The High Point Enterprise from High Point, North Carolina • Page 51

WHAT'S GOING ON High Point EnterprUe, Sunday, April 7,1174 1IC Lecture About Stained Glass, Library Show Highlight Week Exhibit In Bank David Kennedy watches as artist Gloria Edwards adjusts two of her paintings on the wall of the College Village branch office of North Carolina National Bank. Work by Mrs. Edwards, who lives in Jamestown, is currently on exhibit at the bank. Kennedy is manager of the branch office, By ROBERT MARKS Enterprise Staff Writer The making of stained glass will be demonstrated during a lecture at the-High Point Museum Tuesday night. The a for the program, one of the monthly lecture series sponsored by the High Point Historical Society, is Al Klemme, president of the High Point Glass and Decorative Co.

The company was founded 1906. Klemme is a member of the third generation of his family to work in the production of stained glass. He is president of the Stained Glass Assn. of America. The topic for his lecture a a i beginning at 8 p.

is "History and Production of Stained Glass." AT LIBRARY An arts and crafts show titled "Everything But Truth Of 'Legend' Questioned Buford Pusser: Hero Or Thug? By ELLIE GROSSMAN NEW YORK (NBA) -Try to get hold of it and you're likely to end up with a fistful of smoke. The story surrounding Buford Pusser, one-time sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, currently lionized in the movie' 'Walking Tall," is riddled with controversy and confusion. The only certainty is that the movie has grossed $30 million since its release last March and Buford Pusser is becoming legendary possibly for the wrong reasons. Pusser spent six violent years as sheriff during the 1960s patrolling the state line between Tennessee and Mississippi. The prostitution, gambling and illegal whiskey which were flourishing there brought him into collision with members of the "syndicate" and he matched them blow for blow, suffering stabings, shootings and the loss of his wife in an ambush.

Still, the question remains: is Pusser 'really the heroic one-man blitz against crime the press agents for "Walking Tali" are packaging, or is he a violence-loving brute who enforced the law as he saw fit who, even now has a goodly number of the people down home intimidated? "I was in Vietnam for two years and I encountered more fear in McNairy County than I did there. It's the first time in my life I had to go outside a town to get affidavits signed." So says Cammy Wilson, a reporter'for the Dayton Daily News who spent several weeks in McNairy County researching a story on Pusser. "He's done as much harm as the people he fought in many cases," states one Tennessee newsman who a a a attribution. He was not alone. Several people interviewed by telephone said they were afraid to talk about Pusser on the record.

Again and again, McNairy county residents used the word i i to describe circumstances surrounding several of Pusser's exploits. But when queried about being quoted, they responded firmly: "No ma'am. In no way." Pusser, at six-feet-six and 250 pounds, is colossal. After 15 plastic surgery operations, he's wired and tacked together, but he's still a "mean old husky guy," as one acquaintance puts it. Immaculate and disarmingly soft-spoken, Pusser understandably prefers the movie version of his exploits, although a disclaimer in the film indicates the plot was "suggested" by certain ac- ANSWEfrTO A PUZZLE.

Buford Pusser No Witnesses tions in his life. He grants a been but he resents being questioned about the disparities between "Walking Tall," and "The Twelfth of August," his biography written by W. R. Morris. One central incident bears airing.

In the book's account of the hickory-stick episode which has carried him to fame, Pusser is happily ensconced in Chicago with a new bride, a job at the Union Bag Company, and a weekend agenda of wrestling bouts. He and two friends are suddenly ex- tradicated to Mississippi on charges of armed robbery and assault brought by the owner of a state line club where, some time earlier, Pusser had been cheated at dice and beaten to the tune of 192 stitches. Pusser stews about being framed, pleads innocent, and is acquitted. In "Walking Tall," Pusser, home from Chicago with his family, reluctantly visits one of the cheap clubs that have sprung up in the area since he left, aids a friend being cheated, and is beaten severely. When the sheriff refuses to act, Pusser later returns with his hickory stick and fractures bones.

The jury acquits him. Nowadays, Pusser verifies the book's version, then goes on to admit that he and his friends lied to the jury in Mississippi under cover of a a a a i i i Chicago. In her story for the Dayton Daily News, Cammy Wilson alleges Pusser extorted payoffs from state-line joint owners, quotes his stepdaughter who describes Pusser as "a man to be afraid of," and discredits the legitimacy of "Walking Tall." Pusser claims the reporter was paid off. "Her mother was about to lose her home in Mississippi," he says. "Cammy was contacted by these, people involved in the crime now on the state line and she stayed some weeks to do the story.

Then she came up with the $1,500 payment for the house. Now you tell me: is a paper in Dayton, Ohio, going to send someone 500 miles to write a story and pay her salary all that time?" replies James Dygert; Wilson's city editor. "The movie was playing in Dayton at that time (October 1973) and we knew Cammy was from Mississippi, so assigned her to go down and do the story. She' was on salary." Jn a- a in The Nashville Tehnessean, Pusser is depicted signing copies of "The Twelfth of At first mention of he dismisses it with a wave of his hand. "There's not a bit of truth to it," he says.

"The book was written without my permission. They were trying to use me. I have never read the book." Pressed on the point, he concedes, "I skimmed it." He claims the author never 'interviewed him, that the dates are often wrong and that, for one small thing, he doesn't cuss the way they say he did. "Before the book was ever published, Buford made a special trip to read it and he did, page by author Morris says hotlyj. "There were lots of things in the 'book-he iiidn't like but he did endorse it as his official biography, especially when the movie came out Buford's angry with me because he says I'm 'destroying his movie image.

