4,979 research outputs found
String quilt, by Violet Webster
No full textImage of String quilt created before 1966 by Violet Webster. Also includes questionnaires describing the quilt completed by Ruth Ann Roberts as part of the Utah Quilt Guild\u27s documentation days held from 1988-1994. The two quilt tops were given to the present owner, Ruth Ann Roberts and her brother, Paul Aaron Roberts by Mrs. Webster as wedding quilts in 196
Reading Ruth : towards a postmodernist, literary and womanist analysis
No full textBibliography: leaves 132-140.This dissertation examines the book of Ruth from a postmodemist, literary and womanist perspective. The main methodology is postmodemist literary criticism, but it employs intertextual and autobiographical approaches as well. Chapter 1 is an exploration of the plot of Ruth and reveals that in order for the end goal of the plot to be achieved "emptiness has to return to fullness." It is shown that Ruth's action (her decision to return with Naomi) is the catalyst that begins the process that ultimately leads to the denouement of the plot. The fact that it is the two women, Ruth and Naomi, who drive the plot forward, indicates that the Book of Ruth is a woman's story. Chapter 2 demonstrates that the significance of narrative time for any literary analysis lies in the fact that the amount of time allowed for the retelling of the events rarely corresponds to the time it took for the events to happen. Since Ruth is a short story, the choice of what to tell, what to omit as well as how long to dwell on details are indeed significant. In other words it is shown that literary time is only spent on those aspects which are crucial for the advancement of the narrative. Since the reader's main goal is to see how the conflicts are resolved, the literary time spent on the resolution of the conflicts is an indication of where the weight of the story needs to lie. In this case, it is certainly with Ruth and Naomi judging from the amount of time spent on dialogues between the two women. They are therefore the ones that contribute to the resolution of the conflicts of the plot. Chapter 3 reveals that in the book of Ruth the narrative voice or the perspective of attitudes, conceptions and worldview are those of a woman. The fact that the book of Ruth is named after a woman; the fact that at the very outset all the males in the story die and it is the women that take over the narrative; the fact that in the end the women of Bethlehem declare that Ruth is better to Naomi than seven sons are just some of the reasons that substantiate the argument that the narrative voice in the book of Ruth was that of a woman. It is also shown that this narrative voice (whether overt or covert) subverts gender and ethnic expectations. Chapter 4 outlines the way in which biblical characters are portrayed. The subsections of chapter 4 deal with the characterisation of each major character: Naomi, Boaz, and Ruth. Chapter 4 is the longest chapter since it is difficult to evaluate characterisation without engaging the other facets of literary criticism as well, such as plot and dialogue
Grace Willey Sherwood to Ruth Lathrop
No full textLetter from Grace Willey Sherwood to Ruth Lathrop regarding requirements of admissio
O.W. Whitaker to Ruth Webster Lathrop
No full textLetter to Woman's Medical College from O.W. Whitaker regarding Eliza Grier
Ruth Mason Lizak
No full textAfter a long period of declining health Ruth M. Lizak passed peacefully into the arms of the Lord the night of Saturday, Oct. 31. She was 84. Ruth was born in Norristown, PA, attended Lansdowne High, Drexel U. and Temple U., then moved to Palo Alto, CA in the mid-1950s to work at the Stanford Research Institute. In 1956 she married her Palo Alto neighbor, Edward John Lizak, a native of Buffalo, NY. After the births of their two children the young couple returned East and for a short time ran a small bakery in Clementon, NJ, but soon returned to the Bay Area for good. Ruth was a resident of Palo Alto for over 50 years, a member of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church for over 50 years, and an employee of SRI for nearly 30 years. Her Christian faith was very important to her. She was active in the MP Pres. Missions program and member of the Chancel Choir for many years. At SRI she rose to the Director level. NASA Technology Application was her specialty, leading to memberships in the American Public Works Association and the Technology Transfer Association, and a close relationship with the Golden Gate Transit District, on which NASA-formulated anti-corrosive paint was tested on their famous bridge. The welfare of Native Americans on reservations was a major concern of hers, and she sponsored a boy in Arizona for many years. Ruth is survived by her daughter, Pamela Lizak Littrell of Everett, WA, son Peter Edward Mason Lizak of San Jose, granddaughters Nicole Littrell Webster of Bothell, WA and Cambria Littrell Morgan of Snohomish, WA, grandson Joshua Paul Ramos Lizak, and great-granddaughters Reagan Webster and Kennedy Webster
Historic Webster Vol. 1 No. 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.'VOLUME I NUMBER 3
Cook6ook Will Be
Ready 9n o lie :Jall
A cookbook containing mouthwatering local recipes,
pen and ink drawings of Webster, and "Growing Up
in Webster" sketches will be on sale in the fall.
Tho rocipe book1 which is being compiled by Florence
and Joe Parker Rhinehart , will have a hard
cover with a color picture of Webster as the dust
jacket. Joe Parker estimates that it will have approximately
200 pages, The book will be printed
in brown ink on off white paper, and will have a brown
cloth cover with a sketch of the former Jackson County
courthouse,
Original sketches of people and places in Webster
will be featured at the beginning of each of the II
divisions of the book, as well a throughout the 250
odd recipes.
A short history of the town accompanied by a
sketch of the courthouse will begin the book, Then,
in addition to the delicious recipes, the cookbook will
feature character sketches of some of the donating
cooks and several "growing Up in Webster" stories
written by Webster women of different generations,
Mildred Cowan, Mary Morris and other women who
grew up in Webster will be contributing their accounts ~
The book will conclude with a feature menu for
Christmas dinner with recipes, accompanied by a
story about Old Webster at Christmastime,
The recipes in the book were collected from cooks
in the area by Joe's mother, Kate Rhinehart, Florence
Rhinehart will draw the pen and ink sketches.
The price of the book has not yet been determined,
but it is estimated at 5 or be placed in a makeshift
"jail" on the school grounds, .
other harpenings at the July event will include
board splitt'ng lessons, booths of all sorts, sales of
cookies and cakes, old fashioned bonnets, a varied
display of mountain cr afts, and of course entertainment.
