeration and ammonia returning to biloxi he organized the peoples ice company which commenced his long association with ice manufacturing in biloxi and later at bayou labatre alabama where he was employed by the alabama ice company    biloxi city directory 19131914 p 180 ibid  19221923 p 162 and thelma o palmer september 23 2002   when the otto t ohr family returned to biloxi from bayou labatre in the early 1930s otto worked as an engineer for the anticich ice company and by 1936 had become the manager of the gulf service ice company by 1958 otto t ohr was the engineer for the biloxi freezing company at the time of his death in april 1982 he was an engineer with the biloxi port commission biloxi city directory 1927 p 158 ibid 1931 p 148 ibid 1936 p 193 ibid 1958 p 641 and  the sun    april 21 1982  the children of otto t ohr and rosalie elder ohr were  carl otto ohr  19221996 dorothy ohr 19231999 married willis page 19151973   carroll ruth ohr  19241982 married edgar l allen ii marian elizabeth betty ohr b 1925 married thomas r o neil shirley lola ohr 19271986 married charles f kitzmiller 19191997 thelma ohr b 1929 married robert palmer and mary ohr b 1934 married harry lockwood  the sun april 21 1982 p a4 and thelma o palmer september 23 2002  thelma ohr palmer a resident of semmes alabama remember vividly from her childhood that her father would take all of his children to get ice cream in downtown mobile the proprietor of the dairy parlor would invariably comment facetiously   here comes mr and mrs ohr with their little paddles  george ohr jr s only grandson carol otto ohr married helen marie anderson their children were paula maria ohr rutland b 1948 married don wayne rutland mena dianne ohr wentzell b 1950 married bobby ray wentzell  carl monroe ohr  19521986 married rosella ann mccaleb and sarah ohr murphy  the sun herald march 5 1996 p b2  carl m ohr married rosella mccaleb the daughter of joseph ellsworth mccaleb and dolores l lemmler mr ohr was a biloxi fireman and served as president of the ml michel middle school pta they were the parents of rachel ann ohr sharp b 1975 and brian ohr the great greatgrandson of biloxi s mad potter mrs ohr s maternal grandfather henry p lemmler 19041953 had once owned a grocery store in biloxi  the sun herald october 22 1986 p a2 and the daily herald october 13 1953 p 6  flo lucretia ohr flo l ohr  18971900 was born on december 17 1897 she was baptized january 16 1898 in the nativity bvm roman catholic church at biloxi she expired on march 21 1900 flo was just over two years old and had reached that stage of her young life when her personality was developing her corporal remains were interred in the ohr family burial lot in the biloxi city cemetery lepre 1991 p 243 and  the biloxi daily herald march 23 1900 p 8    zio ignatius ohr zio i ohr  19001904 was born at biloxi circa september 20 1900 he expired on april 20 1904 from blood poisoning burial was in the biloxi city cemetery in the ge ohr sr family burial lot  the biloxi daily herald april 21 1904 p 1  ojo julius ohr ojo j ohr  19031991 was born january 25 1903 at the ohr home on delauney street he came into the world as a healthy twelvepound baby boy  the biloxi daily news january 26 1903 p 6  ojo j ohr married mae miguez 19001968 the daughter of numa miguez and homelia miguez at pascagoula mississippi on september 12 1924 two of her sisters mrs ralph mattina and mrs armond broussard had also married biloxi men mae was born at new iberia louisiana on may 12 1900 her father numa miguez was killed in late november 1931 in st martin parish louisiana when his car driven by son was struck by a train jxco ms mrb 15 p 418 and  the daily herald november 24 1931 p 2  in january 1945 mae and ojo j ohr divorced in harrison county mississippi without having offspring ojo had to pay the exmrs ohr 2000 assign his interest in three lots located in section 15 t7sr9w jackson county mississippi and convey a lot to her on benachi avenue in biloxi harco ms chancery court case no 21563january 1945 later in her life mae miguez married forrest l churchill 18991968 a native of stoughton massachusetts he was a master sergeant in the usaf and had served in ww ii the churchills resided at 705 dorries street in biloxi mae m churchill expired at biloxi on october 15 1968 her corporal remains were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mr churchill followed her closely in death passing on december 12 1968 his remains were sent to virginia for internment in the arlington national cemetery  the daily herald october 16 1968 p 2 and december 13 1968 p 2  in july 1955 at pascagoula ojo j ohr married marguerite kuljis 19131986 the daughter of luka kuljis 18861965 and tadika pitalo kuljis 18841978 he made his livelihood as the proprietor of ojo s junk yard and machine shop situated at 811 benachi avenue his residence was nearby ojo passed on march 23 1991 mrs ohr died july 24 1986 their corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald july 25 1986 p a2 and march 24 1991 p b2 jxco ms mrb 82 p 158  ohr legacy in addition to the ohr patriarchal family home on delauney street and about sixthousand of his incredible mud babies george e ohr jr left his wife and children a tract of land on the west side of benachi avenue situated north of division street and south of bay terrace he acquired this approximately 22acre parcel in september 1890 from charles fayard the consideration was 130 harco ms land deed bk 25 p 440 the benachi avenue tract was subdivided by the mrs josephine ohr and her children between 1928 and 1930 in october 1930 ojo j ohr acquired a 115foot lot fronting on benachi between geo e ohr and leo e ohr he bought another lot on benachi from leo e ohr in february 1933 this lot became the property of mae miguez ohr after their 1945 divorce harco ms land deed bk 187 p 163 and bk 196 p 587 it was here on benachi avenue that ojo j ohr would found his infamous junkyard on the south and east side of bay terrace a development that was considered as one of biloxi s most fashionable subdivisions of the post ww ii era both ojo and younger brother geo e ohr iii lived in this sylvan setting surrounded by a visual cacophony of abandoned household appliances automobiles buses and other miscellaneous objects of no particular description or value in 1959 the ohr boys relocated their father s remaining pots from the delauney street garage to a brick block building situated within ojoville on the west side of benachi avenue north of division street the no twoalike world s greatest art pottery had been crated for nearly sixty years when a peripatetic picker from new jersey came to town looking for antique automobile parts james w carpenter james w jim carpenter grew up in a dairy farming community in the kittatinny mountains of rural northwestern new jersey light years from the art world of the east coast conurbation stretching from washington dc to boston as a young man he tested milk and eventually owned his own milk truck collecting the raw product from local dairy farmers as the milking business declined carpenter learned to barber but also relied on his avocation collecting antiques to make his livelihood even in the sleepy hollow of montague new jersey with its paucity of fine art carpenter s artistic father had introduced him to an aesthetic culture and a deep appreciation of exceptional art and antiques his experience as an antiquer had brought him in contact with rookwood weller roseville and newcomb pottery some of which collected others he wished that he had as their worth has risen geometrically in recent times with his natural talent for recognizing value and a ready market jim carpenter literally put his barber chair in the corner and with his loving wife miriam affectionately called mim became a full time antiques merchant opening a store in their delaware river valley domicile in addition to regional auctions he traveled the hinterlands in search of treasures florida was a favorite site to seek respite from the harsh new jersey winter and pick for antiques primarily antiquated motorcar components and accessories biloxi in 1966 jim carpenter wandered into new orleans with antique auto parts on his most wanted list he found a dealer and before his transactions were completed asked the man for additional references in order to continue his acquisitions of automotive paraphernalia the ohr boys in biloxi chimed the old junk man how will i find them questioned carpenter oh no problem everyone there knows them do you imbibe a little the august aged gentleman of junk smiled and added i ll tell you this the ohr boys won t do business with you unless you take a nip with them iw harper was their whisky of choice armed with this valuable knowledge carpenter traveled east to the mississippi gulf coast with a bottle of bourbon in hand he entered ojo ohr s junkyard on benachi avenue north of division street mr carpenter soon discovered that the ohrs had a peculiar sense of bartering firstly they would insist that all have drinks until the bottle was empty when jim carpenter found antique auto parts of his liking they would not give him their selling price but insist that he make them an offer the yankee antique seeker soon learned that his offering price was accepted only when tripled by the ohrs who obviously knew the value of a shrimp nickel during this novel visit with the ohr boys carpenter was asked if he would like to see some of their father s pottery when he agreed ojo ohr placed some of george s glazed pieces on a table for him