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USINESS Sunday, Sept. is. 1994 Id News messenger itope F(D)ttry Compamy; five gBeratbiQia peraltioEi GAIL BEIL News Messenger vare both potters, as was his father. The Humphries sons also worked for Storie. Paul Ray Storie Pottery's wares can be found whereever Cracker Barrel Restaurants are located.

i nc j-cuoiiun irdii-chise, famous for its country cooking and large gift shops, has stores in nearly every state in the Union. Cracker Barrel will soon open in Germany, Storie said. Storie has a few venders other than Cracker Barrel and only sells seconds at his yard on Bussey Road. "We sell lots of churns and canister sets," Storie said. "Something new we're making is a chip-and-dip bowl." Although most of the hand painting is done in cobalt, Storie said his company was the first XK I -I Storie.

He courted her a week 'and a half, then they ran off and got For fat least three weeks after the marriage, Murray searched for them with a shotgun. After 56 years, he still says he would have shot Storie if he had caught him. The couple is still married. Ted Storie went into business for himself on North Bolivar Street. The building is still there, Storie said.

"I remember my dad would grind clay at night, fire the kiln, empty the molds and sleep on the dryer in the winter to keep warm." Storie said. "Then he would work with the men during the day or go on a delivery. Days and days he did that." "Daddy, I remember when you used to work just like that," said Regan's mother, Amy. Ted Storie didn't turn much, but he jiggered, his son said. Jig-gerers use molds and press the clay into them using a wheel much like that of a potter.

Ted Storie sold his pottery to the Ellis family Marshall Pottery and became an independent distributor, as did Paul Ray. The Ellis family sold Marshall Pottery and soon after, Paul Ray Storie was back in business for himself. His first potter was E.J. Humphries, member of another of Marshall's potter-dynasties. EJ's sons Tommy and Johnny It took some doing, but Paul Ray Storie was able to round up five generations of his family who are, involved in the pottery business.

The youngest, Regan Elaine Weaver, 3, was still wrapped in the apron which almost protected her clothes from cobalt paint when they gathered in front of one of the kilns for a photograph at the Storie Pottery Company. The oldest, John P. Murray, 89, said he taught one of Marshall's most famous potters, Pete Payne, to turn. Murray's son-in-law Ted R. Storie, now retired, had his own pottery, sold out to Marshall Pottery and worked for them until he retired.

Paul Ray Storie Jr. lives and rodeos in Oklahoma, but comes home once a month or so and turns pots for his father's company. His father says Paul Jr. is a natural at the skill. Sitting in his small office at the pottery on Bussey Road, Paul Ray describes the family legacy.

"My great grandfather was a potter in the midwest. He came from Germany." His son, John Murray, worked his way as a potter from the midwest to State Line Pottery in Texarkana Ark. "At first he ran a kick wheel." Storie explained that a kick wheel is peddled much like a bicycle. It was there that Murray's 15 year-old daughter Mary Mildred met a cement finisher named Ted 7 4-5 'X JJis in maiaiiaii iu uiuuuuwc uuici colors, on his stoneware. He said his company was also the first to sell hand-painted goods wholesale only.

Country themes, particularly barns, are the most popular patterns, he said. Among his 14 employees are one full time and two part-time potters, one of whom is son, Paul Jr. Storie also has five painters. He has no plans to expand his operation, he said, but he may add another part-time potter. "When Regan's four, I'm going to teach her to turn lids." A FAMILY AFFAIR Many a pot has passed through the hands of five generations of the Murray-Storie family the men and young woman posed in front of one of the kilns at Storie Pottery.

Clockwise beginning with Regen Weaver, 4, are her great grandfather Ted Storie, grandfather Paul Ray Storie, great-great grandfather John Murray and uncle Paul Ray Storie Jr. Regan's mother Amy and her grandmother Geral Storie as well as Paul Ray nephew Ed Fuqua have worked at the plant. Storie gives a few good friends, some family members and the Lord credit for the success of his company. (PttotoFawcett) Skilled labor shortage stymies Texas construction Li a ft 'V iih I I lit' A 31- i DALLAS (AP) A shortage of skilled construction workers has slowed projects in many parts of the state, as well as making them more expensive. The shortage comes at an especially bad time for builders, who for the last few years have been constrained by scarce loans.

Now they worry the low supply of labor and high demand will drive up prices to the point that some projects may never get built. "Construction costs for apart ments have gone up by $2 per square foot in the last 120 days," apartment builder Joe Peterson said. "That's phenomenal. I don't know how many more increases like that we can stand." Contractors say the shortage is national, so skilled labor cannot be lured from other regions. "I could use 15 to 20 more people, and I can't find them," longtime Dallas electrical contractor Steve Humphrey said.

Masonry contractor Buddy seeking trained electricians, plumbers, roofers, carpenters and drywall installers at wages ranging from $8 to $20 an hour. "There just isn't much excess capacity in many parts of our business. Everyone is stretched thin," said Raleigh Roussell, executive vice president of the Dallas chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America. Construction workers quit the trade in droves after the 1980s construction boom went Barnes is having no better luck trying to hire 100 bricklayers. "Look all you want.

You're not going to find them in Austin or San Antonio or East Texas, not anywhere in the state," said Barnes, who runs one of the Southwest's biggest masonry contractors. "I've been in this business 26 years, and I have never seen a labor shortage like we have now," he said. Ads appear in newspapers LMon Pacific seeks local drill permit for the No. 1 Heame and others, a new pool wildcat in Harriion County, to be located six miles north of Waikom. With projected total depth of 6,300 feet, the well is in a 160-acre unit in the William C.

