An article in the New Bethlehem Vindicator (June 22, 1894) lists the following Hawthorn Pottery employees:

 

J. A. Hamilton, foreman

 

J. C. Blake, engineer and grinder

 

W. M. Caldwell, turner

 

H. S. M’Dowell, turner

 

George A. Wiant, slipping

 

J. C. Kunselman, slipping – preparing the ware for glazing

 

Harry Richardson, ball maker (A Baller or Baller Up, according to the list of occupations at:

was simply the person who formed clay into appropriate sized balls of clay for the potter to use as his starting point for whatever product he would produce.

 

 

Turney Doverspike, ball maker.  While the article cited above references this individual as “Doverspike”, cemetery records for the Hawthorn Cemetery list a “Turney R. Dovenspike, (1877 – 1910).  The latter is believed to be the correct name.  The same cemetery records also lists a William R. Dovenspike (March 1881 – 1907) with the annotation “Occupation:  Pottery man” and with the additional comment, “1900 Census Memo:  Listed with parents as jolyman”.  The web site is:

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~doverspike/Clarion-Doverspikes-2.html

 

(NOTE:  at this point, I do not have any notion of what a “jolyman” is or does.  However, the June 22, 1894 article reported that “Jolleys are being put in on the second floor for making some kinds of ware that were formerly turned”.  My search of current and old dictionaries, as well as web searches has been unsuccessful at finding a definition of “jolley” or “jolyman”.)

 

 

Later references provide additional names of employees:

 

“W. A. Haupt has secured his position as book keeper in the Hawthorn Pottery”.  From the New Bethlehem Leader-Vindicator, May 23, 1902.