9 research outputs found
Manajemen Perpustakaan Sekolah Untuk Sumber Belajar Peserta Didik
No full textThis research background of the fact that the author of the initial encounter on the ground that the SDN 13 / I Muarabulian has sought to provide library facilities for learners. But the efforts of the school in providing library services yet provide maximum results. The school library is still rarely visited by students to be used as a learning resource. The purpose of this study was to describe the management of the library as a source for students at SDN 13 / I Muarabulian. This research method is descriptive qualitative research with the principal subject of one person, and one person librarians. The method used in this research is qualitative method. The data collection technique using observation technique, documentation, and interviews. To check the validity of the data, the authors do diligence observation, triangulation, member check, audit trail. And to analyze the data, the authors conducted a review and data reduction, the unitization of data, categorization data, and interpretation of data. The results of this study indicate that the management of the library as a learning resource has not run optimally. Some aspects of library management still has many shortcomings such as building libraries of the schools are still small and narrow and has a size of about 20 square meters with details of length of 5 meters and a width of 4 meters, tools and equipment that is not yet complete, only the wastebasket, stamp library, library stamp and stamp inventory. While supplies libraries owned namely wardrobes, tables, and chairs, room layout library focuses only on the arrangement of tables, chairs study and library, the collection of library materials is still a little in the form of books and non-books and library collections which contains fiction and non-fiction, lack of librarians, the service is still not controlled, and the absence of clear rules library. Based on the research that has been done, it can be concluded that the management of the library as a learning resource has not run optimally because it still has many shortcomings
Population and Poverty: A Review of the Links, Evidence and Implications for the Philippines
No full textThe article reviews trends in population and poverty, compares population and development between the Philippines and Thailand over the last 40 years, discusses the theoretical links between population and poverty as well as the empirical evidence, and finally its implications for policy. The author emphasizes the primacy of growth as a development strategy in reducing poverty and perhaps inequality, as well as better fertility management--particularly among the poor--aimed at the potential development benefits arising from demography.poverty, population, inequality, demographic changes
Church and state in religious education 1944-1984: a critical survey of trends in England from the point of view of the Christian parent with special reference to the Christian schools movement
No full textAt the end of the forty year period 1944-1984 a minority of Christian parents in England and Wales were expressing their disquiet at trends in Education in general, and Religious Education in particular. The five year research project 1979-1984 was primarily aimed at communicating their concept of events, and their aspirations, to those who, having had their attention drawn to the actions of the dissenting parents, wondered what sort of thinking inspired those actions. For those inclined to regard the parents as on the Christian fringe, evidence is presented to show that on the contrary they were mainly the orthodox, and in line with mainstream Christianity, as delineated by the historic creeds. The argument of this thesis is that the parents were a grass-roots reaction to a creeping revisionism that affected Christian thinking on education in the Protestant sector, but did not similarly affect the Roman Catholic sector
The evolving reputation of Richard Hooker : an examination of responses to the Ecclesiastical Polity, 1640-1714.
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Pelatihan Pemanfaatan Limbah Sabut Kelapa Menjadi Komoditas Kerajinan bagi Sekolah di Kecamatan Gaung Anak Serka Kabupaten Indragiri Hilir
No full textPemanfaatan limbah sabut kelapa sebagai bahan kerajinan di Kecamatan Gaung Anak Serka, Kabupaten Indragiri Hilir, merupakan strategi yang efektif untuk mengurangi dampak negatif terhadap lingkungan dan meningkatkan nilai ekonomi masyarakat. Daerah ini memiliki perkebunan kelapa yang luas, tetapi limbah sabut kelapa belum banyak dimanfaatkan, sehingga sering menumpuk dan mencemari lingkungan. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk mengolah limbah sabut kelapa menjadi produk kerajinan yang bernilai ekonomi dan edukatif bagi guru dan siswa di sekolah. Kegiatan ini menggunakan metode pendekatan partisipatif dimana pada pendekatan ini terdiri atas beberapa tahap yaitu: tahap identifikasi/assessment, tahap perencanaan/desain program, menyusun desain program, tahap pelaksanaan dan pemantauan, serta tahap evaluasi. Secara keseluruhan respon peserta setelah mengikuti kegiatan ini sangat baik dengan persentase 86,74%. Kegiatan ini dinilai positif dan bermanfaat bagi guru dan siswa karena pemanfaatan limbah sabut kelapa tidak hanya mengurangi limbah tetapi juga meningkatkan kreativitas guru dan siswa dalam menciptakan produk dengan nilai jual yang potensial.