If you have suggestions for additional activities at
the Independence Day fest, contact Paul and Linda
Cowan, co-chairmen of the Special Events. and Projects
Comm ;:tee,
Webster, North Carolina
EDD DOUGLAS DAVIS
olie :Jirst Sheriff
of ~ackson County
Edd Doug Davis, known as Doog Davis, became in
1853 the first sheriff of Jackson County, With the
exce~ti.on of the period he lived, while sheriff, in
the Jail at Webster, he spent his adult life on his
large farm located between Webster and Cullowhee
Today this area is called Rolling Green, '
Sher iff ~Alvi s and his wife Nancy Allen, daughter
of Nathan Allen of Webster, were the parents of
seve~ sons and two daughters" Mro Davis, who died
at h~s home August 25, 1911, is buried in the family
P!ot m Webster Cemetery along with his sife, two of
his sons, Nathan A, and Joe W, and other members
of later generations of llivises,
The copy of the JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL
from which the article is reprinted, and the tin-type
picture of Mr , ~Alvis reproduced here ar e are owned
by Cather ine ~Alvis of Big Ridge, Catherine is a
granddaughter of Sheriff Doug ~Alvis,
The following article was taken from THE JACKSON
COUNTY JOURNAL dated January 29 1906 - Webster
N,C, - Mr, E, D, ~Alvis ' '
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The author of this article was born in Buncombe
County <now Transylvania) Sept, 4, 1827, My father
lived where the late George C, Neil lived to the time
of his death, on what was then known as Lamb's Cr rek
which was a tributary of Fr ench Broad river, It~
head waters were near where llividson's river has
its source, with which it ran parallel, but being much
smaller, It was then known as Ben llividson's river
but of late years the "Ben" has been dropped,
Ther e has been a postoffice at this place for more
than seventy years" Davidson's River postmaster,
Ben .lli vidson, was my great-grandfather.
When I attended school the course embraced
reading, writing, and arithmetic, My teachers were
Turn to page four , , , •
~ ·'We6ster 9s ~ackson County's Hometown"
April 1974
A fetter
:Jrom the President
Dear Friends,
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with one
step" and that step in compiling and collecting the
history of Jackson County has resulted in 5,000 copies
each of three newsletters of the Webster Historic
Society; nearly 300 members and ll3,500 to the Jackson County Board of Education
for the old Webster Elementary School because an
an idea whose time has come can't help but succeed.
The school will become the Jackson County Museum
of Living History. The fund-raising committee needs
your help with the Webster idea. If you know wher e
money is a·.11ilable - from individuals, corporations
foundations, etc. - tell us - we'll contact theU.:'
Many grants have already been applied for from foundations
and other sour ces such as the Bicentennial
Commission in N.C. and the America the Beautiful
Fund,
We are hopeful that the County budget for the
1974-75 fiscal year will include a generous donation
toward the effort to preserve Jackson County's History,
But for many of these potential grants we need
non-federal matching funds, '
Th.e next newsletter will be sent only to the membership
of the Webster Historical Society, If you
have not joined but are "infected by the contagious
~n?'usiasm" as the honorable Hamilton Hayes wrote,
JOm. no:v, Send 5.00 yearly
Associate (outside Western N.C.): 10.00 yearly
Supporting: 30.00 yearly
Life: 1.00 a day to begin with) for her little family,
During the thirty-four years that mother was postmaster
the Post Office was in three locations: first,
in a little building where Mr. Baker's shop and apartment
are now located; next in the old Masonic build·
ing between our place and the home of Mrs, Nancy
Ensley Potts; then back to the Baker Upholstery Shop
location; and last to the little building in the corner
of her yard across the lane from the Monteith home.
Because of the necessity of having the office convieniently
close to our home, the location changed as we
moved, The family moved from our old home (built
by Dr. C.Z. Candler's father at about the time of
the civil war) to Uncle Andy's house , then to the
Aunt Hicks Wilson house <now owned by the Potts)
later to the old jail <Mrs, Margie Penland's place)
which was the principal's home when my sister ,
Mrs. Ruth Allison Morris, was principal of Webster
High School, and finally to mother 's new home, built
after the old Candler house was torn down , on the
same lot which she had owned since my father's
dea.th,
When my mother was postmaster she loved her
work (though it did get aggravating at times she said)
and it enable her to make a living in her own yard
for the most part. She could keep an eye on Ruth,
Uln and me as we grew up, and grandpa too when
he was sick, while she looked after the post office
which was the social, as well as news center for the
community. Sometimes when we all gathered to watch
little Oscar Coward buck dance in the post office
vestibule things would get too noisy and we would
all be sent outside so my mother could do her work,
She wrote and read letters and orders for a few of
the patrons who could neither r ead nor write, and in
emergencies would open up the post offic e at night
and on holidays to better ser ve the community, Service,
honesty, integrity and independence wer e virtues of
great value to her, as they had been to her Godfearing
pioneering ancestors,
During the thirty-four years that my mother
was postmaster she was assisted to some extent
by the following : George Self, grandpa Moor e, my
sister Ruth, Mrs, Margie Penland, Mrs, Evelyn McKee,
Mr. Dan Cowan. When I became old enough I was
officially made assistant, or r eplacement, so I could
substitute occasionally when she was sick or away,
Dear to all of our hearts was the mail carrier, Arthur
Allman, who was always kind, cheerful, accomodating
and generous with rides to and fr om Sylva in his
truck for all of us.
HISTORIC WEJ~STER April 1974 Page 3
The Webster "Mail Box"
Some people have called the Webster Post Office
the "Mail Box" and frequently someone laughingly
remarks that it is surely the smallest post office
in the United States, They seem disappointed when we
tell them there are other smaller. We enjoy our
rather unique building, However, the size of the
building does not designate the size of the Post Office
housed therein.
The Webster Post Office is the oldest office in Jackson
County, It was established as Scott's Creek
(Haywood County) April 5, 1828. Jackson County
had not been established at that time, The Haywood
County and Macon County line was at that time the
Tuckaseigee River at Webster, The first postmaster
was Ulniel Brisson, appointed April 5, 1828, He
was succeeded by Samuel B, -Bragg December 17,
1828, The office was later discontinued for a brief
time and reestablished May 24, 1832 as Scott's Creek.
At that time William Thomas was installed as
postmaster serving till January 27, 1843, Thomas
was succeded by Allan Fisher.
When Mr. Fisher took the office he had a store
in Lovesfield, said to have been located near the
intersection of what is now highway 107 and ll6,
Presumable the post office was operated in his store,
The name of the post office was changed to Webster
on November 28, 1857 while Mr, Fisher was still
postmaster, He ser ved the office for 22 years which
was the longest time any postmaster served until
Mr s, Eugenia M. Allison was the postmaster in later
years. The second court held in Jackson County
was held also in this store. A great-grandson of his,
Mr. Allen Bergin Fisher, Sr .. , now lives in Addie
Community, Route I, Sylva, N, C.
