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The Webster Trio, March 1, 1991
No full textThis is the concert program of the Webster Trio performance on Friday, March 1, 1991 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Leonard Bernstein, Lament for Solo Flute by Theodore Antoniou, Etudes for Solo Flute, Op. 20 by John Heiss. Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Piano by Ton de Leeuw, Syrinx for Solo Flute by Claude Debussy, Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun by Claude Debussy and Michael Webster, I Remember Lynn by Michael Webster, and Trio Sonatina by Martin Amlin. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund
Hancock Chamber Players, Martin Webster, French Horn
No full textMartin Webster, French Horn, Lehigh University Adjunc
Lewis Webster Jones
No full textJones getting into U of A presidents car. On verso: [photo. Stamp]. 11-'51. [sticker for engr. as ordered by Arkansas Alumnus]. Lewis Webster Jones.Lewis Webster Jones (1899-1975) was President of the University of Arkansas, 1947-1951
T. B. L. Webster, Greek Theatre Production
No full textMartin Victor. T. B. L. Webster, Greek Theatre Production. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 26, fasc. 1, 1957. pp. 219-221
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
Valuing live music: The UK Live Music Census 2017 report
No full textThe UK’s first ever national live music census took place in 2017. For 24 hours from noon on Thursday 9th March, volunteers in cities across the country went out and about to live music events, from pub gigs to massed choirs to arena concerts. Live music censuses took place in our three primary snapshot cities of Glasgow, Newcastle-Gateshead and Oxford while affiliate censuses also ran in Brighton, Leeds and Southampton on 9-10 March and in Liverpool on 1-2 June, the affiliates led by members of UK Music’s Music Academic Partnership (MAP). The intention of the census project was to help measure live music’s social, cultural and economic value, discover what challenges the sector is facing and inform policy to help live music flourish.
Recent years appear to have been extremely challenging for live music venues, particularly those at the smaller end of the spectrum. There have been numerous media reports of British music venues closing because of property development and gentrification of once lively musical neighbourhoods. This is due not only to the conversion or even demolition of some venues, but also development around venues and the ensuing noise complaints from venues’ new residential neighbours. At the time of writing, a number of venues have voiced concerns about threats to their future. These include Glasgow’s King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Bristol’s Thekla, and London’s Café Oto, the latter an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
The UK Live Music Census provides further evidence that smaller venues are facing a ‘perfect storm’ of issues at present which is affecting their long-term viability and sustainability. Some of these are internal – for example, equipment or building repairs. Many are external, such as increased business rates, strict licensing laws and the aforementioned nearby property development.
The report draws on survey data, both quantitative and qualitative, to bridge the current knowledge gap about the specific relationship between the value of live music on the one hand and the current challenges facing the UK’s live music sector on the other. It also draws on eighteen semi-structured profile interviews with individual musicians and venue workers in order to provide illustrative examples of some of these challenges. Workers from small music venues and (music) bars/pubs form the majority of the interviewees – and, indeed, a key focus of the report – as this currently appears to be the area of the sector facing the most pressing challenges. We hope that by focusing on this vital but often hidden sphere of activity and value, the live music ecology of the UK as a whole will benefit.
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This Item is part of the DataShare Collection "UK Live Music Census" https://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3028 . Files containing associated data:
* Webster, Emma; Brennan, Matt; Behr, Adam; Cloonan, Martin; Ansell, Jake. (2018). UK Live Music Census toolkit, [interactive resource]. University of Edinburgh. ECA. Reid School of Music. https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2312.
* Brennan, Matt; Behr, Adam; Cloonan, Martin; Webster, Emma "UK Live Music Census 2017 data for DataVault" (2018) https://doi.org/10.7488/206fa213-30d1-4a2c-84fe-5b5ba83ac62e .This Item is part of the DataShare Collection "UK Live Music Census" https://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3028 . Files containing associated data:
* Webster, Emma; Brennan, Matt; Behr, Adam; Cloonan, Martin; Ansell, Jake. (2018). UK Live Music Census toolkit, [interactive resource]. University of Edinburgh. ECA. Reid School of Music. https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2312.