Training on Utilization of Coconut Fiber Waste into Craft Commodities for Schools in Gaung Anak Serka District, Indragiri Hilir Regency
Abstract
Utilization of coconut fiber waste as a craft material in Gaung Anak Serka District, Indragiri Hilir Regency, is an effective strategy to reduce negative impacts on the environment and increase the economic value of the community. This area has extensive coconut plantations, but coconut fiber waste has not been widely utilized, so it often piles up and pollutes the environment. This community service activity aims to process coconut fiber waste into craft products that have economic and educational value for teachers and students at school. This activity uses a participatory approach method where this approach consists of several stages, namely: identification/assessment stage, program planning/design stage, compiling program design, implementation and monitoring stage, and evaluation stage. Overall, the response of participants after participating in this activity was very good with a percentage of 86.74%. This activity is considered positive and beneficial for teachers and students because the utilization of coconut fiber waste not only reduces waste but also increases the creativity of teachers and students in creating products with potential selling value
Private devotion in England on the eve of the Reformation illustrated from works printed or reprinted in the period 1530-40
No full textThis is the first attempt to provide a detailed description of the different types of devotional literature (excluding all liturgical books, biblical translations, doctrinal and polemic works, saintS lives and sermons) available in print to English readers in the years immediately preceding England's break with Rome. It shows that there were far more Catholic works of devotion, many of them written or printed for the first time 1520 - 35, than has previously been recognized. It is also clear that this flourishing literature came to a sudden and decisive end in 1535, although the tradition lived on unofficially to be taken up by the English Recusants. The leading themes of this traditional literature are indicated in chapters on treatises about confession and prayer, the mass, the life and Passion of Christ, on tribulation, death and the Last Things, while more general teaching about the Christian life addressed to religious, contemplatives and lay people, and the humanist and Protestant contribution to this literature is also discussed. The treatises are doctrinally sound and on the whole advocate moderation and common-sense; they avoid many of the weaknesses of popular non-literary devotion, including the Marioleatry and excessive morbidity for which the late middle ages are often condemned. Some of the weaknesses of the Catholic tradition are suggested by comparison with the more rational and secular attitudes of Christian humanist , authors, notably Erasmus, available during the 1530s. The Protestants, whose treatises become increasingly common, despite official censorship, during the decade until they dominate its second half, carry the humanist~ reform much further, and break with the Catholic Church. Traditional devotional topics and audiences are displaced by doctrinal and biblical teaching addressed to lay people. The Bible replaces the Church's authority and there is more emphasis on the spiritual and social dimensions of religion
Social Exclusion from Early Medieval Wessex
No full textOver the past twenty years Anglo-Saxonists have become increasingly interested in the
mechanisms and processes through which West Saxon society was formed into a
cohesive and coherent whole. They have focused on the ways in which kings and other
figures of authority used their power in attempts to bring their subjects together by
providing them with a sense of shared identity, purpose and ambitions. To date,
however, academics have failed to recognise the important role that exclusion played in
this process and this thesis serves to redress this balance. By examining the types of
individuals that were excluded from full membership ofearly medieval West Saxon
society and the reasons for their exclusion, it offers a new way of exploring the
processes that made this society self-consciously more coherent. The thesis is structured
thematically around five separate categories ofpeople who each in their own way
experienced some form of social exclusion from the kingdom of Wessex during the
seventh to late-tenth centuries, but focusing most heavily on the ninth and tenth
centuries. Chapter one explores the concept of social exclusion as voluntary exile,
entailing an investigation into the motivations that prompted Anglo-Saxon missionaries
and pilgrims to leave behind their homes and kin. Most importantly, this chapter
surveys the networks of support that such travellers exploited in order to help them
survive as aliens in foreign territories. The next two chapters investigate types of
individuals who were excluded as a result of an action or behaviour that was deemed
unacceptable by the rest of their society. Chapter two considers the evidence relating to
outlawry and excommunication and chapter three takes a broader view of the idea of
deviancy and looks at how Anglo-Saxon criminals were brought to justice and punished
for their unlawful behaviour. The final two chapters explore the potential for
understanding the concept of social exclusion as 'social disadvantage'. Chapter four
examines slavery and, most importantly, draws attention to the privileges and rights
from which Anglo-Saxon slaves were excluded on account of their status as the legally
'unfree'. The fifth and final chapter considers in detail Anglo-Saxon attitudes to the
body in order fully to appreciate the disadvantages that could be caused by bodily
ailments; it questions whether or not impaired and disabled individuals experienced any
form ofmarginalisation because of their bodily dysfunctionalities
Friend, 1876-01
No full textPublished by the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon from 1845 to 1885, The Friend focused on temperance and Christian mission to seamen. It began as a monthly newspaper that included news from both American and English newspapers, and gradually expanded to adding announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. From 1885 through 1887, it was co-edited by the Revs. Cruzan and Oggel. The editorship then passed to Rev. Sereno Bishop, who held the post until the publication of the paper fell under the auspices of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association in April of 1902 where it remained until June 1954. Since then, it has continued in a different format under the Hawaii Conference-United Church of Christ up to the present day, making it the oldest existing newspaper in the Pacific. Note that there are some irregularities in the numbering of individual issues, so that two issues may have the same volume and number, but different dates will distinguish them.~~\u27\\ OF TIIJt Gr;, ... ... 1776 · ,,., ..., ,, , ...,.,.,..,. Jem ~cries, tJnl. 25, ~n. 1.} CONT HONOLULU~ Jr\NUHU\u27. I, 1876. TS STEAMER "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,"Tbi:s is a beautiful sea-going craft, combinPAO~ Week of Prayer .••••••••••..•••••••.••••.••••••••••••••. 1 Steamer City of ::,an Francisco .•••.•••••••.•••.••••••••••• 1 ing all those requisites necessary to fit Poetic Possihilitied of the Pacific .•••.••••••••••.••••••• 1-3 1\u27he Li\u271ing Christ and Dead Oracle!! •••..••••••••••••••••. a for passenger and freight carrying across the J\liBs Bird\u27" Hook on the Islands .