August 26, 2022 Coats Museum News
The Daily Record had celebrated its Fortieth Anniversary in 1990 and Melissa Gainey and Ronald Allen Kennedy would be celebrating their future anniversaries in the same month because they were united in marriage in Dillon, S.C. The Coats Recreation Youth Football Program had honored the players and cheerleaders at the Jr. Order Building. The top winners were Jonathan Tart (Most Improved) Ashley Stewart (Best Offense), Thomas Hamilton (Best Defense), Louie Slaughter (Coaches Award) and Tony Beasley, Jr., (Best All-Around) (Daily Record Nov. 9, 1990). What cheerleaders were recognized?
I do know that the CACC recognized Stewart and Sons Home Improvements as the Business Focus of the Week. The business owners were Hughie Stewart, Jr., Michael Stewart and Hughie Stewart III (Daily Record Nov. 14, 1990).
Obviously, many young folks were making the news. A floating shower honored Michelle Ennis and Brent Smith. Michelle was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ennis of Coats. Ashley Jones, a senior at Triton, had been named as the recipient of the DAR Good Citizens Award. He was son of Donald and Barbara Jones (Daily Record Nov. 22, 1990).
Kimberly Dawn Coats and Lee Martin Godwin, son of Larry and Pat Cook Godwin, were married. The Pleasant Memory Baptist Church was the site of the wedding. Robin Godwin, Beverly Norris, Dell Godwin, Glenn Pope, Gary Butler and Kenneth Norris were in the wedding party. Master Corey Godwin was an honorary usher (Daily Record Nov. 22, 1990).
It was time again for the CACC to recognize the recipient of the Business Focus of the Week. This time it was the “Magnificent You”. The business was owned by Ruby Adams and was located three miles north of Coats on Highway 55 (Daily Record Nov. 26, 1990). Does anyone remember more info on this business?
I know you will recognize this lady? The home of Mrs. Hortense Denning Ennis was left without electricity, water and phone. To top off the event, the family dog was killed when the heavens opened up and the rain came along. The lightning had struck a pine tree, an outside light, the telephone box, the TV, the well pump and the beloved family dog (Daily Record Nov. 29, 1990).
Outstanding Homemakers were recognized at the end of the year at the Achievements Program of the Harnett County Extension Clubs. Christine Akerman, Mary Jo Mann, and Juanita Hudson were recognized from the Liberty Club (Daily Record Nov. 30, 1990).
Are any of our readers included in the Who’s Who Among American High School Students? The following Coats students were included in the 24th edition. They were Rhonda C. Allen, Harriett Roberts, Beverly Stone, Anthony Tew, Lasikia Warren, Tiffany Whitley, Jeffery Williams, Scott Flowers, H. Bryan Sorrell, Ramona Sullivan, Jane Tyndall, Kheresa Wedding, Charles A. Wilkie and Wendy Williams (Daily Record Dec. 6, 1990).
We have traveled scores of years through this column and have read that Coats students have received numerous recognitions. Recognitions have really increased over the years. In the early decades of the 1900’s, only one student would receive a five dollar gold piece at the end of the school year, but today one might be awarded a full scholarship to a four year university worth $50,000.
Do you wonder what careers some of those Who’s Who students in the 24th Edition entered? Here are a few who are known to this writer. Some remained in local counties such as Harriett Roberts who became a nurse. Anthony Tew went into business management; Jane Tyndall and Wendy Williams became pharmacists. Others left the state or country .Charles A. Wilkie became a missionary in China and Bryan Sorrell is a veterinarian at the General Booth Veterinary Hospital in Virginia Beach. What happened to the others-teachers, lawyers, accountants-share with me?
This I do know. Jeff Turlington and Dudley Langdon were two of the twenty-nine farmers who were part of the Phillip Morris Agricultural Leadership Development Program. The group spent ten day in Brazil (Daily Record Dec. 7, 1990).