* Brennan, Matt; Behr, Adam; Cloonan, Martin; Webster, Emma "UK Live Music Census 2017 data for DataVault" (2018) https://doi.org/10.7488/206fa213-30d1-4a2c-84fe-5b5ba83ac62e
Webster, Henry Martin
No full textHarry Webster - sonhttps://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-ch-memoranda-1926/1094/thumbnail.jp
Historic Webster Vol. 4 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.WEBSTER, i\OHTII CAROLINA SPRING 1977
James W. Buchanan
J. W. Buchanan, former sheriff
of Jackson County and United
States Marshall, was one of a
long line of highly respected
elected officials who have served
Jackson County well. And in
writing of him , it is impossible to
ignore his sturdy pioneer heri~
tage, which contributed much to
his character and values.
Although the Buchanan Clan
originally had its ancestral roots
on the River Forth in the highlands
of Scotland, this particular
branch of the family found its
way to this country and to the
state of Pennsylvania where
Andrew Buchanan settled. He
was one of the brothers of William
Buchanan, who along with
other members of the family,
originated the Buchanan Estate
located in the state of New York.
The afore mentioned Andrew was
the grandfather of James Buchanan,
a pioneer settler of this
area.
James Buchanan was said to be
the first white man to settle south
of the Tuckaseigee River, which
was Indian territory until the
Treaty of 1819 when the state of
North Carolina took over the
entire Tuckaseigee Valley. Although
it is claimed that there
are three non-related groups of
Buchanans in this area, numerous
Jackson and Macon County
families are descendents of this
same James Buchanan and share
a common heritage.
It is not known just when
James Buchanan, born December
25, 1765, came to Western
North Carolina; but it is a matter
of record that in the year 1821 he
and his wife Martha Black Buchanan,
born in 1770, were among
the ten organizing members of
what is now known as the Cullowhee
Baptist Church. At that time
the church was a small building
of logs erected at the mouth of
Bumgarner Branch, about a half
mile from what was to become
the town of Webster. In order to
organize this new church, these
ten pioneers had received letters
of dismissal from the Locust Old
Field Baptist Church, indicating
that they had already been in this
area for some time.
In March 1829, when a group of
early settlers gathered for the
purpose of organizing Macon
County , James Buchanan was
among them and was administered
an oath of office as a
Justice of the Peace. Old deeds
proclaim the sale of land in the
Savannah area to James Buchanan
; and one, dated 1839 in
Macon County, describes the land
as being located on the Little
East Fork of the Savannah River
"being part of the lands lately
acquired by treaty from the
Cherokee Indians;" thus adding
to his holdings there. Of course,
to this day there are Buchanans
and other descendents living on
this very land where they truly
Mr. and Mrs. James Wesley Buchanan (1925) .
have their roots.
In 1835 the Savannah Baptist
Church was organized with 22
members, under the auspices of
the Cullowhee Baptist Church;
and in its cemetery Martha and
James Buchanan lie buried ,
along with many prominent settlers
of the Tuckaseigee Valley
and their descendents.
The various children of James
and Martha Buchanan married
into the Gribble, Styles, Cowan,
Wilson, Higdon, Crisp, and Colvert
familes. One son, James
Buchanan Jr. was the father of
William Osborne Buchanan and
the grandfather of Corsey C.
Buchanan about whom an article
was written in the 1976 Summer
issue of Historic Webster.
Another son, Joseph, was the
grandfather of J. W. Buchanan ;
and it was with this grandfather
that young Jim, his brother Dave,
and their sister Mary spent some
of their growing up years in the
family home in the East Fork
area. Their own father, another
James Buchanan, was killed at
the age of 28 in the Battle of
Gettysburg and is buried in the
National Cemetery there. Their
mother , Rebecca Bryson Buchanan,
who was the daughter of
Daniel and Lucinda Bryson, died
at the age of 32, thus leaving the
children orphaned.
As a young man , Jim married
Alma Dills of Webster, a daughter
of John Ramsey Dills, who
was a lawyer , surveyor, and
Jackson County's second representative
in the state legislature.
Her mother was Margaret Allman
Dills, daughter of William
Allman and Mary Love Allman.
The Dills family reared two other
daughters , Emma Dills and Ida
(Mrs. W. W. Rhinehart> .
Following the wedding ceremony
, the young couple left
Webster for the farm near Dillsboro
V'here they were to set up
housekeeping. The late Mrs. J. R.