On September 21, 1865 a Mr. George w. Stake
became postmaster and served until April 15, 1873,
Postmaster Cannon was the father of the late Lewis
Cannon of Webster . He was the grandfather of James
~ann?n of Cannon Brothers Gas and Oil Company
m Dillsboro and other descendents of Dillsboro and
the state of Washington,
Succeeding Mr, Cannon was Martin H. Lovelady
who ser ved thre
Tommy and Ruth Kagawa on a white mule, Kagawa farm, Webster, Texas
No full textPhotograph shows Tommy Kagawa, as a child, seated behind his sister, Ruth, on a large white mule. Their father, Yonekichi Kagawa, stands next to the mule.Inscription reads: "Tommy,Ruth,Pa / 1921 / Farm Rice at Webster"
Historic Webster Vol. 9 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.new s let ter o f t he Web s ter Hi s torical Societ y. In c .
VOLUME IX, NUMBER 2 WEBSTER, NORTH CAROLINA SUMMER 1983
Church Celebrates 131 Years
The Webster United Methodist Church was founded in 1852. The church building
was photographed for a 1907 booklet and has changed little since tha t year. Photo by
Dan Hirt.
Church is "Outstanding"
Example of Classic Country
Religious Architecture
By Doug Swain
The Webster United Methodist Church is an outstanding example of the classic country
church built to serve rural America throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Typical of the type, the church utilizes a simple gable-roofed rectangular form entered on one
end to create a " temple form" which harkens, ultimately, to classical Greek architecture.
other classical elements are present in the building's cornice treatment, corner boards, which
refer to columns or pilasters, and in the modest triangulation introduced above the side windows,
which refers to a classical pediment.
Most of the building's architectural interest, however , is found on its entrance facade. This
face of the building is dominated by an engage bell tower which rises in two stages and
culminates in a splayed pyramidal cap which serves as the church's steeple. Gothic arched
''The entrance design
is high spirited and full of charm.''
vents are centered on all four sides of the tower 's second tier , just beneath its cap. A blind fan
and a diamond-shaped vent ornament its principal face above the church's entrance.
The building's entrance composition is truly outstanding. Gothic arched windows flank the
base of the bell tower. The corners of the base are supported by boxed Ionic columns with recessed
gothic-pointed panels. These columns carry an elongated basket arch under which entrance
is made into a sheltering portico hollowed out of the base of the tower. The door into the church
is surmounted by a Gothic transom and is flanked by sidelights with Gothic heads. Fluted Ionic
pilasters with Spearpoint heads divide the sidelights from the doorway. In total the effect of this
vernacular entrance design is high spirited and full of charm.
Doug Swain is a member of the staff of the Western Office of the Division of Archives and
History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Asheville.
By Joe P. Rhinehart
"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," the psalmist David
wrote, "from whence cometh my help."
For 131 years, since 1852, Webster Methodists have been
following David's directions. And after 33 years of moving
from building to building they built a church in 1887 whose
steeple still directs their eyes and the eyes of passersby to
those hills.
Webster was founded with Jackson County in 1851, and two
years later Methodism was recognized in the new town when
the church conference changed the name of the Tuckaseigee
Circuit (the part of Haywood County that became Jackson) to
the Webster Circuit.
The Methodists of Webster joined with the town's Baptists
and Presbyterians in church services at the Court House until
1870. That year the three congregations moved into a building
(now the site of the Lucy Hedden house) that they shared with
the town school. The Methodists made up the largest part of the
congregations and they were awarded the use of the building
on the first and third Sundays of the month. The Presbyterians
used the building on the second Sunday, and the Baptists took
possession on the fourth Sunday. The fifth Sunday was left for
special occasions for all denominations.
On December 11, 1881, trustees of the church, William A.
Enlow. L. C. Hall, James M. Candler, Thomas M. Frizzell and
James W. Terrell, with the minister , George W. Spake, purchased
from William Bumgarner and his wife, Mary, a lot on
Main Street for 75.00 to J . T. Myers and his wife, M. J . Myers, for that parcel
of Main Street land.
Six years after the purchase of the property, 25 years after
its founding, and who knows how many ice cream suppers to
raise money for the new church, in 1887 the Webster Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, opened its doors. Through the hard
work of the members, men who helped with the construction,
women, who provided the furnishing , the church was raised.
Today's Webster United Methodist Church is not a great deal
different from 1887. If the door is opened, a visitor steps into a
"mountain classical" sanctuary. Red carpet now covers the
hardwood aisle, the gas lights have been replaced, a modern
piano sits where the old organ, played so many years by Ethyl
Leatherwood, did, and the portrait of John Wesley has been
moved. The sunlight still sifts through handblown frosted
pains, the parishioners sit on peged wide board benches, the
minister preaches from the hand fashioned pulpit, and the
communicants kneal at the carved altar . (See article on the
church's architecture on page 1.)
The membership of the Webster church has never been
large. Early rolls, 1870, list 379 white members of the Webster
Circuit and five black members. A recent report shows 25 on
<Continued on page 3)
Page 2, HISTORIC WEBSTER, Summer, 1983
Church Leaders Past and Present
Mr. and Mrs. George McConnell came
from over the river to the Webster
Methodist Church.
Joseph W. Rhinehart, Sr. was a longtime
member of the church Board of
Stewarts.
Nan Frizzell, who spent
years in Washington,
always felt that Webster
was her home church.
Louise B. Davis taught
the adult class ilt Sunday
school for many
years.
Martha Lavenia McLain McKee
0872-1953) held many roles in the
Webster Methodist Church.
Minnie Wild and her husband
Jake were "across the
river Methodists.
Ruth Allison Morris was the Sunday
school superintendent and
teacher in the Webster church.
Is a bella Allison Ca lton ,
daughter of Eugenia Allison,
lives in Florida and continues to
help the Webster church.
L. C. Hall, Sr. helped build and lead the
Webster Methodist Church.
Robert Lee Madison provided years of thoughtful
Sunday school lessons.
Church
Founded
in 1852
(Continued from page I)
the church list. The influence
of these people has always
been felt. The church has
always provided a full
spiritual program for its
members. The best of
teaching, lead years ago by
Robert Lee Madison, Ruth
Allison Morris, and Louise
Davis, more recently by Ray
Ledford, Kate Rhinehart, and
Sally McConnell, continues to
challenge its listeners .
Ministers who have spread
the doctorine through the
country, William Hicks and J.
R. Long, and those now filling
the highest Carolina pulpits,
Ernest Fitzgerald, Donald
Ellis, began their careers at
Webster.
The early membership
roles of Webster read like a
who's who in North Carolina:
Madison, McKee, Terrell ,
Alley, Enloe, Allison, Moore,
Fisher, Broyles, Bryson,
leaders of both church and
state.
