July 25, 2014 Coats Museum News
How many of you can recall the name of your high school yearbook? Even a harder question-how many of you from Coats can recall if the name of the yearbook was always the same? This I do know. In 1950, the school yearbook was named Panorama. Descendents of members of that class who don’t have that yearbook, read on. The class of 1950 selected the following as their superlatives: Laura Frances Pope, “Best All Around Girl”; Eloise Pope, “Most Popular Girl”; Dural Lee Fish, “Most Popular Boy”; Margie Barefoot and Claudius Byrd, “Most Dependable”; Sylvia Ingold and Robert Fish, “Best Looking”; Emily Turlington and Robert Fish, “Most Studious”; Doris Messer and Tommy Johnson, “Most Athletic”, and Doris Messer and Everett Reardon were picked as “Cutest” (Panorama 1950).
Laura Pope was elected president of the FHA; Wilma Barnes, secretary; Jo Ann Fox, treasurer; Fannie Sue Langdon, reporter, and Geraldine Cobb was advisor. The FFA had M.O. Phillips as advisor. William Ragan was president; Wadeford Williams, vice president; Max Avery, secretary; Tommy Johnson, treasurer and Donnie Pollard, reporter.
The annual staff had Laura F. Pope as its editor. Wonder if she questioned the spelling of Panorama on the front of the yearbook? Dural Lee Fish was her business manager while Patsy Grimes served as circulation manager. Margie Barefoot was advertising manager and Arthur Denning worked as art editor. Eloise Pope, cousin to Laura Pope, was there to aid her as assistant editor.
“The Spotlight” had Patsy Grimes as editor-in-chief; Bobbie Adams, assistant editor; Annie Louise Smith, reporter; Rachel Stewart, humor editor; Emily Turlington, business manager; Hazel Pollard, art editor, and Mrs. Gladys Phillips was the sponsor of the school newspaper (Panorama 1950).
Howard Parker, Harnett legislator, said that legal control of beer and liquor was the best way to prevent lawlessness, higher consumption of hard liquor, and considerable loss of revenue (Dunn Dispatch Aug. 19, 1949).
The Rev. Joe Mack Long of the Coats Baptist Church made arrangements for a rally in Coats to protest the legalizing the sale of beer and wine. Elsewhere, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stewart of Dunn announced the birth of Pamela Lane Stewart in the Dunn Hospital. The mother was the former Frances Wood (Dunn Dispatch Aug. 22, 1949). Frances was the daughter of Willie Wood, one of the first barbers in Coats, and was sister-in-law of our own Margaret House.
The Dunn Dispatch, August 29, 1949 edition reported in Dunn that George Pope had celebrated his 79th birthday. He was the brother of P.F. Pope, the first elected mayor of Coats. On the Johnston-Harnett County Line Road, Mrs. Jeff Turlington taught Grades 1, 2, and 3 and Mrs. Christine Sinclair was the teacher for Grades 4, 5, and 6 at Oakdale School. Of the original seven Grove schools, Coats and Oakdale are the only two remaining in 1949.
A list of the approved road projects was announced. Likely many of the farm families were devastated and angry that they would have to continue to travel on muddy paths. Some might have cried, “Foul” and others likely did not vote for Kerr Scott a second time because he did not come through with his promise to get the farmers good roads to the markets.
These are the roads that were approved: (1) From Coats to US 421 Cannady’s Xroads (3.1 miles) (2) From Coats to the county line road via G.I. Smith (3.9 miles) (3) From Williams Xroads to Bailey’s Xroads via Bethel Church (7.5 miles) (4) From Coats to Old Field Church Road via Parlia Wood farm (3.9 miles (5) From Wake County, NC 210 to NC 55 via Barclaysville (4.3 miles).
Over in Dunn a tragedy had struck at the Wellons Candy Company. Thirteen people were burned when a big cooking kettle exploded and sprayed the fleeing workers with sizzling hot candy. Possibly some of the workers went to Dunn Hospital where a Coats man, Allen Beasley, was a patient (Dunn Dispatch Sept. 2, 1949). Did they have a rescue squad service in Dunn in 1949?
Andrew C. Ennis was buried on Sunday, September 4th. He had been service manager for Sir Walter Raleigh Chevrolet Co. in Raleigh. His death had resulted from a heart attack. He was the son of Nancy Turlington Ennis and the late W.F. Ennis. One brother, Chester Ennis, survived him. Mr. Ennis’s wife had died earlier in May while assisting a funeral of a neighbor (Dunn Dispatch Sept. 5, 1949).
Can you guess the outcome on the vote to legalize the sale of wine and beer in the Grove Townships? The Harnett voters outlawed the legal sale of beer and wine by almost a 3 to 1 vote. In Grove 1, the votes were 128 against and 6 for the sale of wine while 128 voted against and 73 for the sale of beer. In Grove II, the votes were 155 against and 114 for the sale of wine and 152 against and 132 for the sale of beer (Dunn Dispatch September 7, 1949). Can you tell me what the total number of voters marked ballots in each Grove Township? Recall there were 600 registered voters eligible to vote in Coats for the town officials in the last election. Wonder why so many voters failed to vote. Were they called voters if they didn’t vote?
