January 6, 2017 Coats Museum News
Representative Carson Gregory had planned to introduce a bill to increase the pay of the Harnett County Sheriff Wade Stewart. However, it did not have the support of the HCBOC who protested the salary and expense hike. Gregory had suggested an additional 50 dollars increase per month in salary and 50 dollars as travel and car expense-making a total of $12,000.
In Coats, Dickie Wiggins was honored with a birthday party celebrating his 14th at the Coats Community Building Those invited were Robert Godwin, Gary Denning, Donnie Stone, Howard Penny, Joe Tart, Joan Ivey, June Powell, Linda Barefoot, Cheryl Stewart, Frances Gregory, Milton Byrd, Murray Phillips, Wallace Pollard, Kenneth Davis, Danny Coats, Sandra Flowers, Peggy Pollard, Cathy Penny, Sondra Ennis, and Susan Yarborough (Daily Record April 20, 1961).
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Stephenson had some news to share. They were parents of a daughter on April 11th, at Rex Hospital. The mom was the former Annie Laurie Barnes (Daily Record April 21, 1961).
The Dale 4-H Club had met in the Oakdale clubroom. President Wallace Pollard presided over the group as they saw a demonstration on “”First Aid in the House”. It was announced that Kenneth Ennis would attend 4-H Camp. The adult leader was Mrs. R. E. Allen. Eighteen boys were present. The eight girls were invited to the home of Janet Denning for refreshments.
The Oakdale HD Club had met and a demonstration on planning and serving a quick meal was presented by Mrs. U.M. Ennis whose husband had recently retired from the Raleigh Fire Department . Mrs. Rob Adams gave the process of freezing strawberries. Mrs. Mack Hudson was selected as Mrs. Oakdale for 1961. Stacy Johnson and Vickie Core were hospital patients (Daily Record April 24, 1961).
Representative Carson Gregory announced a list of Harnett residents up for appointment as justices of peace. From Grove, C.J. Turlington, C.B. Dixon, Graham Byrd, H.A. Turlington, Sr., and Roy Langdon were submitted.
Mrs. Jacqueline Coats Crookhorn, daughter of R.M. and Carrie Coats, died April 24th in New York City. One brother and eight sisters survived her. Services were at the Overby Funeral Home in Coats (Daily Record April 25, 1961). Was she a granddaughter of the town’s namesake?
The program of Circle No. 6 at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church was “The Presbyterians in the South before 1861.” Who were the women in the local church? Vera Lee Langdon, Mrs. Carroll Hall, Mrs. Charles Hall, Mrs. Dorothy Denning, Mrs. Louise Ennis, Mrs. Herbert L. Johnson, Mrs. Juanita Hudson, Mrs. John Richardson, Mrs. Naomi Hudson, Mrs. Clarence Stewart, Mrs. Ruby Creech, Mrs. Rob Adams, Mrs. Ada Barefoot, Mrs. Lela Ennis, Mrs. Earl Stewart, Mrs. Mamie Johnson, Mrs. Wade Coats, Mrs. Frank Elliott, Mrs. Gertie Ennis, Mrs. Bland Stewart and Rev. and Mrs. Dewey Herring were in attendance.
Do any of you remember Mr. Fred Turlington? Did he have a store in which dances were held and Floyd Whittington and Beulah Ennis played the piano for the folks to dance? In 1961, his wife made the news when her home was used as the setting for a shower honoring Rosa Turlington, bride-elect. Mrs. Ray Womble assisted as hostess. Read the names of those who attended to get an idea of some who were family and friends of the Turlingtons of Turlington Crossroads area in 1961. Mrs. Vera Hardee, Mrs. H.A. Turlington, Sr. and Jr., Mrs. Tyrus Powell, Mrs. Jeff Turlington, Mrs. James Honeycutt, Mrs. T.D. Stewart, Mrs. Hunter Ogburn, Mrs. John Turlington, Mrs. Pat Hamilton, Mrs. T. J. Turlington, Jr., Mrs. P.W. Matthews, Mrs. Carl Turlington, Mrs. J. M. Mewborn, Mrs. Billie Dupree, Mrs. John Wolf, Miss Brookie Stewart, Miss Anna Critcher, Miss Rebecca Honeycutt, Miss Betty Jo Turlington, Miss Donna Ann Womble, and Miss Cathy Powell (Daily Record April 26, 1961).