•••••••..•••••.••.•••••••. 3 The Webb· line of steamers Uast 1\u27hy Bread on the Waters .••••••..••••••••••••••••..• ii broad Pacific. llonolulu Sailors\u27 Home •••..••••••• ; ••.•••.••.••••••••• 4, 6 with their cumbrous side-wheels were fitted Marine Journal .••.•••.••••.•••.•••.••••••.••••••••••••.. 6 A Hero\u27s Last Moments .•..•••..•••••••.•••.••••••..•••.. 6 for passengers, and the - English steamers Private Secretary of Vice President Wilson ••••••••••••.••. 6 The World Going to School ............................... 6 were designed for freight; but now we have Y. M. C. A .............................................. 8 really a model steamer combining exactly I those qualities required for the route between \u27. \u27Sydney and San Franc~5co. The accomJANUARY t. 1876. modations and all the "fittings" seemed to NEW YEAR, 1876.-\u27l\u27o our ~eaders on land and be in the highest style of naval architecture sea, we most heartily wish-A Happy New Year. and mechanical execution. She has shown We opine that it 1s to be a year of most stirring that speed is also combined with her other events in the political and religious world. Promqualities. It was our privilege in 1849 to inent among the events of a general and worldwide interest will occur the great American Cen- take passage from Honolulu to Oregon, and tennial. So far as our narrow limits will allow, from Oregon to San Francisco, on board the we shall notice top;.::s connected with this grand steamer Massachusetts, the first propeller celebration. Much good we trust will grow out built by Ericson, and the first American of it, to both America and the world. As God steamer in the Pacific ; and we cannot but " has made of one blood all nations of men for to contrast the old Massachusetts of 1849 with dwell on all the face of the earth," why should they not meet and become acquainted? We are the City of San Francisco of 1875. Verconfident it wiil promote good feeling, and we ily there is progress. It is refreshing to hope conduce to the spread of true Christianity. think that hereafter we shall have a line of Let us heartily pray for this 1·esult, and begin by steamers across the Pacific touching at Hoattending upon the meetings of the week of prayer nolulu, which must necessarily answer every in Honolulu, to be .held in the morning at the reasonable wish and expectation of the travBethel and in the evening at the Fort Street eling community and our merchants. SucChurch. We extend a cordial invitation to all cess to the Pacific Mail Steamship CompaI]y. residents, strangers, and seamen. For January 1, 18\u2776. THE FRIEND THE WEEK oF PRAYER, 1876.-The Evan. gelical Alliance suggests the following topics for meditation and prayer on the successive days of the week: Sunday, Jan. 2, Sermons :-The love of G-od perfected in him who "keepeth His w-0rd." I John, ii:5. Monday, Jan. 3, Thanksgiving and Confession :-A retrospect of the past year. Tuesday, Jan. 4, Prayer for the Church of Christ. Wednesday, Jan. 5, Prayer for families. Thu!sday, Jan. 6 . Prayer for Rulers, Magistrates and Statesmen. Friday, Jan. 7, Prayer for Christian Missions, and for the· conversion of the World to Christ. Saturday, Jan. 8, Prayer for all Nations. Sunday, Jan. 9, Sermons :-The ultimate \u27friumph. Psalm, lxxii:17. A Goon WORD FOR HoNoLULU MEcHANrcs.-W e notice in the Gazette of this week, a remark complimentary to the Iron Foundry and the work done at that establishment on the ship Ravenstondale. This reminds us of the remarks of Capt. Whitney, of the Ma1·ianne Nottebohm, now undergoing extensive repairs under the superintendence of Messrs. Sorenson, Tibbets and Emmes. Capt. W., said he never knew ship-carpenter-work done better, or men who worked more faithfully. He thought his expenses would be less than in San Francisco, and the work as well done as in that city or New York. Such facts as these cannot be too extensively known among those having ships disabled in the Pacific. [From the Maile Wreath.] THE POETIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE PACIFIC. The immortality of heroic and poetic deeds and incidents does not depend upon the temporal prosperity of the people or age that gave them birth. The beauty of manly courage and conquest, the divine power of unselfish love, the pathos of life\u27s suffering and pain, as displayed in far off days, still thrill the world; while the poets of our time find their choicest inspiration in lands and scenes of which men have sung and dreamed for three thousand years. Ever loyal to its early " classic founts," the world has, however, found with every advancing phase of history and discovery new themes for song, appearing in form and beneath distant skies, mirrored in unfamiliar seas, yet by their very birthright of poetic beauty claiming a place among the treasures of the race. Not alone were the shores which skirted the hlue waters of the Mediterranean to be the scenes of actions worthy of mention in verse. Even the dwellers there dreamed of a fairer land, nor have their dreams proved false. As has been well said : \u27\u27 To the imagination of the ancient Greek or Roman, the pillars of Hercules formed the entrance into a dark and mysterious sea ; yet, somewhere in its unknown waters toward the setting of the sun, lay, in his belief, the Fortunate Islands, under a clearer sky and in a happier climate than any known in the world of men." Through the centuries as men have sailed out of these dim portals toward the west they have been ~et by the presence of grander lands, than ever colored the yearning fancy of the Greek; ·not Elysium, but a new world fitted to be the theater of much of the best history of mankind. The poetry of America has but just begun, but its music of freedom fills the earth. Over its border lies the Pacific. Have we found the Fortunate Islands at last? \u27l\u27he mercilessly practical advance of com- THE 2 FRIEND, JANUARY, I 8 7 6. merce and dis~overy i-n our ocean has most ignominiously overthrown many cherished ideals of tropic peacfl nnd b~auty. Tbe dim uncertain ocean-world f:.ir from the noise and bustle •of life, with it:s fabled calm, its "sunny skies,\u27\u27 where one may_hope- ductio.n of his muse to the criticism of the public." His ,son, who is his biographer, has in his possest>ion the manm~cript and I quotes briefly from it. One scene represents \u27 the vit>it at midnight of "the priest of Oro, the Tahitian god of- war, to the temple of .. \u27l\u27o lrne the weiiry bre11st that sanguinary deity " .as described by the In floods of beauty-and to be at rest,\u27\u27 priest himself, a few lines of which may be is burdened, too, with if.s cares and not of interest: f · f d "No human foot barred against the approach O gne an Rwe those of Oro\u27s priest, e\u27er trod at night pain. The dwellers in the far off isles have Those paths, and widked again; but spirits stood been found to need a more substantial diet Around grettt Oro, waiting; h~mlds flt.