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Historic Webster Vol. 6 No. 1

  • 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 VI NUMBER 1 WEBSTER, NORTH CAROLINA WINTER, 1978 Mrs. Wild was PTA leader H)' Joe P. Rhinehart Services for Minnie Norton Wild. 95. formerly of Webster and Bryson City, North Caro­lina, who died March I, 1979, were held at two o'clock, Sat­urday afternoon , March 3, in the Webster United Methodist Church. The Reverends Clark Poole and Dale Troutman of­ficiated. Burial was in the Web­ster Cemetery. Minnie Norton Wild was born in Big Ridge, a mountain village in Jackson County. Later her family moved to Cullowhee where she grew lip near what is now Western Carolina Univer­sity. Mrs. Wild was one of the first gradua tes of the old Cullo­whee Normal School, receiving her diploma in 1899. She recei­ved a certificate to teach in any North Carolina public school. Her first school was on Weya­hutta, an isolated mountain community, in a one teacher school. Her salary was $t5.00 per month and board. On December 16, 1903, Minnie Norton and Julius Jacob Wild were married in the Webster Methodist Church. A local pa­per reported on the event: "Married at theM. E. church in Webster, on Wednesday, Dec. t6. 1903, by the Rev. Mr. Marsh, Mr. Jacob J. Wilde to Miss Minnie Norton , daughter to Mr. W. C. Norton, all of Web- Continued on Page 6 In October, 1978, Mrs. Minnie Wild celebrated her 95th birth­day at her grandson 's home in Greensboro, North Carol ina. Church is 125 years old Webster Baptist Church, 1979 Three views of vera 1886 bell will tell the '' joyfu I story'' By Joe P. Rhinehart "As the wagon neared Web­ster," remarked J. W. Cowan many years ago, "rounding the turn at the oak grove, the men began to ring the bell, contin­uing to do so until the church at River Hill was reached." A bell had been ordered, it had arrived by railroad in Ashe­ville from down East, and the Webster men had taken a wagon pulled by a team of horses to the station to bring it the last fifty miles to the belfry of the church, the converted school house on River Hill. Thirty two years after the founding of the Webster Baptist Church, the members could outwardly make a " joyful noise." That bell now hangs in the "new" Webster church and since that December day in 1886 it has been a constant reminder to Webster people that the Bap­tist church has kept the faith and continues to make its joy-full noise. And on a July Sunday this summer the members of the Webster Baptist Church will celebrate its one hundred twen­ty fifth a nniversary, for it was on December 30, 1854, that 14 men and women met in the new ly constructed Jackson County courthouse to organize a new church. These 14 had been members of Old Savannah Bap­tist Church and the church was a rough three or four miles from their homes near the just estab­lished county seat town of Web­ster. The founders of the church were among the people who had come into almost wilderness years earlier and had recently seen the new county founded and its seat established on a hill high above the Tuckaseegee River. This town-to-be needed its own church. These 14-Janice Hall, Jess Hall, Nar­cissus Hall, Caroline King, Peter King, Abraham Sellers, Continued on Page 5 She was a beautiful woman • • • uts , • Going around in early fall , from door to door, asking for everyone's old Sears Catalogue to cut out paper dolls and play furniture , • Mr. Lewis Cannon's store and stopping by after school for a snack, • Getting the mail at the post office which was also the Rhine­hart's Store, • Methodist Youth Fel­lowship meeting on Sunday night, • The Bookmobile in the home of Mrs. Rhinehart, • Nanniehart next door : grandmo­ther 's breakfast tray that Aunt Vera so lovi ng prepared with the tiny cream pitcher and suga r bowl and rose pa tterned di shes: the beautiful party dresses she bought for me and my sisi ter s: her laughter . I loved Aunt Vera . Elenor Self McCall is the da ughter of