The Coats PTA had its officers installed for the 1961-62 school year. Mrs. W.E. Nichols installed President Mrs. McRay Stewart, Vice President Mrs. Howard Penny, Secretary Virginia Penny and Treasurer Mary Cole. Mrs. Delmer Ennis was outgoing president. Music teacher Steve Stephenson presented two Coats contestants of the Miss Dunn pageant who entertained the group. Nora Etta Avery sang a part from “Madam Butterfly” and Judy Elliott performed an oriental song and dance (Daily Record April 27, 1961).
Funeral services were held for Lynn Hayes, 69, of Route 2, Angier at Bethel Primitive Church. He was survived by his wife, Pearl Hayes and a son, Gerald Hayes, Sr. His two daughters were Mrs. O.B. Currin, Jr. (Josie Lynn) and Mrs. Hoyt Stephenson (Shirley Faye). Richard and Garth Hayes were his brothers. I bet many of you recognize those names.
The Erwin Redskins had defeated Coats by pounding out 16 hits to win 17-1 (Daily Record April 28, 1961).
The day of the wedding had finally arrived for the Randall Turlington family. Rosa Leigh Turlington and Norman Leon West of Dunn were married at the Coats Baptist Church. The bride wore a gown of silk organza and Chantilly lace, scalloped Sabrina neckline, long lace sleeves tapering to a point. The gown had a fitted bodice with a bouffant skirt with a scalloped lace pick up in front over organza and lace cascading into a chapel train. The bride was a graduate of Coats High School and Campbell College. Mr. West had graduated from Plain View and Campbell College.
Another young couple was married who had Coats connections. Carolyn Stewart Penny and Billy Ray Messer were married at the home of Elder J.T. Lewis. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Penny of Route One, Angier and Billy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Messer of Coats. Carolyn wore a ballerina length dress of White Spanish lace and a shoulder circular veil of tulle attached to a bandeau of tulle with pearl trim. The bride had graduated from Benson High School and the groom from Coats High School (Daily Record May 1, 1961).
Citizens of Coats had elected 3 new members to the city council in an unusually light vote. Mayor C.J. Turlington, who told the paper that he doesn’t remember just when he first started in local politics, had no opposition. “I know I was Mayor in 1939 but I don’t know for sure if I was mayor before then or not.” Turlington had received 79 out of 88 votes casted. J.D. Norris had received 2 write-ins and Z.N. Dorman got two votes. Mr. Lester Williams received 60 votes, Cecil Fuquay received 55, and Buck Senter had 62. Others running were Charlie Williams, Clyde Ennis, B.L. Godwin, Albert Regan, and Sherrill Coats. J.D. Lamm and Grady Matthews did not seek reelection (Daily Record May 1, 1961). Many of those gentlemen were young men at that date; however, none are alive today.
Lynda Butler gave a prescheduled museum tour to the Devon and Hope Moore families. Hope had arranged for their visit during one of their family Christmas gatherings. Lynda shared that it was a fun group and anyone who knows Hope and Devon knows that there will always be a lot of laughing going on when they are together. Devon presented to the museum two beautiful pillows crocheted by Mrs. Verdie Messer Moore, Devon’s mom. Lynda took some pictures of the groups which will go into the Moore genealogy notebook. The museum volunteers encourage other families to do as the Moore family did so we can add more family collections to the museum’s research library.
A special thank you goes to Lu Ann Stewart Leslie and her mom for sharing the wedding picture of Mary and Eugene Stewart. Eugene was a well known pilot and flight instructor from the Coats area. All three of Mary and Eugene’s children are licensed pilots thanks to Eugene.
Thanks to Jennifer Johnson for adding some awesome toys, musical instrument and a child’s book for our Toy Exhibit. We had barely inventoried the items and displayed them when we had visitors come through the door. Daryl and Eloise Penny Tice from Virginia and their daughter Ellie from Connecticut shared that they had had some of those same items in their house but that ours looked much better than theirs because five children had played with them.
Joe Tart reads the Coats Museum News and often adds comments and additional information via email. He shared that he thought one of the men in the boat picture a few weeks ago may have been Graham Byrd –Does anyone else agree with Joe? One dedicated museum board member shared that he thought that Kenneth Ennis had missed the basketball tournament due to a sprained ankle and wanted to know if anyone knew any differently-thanks –Ralph Denning.
We also want to thank Wallace Pollard and also Dr. Bryan and Elizabeth Sorrell and Tom and Joan Eckert, both from Virginia Beach. All gave very generous Christmas donations to the museum. The wonderful support from so many friends is reason for the volunteers to work even harder to make the museum a place that everyone wants to share with family and visitors.