>et I The hi~tory of t~1e French tr,o~ble_ is b~ief• ly sketched and with a \u27:oman s rnd1g~at10n. Th_e "Islan~ Qu~en" IS ever _p~om~nently before the reader 10 a. \u27:\u27ay to elicit his s!m• pathy, therngh her p~s1t10~ and surroundings may be somewhat 1deahzed by the poetess . England is dismissed with no very gentle touch: With noiseless step, along the mazy walks than the lotus, and life to be something else Passed to and fro incessant. Mortal sound r h I than a vision of moon ig t among pa ms. While the darkest forces of sin and error and human passion seem to h ave gat here J and warred most fiercely, where God\u27s hand · h Id has 1.ested most ]ovinglY 10 t e outer wor · Broke not the solemn stillness of that hourBut from the lofty trel!ice-wove11 roof Of branching palms, and folrnge deep of grey And venernted trees, whose moss-grown trunksd By meteors transient gleaming shown, appeare E\u27antastic pillars in the eacred pile; And from the temple\u27s cfl.vcrn\u27s deep and dark, Were her1rd the voices loud ot· low of gods And spirits mingliug. Listening unto these I lay, till half the reign of nigLt was past; When \u27ueath the power of sleep by Oro sent I k unconscious." Hence, for those of us who are familiar with the more prosaic side of tropical life, it may be rather difficult to realize that we li~e in anything of an atmosphere of poetic sent . is an interesting fact that Mrs. Ellis, timent. At least the near presence of many who is widely known as the author of sober realities renders us keenly alive to the " Sons of tlie Soil " and " Women of Eng~hadows rather than the lights in the picture land," has made an effort in the same direcwhich might be painted of Pacific scenes tion. In 1846 she published " The Island and characters. 1t is not a~ all true, how• Queen," a poem in nine books, the main ever, that those who dwell face to face with theme of which 1s the seizure of Tahiti by scenes which hav~ become interwoven with . the French and the wrongs of Pomare, the the practical facts of everyday experience, · queen. The act itself is an ineffaceable which have a value mainly as viewed from stain upon French history and diplomacy, a business stand-point, or at best are so not the less so because it was committed familiar as to be unnoticed and unthought against a defencele!!s people and a native ~f,-it is not at all true, we say, that such queen in the Pacific. The light which had persons are the best judges of the poetic pos• dawned upon Tahiti, with the advent of sibilities which may lie enfolded in the Christianity, the exquisite natural beauty of scenes and life about them. Those who this gem of the Southern Ocean, the shamehave found the philosopher\u27s stone of speech, less and unprovoked violence of one of the poets, gather golden themes and inspira- the most powerful nation.s of Europe, the tion where the multitude would see nothing apathy·of England when implored for aid, in contrast with the nobler spirit and purer but the severest prose. Such opportunities there are in the Paci- purpose of a people who stood but on the fie, and we claim that it is waiting only for threshold of a new faith, all seem to have voices, clear and nn1sical enough to sing its inspired the writer to give to the world a history and unsurpassed loveliness, to prove poem, abounding in passages of more than that the old world of poetry was richly the ordinary merit. Speaking of the fear which gainer when this new a~d nnknown ocean is th·e natural outgrowth of heathenism and first flashed upon its discoverers. idolatry, she says: There have been a few attempts in pre• "Fear of the stormy cloud-the dismal night. Of wreck by sea, or war\u27s resistless might, senting Mme of the incidents of Polynesian Fenr of the God himself;history in verse, not very ambitious truly Fear of the power that rides upon the deep, but interestina in their applicability to the That wakes the winds, or lulls the waves to sleep; Fear of the spirit both of death and life;- \u27"\u27 su bject before us. In a recently published Such is idolatry, ahd on those shores memoir of the Rev. Mr. Ellis, famous as a Where floods of beauty nature freely pours, • missionary to Madagascar and at one time settled on these islands, the fact is stated fi · h d that "he projected and very nearIY ms e an epic poe~ entitled lY-[ahine, the main theme of which was the over.throw of idolatry in the ·Society lsJa~ds." Jt was read by Wordsworth, Montgomery· and Southey, and the author was encouraged by them to pubh . lish it, but he seems, as hJS son says, to ave been "too diffident ever to submit this pro- Those soft green islands of the Southern Sea, Where ,Fancy dreamed that paradise might be; Such was the worship, ever marked by fear, Which breathed its deadly curs~ from year to year, Sweeping its waves of desolation, far As spread the blight, or rolled the tide of war." "With us the shame should rest That o\u27er the land, and through each British breast There thrilled no deeper feeling nt the cry Of tlrn.t foul wrong-that queen\u27s great agony. Ours is the shame, that proud enlightened men And women too,-nay even Christians-when That cry came o\u27er· the deep with fei.rful swell, Scarce lent a listening ear, but turned to tell \u27!\u27heir sordid gRins, us if a breeze had passed, Or some frail leaf ha.d fluttered in the blast." Our own islands have not been deemed by writE\u27rs lackini;r in incidents for poetical thought and express·on. The descent of Kapiolani into the er ter of Kilauea, though often described, yet is so peculiarly adapted to fire the Christian poet\u27s imagination Jhat it will outlive in verse the race among whom it occurred. Of the act itself a recent writer says: "It was more :sublime than Elijah\u27s appeal on the soft green slopes of Carmel." A number of years ago an English clergyman published a poem of considerable length fntitled " Kapiolani," and recently there has appeared in an ELJglish magazine another poem on the same theme. The writer of the latter (poem), though relying on his imagination and the brief statements of history and narrative, has handled his subject in a vigorous and striking manner. The life and conquest of Kamehameha I have in them many elements of poetry. Though acting in a limited-sphere he mani• fested a genius and enterprise, an indomitable will worthy of more than mere historic mention. His progress from island to island, the brave and yet vain _efforts of his opponents, their defeat and destruction amid surroundings of unusual grandeur, the imperial determination which fired the chief to universal sway, and the golden age of peace which followed after this turmoil and_strife, possess more than a local interest. A poem written some years since by a gentleman of Honolulu, purporting to ·be an address to Kamehameha I by one of his own race, is well worthy of thoughtful perusal. The closing lines. have a glow and .earnestness which might find an echo in many a heart to-day: In contrast with this notice the effect of the new religion : " Breathe one draught Of thy old vigor forth over the land, And pray for it in thy abiding place, Wherever that may bli; and pray for me That I may govern worthy of my race, Rouse up my people from their baneful trance, And in the appointed time join unabashed My crowned ancestors.\u27\u27 "Then spread the tidings swift from isle to isle, From many a lip but little used to smile Words of new rapture woke and knees in prayer Were bent, and hymns were in the air, Blending sweet music with the sunny calm Which fell on hearts long tried, with healing balm." To the beauty of our scenery there has been abundant testimony, but none more ·poetically expressed · in prose than Miss Bird\u27s recent book nor more musically in THE FRJENIJ, JANUARY., I S 7 6. verse than a little poem by Stoddard on unto the children of men, of life and hope I 3 Miss Bird\u27s Book on the Islands. Lahaina, beyond the grave, still lives, speaks, inspires Testimonials come from various sources and consoles,-now more and more in the regarding the recent publication o f M\u27iss light of advancing science; and his spirit Bird. A lady of much reading and cultnre moves with triumphant step along with the ( h\u27 march of progress, so that faith in Christ is thus \Hites us from ). 