Long , the former Miss Sadie
Brown, daughter of the Hamilton
Browns of Cullowhee, happened
to be visiting relatives in Webster
on the day of the wedding. In
later years she remarked on what
a handsome couple this pair
made as they drove away in th~ir
horse and buggy.
In addition to farming, J . W.
Buchanan was employed by the
Blue Ridge Lumber Company
and had a unique experience
following the great flood of 1894.
He made a trip alone down the
Tuckaseigee all the way to the
junction of the Tennessee and
Holston Rivers at Lenoir City,
Tennessee , ~ located between
Chattanooga and Knoxville. The
purpose of this trip was to inven-
Front row , left to right: Margaret, James Wesley Buchanan,
Clyde, Alma Dills Buchanan; back row, lelt to right: Ramsey, Elba
and Emma Dills Buchanan. (Approximately 1898.)
tory and mark lost logs for the Cerressie Alexander of Commercompany.
This required several ce, Georgia.
months time , after which he sold In 1910 when J. W. Buchanan
his canoe and returned to Dills- was elected sheriff of Jackson
boro by train. County the family moved to Web-
In order to provide for the ster. At this time Elba was
religious and educational needs married and Ramsey was away
of his family , Mr. Buchanan was at school, coming home only for
one of the founders of the Church- vacations. The living quarters for
Academy in Dillsboro, along with tfle family were located in the jail
such citizens as W. A. Dills, J. J . itself ; and Edith Moore Hall
Mason, W. A. Enloe, John Mon- remembers the informal atmos-teith,
S. T. Early, Frank Merrick, ph ere of the jail and how she and
Pink Conner, Allen Parris, Jim Margaret Buchanan enjoyed
Parris, C. M. Dills, H. T. Snyder, playing piano duets in the living
Lindsay Bumgarner and others. quarters. She remembers that
The first teacher was a Mr. one prisoner was very adept at
Hughes, a stern disciplinarian ; picking the banjo ; and the two
and he was succeeded by a Mr. girls often visited him and were
House, who was even more quite impressed with his musical
severe in his discipline. Later talent.
Misses Maggie and Hattie Moore It must have been the custom
taught at this school. The first for prisoners to bring their musi-minister
to hold services in the cal instruments to jail with them
new building was the Rev. Wilse because Clyde Buchanan, who
Ensley. has lived in Cleveland, Ohio for
many years, writes that on one
Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan reared occasion the music became so
four children on their farm which loud that his father went to
was known for its outstanding investigate and discovered that
apple orchard. They were Elba the loud music was to cover up
(Mrs. John Leatherwood) , Mar- the sound of sawing a hole in the
garet (Mrs. Grover Wllkes ), floor.
James Ramsey , who married From several sources have
Miss Annie Long of Sylva, and come the information that Sheriff
Clyde, who married Miss Bessie Continued On Page 2
Page 2 HISTORIC WEBSTER, Spring, 1977
Confederate Capt. J. Ramsey Dills
Writes As A Prisoner Of War
J. Ramsey Dills
DIED
In Webster at 10 o'clock, p.m.,
on Monday the 15th of March
1875, J. Ramsey Dills, Esq.,
Attorney at Law, in the 45th year
of his age. He was born and
raised within two miles of his
present residence in this village,
has filled many responsible position
in his native county, such as
school teaching, surveying, farming
and practicing law once represented
the county in the lower
house of the General Assembly of
N. C. Did active service as an
officer and soldier in the Confederate
army, was captured at
Cumberland Gap and suffered a
long imprisonment at Camp
Douglass, and since the war has
been actively engaged in the
varied duties of a citizen, and
striving to improve his property,
cultivate his intellect, and meet
the wants of an interesting family.
For nearly seven months he
has been the subject of severe
afflictions, which he bore with
uncommon patience and fortitude,
and with christian resignation
yielded his spirit to "God
who gave it," about 10 o'clock
this evening. His intelligence,
position , cheerful disposition and
enterprising habits endeared him
to many friends , and his loss
must be felt as a serious calamnity
to our community.
Military Prison,
Johnson's Island, Ohio
Nov.l7th,l863
My Dear Margaret,
I am well except rheumatism. I
have written to you three times
since I came here. I have
received no news from Dixie by
letter since (I) have been captured.