Vera Self Smith's ba·other Robert Ottis. She now lives in Stone Mountain , Geor· gia , where her husband is a stockbroker and she is a drafts­man. Page 5, HISTORIC WEBSTER. Winter 1971! PASTOHS SEHVING WEBSTEH BAPTIST CllUHCII WHICH \VAS ORGANIZED DECEMBEH 30. I M54 Thomas Henson E. D. Brendle W. M. Cra wford Thomas Henson J . L. Buchanan Rev. Allison B. N. Queen W. Ensley W. H. Connor E. D. Brendle A. H. Simms J . G. Ammons A. H. Simms A. B .. Thomas G.N.Cowan A. B. Thomas W. E . Connor Z. J . Edge Thad Deitz A. W. Davis T. F . Arrington J . W. Watson A. W. Burleson J . V. Deving P. T. McFee T. F . Deitz B. P . Ellington W. T. Potts W. N. Cook W. W. Marr John Hoglen J .N. Dills John Hoglen A. W. Davis G. N. Souder B. N. Rogers W. N. Cook Forrest Blankenship W. N. Cook Wayne Deitz Ralph Nix A. B. Allen Forrest Blankenship R. D. Gregg W. E. Payne Ray McCall Februa ry 3, 1855 to August 2, 1864 August I, 1864 to March 4, 1865 September I , 1866 to August 31, 1867 March 1, 1868 to September4 , 1868 Mar ch 6, 1869 to October 2, 1869 March 11, 1878 to J uly 20, 1879 October 15, 1879 to November 20, 1860 December 18, 1880 to February 18, 1862 July 14, 1883 to July 20, 1884 August 16, 1884 to June 20, 1886 July 18, 1886 to October 5, 1890 November 1, 1890 to J anuary 2, 1892 February 6, 1892 to August 5, 1893 September 2, 1893 to J anuary 6, 1894 March 3, 1894 to November 17, 1895 March 8, 1895 to September 4, 1898 October 2, 1898 to October I , 1899 May 5, 1900 to December 28, 1900 J anuary 13, 1901 to November 22, 1903 February 27, 1904 to May 22, 1904 May 29, 1904 to April9, 1905 Apr il 22, 1905 to December 17, 1906 March 24, 1907 to August 29, 1908 September 6, 1908 to August 29, 1909 ApriiiO, 1910 to September 25, 1910 December 17, 1911 to November 9, 1913 August 30, 1914 to February 12, 1915 February 14, 1915 to August 2, 1917 September 8, 1917 to December 1, 1918 No Record to 1919 March 21, 1920 to No Record No Record to December 31, 1922 J anuary 17, 1923 to April6, 1924 May 4, 1924 to June 5, 1926 July 4, 1926 to August 14, 1927 (supply) October 16, 1927 to Februa ry 17, 1929 June 2, 1929 to June 26 1943-retired September 19, 1943 to September 23, 1945 September 23, 1945 to One Year June 13, 1948 to September 26, 1~4 ~ January 15, 1950 to July 22, 1951 September , 1951 to June 1952 August 1952 to November 1953 J anuary 1954 to September 1957 December 1957 to June 1964 August 2, 1964 Gt•orge. Vera . and Ottis Self were together right after the first World Wa r . Page 6, HISTORIC WEBSTER, Winter 197R Mrs. Wild headed first PTA and served schools Continued from Page I ster . ·A la rge assemblage had ga­thered to wi tness the ceremony. The day was auspicious and the briday pa rty could not have des ired one more pleasa nt. "The church was beautifully trimmed and the a rch, indica­tive of the nupita l tie, was handsomly worked in which the ceremony was impressively performed. The wedding ma rch was played by the presing Mr. and mrs. J acob J. Wild in Websler. orga ni st. Miss Ethyl Lea ther­wood. in her usual style. .. The bridal pa rty and their guests separated. each to go the ir own way. with th e wish that peace, prosperity, joy and happiness may attend the re­cently ma rried couple through a long life of usefulness .. , Bride's maids were Beulah Norton, sister of the bride , later Mrs. Will Henson, La ura Bell Coward . la ter Mrs. Cha rles Dav is : and Eddie Richardson, who would ma rry John Wilson. "After the cer emony. Mr s. Mary Ann Wilde, widow of Rev . Barnard C. Wilde, and mother of the groom. served a turkey dinner in her home . She was assisted by her gra ndda ughter Myrtle Tallent t Parris J. After Mrs. Wild 's marriage, she became the first president of the Webster School P a rent­Teacher Association a nd was a member of the local school committee. She was active in the Webster Methodist Church and Ladies Aid (later the United Methodist Women. J At church suppers and other community events a fa vorite was her