10 : · . l , an awakening and consoling influence for "My husband finished \u27 the Bird-bo~ { . h h only last evening. It has been an evenmg 11 t_he hear_t of the phi_losop er h d as we as t e II delight for some weeks his reading. to me. I Some ancient altin-;httle child of our enhg tene age. t call it \u27the Bird-book,\u27 for the writer seems Where the dawn st ruggles The skeptic and materialist admit that ! mOl\u27e bird-like than • woman. She :sings and With night fo1· an hour? l human nature craves and needs the consola- soars in he~ descripti?ns an} floats about \u27l\u27hen bl\u27eaks like a trop1ca a,1:onocr vour 1sland g·lones, as if she had noBird from its bower." t\u27 r d l h\u27 h ·ts own disap J 11 10n or mercy an ove, w 1c i • bocly to tire or feel pain ! I cannot at a lf we have gleaned anything of interest pointing existence can never supply. And understand bow 8 he could do all or a tenth from what has been said and written, may what ~tory, myth, oracle or so-called sacred part she did, unless her nature as well a s we not in it find prophecies and promises writing has in the slightest degree furnished her name be Bird.\u27\u27 of a continued poetry for our Ocean? We the idea of such ,consolation to man except This is only one of ma ny favorable comwill not claim for our themes any very ex- the Bible? There was glory and pleasure men ts upon tbe book. We could wish it alted place, only a right to be heard among promised by various oracles to kings, princes was iss ued in a cheap form and generally the melodies of older and more honored and successful men; but nowhere else has circulated. If an edition was printed for tbe nations. For coming from a common the commonalty and mass of mankind fojnd great centennial and offered for sale, we parent-stock in the dim past have these any assurance of a helper here and beyond think many purchasers would be found. It ocean-dwellers found new homes among the . the grave, except in the Story of the Cross. appears to us\u27 that the government has taken •• ~t::: ~t! Wh h t bl ere t e wave um es, ::~\;~:P~es, Under bending palm-branches, Sliding its snow-white Aud swift avalanches;Where shadows falter, Wh eresteam the mist Like that hovers covers countless islands of the Pacific. The myst ery which enshrouds their origin is poetry itself, but he who may yet come to sing their birth must chant too the requiem over r,,ces fast fading before the approach of other and stronger peoples. Lowly and unknown as is their history, we shall yet see more dearly their place in the common brotherhood of our humanity, while these foam-girt isles will ·s till remain to be the scene of some new revelation in the divine and harmonious plan of Him who is God and Father of us all. F · W. D. It is a wonder that this story and its marvelous subject does not arrest and absorb the attention of every thoughtful man, far more than any canto of classic war or legend Runic or Vedic imagination. This story is beyond all literature, being a power in the hearts of men. It is a trumpet-tongued oracle, and at the same time a still small voice which will speak unto the listening ears of man with the quic~ening force of a living potential voice. And so l must continue to wonder that philosophic or thought- a step in the right direct10n in purchasing a few hundred copies of both Whitney\u27s "Hawaiian Guide Book" -and Thrum\u27s "Alrnanae," for gratuitous distribution m Philadelphia. "But what are they among so many_?" What is needed more than all is a volume of popular sketches upon these islands •and Polynesia generally, which could be sold for say one clolla,;·, and depend upon it thousands of copies would pass out into the reading world. Who will undertake the enterprise? Our friend, Mr. Gib5on, we are ful souls shall continue to observe the effect confident, ~ould write just what is needed. and infl1;1ence of this only one and mightiest We wish he would try his pen. The Living Christ and Dead Oracles. of all oracular utterances, and yet not seek for an interpretation of it unto their hearts, HENRY WILSON AND AMASA \VALKER DETo the Editor of the F riend: as they have sought for an interpretation of BATING THE CURRENCY QUESTION IN 1840.Whilst writing to you on the subject of The first public debate between political opan Iliad or a Mahabarata. Hindoo poetry,* and its claim as the sacred ponents in New Engla~d that att!acted ~arAs forged coin proves the value of tbe ticular attention was m 1840 m Natick, writing of a numerous people, 1 was Jed to reflect upon the deadness of all the past ora- genuine, so do false gods prove in the heart Mass . The disputants were the late Amasa of mao the consciousness and need of a true Vv alke~ and Henry Wilson, and their talk cles of the world, except the Spirit of Christ, . was sm a ularly enough, on the cur
Historic Webster Vol. 2 No. 2
No full textHistoric Webster is a newsletter of the Webster Historical Society, Inc., created at the Society’s founding in 1974. The publication helped to serve the Society's mission of collecting and preserving the history of Webster, North Carolina. Webster, established in 1851, was the original county seat for Jackson County.IICII!IHIIL IIIli
Dear Webster Historical Society Members:
Beginning now, Jackson County will be alive with
American Revolution Bicentennial activities which are
part of those being planned nationwide to "strengthen
the approaching third century of American
independence." The Bicentennial commemoration will
preserve the past and promote the future through the
action areas of HERITAGE, HORIZONS and
FESTIVALS. Jackson County, Webster, Sylva and
Western Carolina University are eligible to official
designation as Bicentennial communities. This means
that each of these communities will be planning special
projects and programs within the areas of
HERITAGE, HORIZONS and FESTIVALS.
The master plan for the North Carolina American
Revolution Bicentennial celebration is divided into
four phases:
Phase I --Overture, 1972-1976
Phase 11--Year of Declarations, 1976
Phase III --Competition 200, 1976-1989
Phase IV-··Finale, 1989
The Jackson County American Revolution
Bicentennial Celebration will be planned by a steering
committee and a community council composed of
representatives from all organizations in the county.
The committee and council, appointed by the county
commissioners, will be announced soon. The Webster
Historical Society's past efforts have been a
meaningful beginning to J ackson County's celebration
of the Bicentennial and will be a significant part of the
exciting years to come. The Webster J uly 4th
celebration of 1975 will include the county's
designation ceremony and will be the first event in a
series of bicentennial celebrations county-wide.
"BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREAT."
Betty Price, Chairperson,
Jackson County American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission
President, Webster Historical Society
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Webster Cookbook Is Selling Well
Requests for copies of lhe Webster Cookbook are far
exceeding expectations. Thanks go to the many Webster
Historical Society members and cooperative businesses who are
participating in these sales. In truth , the cookbook is selling
itself as fr iends of friends and even strangers catch sight of it.
The publishers, Edw.ards and Broughton of Raleigh , North
Carolina have placed full page advertisements in State
Magazine, the Tar Heel Ba nker. and North Carolina Education.
