9,810 research outputs found
Reducing firearm injuries. by Daniel W. Webster et al
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Art, Biography, Sexuality: Patrick Procktor and Keith Vaughan
No full textThis critical review forms a reflection on the research published within the following publications:
Patrick Procktor: Art and Life (Unicorn Press, 2010)
Keith Vaughan: The Mature Oils 1946-1977, (Sansom & Co., 2012)
The research is on two artists, Patrick Procktor (1936-2003), and Keith Vaughan (1912-1977). The monograph on Procktor – previously one of the least documented of the generation of artists who came to prominence in London in the Sixties – positions him in a history of art from which he had been notably absent. The research on Vaughan asserts a new reading of his work, one that is both deeper and more nuanced in its analysis of the ways in which personal experience and sexuality are encoded autobiographically within his work. Crucially, in both artists biography and work are symbiotically linked; the research therefore examines the links between life and art.
Revisionary in intent, the work examines trajectories of experience of gay British (or rather, English) artists in the twentieth century, artists who sought to express themselves and forge careers within the constraints of a heteronormative society, albeit one in which attitudes to sexuality were undergoing change. As gay men, both were constrained by the social mores of their times, and each used painting as a means to affirm personal and sexual identities. A key research interest is in the ways in which sexuality and persona are reflected in critical responses to the artist’s work: in Vaughan, Procktor and other gay male artists of the period. The writing on both Procktor and Vaughan examines the relationship between their personal and professional/artistic lives, framed within a broader socio-political and art historical context. It asserts the place of biography as a means to understand and form new readings of the work. The work adds substantially to the literature and wider discourse on post-war British painting and social history
Historic Webster Vol. 12 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.HISTORIC
WEBSTER
Vol. 12, Issue 2 Summer 1987
Features
3
From Blue Horses to
Spencer Clark
In December 1986, the Webster
Historical Society honored the
Spencer Clark Trio for its production
of the cassette, "Summer
Evening in Webster." The author
remembers his early days with a
radio.
by Gary Carden
4
A Special Trio
The "Summer Evening in Webster"
cassette continues the village's
affair with the arts. The story
is told in a Sylva Herald story.
by Angela Griffin
6
Freedom is a Dream
Webster celebrated an old-fashioned
Fourth at "Miss Lucy's.
A speech makes us proud.
by John E. Fobes
8
A Tribute to Woodford
Davis
A friend remembers his childhood
days with Wood Davis
by Dale Coward
The Cover:
The Spencer Clark Trio, Spencer and Mary
Clark and Hoyte Roberson, Jr. have issued
a cassette of their summer performances
for the society.
SPEAKING EDITORIALLY
HISTORIC
WEBSTER
President
Midred Cowan
Box 186
Webster, NC 28788
Vice President
Dale Coward
Norton Road
Cashiers, NC 28717
Secretary-Treasurer
Margaret and Jim Simpson
Box 126
Webster, NC 28788
Membership Chairman
Kate M. Rhinehart
Box 145
Webster, NC 28788
Editor
Joe P. Rhinehart
Box 356
Webster, NC 28788
The Webster Historical Society, Incorporated,
is a non-profit organization founded
in 1974 to study and preserve the history
and culture of the area. The annual
membership fee is 5.00 paid to the membership
chairman, Box 145, Webster, NC 28788.
The society publishes Historic Webster
quarterly, and it is mailed to the members.
The editor welcomes material for publication
and will give consideration to any submitted
articles.
It's Summer Time In Webster And The Town Is Celebrating -The W ebeter ru.t.orical Society
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It's summer in Webster, and it couldn't be a more exciting time to be here.
We are in the middle of our fifth season of "Summer Evening in Webster." We have been royally entertained
by tenor Patrick McGuire and his son Logan with a beautiful varied concert of his favorite music;
actress Sue Monroe who performed professionally in her husband, Ben Glawsons play "Bunny Tracks; "
and Mary Clark, pianist, returned for her second solo show as she honored George Gershwin. And we still
have the final concert to look forward to. It will, as always, be done by our own Spencer Clark Trio. Spencer
has picked a program that presents George Gershwin and his friends. The church has been packed every
week, and the July 26 concert will, as usual, be standing room only.
Jeff Ginn has done his second painting for the society, "Summer Evening in Webster, II." His first print,
given by the society to its summer performers, has been exhausted . The print can be had only by perform-
~--~-· ing for the society and its guests. The painting hangs in some of the area's final artists' homes.
f~~~~;:g A good crowd joined Carol and Gerald Karcher on the lawn of the Hedden House for the society's annual
--:::.:::::::•- . .::....,___ "Miss Lucy's Picnic." It was Webster's usual Fourth of July tribute, and we were pleased to hear Jack Fobes.
NMMM¥M!!!I'!W'Iil!~ He and his wife, Hazel, are former owners of Hedden House. Jack is a former director of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 8.50. It features the best of the past four Clark concerts. It will
bring back those wonderful summer memories. You can also get copies of the society's prize winning publication, The Poems of Robert
Lee Madison. The book was named North Carolina's best 1986 book of poetry. The cost is 14.00. The tape and the book may be ordered
from Box 145, Webster, NC 28788- both prices include postage and handling.