The family of Joseph Marion Langdon held a family reunion on August 28 in memory of their father’s birthday. J.A. Langdon, Sr. hosted the event which was inside of Bethel Church. One hundred and fifty people attended on the rainy day. The children of J.M. Langdon were J.A. Langdon, Sr., Mrs. R.M. Pleasant, Mrs. M.B. Pleasant, Mrs. E.L. Parker, Dester Langdon, Lexie Langdon, and Delma Langdon. Wonder if they talked about the dirt road that passed in front of the small church was on the list of approved projects to become a paved road? Many of you have been in Bethel Church, how crowded would 150 people in it on a rainy day?
I do know that right down the road, Dallas Bowden, 58, well-known farmer, of Angier, Route 2, had died at home after a long illness. Burial was in the Harnett Memorial Cemetery. He was survived by six sons-Haywood, Jack, D.F., Sherrill, Evis, and Harold Bowden and by four daughters-Mrs. Edna Baker, Mrs. Thomas Steele, Mrs. Doris Tart, and Phyllis Bowden. Dan, Keet, and John Bowden and Mrs. Joe Dorman were siblings (Dunn Dispatch Sept. 7, 1949).
Two Angier readers called to respond to a question in a recent column- “What connection did Carol Broadwell have to Coats?” Verle Flowers called to say that Carol had married Don Langdon and that her husband Fletcher Flowers had built Carol and Don’s first house in Barclaysville and also the house of Don’s father, Dester. Also, Carol Broadwell Langdon called to tell me the connection and shared that she and Carolyn Broadwell, Coy’s wife, are sometimes confused and she is perfectly okay with that because they are very good friends. Recall that Carol had been recognized at Camp Millstone for being the outstanding 4-H camper. She said the 4_H kids rode to camp on Bettie Hart Adams‘s dad’s short bed truck with a rail not even as tall as Carol. They had carried watermelons and maybe other fruits and vegetables which gave them some type of discount at the camp. Could that happen today?
Memorials for Tom Stephenson continue to be appreciated. C.T. and Elsa Clayton, John and Doris Tulloch, Billy and Peggie Pope, Kenneth and Rebecca Tart, Leon and Bettie Sue Privett, Patsy and Lynn Williams, Rosa T. West, Linda B. Lunney, Gary Denning and Ralph Denning have remembered Tom with memorials to the museum. Mott Goff of Dunn has honored her brother, Robie Butler, on his birthday with a donation to the museum. Thanks to everyone.
How many of you can recall the name of your high school yearbook? Even a harder question-how many of you from Coats can recall if the name of the yearbook was always the same? This I do know. In 1950, the school yearbook was named Panorama. Descendents of members of that class who don’t have that yearbook, read on. The class of 1950 selected the following as their superlatives: Laura Frances Pope, “Best All Around Girl”; Eloise Pope, “Most Popular Girl”; Dural Lee Fish, “Most Popular Boy”; Margie Barefoot and Claudius Byrd, “Most Dependable”; Sylvia Ingold and Robert Fish, “Best Looking”; Emily Turlington and Robert Fish, “Most Studious”; Doris Messer and Tommy Johnson, “Most Athletic”, and Doris Messer and Everett Reardon were picked as “Cutest” (Panorama 1950).
Laura Pope was elected president of the FHA; Wilma Barnes, secretary; Jo Ann Fox, treasurer; Fannie Sue Langdon, reporter, and Geraldine Cobb was advisor. The FFA had M.O. Phillips as advisor. William Ragan was president; Wadeford Williams, vice president; Max Avery, secretary; Tommy Johnson, treasurer and Donnie Pollard, reporter.
The annual staff had Laura F. Pope as its editor. Wonder if she questioned the spelling of Panorama on the front of the yearbook? Dural Lee Fish was her business manager while Patsy Grimes served as circulation manager. Margie Barefoot was advertising manager and Arthur Denning worked as art editor. Eloise Pope, cousin to Laura Pope, was there to aid her as assistant editor.
“The Spotlight” had Patsy Grimes as editor-in-chief; Bobbie Adams, assistant editor; Annie Louise Smith, reporter; Rachel Stewart, humor editor; Emily Turlington, business manager; Hazel Pollard, art editor, and Mrs. Gladys Phillips was the sponsor of the school newspaper (Panorama 1950).
Howard Parker, Harnett legislator, said that legal control of beer and liquor was the best way to prevent lawlessness, higher consumption of hard liquor, and considerable loss of revenue (Dunn Dispatch Aug. 19, 1949).
The Rev. Joe Mack Long of the Coats Baptist Church made arrangements for a rally in Coats to protest the legalizing the sale of beer and wine. Elsewhere, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stewart of Dunn announced the birth of Pamela Lane Stewart in the Dunn Hospital. The mother was the former Frances Wood (Dunn Dispatch Aug. 22, 1949). Frances was the daughter of Willie Wood, one of the first barbers in Coats, and was sister-in-law of our own Margaret House.