white cake: Minnie Wild's WHITE CAKE 6 egg whi tes, lightly beaten 2 cups sugar 3 cups fl our 2 level teaspoons ba king powder 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup milk I cup shortening Cream s hortening a nd sugar . Fold in egg white. Add milk , fl our , and vanilla. Mix thor- I Letters Do you know? I To the Editor: I (would like to) obtain some in forma tion a bout the Chas­ta ins, Cowarts, and the Boon (e ) families. My grandfather Elijah Cowart Chastain and his wife Elizabeth E. BoonleJ owned and lived on the land where Western Carolina Univer sity now stands . He sold it to a Mr. Dave Rogers who la ter donated it to the school. I understand tha t wher e the home stood there a re now seven white pines in its place. A men's dormitory now sta nds where the grave of Ha rla n A. Boon (e ) was. Ha rla n A. Boone was a lawyer in Webster before he was shot and killed by thieves or outlaws there in town. I have a short story told to me by my father about the killing. Dad was the second child born at Cullowhee. Does anyone know of, or have, records going back to the early 1800's? I know that my gr and­mother 's parents were Kedar Boone and Mary Moody. I want to spend some time around Webster hunting some graves of two Chasta in children who are buried ther e. I would apprecia te hearing from anyone who has Chastain , Cowarts !Cowards ), and Boone informa tion . JOHN B. CHASTAINE 1559 South Oak Street Casper , Wyoming 82601 To the Editor: I 've had th e treat of reading Historic Webster, Fall 1978, whi ch you sent to Frances and Ernest Fitzger ald and I'd like so much to have extra copies. The article ion the FitzgeraldsJ is so true. I'm a devoted mem­ber I of Centena ry United Meth­odist Church J and friend , and I loved every word. EVELYN G. RIPPLE Winston-Salem, North Carolina To the Editor: I 'm a junior at West Point and very inte rested in Western North Carolina hi story. Mr. Bryan Thomas , grandson of Willia m H. Thomas, recom­mended I write you . I am a descendant of Chief Yonaguska , a famous Cherokee chief who died in 1839, through my great , gr eat, great grand­fa ther , Gideon Franklin Morris. I have been researching my family's geneology for some nine years now. I would apprecia te any infor­mation you could give me on my rela tions or sources or people who could be of help to me in the future in this matter. CDT .. L. PAUL MORRIS, Jr. Company F-3, U. S. C. C. West Point, New York 10997 To the Editor: I do enjoy Historic Webster so I am enclosing my check for $10.00, pa rtly as a contribution for the year 1979. I would greatly like to vis it my old home <1t Cullowhee a nd other pl aces like Webste r , but am getting ra ther old to be wandering around . IIENRYL.COX Horizon House, Apa r tment 1104 311sland Way Clearwa ter , Florida 33515 oughl y. Bake in grea sed a nd fl oured tube pan at 350 degrees fro 45-60 mi nut es. fromTiw \"t•bs tt•l' ( 'ookbook . page 73 Mrs. Wi ld moved to the Wes­ley Nurs ing Center in Charlott e. Nor th C(f rolina in 1975. On J une 9. t978. she cele brated her 95th bi r thda y a t the home of her gr< l! l(bon. Dr . David Sillmon. in Greensboro, North Ca rolina . Mildred Cowan. wr it ing for Tht• Svh·a Her ald . sa id " 'A ll J oy Be Yours .. Pa ul wrote to the church at Phi lippi . We feel that 'Miss Minnie ' Nort on Wi ld had discovered tha t joy many years ago- the kind of joy that Chr ist brings . Tha t joy is the kind which igno res sufferi ng. bu t the joy of ha ving Chr is t in one's li fe. .As Miss Minnie depa r ted this life .we can imagine her waving goo(J -by and with a smile and a twinkle in her eye say- !All joy be yours- whoever you a re .' ' This photograph of Frank Buchanan and his mother , Mrs. Vilanta B. Buchanan, was taken at their Webster home about 1920. Frank was the sixth of eleven children. Buchanan tells the story of his growing up in Webster in a story on page 2 of Historic Webster, "There Was Plenty Of Mud." Drawer W Webster, North Carolina 28788