2 Historical Webster Summer 1987 ~-
From Blue Horses
to Spencer Clark
"For a moment, it all comes rushing back ... the movies, the dances, the songs,
and the glowing light of my pink radio
When I was eight years old, I bought a Blue
Horse notebook. For those of you who are not
familiar with this school accessory of the 40's,
the company that manufactured Blue Horse
notebooks and tablets gave away marvelous
prizes. All you had to do was save the Blue
Horses ... cut them out and save them I did! I
begged them from school mates, bought them,
swapped for them and went through garbage
cans searching for them. You couldn't stick
them in a book like Green Stamps, so I packet
them, 50 to a stack in shoe boxes until I had
enough to send in. What came back changed
my life.
It was a radio ... or to be more specific, it was
a pink " table-model" cheap radio, and I had
dubious motives for wanting it. The situation
was like this: At the age of six, two years before
I started hoarding Blue Horses, I had become
a radio junkie. Beginning at 3:30 each afternoon,
I would camp in front of the big Silvertone
radio in the living room and launch a nonstop
listen-in that would last through dinner (or
supper, as we called it) and well into the night.
I listened to Jack Armstrong, Captain Midnight,
Sargent Preston of the Royal Mounties,
Dick Tracy and The Lone Ranger. Things went
well until I decided to initate my own story hour
at school. Each day at recess, I would recount
all of the stories from the previous afternoon
for my classmates, complete with cliff-hanger
endings. When my second-grade teacher heard
about my little recitals, she asked me a lot of
strange questions .. .like, "Is it true you act out
all the people in the story?" Oh, yes indeed, I
did that. "You do realize that these are radio
programs ... just a lot of people talking over
microphones?" No, I did not realize that and
did not want to realize it. So, my second-grade
teacher came for a visit, and told my grandparents
that they should not allow me to listen
to the radio since the line between the real
world and make-believe had become somewhat
blurred for me. My second-grade teacher told
my horrified grandparents that I could become
unable to tell the difference between the real
and the unreal. She was wrong there, of course.
by Gary Carden
I knew the difference very well. It was just a
matter of preference. In addition to curtailing
my radio listening, my teacher also suggested
something should be done about my addiction
to Saturday westerns and comic books ... two
other factors that contributed to disorienting
my youthful mind.
So, I lost a goodly part of my radio listening
privileges. No more long sessions in front of the
old Silvertone. That is why I went after the Blue
Horses. And I acquired a pink radio. And that
is how I become a secret, nocturnal radio
junkie. Alone in my bedroom after my grandparents
were asleep, I would turn on my pink
radio which lit up the whole room like a
surprise-pink night light, and I would listen. Of
course, this was a different kind of radio. No
Lone Ranger. No Jack Armstrong. Indeed it
was late-night music. I heard things like,
'' ... And now, for your listening enjoyment, Jack
Teagarden from the Roosevelt Ballroom in
downtown New Orleans." I heard Lanny Ross
singing "Moonlight and Roses," and Rose Murphy
the "Chee-Chee" girl singing "Mean to
Me." I heard Lionel Hampton and Fred Waring.
Sil Austin and Carmen McRae. Margaret
Whiting and Oscar La vent. By the time I was
twelve, I could recognize hundreds of songs and
composers. I knew the lyrics to Gershwin, Gus
Kahn, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Hogie
Carmichael. I never knew why I did this, and
I don't know to this day. It was as though I
thought that somebody ... God, the President or
my English teacher would give me a test. They
would say, "Who wrote 'Old Buttermilk Sky'?"
and I would say, ''Hogie Carmichael.' ' Or they
would say, "What was Buddy Hackett's theme
song?" and I would say, "Embracable You."
I memorized song lyrics as though they were
sacred writ; as though I could ward off sickness
or evil by quoting them like charms. To this
day, when people quote philosophers or
Shakespeare, I have a tendency to answer with
lyrics by Jerome Kern or Hammerstein. "That
government is best that governs least," they
(Continued on page 7) Historic Webster Summer 1987 3
HISTORIC
WEBSTER
SUMMER 1987
LOVELY SOUNDS FROM
A SPECIAL
TRIO
Spencer and Mary Clark
The Clarks have spent 38
years sharing music
together. Music actually
brought them together in
1948 and they have been
perfectly compatible since.
4 Historic Webster Summer 1987
1 ,
The historical society
is trying to recapture
the leisurely fellowship
of friends and neighbors
coming together
by Angela Griffin
Combining the mellow, easy listening music of the Spencer
Clark Trio with the cool and quiet summer evenings of Webster
was a brilliant, and successful, idea of the Webster Historical
Society. Not everyone has had the opportunity to attend one of
the Summer Evening in Webster series where the Trio, for the
last four years, has given the finale performance of a series of
performing arts featuring local artists with ties to the area.
Summer Evenings in Webster are evenings in July set aside
to enjoy the arts. The events are held outside unless it rains (then
things are moved inside the Methodist Church). A crowd of as
many as 200 have been known to gather in a local meadow for
one of these events. The Spencer Clark Trio - a trio made up of
well-known musician Spencer Clark on the tenor saxophone, Mary
Clark on piano and Hoyte Roberson, Jr., on drums- play, with
very little electronic assistance, a wide-range of musical selections.