The church, through its
history, has offered study opportunities
in its classes, its
summer Bible schools, its
Christmas and Easter programs,
its women's group,
and its youth group.
As population has changed
in Webster, the church has
altered its programs, but one
group that has always been
active is the women's
organization, now headed by
Sarah Barrett. These women,
many wives of the church's
early male leaders, have
often pulled the church
through with their spiritual
and financial support. Begun
in the early days of the church
as the Ladies Aid, the association
is now the United
Methodist Women. It continues
its active social programs
to its neighbors both
local and worldwide, its study
of religious questions, and its
aid to the church program.
Bordering the Webster
church is the parsonage for
the Webster Circuit. This
building, one of the few recent
buildings on Main Street, was
built in 1956. The original parsonage
was begun about the
time the church was completed
in 1887. In the early
part of this century, additional
rooms were constructed,
making a large, but
not particularly comfortable
home. After many freezing
winters, the circuit decided it
was time to build a modern
house, complete with central
heat and an electric stove.
(One minister , name no
longer remembered, and his
wife, lasted only one night
when the kitchen cook stove
damper got stuck.) By 1963
(Continued on page 6)
HISTORIC WEBSTER, Summer, 1983 Page 3
Reflections by Janice Monteith Blanton
Webster United Methodist Church
When I was in Webster recently for Mother's Day, I attended
Sunday school at the Webster United Methodist Church, my
borne church, with my mom. We sang "The Church in the
Wildwood" that morning, and Mrs. Kate Rhinehart told about
a time when Mr. Lewis Cannon was superintendent of the Sunday
School. She said he wanted to sing this song quite often and
that once she suggested they change the "brown" church to the
"white" church. He emphatically said " no" and that settled
that. Well, somehow the idea of the "white" church has stuck
in my mind the past few weeks since then, and I hope Mr. Cannon
will forgive me from his heavenly home for the following:
The Church on the Hill
(sung to tune of "The Church in the Wildwood)
There's a church on the hill in Webster,
No lovier church in the world.
No place is so dear to my childhood,
As the little white church on the hill.
Oh, come to the church on the hill,
To the church where my good friends all go.
Where the Gospel will be taught,
Where we all learn to love the Lord.
How sweet on a clear Sunday morning,
To see all my neighbors go by.
They proudly carry their Bibles,
On their way to the church on the hill.
From the church on the hill in Webster,
When I was growing up.
I received good christian training,
Which I'll use for the rest of my life.
Chorus :
Oh come, come, come, come - come to the
church in Webster, 0 come to the church on
the hill; no spot is so dear to my childhood,
As the little white church on the hill.
Yes, the Webster United Methodist Church will always be
very, very special to me for many reasons. It is the church
where I became a Christian ; it is the church where I received
excellent training in the Bible and Christian leadership; it is
the church where I was married; and it is the "love nest"
where I grew up being loved and encouraged by the adults of
the church.
I can easily recall many, perhaps incidental, but memorabl·~
church-related events during my years in the church: being
called down by a preacher for talking during a revival ; being
given chewing gum by Professor Robert Lee Madison between
Sunday school and church; being a student in various Bible
schools and the fun and learning that went with them ; being
pulled around on a large cloth to serve as a "shiner" for the
church floor that the young people had waxed ; being a part of
many, many M. Y. F. and church programs "ready or not! "
being a eater of the scrumptuous food prepared for various
social events by the fine cooks of the church; being a listener to
flannel-board stories told by one of our pastor's wives; being
excited over two handsome college-age workers we had work
with the youth one summer; being a baby-sitter for the Rev.
Don Ellis and his wife who, when I told him he didn't owe me
anything, always replied, "Well, I'll give you a 'free'
wedding," <I held him to it too ! l; and being a helper Mrs. Eva
Mae Davis decorate for my wedding.
Too many people to possibly mention at length come to mind
as I think of church members who have meant a lot to me during
my years in the church. Members of the church were good
people who loved God and loved one another. I cannot recall a
single significant conflict between members. At the top of my
list would have to be Mrs. Kate Rhinehart, because she was our
youth leader and the person who naturally had the most contact
with, and influence over, us young people. She unselfishly
gave of herself in ways that many adults will never know. She
believed in us and made us believe in ourselves. Others in the
Rhinehart family come to mind: Nannie Hart, whom I enjoyed
sitting and talking with and dearly loved; Joe, who, unbeknown
to many, was often responsible for the warmth of the church in
the winter as well as other maintenance ; and of course, Joe
Parker and Jim, who, in effect, were so close to me that I consider
them my brothers.
Other young people who were members of theM. Y. F. during
the time I was, who went through many of the same programs,
who took many of the same trips, (I know I don't have
to remind Jack, Joe Parker and Jim of how Nell and I always
got car sick!) included: the Allmans : Jimmy, Alan, and
Blake; Dickie McConnell; Paul Jr. Cowan; Jack Allison; Nell
Ensley ; Jeanetta Cannon ; and my sister, Billie Jo Monteith.
TheM. Y. F. was really a strong working force in the church
during those days taking responsibility for programs, singing,
janitorial work, and many other activities. Our Sunday evening
M. Y. F. meetings on the church lawn, on the pastor's
porch, in the church, or at Mrs. Rhinehart's hold very special
memories for me. I recall the Rev. Ellis as being one of our
most supportive pastors ; he attended our meetings and gave
us lots of positive attention.
Music has always been important to me, and I especially
remember the McConnell family in this respect. I loved to hear
Sally and George McConnell sing, and Anne Laura Cowan's
piano playing always fascinated me. Miss Nan Frizzell, about
whom I've written an earlier article, felt very strongly about
the church's music propgram and I really have her to thank for
my finally learning to play the piano when I was in high school.
Mrs. Lillian Madison introduced me to the "lemon"as a means
for clearing the throat for solo singing.
The Davises: Doug, Louise, Eva Mae, Myrtle, and Wood ; the
Penlands : Mrs. Penland and Aunt Dess; the Cannons : Lewis
Elizabeth, Jeanetta; the Madisons : Professor Madison and
Mr. and Mrs. Roe Madison ; theFulmers: the Nicholsons : Mrs.
Eugenia Allison ; Mrs. Fred McKee ; Mrs. Vearl Ensley; Miss
Lucy Hedden, and, naturally, my own Mom are some of the
folks whom I remember were going to the Webster Methodist
Church when I did. I loved each and every one these members
and have many special memories stores away about each of
them.