The Dunn Dispatch, August 29, 1949 edition reported in Dunn that George Pope had celebrated his 79th birthday. He was the brother of P.F. Pope, the first elected mayor of Coats. On the Johnston-Harnett County Line Road, Mrs. Jeff Turlington taught Grades 1, 2, and 3 and Mrs. Christine Sinclair was the teacher for Grades 4, 5, and 6 at Oakdale School. Of the original seven Grove schools, Coats and Oakdale are the only two remaining in 1949.
A list of the approved road projects was announced. Likely many of the farm families were devastated and angry that they would have to continue to travel on muddy paths. Some might have cried, “Foul” and others likely did not vote for Kerr Scott a second time because he did not come through with his promise to get the farmers good roads to the markets.
These are the roads that were approved: (1) From Coats to US 421 Cannady’s Xroads (3.1 miles) (2) From Coats to the county line road via G.I. Smith (3.9 miles) (3) From Williams Xroads to Bailey’s Xroads via Bethel Church (7.5 miles) (4) From Coats to Old Field Church Road via Parlia Wood farm (3.9 miles (5) From Wake County, NC 210 to NC 55 via Barclaysville (4.3 miles).
Over in Dunn a tragedy had struck at the Wellons Candy Company. Thirteen people were burned when a big cooking kettle exploded and sprayed the fleeing workers with sizzling hot candy. Possibly some of the workers went to Dunn Hospital where a Coats man, Allen Beasley, was a patient (Dunn Dispatch Sept. 2, 1949). Did they have a rescue squad service in Dunn in 1949?
Andrew C. Ennis was buried on Sunday, September 4th. He had been service manager for Sir Walter Raleigh Chevrolet Co. in Raleigh. His death had resulted from a heart attack. He was the son of Nancy Turlington Ennis and the late W.F. Ennis. One brother, Chester Ennis, survived him. Mr. Ennis’s wife had died earlier in May while assisting a funeral of a neighbor (Dunn Dispatch Sept. 5, 1949).
Can you guess the outcome on the vote to legalize the sale of wine and beer in the Grove Townships? The Harnett voters outlawed the legal sale of beer and wine by almost a 3 to 1 vote. In Grove 1, the votes were 128 against and 6 for the sale of wine while 128 voted against and 73 for the sale of beer. In Grove II, the votes were 155 against and 114 for the sale of wine and 152 against and 132 for the sale of beer (Dunn Dispatch September 7, 1949). Can you tell me what the total number of voters marked ballots in each Grove Township? Recall there were 600 registered voters eligible to vote in Coats for the town officials in the last election. Wonder why so many voters failed to vote. Were they called voters if they didn’t vote?
The family of Joseph Marion Langdon held a family reunion on August 28 in memory of their father’s birthday. J.A. Langdon, Sr. hosted the event which was inside of Bethel Church. One hundred and fifty people attended on the rainy day. The children of J.M. Langdon were J.A. Langdon, Sr., Mrs. R.M. Pleasant, Mrs. M.B. Pleasant, Mrs. E.L. Parker, Dester Langdon, Lexie Langdon, and Delma Langdon. Wonder if they talked about the dirt road that passed in front of the small church was on the list of approved projects to become a paved road? Many of you have been in Bethel Church, how crowded would 150 people in it on a rainy day?
I do know that right down the road, Dallas Bowden, 58, well-known farmer, of Angier, Route 2, had died at home after a long illness. Burial was in the Harnett Memorial Cemetery. He was survived by six sons-Haywood, Jack, D.F., Sherrill, Evis, and Harold Bowden and by four daughters-Mrs. Edna Baker, Mrs. Thomas Steele, Mrs. Doris Tart, and Phyllis Bowden. Dan, Keet, and John Bowden and Mrs. Joe Dorman were siblings (Dunn Dispatch Sept. 7, 1949).
Two Angier readers called to respond to a question in a recent column- “What connection did Carol Broadwell have to Coats?” Verle Flowers called to say that Carol had married Don Langdon and that her husband Fletcher Flowers had built Carol and Don’s first house in Barclaysville and also the house of Don’s father, Dester. Also, Carol Broadwell Langdon called to tell me the connection and shared that she and Carolyn Broadwell, Coy’s wife, are sometimes confused and she is perfectly okay with that because they are very good friends. Recall that Carol had been recognized at Camp Millstone for being the outstanding 4-H camper. She said the 4_H kids rode to camp on Bettie Hart Adams‘s dad’s short bed truck with a rail not even as tall as Carol. They had carried watermelons and maybe other fruits and vegetables which gave them some type of discount at the camp. Could that happen today?
Memorials for Tom Stephenson continue to be appreciated. C.T. and Elsa Clayton, John and Doris Tulloch, Billy and Peggie Pope, Kenneth and Rebecca Tart, Leon and Bettie Sue Privett, Patsy and Lynn Williams, Rosa T. West, Linda B. Lunney, Gary Denning and Ralph Denning have remembered Tom with memorials to the museum. Mott Goff of Dunn has honored her brother, Robie Butler, on his birthday with a donation to the museum. Thanks to everyone.