These multi-talented musicians play for the love of it and
as they play, their sounds are recorded on tape.
When people began to request recordings from the group,
Webster Historical Society member Joe Parker Rhinehart
asked Spencer to edit some of the music recorded on site over the
last four years into one full cassette tape. It took Spencer two full
weeks to go through all the old tapes and select the pieces with
the best sound.
Mary Clark said the whole idea of producing a Spencer Clark
Trio tape came from requests from the people attending the Summer
Evening in Webster series.
"Every year, people would ask for tapes," said Mary.
"Everyone seems to like what we play. We were too busy playing
to worry with the tapes, so out of four years, we got enough
to fill one tape."
The result is a very pleasing selection of 35 of some of the world's
favorite songs. The tape has been presented in the limited edition
of 250 copies which sell for 8 each. Some of the selections
come from a solo performance done by Mary.
The tape begins with the theme song for A Summer Evening
in Webster with lyrics written by well-known local writer Sue Ellen
Bridgers, music by Spencer Clark and sung by Boyd Sossamon,
Jr.
Spencer said the theme song was derived from a request by
Rhinehart. But Spencer is not a lyricist so he engaged the
assistance of Sue Ellen who came up with "lovely lyrics" which
Spencer says "captures the whole meaning of this thing."
"Once I heard the lyrics," said Spencer, who plays almost any
instrument entirely by ear, "I could hear the music coming and
I sat down and wrote the music."
The lyrics convey what the Historical Society is trying to recapture
and that is the leisurely fellowship of friends and neighbors
coming together to share their heritage. Such evenings were once
shared by the beloved Professor Robert Lee Madison who frequently
entertained the village of Webster with his front porch
concerts on his flute. Mrs. Madison was the town music teacher.
And although it is one small town's attempts to preserve their
heritage, the series has drawn attention from counties all around.
The Clarks have spent 38 years sharing music together. Music
actually brought them together in 1948 and they have been perfectly
compatible since. Spencer may be best known for his abilities
on the bass saxophone, a standard instrument of bands of the
1920's and 30's better known as the "Jazz Age."
As a member of the Lud Gluskin Orchestra for two years,
Spencer Clark did a lot of recording. He later recorded some solo
jazz albums such as "Spencer Clark - Master of the Bass Saxophone,"
and "Spencer Clark and His Bass Sax Play Sweet and
Hot." He says he has probably appeared on some 20 jazz recorders
since his retirement in 1971 when he moved to Webster.
Area folks picked up right away on the talents of Spencer and
Mary. Forming a trio, they began to play dinner music at such
places as the Courthill Inn and the Maggie Valley Country Club.
Their first trio drummer was Tom Jenkins, a talented local who
was majoring in music at Western Carolina University. When Tom
moved on, the Clarks used various talented drummers from the
area until they met up with Hoyt. Hoyt shared the Clarks' love
of music and the three hit it off right away and have been together
for several years now playing at wedding receptions and private
parties on a part-time basis.
The Clarks do not wish to book the Trio too heavily. But they
have a love for music and enjoy sharing that love with others
through a broad selection of songs.
"We like a lot of types of music and that is probably why
people like us so much," said Mary. "We play selections a lot of
people like to hear and we aim our selections to the age of the
audience. We're fortunate in liking so many types of music."
Spencer noted that on the newly released tape, a variety of selections
can be heard. Each year the Evening in Webster series is
given a specific theme and the music is geared toward that theme.
In 1987, the theme will be based on music by George Gershwin.
The Clarks have enjoyed music since their childhood. Mary had
formal training in piano since age 10. But Spencer, although he
had no formal trining except some music in high school, has just
picked the music up "naturally." But he also taught himself to
read music.
"He reads very well, but his ear is so good, he doesn't bother,"
said mary, only a tiny bit enviously.
Spencer explains his ability as being based on mathematics.
He says he can hear the music and find the relationship of notes
mathematically, in intervals. It is like using a type of singing
called "solfeggio."
Mary can understand exactly how Spencer does this.
Every scale is do-re-me or 1-2-3, no matter what the key," she
says. "Most musicians use numbers so it doesn't matter what key
the music is in."
A program to announce the issue of "A Summer Evening in
Webster," a cassette recording by the Spencer Clark Trio, was
held recently at Western Carolina University. Jim Simpson,
"Hoyt shared
the Clark's
love of music
and the three
hit it off right
away and have
been together
for several
years now. ''
Hoyte Roberson, Jr.
mayor of Webster, made the opening remarks. Julian Hirt
commended the Trio on the sound, which they accomplis with
almost no electronic equipment. Spencer says the Trio does not
need electronics to get the sound they desire. It is pure music flowing
out to the ears of an audience seated in a green meadow in
a lovely mountain town. It is music which does not call for
loudness. It is sweet and mellow and soothing to the ears.
It is the music of the Trio that people wish to capture on tape
to listen to while relaxing at home. It is the coziness of the music
that brings to mind the lyrics written by Sue Ellen - It's Summetime
in Webster, and we are home again.
Tapes can be purchased at Riverwood Craft Shop in Dillsboro
or at Jim Simpson's The Christian Shop.