"Yes," there 's still a church on the hill in Webster (thank
God!) - the WEBSTER METHODIST CHURCH, and " No," no
spot is so dear to my childhood (and adulthood) as the little
"white" church on the hill.
Methodist Women Added Support
By Oberia Wild Hyatt
I grew up in Webster and I
often think of the good times
and good friends of my days
in the Webster Methodist
Church.
The women ot the church
called their organization The
Ladies Aid Society (now the
United Methodist Women).
The group met once a month
in the home of one of their
members. I can just see them
walking down River Road to
my mother's home. For other
meetings they climbed the
red clay hill to Webster. They
had several good times.
The ladies sponsored ice
cream, box and oyster suppers
. These community
events were well attended
and provided fun and enter tainment
for young and old.
These parties were one of the
ways the ladies raised money
for their special projects such
as church and parsonage
repairs. They really were
aides to the church.
Prepa ring welcoming
meals and directing the
" pounding" of a new minister
was another of the ladies' activities.
They always had din-ner
or supper ready for the
family and saw that it was
supplied with staples - a
pound of this and a pound of
that.
Some of the ladies I
remember include Lela
Moore, Eugenia Allison, Lillie
Broyles, Lillie Rhinehart,
Hannah Hall , Dean Frizzell,
Laura Moore, Gracie Hall
Brown, Ella Davis , Nora
Coward, Mattie McKee, Mag
Nicholson, Sallie McConnell,
and of course my mother,
Minnie Wild.
Mr. Lewis Broyles was Sunday
school superintendent
and was loved by all
Professor Robert Lee
Madison was one of the Sunday
school teachers. He
would teach the class with
tears running down his
cheeks.
Uncle Andy Allison would
sit in his pew during
preaching. He would get so
excited that he would shake
all over, but he never uttered
a sound.
My father, Jake Wild, Uncle
John Wild, and Mr.
George McConnell were
faithful church attenders
from our side of the river.
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Webster Methodist Leaders Were
Coleman Hall, though he lived many years in
Mississippi, always supported Webster church.
Gracie Hall Brown, living in
Cullowhee, has continued her loyal·
ty to Webster church.
The Reverend and Mrs. Vero R. Masters
were in Webster in 193J.l933.
Eugenia Moore Allison and her daughter Ruth
were leaders in Sunday school and church.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene McCants
were entertained at a church
dinner in 1977. Sally McConnell
served the dinner.
Janet Highfill, daughter of the Reverend
and Mrs. T. G. Highfill, was three years
old when this photograph was taken in
the parsonage yard.
Rachel Hall in 1907 was Webster's oldest
church member.
Judge Walter E. Moore and his wife were
Webster church members.
Rachel McKee Hall and her husband, L.
C. Hall, brought their children up in the
Webster church.
Summer, 1983 HISTORIC WEBSTER, Page 5
Part of Many Community Events
The Reverend Dale Troutman
served Webster from 1979 until
1981.
Edith Moore Hall and Stella
Broyles Hall.
Mary Jane Fisher (Aunt
Molly), In 1939, was 90
yean old
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Fitzgerald lead the Webster congregation in
1943-1948.
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j i:.~ t~: ·, 4
James W. Terrell was chairman
of the Board of Stewards
in 1907.
Lewis Cannon presided many
years as Sunday sc hool
superintendent.
Captain William A. Enloe was a long
time Webster church member and
church trustee.
Before Judge Felix E. Alley moved to
Haywood County he was a Webster
Methodist Church leader.
Lela Enloe Moore worked with
the Ladies Aid Society.
The Reverend G. A. Hovis
preached in Webster in 1936.
Lillian Gudenrath, Lily Broyles, and Mag
Hooker were church member s and
workers in the Ladies Aid.
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Ministers Were
Life of Webster Village
By Lawrence C. Frizzell
Only a few of the Webster
Methodist Church ministers
are clearly remembered by
me, but two come distinctly to
mind.
I do not remember the first
one at all, but my parents
must have thought highly of
him because they named me
for him, my middle name being
Cordell. That is all I know
of him. (L. T. Cordell served
Webster in 1886-1888.)
The next one is also indistinct
in my mind. His name
was Richards or something
like that. (Could have been J .
S. Ragan, 1900-1901). He used
to ride a very spirited gray
horse when he came to visit
us. I used to think that horse
was about to run away or
throw his rider every time he
came around. That made me
admire him tremendously,
because in those days a good
horseman was something to
be admired.
The last two come clearly to
mind. The first was Mr. C. H.
Clyde, who served during the
early years of the century.
(1906-1908) He had two
daughters, Mabel and Helen,
who were very popular
among the students of our
new Webster school. Mr.
Clyde was a very ardent and
oratorical preacher, and put
on some spectacular performances.
One time he leaped
to the rail around the pulpit
and balanced himself there
for several seconds to emphasize
a point. On another
occasion he put on an impassioned
appeal to care for
those in need, ending each
sentence with "FEED MY
SHEEP" ! He loved to gather
a few of us boys around him
and pray for us. He did this in
the small barn back of the
parsonage instead of the
church, which always puzzled
me.
The fourth one was Mr. J .
A. Peeler. Again I don't
remember just when he served,
(1908-1910) but it was also
early in the century. As nearly
all other men in those days,
he chewed tobacco. And his
favorite "plug " was
"Browne's Mule", only he
pronounced the "mule" as if
it had two syllables, making it
sound like " mu-el" . He probably
had several children,
but I remember only one. His
name was John, and I rescued
him from drowning one day.
A bunch of us boys were
swimming in the river about
half way between the bridge
and the Hall house. There was
a big rock out in the river at
the upper end of the bend, and
another jutting out from the
bank at the lower end. The
water between the two rocks
was pretty deep and
dangerous for one who
couldn't swim. It was in this
deep stretch of water that
Walter Wild drowned in 1906.
John Peeler was one of the
boys swimming there that
day. I happened to be on the
rock at the lower end of the
hole when John started yelling.
We thought he was just
trying to kid us, but when I
looked up to where he was
about the middle of the deep
water I saw his face just as he
went under the water. There
was no question about his being
in trouble, so I dived in
and got to him just as he came
up and grabbed his arm and
started swimming for the
rock at the lower end. Just as
we got near the rock Frank
Coward got there to help, and
we got John up on the rock
and drained him. He was one
scared boy, and I never saw
him swim again. As we were
all probably swimming
without the permission
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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 2 WEBSTER, NORTH CAROLINA SPRING, 1979
On the Scene
with
Lawrence C. Frizzell
''Entertainment''
Entertainments around Webster
in my day were few and far
between, but when the Ingle
Sisters put on a show in the
courtroom everybody turned ot
and enjoyed it to the limit. The
three sisters played violins (fiddles)
with a flair that brought
down the house. There was also
a tight wire act that was pretty
good, and several other things
to round out the show. Afterward
a number of fiddles appeared
in the community and
music was heard over the countryside.