to inspect mr carpenter was surprised as he had never seen art pottery of this style he wasn t knowledgeable in this field of art and decided to consult others before making an offer to the ohr family robert w bob blasberg a wellrespected scholar and new jersey friend of carpenter was conferred with and sight unseen he recommended that carpenter acquire the eclectic ceramic collection hidden at biloxi the final trip after several years of frustrating and futile negotiations with the ohr family jim carpenter gave up two silent years passed and surprisingly one morning he received a missive from ojo ohr inquiring of carpenter s desire to still acquire george s pots ojo was ready to make a deal somewhat bewildered but pregnant with hope jim carpenter returned to biloxi in the winter of 1972 or early 1973 with a cashier s check arriving at the ohr s benachi avenue site he spent the next three days inspecting and crudely inventorying the approximately 6000 glazed bisque and ceramic trinkets and molds that had survived from george s potting years the ohr family finally accepted what will be carpenter s legacy to the curious a large number of green dollars whose value is speculated to range between 50000 and 100000 for their father s mud babies  promoting george after battling through several ice storms in a rental truck jim carpenter arrived safely back in new jersey with his cache of ge ohr s pots he generously gave his neighbors each an ohr vessel for assisting him and mim in unloading the truck carpenter had just completed a new store building and although he placed some ohr on the shelves his first year sales proved barrensorry george but no sales a familiar mantra for ohr the initial ohr season wasn t an entire bust as carpenter s collection did increase by two ohr pots as he acquired them through ads that he had seen in trade journals not fazed by ohr s lack of sales jim carpenter decided that now was the time for him and bob blasberg to educate america about the genius of george e ohr in 1973 blasberg published george e ohr and his biloxi art pottery which sold for 300 this was followed by an exhibit of ohr s works ten of which were selected for a juried american art pottery show at the renwick gallery of the smithsonian institute in washington dc carpenter sold about half of the three hundred ohr pots that he brought to the smithsonian exhibit after the show he gave the smithsonian the ten juried pots one of which a combination coffee and tea pot only about seven inches high carpenter considers as ohr s greatest work from his wheel it was from the renwick gallery exhibit that george was discovered by ceramic collectors especially those of gotham  sales sales and more sales once george became known and loved jim carpenter chose an interesting marketing strategy each year he limited the number of pots that he would vend some years it took only two months to sell his year s quota this scheme only wetted the appetites of collectors and drove the price up annually by the 1980s new york city was really hot for ohr and carpenter was making excellent sales there once nyc painter jasper johns offered to trade was of his paintings for an exceptional ohr pot carpenter refused and now regrets it as some of john s work now sells for seven figure prices thanks jim biloxi and the art world owe james w carpenter much kudos for his ambitious speculation into a subject of which he was no expert mortgaging his new jersey farm allowed mr carpenter the necessary cash to acquire the art treasures of biloxi s mad potter  george e ohr iii george e ohr iii  19061974 called geo or g was born on august 8 1906 his birth was simply noted in the local journal as   born to mr and mrs geo e ohr a boy   the biloxi daily herald august 10 1906 p 2  at pascagoula mississippi on november 10 1927 geo married iola giadrosich 19061986 the daughter of paul giadrosich and edna apperson she had four brothers edward giadrosich 18981968 rudolph giadrosich 18991978 orville giadrosich and paul giadrosich jr 19161983 and a sister lottie g richards jxco ms mrb land deed bk18 p 51 and  the daily herald october 16 1968 p 2  geo e ohr iii had a wiry physique and the arm and hand strength of his blacksmith father witnesses aver that he could do a pullup using the power generated in his thumb and index finger considered by many as a mechanical genius geo lived on benachi avenue near his brother ojo j ohr he owned three classic cars an original 1903 cadillac a 1908 culver racer and a 1900 mcintyre geo gave the culver racer to frank j duggan 19122000 a longtime employee of ojo geo retired from the biloxi fire department having worked their as a mechanic a design engineer from americanlafrance of elmira new york a fire engine manufacturer came to biloxi to inspect one of its fire trucks that geo had repaired the crankshaft he was amazed at this feat and brought back technology to his company that mr ohr had used to redesign the cooling system for the crankshaft  frank j duggan jr october 8 2002  george e ohr iii passed on february 23 1974 mrs ohr expired on july 13 1986 their corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald july 15 1986 p a2    emma ohr  in 1890 emily emma ohr 18601909 was born at biloxi in december 1860 circa 1890 she married louis gruntz 18641909 a native of germany who had come to america in 1880 louis made his livelihood as a grocer they had two children born in new orleans louis gruntz ii 18921900 and emily gruntz 18941900 in june 1900 the gruntz family were residents of the 3 rd ward 16 th precinct of nola no further information 1900 federal census orleans ph la roll 571 book 1 p 309  louise ohr louise ohr 18651909 was born at biloxi in april 1865 circa 1886 she married rupert l schultz 18551909 an 1869 immigrant from germany they were the parents of j rupert schultz 18871900 pearl schultz 18901900 and annie schultz 18921900 mr schultz was a machinist and the family lived at mcdonoughville jefferson parish louisiana no further information 1900 federal census jefferson parish louisiana p 105a  mena ohr mena ohr  18671893 never married she died before 1900 and her body buried in the ohr family burial plot in the biloxi city cemetery mena had a good heart as she remembered the demise of her young nephew asa eugene ohr in december 1893 no further information ohr family time line the following chronological events from 1893 to 1910 demonstrate the trials tribulations and triumphs of the ohr family leading to the insanity trial of ge ohr jr in april 1909   1893 george and josephine g ohr s eldest son asa e ohr 18881893 expired on december 7 1893  lepre 1991 p 242  george e ohr jr traveled to chicago to demonstrate his ceramic wares at the world s columbian exposition which was held between may and november 1893 1894 the october fire destroyed the potohre and ohr residence on delauney street george e ohr sr had uninsured losses of 5000 while ge ohr jr estimated his loss at 3000 in a short period of time   the toil and work of ohr the artistic potter was reduced to ashes   the biloxi herald october 13 1894 p 8    1895 ge ohr jr traveled to atlanta with his art and novelty pottery to exhibit at the cotton states international exposition which commenced in midseptember 1895 ohr s work was not selected for an award but  the atlanta constitution  remarked of ohr s presence at the event     ohr is the comical genius with the long whiskers who makes all sorts of pottery in machinery hall where he is always surrounded by an admiring crowd the biloxi daily herald january 4 1896 p 8    1896 the wonderful wheel   a novel which was inspired by the image projected by biloxi s mad potter was written by mary tracy earle 18641955 and published by the century company of new york miss earle was the daughter of parker earle 18311917 and melanie tracy 18371889 and resided at ocean springs for several years some other published works by mary tracy earle are  the  man who worked   for collister   1898    through old rose glasses    1900   and  the flag on the hilltop    1902    1897 on august 18 1897 jules gabry 18291897 a native of france and the first potter at the newcomb pottery committed suicide by drowning himself in the mississippi sound monsieur gabry was a friend of ohr and left his kick wheel at the potohre  the biloxi daily herald august 21 1897 p 8    1899 in december 1899 ohr s work was lauded at the natural arts club in new york city as follows   among the potters unknown to new york is geo e ohr of biloxi miss whose exhibit is interesting attaining in some pieces a great richness of color and in one a remarkable effect of dull metal the biloxi daily herald december 3 1899 p 8  1900 flo l ohr 18971900 the daughter of george e ohr jr and josephine g ohr expired on march 21 1900  the biloxi daily herald march 23 1900 p 8   george e ohr jr sent some of his art pottery to paris france to be exhibited at the paris exposition universelle of 1900 his work was not chosen for an award 1901 george e ohr jr exhibited his work at the providence art club of rhode island in the spring of 1901 and at the pan american exposition at buffalo new york between maynovember 1901 he did not win an award at either event  1904 zio i ohr 19001904 the son of george e ohr jr and josephine g ohr died on april 20 1904 while his father george e ohr sr 18191904 passed on july 8 1904 george e ohr jr attended and exhibited his art pottery at the louisiana purchase international exposition at st louis missouri he was awarded a silver medal for his ceramic skills  1905 johanna