Representative Carson Gregory had planned to introduce a bill to increase the pay of the Harnett County Sheriff Wade Stewart. However, it did not have the support of the HCBOC who protested the salary and expense hike. Gregory had suggested an additional 50 dollars increase per month in salary and 50 dollars as travel and car expense-making a total of $12,000.
In Coats, Dickie Wiggins was honored with a birthday party celebrating his 14th at the Coats Community Building Those invited were Robert Godwin, Gary Denning, Donnie Stone, Howard Penny, Joe Tart, Joan Ivey, June Powell, Linda Barefoot, Cheryl Stewart, Frances Gregory, Milton Byrd, Murray Phillips, Wallace Pollard, Kenneth Davis, Danny Coats, Sandra Flowers, Peggy Pollard, Cathy Penny, Sondra Ennis, and Susan Yarborough (Daily Record April 20, 1961).
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Stephenson had some news to share. They were parents of a daughter on April 11th, at Rex Hospital. The mom was the former Annie Laurie Barnes (Daily Record April 21, 1961).
The Dale 4-H Club had met in the Oakdale clubroom. President Wallace Pollard presided over the group as they saw a demonstration on “”First Aid in the House”. It was announced that Kenneth Ennis would attend 4-H Camp. The adult leader was Mrs. R. E. Allen. Eighteen boys were present. The eight girls were invited to the home of Janet Denning for refreshments.
The Oakdale HD Club had met and a demonstration on planning and serving a quick meal was presented by Mrs. U.M. Ennis whose husband had recently retired from the Raleigh Fire Department . Mrs. Rob Adams gave the process of freezing strawberries. Mrs. Mack Hudson was selected as Mrs. Oakdale for 1961. Stacy Johnson and Vickie Core were hospital patients (Daily Record April 24, 1961).
Representative Carson Gregory announced a list of Harnett residents up for appointment as justices of peace. From Grove, C.J. Turlington, C.B. Dixon, Graham Byrd, H.A. Turlington, Sr., and Roy Langdon were submitted.
Mrs. Jacqueline Coats Crookhorn, daughter of R.M. and Carrie Coats, died April 24th in New York City. One brother and eight sisters survived her. Services were at the Overby Funeral Home in Coats (Daily Record April 25, 1961). Was she a granddaughter of the town’s namesake?
The program of Circle No. 6 at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church was “The Presbyterians in the South before 1861.” Who were the women in the local church? Vera Lee Langdon, Mrs. Carroll Hall, Mrs. Charles Hall, Mrs. Dorothy Denning, Mrs. Louise Ennis, Mrs. Herbert L. Johnson, Mrs. Juanita Hudson, Mrs. John Richardson, Mrs. Naomi Hudson, Mrs. Clarence Stewart, Mrs. Ruby Creech, Mrs. Rob Adams, Mrs. Ada Barefoot, Mrs. Lela Ennis, Mrs. Earl Stewart, Mrs. Mamie Johnson, Mrs. Wade Coats, Mrs. Frank Elliott, Mrs. Gertie Ennis, Mrs. Bland Stewart and Rev. and Mrs. Dewey Herring were in attendance.
Do any of you remember Mr. Fred Turlington? Did he have a store in which dances were held and Floyd Whittington and Beulah Ennis played the piano for the folks to dance? In 1961, his wife made the news when her home was used as the setting for a shower honoring Rosa Turlington, bride-elect. Mrs. Ray Womble assisted as hostess. Read the names of those who attended to get an idea of some who were family and friends of the Turlingtons of Turlington Crossroads area in 1961. Mrs. Vera Hardee, Mrs. H.A. Turlington, Sr. and Jr., Mrs. Tyrus Powell, Mrs. Jeff Turlington, Mrs. James Honeycutt, Mrs. T.D. Stewart, Mrs. Hunter Ogburn, Mrs. John Turlington, Mrs. Pat Hamilton, Mrs. T. J. Turlington, Jr., Mrs. P.W. Matthews, Mrs. Carl Turlington, Mrs. J. M. Mewborn, Mrs. Billie Dupree, Mrs. John Wolf, Miss Brookie Stewart, Miss Anna Critcher, Miss Rebecca Honeycutt, Miss Betty Jo Turlington, Miss Donna Ann Womble, and Miss Cathy Powell (Daily Record April 26, 1961).