Some of us stretched
wires or ropes between posts
and tried to imitate the tight
rope artists, with scant success.
Social activity was rather
limited in those days. Occasionally
there would be a dance,
or something called a "candy
pullingn to vary the monotomy.
the "candy" was molasses mixed
with a little flour to help
thicken it and boiled until it was
quite thick. When it had cooled
somewhat, a boy and a girl
would grease their palms with
butter, take a big gob of the
mollasses in their hands , and,
facing each other, stretch the
candy between them in loops
and pull it back and forth until it
was smooth, firm , and a little
creamy. It was then placed on
plates and was eaten with much
appreciation.
"Court Week", held twice a
year, also varied the monotomy
a little. " Week" was not quite
accurate, because court usuaJly
lasted two weeks, and brought a
lot of people in to town for the
litigation. In addition to the
jurors and litiga nts , lawyers
from adjoining counties usually
were in attendance. The local
lawyers included Walter E.
Moore, Felix Alley, Will Sherril,
and Coleman Cowan. mr. Moore
usually put on quite a show with
his impassioned speeches in defense
of his clients. Mr. Cowan
occupied an office on the north
side of the courthouse, and his
light, which was visible from
our house above the cemetery,
was almost always shining until
late at night. He later built
himself an office between Mr.
Oscar Coward's store and Captain
Terrill's house where his
secretary , Miss Ethel Leatherwood,
held forth. He later
married her as I remember.
She was able to take shorthand,
which was an unusual accomplishment
in Webster . He met
an untimely death in the early
twenties when his car ran over
him as he was opening a gate up
on Locust Creek. He and his
brother Napoleon, the minister,
were among the most outstanding
of the old residents of
Webster. Another of the outstanding
and brilliant attorneys
was Frank Ray of Franklin.
At that time there were two
hotels , or boarding houses, in
Webster ; the Mountain View
Hotel, owned and operated by
Mr. F. H. Leatherwood, and the
Coward House, owned operated
Continued On Page 3
Mrs. Allison was daughter
of early WNC family
Eugenia Johnston Moore
was 19 years old when
this photograph was
taken. This is a copy of a
tintype.
By Eugenia Johnston Moore Allison
I, was born September 10, 1878 at Brasstown, North Carolina,
Clay County. My parents, Daniel Killian Moore of Buncombe
County, North Carolina , and Matilda Caroline Dickey of Cherokee
County, North Carlina were married October 28, 1868. To this union
five children were born: Fred, Blanche, Harriet, Lucinda
Margaret and I, the youngest. My parents were well educated for
their day and taught us to love reading and other educational
things. I was about six years old when I started to school in a one
room school house with logs for fuel and one teacher and the school
lasted three months with two weeks out for "fodder pulling".
I grew up on a farm where we always had horses, cows, hogs,
sheep, and chickens to supply good food for a growing family.
My father , a son of colonel Charles Moore, was born where Enka
now stands and grew to manhood there, being educated in Sand Hill
Academy. He was born on October 23, 1845. Many of the citizens of
his day were educated there.
My mother, born May 13, 1846, after attending school near her
home went to school at Franklin and boarded with "Uncle Jack"
Johnston and wife, who was cousin Eugenia Siler Johnston. My
mother named me for this very prominent couple of Franklin,
Macon County, North Carolina. My grandmother, Harriet Lowery
Siler, a daughter of Esther Siler, is where we trace our relationship
to the Silers in Macon County.
My grandfather Moore was married twice, first to a Miss
Penland, and to this union was born a son, Hamilton, cousin Walter
Moore's father, and a daug-hter A valine, who married Jack Alvin
Candler, Charlie Candler's grandfather . .In later years he married
Lucinda Killian and there were six children; one daughter,
Margaret Eliza, who married Julius Alexander, and five sons,
including my father,· who was a Confederate veteran ~nd lieutenant.
David was in the Confederate army and was killed and
buried in Richmond, Virginia. J ames was a doctor and a bachelor,
who went to Arkansas and practiced there. Robert was also in the
Confederate army and a captain. Samuel was the youngest and he
went a lso the Arkansas, where he married, lived and died, leavmg
two daughters there. Of the five sons, three of them had o~e son
each and each one made a lawyer and later m hfe each Judge:
Hamilton, cousin Walter 's fath er ; Robert, cousin Charlie's father ;
and Daniel, my father , who was Fred's father was elected the
youngest judge in North Carolina. He died in 1908 a the age of 38.
Continued On Page 2
Webster meant school, church, friends
By Anne Morgan Sea lor
When my father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Morgan,
bought the F . H. Lea therwood
house, on Webster's
Main Street about 1919, and we
moved from Sylva to Webster, I
was six years old. I remember
how excited we children were
about living right in the middle
of Webster, close to school and
church. We did not have to go by
buggy into "Town" anymore,
although that was a big thrill
too.
We enjoyed getting acquainted
with all the new neighbors.
On one side lived Mrs. Eugenia
Allison , who was also the post
master and a marvelous neighbor.
On the other side lived, first
Mr. and Mrs. Swanger and later
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Woody,
and farther up the street, Mrs.
Mattie McKee and just across
the street Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Hoyle. Needless to say they all
had good sized familie.s. which
meant a lot of children to play
with.
There was great excitement
about being able to walk to
school and come home at lunch
time, which we did except in
very bad weather. My first trip
to the school house was with my
older brother, and he timed the
walk to see just how long it took
us. We had instructions for "no
stopping" along the way.
My first visit to Mr. Lewis
Broyles' store was with my
father. I was duly impressed
with him , as he gave me a piece
of candy in the shape and of the
color of a peach. My father probably
paid him for it, but I do
not remember that part of the
story. I think everyone in Webster
loved Mr. Broyles. He was
never in a hurry nor did he loose
patience with any customer.
During the hot summer months,
almost every week-end there
was an ice cream supper in the
natural park in front of his
store. I remember my mother
helping with the arrangements,
and my older brothers were
very good at truning the handles
on the ice cream machines.
Our house was an "L shape"
There was an outside door for
every room, far too many for
my mother to worry about, so
my father tore down two of the
rooms. We had the deepest well
around, about 110 feet I think.
When it came to drawing water
from it I thought it was a mile.