wiedman ohr 18211905 the mother of george e ohr jr died on december 28 1905 she legated her estate to august ohr 25 emma ohr gruntz 25 louise ohr schultz 25 and josephine g ohr 25 ge ohr jr was to receive 500 from the sale of the estate and his residence and art pottery at 409 delauney street and 411 delauney street respectively mrs johanna w ohr also requested that her property not be sold for ten years unless all legatees agreed to vend it sooner rupert schultz her soninlaw was named executor of her estate harco ms chancery court cause no 2108  1906 in march 1906 the smithsonian institution of washington dc accepted a small red vase from the works submitted by george e ohr jr to the united states potters association at its annual convention in march 1906 august ohr filed a forced heirship suit in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi to sell the estate property of johanna w ohr on the north side of howard avenue this litigation was ceased by august ohr harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 2151 in october 1906 august ohr filed another forced heirship cause against the heirs of johanna w ohr in addition to the ohr estate lands and improvements north of howard avenue it included those properties south of howard avenue in depositions the ohr estate properties were valued at 17000 by jw swetman 18631937 a local druggist and between 15000 and 16000 by charles tanner a biloxi realtor harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 2281  1907 in june 1907 rupert and louise ohr schultz louis and emma ohr gruntz and august and elizabeth w ohr sold their right title and interest as heirs of george e ohr and johanna w ohr to charles c redding and joseph lawrence for 12000 harco ms land deed bk 81 pp 388389  charles c redding 18571926 was born at bay st louis mississippi the son of walter redding an englishman and elodie necaise redding came to biloxi about 1870 as a poor teen his work ethic and frugality propelled him to the forefront of biloxi s commercial leaders redding owned a mercantile business on west howard avenue a dozen schooners and interests and stock in the biloxi canning company biloxi box factory cowart sawmill the traction company and the peoples bank of which he was an organizer and director he also served three terms an alderman on the biloxi city council  the daily herald january 7 1907 p 1   in november 1886 charles c redding married ann minerva pittman 18681917 a native of tennessee and the daughter of william pittman and esther reice they reared a family of four daughters and two sons in their large victorian home situated on the northeast corner of jackson street and delauney ge ohr street the redding house is utilized today to host wedding receptions and other special celebratory events p 265  joseph lawrence 18671952 was the son of spanish immigrants in september 1890 he married catherine tucei 18661939 a native of naples italy and the daughter of vincent tucei and seraphine griese they were the parents of five children of which two survived into adulthood mary l coleman 18951952 and joseph v lawrence 19021975 mr lawrence was a city laborer before he commenced repairing and selling shoes and doing business as the guarantee shoe store on west howard avenue the french cafe later occupied this site and was also a lawrence family enterprise in 1902 joseph lawrence became a stockholder in the people bank and was elected to the board of directors in 1911 he assumed the positionof vicepresident of the peoples bank in 1932  guice p 51 the daily herald january 13 1939 p 6 and october 9 1952 p 1  in may 1929 joseph lawrence let a contract to manuel wetzel to refurbish the lawrence building on the northwest corner of west howard and delauney street the gabriel jewelry company managed by jr beggs planned to move here in july they had recently acquired the merchandise of edward brady  the daily herald may 28 1929 p 2  ohr heirs commercial rentals 19071909 between july 15 1907 and september 15 1909 charles w redding collected rents from the commercial properties of the ohr heirs on west howard avenue as agent for rupert schultz the executor of the estate of johanna w ohr and spouse of louise ohr from harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 2473 the sanborn insurance maps and city directories of biloxi one can ascertain with a high degree of certitude the lessees of the ohr heirs whose six rental buildings and ancillary outbuildings were situated delauney street north of west howard avenue and on the north and south side of west howard avenue between delauney street and magnolia street the north side addresses were 401405 delauney 202208 west howard and 205209 west howard 1909 sanborn mapbiloxi ms sheet 5 it is interesting to note that several of the ohr heir tenants were italian immigrants or first generation italianamericans who were born in biloxi or new orleans some of these italian families who worked and lived in this section of biloxi were corso esposito fallo martino olivari randazzo seroolini solari taranto tedesco and tucei a brief chronology of the ohr heir tenants between 1907 and 1909 follows  moseley devitt this partnership was a grocery business founded by john moseley and thomas kirkland devitt 18821946 tk devitt was born at harbor springs michigan in august 1907 he married lily rose bourdon 18841951 the daughter of french immigrant ao bourdon sr 18451901 and marie virgets 18471901 of new orleans the devitts resided on lower lameuse street here they reared their three children thomas k devitt jr matthew devitt slidell louisiana and lily d stuart baltimore   the biloxi daily herald   august 16 1907 p and the daily herald    december 16 1946 p 5   in addition to his grocery business mr devitt was seriously involved in the seafood packing industry at biloxi ocean springs and in southeastern louisiana with patrick henry clark 18701927 a new orleanian he chartered devitt clark at new orleans on june 10 1914 they commenced operations in the canning business on point cadet at biloxi in august 1913 when it leased the plant of the bourdoncastanera packing company for the 19131914 shrimp and oyster season devitt took the interest of louis harvey 18741913 their cannery which was modern and wellequiped was situated between the dunbar lopez dukate factory and the barataria canning company  the daily herald august 26 1913 p 8  circa 1926 tk devitt became active in the seafood industry at louisiana he was involved in packing operations at braithwaite wyclosky golden meadow and cutoff he sons were also in the seafood business at louisiana clark expired at new orleans his remain were interred the biloxi cemetery  the daily herald    december 16 1946 p 5    lawrence romeo lawrence romeo 18701932 was a grocer and fruit vendor prior to entering commerce at biloxi in 1896 he was a boat captain mr romeo was the son of antonio romeo 18231898 and angela romeo 18341910 the romeo family came to america in 1889 from riposto an italian city on the east coast of sicily his siblings were louis romeo d 1896 and mrs grazzo d ca 1927   the daily herald april 7 1932 p 2  in 1896 lawrence romeo married josephine taranto 18761967 they were the parents of louis romeo 18981899 anthony romeo 19001900 lawrence romeo jr 19011968 juliet r marchoni 19031932 joseph romeo 19061976 mrs edward hilton b post 1910 and julius d romeo 191619191910 federal census harrison county ms t624 roll 740 p 268 lawrence romeo paid the ohr heirs 30 rent each month   francis m dillinger francis m dillinger 18551910 was a native of indiana he operated a candy store and paid mr redding 1800 each month for rent 1910 federal census harrison county ms t624 roll 740 p 268    post son post son occupied this building from july 1907 to 1908 they were jewelers and opticians and sold musical instruments their monthly rent was 18001905 biloxi city directory p 27    abbley dancer abbley dancer was partnership composed of frederick p abbley 18821941 and r anderson dancer 18781915 frederick p fred abbley 18821941 was born in north biloxi the son of captain fritz abbley 18461905 a swiss immigrant and margaret harvey 18471886 the youngest daughter of french immigrant sailor pierre harvey 18101883 and zeline moran 18111883 in march 1905 fred abbley married viola caillavet 18841968 the daughter of francis arbeau caillavet 18561909 and marie dodart 18581942 they were the parents of three children francis abbley 19051905 eunice a brocato 19081996 and bernice a emile b 1909 in 1909 fred abbley was the manager of an  en plein air  movie theater the airdome the airdome was situated at 413 renoir street and occupied a large lot which extended to fayard street with a frontage on west howard avenue in late august 1909 mr abbley was brought to the court of judge elmer and adjudicated innocent of violating a city ordinance for showing a movie on sunday another trial was held in september in the court of judge zt champlin abbley pleaded guilty and was fined 10 and court costs which judge champlin suspended the people of biloxi were generally apathetic to the socalled blue laws  the biloxi daily herald aaugust 30 1909 p 4 and september 10 1909 pp 12  mr abbley s associate r anderson dancer 18781915 was born at buenavista chickasaw county mississippi the son of john w dancer and carolina e bean he arrived at biloxi circa 1900 and was the brother of jessie dancer cousins 18741957 the spouse of joseph h cousins 18741917 in november 1911 r anderson dancer married carrie engbarth 18891967 a native of rodney jefferson county mississippi