Historic Webster Summer 1987 5
Our Declaration of Independence started a vast movement on
this planet. American independence became the sign, the symbol,
the standard, a dream which has spread around the world.
I have been fortunate to work
and travel in other countries and
to spend time with, listen to and
learn from thoughtful persons in
all parts of the world- persons
who are sensitive to problems, to
feelings, to commonalities of life
on this planet. They are individuals
who are seeking meaning
to life, who actively search
for solutions to the world's
predicament.
From these experiences, I
have tried to distill thoughts appropriate
to our coming together
on this Independence Day. I have
put them in the form of an old
fashioned Fourth of July oration
which can make us feel proud,
yet humble; local, yet part of all
humankind; strong, but not complacent;
ready to accept and
meet challenges of the future.
Please try to imagine that I am
speaking from a village bandstand
bedecked with red and blue
banners.
We are celebrating Independence
Day of 1987 with friends and
neighbors. It is well to record
that our Declaration of Independence
of 21 years ago
started a vast movement on this
planet. "American independence"
became the sign, the symbol,
the standard, a dream which
has spread around the world.
Only 42 years ago, at the end
of a terrible war, that dream was
re-invigorated and reflected in
the United Nations Charter, signed
at San Francisco. That document
took its inspiration .from
the Four Freedoms of Franklin
D. Roosevelt, from the Atlantic
Charter of Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill, from a 1943
Declaration of the nations
fighting fascism. I've just been
reading the unpublished letters
of one of my professors, written
while he served at the San Francisco
Conference which adopted
the UN Charter. On the spot, he
recorded the inspired spirit of
that gathering of 50 nations.
Reading his letters was a
valuable reminder of recent
history. They brought to mind
the statement of a young aviator
who died in the war. He wrote:
"Civilization does not rest on the
6 Historic Webster Summer 1987
enjoyment of its inventions but
solely upon the fervor which goes
into the winning of them." There
was inspration and fervor at San
Francisco.
Since 1945, more than 100
peoples have declared themselves
to be nations and have
claimed their independence. The
message that I bring here today
is that they are still striving to be
free of dependence in its many
forms. In fact, we are all thus
striving, looking for more selfreliance
in what has become an
interdependent world. It is well
to recall that we, the industrialized,
developed, privileged countries
of the North and West gave
the world the flame of independence.
But we also helped to
create the interdependent world
through our inventions - expecially
the electronic ones of the
computer, the satellite and
television.
In fact, of course, the planet
and all the peoples on it have
always been one. We only made
it more so. We created new
forms of dependence by projecting
a particular image of that
oneness - full of ideas of liberty,
yes - but also colored with impossible
picture of affluence and
waste.
We are in a global mess. What
should we do? The answers are
in Webster and in every local
community. The answers are in
America. The answers are
everywhere and they are many
and diverse. That is what my
friends around the world are telling
me. Let me explain.
The image and dream which
America evoked are in our
history. -The Declaration of In-
Freedom
is a Dream
by John E. Fobes
dependence is part of that story.
Our Constitution - 200 years old
this year - has been used as a
model by many. But the true
greatness of America came from
a combination of factors which it
is well to remember on this day
of celebration. Those factors
include:
• The natural resources of a continent
for which we should be
grateful and more respectful;
• The challenge of the frontier of
the 18th and 19th centuries, accepted
in the spirit of that young
aviator- " the fervor which goes
into the winning of inventions";
• The vigor of small communities
based on trust;
• The diversity and richness of
the peoples who came to our
shores; never before nor since
has the world seen a greater
diversity of talents in one nation.
Conscious of these strengths,
what shall we do now? I think
that we need a new frontier. Not
the frontier of more ease and
more products on the shelves of
the supermarkets and the discount
stores. Perhaps our very
un-ease, and that of the whole
world, points to a new I old frontier.
The frontier is the search for
human dignity and human rights
for all on this planet. It demands
that all men and women can
walk upright and free. How can
they do so in an increasingly
crowded world? How can they do
so without basic human needs of
food, water, housing, health,
education? I believe that it is by
working together, by mutual
assistance, by allowing for a
great diversity in this striving
and by helping to build local
self-reliance.
You may have heard the
phrase, "Thinking globally, acting
locally.' This slogan may
have greater meaning than is
generally realized. Thinking
holistically, of all, globally, is
what America has tried to do.
Acting locally is a hallmark of
the American tradition.
Here I must recall the words of
a philosopher-poet-religious
thinker: "Home should be the
center but not the circumference
of the affections." Have we not
America has a great responsiblity as a leader and a servant of
humanity. It would re-dedicate itself on this Fourth of July to the
frontier, the challenge of the 21st century.