The Coats PTA had its officers installed for the 1961-62 school year. Mrs. W.E. Nichols installed President Mrs. McRay Stewart, Vice President Mrs. Howard Penny, Secretary Virginia Penny and Treasurer Mary Cole. Mrs. Delmer Ennis was outgoing president. Music teacher Steve Stephenson presented two Coats contestants of the Miss Dunn pageant who entertained the group. Nora Etta Avery sang a part from “Madam Butterfly” and Judy Elliott performed an oriental song and dance (Daily Record April 27, 1961).
Funeral services were held for Lynn Hayes, 69, of Route 2, Angier at Bethel Primitive Church. He was survived by his wife, Pearl Hayes and a son, Gerald Hayes, Sr. His two daughters were Mrs. O.B. Currin, Jr. (Josie Lynn) and Mrs. Hoyt Stephenson (Shirley Faye). Richard and Garth Hayes were his brothers. I bet many of you recognize those names.
The Erwin Redskins had defeated Coats by pounding out 16 hits to win 17-1 (Daily Record April 28, 1961).
The day of the wedding had finally arrived for the Randall Turlington family. Rosa Leigh Turlington and Norman Leon West of Dunn were married at the Coats Baptist Church. The bride wore a gown of silk organza and Chantilly lace, scalloped Sabrina neckline, long lace sleeves tapering to a point. The gown had a fitted bodice with a bouffant skirt with a scalloped lace pick up in front over organza and lace cascading into a chapel train. The bride was a graduate of Coats High School and Campbell College. Mr. West had graduated from Plain View and Campbell College.
Another young couple was married who had Coats connections. Carolyn Stewart Penny and Billy Ray Messer were married at the home of Elder J.T. Lewis. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Penny of Route One, Angier and Billy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Messer of Coats. Carolyn wore a ballerina length dress of White Spanish lace and a shoulder circular veil of tulle attached to a bandeau of tulle with pearl trim. The bride had graduated from Benson High School and the groom from Coats High School (Daily Record May 1, 1961).
Citizens of Coats had elected 3 new members to the city council in an unusually light vote. Mayor C.J. Turlington, who told the paper that he doesn’t remember just when he first started in local politics, had no opposition. “I know I was Mayor in 1939 but I don’t know for sure if I was mayor before then or not.” Turlington had received 79 out of 88 votes casted. J.D. Norris had received 2 write-ins and Z.N. Dorman got two votes. Mr. Lester Williams received 60 votes, Cecil Fuquay received 55, and Buck Senter had 62. Others running were Charlie Williams, Clyde Ennis, B.L. Godwin, Albert Regan, and Sherrill Coats. J.D. Lamm and Grady Matthews did not seek reelection (Daily Record May 1, 1961). Many of those gentlemen were young men at that date; however, none are alive today.
Lynda Butler gave a prescheduled museum tour to the Devon and Hope Moore families. Hope had arranged for their visit during one of their family Christmas gatherings. Lynda shared that it was a fun group and anyone who knows Hope and Devon knows that there will always be a lot of laughing going on when they are together. Devon presented to the museum two beautiful pillows crocheted by Mrs. Verdie Messer Moore, Devon’s mom. Lynda took some pictures of the groups which will go into the Moore genealogy notebook. The museum volunteers encourage other families to do as the Moore family did so we can add more family collections to the museum’s research library.
A special thank you goes to Lu Ann Stewart Leslie and her mom for sharing the wedding picture of Mary and Eugene Stewart. Eugene was a well known pilot and flight instructor from the Coats area. All three of Mary and Eugene’s children are licensed pilots thanks to Eugene.
Thanks to Jennifer Johnson for adding some awesome toys, musical instrument and a child’s book for our Toy Exhibit. We had barely inventoried the items and displayed them when we had visitors come through the door. Daryl and Eloise Penny Tice from Virginia and their daughter Ellie from Connecticut shared that they had had some of those same items in their house but that ours looked much better than theirs because five children had played with them.
Joe Tart reads the Coats Museum News and often adds comments and additional information via email. He shared that he thought one of the men in the boat picture a few weeks ago may have been Graham Byrd –Does anyone else agree with Joe? One dedicated museum board member shared that he thought that Kenneth Ennis had missed the basketball tournament due to a sprained ankle and wanted to know if anyone knew any differently-thanks –Ralph Denning.
We also want to thank Wallace Pollard and also Dr. Bryan and Elizabeth Sorrell and Tom and Joan Eckert, both from Virginia Beach. All gave very generous Christmas donations to the museum. The wonderful support from so many friends is reason for the volunteers to work even harder to make the museum a place that everyone wants to share with family and visitors.