These have already brought favorable response. WMSJ of
:::: generously adding the cause. Great credit goes lo the local sales ::::
:::: chairman, Joe and Kate Rhinehart of Webster who house the :;::
:::: cookbooks, do the bookkeeping, and sell, deliver, package, and ::::
::;: mail copies on request. ::;:
:::: In addition to the Rhineharts, copies of the Webster Cookbook ::::
:::: may be obtained from any of the following individuals or places ::::
::::of business: Betty Price and Marilyn Jody, Webster; Mildred ::::
·:::: Cowan, Webster; Archie and Ruth Crawford, Webster ; and ::::
::::: Mary Morris, Library WCU, Cullowhee; Mrs. Vernon Stroupe, ::::
::::: Sr., Asheville; Joe Parker and Florence Rhinehart, Bethesda, ::;:
::::: Maryland; Anne-Margaret Cloth Shop, Highlands Road, ::::
::::: Franklin, North Carolina; Cheddar Box Cheese and Gourmet ::::
::::: Shop, Dillsboro, North Carolina, Scotties Discount Store, ::::
::::: Simpson Chevrolet, Continental Beauty Shop, all of Sylva, North ::::
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WEilSTEH. :\OHTH CAROLINA
First Jackson County
Court Formed In 1853
Asheville Citizen
May 22, 1932
The first court was organized
by Judge John W. Ellis, afterwards
governor of the State, at
the residence of Daniel Bryson,
Sr. on Scott's Creek, Monday,
March 3, 1853.
J. Newton Bryson was appointed
clerk of the court, and Allen
Fisher, c lerk and master in
equity . •
The sureties of these officials
were such men as W. H. Bryson,
John B. Allison, R. V. Welch,
John W. Dav is, Thaddeus D.
Bryson, and E. D. Brendle.
The second Superior Court was
opened Monday, September 19,
1953, at Allen Fisher's store
house, with Judge Dav id F.
Caldwell presiding. (Judge Caldwell
was the grandfather of Fred
C. Fisher, of Swain county, and
Miss Frances Fisher, author of
"The Land of the Sky"). E. D.
Davis was sheriff and J. Newton
Bryson, clerk of the court.
First Jury System
The first grand and petit juries
were composed of such familiar
pioneer names as Keener, Con·
' ley , Queen, Bryson, Brown,
Hooper, Dills , Alley, Allison,
Gibson, Wilson, Smith, Wood ,
Zachary, Hall, Norton, Shelton,
Hedden, Monteith, Sutton, Sherrill
, Henson, Allen, Buchanan,
Farley, Watson , Wike, Enloe,
Owne, Ensley, Ashe, Long, Dillard,
Davis , Parker, Parris,
Painter, Coward, Rogers, Hyatt,
Henderson, Moss , Middleton,
Potts, Parks, Shular, and Gunter.
The first case was placed on
docket for trial in the Superior
Court was State versus Adam
Mathis. The second was John B.
Allison and Woodford Zachary
versus Elisha Holden. The nature
of neither case is stated in the
record.
David Rogers, among the
youngest of these first county
officials, 40 years younger than
some of them was the last to pass
away. He died in the late Twenties
at his home in Cullowhee. At
the age of 94 he was as young and
sprightly in spirit as he was on
that autumnal morning in 1855
when he moved into the new
courthouse at Webster, as the
county's first clerk of the court.
The first State cOurts were six in
number and the judges and
lawyers proceeded from one to
another on horseback. For several
years prior to 1778 there
were no courts in North Carolina
unles they were single magistra·
cies which had jurisdiction of
petty offense and civil actions.
In 1868 these time-honored
though somewhat antiquated
courts were abolished and a
different procedure was adopted
by the state. Jackson county now
has the Superior court, and the
courts of the justices of the peace.
SPRING, 1975
Ottis Self ,
A Distinguished Citizen
By Mildred Cowan
Rubert Ottis Self, eldest child of Dr. William and Octavie Cowan
Self, was a distinguished citizen of Webster, of Jackson County, and
the entire stale of North Carolina. He was born at Franklin, North
Carolina in 1884. His parents returned to live at Webster where Ottis
attended public school. He was later a student at Cullowhee Normal
School, now Western Carolina University, and finished in the class of
1904.
He taught in the public schools of Jackson County in 1005; was
principal of Wakelon High School, Zebulon, North Carolina, in 1906;
and taught at Calvert in Transylvania County in 1907. He was
superintendent of public schools in Jackson County in 1908 and 1909.
During 1910 he was southern representative for the American Book
Company.
In 1911 Mr. Self became Clerk of the North Carolina Senate in
which office he served u,ntil19l9. During this period and until1940, he
held a number of Important positions in civil life and state
governments. He was active in the Kiwanis Club 'the Masonic
Knights of Pythias, and Odd Fellows Orders. Mr. Self's life and
career are further reviewed in a letter written by his daughter, Mrs.
Lura Self Tally, to me, her father's cousin.
Mrs. Tally is presently serving in the North Carolina Legislature
as 20th District Representative from Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Her letter follows:
North Carolina General Assembly
House of Representatives
State Legislative Building
Raleigh, 77611
Lura S. Tally March 18, 1975
20th District
Home Address: 3100 Tallywood Drive, Fayetteville, N. C. 28303
Miss Mildred Cowan
PO Box 116
Webster, North Carolina 28788
Dear Mildred:
Thank you very much for writing to me about my precious father.
shall try to write down a list of information for you.
Continued on Page 3
Historic Webster, Spring 1975, Page 2
Probable Date, the late Eighties
By Eliza beth Keys
Miss Margaret Anne Hunter,
our good neighbor on Caney Fork
Creek, is indeed an extraordinary
lady of 94 years <come May 3) ;
much kin d ness and a lov ing
heart. Also, Miss Mag twinkles
with bright wit in recounti ng
marvelous stories which are fond
a nd wonderful memories to her .
For ma ny, many yea rs, Miss
Mag has been a Special Person to
this writ er , but last week was our
firs t li te r a ry e ncount er in a
formal interview, for the "Webster
Hi s toric a l Soc ie ty News·
letter. "
Miss Mag emanates s trength ,
integrity, and in telligence. Her
delightful sophis ticat ion did not
spring from a ttending the Wo·
mens' College of Greensboro. Her
own nat ura l intellectua l curiosity
has kept her current and cognizant
with day to day events
local a nd world wide. Also, she
was an aware and observing li tt le
girl. Her brown eyes da nced as
she said that she and her younger
brother . Ra lph. were not greatly
im pressed with Sylva upon their
a r r iva l from Texas. 80 plus yea rs
ago. Texas. even in those days.
was known as " Big Country". so
the Smoky Mounta in hollows may
The hot el. a t this time. was the home and to right a re the servants Major Wells and Aunt have seemed cramped at first
business of Felix and Annie Ca rt er Leatherwood. Zelia Wells. The next three men are unknown . arrival. " The old g ray ho rse
The latticed banni ste rs and supp.crt-!!'!g cc!~mns.-cf-- Sca-:iX! neao. tli·c--c-o-:umu ·~ .1r-s-:-f' :·i :.: ::.ea ih-er --h~:ch cd :an pas: :ocn; by. n;od r;-o:
the porches were typical. at that time. of a number wood. with daughter Ethel and Ellen on each s ide . many houses in Sy lva then---!"
of houses in the Webster area. Standing as a group are her three older daughters. sti ll last in ~e r me.mo r~.