In each I have written
from here I have informed you of
the death of W. B. Buchanan, but
as they have probably failed to
reach your hand I will again say
to you that he died at Lexington,
Ky. on the 21st of Sept. from the
effects of a fall he received that
day by the team running away
with the ambulance in which he
and myself were riding.
I also got my left arm so badly
mashed that I can use it but little
yet. Lts. Bryson, Wilson and
Allison are here and well. The
enlisted men of my company are
at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.
I received a letter from W. A.
Dills the lith of this instant. The
Co. was all well and there has
been no death in the Co. since
they got here.
You will write to me at this
place marked on the back of the
envelop-"For Flag of Truce"
via "City Point"-after you have
directed it to me at this place in
care of "Col. Beirson." Remember
me to Emma, Ida and Alma. I
am anxious to hear from you. I
would like to see you all much
better. But I have no idea when I
will have that pleasure. A letter
containing any war news will not
be allowed to pass to us.
Yours as ever
J. Ramsey Dills
This letter w.as written to
Captain Dills ' wife, Margaret
Allman Dills. Emma, Ida and
Alma were the Dills' daughters.
In later years Ida became Mrs.
W. W. Rhinehart ; Alma, Mrs. J.
W. Buchanan, the sheriff's wife;
and Emma never married.
Captain Dills was Mrs. Audrey
Goddard's great-great-grandfather.
The Dills were living in
Webster on what later became
the Tompkins property.
The W. A. Dills referred to in
the letter was a brother of
Ramsey and the father of Mrs.
Gertrude McKee, Mrs. Minnie
Gray and Mrs. Beulah Weaver.
The Webster
Cemetery
By Mary Morris
The cemetery is a nice place.
My daddy takes us there. He
drives our car up the muddy
road , that goes around and
around. Our little Oldsmobile
slides and slips, and Daddy gets
red, and I let the water jug turn
over. My two older brothers fight
across the car seat, and my
Granny can't stop them because
she has her hands full of flowers.
I like Granny's yellow flowers.
They are the only flowers that
bloom this early in the spring.
Granny told me so. They have
tee-tiny, yellow petals growing
here and there on long green
stems. Though I am only five, I
help Granny pick them. We go out
early in the morning and walk
across the juicy ground to the
big bush. She clips the stems off
with her scissors and I hold them.
The cold air and the yellow buds
and the broken , green stems
smell good and make me want to
run across the lawn.
Granny always gathers enough
flowers to put on the graves of all
Continued On Page 6
He leaves a wife and three
daughters, father , mother, brothers
and sisters, as well as
numerous relatives, with all of
whom he seems to have been
quite a favorite, to mourn this sad
bereavement.
We deeply regret to learn , from
the Herald, of the death of J .
Ramsey Dills, Esq., a prominent
citizen of Jackson county , which
took place at his residence on the
15th March. The family of Mr. D.
have the sincere sympathy of all
in this their great loss.
James W. Buchanan • • • Continued from page 1
Buchanan did not carry a gun.
Clyde recalls that his father had
been in office two years before
buying a gun , and that he does not
remember his father carrying it.
In this present age, it is hard to
realize the difficulty of travel in
this spread out county in the
early part of the century. Dr.
Wayne McGuire remembers going
with Sheriff Buchanan to the
Canada section to bring in a
woman who had killed her husband.
The trip required so much
time that they had to spend the
night along the way, taking turns
sleeping so she would not escape.
The day~ in Webster came to an
end when Sylva became the
county seat, and the Buchanans
were the first family to occupy
the living quarters in the new jail
there.
After completing his second
term in office, the former sheriff
and his family were happy to
return to their life on the farm.
For a number of years , in
addition to· farming, J. W. Buchanan
and his son-in-law, John
Leatherwood owned and operated
the Buchanan-Leatherwood
Store in Dillsboro; and many are
the tales that were spun about
their experiences as merchants.
Jim Buchanan is remembered
by those who knew him as one
with a twinkle in his eyes, who
never really grew old. His sense
of humor and story-telling abilities
seem to be Buchanan traits
shared by his brother, Dave,
Dave's son John Wesley, and
handed down to his own sons
Ramsey and Clyde in full measure.