Alicia Hawley, an eighth grader at Coats Elementary School, had won a statewide essay contest sponsored by the Keep N.C. Clean and Beautiful, Inc. She was the daughter of Charles and Margaret Hawley. To win the $1,000 savings bond, she had to compete with 7,800 essay entries (Dailey Record Dec. 10, 1990). Wonder if she still has this essay so we could preserve it in our school section of the Resource Library?
How many of you have had furniture upholstered at the Stacy Williams Upholstery Co. on Carson Gregory Road. It was the Business Focus of the Week covered in the December 12th edition of the Daily Record. It was owned and operated by Stacy and Judy Williams and is recognized as one of the best upholsters in the country having done business for the NC Governor’s Mansion, the Capital City Club and Liberty Hall in Kenansville, NC.
Mr. John B. Messer (Red) Messer, 84, of Coats expired on Wednesday. John Messer and Billy Messer were sons. His services were held at the Red Hill FWB Church with Rev. Billy Smith officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery (Daily Record Dec. 13, 1990).
Christine Akerman was one of the four volunteers from Harnett County to be recognized as a part of the Governor’s Volunteer Award Program (Daily Record Dec. 18, 1990).
Second graders in Mrs. Julia Butler’s class had adopted a soldier serving in the Persian Gulf. William W. Stewart, a 1983 Coats High graduate, wrote letters of response to the Coats second graders (Daily Record 20, 1990).
People who have grown up in the Coats community will quickly acknowledge that the late Mack Reid and Juanita Hudson are legendary and are aware of the tremendous impact the couple made in organizations that reached beyond the boundaries of Harnett County. There would have likely been no Coats Cotton Museum without the Hudson’s. Trusting that a museum could be possible, many people came forth to help raise funds to build it and to add items necessary to make it a place to share the story of early cotton in our area. It is the destination of many to visit.
A sincere thank you goes to the Hudson Family Charitable Fund which has given a very generous grant to the Coats Museum to honor Mack and Juanita Hudson.
The Daily Record had celebrated its Fortieth Anniversary in 1990 and Melissa Gainey and Ronald Allen Kennedy would be celebrating their future anniversaries in the same month because they were united in marriage in Dillon, S.C. The Coats Recreation Youth Football Program had honored the players and cheerleaders at the Jr. Order Building. The top winners were Jonathan Tart (Most Improved) Ashley Stewart (Best Offense), Thomas Hamilton (Best Defense), Louie Slaughter (Coaches Award) and Tony Beasley, Jr., (Best All-Around) (Daily Record Nov. 9, 1990). What cheerleaders were recognized?
I do know that the CACC recognized Stewart and Sons Home Improvements as the Business Focus of the Week. The business owners were Hughie Stewart, Jr., Michael Stewart and Hughie Stewart III (Daily Record Nov. 14, 1990).
Obviously, many young folks were making the news. A floating shower honored Michelle Ennis and Brent Smith. Michelle was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ennis of Coats. Ashley Jones, a senior at Triton, had been named as the recipient of the DAR Good Citizens Award. He was son of Donald and Barbara Jones (Daily Record Nov. 22, 1990).
Kimberly Dawn Coats and Lee Martin Godwin, son of Larry and Pat Cook Godwin, were married. The Pleasant Memory Baptist Church was the site of the wedding. Robin Godwin, Beverly Norris, Dell Godwin, Glenn Pope, Gary Butler and Kenneth Norris were in the wedding party. Master Corey Godwin was an honorary usher (Daily Record Nov. 22, 1990).
It was time again for the CACC to recognize the recipient of the Business Focus of the Week. This time it was the “Magnificent You”. The business was owned by Ruby Adams and was located three miles north of Coats on Highway 55 (Daily Record Nov. 26, 1990). Does anyone remember more info on this business?
