August 7, 2015 Coats
Museum News
There appeared to be a small group of citizens in the Coats area who failed to understand and follow the eighth commandment because the Grove Township and surrounding area were hit by an unusual large number of robberies. The Coats Motor Company was the site of an unsuccessful attempt to rip off a safe.
The Red Hill FW Baptist Church sponsored two outstanding singing groups in the Coats School auditorium. The Harmony Trio and the Melody Masters helped raise money to build additional classrooms at the church.
Several in the community were quite ill. Mrs. Spicy Pollard and Mr. Delmer Ennis were in serious condition. Do you recognize those two names? Mrs. Pollard had taught in the Grove schools and Mr. Ennis had allowed the students to pick his cotton to raise money for a school project. Mrs. Arthur Tripp of Hodges Chapel Church was active in the ladies auxiliary. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Griffon and Mrs. Carl Parrish had visited Mrs. Norris’s sister, Mrs. Lena Thomas, in Raleigh. Cpl. and Mrs. Utley Norris of Anderson Creek had visited the Dallas Norris family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shultz of Fayetteville had spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Wood. Surely Mrs. Wood talked to Mrs. Sudie Owens about the weekend visit as the two ladies traveled to Raleigh for the day (Daily Record Feb. 26, 1954).
Had the ladies waited a few days to make the trip, surely they would have talked about the twister that had swept over the southeastern part of Harnett County and had sucked the roof from the Erwin School leaving 12 rooms uncovered. Anyone remember that event? I do know that you read in an earlier column that there were lots of Harnett farm homes without refrigerators or freezers. Do you think any of those families took advantage of the sale of them in Dunn? For $5.25 a week and a small down payment, one could purchase a refrigerator-freezer combination (Daily Record Mar. 1, 1954).
The HCBOC appropriated $25,000 from the surplus funds to repair roof damage from the twister at the Erwin School. The board also voted to spend $1,839 on the courthouse square. From Coats, Ted Malone was employed to be the county probation officer for the juvenile court during his summer off from being the school truant officer (Daily Record Mar. 2, 1954).
Dunn citizens went to the poll and defeated a 10 cents city tax levy to finance a program of recreation in their town. A plot to overthrow the U.S. resulted in five congressmen in Washington being shot. A plot to kill President Eisenhower, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and J .Edgar Hoover were disclosed. Was that early terrorism?
William Roger Turlington, 66, of 306 W. Vance Street, Dunn, had died in Dunn Hospital. He was the son of the late Leonidas L. and Laura Frances Sorrell Turlington of Coats. Roger was a retired farmer and carpenter. He had moved to Dunn in 1942. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Ettie J. Turlington; four daughters-Mrs. John Thorpe, Mrs. William Grice, Mrs. Carmen Fucci, and Mrs. George R. Jackson and by one son, J. Marvin Turlington. His three brothers were C.J. Turlington, E.L. Turlington, and W.B. Turlington. Mrs. C.M. Johnson, Mrs. J.F. Parrish, Mrs. M.S. Whittington, Mrs. James Willis, and Mrs. Fletcher Vann were his sisters (Daily Record Mar. 3, 1954).
How many of you know what states the 49th and 50th stars on our American flag represent? The March 4, 1954 Daily Record recorded that a long fight was predicted to make Hawaii the 49th state. Now tell me what was the 50th state and when did it become such?
Miss Hilda Ann Sorrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Sorrell, was to marry John Alvah Willoughby (Daily Record, Mar. 5, 1954). Do you know in what school Mr. Willoughby became principal?
Snow paralyzed the traffic in Chicago when a 16-hour snowstorm hit that area. However, back in our area, the family of Zeb Stephenson, 77, of Benson, were likely more concerned with making funeral arrangements for their father. Mr. Stephenson had died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Almon Rackley. He was also survived by another daughter, Mrs. Allen Johnson, and one son, Mr. Z.N. Stephenson (Daily Record Mar. 8, 1954).