This picture was published in an early edition of May. Lee. and Belle. Leaning aga inst a column is The beauuful white . f1 ve ga ~l e
llis to1·ic \\'c bs tt·,·. but we th ought it wor th daught er Annie.Seatedwithpropped up fee tis Dr. Hunter H ~ m es t ea d,. where M1ss
1·epubli s hing beca use of the information furn ished Will Tompkins. The ot her people on the porch Mag has lived dunng her years
about the occupants of the porches b~· Mrs. Vernon cannot be identified. here. sta rted as a one room
Strou pe, Sr. , grandd a ughter of the F . H. In close proximity. about twenty fee t away, and cabin. bu ilt before her Daddy
Leatherwood's. Mrs. St roupe says. from what her back of the picket fence on the r ight ca n be seen a went West. That one-hundred-mother
Mrs . Lee Potts told her. most of the people portion of the Coward Hotel. home of Nathan year old cabin , pegged door and
can be identifi ed. Coward and hi s family . Both hotels were a ll. is st ill intact to see as pa rt of
To the left on the ups ta irs porch are Mr. and destroyed in the 19 10 disastrous fire which the Big House w ~ ich was .later
Mrs. Schreiber. On horseback. ha lf hidden by the originated in the Mount a in View. added by the builder , En cson
fence. is Joe Sher rill. On the lower porch from left Lovedahl from Sweden . Some of
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Robert lee Madison
Education in Western
North Carolina,
Nineteenth Century
By .Joe Parker Rhin eha rt
Educa tion 101 A
December t2. 1 !)5~
At Sylva, a Mr. Page from
Ma ine ta ught the first part of the
t887-1888 year and Mr. Madison
took over at the mid-term . A
sudden and serious illness prevented
hs fini s hi ng the year.
After a recovery trip to Alabama
a nd Tennessee, he returned to
SUi f
Editors :
Mrs. Louise Davis
Ms. Alice Harrill
Dr. Marilyn Jody
Circulation
Mana ger :
Mrs. J ennie Lou Hunter
Typists:
Mrs. Sar ah Barrell
Mrs. Jennie Lou Hunter
Contr ibutors:
Mrs. Elizabeth Keys
Mr. Claude Cowan
Dr . Richard W. Jobst
Miss Mildred Cowan
Mrs. Vernon Stroupe , Sr.
Ms. Belly Price
Sylva in time to teach the
t888-t889 term.
The public money of the distr ict
had been spent on patent desks,
(the first in Jackson county), so
the school operated as a subscri
ption school.
Here Professor Madison had
forty pupils, ages 6 to 23, in
classes ranging from ABC's to
F'rench.
The grading system was different
from present day methods.
A one merit card was issued to
each student for being present, on
time, good behavior, good lessons,
and abstention from dis·
turbing others. Five one-merit
cards were exchanged for a
five-merit card ; five five-merit
cards were swapped for a twenty
five-merit card; a nd four twenty
five-marit cards were traded for
a hundred merit certifica te. A
student could acquire a hundr edmer
it cer tificate every month if
his record was excellent every
day of the four school weeks.
After Mr. Madison assumed
duties as editorr of the Tucka·
seigee D emocrat~. in January 9,
1889, he divided his day between
classroom and newspaper duties .
All nights except Friday were
spent in school work . Friday
nights were given to the literary
society at the public hall.
Al the beginning of the fa ll of
1888, Madison had subscribed to
several leading educational jour·
nals. including Sc hool Journa l
and the Teac her's Inst it ute. and
had several leading educa tor 's
writings. Before the fa ll term was
over he had organized a group of
practice teachers. " As fa r as I
know th is was the first attempt
ever made to practice teaching in
this county." It was on a sma ll
scale and participa tion was voluntary
.
Madison stayed at Sylva, but
with an intention of starting a
public school. Here he became
impressed with the needs of a
perm a ne nt in s t it ution for this
mountainous section. The inst i tu~
tion would not only give the young
people better pre pa r at ion or
foundation for their future voca·
tions , but would a nswer the acute
need for preparing teachers for
the county and village schools.
"Fortunately fo r me and for
the educationa l future of th is
region , the genera l assem bl y of
t889 had abo lished the then
existing eight normal schools and
had provided in their stead the
money previously set apar t for
them should be expended for
teacher's ins titutes to be held
annua lly for the duration of a
week or more in each county in
the state.
The teacher 's insti tute lead to
the turning point in Professor
Madison's li fe.
the sta tely trees. as well as the
immense silo, were vict ims of
high wi nds in the past. There is
litt le need now for the ca ttle
fee ding s tation as Miss Mag no
longer continues Ra lph Hunter 's
registered Hereford herds since
his demise two yea rs ago. Ra lph
Hunter was the greatest a uthori
ty on Hereford cattl e and blood
lines in th is region. His da ta and
papers would be a prime acquisition
for the Western Carolina
University Archi ves.
Miss Mag knows so ma ny
things; such as, it is a fact tha t
Caney Fork Creek was so named
because the Master-Cra ftsman
Basket Weavers of the Cherokee
preferred the Caney r vi'k canes
above a ll others for their art
work. The superio rity of these
canes lies in the clim ate of the
Ca ney Fork Valley which is a
therma l pocket tha t protects the
canes from becoming brittle with
heavy freezes. Th us the ca nes
respond in flex ibili ty in working
into the exquis ite des igns and
techniques of basketry of the
Cherokee.
Miss Mag's Daddy, Mr . J ohn
Hunter , was the fi r st Caney Fork
resident to pay for posta l delivery
to his home. Then, the mai l came
by way of the new ra ilroad to
Sylva , was waggoned to Cull owhee
and East LaPorte , and
forwa rded by horseback up Caney
Fork, John 's Creek, and the
Rich Mounta in Section.
