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Historic Webster Vol. 5 No. 2

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  • Historic 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 V, N0.2 WEBSTER, NORTH CAROLINA SPRING, 1978 Col. Lawrence C. Frizzell, U.s. Arn1y (Ret.) I was born in Webster Nov. 25, 1891, the 7th of the eight children of W. D. and Ellen Long Frizzell. Florence was the oldest; then, in order, Joe, Julia, John, Will, Nan, Lawrence and Walter. Walter is buried in Arlington National Cemetery; Joe and Will , in Texas ; and Florence, John and Nan are buried with our parents in the Webster Cemetery. Will served in the Artillery in France and Walter in the Navy during World War I. Julia Frizzell Stewart (Mrs. John Stewart) and I are the only ones remaining. She was 96 years old Nov. 23, 1977, and is presently in Pied· mont Nursing Home, Greenville, S.C. First School My schooling began in the old Love's Chapel Church (now Love's Field.) The school lasted fo ur months, from August through November. There was only one teacher for all grades, and for as many as forty stu· dents. She had an old wooden blackboard and a few pieces of chalk as teacher's aides. Her methods were old fashioned, but effective, as was the discipline she exercised. And the discipline was strict and certain, as we all learned immediately. She kept a long hickory switch in the corner, and there was never any hesi· laney in using it. And there was never any parental objection to her punishments. On the con· trary, a kid who got a thrashing usually got another when he got home and his father learned about it. At least it was that way with me. In these days, when "Johnny can't read" is heard everywhere, it is amazing to remember that every student in that old school could not only read, but also could spell, write , and do arithmetic. We had no gymnasium nor playground equipment of any sort. If we wanted to play baseball, which we all did, we made our own baseballs and bats. And we were quite ingenious in devising and making other things to keep us amused and occupied. One of the things I remember most clearly was a "Flying Jenny" which we made in the woods near the school. We cut off a small tree about four feet from the ground and made a spindle at the top of the stump, then cut a long pole about sixteen feet long, bored a hole in the middle to fit over the spindle, and we were in business. We greased the spindle, and fitted the pole over the spindle. Then with a kid strad· dling each end, with a bigger student to push the pole around, we had a crude merry-go-round. The bolder kids would sit unright on the pole, but the more timid ones like myself would hug the pole with both arms and legs. The pusher, walking around near the stump, could push that thing around with terrific speed, and the riders had to cling on for dear life to keep from being tossed off. The teachers I remember were Miss Maybelle Peek, Miss Mattie Rigdon, Miss Lillian Stillwell, and my Uncle Will Long. Some of them must have served more than one term, for I went to school at Love's Chapel from about 1897 to 1904. At the end of the school term we always had what we called an ''Entertainment" . Some of the students were selected to recite or sing, or whatever they could do best. We did whatever the teach­er told us to do. Professor Madison was always ready to assist on these occasions, and at one of them he came with his guitar and sang, among other selections, "Yankee Doodle." It was the first time I had ever heard the song. There used to be revival meet­ings (protracted meetings as they were called then) during the school term . They would hold one service at eleven o'clock in the morning , and of course the students had to sit through it. It was most boring, except when one of those hell fire and damna­tion preachers was in the pulpit, which made a lively couple of hours. He would really roast the sinners, and had us kids scared half to death. The "mourners" would come up front and confess their sins, with an occasional "Hallelujah" when they felt they had overcome the devil. Further Schooling When the Webster School was finished, about 1905 if I re­member correctly, everybody started going there instead of attending the smaller schools at River Hill and Love's Chapel. At Webster we had several teachers, more and better equipment, and even a small library, with prob­ably fifty books. The school term lasted considerably longer, as much as six or seven months. Mr. Wike was the first principal, and I think Tom Gribble also taught that year. Other teachers were Miss Gracie Hall , Miss Hunni­cutt, Miss March and others whose names I can't recall. Mr. Gray was principal for one year; Professor Few Shipman, for two years, with a Mr. Allen, if I remember correctly, serving between the Shipman terms. Then we had a principal whose name I do not remember who