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Friday, June 12, 17I HHlburg AMERICAN Ptg I -st a 1. i1-. r' it-' i a 'v, i A 5 i I itiiiif Vri 4 mmmm fn iii I GARDEN VIEW A view of the lovely garden at the rear of the home from the informal living room. The table on the veranda is made of the kitchen chopping block from the Hattiesburg Hotel and is topped with marble. The large pottery containers are by Lee McCarty of Merigold, and the figure is from Guatemala.

WARM WELCOME Mrs. Richard H. Clark, stands in the doorway of her home at One Cherokee Circle, which she designed, using much of the materials of the old Hotel ELEGANT DINING A feature of the dining room is the use of panels of antiqu Chinese wallpaper given to Mrs. Clark by her mother, Mrs. Abner Polk, and remove ed from Mrs.

Clark's former home at Cherokee Hill. 17 it FORMAL ENTERTAINING A beautiful Aubusson rug virtually covers the floor of the light and airy drawing room. The wing back chair to the back left is covered in crewel work, the gift of a friend. (Staff photos by George Johnson; informal living room by Robert Miller) INFORMAL LIVING Carroll Clark, who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University, relaxes in the informal living room of her home. The marble fireplace wall is from the lobby of the Hotel Hattiesburg and the chandelier, one of two, was originally in Sacred Heart Church.

The art objects on the left wall were collected by Mrs. Clark during her travels. ENTRANCE HALL Opening the wide doors of the Clark home gives an instant view of the back garden. The marble flooring is from the hotel lobby and the grill over the back sliding doors is from the hotel staircase. A Chinese lacquered screen is on the wall to the right.

At home in Greater Hattiesburg Columbia High honor roll is announced Clark home includes many items out of the city's past Episcopalians to honor departing church members The Episcopal Church of the Ascension will honor members leaving Hattiesburg with a covered dish supper at 7 p.m. Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Bomboy.

The following will be guests: Dr. and Mrs. Ira Schwarz, Mr. and Mrs. King Merritt, Mr.

and Mrs. James Dunigan, Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Holden and Lt. Col.

and Mrs. W. S. Sid-dall. Members of the church are invited to attend the supper.

drop, Jerry Aultman, Mike Buckley, Mike Sherrard. 11th grade: Jimmy Barbee; honorable mention: James Brown, Steve McCain, John Wooten, Paula Anderson, Melinda Patterson. 12th grade: Julie a Frances Marie Watts; honorable mention: Carolyn Agent, Diane Deal, Donna Dunnaway, Sara Fitch, Olive McBride, Libby Oswalt and Cathy Selman. REDSKINS SIGN ROOKIE WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Redskins announced today the signing of Paul Laaveg, a rookie offensive tackle from Iowa. The Redskins have completed signing all their rookies.

son, Mike Sherrard, Tom Watts, Ronnie Whitaker. 11th grade: Jimmy Barbee, John Wooten. Honorable mention: James Broom, James Ha-gler, Steve McCain, James To-land, Paula Anderson, Kathy Boyd, Rose Dukes, Sandra Height, Melinda Patterson. 12th grade: Carolyn Agent, Julie Faust, Deborah Hartfield, Frances Marie Watts. Honorable Mention: Donna Dunaway, Sara Fitch, Terri Forbes, Linda Harvey, Olive McBride, Ellen McGowan, Libby Oswalt, Brenda Robertson, Peggy Mc-Kee.

1969-70 students, on an overall basis for the year: 10th grade: James Collins. Honorable Mention: Dale Del-ancey, Kay Johnson, Pat Murphree, Jane Singley, Jane Wal COLUMBIA Floyd Beason, acting principal for Columbia High School has named the junior-senior honor roll students for the last nine weeks which includes grades 10-11-12. 10th grade: Pat Murphree, Mike Buckley, James Collins. Honorable Mention: Dale Del-ancey, Kay Johnson, June Sin-gley, Jane Waldrop, Bernard Aikens, Jerry Aultman, Rusty Ball, Steve Burch, Jimmy Jack- PLAYERS NAMED LUBBOCK, Tex. (AP) Jerry Hendren of Idaho, Ron Saul of Michigan State, Dick Palmer of Kentucky and John Fitzgerald of Boston College will play in the Coaches All-America football game here June 27, it was announced Thursday.

