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Title
Town
of
Whittier
Is
Abolished
By
Assembly
Bill
Creator
Ruralite (Sylva, N.C.)
Medium of Original
publications
Date of Original
1/31/1933
Dimensions
3.1
"
x
2.4
"
Description
An
article
titled
'
Town
of
Whittier
Is
Abolished
By
Assembly
Bill'�
appeared
in the
January
31
,
1933
,
issue
of 'The
Ruralite
'
(Sylva
,
N.C.)
. An
article
in the
January
19
,
1933
,
issue
of a
separate
newspaper
, the '
Jackson
County
Journal'�
(Sylva
,
N.C.)
,
indicated
that the '
introduction
of this
bill
came
as a
result
of a
petition
presented
by the
citizens
of
Whittier
,
which
was
reported
to have been
signed
by
all
except
one
citizen
of the
town.'�
Later
that
month
, on
January
26
, the
North
Carolina
General
Assembly
passed
an
act
to
repeal
the
town's
1907
charter
.
Whittier
is
located
in
both
Jackson
and
Swain
Counties
in
North
Carolina
. The
comment
in the '
Ruralite�
article
about
Col
.
Raymond
Robins
refers
to a
prominent
prohibitionist
who
suddenly
and
mysteriously
disappeared
in
1932
.
Robins
was a
national
figure
who
had
made
an
appointment
to
meet
with
President
Herbert
Hoover
in
early
September
1932
.
Instead
, he
disappeared
and a
nation-wide
investigation
began
into his
whereabouts
.
Finally
, in
mid-November
,
Carl
Byrd
Fisher
, a
13-year-old
boy
in
Whittier
,
N.C.
,
recognized
Robins
from a
picture
in the
Grit
, a
nationally
distributed
newspaper
with a
strong
following
in
rural
areas
of the
country
.
Robins
arrived
in
Whittier
by
bus
from
Asheville
,
N.C.
, and
spent
considerable
time
hiking
in the
surrounding
forests
.
After
he was
identified
and
taken
to a
medical
facility
,
speculation
on his
disappearance
centered
on
amnesia
.
Subject
Whittier (N.C.)
Time Period
1930s;
Location
Jackson County (N.C.)
Swain County (N.C.)
Source Institution
Western Carolina University Hunter Library
Collection
Printed Documents
Inventory Number
HL_Ruralite330131
Copyright Information
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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