served one term. He had been superintendent of schools in Ral­eigh, but his health failed and he came to the mountains to re­cuperate. Miss Gracie Hall was a won­derful person and about the best teacher I ever knew. She was stern but everybody loved her. I don 't remember that she ever had any disciplinary problems, but if she had she would have handled them without any trou­ble. She has always been my favorite teacher. Professor Shipman was a great principal and a great teacher. The most imaginative bit of teaching I ever had was put on by him one day in the physiology class. The subject was digestion, and he went through the entire process, emphasizing each step. H~ developed tuberculosis . Hoping that the dry climate would help, he later moved to New Mexico or Arizona, but he died out there at a very early age. In those days students were usually submissive and the thought of defying authority sel­dom entered their heads. But on one occasion a large group of us played truant and went over to Big Savannah Creek for the day. A lumber company had built from the upper reaches of the creek to Dillsboro a flume through which lumber was float­ed from the sawmill to the railroad. In places it was fifteen or twenty feet above the ground. The flume was about three feet wide and two feet deep, and the water rushed through it like a mill race, the boards floating on and in the water. It must have taken almost as much lumber to build the thing as they shipped to Dillsboro. We played along that flume nearly all day, trying to ride the boards in it. It was quite a trick, and everybody had a great time. We stopped by Mrs. Hall 's home and she gave us lunch. She had a big pot of beans, which we cleaned up completely, and bread and butter and milk, and other foods that tasted mighty good. In school we studied history, grammar, Latin, algebra, geom­etry, geography, and many other subjects. A lot of emphasis was placed on handwriting, and most of the students could write exceptionally well. We had a course in civil government, with special emphasis on state govern­ment. The school was called a "graded school," but later in-· eluded all twelve grades. In 1911 I wen-t to Fruitland Institute at Hendersonville for my last year of high school. My going there was largely due to Professor Shipman's influence. Lucy Hedden also went there that year. Looking back on that year now it seems that I must have "majored" in baseball. I was the catcher ; Arthur Patillo was the pitcher; Jim Case, Furman Rymer and a fellow named Tommy Hyder the infielders· with Brookshire Sinclair, Jack Case, and Ferdy Hipps, in the outfield. We didn 't lose a single game that year. In the fall - of 1912 I taught school at Glenville, and lived with Andy Monteith 's family. Their house was located near the river about a mile below Glenville. The site is now deep under water since the dam was built that formed Glenville Lake. Enters College In the fall of 1913 I enrolled at North Georgia Agricultural Col­lege( now North Georgia College) at Dahlonega. It was a military school where all physically fit male students were required to enroll as cadets. We were in uniform at all times, and when a cadet was caught in civilian clothes he was cited and punished for wearing "civies". Discipline was very strict, but everybody took pride in the cadet corps. The college was a land grant school, supported by the state and federal governments, with no tuition, even for an out of state student. I worked as assistant to the superintendent of barracks, keeping his books and the records of students whose parents depos­ited money with him for their expenses. I also was assistant to the professor of mathematics the last two years, grading papers and taking the sophomore class through its field survey work. This work paid all of my expenses for board and room in the barracks. Joins Army I majored in agriculture, and expected to spend the rest of my life farming . But the Army, which sponsored the cadet corps (now ROTC) likes to recruit the students into the Army, and the commandant persuaded me to try for a commission. So when I finished the course in three years with a BS degree in agriculture in 1916, with the war in full swing in Europe, and the United Sta tes about to take a hand, I went down to Fort Screven, near Savannah, Georgia and took the exam­ination for a commission. Due to my military training in college I had to take the exam in only four subjects: history, English, Span­ish, and Military Engineering. After finishing the exam­inations, I enlisted in the Georgia National Guard, which at the time was in Federal service at El Paso, Texas. They sent me to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, for a week or so, then to join the 5th Georgia Infantry at Camp Cot­ton, El Paso. I was assigned to the machine gun company, which was equipped with air cooled Lewis guns, mounted