Baker Survey A-108. Petro Chem Operating Inc. is the oper- Oil Notes With Union Pacific Resources as the operator, the well probed to a 1098-foot bottom. It was perforated to produce from the Cotton Valley Formation, 9.068 to 10312 feet Into the welibore. In addition to gas, the well made 277 barrels of water daily.

Union Pacific Resources of Fort Worth has filed for permit to drill the No. 1 Wyatt, a Panola County wildcat, 6.7 miles north-northeast of BeckriUe. Location Is In a 150-acre lease in toe William W. Allen Survey A-16. A lOOO-raot new pool wildcat planned by Union Pacific Resources of Fort Worth at a drill-site LI miles east-southeast of latum In Panola County.

The location Is in a Ul-acre lease In the James Red Sumy A-564. Well's assignation is the No. 1 Wllkereon. Exxon Co. USA Drillsite has been staked for the No.

7 Fred Kyle Union Pacific Resources of Fort Worth has filed for permit to drill the No. 1 Bradshaw, a Harrison County wildcat 4.8 miles southeast of Marshall." Location is in a 193-acre lease in the Bethany Rogers Survey A-20. Petro Chem A Shreveport-based operator has slaked location PETITE POT PAINTER Regen, 3, Paul Ray Storie's granddaughter, has the run of the Storie Pottery Company. This year she paints pots. Next year a proud grandfather wants to begin to teach her to turn at the potter's wheel.

(PhotoFawcett) ator. Union Pacific Flowing 959,000 cubic-feet gu per day on 14764 duke, the No. 5 Le Iburneau Gas Unit YH has been brought on Une in the Oak Hill Field, Harriion County, 19 miles northwest of Easton. It earned 1 rating on absolute open flow. Flowing tubing pressure came In at 1,877 PSI.

Insured Certificates of Deposit Simple Interest APY Unit, a new pool wildcat in Panola County. The operation will be located 3.12 miles south of Carthage in a 648-acre lease in the Matthew Athlon Survey A-8. The operator is Exxon Co. USA of Houston. Sonal Exploration Sonat Exploration Inc.

has posted first production data for the No. 2 McCain, a newly completed gas well in Panola County's Bethany Field. The well flowed 2,206,000 CF gas per day on a 1364 choke and received a rating on absolute open flow. It came in with 1,393 PSI flowing tubing pressure. Bottomed at 6,430 feet, the well will produce from perforations in the Travis Peak Formation, 6,273 to 6.313 feet into the hole.

Location is 3.3 miles east of DcBcrry. Union Pad Ik Resources Flowing 2,002,000 CF gas per day, the No. 10 Fred Kyle Unit has been brought on line in Panola County's Carthage Field, 4.9 miles southeast of Carthage. It earned a rating on absolute open flow. Flowing tubing pressure stood at 2,217 PSI.

With Union Pacific Resources as the operator, the well probed to a bottom. It was perforated lo produce from the Cotton Valley Formation, 8,860 lo 9,118 feet into the welibore. Besides gas, the well produced 30 barrels of 34-gravity gas condensate per day plus 277 barrels of water. Panola County's Carthage Field gained a hew producer when the No. 10 Carthage Gas Unit XX was completed 4.3 miles west-northwest of Carthage.

The well showed ability to flow 1,233,000 CF gas per day and received a rating on absolute open flow. Flowing casing pressure registered 1,195 PSI. Union Pacific Resources is the operator. The company took the well to a bottom and per- forated the Cotton Valley Formation for production at 9,190 lo 9,550 feet into the hole. In addition, the well produced 12 barrels of gas condensate daily.

Medallion Production Co. At a location two miles southwest of Furrh, Medallion Production Co. has finaled a new gas producer in panola County's Carthage Field. The well is designated as the No. 1 Hancock, Flowing gas at the rate of 1,027,000 CF per day.

The absolute open flow rating was 2,500,000 CFD. Production tests were run on a 1064 choke. Bottomed at 6,811 feet, the well will produce from perforations in the Travis Peak Formation, 6,506 to 6,520 feet into the welibore. Brooks Resources Brooks Resources Inc. Of Shrcvepon has revealed plans to drill a Marion County wildcat 4.8 miles west-southwest of Jefferson.

The operator has 217 acres leased in the Thomas English Survey A-121, and has designated the venture as the No. 1 Benefleld. Charles Ray Bachtell Operating out of Longview, Charles Ray Bachtell is preparing to conduct a plugback about one-half mile north of Jefferson. The well is designated as the No. 3 J.D.

Badgett and currently bottoms at a depth of 5,874 feet. The wdl is in Marion County's Rodessa Field. It is in a 186-acre lease in the Francis Bush Survey A-32. Seagull MM South A new pool wildcat has been brought on tine in Marion County's Rodessa Field, with Seagull Mid South Inc. as the operator.

Located five miles west of Sraithland, the well is designated as No. 5 Cromer. On a 1664 choke, it flowed 667,000 CF gu per day. Flowing tubing pressure came in a 439 PSI. The well bottomed at 7,550 feet and will produce from perforations in the Travis Peak Formation, 7,370 to 7,380 feet into the welibore.

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Ravenell is, at the barber shop, located at 201 W. Austin, p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday.

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