Most of the people who gathered
at the post office twice a day for
their mail , would draw water
from the well, because it was
very cold. We always had a
social time just before "mail
time" and a lot of people would
s it on our front porch waiting
for Mr. Authur Allman, who
carried the mail from Sylva to
Webster for a ll the years I was
in Webster. We enjoyed the
news Mr. Allman brought, and
of course the tales he used to tell
about his experiences, even his
Continued On Page 4 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Morgan, about 1919.
Page 2, HISTORIC WEBSTER, Spring, 1979
Mrs. Eugenia Moore Allison was Webster's
Continued From Page I
My gra ndfather Moore, of Scot Irish descent, left Scotland on
account of religious persecution and went to Ireland. He came to
American and settled in Buncome County. The brother who came
with him settled in South Carolina. I remember my grandfather
and grandmother Dickey very distinctly as I grew up in about a
mile from where they lived and often visited them : My grandfather
was a farmer and businessman and prominent in state and county
affairs and represented Cherokee County in the legislature. After
he died 1 often spent nights with grandma and helped her work
when she had no one to help her about her housekeeping.
My grandmother was a most lovable old lady and lived to a ripe
old age. My father and mother begged her many times in her
declining years to break up housekeeping and come and live with
us , but she wanted to stay in her own home and died there. After
learning as much as it seemed I could, I attended Hayesville High
School a while and went to Aunt Myra Slagles and went to school
there one session ; then later on , when I was almost grown, I lived
at my brother Fred's and went to Asheville Normal School for more
than a year until I went to see the Ringling Circus with my brother,
who introduced a friend of his, a rather attractive and charming
bachelor, who fe ll in love with me at first sight, he a lways said , ahd
he "kinder swept me off my feet". So in one year we ~ot Jllarried.
We lived a good and happy life and had four precious. children ;
Ruth Rebecca , Thomas Brag, Jr ., Daniel Moore, and Isabella
Josephine. Right here I failed to say th is charming bachelor was
the late Thomas Bragg Allison of Webster, Jackson County, North
Carolina . He was a wonderful husband and father and I had never
known a sorrow until he sickened and died with Isabel was six
months old.
At almost 28 years I was left to train , educated and provide for a
growing family with help fro both our good families and relatives.
In the year 1908 after my husband's death in 1906, my mother and
brother Fred died with the terrible typhoid fever and my precious
little Tom sickened and died a few months later.
After my husband 's death I moved to my father 's at Brasstown,
Clay County, and lived there until December, 1908. After my
mother's death , my father decided to move back with me to my
home in Webster, where my ch ildren could haVe the advantage of a
good school, nearby church, and be near cousin Walter Moore and
our good Allison relatives and friends. My father lived with me
until his death in February, 1920. He was a wonderful "Old
Southern Gentleman" and was so much help to me in advising,
controlling and guilding the children (and financially , too l. When
Isa bel was 8 years old I was appointed postmaster at Webster and
served the public to the best of my ability until! was 70 years of age
and was automaticlly retired. My annuity check has been a great
help and comfort to me all these years and enabled me to live in my
own home.
After my children were all married , and in their own homes, my
oldest daughter Ruth, who had married John H. Morris and lived a
happy life, was stricken with cancer and died November 13, 1942,
leaving three precious children , John H. Morris, Jr ., age 10 years,
Thomas Allison Morris, age 7 years and Mary Eugenia Morris, age
5 years. John was a wonderful father for them and he, Florence
Fisher, the faithful colored woman who had lived with them since
John H. Jr. , was born, and I did our best to look after and guide
these precious children until John was married again.
<Editor's Note : Mrs. Eugenia Allison was Webster's postma ster
for thirty-four years. She wrote this biography years after she
retired from her work . "Aunt Gene" was modest in her writing. She
did not say that her grandfather was William Moore, who built the
first house west of the Blue Ridge, that her husband was the first
white child born in Webster. and that she was a mainstay in the
Webster Community. She served on the offic ial board of the
Webster United Methodist Church: she was a Eastern Star
member: and she was a leader of theW. A. Enloe Daughters of the
When Mrs. Allison passed away on Ocotber 17, 1970, at age 92, she
was a great lady, who had the admiration and respect and love of
her family . friends , and neighbors .)
A wedding
Last Wednesday at high noon
the marariage ceremony of
Miss Eugenia Moore and Mr. T.
B. Allison, of Webster , was
solemnized by Rev. J. T. Stover
at the country home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. K. Moore, on Brasstown , 7
miles south of Murphy.
The occasion was characterized
by a lithe quiet happiness of
a home wedding. The bride
wore a becoming dress of li~ht
grey. She is a beautiful girl of
many admirable and attractive
qualities.
The groom stands high in
Jackson county as a business
man and possesses personal
traits that wins friends wherever
he goes.
Following the ceremony a
delicious luncheon was served,
after which the bride and
groom , accompanied by several
friends , left for their future
home at Webster.
On Wednesday night a reception
was given the bridal party
by Mrs. Nettie Dickey at Drummers'
Home, and those who
know that house, so famous for
clever entertaining and unstinted
de licacies, know how that
table was furnished. After supper
the company was entertained
by Col. Walter Moore and
Capt. J. E. Smith with violin
and piano accompaniment by
Miss Mamie Moore. The SCOUT
wishes them much happiness in
their future life.
Miss Maggie Moore accompanied
the bridal party Thursday
morning to Webster.
- From THE CHEROKEE
SCOUT, December 18, 1899.
Row I (L-Rl L 1921 Mrs. Allison on 1
Moore, Dan Allison, Isabel Allison, 1\
Allison and her children were living i
Bragg Allison , Jr., and Isabella Jose[
Hicks Wilson House. The building on
Morris, are in front of the post office
Mrs. Allison and children ( L-R) Rul
Webster home. 4. 1954 Mrs. Allison a
Caroline Matilda Dickey Moore. 2. t
Eugenia Moore Allison.
, post master for 35 years
he steps ol her home (built 1850 by Dr. C.Z. Candler's lather). In the photograph are (L-R) Enloe
:rs. Fred (Lela) Moore, Dan Moore, and Mrs. Allison. 2. 1908 This photograph was taken when Mrs.
n Brasstown, North Carolina. Children (L-R) Daniel Moore Allison, Ruth Rebecca Allison, Thomas
1hine Allison. 3. 1924 Mrs. Allison is in front of her house known as the Gribble House. It was also the
the right was the Masonic Hall. Row 2. t. 1939 Mrs. Allison and her granddaughter, Mary Eugenia
located in the corner of her yard. The mail bags are ready to be picked up by Arthur Allman. 2. 1916
11, Isabel, and Dan are on the porch of their house in Webster. 3. 1958 Mrs. Allison in yard of her
td her sister, Mrs. Blanche Allison. Row 3. I. 1900 Mrs. Allison's parents, Daniel Killian Moore and
()2 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bragg Allison and their daughter Ruth Rebecca in Webster. 3. 1958 Mrs.