in small Ford trucks. We spent Chr istmas that year on outpost duty guard­ing the Courchesne Bridge cross­ing the Rio Grande River just above El Paso. The sand storms gave us more trouble than the Mexicans . That awful sand was in our food, our beds, uniforms, and everything else. Needless to say, we were glad to get away from it. In March, 1917, we were order­ed back to Atlanta. My commis­sion came through, and I was discharged from the National Guard, and ordered to For t Leavenworth, Kansas, to attend officer t raining school. The course lasted four months, and it was by all odds the most r igorous period of schooling anybody ever experienced. But being a Caval- Continued On Page 3 Col. Frizzell Major Mitchell (left) Captain Luckenbach (center) Colonel Frizzell (right ) Citation For Bronze Star COLONEL LAWRENCE C. Frizzell, 04949, Cavalry, United States Army, for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy in New Guinea from 14 July 1944 to 12 March, 1945. As General Headquarters Regulat­ing Officer at Port Moresby, Finchafen and Hollandia, Colonel Frizzell performed outstanding services in a consistently thor· ough manner. At Finschefen, in addition to his other duties he served as acting coordinator of the area; and at both Finschafen and Hollandia he was instrumen· tal in solving complex problems relating to the efficient handling of theater traffic. Through his industry, conscientious attention to duty and forceful action , Colonel Frizzell aided materially in improving the organization and ef£iciency of many stations, thereby contributing materially to the success of operations in the Southwest Pacific Area. The first telephone system installed in Jackson County con­nected the "New Webster" (Dillsboro) depot with Webster, the county seat, three miles from the railroad and was for the purpose of relaying telegrams. A History of Dillsboro, North Carolina By Minnie Dills Gray Board County Commissioner Meet Jackson County Journal Webster, June 8, 1908 The Board of County Commis­sioners, W. A. Henson, chairman, J. N. Hunter, and A. W. Davis, met in regular session last Mon­day. The secretary of the Virginia Bridge and Iron company, came before the board and delivered the agreement, drawn up at the May meeting, properly signed by the company and received claims in payment of East Laport bridge ; first one for $1 ,049.95 payble now , second one for $1 ,305.00 payable out of funds to be collected a year from this fall. A. D. J ones was authorized to change the proposed location of the Barker's Creek stock law fence so as to shorten the distance of the line voted upon. Also John W. Cagle, stock law commissioner in Green's creek township was directed to build some new fence and repair some old fence from the townshio line of Green's Creek and Barker's Creek so as to connect with the new fence built by C. W. Green. The following statement shows the levy made for the year 1906: Property Tax State tax 21 cents on the $100. Cents Pension . .4 School . . ........ 18 County. . ... 23 Special Co. . . ............... 12 Bridge. . ................. 5 Roads ..................... 20 Canada Road ................ 3 Special Sch Qualla Tp ....... 30 Special Sch Webster Tp ...... 30 Poll Tax Cents Pensions ....... 12 Schools .................. $1.50 County ...................... 36 Bridge ............. .. .15 Road . . ........ 60 Canada Road . . ....... ..... 9 Specl Sch'l Qualla Tp ..... ... 90 Spcl Sch'l Webster Tp ....... 90 Stock Law Boundaries On $100 Real Estate. Qualla . Barker's Creek Webster . Savannah . Cullowhee . Cents .20 .25 .20 .5 River .......... . . .. . .... . .25 .15 Buff Creek. . .20 A SNAP-SHOT OF APRIL Roberl Lee Madi•on April is a coy and whimsical maid, Her blonde hair twined with weeping willow braid; A rainbow halo glows above her head, With soft effulgence outward, downward spread; Her sweet face tremul ous ' twixt smiles and tears, Her heart a-flutter with mixed hopes and fears; Clad in pink blouse, blue skirt,- a comely dress,­Just sheer enough to show her shapeliness. She stands beneath an oak tree's shelt'ring shade, Secluded in a quiet little glade; One hand holds pressed against her breast a spray Of lovely flowers redol ent and gay; The other hand uplifts, at height discreet, Her skirt, revealing a nkles trim and neat; One sandaled foot adva nced on vivid green Through which there glides a glist'ning brook serene; Her head a-tilt, she seems to hesitate- She hears a bluebird's love song to his mate. A gorgeous butterfly on nectar-quest Has lighted on a blossom at her breast. But this mere snap-shot leaves out many a charm; And she, though changeable, intends no harm. Page 5, HISTORIC WEBSTER, Spring 1978 Recollections of Webster By Lawrence Frizzell While the school house was being built in 1904 or 5, my Uncle Tom Long, who built it, hired me to carry water to his carpenters, and I got the water