I know you will recognize this lady? The home of Mrs. Hortense Denning Ennis was left without electricity, water and phone. To top off the event, the family dog was killed when the heavens opened up and the rain came along. The lightning had struck a pine tree, an outside light, the telephone box, the TV, the well pump and the beloved family dog (Daily Record Nov. 29, 1990).
Outstanding Homemakers were recognized at the end of the year at the Achievements Program of the Harnett County Extension Clubs. Christine Akerman, Mary Jo Mann, and Juanita Hudson were recognized from the Liberty Club (Daily Record Nov. 30, 1990).
Are any of our readers included in the Who’s Who Among American High School Students? The following Coats students were included in the 24th edition. They were Rhonda C. Allen, Harriett Roberts, Beverly Stone, Anthony Tew, Lasikia Warren, Tiffany Whitley, Jeffery Williams, Scott Flowers, H. Bryan Sorrell, Ramona Sullivan, Jane Tyndall, Kheresa Wedding, Charles A. Wilkie and Wendy Williams (Daily Record Dec. 6, 1990).
We have traveled scores of years through this column and have read that Coats students have received numerous recognitions. Recognitions have really increased over the years. In the early decades of the 1900’s, only one student would receive a five dollar gold piece at the end of the school year, but today one might be awarded a full scholarship to a four year university worth $50,000.
Do you wonder what careers some of those Who’s Who students in the 24th Edition entered? Here are a few who are known to this writer. Some remained in local counties such as Harriett Roberts who became a nurse. Anthony Tew went into business management; Jane Tyndall and Wendy Williams became pharmacists. Others left the state or country .Charles A. Wilkie became a missionary in China and Bryan Sorrell is a veterinarian at the General Booth Veterinary Hospital in Virginia Beach. What happened to the others-teachers, lawyers, accountants-share with me?
This I do know. Jeff Turlington and Dudley Langdon were two of the twenty-nine farmers who were part of the Phillip Morris Agricultural Leadership Development Program. The group spent ten day in Brazil (Daily Record Dec. 7, 1990).
Alicia Hawley, an eighth grader at Coats Elementary School, had won a statewide essay contest sponsored by the Keep N.C. Clean and Beautiful, Inc. She was the daughter of Charles and Margaret Hawley. To win the $1,000 savings bond, she had to compete with 7,800 essay entries (Dailey Record Dec. 10, 1990). Wonder if she still has this essay so we could preserve it in our school section of the Resource Library?
How many of you have had furniture upholstered at the Stacy Williams Upholstery Co. on Carson Gregory Road. It was the Business Focus of the Week covered in the December 12th edition of the Daily Record. It was owned and operated by Stacy and Judy Williams and is recognized as one of the best upholsters in the country having done business for the NC Governor’s Mansion, the Capital City Club and Liberty Hall in Kenansville, NC.
Mr. John B. Messer (Red) Messer, 84, of Coats expired on Wednesday. John Messer and Billy Messer were sons. His services were held at the Red Hill FWB Church with Rev. Billy Smith officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery (Daily Record Dec. 13, 1990).
Christine Akerman was one of the four volunteers from Harnett County to be recognized as a part of the Governor’s Volunteer Award Program (Daily Record Dec. 18, 1990).
Second graders in Mrs. Julia Butler’s class had adopted a soldier serving in the Persian Gulf. William W. Stewart, a 1983 Coats High graduate, wrote letters of response to the Coats second graders (Daily Record 20, 1990).
People who have grown up in the Coats community will quickly acknowledge that the late Mack Reid and Juanita Hudson are legendary and are aware of the tremendous impact the couple made in organizations that reached beyond the boundaries of Harnett County. There would have likely been no Coats Cotton Museum without the Hudson’s. Trusting that a museum could be possible, many people came forth to help raise funds to build it and to add items necessary to make it a place to share the story of early cotton in our area. It is the destination of many to visit.
A sincere thank you goes to the Hudson Family Charitable Fund which has given a very generous grant to the Coats Museum to honor Mack and Juanita Hudson.