ofter seen the outpouring of those
affections toward others by an
America which treasured the importance
of home and wanted to
help others to preserve or re
Patrick Chamoiseau Recovering Memory
No full textThis timely new book skillfully examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). His books have gone on to sell millions and his work has been translated by a number of academic presses. McCusker sets the author in context, providing a valuable contribution to 'memory studies' by looking at literary representation of memory in Martinique, a society founded on slavery but now politically assimilated to the metropolitan centre, France.Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: Beginnings: The Enigma of Origin -- 2: 'Une tracée de survie': Autobiographical Memory -- 3: Memory Re-collected: Witnesses and Words -- 4: Memory Materialized: Traces of the Past -- 5: Flesh Made Word: Traumatic Memory in Biblique des derniers gestes -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThis timely new book skillfully examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). His books have gone on to sell millions and his work has been translated by a number of academic presses. McCusker sets the author in context, providing a valuable contribution to 'memory studies' by looking at literary representation of memory in Martinique, a society founded on slavery but now politically assimilated to the metropolitan centre, France.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Webster\u27s Real Estate Law in North Carolina: 2d ed
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Historic Webster Vol. 3 No. 4 (3)
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.The Declaration Of Independence
It was July 4 1776 which the laws of Nature and tyrant, totally aggressive and brethren. We have warned. . publish and declare, that
R t t. f ' th · of Nature's God entitle them, unreasonable. In contrast, the . We have reminded. . . We these United Colonies are, and
th~~resen ~ lves ro: th e:; a decent respect to the colonists are described as have appealed. . .They too of right ought to be, free and
"een co orues we~ a er. opinions of Mankind requires exclusively patient and have been deaf. . . independent states. . . ."
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.the ~at~~~ s ep t~ the separation." personally responsible for every denounces our separation. . . statement of man's right to
revo uh~n. h ~ m~n: e In declaring the causes for the act of aggression and repression " freedom in all ages. The signers
:wer 0 w : d was d c~m~ separation, Jefferson's task was against the colonies and that the The high seriousness of of the Declaration placed their
~wn . as ~ epen ence . a 1 to justify what had already colonists were not thoroughly Jefferson 's st:rle, the clarity of signatures below that perfectly
7a!ted ~mpah~ntl~ for a Sl~!I occurred. In April, North Caro- loyal subjects. But the contrast of the argument he presents, and balanced last line, the calm and
rom e pa rl? s a~e~ th !ina had been the first of the these two selective the persuasive effect of these powerful statement of faith and
belo1~· Th·~~olo~es w:~ e !gn ~ colonies to instruct its delegates characterizations was meant to contrasting characterizations dedication in which Jefferson
wor wal : : ~ ~: a to vote for independence. In June, provide the force of argument, lend a sense of inevitability to the defined for all time the
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th ~c a~~~ thY d ~ou t ou t!d by Massachusetts, had presented The list of '1:1 grievances against leads his readers, then and now, commitment under which
. e ~n do e t ~e~a es ded a resolution of independence to the King, real enough in fact, to the inescapable conclusion freedom is ever to be preserved:
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had sent messengers to far-<lff anoppressedpeopleforcedatthe of the Continental Congress that Declaration, with a firm
~e ::;;~e rmgmgf ;:rete own w colonial assemblies asking for last extremity to the rightful and fourth of July in 1776: reliance on the protection of
u~'We ?~r~ho se ~~'J:~ to be instructions on how to vote. But regretful act of separation : " We, therefore, the Divine Providence, we
lfe ~ t ~ t all n are the document must also serve to " In every stage of these Representatives of the United mutually pledge to each other
se -eVI en • 1 ~h t :;:e are unify a confederacy of American oppressions we have States of America, in General our lives, our fortunes, and
cr:~~ ':;~~ir ~eat:~ with colonies! in support of war if need petitioned for redress in the Congress assembled . .. do, in our sacred honor."
en . Y . . be, agamst a world power to most humble terms. . . the name, and by the
~rttam unah~nable ng~~:· which they were bound by bonds Nor have we been wanting in Authority of the good People
n!rt amon~ th~se :s':ut 1 of of kinship, language, trade, and attention to our British of the Colonies solemnly
-Marilyn Jody
1 .Y' an , P government.
happmess. · · . The words of a Thomas Paine
The man who g~ve VOICe ~~ or a Patrick Henry might have I~ CONGRESS. 1l'LY4, IJJ6'.
form to . the A!"er1can colorues served to rouse the emotions and
declaration ofl~dependence was unify the colonists. But this
a young V~rgmla delegate wbo document would also have to
had seldom spoken more than a stand the test of world opinion. It
sentence or two m all the must convince a hostile world
agonizing assembly debates over that the Americans were not
separatwn from the mother rebels against rightfully
country. But the oth~r d~legates established authority but a free
knew the power of h1s mmd and 1 · · · 'th · God
pen what John Adams called his ~op e . mamt8l~mg elf -
.. • 1. f 1. 't f ss!'on , giVen r1ghts agamst the tyranny
pecu 1ar e !Cl y o expre . . of a despotic king.
And when the Co':'gress realized Jefferson had to begin by
the~ must proclaim ~nd defend defining what Americans meant ·
their act of rebellion m a by the rights of a free people in
docum.ent all the world might relation to their government. His
read, 1t ~as Thomas Jefferson main premise was clear :
whose skill they sought. "Governments are instituted
Tw'> other members of the among men deriving their
committee chosen to draft the just powers from the consent
document were more famous. of the governed ...