Many have stated that in writing
about Jim Buchanan, his
life-long love of fishing should not
be overlooked. He was a skilled
and dedicated angler, going up on
Deep Creek and into the innermost
reaches of what is now the
Great Smoky Mountain National
Park, as well as fishing the
creeks and streams nearer home.
Bill Davis Buchanan remembers
his father, John Wesley, and his
Uncle Jim stocking the streams
up on Panther Knob, (sometimes
called Painter Knob) and later
bringing Clyde along for the
fishing expeditions.
In addition to fishing, other
pursuits were beekeeping (and
the quality of his honey was a
source of great pride) and the
growing of many varieties of
apples. The apple orchard was
not only a source of great satisfaction,
but it also produced
income even until the year of his
death.
There were always many visitors
to the farm, and the Buchanans
were known for their hospitality.
In fair weather, the large
spread·<mt front porch was put to
good use when friends dropped by
to see Jim with the faithful dog,
Jack, invariably sitting at his
master's side. The conversation
was always cheerful and spiced
with bursts of laughter.
After a brief illness, this good
and kind man died at his home in
November, 1934, leaving behind
his wonderful life partner of over
fifty years. And, as with so many
friends of his generation, his
funeral service was conducted by
the Reverend Thad Dietz, who
had such a wide ministry in this
area. It has always seemed very
poignant that on the day of the
funeral the beloved dog, Jack,
left the farm and was never seen
again.
James Wesley Buchanan lies
buried at Parris Cemetery at
Dillsboro, along with other members
of his family.
By Mrs. Audrey Buchanan
Goddard, daughter of Ramsey
Buchanan and granddaughter of
Sheriff Jim Buchanan.
Sources used were ; The Geneology
of the Buchanan Family by
William Davis Buchanan and J .
R. Buchanan; A History of Dillsboro
by Minnie Dills Gray;
Mountain Memories by Lawrence
Wood ; and Panorama of
Progress "Baptists in Jackson
County" by Prof. E. H. Stillwell.
Woman Of The Week
Petite, silver-haired Miss Lucy
Hedden looks like a quaint photograph
from an old picture album
on "Old Day" at Crossnore
School, Inc. It will not take place
until July , but Miss Lucy, manager
of the Sale Store, begins
preparation immediately after
Christmas. The store is supplied
with used clothing, household
goods , books and jewelry by
individuals , organizations and
business places from all over the
United States and is patronized
by local people as well as citizens
from surrounding territory and
summer tourists.
Miss Lucy's idea of having one
day a year when all the "old
things" are displayed , with
workers dressed in costume, has
become an institution, very successful
and looked forward to
with great enthusiasm.
It is rather interesting how
Miss Lucy came to Crossnore.
Born in Glenville, she lived with
her parents in Pisgah Forest
where her father, E. C. Hedden
was in the lumber business. After
his retirement to Webster, Miss
Lucy continued to look after her
parents during their lifetime.
When left alone she decided to
seek employment in Brevard.
While en route to Asheville on a
shopping trip, her bus seat-mate
was a little girl on the way to
Crossnore School. The brighteyed
child, after sizing Miss Lucy
up, said, "Why don 't you come to
Crossnore and be our housemother?"
On the spur of the moment
Miss Lucy wrote her name on a·
scrap of paper and gave it to the
girl who in turn related the incident
to Miss Blanche Welch, a
teacher and Dean of Girls. Miss
Welch, a former school-mate of
Miss Lucy's, now lives at 18
Tryon St., West Asheville.
Letters were exchanged and
eventually Dr. Mary Martin
Sloop asked Miss Lucy to be
housemother to about 35 girls in
an old dormitory, since replaced.
The DAR sponsored school now
has 800 to 900 students and approximately
200 boarders. Miss
Lucy served in other places, had
charge of the dining room and
has been in charge of the store for
nine years.
After "Old Day" she begins to
get ready for Christmas . In
September she and another worker
repair to the "Bird Cage," an
attic room above the teacherage.
There they assemble and fill bags
for each child and staff member
on the campus. The store reopens
following the holidays and another
year begins.
Miss Lucy has added another
holiday to the school calendar as
well as a charming and beloved
personality to the staff. (Staff
photo from the Asheville Citizen
in the 1950's.)