and the daughter of emile engbarth 1855ca 1905 and magalene jeanette arndt 18561938 at the time the engbarth family resided on porter street in ocean springs dr chipman of the pascagoula episcopal church officiated  the daily herald   december 1 1911 p 4 and the ocean springs news    april 15 1915 p 1   circa 1909 mr dancer had come to ocean springs and opened a movie theater on washington avenue called the vaudette he sold it to ew illing 18701947 in september 1909 in november 1909 mr dancer went to lumberton mississippi with willie engbarth 18821957 his future brotherinlaw to open a movie house apparently things did not work as the ocean springs news  reported that ra dancer sold his movie house and returned to ocean springs in december 1909 with charles engbarth 18931967 after their marriage carrie and anderson dancer ran a store at ocean springs probably on the southeast corner of porter and washington mr dancer expired on april 9 1915 he was buried in the evergreen cemetery ocean springs carrie e dancer remarried fred meyers and was residing at pass christian mississippi in 1962 she was at ocean springs in 1967 no further information abbley and dancer paid 3000 rent each month to charles redding   joseph lawrence joseph a lawrence 18671952 the biloxi shoe man owner of guarantee shoe and hat company located at 205 west howard avenue his rent was 1500 each month   pearson brothers the pearson brothers grocers operated two stores at biloxi the downtown store was situated at 407 east howard avenue on the corner of main street and howard avenue and called the people s cash grocery the pearson brothers were john p pearson and hw pearson their father clinton patton pearson 18431920 was a native of missouri and was the spouse of e catherine pearson 18481910 a kentuckian he made his livelihood as a traveling salesman their sister may r pearson 18891914 was the store s cashier their rent was 1500 per month they moved out of their building in october 19081910 federal census harrison county ms t624 roll 740 p 227 in january 1907 the pearson brothers advertised as having a   complete stock of fancy and staple groceries    one could purchase 18 pounds of granulated sugar for 100 red cross tomatoes at 10 per can and 2 pounds of butter for 75  the biloxi daily herald january 9 1907 p 4    nikola martino nikola martino 18601942 constructed and repaired shoes for his livelihood he and his spouse lena genusa 18681910 and son joseph martino 18861941 emigrated from italy to new orleans in 1886 three martino children were born in new orleans leanora m stassi 18891973 anthony j martino 18921956 and camille m tedesco 18951942 while peter martino 18971937 and nickola martino jr 19061942 were biloxi natives 1910 federal census harrison county ms t624 roll 740 p 266 after the death of lena g martino nikola married jennie coci capuana 18731941 the daughter of phillip and rose coci she was a widow and the mother of philip capuana 19061968 mrs chris tucei and mrs sidney manuel  the daily herald january 5 1942 p 2   nikola martino s rent was 1000 each month in addition the ohr heirs collected rents from two other lessees during the period 19071907 they were dr hm folkes 18711926 and ld byrd dr folkes rent was 3000 while byrd paid the same amount to charles redding  1907  it is interesting to note that in early 1907 john harry portman 18781917 the able assistant of ge ohr jr was in the plumbing business with wl via this and the fact that the few if any ohr pots have been discovered with dates post1906 indicate that the world s greatest potter had greatly reduced his ceramic productivity  the biloxi daily herald january 7 1907 p 3 and  clark et al 1989 p 36 jh portman was a native of biloxi and had been reared in the ohr family home on delauney street apparently his career as a plumber was short lived as in 1907 portman left biloxi for employment with the us lighthouse board which became the us lighthouse service in 1910 his first assignment was at the sand island light at the entrance to mobile bay in 1915 jh portman transferred to round island where he was employed until he became ill and expired in june 1917 his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the daily herald  june 14 1917 p 3   wl via was apparently a man of wealth he and his wife wintered at the el sutter home on west beach in 1913 they were residents of alabama at the time mr via arrived at biloxi aboard his motor yacht while mrs via came by rail  the daily herald december 17 1913 p 8    1909 in april 1909 lemuel h doty jr an attorney who represented joseph lawrence and charles c redding filed a request in the chancery court of harrison county for a non compos mentis hearing for ge ohr jr a jury of his peers met at gulfport and after reviewing the facts immediately declared george e ohr jr sane ohr represented himself during the inquiry mr doty was from an honorable family in lexington mississippi where his father lemuel h doty 18441929 was active in civic and educational affairs his brother am doty was a physician  the biloxi daily herald april 3 1909 p 1 and the daily herald january 11 1929 p 1  it is interesting to note that one of ohr s adjudicators was caspar vahle 18691922 a former resident of ocean springs he had been in the livery and hotel business while domiciled here his mother katherine vahle 18381914 of german ancestry was a principal in the vahle house a hostel situated on the northwest corner of washington and calhoun in the period from 1900 to 1916 casper vahle s sister was married to druggist herman nill 18631904 the vahlenill family left ocean springs and resettled in gulfport shortly after the turn of the 20 th century as they were victims of local arsonists in early september 1909 fs hewes clerk of the harrison county chancery court while attempting at public outcry to sell the ohr estate property on delauney street and west howard avenue was struck in the face by ge ohr jr ohr was vehemently opposed to this partition sale of his family s commercial properties and had protested both verbally and in written letters against it he was particularly displeased with the chancery court not observing a clause in his mother s last will and testament which specifically stated    that   my estate   be kept and administered   a period of ten years before being sold divided or disposed of unless all and everyone of my heirs should want to have it divided and dispose of  for his blow against hewes ohr was jailed at biloxi police chief louis staehling 18661938 a witness to this minor pugilistic encounter averred that he saw mr ohr strike the chancery clerk with his hand and then attempt to hit him again with that of his spouse josephine g ohr  the daily herald september 6 1909 p 1 and harrison county ms chancery court case no 2108  in spite of ge ohr jr s displeasure a commissioner s deed was issued to charles redding and joseph lawrence for the ohr estate property by fs hewes special commissioner in october 1909 the consideration was 12000 george and josephine ohr retained their domicile and art pottery at 409 and 411 delauney street respectively harco ms land deed bk 92 pp 4243 and harrison county ms chancery court cause no 2473  1910  in october 1910 ge ohr jr was again incarcerated in the biloxi city jail in which he described to a local reporter interviewing him as a shameful place to lock a man up in and one of vile sanitary conditions he had been adjudicated guilty of trespassing and fined 10 by the court ohr s failure to pay the fine resulted in his short stay in the local calaboose upon release he wrote a letter published in  the daily herald  further condemning the biloxi jail as   a filthy pen a dirty brick walled jail where a nauseating unsanitary dirt receptaclea dirty and rotten excelsior torn straw mattress is strewn on the floor that never gets a scrubbing the daily herald october 7 1910 p 1    1918  george edgar ohr jr expired at his residence 409 delauney street on the quiet sunday morning of april 7 1918 his health had declined to a state where he sought medical treatment in new orleans his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery after funeral rites in the episcopal church of the redeemer  the daily herald april 8 1918 p 1    1919  in april 1919  the daily herald  suggested that biloxi organize a local museum to preserve its culture and heritage contemporaneously colonel ww mccleland a regular winter tourist from denver colorado commented more specifically in that he lauded the art pottery of george e ohr jr mcclellan boldly and confidently stated the following     one hundred years from now when the names of some of your great men are forgotten people will be hunting for a piece of mississippi mud with the name of george orr sic on it his pottery is wonderful and worthy to be preserved by the city in which he lived and produced this pottery certainly one specimen of each kind of articles he manufactured should be collected at any cost and placed in proper cases where the public may view them now and in time to come   some seventy odd years later after much of ohr s valuable ceramic works had left biloxi primarily for art aficionados on the eastern seaboard a museum was founded to honor and display his art in the biloxi public library in recent years with the o keefe family leading the charge a world class ohr museum is planned for the biloxi waterfront overlooking deer island once the homestead of ohr s friend and mentor joseph fortune myer  manuel e jalanivich  18971944 the last of the biloxi boys was manuel eugene