Mr. and Mrs. Wade A. Turlington announced the birth of a son on Feb. 20th in the Good Hope Hospital. The mother was the former Blanche Mae Weaver. Do you know what they named the baby? I do know that the newly organized Future Teachers Club at Coats School was named in honor of Miss Mabel Lynch (Daily Record Mar. 11, 1954).
The General William C. Lee Museum is a popular museum to visit in Dunn but how many of you folks in Dunn know when a memorial was established to honor the general. According to the March 24, 1954 edition of the Daily Record, Congressman Carlyle was to ask Congress to establish a Lee Memorial in Dunn. Did this happen?
Pat Ann Gregory entered the Jaycees beauty pageant. Pat was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Gregory, formerly of the Bailey’s Crossroads area and was active in the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church (Daily Record Mar. 24, 1954).
Did Pat win the contest? I do know that she later worked and retired from Wake Tech. Last year she gave the museum a huge mantle clock and dough bowl that had belonged to her Gregory ancestors who owned much property in the Harnett and Johnston County line area. It is evident that there were a large number of children in that family from the size of the dough bowl and that it had been used so much that it had to be patched.
The Coats Museum folks are planning a Saturday, November 14 event to honor our military folks living in the Coats area who served from the Korean War up to the current time. It is very important that a living veteran or a family member of a deceased veteran drop by the museum and share information about their military service. These veterans will be recognized, enjoy music and food and share stories at the November event. We MUST have the information several weeks prior to the September 14th date. Those who want to be a part of the event or want someone recognized, drop by the museum any Thursday or Sunday afternoon and pick up a Military Record Sheet.
James Grimes was an US Navy veteran of WWII and he was so excited about our upcoming event to honor our veterans who followed his generation in protecting our country. Death kept him from seeing this event come to fruition. James’s friends and family continue to remember him with museum memorials. The Coats Grove Fire Department where James served on the board gave a very generous donation for his many years of service. His nephew and wife, John and Elaine Greene, from Catawba, N.C. remembered their Uncle James. William Steele, a friend who worked with James at Trailways, also remembered him. Randy and Rhonda Stephenson and Robie and Lynda Butler, thank you for your continuing support to the museum with your memorial gifts to museum for James.
There appeared to be a small group of citizens in the Coats area who failed to understand and follow the eighth commandment because the Grove Township and surrounding area were hit by an unusual large number of robberies. The Coats Motor Company was the site of an unsuccessful attempt to rip off a safe.
The Red Hill FW Baptist Church sponsored two outstanding singing groups in the Coats School auditorium. The Harmony Trio and the Melody Masters helped raise money to build additional classrooms at the church.
Several in the community were quite ill. Mrs. Spicy Pollard and Mr. Delmer Ennis were in serious condition. Do you recognize those two names? Mrs. Pollard had taught in the Grove schools and Mr. Ennis had allowed the students to pick his cotton to raise money for a school project. Mrs. Arthur Tripp of Hodges Chapel Church was active in the ladies auxiliary. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Griffon and Mrs. Carl Parrish had visited Mrs. Norris’s sister, Mrs. Lena Thomas, in Raleigh. Cpl. and Mrs. Utley Norris of Anderson Creek had visited the Dallas Norris family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shultz of Fayetteville had spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Wood. Surely Mrs. Wood talked to Mrs. Sudie Owens about the weekend visit as the two ladies traveled to Raleigh for the day (Daily Record Feb. 26, 1954).
Had the ladies waited a few days to make the trip, surely they would have talked about the twister that had swept over the southeastern part of Harnett County and had sucked the roof from the Erwin School leaving 12 rooms uncovered. Anyone remember that event? I do know that you read in an earlier column that there were lots of Harnett farm homes without refrigerators or freezers. Do you think any of those families took advantage of the sale of them in Dunn? For $5.25 a week and a small down payment, one could purchase a refrigerator-freezer combination (Daily Record Mar. 1, 1954).
The HCBOC appropriated $25,000 from the surplus funds to repair roof damage from the twister at the Erwin School. The board also voted to spend $1,839 on the courthouse square. From Coats, Ted Malone was employed to be the county probation officer for the juvenile court during his summer off from being the school truant officer (Daily Record Mar. 2, 1954).