INFANT
DIES
Little J . Ramsey, infant son of
William W. and Ida Rhineheart,
of Webster, N.C., died October 5,
1883, aged four years , six months,
and 28 days, the joy and pride of
his fond parents. Peaceful be his
slumber and bright his awaking.
A FRIEND.
Page 3 HISTORIC WEBSTER, Spring, 1977
Portrait Of A Mountain Woman
Two years old
In Webster
· ~o s,Ji~
I
Teen-ager
Miss Lucy is Webster's Aunt,
who left home, but always returned.
It was always back to Webster
that she came for holidays, for
vacations, back to the big white
family house on the hill.
Whe she retired from Crossnore
she came home to stay.
She is the mountain woman - a
pretty baby, a beautiful girl , an
intelligent woman, unafraid , a
loving sister and a graceful lady.
Layout and script by
Joe P. Rhinehart
At Crossnore
The Pisgah camp
In the forest
The Family- Myrtle, Jim, George, Lucy, Herbert
Page 4 HISTORIC WEBSTER, Spring, 1977
InterView With Joe Parker Rhinehart Is Advisor
Claude Cowan Sword And Shield
The greater parts of the following
are excerpts from Claude
Cowan's recollections of Webster
given in an interview with Mary
Morris in 1975. Some additional
information was supplied later by
Mr. Cowan.
Wiring-Up Webster
I think the idea to make
electricity available to public use
must have come to C. J. Harris
when the nickel mines at Webster
were generating their own power.
Mr. Harris, a number of years
before Webster got electricity,
had run a power line from
Dillsboro to Webster to operate
motors that pumped water from
the Tuckasegee River up to the
clay mines owned and operated
by him. So, since the power line
was already in the area, we
decided to wire-up Webster and
give the people lights. This was
about 1918, a good many years
after Sylva and Dillsboro already
had them.
<According to the December 17
1909 issue of the Jackson County
Journal , C. J. Harris had built a
dam on the Tuckasegee River at
Dillsboro and installed an elect-
. ric plant at the Harris Roller Mill
for the purpose of furnishing
lights to Sylva and Dillsboro.
Electric power was also made
available to the Harris-Reece
Tannery in Sylva. But it was not
until March 17, 1911 that the
electric lights were in operation).
My brother -in-law, Jerry Moody,
who had attended N.C. State
for two years , and was an
independent electrical contractor
in Jackson County, was hired by
the Sylva-Dillsboro Electric
Light Company to do the job of
wiring Webster.
I was a teen-age boy with no
training, but I worked as a helper
to Jerry. I think the first house we
wired in Webster was the Madison
's . The next was the Joe Davis
house down on the creek. Of
course all the wires were exposed-
fastened on the walls and
ceiling. The only lighting fixture
was a drop cord from the center
of the ceiling. There were no
switches or outlets in the rooms.
We also got electric lights
across the river in our old home
over there and into the Baptist
Church.
The rates were a flat $1.50 a
month and continued at that for
years. Finally, people began to
use some electrical appliances
and meters had to be installed. In
the 1920's, after I was employed
by the Sylva-Dillsboro Electric
Light Company, I installed the
first meters for Jackson County.
All power used over the amount
allowed by the flat rate cost
extra , ten cents a kilowatt hour.
The Light Company maintained
a repair shop in Sylva where
Jerry Moody, now plant supervisor
for the company , and I
worked on meters and other
items. The shop also sold electric
stoves and refrigerators. I sold
and installed the first stove in the
county for Kenyon Moody. The
first refrigerator was sold by me
to Uncle Rex Moody, Kenyon's
father. He was running a dairy at
that time. I think Raymond Glenn
of Sylva bought the second one.
Mr. Oscar Coward of Webster
bought a refrigerator from us,
but he would run it only in the
summer time. He said he had a
well
THE MUSIC OF MARTIN AMLIN MARTIN AMLIN, piano (guest) LEONE BUYSE, flute and alto flute MIMMI FULMER, soprano (guest) CYNTHIA MEYERS, piccolo (guest) MICHAEL WEBSTER, clarinet Monday, January 25, 1999 8:00 p.m. Lillian H Duncan Recital Hall
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