jalanivich who was born at biloxi mississippi on june 24 1897 the son of  luca gevenilovich genovish givulinovich  or giovulnovich   18611902 anglicized to jalanivich and manuella morrano 18581929 often spelled morano he was baptized  emmanuel genovish  sic in the roman catholic church of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary at biloxi on december 25 1897 lepre 1991 p 131 in the 1900 federal census of harrison county mississippi luca jalanivich listed austria as his country of origin which indicates that he was probably a croatian immigrant family lore relates that luca may have come from trieste jalanivich had been in the united states for ten years mrs jalanivich was born at new orleans louisiana of louisiana born parents although in the 1910 federal census they are listed as being french in 1900 the jalanivich family resided on croesus street in biloxi mississippi 1900 federal census harrison county ms p 46 and gertrude jalanivich medlock january 11 2002 luca and manuella jalanivich married at the nativity of the blessed virgin mary mother roman catholic church in biloxi mississippi on october 13 1894 they were also the parents of john matthew jalanivich 18951967 and mary amelia louise j sablich 19001991 lepre 1991 p 132 and harco ms mrb 10 p 264 in 1902 luca jalanivich was employed as a cook he expired from a heat stroke on august 20 1902 his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the biloxi daily herald august 22 1902 p 6       photo  credit gertrude jalanivich medlock a young manuel e jalanivich   francisco mueso on november 18 1905 mrs manuella m jalanivich married francisco mueso 18601940 at biloxi frank mueso was a native of spain at biloxi he made his livelihood as a fisherman at an oyster factory in 1914 the muesos were living at 519 lameuse street  the biloxi herald november 20 1905 p 4  the biloxi city directory 1914 p 155 and 1910 federal census harrison county ms p 266  early art training at an early age manuel e jalanivich demonstrated an artistic ability which was observed in his biloxi public school classroom by mary ethel dismukes 18701952 miss dismukes the daughter of george dismukes d 1909 and adella mcdonald 18461924 was a native of pulaski tennessee she came to biloxi in 1897 with her family mary ethel called ethel was an artist and photographer she made her livelihood as the supervisor of arts for the biloxi public schools until her retirement in may 1914 as early as 1910 ethel dismukes taught art classes on a private basis as late as may 1949 she was having public displays in biloxi of her student s work in pencil wax crayons oil and watercolor     the daily herald may 30 1910 may 22 1914 p 2 and may 31 1949 p 5     photo  jalanivich at the potter s wheel miss dismukes worked in oil watercolor and ceramics her art education was with john henry twachtman 18531902 and kenyon cox 18561919 of new york city louis loeb 18661909 and clifford carlton she was an active member of the gulf coast art association new orleans art association nashville art association among others ethel dismukes had art studios at pulaski tennessee san antonio texas and new york city sutton 1929 pp 168169 it is apparent that manuel jalanivich was enrolled as a private art pupil of miss dismukes prior to may 1913 at this time she held a display of her students works in china painting charcoal and watercolor it was described as   one of the most attractive and artistic exhibits that has ever been arranged in biloxi  of miss dismukes twenty pupils nineteen were female young jalanivich being the lone male he was described as   biloxi s talented little bootblack artist   the daily herald may 21 1913 p 8    biloxi school days  manuel jalanivich began to win recognition and awards for his artwork in the biloxi central school as early as the seventh grade the thanksgiving holiday of 1913 was celebrated in the public school with songs recitations and dances jalanivich s contribution to the program which was well lauded was a series of illustrations depicting scenes from the daily regimen of the pilgrims as each picture was shown to the student audience an appropriate paragraph was read describing the action  the daily herald april 11 1914 p 8 and december 4 1913 p 6   in midmay 1914 miss dismukes of biloxi public school art department held an exhibition of student arts and crafts in the central school art room pupils from both the high school and primary schools of the city had their art on review for their family and friends a highlight of the student exhibition was a threemasted vessel built by manuel jalanivich the model ship was about 1 ½ feet in length during the past winter jalanivich had sold more than 30 of his sketches and paintings  the daily herald may 22 1914 pp 12    souvenir pamphlet  in the spring of 1914 manual jalanivich was preparing a small book on biloxi his marvelous watercolor illustrations were of biloxi landmarks and scenes beauvoir the biloxi lighthouse the new biloxi high school the elks club the us post office the back bay bridge the biloxi yacht club the country club the biloxi hotel benachi avenue east beach west beach back bay beach piers large watermelons piney woods and a private yacht jalanivich s narrative of biloxi was excellently illustrated in calligraphy  the daily herald april 11 1914 p 8    george e ohr jr joseph fortune meyer  in addition to miss dismukes another artistic neighbor of the jalanivich family was george e ohr jr 18571918 the mad potter of biloxi ohr s art pottery was situated on delauney street only 500 feet as the crow flies from the jalanivich residence at 519 lameuse street here on the west side of lameuse street near the corner of mcelroy street the muesojalanivich family resided in a double shotgun house sanborn mapbiloxi 1914 sheet6 a young manuel jalanivich was taken in by ohr the retired genius potter and taught to use the potter s wheel manuel worked as a shoeshine boy on the streets of biloxi possibly to succor his family or buy art supplies joseph fortune meyer 18481931 the tutor and sponsor of george e ohr and master potter at newcomb college also resided at biloxi during jalanivich s adolescent years  evans  1973 p 24 and  the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 11    niloak in arkansas  circa 1917 manuel jalanivich left biloxi to study at the niloak pottery which was situated at benton arkansas about fifteen miles southwest of little rock niloak is a palindrome of kaolin the arkansas pottery was named for the fine deposits of very pale white clay found here post civil war john hyten began potting here making utilitarian items for local farmers and families such as jugs crocks and butter churns his sons paul charles and lee hyten continued the business  the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 11 and hhtp  wwwgeocitiescom niloakpottery   ww i 19181919   after a year in arkansas manuel jalanivich enlisted in the us navy on march 28 1918 at new orleans he trained for military duty at newport rhode island while there he made the acquaintance of a wealthy patron who was enamored with his artistic creativity and exceptional ceramic forms unfortunately she expired during his tenure in rhode island but her correspondence to the bedford village pottery in new york where he later found employment in march 1919 jalanivich was discharged from the us navy at newport with the rating of seaman 2 nd class national archives and records administrationmilitary record and  the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 11    durant kilns 19191920   the durant kilns were located at bedford village new york mrs jean durant rice the wife of a wealthy ophthalmologist sponsored this westchester county pottery lead by american master potter leon volkmar 18791959 volkmar came from a family of artisans his father charles volkmar ii was a renowned painter and potter while leon volmar s grandfather known as carl volkmar specialized in portraiture cloutier and schmid 1985 pp 34 it was at the durant kilns that manuel jalanivich s would met the two men ingvardt olsen 18881959 and leon volkmar who would most deeply influence his personal as well as creative life with ingvardt olsen jalanivich formed a life long bond that would result in their harmonious enterprise the jalan pottery at san francisco and belmont california arguably leon volkmar was the dominant artistic influence in manuel s jalanivich s brief but prolific ceramic career it was from volkmar that he adopted his interest in the ancient pottery styles of the orient and mediterranean basin like volmar jalanivich would also flourish as a teacher of ceramics  the biloxi news  reported that while employed at the durant kilns manuel e jalanivich worked on a 3000 pottery project for a vanderbilt dinner this is corroborated as table and art ware were significant products of durant from its conception until the demise of mrs rice in 1919 after her death leon volkmar s work at the durant kilns became more like studio pottery as with george no two alike e ohr jr duplication was not volkmar s modus operandi  the biloxi new february 13 1927 p 11 and  cloutier and schmid 1985 p 4  ingvardt olsen  while at the durant kilns in eastern new york manuel jalanivich met ingvardt olsen 18881959 olsen was a native of copenhagen denmark and had studied at the royal danish copenhagen chinese kilns he came to the united states in 1908 jalanivich and olsen became close friends and eventually settled together at san francisco where olsen had been an interior decorator  