But . neither John Adams nor Whenever any form of
BenJamm Franklin cla1med the government becomes
graceful yet powerful style of destructive of these ends, it is
Jefferso.n, nor the sure grasp of the right of the people to alter
tone wh1ch could place the cause . . . .
f th bell. 1 · ·n its or to abolish 1t, and to mshtute
o e r~ to us co omes 1 new Government. . . ,,
proper light. What remained to be proved
Je~ferson knew • as all ~he was that the British government
patriots did, that a revol':'twn had in fact been destructive of
would be hard to defend m a . those "unalienable rights" that
w?rld accustomed to the rule of the document proclaimed. The
Kings. He knew that !"any of the genius of Jefferson's approach
colorusts were wavermg, loyal to was to avoid generalizations and
the crown and hopeful of all f th · ' f
reconciliation with England. The charge . 0 ~ grievances o
bl th t he wrote set the the colomsts agamst the person
pream e a f the King.
elevated tone of regretful o "The hi~tory of the present
necess1ty wh1ch alone could . . . .
establish the inevitability' the King of Great Brlta~n . IS. a
rightness of their action : history of ~epeated m~ur1~s
"When in the course of human "':'d usurpations! all haV!Dg m
events, it becomes necessary direct obJect the
for one People to dissolve the establishment of an absolute
l't' 1 b d h'ch have tyranny over these states. To
po ' lea an s w 1 prove this , let facts be
connected them w1th another, b 'tted t did ld "
and to assume among the su ml 0 a can wor ·
powers of the earth, the The list of grievances that
separate and equal station to follows creates a portrait of a
ctine lffilttthtto.tt~rcfll.rafiolt of!l). fbirlnn .... , 22.50 a month for
my services. I boarded with one
of the well·to-do families near the
school-house and had to pay the
··exorbitant" price of 100 would you be
satisfied if I just paid you $99 or
would you want the last penny of
the last dollar paiJ back to you?"
Bill naturally replied that he
wanted the debt paid in full.
"Well, then," continued the sage,
"you 've got to squeeze out every
day of the year 1900 to finish out
the century."
That seemed to satisfy everybody.
During the early part of December
. 1900, it was decided that
some kind of celebration should
be staged that would long be
remembered by those participating
in it. Most of the social
events at that time consisted of
quiltin ' parties and corn shuckin's.
Our proposed celebration ,
however , ought to be something
of an entirely different nature.
Some of the older hunters
suggested that everybody go to
the top of Painter Knob on the
night of December 31 so that a
good fox-race could be held. This
suggestion met with general approval.
The Knob was the highest
peak in that neighborhood , being
well over 4,000 feet. From its
summit, looking west, one could
see the Cowee Range, forming
the dividing line between Macon
and Jackson counties. Looking
eastward , one observed the Balsam
Range, separating Haywood
and Jackson . To the north the
Great Smokies stood out in bold
relief, forming the dividing line
between North Carolina and Tennessee.
From this point , too,
there were visible a number of
beautiful valleys stretching for
miles in different directions between
ridges and smaller mountains
which broke way from the
larger ranges.
Start ol the Climb
On the evening of the last day in
December . people began to as·
semble in our little community
and prepare for the arduous
climb. It was a wonderful evening,
the weather being very mild
for that time of year, and no
clouds in the sky.
People of al' ages participated.
There were old men and women,
walking with the aid of sticks,
and there were young ·boys and
girls , slipping and scrambling all
along the pathway. Boxes of food
were carried along. The hunters
also were in line with a large
number of hounds trotting along
behind.
After climbing steadily for
more than two hours, following
the course of a narrow sheep
tra il , the summit was reached. I
forgot to say that most of us
carried lanterns in order that we
might see where we were walking.
I imagine those lights were
visible for many miles, and the
people who were not acquainted
with the nature ,1f the expedition
must have wondered what was
taking place on Painter Knob that
evening.
Just before we got to the top, a
fox was scented and immediately
dog after dog started the chase
which led them down through
deep gorges and across the tops
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River Hill School Group
Webster, Fall Of 1900
By Luetta Buchanan Wilson
This account is being written
largely about the life, particularly
the early life, of our brother
Corsey Candler Buchanan, but
first I want· to give a little of the
background of our family.
We were a family of four ,
Corsey, Bertha, Annie , and Luella
Buchanan living in the latter
part of the last quarter of the
nineteenth century with our parents
on a farm in the Little
Savannah Community about two
and a half miles from Webster.
Our father. William Osborne
Buchanan, born October 25, 1842,
was a Confederate veteran, who
at age seventeen had joined
Captain Julius Silver's company
E 6th Cavalry in Franklin, and
served for three years with that
detachment.
Our mother, who was born
February 20, 1855. was Harriet
Cordelia Allen Buchanan. She
was a niece of Nathan Allen who
at one time owned the greater
part of the land which later
became Webster. In fact, it was
from him the eighteen-acre tract
was bought for one hundred
dollars by the county to become
the site of Webster , Jackson
County's first county seat.
As I said earlier, our father
owned a farm in an area which
has been variously known as
Harris, Hog Rock , and Little
Savannah. This farm , which has
changed hands a number of times
since our family moved to Sylva
in December of 1899, is presently
owned by Bill Crawford who lives
in our old home. (Corsey Buchanan
speaks of this home in his
letter published in the Fall , 1975
issue of Historic Webster.) The
Little Savannah Baptist Church
and several other homes have
been built on part of what was at
one time our land.