HISTORIC WEBSTER, Spring, 1979, Page 3,
Recollections
by
Janice Monteith Blanton
"Mrs. Eugenia Allison"
I remember the winter I
stayed at night with Mrs. Allison,
londly relerred by many
as "Aunt Gene," for a remark·
able "salary" ol 50 cents a
week! She usually spent the
winter in Florida with her
daughter, Isabel Carleton , but
for some reason she chose to
spend this particular winter in
Webster, with me, a teenager,
recruited as her nightly "guardian.
" We lived next door, and I
would go over to Mrs. Allison's
each night around eight o'clock.
Mrs. Allison, a d!gnified southern
lady, was remarkable in
many ways. Rather ta ll , she
was usually dressed in a cotton
dress which always looked
freshly pressed. Her snow white
hair was very carefully pinned
up on her head in a becoming
style. constantly whistling and
singing, Mrs. Allison was consistently
happy. She always
greeted me cheerlully, and we
would sit together by the lireplace
and chat or listen to
records. One ol the hit records I
particularly enjoyed on these
evenings was " Mockingbird
Hill." In r eflection, I am amazed
at how contentedly she, an
elderly lady in her eighties,
shared my musical interests
and seemed so sincerely interested
in my teenage involvements
that we discussed during
these nightly visits.
Each night when we were
ready for bed, Mrs. Allison
would take two old-fashioned
irons sitting by the fireplace
and carelully wrap each with a
heavy towel or cloth. Our
bedrooms were unheated and
Col. Frizzell
often icy cold in winter. When
we went uostairs to bed. the last
thing Mrs. Allison did each
nigh-t was to open the two double
windows in our rooms four to
five inches wide- no matter
what the temperature was outside-
and place one of the carefully
wrapped warm irons at my
feet. She would then cheerlully
bid me " Good Night" and take
the other iron to her room to
use.
Each morning , I awaken to
the cheery sound of her voice,
calling me to breakfast. Shivering,
I would rush downstairs to
the warm kitchen, heated primarily
by a small, portable oil
heater, to enjoy a hot breaklast
or bacon , eggs, and the best
toast I've ever eaten, made on
an old toaster which " pressed"
the bread tightly.
I suppose the heated iron was
a forerunner of the electric
blanket; however, at the time, I
remember thinking that opening
windows in the dead of
winter was a terrible idea. But,
looking back on the experience,
I realize that that winter was
one of the healthiest of my lile 1
Certainly, the nightly companionship
of such a line lady made
it one of my most memorable.
Who knows , perhaps that cool,
fresh night air was one of Mrs.
Allison 's secrets for living such
a long and healthy lile?
Janice Monteith Blanton will
continue to write a feature for
lollowing issues ol HISTORIC
WEBSTER. Mrs. Blanton grew
up in Webster. She will report
on people in the village whom
she remembers.
Court Week Fun
Continued From Page I
by Mr. Nathan and Mrs. Sophia
Coward. She was known by
everybody as "Aunt Soph"
(Both these houses burned in
the 1910 lire). The two hotels
were totally inadequate to handle
all the court week visitors,
so they spread out into the
country wherever they could
find accommodations. We barely
had room for all the members
of our family , but during court
week we had many guests,
lriends or my father throughout
the county. My mother would
make "pallets" on the floor for
these guests, and they seemed
happy with the primitive arrangements.
Colonel Lawrence C. Frizzell,
a son of W. D. and Ellen Long
Frizzell. was born in Webster
November 25, 1891. After school
in Webster and college at North
Georgia, he was given a commission
in the army in 1917. He
retired in 1946 and he and his
wife now live in Fort Myers,
Florida.
Colonel Frizzell's column now
is a re_gular l'eature in HISTORIC
WEBSTER and in the
next issue he will write about
"Preachers."
AJIIIIJ!MIIIMlD. ~HISTORIC~
't'1 I'i ·;-\i~ WEBSTE! newsletler ol the Webster Historical Society, Inc.
Spring. 1979 Webster. North Carolina 28788
Editor Joe P. Rhinehart
Contributors : Janice Montieth Blanton, Lawrence C. Frizzell.
Isabel Allison Carlton. Mary Morris, Anne Morgan
Seal or
Published quarterly by the Webster Historical Society and
printed by the Hera ld Publishing Company, Sylva, North
Carolina
Page 4, HISTORIC WEBSTER, Spring, 1979
Morgans had stamina of the pioneer family
Continued From Page 1
hearty laugh, always left everyone
in a good mood.
My father, who was a carpenter
by trade, worked away
from home a great deal of time.
frantic when I returned. I was
so frightened after it was all
over, I cried.
My father loved horses and
kept at least one for many years
after he bought a car. In his
almost two weeks later. He had
a wild time picking the feathers
off the chickens to make chicken
broth. A cook he was not, but
he really tried, and the people
did survive. We laughed many
Anne Morgan Sealor remembers the Leatherwood House as looking like this when
the Morgan family moved there in 1919. -
I recall he worked on a lot of
dams being built in Georgia and
Tennessee. Tullulah Falls was a
early one, then Alcoa , Calderwood,
Tennessee Valley, and
Chickamauga. I'm sure there
were others, but I do not
remember them. He traveled on
horseback for a long time, and
then he bought a Model-T Ford.
When he brought it home all the
older children got to drive it
alone down to the school house
and back. I had never been
under a steering wheel, but my
father said the only way to learn
to drive was just like swimming;
in other words, we were
tossed into the water. I made
my trip fine , but my mother was
James, 1944
What has become of the six
Morgan children?
James (1009·1976 ~ joined the
navy in 1927. After working in
the Akron, Ohio, rubber fac·
tories, he worked for thirty
years at the Western Carolina
Sanatorium in Black Mountain.
l-Ie married Margaret Alcox
earlier life he had depended on
his "team" for a livelihood. He
hauled lumber from Caney
Fork to Sylva when he and my
mother were first married, on
November 24, 1907. After they
moved to the "hollow" he kept a
couple of horses for the grandchildren
to ride, but my mother
used to say, he fooled no one
with that story. He just loved
having the animals around.
I vividly recall one very bad
winter, about 1920, when everyone
in the town had influenza
and my dad was the only one
who did not. He tried to take
care of everyone. He went for a
doctor, but he was so busy he
could not come
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