the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 11    hawaii1925  manuel e jalanivich took a steamship from the west coast to hawaii and taught ceramics for several weeks at the national academy of design  the biloxi news february 13 1927 p 1    1927 gulf coast art association exhibit  the gulf coast art association which was led by professor william woodward 18591939 and mary ethel dismukes 18701952 held its first exhibit at the biloxi public library from february 4 th until february 20 th 1927 the show which was composed of oil paintings water colors pastels lithographic drawings block prints sculpture photography pottery metal work and embroidery was juried by will h stevens of newcomb college at new orleans sarah k smith of gulf park college at gulfport mississippi and edmund c decelle of mobile  the daily herald february 3 1927 p 2   those exhibiting at the biloxi show were  peter anderson  19011984 ocean springs  gertrude burton  ocean springs grace cheeseman gulfport alethia b clemens biloxi edmund c decelle mobile  mary ethel dismukes  18701952 biloxi camille j ehrenfels nola  robert h holmes  18691949 ocean springs dorothy hopkins biloxi charles w hutson biloxi charles e hultberg biloxi  manuel e jalanivich  18981944 biloxi california  louise mallard  19001975 biloxi william h muir gulfport anne wells munger pass christian christine northrop pass christian mrs granville osoinach gulfport sarah k smith gulfport miss cr tibb biloxi clara tucker biloxi alice walsh gulfport  louise giesen woodward  18621937 biloxi and  william woodward  18591939 biloxi  the daily herald february 5 1927 p 5   on opening night of the juried exhibition the winning artists selected by the three jurors were as follows gold medal sponsored by the peoples bank for the best oil painting   a western scene  by charles e hultberg gold medal given by the biloxi city commissioners for the best mississippi coast scene   our street   by william woodward and ribbon for honorable mention was won by edmund c decille for   mardi gras     the daily herald february 5 1927 p 5   on february 8 1927 three pieces of  jalan pottery  for the biloxi exhibit arrived from california they consisted of a large jardiniere worth 15000 and two pieces a light blue bowl and a small jar valued at 2000 apiece these works of manuel jalanivich were lauded for their form color and glazing the ceramic art of peter anderson of the shearwater pottery at ocean springs was also praised  the daily herald february 9 1927 p 2   the final award for the first gulf coast art association exhibit was given by the first national bank on the basis of votes placed by visitors to the show the gold medal for the most popular picture was won by miss mary ethel dismukes for    the burden bearer   professor woodward s large oil painting of potters joseph meyer and george ohr placed second miss dismukes photograph titled   sunshine and shadow  was third in popularity woodward s painting of two of the biloxi boys hangs in the ohro keefe museum at biloxi on loan from the biloxi library  the daily herald february 21 1927 p 2    mother s death  mrs manuella m j mueso expired at the residence of her daughter mary l sablich on july 1 1929 mrs julius sablich lived at 629 lameuse street manuella was a roman catholic and member of the woman s benefit association her survivors were francisco mueso john jalanivich of biloxi manuel jalanivich of san francisco and mary l sablich manuel jalanivich was touring in mexico at the time of his mother s demise  the daily herald july 2 1929 p 12    jalan pottery jalan pottery was the name chosen by jalanivich and olsen to produce commercial ceramic ware in california it was identified by its large scale simple form color style and crackled glaze jalanivich created wheelthrown forms and also did extensive clay modeling while ingvardt olsen specialized in glazing olsen s persian or faience blue and eggplant glazes were well accepted wf dietrich in 1928 described the jalan pottery as jalanivich and olsen are making an attractive line of glazed pottery using a buffburning body and lead glazes their output is handmolded on a potter s wheel it is fired in a round kiln approximately 3 feet inside diameter of their own design and built by the gas company city gas being used for fuel the clay from california sources is fired to 2000 f and the glaze to 15001700 f jalanivich and olsen marketed their ceramics well in addition to their bay area patronage gumps department store in san francisco vended jalan pottery jalan s adaptation to a chinesestyle form met with great success in san francisco as many affluent citizens were decorating their domiciles with teak furniture coromandel screens lacquered chests and middle eastern of oriental rugs  bray 1980 p 43    19291939 depression years  jalanivich and olsen were kind spirited gentlemen as they believed that they had the responsibility to share their experience and knowledge with others for this and financial reasons they taught private studio lessons on one day or evening each week from 1929 to 1938 students worked in clay modeling utilizing slab and coil techniques as well as molds bray 1980 p 43  san francisco art institute  manuel jalanivich taught at the california school of fine arts now the san francisco art institute from 1937 to 1939 in 1937 he and ingvardt olsen commenced a ceramics school for women at their baker street home in san francisco their students ranged from socialites to schoolgirls jalanivich said of his pupils   most find a deep joy in working with their hands school teachers weary of tussles with youngsters come and find a curious peace in attempting to express some kind of beauty   evans 1973 p 25 and the san francisco chronicle november 1 1937    vivika t heino vivika timeriasieff heino 19101995 who would later marry otto heino was a student of jalanivich at the california school of fine arts vivika also took private classes with him she went on to study with glen lukens 18871967 at usc and was awarded the second mfa degree from the new york state college of ceramics at alfred university in 1944 vivika and her husband otto heino b 1915 were honored in october 1995 with an exhibit the vivika and otto heino retrospective which was held at alfred university she had taught pottery to otto heino b 1915 and they eventually married and settled at ojai ventura county california today in california otto continues his highly praised ceramic work   bray 1980 p 43 and wwwottospotterycom  and http nysccalfrededu mus heino   belmont california  in 1939 olsen and jalanivich closed their san francisco ceramic operation and relocated to the sleepy peninsula town of belmont san mateo county california with a population of only three thousand here they built a modest home in 1940 at 901 holly road their domicile is extant and situated in a quasirural hillside environment surrounded by over twentyfive thousand people with a view of san francisco bay  san mateo county auditor s records and joan m levy january 9 2002   a review of the telephone books of belmont california from 1938 until 1946 reveal that the names of jalanivich and olsen first appeared in the white pages there in september 1941 the listing is jalanivich olsen pottery on holly road phone number 1264 in march 1943 their listing was manuel e jalanivich holly road phone number 1264 and ingvardt olsen same phone number after june 1945 there is no listing for either men  joan m levy january 9 2002    ww ii  manuel e  jalanivich and ingvardt olsen taught art and pottery to recovering wounded american veterans of the south pacific theatre at the letterman hospital in the presidio at san francisco  evans 1973 p 25    deaths  manuel jalanivich expired at belmont california on june 15 1944 there are inconsistencies in the reporting of the cause and place of his death  the courier bulletin  a local journal related that he expired   in a belmont sanitarium after a long illness    while  the san francisco chronicle  wrote that his death was   at his belmont home following a brief illness     in biloxi mississippi jalanivich s demise was reported by  the daily herald  as a sudden heart attack at his home in belmont california  the courier bulletin   june 23 1944    the san francisco chronicle june 21 1944 and the daily herald june 19 1944 p 6   on june 15 1944 manuel jalanivich s corporal remains were interred in section n of the woodlawn memorial park cemetery at colma california private funeral services preceded his burial in the chapel of crosbyn gray company at burlingame   the courier bulletin june 23 1944 p 3   ingvardt olsen passed on july 9 1959 at san francisco he was survived by a cousin edward w neison of san francisco olsen s corporal remains were interred at woodland memorial park colma california next to those of manuel eugene jalanivich  san francisco examiner july 14 1959    jalanivich s estate in march 1945 ingvardt olsen the executor and only heir of the estate of manuel e jalanivich filed for probate in the superior court of california of san mateo county california jalanivich s estate consisted of real property in san francisco california probably baker street appraised at 8500 a 1938 chevrolet town sedan appraised at 540 and 83464 in cash in a commercial account on deposit in the redwood city branch of the bank of america the market value of jalanivich s estate for tax purposes was established at 1137346 of which mr olsen paid 79264 in inheritance taxes the superior court of california san mateo county case no 11473 march 1945    sablich remembers