As children on Little Savannah,
we attended a one-room one-tea-
In spite of stra ining memory and eyesight, not all of the people in this picture could be identified. We know for a certainty some of
them. Perhaps you can spot others.
Front row: The three large boys seated are Tom Moore, Arthur (Sid) Cowan, and David Hall . The three seated girls are Maggie
Rhinehart (Hunter), Luella Buchanan (Wilson) and Vera Self (Smith).
Second row: Lena Cowan <Moody) in white dress. Center of row , John Wilson and Mrs. Florence Long, teachers. Next to them ,
Charlotte Cabe (?),Amy Long <Fisher), Birdie Henson (McCracken). Standing, Grasie Hall <Brown), Nina Moore <Bryson).
Third Row: Frances Coward <G lenn), Myrtle Tallent <Pa rris), Rosa Nicholson (?),Annie Buchanan (Wilson).
Back of these: Sadie Stillwell (Sutton ), Bird Rogers (Banning). The boy in center of this row is Lewis Henson. Others in this area are
Rebecca Wilson <Hooper), Bertha Buchanan <Curtis), and Dosia Stillwell (Buchana n).
Back row: Luna Cowan <Kesterson) and Bragg Cowan, Tom Cannon, John Cowan, Sylvester Buchanan, and Jeff Henson are also in
this row.
cher school at River Hill near
Webster. Corsey, born Septem·
ber 21, 1882, and the oldest in our
family . obtained what was available
in education at this school
and then went on to a high school
in Cullowhee, three miles from
our home. This school was a
three-room three-teacher institution.
Prof. R. L. Madison was
principal and his two assistants
were Mr. Zeb Watson, and Mr.
Dallas Wike.
During the winter months when
the weather was bad and walking
was impossible, Corsey had to
stay in Cullowhee. He and Edgar
Stillwell , who years later taught
history at Cullowhee State Teacher's
College (WCU now) lived
and "hatched" in a one-room log
cabin located where the Town
House now stands. This "shacking-
up" of education-hungry students
was common in the days
before dormitories were built.
Our mother and Edgar's mother
would prepare the most of the
boys • food which they carried
back with them to their cabin
after a week-end at home. Our
father took them back in the
buggy on Sunday afternoon.
After finishing high school in
the spring of 1899, (his name
appears on the invitation published
in the Spring Issue, 1976 of
Historic Webster) Corsey taught
school at East Fork on Savannah.
He had planned to enter the
University of North Carolina the
fall of 1900, but that summer
there was an epidemic of typhoid
and Corsey suffered a severe
case of it.
Since he couldn 't enter college
that year. he taught school at
Qualla and entered U.N.C. the
following fall. On finishing three
years at the university. he got a
position as bookkeeper in the
office of the Harris Tannery
Company in Sylva. After three
years of this, he decided to study
law. Enrolling in Wake Forest
Law School, he finished his
course and passed the state bar in
August 1910.
When he returned home, he
joined Felix Alley 's law firm in
Webster, boarded at the Alley
home, and continued in this partnership
until Mr. Alley became a
judge. Corsey then l_Ilaintained
his private practice in Webster,
until the county seat's being
moved to Sylva forced him to also
mov~ there.
Meantime, our family had settled
down in Sylva and was active
in community life. Our father had
served as a member of the
County Board of Education which
had helped to establish the first
graded school at Webster. All of
the girls in our family had
married. Bertha had become
Mrs. Henry Curtis and Annie and
I had married brothers. She was
Mrs. Ernest Wilson and I, Mrs.
Tom Wilson.
When World War I came in
1917. Corsey. too old for the draft,
joined the YMCA and was stationed
at Camp Sevier until the
end of the war. The Ywas used by
our government as a link between
home and service for the U.S.
soldiers, and on every front its
huts were centers of amusement
and comfort to the boys.
When ships bringing returning
soldiers docked in U.S. ports, the
Y's representatives were there.
Corsey had the privilege of
meeting " The Radio Boys," a
Jackson County service unit
when its ship docked in CharlesContinued
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of ridges. The barking of the
hounds was in unison and made
an impressive sound on the still
night air.
An Enjoyable Party
A huge bonfire was lighted, and
a little later hot refreshments
were served from the glowing
embers. The older men stood
near the fire, chewing their
tobacco and swapping yarns. The
ladies were content to sit around
on logs and stumps, enjoying the
exchange of community gossip.
Most of the women-folk in those
days were dainty users of snuff.
It was about eleven o'clock
when the elusive fox slipped into
its hole and the dogs abandoned
the chase. At the sound of the
hunting horns , the animals meandered
their way up to the
lighted fire and lay down outside
the circle of people.
As the hour of midnight approached,
the conversation lagged
and there were periods of
silence. It was like being in
church, waiting for the services
to start. Not long before midnight,
bells from churches and
school-houses commenced to toll,
and the echoes from each of these
come floating distinctly through
the silent night. Some of our
people counted the bells and said
that there were fifteen. They
were being rung in all the valleys
and communities in the central
part of the county. As we sat
there and listened, not a word
was spoken. With the exception of
an occasional whine from one of
the dogs and the rustle of a soft
breeze through the trees , the only
sound that could be heard was the
tolling of the bells.