Dunn citizens went to the poll and defeated a 10 cents city tax levy to finance a program of recreation in their town. A plot to overthrow the U.S. resulted in five congressmen in Washington being shot. A plot to kill President Eisenhower, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and J .Edgar Hoover were disclosed. Was that early terrorism?
William Roger Turlington, 66, of 306 W. Vance Street, Dunn, had died in Dunn Hospital. He was the son of the late Leonidas L. and Laura Frances Sorrell Turlington of Coats. Roger was a retired farmer and carpenter. He had moved to Dunn in 1942. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Ettie J. Turlington; four daughters-Mrs. John Thorpe, Mrs. William Grice, Mrs. Carmen Fucci, and Mrs. George R. Jackson and by one son, J. Marvin Turlington. His three brothers were C.J. Turlington, E.L. Turlington, and W.B. Turlington. Mrs. C.M. Johnson, Mrs. J.F. Parrish, Mrs. M.S. Whittington, Mrs. James Willis, and Mrs. Fletcher Vann were his sisters (Daily Record Mar. 3, 1954).
How many of you know what states the 49th and 50th stars on our American flag represent? The March 4, 1954 Daily Record recorded that a long fight was predicted to make Hawaii the 49th state. Now tell me what was the 50th state and when did it become such?
Miss Hilda Ann Sorrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Sorrell, was to marry John Alvah Willoughby (Daily Record, Mar. 5, 1954). Do you know in what school Mr. Willoughby became principal?
Snow paralyzed the traffic in Chicago when a 16-hour snowstorm hit that area. However, back in our area, the family of Zeb Stephenson, 77, of Benson, were likely more concerned with making funeral arrangements for their father. Mr. Stephenson had died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Almon Rackley. He was also survived by another daughter, Mrs. Allen Johnson, and one son, Mr. Z.N. Stephenson (Daily Record Mar. 8, 1954).
Mr. and Mrs. Wade A. Turlington announced the birth of a son on Feb. 20th in the Good Hope Hospital. The mother was the former Blanche Mae Weaver. Do you know what they named the baby? I do know that the newly organized Future Teachers Club at Coats School was named in honor of Miss Mabel Lynch (Daily Record Mar. 11, 1954).
The General William C. Lee Museum is a popular museum to visit in Dunn but how many of you folks in Dunn know when a memorial was established to honor the general. According to the March 24, 1954 edition of the Daily Record, Congressman Carlyle was to ask Congress to establish a Lee Memorial in Dunn. Did this happen?
Pat Ann Gregory entered the Jaycees beauty pageant. Pat was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Gregory, formerly of the Bailey’s Crossroads area and was active in the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church (Daily Record Mar. 24, 1954).
Did Pat win the contest? I do know that she later worked and retired from Wake Tech. Last year she gave the museum a huge mantle clock and dough bowl that had belonged to her Gregory ancestors who owned much property in the Harnett and Johnston County line area. It is evident that there were a large number of children in that family from the size of the dough bowl and that it had been used so much that it had to be patched.
The Coats Museum folks are planning a Saturday, November 14 event to honor our military folks living in the Coats area who served from the Korean War up to the current time. It is very important that a living veteran or a family member of a deceased veteran drop by the museum and share information about their military service. These veterans will be recognized, enjoy music and food and share stories at the November event. We MUST have the information several weeks prior to the September 14th date. Those who want to be a part of the event or want someone recognized, drop by the museum any Thursday or Sunday afternoon and pick up a Military Record Sheet.
James Grimes was an US Navy veteran of WWII and he was so excited about our upcoming event to honor our veterans who followed his generation in protecting our country. Death kept him from seeing this event come to fruition. James’s friends and family continue to remember him with museum memorials. The Coats Grove Fire Department where James served on the board gave a very generous donation for his many years of service. His nephew and wife, John and Elaine Greene, from Catawba, N.C. remembered their Uncle James. William Steele, a friend who worked with James at Trailways, also remembered him. Randy and Rhonda Stephenson and Robie and Lynda Butler, thank you for your continuing support to the museum with your memorial gifts to museum for James.