uncle manuel  james e sablich sr b 1921 was interviewed by ray l bellande in may 2002 at his home on 440 porter avenue in biloxi mississippi present at the meeting were his wife shannon randazzo sablich and gertrude jalanivich medlock b 1924 a niece of manuel jalanivich  bellandejim give us your early recollections of your uncle manuel jalanivich in biloxi  sablich  the earliest recollection that i have is that he came down to visit biloxi and his sister jim s mother and brother johnny jalanivich with his friend ingvardt olsen that was when we lived on 626 lameuse street and that wasn t yesterday that was quite a few years ago   bellandehow old were you then  sablichi was in the fifth or sixth gradeabout ten eleven or twelve years old about 1931 he manuel came down to visit us and stayed with mother and daddy in the house with us he took over my bedroom and my brother s bedroom before he left biloxi to go back he had to sit down to make chalk crayon pictures of me and my brother  bellande were they pastels or colored chalks  sablich  colored chalk i was so proud of that  bellande were they a good likeness  sablich  very good  bellande did he jalanivich ever talk about ethel dismukes  sablich oh all the time she lived and had her studio on lameuse street one block from the beach i visited that place many times too   bellandedid she dismukes recognize his early art talent in the biloxi public school system  sablich well this is something that i don t know anything about   bellandewhen manuel came here biloxi did he ever visit her miss dismukes  sablich every time he came to biloxi he visited miss dismukes and he would go to ocean springs to see mr peter anderson because they came up together and he would go down and watch him do his work   bellandedid he jalanivich ever talk about his early life in biloxi  sablich no but my mother mary jalanivich sablich did my mother told me that when he was just a little tot that he would always go around mr ohr s pottery shop on delauney street mr ohr took a liking to him and gave him a broom to clean up his shop after him as the years went by he taught my uncle manuel to do this pottery work as far as i know he stayed here long enough to learn enough to go to california to start his own pottery   bellandedid jalanivich have his own pottery shop on lameuse street in biloxi  sablich  i don t know anything about that bellandedid manuel make any pottery when he visited biloxi sablich  to my knowledge no bellandedo you know anything about him jalanivich going off to the navy  sablich   yeah i don t know if whether it was the navy or army but that s where he made the little statue that i got while he was in camp in louisiana the war ended before he got any further and he came back to biloxi bellandedo you know anything about him jalanivich meeting a wealthy woman in virginia  sablich  i don t know anything about that bellandeis there anything else about his visits to biloxi  sablichhe always visited friends involved in pottery and art   bellandewas there anyone besides miss dismukes or peter anderson or ohr  sablichi knew somebody else in those days my daddy cut her hair  jesse smiler  i think she was involved with miss dismukes she was a real estate agent   bellandedid you know miss dismukes sisterinlaw  sablichwell i met her every time i went to see miss dismukes   bellandedid you ever go anywhere with him jalanivich in biloxi  sablich we always went to the beachwachenfeld s pier and hagan s pier or the riviera pier   bellandehow long would he jalanivich stay in biloxi  sablich  maybe two weeks  bellande  do you have anything to add gertrude medlock  medlock  the time that i remember him coming to see us he had a convertible touring car that s about all that i can remember about him  sablich  he had a big big buick i remember uncle manuel and ingvardt both made an extended trip to africa and stayed there a year or better he made some pottery over there and as i told you earlier i have a statue made of a native and she had a big to do or bonnet or something when my mother and daddy moved out there over on the beach i had it outside to load in the car   and i forgot it i d give every damn thing in the world if i could find it   bellandedid he jalanivich make several trips to biloxi  sablich yes i bet he made about three trips to biloxi he brought ingvardt when he made my picture   jalanivicholsen exhibitions   the following are some of the known dates and locations of which the ceramics of the jalan pottery have been on public display    1927 gulf coast art association exhibit biloxi mississippi 1935californiapacific international exhibition san diego california 1936 national ceramic exhibition museum of fine art syracuse new york also known as the fifth national ceramic exhibition robineau memorial and named for american art potter adelaide alsop robineau 18651929 of syracuse new york the amberghirth gallery san francisco california 1937contemporary crafts exhibition philadelphia pennsylvania and oakland art gallery s exhibition of sculpture where work received an honorable mention 1939decorative arts exhibition of the golden gate international exposition at san francisco 1948 ingvardt olsen and charles nye 7 th annual pacific coast ceramic exhibition rotunda gallery san francisco california 1978oakland museum oakland california 1978  lang gallery of scripps college claremont california 1993oakland museum oakland california 1994renwick gallery of the national museum of american art smithsonian institution washington dc 1994cincinnati art museumcincinnati ohio   future exhibits  2003 the ohro keefe museumbiloxi mississippi will present the works of the biloxi boys commencing in february 2003 this extended show will feature the museum s new acquisitions of ceramics by joseph fortune meyer george e ohr jr and manuel e jalanivich s works from the private collection of ray l bellande  epilogue   the biloxi boys jf meyer ge ohr jr and me jalanivich were among the most notable american potters of the late 19 th and 20 th century being reared at biloxi on the mexican gulf they experienced the humid subtropical climate tropical cyclones or hurricanes and shared the joie de vivre provided by the unique southern european culture which proliferated here until postww ii while meyer and ohr were instrumental in the art scene at new orleans being instructors in the early years of the newcomb college art program instituted by william woodward 18591939 manuel e jalanivich shared his ceramic knowledge with eager students at the california school of fine arts in san francisco today each of these native biloxi art potters is remembered for his uniqueness meyer for his glazes simple forms and affiliation with newcomb pottery ohr for his skill on the potter s wheel exciting glazes and marketing schemes and jalanivich for his large forms and moulds all are collectible in recent years the value of ohr pottery has risen geometrically meyer s newcomb pottery has also become very valuable jalanivich s works are located primarily on the west coast and are still reasonably priced if they can be located ebay is an excellent place to commence a search for the works of these artists  references   books and periodicals the arts and crafts movement in california  oakland museum and abbeville press new york1993 ray l bellande  mississippi coast historical genealogical society   holley s bluffwhere george e ohr dug clay   volume 31 no 1 march 1995  biloxi city directory 19131914  piedmont directory company ashville north carolina1914 robert w blasberg    george edward ohr and his biloxi art pottery    jw carpenter port jervis new york1973 robert w blasberg  the unknown ohr  peaceable press milford pennsylvania1986 jean moore bragg and dr susan saward  the newcomb style newcomb college arts crafts and art pottery  jean bragg gallery new orleans louisiana2002 hazel v bray  the potter s art in california 1885 to 1955  oakland museum art department oakland california1980 garth clark robert a ellison jr and eugene hecht  the mad potter of biloxi  abbeville press new york1989 dane cloutier and bob schmid  journal of the american art pottery association   leon volkmar the master potter who made history    vol 1 no 3 mayjune 1985 paul e cox  potteries of the gulf coast  iowa state college iowa1935 charles l dyer  along the gulf    biloxi miss   women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895   paul evans spinning wheel jalan transitional pottery of san francisco april 1937   david e gifford   a brief history of arkansas art potteryouachita niloak and camark    the national society of art pottery collectors  vol 1 no 1 spring summer 1996 julia cook guice  harrison county marriages 18411899   city of biloxi mississippi 1968  the history of jackson county mississippi    shearwater pottery and the andersons   jackson county genealogical society pascagoula1989 ralph and terry kovel  kovel s american art pottery  crown publishing company new york1993 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 pp 242243 lois lehner  lechner s encyclopedia of us marks on pottery porcelain clay  collector books padukah kentucky1988 p 226 suzanne ormond and mary e irvine  louisiana s art nouveau the crafts of the newcomb style  pelican publishing company gretna louisiana1976 pp 145146 cantey venable sutton  history of art in mississippi  the dixie press gulfport mississippi1929    chancery court harrison county mississippi will book 5   will of felicie l meyer    chancery court cases harco ms chancery court case no 523   