As the last minutes of the old
century approached, slower and
slower became the tones, until
finally, for a short period of time,
silence r eigned everywhere. The
bells had stopped.
Those of us who had been
seated, rose to our feet and stood
gazing into the night. There was a
solemnity about the occasion
which it is impossible for me to
describe.
Absolute silence. Even the dogs
were now quiet, and nothing
broke the stillness of the night.
Then, suddenly we heard a bell.
Corsey C ....
Continued From Page 2
ton, South Carolina. Each man
was given the most recent copy of
the local newspaper.
At the end of the war, Corsey
returned to Sylva and resumed
his law practice. On May 10, 1920,
he married Lillian Barker who
was teaching at the Sylva Collegiate
Institute, a Baptist school.
One son, John , was born to them.
Currently, John, an engineer with
Dow Chemical Company, lives at
Jackson Lake, Texas with his
wife Helen and their son Charles.
During World War II Corsey
worked out of the Raleigh office
with the Unemployment Compensation
Commission. When his
work with the Commission terminated
in 1944, he returned to
his law practice in Sylva. ·
Active in church and community
affairs, Corsey was also
prominent in Democratic politics
in county, region, and state. He
was making a very succesful bid
for Jackson County representative
to the state legislature when
his sudden death April 23, 1952 cut
short his long and useful career.
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Another one and still another.
Soon all of them were being rung
as rapidly as the ropes could be
pulled.lt was a joyous sound. The
tension that had been holding our
group was broken. We shouted
and sang and exchanged New
Year's greetings. After remaining
there only a few minutes
longer , the long walk homeward
was begun, and once more the
lanterns flickered along the side
of the mountain.
Jane Washington Thornton
Chapter DAC Organized
It was an occasion every detail
of which is as alive in my
memory today as it was more
that fifty years ago, and I am
sure this also is true with· others
who participated in that unique
celebration and are still living.
Webster
High School
Webster High School , during
the past year or 1916-17 has had a
faculty, interested and equipped
for good work. Miss Charlotte
Young, principal ; Mr. B. C.
Jones, assistant principal; Mr.
Ben Fisher, Miss Lillian Stillwell,
Miss Nannie Frizzell, and Mrs. R.
L. Madison. The men behind the
school, the committee for most of
the time, for twelve years consisted
of William Cowan, W. K
Moore and Joseph Davis, three
men of influence of determination
and of wisdom.
Three days of commencement
exercises featured the end of the
school year. Wednesday night the
primary department of the school
offered their exercises. Thursday
morning the commencement exercises
of the high school with
addresses by T. W. Chambliss of
The Asheville Times and Dr. J .
Y. Joyner, the state superintendent.
The principal, Miss Ch
The investigation in "Dora Bruder" of Patrick Modiano
No full textreservedIl presente lavoro si propone di affrontare il tema dell’indagine, dell’inchiesta investigativa nel romanzo “Dora Bruder” dello scrittore francese Patrick Modiano, pubblicato nel 1997. Si tratta del più noto successo editoriale dell’autore, il quale, in una narrazione al contempo biografica ed autobiografica, si mette sulle tracce di Dora Bruder, una giovane ragazza ebrea scomparsa nel 1941, di cui si sono perse definitivamente le tracce. La presente tesi si compone di tre capitoli. Nel primo, si analizzeranno i motivi che spingono l’autore ad occuparsi della vicenda della giovane ragazza scomparsa proprio durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Successivamente, nel secondo capitolo, si passerà ad affrontare come l’autore compie la propria indagine per comprendere che cosa le sia accaduto, diventando una sorta di investigatore su un vecchio caso di scomparsa. Ed infine, nell’ultimo capitolo, si analizzerà quale sarà l’esito della sua indagine.This work proposes to deal with the subject of investigation in the novel "Dora Bruder" by French writer Patrick Modiano, published in 1997. It’s the most known publishing success of the author, which, in a narrative in the meantime biographical and autobiographical, goes on the trail of Dora Bruder, a young Jewish girl disappeared in 1941, of whom all traces have been definitively lost. This thesis is composed by three chapters. In the first, we will analyse the reasons why the author deal with the story of the young girl vanished during the Second World War. Then, in the second chapter, we will approach how the author does his own investigation to understand what happened to her, becoming sort of a detective on an old case of disappearence. Finally, in the last chapter, we focus on which it’ll be the outcome of his investigation
William Patrick, 15th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textWilliam Patrick has published a collection of poetry, Letter to the Ghosts, and a novel in poetry and prose, Roxa, which won the 1990 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for the best first work of fiction. He has also written an original teleplay, Rachel\u27s Dinner , which aired in 1991, and starred Olympia Dukakis and Peter Gerety. Mr. Patrick\u27s most recent screenplay, Brand New Me , has been optioned by Force Ten Productions in Hollywood, and he is the author of Who All Killed Cock Robin?, the play which was adapted from The Death of Cock Robin by W.D. Snodgrass and DeLoss McGraw, and whose premiere opens this year\u27s Literary Arts Festival. He is the Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University, and Director of this year\u27s Literary Arts Festival
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