from Mr. Allman's well. My pay was five dollars a month. Harry Norman, an old colored man who lived on the McKee place on the side of King 's Mountain, had a house full of kids, Henry, Tom, Bob, and the twins (Harry called them Timp and Cotton-! never did know what their real names were). We used to play and hunt together. Melissa and Cordie Bobo lived in a log house not far from where we lived, the only log house in the neighborhood. She had a son, Ambrose, who was a mighty good worker. He was cutting cordwood up on the mountain one day and complaining about his dull axe. He said to me "I love to work, but I hate a dull axe." It amazed me to hear anybody say he loved to work. Mr. J . W. Buchanan, the father of Tyler, Lawrence, Columbus and Sam Buchanan, had a cane mill and boiler at the springs just north of his house where all the farmers brought their cane in the fall to grind it and boil the juice into molasses. It was almost like a-festival, where we would gather to talk and watch the process of molasses making. The mill was a two roller affair, turned by a long sweep, which was pulled by a horse or mule. It was a crude process, but the molasses was wonderful. Ransom Coward and I used to hunt possums every fall , catching a lot of them and giving them to the colored families around there to eat , because neither of us would eat them. The Webster post office was at one time located in a very small Andrew J. Long Cgrandlather ol Lawrence Frizzell> and his wife Jemima. Back row from left to right : Oscar Bumgarner, Uncle "John!" Long, Uncle Will Long, Aunt Sally Long (Mrs. Jim Medford of Haywood County >. Uncles and aunt are children of Andrew Long. John and Mary Bumgarner and their family at their home in the Fairview Community- 1899. The Bum garners are kinfolk of Colonel Lawrence Frizzell, Mrs. Bungarner was his aunt. Reading from building, some seven or eight feet square, in front of Mrs. Gene Allison's home. Mr. Madison referred to it as the " Federal Building." The Masonic Lodge building at Webster was also Mr. Allison 's store. I remember being there when a teamster delivered a box of goods from Sylva. He charged Mr. Allison a nickel for hauling it. Boyhood Friends Colonel Frizzell recalls the names of Webster area friends in the early part of the century who were older or younger than he. At Love 's Chapel there were Laura, Nora, and Matt Snyder. Also in that section were Arthur Browning, Mack and Bunyan Ashe, Tyra and Sally Davis, the John Bumgarner cousins ; and Gene, Dee, and Mellie Parker. At Webster, Oscar and Ransom Coward were my special buddies. Homer, Frances, Frank and Jan­ie Coward; Vera and George Self;. Jessie, Georgia, and Earl Stillwell. I knew Oscar and Dave Wor· ley; Oscar and Willie Norton (their father was sheriff) ; Joe, Henry, Florence, Willie and Frank Rhinehart. Willie and Frank were twins. Then there were Atny and Clinton Long ; the Allmans ; Louis Alley, who swam with the most peculiar wiggle I ever saw ; John Peeler , a Methodist minister 's son who almost drowned at our swimming hole below the bridge. Frank Coward and I rescued him. Other well known Websterites were Don and Myrtle Davis , Jerry Moody, Lena Cowan, and Florence Wild ; Dorrence and Myrtle Tallent, Bob and Grace McKee, Stella Broyles and Edith Moore. I knew all of. the Reddens quite well ; the Tyler Buchanans were our neighbors. The Sterling Bry­son family lived on the Webster side of the river about half a mile above the bridge. The Alleys, Gene and Hayes ; the Moores: Mamie, Nina , Tom, Hannah and Dorothy ; David, Coleman and Gracie Hall ; the Bragg Allisons ; many Cowans and Stillwells; all linger in my memory. The Dan and Ellen Frizzell Family, 1896. First row : Harriet Ellen Frizzell with infant son Walter on her lap. Nan Frizzell, Dan Frizzell with son Lawrence sitting on his lap, Florence Frizzell Buchanan and infant son Roy. Second row: Will, John, Julia and Joe f "rizzell (children of Dan and Ellen) . Webster School, October, 1907. First row : Ina Brown, Helen Clyde, Nan Frizzell, Mabel CLyde, Stella Broyles. Second row : Vera Self, Gertrude Brown, Amy Long. Third row : Annie Allman, Frances Coward, Della Childers. School boys in background not identified. Commissioners 187 4 Minutes Excerpts Given September, the lOth, 1874: Or­dered that Joseph Mitchell be and he is hereby appointed Constable in and for the Webster Township. June 4, 1888: Ordered that the County pay Virge Bryson $15.00 for a mule which fell off the Webster Bridge. General fpnd of 1888. Ordered that the county pay J. A. Wild $15.00 General Fund of 1888 for repairing of Webster Bridge. June 4, 1888: Benjamin Harris, John Noland and C. C. Reid were paid $10 for a wolf scalp. June 4, 1888: W. H. H. Hughes elected Superintendent of Public Instruction by the eotire Vote of the Board. left to right: Carrie, Oscar, Uncle John, with Gerald by his