Volume LIFT
May Day: Pam Atkins Reigns
Pam Atkins, the 1969 May Queen and her court -Miss Atkins, a
senior from Eden, N.C., was crowned by Dr. Jerry Godard last
Sunday afternoon.
Old Morehead Mill Now Home Of Claude Cook
The Old Company Mill,
owned by Claude Cook,
Chairman of Guilford's music
department, makes an impressive
sight as the motorist rounds the
corner of the quiet road near
Pleasant Garden. The first thing
to meet the eye is the tall stone
dam, covered with mosses and
ferns, over which run several
small cascades. The building
itself is much larger than most
old water mills in the area. The
first face it presents has not yet
been renovated, and its dark,
weathered boards and shuttered
windows tower above the dam.
The front of the house, which is
in the process of being shingled,
looks like something out of "Tar
Heel Ghosts." The piece of the
roof that juts out over a
mysterious loft door is a perfect
place for a good old hanging.
Though no hangings blot the
past of the Old Company Mill, it
does have an interesting history.
Built sometime in the 1820's, it
was sold by its original owner
John M. Morehead to a group of
four millers who called
themselves simply the Company.
At first the mill operated on the
power of the water wheel and
used a gravity system for
dumping the grain. The wheel
has long since rotted and fallen
The Old John Morehead Mill, now the home of Claude Cook, on
Company Mill Road.
The Quiffor&cm
away, but Mr. Cook still breaks
.lawnmowers on the belaying
hooks for the gravity system. In
the early part of the 20th
century, the Company updated
its mill with the use of
water-turned turbines.
Perhaps the most interesting
relic from the mill's early history
is the big front door. Thousands
of tack holes reveal that the
door once served as the bulletin
board for all the neighboring
farmers.
In 1920 the Old Company
Mill ceased to operate as a grist
mill. It passed from hand to
hand until it was abandoned in
1959 by the Jaycees. For five
years it lay neglected and the
building became so covered in
honeysuckle that newcomers
were not even aware of its
existence.
Claude Cook acquired the
mill in 1964 and began the task
of clearing the land and restoring
the building. Now, instead of
honeysuckle, the yard is covered
with thousands of plants Cook
has collected. The inside of the
house has been renovated and
furnished with homemade and
hand-polished furniture.
According to Cook, the original
building was so sturdy that only
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With the maypole as a prop, freshman girls perform the annual
maypole dance. This year's dancers were led in the traditional rite by
Jean Marshall and Pam Distasio.
one sill had to be replaced. The
substructure is entirely of a
wooden peg construction
without any nails.
Perhaps the most amazing
thing about the mill is not the
ingenious structure of the
building, but the dam. Slave
labor fitted huge stone slabs
together to make an
impenetrable wall without the
use of any sort of mortar.
Claude Cook has done an
admirable amount of work on
the Old Company Mill. Equally
admirable is the fact that he
stays at the place, out of sight
and earshot of any house. The
mill has been broken into several
times, twice during Cook's
residence. Cook says he has the
problem licked now "with dog
and gun". The three dogs are
probably the better
protection—one of them looks
like one of the hounds of the
Baskervilles. Nobody, including
Guilfordian reporters, would
cross that dog.
Claude Cook has preserved in
the Old Company Mill a
wonderful souvenir of "our
American Heritage". Thanks to
his work the mill will be visited
and admired by people for a
long time to come.
Administration Backs
Weekend Proposal
The administration recently
approved a WSC proposal to
allow all junior and senior
women to have weekends away
from campus without parental
permission. Women will still sign
out as usual for an off-campus
weekend but parental permission
is no longer required.
Due to exams, The
G uilfordian will not
publish for the remainder
of the semester.
Publication will resume in
September. Good luck on
exams and have a swingin'
summer!
Student
Legislature
Minutes
At the May 12, 1969 meeting
of the Student Legislature, a
proposal was passed to keep
Dana, or one or two of the
classrooms therein, open all
night throughout the school year
for study purposes.
After much discussion the
following proposal was passed
by a vote of 31 to 6: Several
Town Meetings, the number of
which will be determined by
student legislature, will be held
yearly for such occasions as
elections, President's message,
etc. Students missing
more than two or more than
two-fifths of the total number
will not be allowed to register
for the following year. Any
extenuating circumstances may,
however, be appealed to the
Executive Council.
Paige
Legislative Secretary
Steve Wessells Hazed
By PHIL EDGKRTON
Recently on the Guilford
Campus there has been quite a
lot of misunderstanding between
groups. One group has been
nicknamed the "hippies" and
the other is called the "grits".
The misunderstanding has
resulted in several minor acts of
intimidation and one alleged
case of hazing.
Steve Wessells and another of
the so-called "hippies" were
drenched in their room with
water at four o'clock on Sunday
morning. Two of the "grits" and
a third party not of this school
were involved.
The 1968 Dorm House
Council found "no case" against
one student, another was found
"not guilty", and the
non-campus student has been
asked to remain off the campus.
Perhaps more interesting than
the single act or the outcome of
the trial is the change of attitude
of those involved. Steve Wessells
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"Hut Committee"
Plans Music FestivaS
A Music Festival will be held
tomorrow on the lawn in front
of Cox Hall. Sponsored by the
"Hut Committee" of the Union
the festival will begin at 1:00.
A broad variety of music will
be presented at the free
program, including blues,
bluegrass, folk, jazz, classical,
bosa nova, and classical guitar.
Performers are expected to
appear from High Point,
Winston-Salem, Appalachian
State University, A. and T. State
University, N.C. School of the
Arts, and Guilford College.
Fonight In Dana
Strom Thurmond
The Guilford College A*t
Series presents Senator Strom
Thurman tonight in Dana
Auditorium at 8:15.
Senator 'l'hurman was born in
Edgefield S.C. and earned a B.S.
degree at Clemson. He earned his
LLD from Bob Jones University,
Doctorate of Military Science
from the Citadel and his
Doctorate of Humanities from
Trinity College. He has been
state senator, circuit judge, and
South Carolina delegate to both
the Democratic and Republican
National Conventions.
Participating in the dramatic
Southern walkout of the 1948
Democratic Convention,
Thurman was instrumental in
the formation of the States'
Rights Democratic Party. As its
presidential candidate in 1948,
he received 39 electoral votes.
Still dissatisfied with the
Democratic Party, Thurman
switched to the Republican
Party as a supporter of Senator
Barry Goldwater in his bid for
the 1964 presidency. In 1968, in
the face of considerable
southern support for
segregationist George Wallace, he
played an important role in the
nomination and election of
Richard Nixon.
saw the whole problem as a lack
of communication between all
concerned.
He saw that the "grits" feel
that "hippies" are a "threat to
their way of life," and that the
"grits" feel that, "if one departs
from the 'normal' dorm attitude,
an overt act could occur."
Wessells also says that, "the
situation could be improved if
the people on campus would
make an effort to know one
another."
Land rum Cross, Head
Resident of 1968 Dorm, feels
that the fact that the bad
feelings were brought out into
the open through the overt
incidents is a major step in
facing them and thus improving
relations.
The House Council has also
slated several "Interact"
seminars to enable the dorm to
discuss current campus and
off-campus topics.