A Bokara rug covers much of the floor. Sliding glass doors give a view of the garden and veranda which is floored with marble from the hotel's mezzanine. Two lighting fixtures from the Catholic ohurch give night illumination. The large table was made of the kitchen chopping block from the hotel and is covered with a round piece of marble. A madonna from Guatemala and pieces of pottery by Lee McCarty of Merigold, are features of the veranda.

The grill above the doors across the back of the house is from the hotel stairway. dations for. the grandchildren, and topped by a screen of Sheesham wood carved in India. The large and decorative door handles originally were used as drapery tie backs in an old Hattiesburg home. Two other bedrooms are light and airy, filled with personal mementoes, and each has a lovely view of the garden.

The dressing tables of the bathrooms are of 1 a of marble with oval cuts for the lavorato-ries. The modern and efficient kitchen is of paneling and marble and the serving areas are decorated with squares of colorful Italian tile from the home of Mrs. Clark's brother, E. C. Polk, who lives in the original family home.

Mrs. Clark's home is new and modern and at the same time holds much of the history of the town. Its graciousness and charming nostalgia reflect her ability. carved and inset with ivory, are features. Large sliding doors from the hotel open onto the drawing room on the left with its oak parquet flooring almost hidden by a delicately beautiful Aubusson rug.

A wing back chair is covered with crewel work, the gift of a friend. Other appointments of the room blend together to make it elegant for entertaining. The informal living room across the middle back of the house also is floored in the gray and white marble and the fireplace wall is entirely of marble from the wainscoating of hotel Lobby. The two iron chandeliers were the original lighting fixtures in Sacred Heart Catholic Church when it was built in 1927. A grouping of art objects selected during her travels makes for a conversation piece.

There is a handcrafted Gross from Portugal, two panels from a church in Madrid, cherub angels from Spain, a Chagall lithograph, and a large angel carved from a Mexican telephone pole. A wall cabinet at one end of the room was made here and its base is the rail of the stairway from the hotel. PATOO ROOF The formal dmine room is -j 11 For. A Summer of Cool Enjoyment TIME I WORf JMOMfv covered with an Oriental rug in a pale Aubushon design whiah blends beautifully with the framed antique Chinese wall paper on two walls. This wall paper was given to Mrs.

Clark by her mother, Mrs. Abner Polk, and was in her former home at Cherokee Hill. It was removed from the wall and framed for use in the new house. A built-in serving piece is centered with scraps of marble from the hotel baseboards. An interesting point of the guest room is a wall of folding doors, concealing accomo- By SARAH GILLESPIE When the Hattiesburg Hotel was in disrepair and disuse, Mrs.

Richard H. Clark, wanted to buy it because of the association of many happy memories when much of the life of the town was centered around the hotel and because she hated to see the beautiful building torn down. But such an idea was impractical and when the hotel was being demolished, she did the next best thing she bought up much of the materials and fixtures and built a new home with them. Note pad and plans in hand 5 and with a head full of ideas, Mrs. Clark went to the demo- lition site and bought yards and yards of marble at the pleasing price of 50 cents a square foot, ornaments and columns and posts, a staircase and an ele- vator complete with cage and five floors of grilled doors.

She drew the plans for her house and required an architect only for the working plans. The attractive result tucked away at One Cherokee Circle, adjacent to her former home, Cherokee Hill, now occupied by her son, Dr. Richard H. Clark, Jr. and his family, reflects the imagination, creativity and in- nate good taste of its creator and owner.

The sturdy but graceful, al-imost square house is the soft dull purple of the hotel bricks. The recessed doorway is fram-J ed by double terra cotta coi- 1 umns, familiar to everyone who 2 ever entered there. The carport is separated from the back gar-Jden by a fence made of the 4 elevator cage and the grilled 5 doors. The large entrance hall ex tends through the family room Jon the back giving an instant I view of the garden. The white fand gray marble flooring is from the hotel lobby, A handcut rug from Marrakech and a Chinese laauexed screen, ornately 1 2, 3, and 4 BEDROOM BRICK HOMES WITH THE WRITTEN WARRANTY Built to any desired stage of completion from basic stage to lock and key Jobl Scores of plans, hundreds of options.

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