I've been getting calls from all over because the'movie and the book are so different and he gets angry when he finds out what I'm telling people." Author and subject are currently embroiled in a royalty dispute over the book, and Morris is dispatching press releases touting a new book, "The Real Buford Pusser," which reportedly will reflect "the 'type of man Buford Pusser actually McNairy citizens feel about him." It's a tough part of the country, McNairy County, where juries, they say, don't bring in many murder convictions because they tend to empathize with the accused. Pusser, involved in two killings as 'sheriff, was adjudged by grand juries to have acted in self-defense. In the county, witnesses are more difficulty to find than the holy grail. Pusser's detractors, including W. R.

Morris, say there were never any witnesses to the run-ins he had. of the law are often considered luxuries, according to some local residents. Pusser himself says with a hint of a smile: "I'm sure everything I did wasn't right within the law. Of course, I think the law is based on good common horse sense." Painting" goes on display Monday in the community room of the High Point Public Library on S. Main Street.

Sponsored by the High Point Fine Art Guild, the show features displays of a needlework, cloth collage, macrame, soft sculpture, batik, pottery, woodworking and wrought iron. Mrs. Donald Woodgeard is chairman of the exhibition, which will be at the library through the remainder of the month. IN JURIED SHOW Work by several artists who are members of the High Point Fine Art Guild have been accepted for the spring juried show of the North Carolina Watercolor Society. The show opens at Weatherspoon Gallery at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro today at 2 p.m., when awards will be presented.

"Tender," by Betty Edwards, was winner of a $50 purchase prize. "Oyster House," by Baylor Gray, was winner of one of. three honorable mentions given in the show. Other High Point area artists with work in the show are Julie Memory, Katherine Skipper, Ruth Miller, Luci Kelly and Betty Mitchell. PHOTOGRAPHY "Enterprise," a photograph by Harris Hudson of High Point, has received an honorable mention in the 4 0 i a a a i competition at the Gallery of a A i Winston-Salem.

Howard Jack was juror for the show now on display at the gallery at 500 S. Main St. in Winston-Salem. STUDENT ARTISTS Large silkscreen and Betty Furness At Guilford woodblock prints, paintings, and woodcuts are on exhibit in the Holt McPherson Campus Center at High Point College through April 15. The work is by Christie Barnett and Karen Booth, both seniors at the college.

Miss Barnett is an art major and Miss Booth is an art- education major. STAGE BAND The Air Force TAG Stage Band will play in High Point this week at Central High School, Andrews High School and Trinity High School. The band will also perform for the public at Westchester Mall i Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Auditions will be held by the band Wednesday from 12:30 p.m.

tc 3:30 p.m., according to Sergeants Harris and Jack Walker, Air Force recruiters in High i A interested in auditioning should call telephone number 882-3810. SYMPHONY The North Carolina Symphony will perform in a Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the gymnasium at Central High School in High Point. CINEMA CAFE "Creativity," a film about how to build creativity, will be shown at the Cinema Cafe at the High i i i a Tuesday. Showings are scheduled in the library's community room at 12:15 p.m.

and again at 5:15 p.m. COMMUNITY CHORUS The 75-member Guilford College Community Chorus will perform the oratorio, "The Holy City," today at 5 p.m. at Friendly Road Baptist Church. The church is at the corner of W. Friendly Road and i a i Greensboro.

Soloists will be Marilyn Burris, soprano; Jimmy A Woodward, contralto; and Charles Lynam, bass. Chris Watkins will be the organist. The chorus, under the direction of Edward Lowe, director of music programs at Guilford College, includes singers from 16 churches and the Guilford College Choir. A represented in the chorus is Jamestown Presbyterian Church. SPEAKER Betty Furness, a former television personality who became a national advocate for consumer causes, will speak at 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday in Dana Auditorium at Guilford College. In her appearance in the Guilford College Arts Series program, Miss Furness replaces A Davis, author of several books on nutrition and diet, who is unable to attend the program because of illness. Miss Furness was Special Assistant for Consumer A a i i Johnson for nearly two years. During this time, the National Commission on a a established. GROUP SHOW Work by more than 20 artists will be shown at the Garden Studio near Guilford College through April 21.

The show opens today with a reception from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Garden Studio is located on Tomahawk Drive in the i College Community. Among the artists whose work is included in the show are Ralph Calhoun and Katherine Montgomery, IN OPERA Two students from High Point and Jamestown are members of the cast of "Hansel and Gretel," an a i i presented by the School of Music and the Theatre of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro April 12-14. They a i a Montgomery, a junior, who will be an accompanist, and a Leigh Jones, a member of the chorus.

Montgomery is the son of Mr. a i a A Montgomery Jr. of 228Vz Hedgecock High Point, and Miss Jones is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest R.

Jones of 303 i i Jamestown. IN CONCERT The Piedmont Chamber Orchestra of the North Carolina School of the Arts, will appear in a concert in Cone a a University of North Carolina at Greensboro Monday at 8:15 p.m. The performance is a part of the UNC-G School of (See LECTURE On 16Q WONG'S WESTERN SIZZLIN STEAK HOUSE CHOPPED STEAK NEW YORK STRIP 11 a.m.-11 p.m. STEAK EGGS A.M. TO 11: A.M.

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In short, we've got fun. And plenty of it. So come see us. We're open Saturdays and Sundays this spring from' 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

And this Easter Monday; April 15, we're open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. We open daily June 8th-August 25th, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

From August 31- October 27, we're open Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m..