Earlier , John Hunte r had removed
to Texas a fter four year s '
active duty with the Confederate
Army . With his young wife ,
Minerva Brown Hunter , he esta·
blished his home is Sage, Texas,
where their three children were
born. The cat tle bus iness prospered
and all was well until Miss
Minerva came down with " Deser
t Feve r ". So, her hu s ba nd
brought her home, with their
little ones, to the beautiful Blue
Ridge to recover. For Minerva , it
was too late , but her three
children flouri shed - . the two
daughters pa ssed 90 years each,
a nd the son, Ra lph, atta ined 86.
Miss Mag reca lls her Grandmother
Brown's food preserving
from those ea r ly years. Little
gray, glazed ceramic jars were
the con ta iners. Hot cooked food
was poured into the hot. scalded
jars . and sea led with tissue pa per
soa ked in hot bees wax . This was
snugged down ta ut ov er the
mouth of the ja r with a str ing
winding a round the wa xed paper
overha nd at the top of each jar .
Sounds delicious. doesn't it ?
Miss Mag has greeted me so
oft en a t he r ever- hos pit ab le
home. I ca nnot count the times. It
is mostly the summer season
though. when I ride horseback up
that \Vav a nd vis it with my
wonderflil fri end. But. never unt il
our recent int erview. had Miss
I\ lag shown me the anc ient. hand
appliqued quilt. a fam ily heirloom.
It so im pressed me tha t I
inq uired about it at the Tryon
Pa lace Sympos ium which I re-
•ti a-ii cnded i11 '~c ' Be .
Nor tli Ca rolina . The discussions
of the Sympos ium we re con cerned
with Eighteenth Cent ury
deco r a ti ve Art s in the Early
Ame ri can Homes . T he Celebrated
a utho rity on Eight eenth
and Nineteenth Century Text iles.
Miss Mil dred B. Lan.icr of the
\Vill iamsburg Hcst orat ion Staff.
gave marvelous lec tures on Textiles
in the Southern Homes in the
sevent eenth and eighteen th centuries.
As I descr ibed as fully as
possi ble 1\liss Mag's qui lt. Miss
La nier and the class were very
much interested . Miss La nier .
without hav ing seen it. could give
only an educat ed guess rega rding
the. qui lt. However. it seems to be
one of the priceless sur vivors of
the age when glazed cott on chintz
was sti ll being imported from
Engla nd . The Rose Madder. and
brown India P rints were pre-cut
for quilting and a lso expor ted to
Ame ri ca f rom England. Miss
Mag's quil t is enha nced in value
on account of the hand woven
linen back ing. the " Mint Condition"
(a ter m meaning extremely
va luable J and " Made in Amer ica"
. A conservat ive guess would
place the quilt as t20 to t30 yea rs
old. Perhaps Webster Histo rica l
Society can help us to further
identify this ma rvelous treasure.
a nd oth ers which a re tucked
away in brides ' chests from long
ago. We need photographs in
detai l to submit for appraisa l.
We are certa in ly indebted to
MisS Mag for the interview---.
maybe there will be more.
Hlsloric Webster, Spring 1975, P age 3
The North Carolina Senate Is Pictured In Session in 1917. The inset is Robert OHis Self.
The Felix H. Leatherwood Family at Webster, North Carolina
September, 1891
Left to right and standing: Mrs. F. H.
Leatherwood, who before her ma rriage was Annie
Lavenia Cartsr ; da ughter Laura Belle, (Mrs.
Marcellus Buchana n, Sr. ), daughter F lorence
May (Mr s . J . E. Divelbiss, Sr .), daughter Lillian
Lee <Mrs. R. P . Potts. Sr. ), seated : daughter
Ellen Elvira (Mrs. G. C. Picklesimer), daughter
Ethel La vinia <Mrs . Coleman Cowan ), daughter
Anna Carter <Mrs . M. Donaldson Cowan ). In
front : only son, Roy F . Leatherwood.
Absent from the picture is the husband and
father, Felix Ha rrison Leatherwood, who was a
tra veling salesman for Sanford, Chambers, and
Alber s, drug wholesalers of Knoxville, Tennessee.
This family group picture, evidently made by a
traveling photographer (quite common in that
era) was taken just below the Mountain View
Hotel, home of Felix and Annie Carter Leatherwood.
In the background and enclosed with a fence
is the rose garden of Mrs. Leatherwood. On the
opposite side of the street is the home of Dr. W. C.
Tompkins, and above it is the Spake house, later
occupied by Garey and Ellen Picklesimer. and
still later by the Andy Allisons.
Picture and information furnished by Mrs.
Vernon Stroup, Sr. of Asheville, North Carolina.
Mrs. Stroup is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
H. Leatherwood.
Ottis Self, cont.
-Continued irom page I
As you probably know, after his father died, my father taught in
the one-room school house there in Webster. - He received his
education from Western Carolina, during which lime he often ta ught
since a school master was needed; and he, evidently. was a most
alert and intelligent young man.
He later worked with the Wachovia Bank in Wilmington, often
commuting on weekends back to his beloved mountains and to his
widowed mother. A little later, he served with Wachovia Bank in
Statesville, North Carolina where he mel my mother , Sarah Cowles,
who was the local teacher of music. They were ma rried on the
Cowles family farm in the summer of 1918. During this lime, my
father was also serving in the Nor th Carolina Stale Senate as chief
clerk.(! have his gold cane). I am now having a picture copied which
included him in the legislative body of 1917. He was chairman for the
entire Stale for the sale of Liberty Bonds from 1917 through the end of
the war. Aboull920, he and my mother came to Raleigh. He, to begin
his career with the old North Carolina Corpora tion Commission
Oa ter, the North C~"oli na Utili ties Commission) with which he
stayed 30 years.
He and my mother had five children, of which four a re living. My
older brother, Bobby, died in infa ncy. My s ister s a r e Eleanor Self
McCall (Mrs. J. A. McCall) of Stone Mountain, Geor gi a and Mrs.
Nancy Self Stanley (Mrs. Lester Stanley) of Smithfi eld , North
Carolina, my brother is Capt. USN William Cowles Self, of Panama
Canal Zone and, of course, me, Lura Self Ta lly, from Fayetteville,
North Carolina. There are 14 grandchildren a