side; Aunt Mary with twins Lewis and Lucy, Edgar and Iva. December 3, 1888: The joint Board of Commis sioners and Education in session elected Coleman Cowan to fill the unex­pired term of W. H. H. Hughes as Superintendent of Public Instruc­tion. Page 6, HISTORIC WEBSTER, Spring 1978 Webster Folks 1910: Front row: John Jones, Collie Marsh, Edith Moore, Corsey Buchanan. Back row: Ida Jones, Margaret Webster Cemetery To Have Perpetual Care Friends and relatives who have loved ones buried in the Webster Cemetery will be glad to learn that a fund is being established to make this a perpetual care cemetery. Papers have already been drawn up and a board of trustees appointed. The money is being deposited in a savings account at the Jackson County Savings and Loan Association in Sylva. Only the interest will be used for the upkeep of the cemetery. The trustees are Mrs. Edith Hall, Reg Moody, Felix Pickle­simer, and Mrs. Katie Nicholson ~ S)llva, 118778; Roy Buchanan and Mrs. Kathleen Buchanan of Webster, 28788; and Miss Lela Moore Hall, Director of Social Services ; Wilmington N.C. 28401. If you haven 't already contri­buted and would like to help in this worthwhile cause, you may give your contribution to any member of the board of trustees that you might wish to contact. In lieu of that, you could send your check directly to the Jackson County Savings and Loan Asso­ciation, Sylva, N.C. 28779. Please make all checks payable to Webster Memorial Cemetery. Kathleen Buchanan ORDER FORM The Webster Cookbook Drawer W Webster, North carolina 28788 EncloHCIIIS . Send me copies of THE WEBSTER COOKBOOK at $6.25 plus .75 for wrapping and m•lllftl. Indicate on separate shHt if books are to be mailed to ollllf' than person making order. Gift cards will be illcluded If Indicated. NAM,~------------------------- ADDRESS-------------------------- CITY ______ _ STATE-------- ZIP _____ _ Jackson County Journal Webster, June 8,1906 Who will be the first to build some neat, comfortable cottages for renting purposes. Wake up loyal citizens, lets build up our town. Hon. H. S. Harkins was here last Friday and Saturday getting up titles for the site on which the cotton mill is to be located. It will be erected at the narrows at the mouth of the tunnel below Dills­boro. Sylva Dots Col. Lewis and family have removed from the Ensley house in front of the church, and are boarding at the Commercial. Glad of the change, for we see more of Mrs. Lewis now. Colonel Lewis is prosecuting his work at the copper mine on Tuckaseigee. Edgar Lewis is running on the Southern between Asheville and Murphy, and Charlie Lewis has charge of an engineering corps in New York. Misses Claude Dills, Etta Long, Lonia Snyder, of Dillsboro, were here Wednesday shopping. Our genial druggist Theo. Buchanan, Margaret Bradshaw, T. F. Shipman. Webster School in background. Buchanan has placed an order in for a handsome six hundred dollar soda fountain. This will add greatly to the appearance of his already handsome store, and will be greatly enjoyed by the lovers of juice and carbonated water. Jackson County Journal Sylva, January 8, 1909 L. Lee Marr, of Bryson City, has accepted a position with Sanford, Chamberlain and Albers Co., of Knoxville, as representa­tive. This is the well known line of drugs and notions handled in this territory by Andy Allison, and we bespeak for Mr. Marr much success. The Staff Editors : Mrs. Louise B. Davis Dr. Marilyn Jody Circulation Manager: Mrs. Jennie Hunter Typists: Mrs. Sara Barrett Mrs. Jennie Hunter Contributors : Col. Lawrence C. Frizzell J . D. McRorie Mrs. Kathleen Buchanan Prof. R. L. Madison Drawer W Magistrates in Webster in 1887: J. A. Wild, J. C. Watkins, Wm. Rhea, F. M. Frizell. April I, 1889-J. A. Wild ap­pointed tax lister in Webster for year 1889. County Board of Education elected by board of Commission­ers ballot : J. W. Terrell, B. N. Queen, B. H. Cathey. Ice cream supper on the lawn at W. 0. Buchanan's home, was attended by a large crowd. It was given under the auspices of the Sylva Collegiate Institute. Re­ceipts, $13.70. Miss Rebecca Wilson, of Web­ster, is in town this week. Have You Renewed Your Subscription To Historic Webster? Send your renewal check to Mrs. Joe Rhinehart, Membership Chairman, Webster, North Carolina 28788. MEMBERSHIP RUNS FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 31 The classes of membership and dues are as follows : Active (resident of Western N.C.): ss.oo yearly Associate (outside Western N. C.J: . ss.oo yearly Contributing: .................... $10.00 yearly Supporting: ... .... ..... ...... .... S20.00 yearly Sustaining: ........ ... .. ......... SJO.OO yearly Life: ........ ......... ......... ..... .... s1oo.oo All contributions are income tax deductible. Webster, North Carolina 28788 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

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