lizzie ohr v august ohr    august 1892 harco ms chancery court case no 2108   estate of johanna ohr    harco ms chancery court case no 2151   august ohr v louise ohr schultz at al   march 1906 harco ms chancery court case no 2200   charles mccormack v lizzie and antoine muller  october 1906 harco ms chancery court case no 2281   august ohr v emma ohr gruntz et al    october 1906 harco ms chancery court case no 2473   charles rushing v joseph lawrence et al  june 1907 harco ms chancery court case no 2500   lizzie muller v pj ohr    october 1907 harco ms chancery court case no 2507  charles rushing and joseph lawrence v josephine ohr harco ms chancery court case no 2990   insanity of ge ohr    1909 harco ms chancery court case no 4162   rosalie e foretich v lawrence foretich   julbe 1913 harco ms chancery court case no 21563   mae migues ohr v ojo ohr  january 1945 harco ms chancery court case no  2 nd judicial district harco ms chancery court case no 1162   estate of leo edgar ohr   may 1971 annie faye chase or annie faye campbell harco ms chancery court case no 8188   guardianship of marguerite kuljis ohr    september 1978 harco ms chancery court case no p804b   estate of iola g ohr  august 1986 harco ms chancery court case no p827b   estate of marguerite k ohr   september 1986 harco ms chancery court case no 12296   estate of george e ohr   july 1982 harco ms chancery court case no p864b   estate of carl monroe ohr   sealed harco ms chancery court case no p1518b   guardianship of rachel ann ohr   may 1989 harco ms chancery court case no p1519b   guardianship of brian christopher ohr   may 1989 harco ms chancery court case no p1957b   estate of oj ohr  april 1991  circuit court harco ms circuit court marriage record book 10  giurilinovichmorano  october 13 1894 p 264  superior court of california san mateo county california case no 11473   in the matter of the estate of manuel e jalanivich    march 1945 internet hhtp  wwwgeocitiescom niloakpottery  niloak pottery company    journals the biloxi herald  april 9 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 29 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   december 9 1893 the biloxi herald   in memoriam   december 16 1893 the biloxi herald   the flames   october 13 1894 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   january 4 1896 p 8 the biloxi daily herald   tired of life   august 21 1897 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   december 3 1899 p 8 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   march 23 1900 the biloxi daily herald   funeral of luka giovulnovich   august 22 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 26 1903 the biloxi daily herald   zio ignantz ohr   april 21 1904 the biloxi daily herald   george ohr sr   july 8 1904 the biloxi daily herald   mrs elizabeth hahn   october 5 1904 the biloxi daily herald   mrs joanna ohr   december 28 1905 the biloxi daily herald   locals   august 10 1906 the biloxi daily herald   moseley devitt   january 7 1907 the biloxi daily herald   wl via co   january 7 1907 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi s new administration   january 7 1907 the biloxi daily herald   pearson brothers   january 9 1907 the biloxi daily herald   foretichelder   february 25 1907 the biloxi daily herald    bourdondevitt   august 16 1907 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   george ohr declared sane   april 3 1909 the biloxi daily herald   moranohr   april 16 1909 the biloxi daily herald   abbley not guilty says state jury   august 30 1909 the biloxi daily herald   barber assumes roll of reformer   september 10 1909 the daily herald   biloxi youth makes pottery   march 15 1915 the courier bulletin   jalanovich   june 23 1944 the courier bulletin   well known ceramic artist dies in belmont   june 23 1944 the daily herald   george ohr makes trouble   september 6 1909 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   may 30 1910 the daily herald   geo e ohr released from durance vile  october 7 1910 the daily herald    dancerengbarth   december 1 1911 the daily herald    heidenheim resigns as manager of barataria canning company   september 19 1912 the daily herald   to show friends their art work   may 21 1913 the daily herald   devitt and clark have lease on bourdoncastanera co s plant   august 26 1913 the daily herald   louis harvey died this am   september 17 1913 the daily herald   biloxi high doings   december 4 1913 the daily herald   local news paragraphs of interest   december 17 1913 the daily herald   ohrelder   november 20 1913 the daily herald   foretichkleyle   january 29 1914 the daily herald   biloxi youth is talented artist   april 11 1914 the daily herald   art exhibit at central school   may 22 1914 the daily herald   lio ohr passes away saturday at noon after several weeks illness   december 13 1914 the daily herald   leo ohr has agency   april 26 1915 the daily herald   harry portman dead   june 14 1917 the daily herald    excavaters find buried pottery   september 11 1917 the daily herald     pottery is made by a biloxi man   september 18 1917 the daily herald   pottery wizard dies in biloxi   april 8 1918 the daily herald   biloxi museum finds favor   april 14 1919 the daily herald   sablichjalanivich   june 6 1918 p 3 the daily herald   mcclellan honored   august 21 1919 the daily herald   colonel mcllellan hear mullet   september 2 1919 the daily herald   biloxi resident died yesterday   august 19 1920 the daily herald   opening of art exhibit at library   february 3 1927 the daily herald   award made by jury of gifted and competent artists for gulf coast art association exhibition at biloxi february 4   february 5 1927 the daily herald   jalan pottery arrives   february 9 1927 the daily herald   art exhibits closes   february 21 1927 the daily herald    joseph meyer lived in biloxi   january 4 1928 the daily herald   father of lh doty dies at lexington   january 11 1929 the daily herald   renovating lawrence building   may 28 1929 the daily herald   mrs frank mueso dies   july 2 1929 the daily herald   mrs ohr died last night   march 17 1930 the daily herald    joseph meyer buried   march 18 1931 the daily herald   return from funeral   november 24 1931 the daily herald   lawrence romeo sr dies   april 7 1932 the daily herald   lee foretich killed   february 27 1933 the daily herald   leo ohr completes manufacture syrup   january 15 1934 the daily herald   manuel jalanovich sic in california    the daily herald   jalanivichweems   march 31 1936 the daily herald   mcgrawjalanivich   february 8 1937 the daily herald   jos w swetman taken by death   may 31 1937 the daily herald   mrs joseph lawrence dies at biloxi home   january 13 1939 the daily herald   mueso funeral   february 29 1940 the daily herald   jalanavich sic gaining fame as potter    the daily herald  fred abbley dies   september 30 1941 the daily herald   n martino dies   january 5 1942 the daily herald   manuel jalanivich dies in california june 19 1944 the daily herald   tk devitt sr dies   december 16 1946 p 5 the daily herald   visit art exhibit   may 31 1949 the daily herald   miss dismukes dies   february 18 1952 the daily herald   jos v lawrence vicepresident biloxi bank dies   october 9 1952 the daily herald   jm jalanivich   october 9 1967 the daily herald   mrs mae churchill   october 16 1968 the daily herald   edward giadrosich   october 16 1968 the daily herald   fl churchill   december 13 1968 the daily herald   frederic a moran   july 11 1972 the daily herald   gd   sic   ohr  february 25 1974 the daily herald   david w jalanivich sr   november 10 1980 the ocean springs news     ra dancer passes away   april 15 1915 p 1 the san francisco chronicle   sf potters rise to fame   may 8 1919 or 1935  the san francisco chronicle   clever potters bring art to this city   december 17 1922 the san francisco chronicle   sf women reviving old art of ceramics   november 1 1937 the san francisco chronicle   death splits famed team of artists   june 21 1944 the san francisco chronicle   funeral notices   july 14 1959 the san francisco examiner   funeral notices   july 14 1959 the sun   otto t ohr   april 21 1982 the sun herald   mrs marguerite ohr   july 25 1986 the sun herald   carl ohr   october 22 1986 the sun herald   mrs clo l ohr moran   december 1 1989 the sun herald   mrs mary louise sablich   february 14 1991 the sun herald   ojo ohr   march 24 1991 the sun herald   carl otto ohr   march 5 1996 the sun herald   gertrude trosclair jalanivich   june 5 1996 the sun herald   moran leaves mark on coast   march 24 1999  personal communication  dolores kneale smith biloxi january 1995 james anderson shearwater pottery january 1995 lucretia buzolich lee biloxi january 1995 captain arthur baker biloxi february 1995 gertrude jalanivich medlockconversation at 13809 plano road gulf hills january 1112 2001 mark jawgiel email january 31 2002 joan m levy san mateo county historical museum email of her search of the belmont california telephone books from 19381946 on january 9 2002 jeff gundersonemail from the san francisco art institute january 15 2002  jgunderson sfaiedu  james e sablichtaped interview in may 2002 maxine mcgraw palmerconversation at byram mississippi on june 22 2002 thelma ohr palmertelephone conversation on september 23 2002 frank duggan jr telephone conversation on october 8 2002  oral history tape interview september 4 1990 murella hebert powell history and genealogy librarian biloxi public library with lucretia buzolich lee 723 views  ', 0);
